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6 Generations of Swoyers
The PENNSYLVANIA
Bro. Robert S. Swoyer II, recently raised to the sublime degree of a master mason in Jordan Lodge No. 673, held at Allentown, represents the sixth generation of Swoyers to be members of Jordan Lodge. Bro. Stanley E. Swoyer, his grandfather, served as Worshipful Master of Jordan Lodge in 1927, and his father, Bro. RobertS. Swoyer was Worshipful Master in 1963. His father, who is presently the Most Excellent Grand King of the Grand Holy Royal Arch Chapter of Pennsylvania, conferred all three degrees on this newest member of the Swoyers to become a lodge member.
FREE1WASON AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF PENNSYLVANIA
Elizabethtown, Pa.
Nursing Assistant ............... $3.89
LPN's ..•..•... $4.29 RN's .......... $5.39 We are also offering an expanded fringe benefit package. For application, call or write: Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown, Pa. 17022. Phone 367-1121 ext. 223 Personn el Office.
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1978
Masonic Homes' Residential Units To Be Renovated
MASONIC HOMES Due to continuing expansion of our geriatric facility, additional nursing personnel are needed. Announcing new starting salaries effective June 2 for full-time (year-round) employees:
NOVEMBER
VOLUME XXV
NEW LODGE CREATES NEW HOME-Grand Master Walter P. Wells and Mrs. Wells take charge of construction equipment while visiting the site of the new building that houses Hermitage Lodge No. 810 in Mercer County. Photo was taken April 8, the day after Lodge 810 was constituted b y Grand Lodge. The lodge building, occupied in September, will be officially dedicated in early 1979.
1979 Travel Plans Advanced The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania will sponsor a travel program for 1979 that will offer its members and friends the opportunity of fellowship and group travel to two destinationsHawaii and Europe. While arrangements have not yet been completed, it can be announced that the Hawaii plan will offer several departure dates this winter and again in the fall, and the Europe plan, involv-
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ing several tours to Brussels, the Rhine River region and Munich, will take place during the summer months. The Grand Lodge offers the above information, however tentative, to assist those who require advance information in plan ning their vacation dates . Travel brochures, covering t he particulars of b oth plans, will be mailed to the homes of all Pennsylvania masons in the near future.
Yet Another Family Affair Bro. Charles W. Ulrich II, of Howell Lodge No. 405, Honey Brook, had the pleasure and the privilege of acting as guide at the extra meeting of Howell Lodge No. 405 on June 21,1978, when his three sons : Bro. Charles W. Ulrich III, Bro. Robert A. Ulrich and Bro. Donald W. Ulrich, were each raised to the subline degree of a master mason. Bro. Percy J. Weller, Past Master, Bro. M. Lewis Gable, Past Master, and Bro. Arthur A. Krupp, Senior Warden, longtime friends of the Ulrich family, conferred the degrees. This was a first for Howell Lodge and, needless to say, was an evening long to be remembered.
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The Grand Lodge Committee on~. Masonic Homes, having completed a comprehensive hospital construction program, has now tumed its attention to the renovation of existing residential structures at the Elizabethtown complex. The first phase of the project, the renovation of the John Heruy Daman Memorial and the Dauphin County Memorial buildings at an estimated cost of $1 million, is expected to begin in January and be completed by December of1979. Based on experience gained, the committee expects to extend the project in future years to the following residential structures: Allegheny County Memorial; Paul L. Levis Memorial; Lancaster County Memorial; Berks County Memorial; the Edward W. Kuhlemeier Memorial Cottage and the McKee Cottage. Designed to retain the architectural integrity of the Homes, the renovations call for the complete gutting of the building interiors without altering the ston e facades or tl1e rooflines. The work will assure individual living quarters with private baths for each residential guest. The renovated buildings will contain elevators, air conditioning, full carpeting and the latest innovations to meet all modem life-safety s tandards. In keeping with the m emorial program established during the construction of the Benjamin Franklin hospital building, bronze plaques will be placed to recognize donors. Suggested gifts and memorial allocations for ind ividuals, lodges and other organizations include: Single Room $10,000 Single Room Furnishings $ 11500 Double Room $15,000 · Double Room Furnishings $ .2,500
Suggested gifts and memorials for other comn1on areas in the renovated buildings will be established when architectural plans for each unit are completed. While both the Daman and Dauphin buildings incorporated all the conveniences available when constructed, the structures lack the ability to provide the full needs of today's living standards. The Daman building dates to 1914 and the Dauphin building to 1922. Bro. John Heruy Daman, a member of Washington Lodge No. 59, provided by his will the means for construction of the building that bears his name. Ground was broken on June 22, 1914 and the con1erstone was laid on September 22 of tl1e same year. A three-story structure connected by corridor to Grand Lodge Hall, the building was constructed of Holmes-
burg granite with Indiana limestone trim. The Dauphin County Memorial building resulted from a gift of $80,000 presented to the Grand Lodge by the brethren of Dauphin County The contract for the erection of the structure, its architectural style in ham1ony with earlier buildings on tl1e grounds, was awarded in early November of1922. The Grand Master and the officers of the Grand Lodge placed the cornerstone on December 2, 1922. Both buildings have served well the memory of those who recognized the mission of charity so long ago. By establishing the renovation program, the Committee on Masonic Homes and all tl1ose who support the project will reaffir'm the legacy and guarantee its continuity.
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/\) d]-a 7 Renova tion project lvill begin with Daman building (1) and Dauphin b u ilding (Z). Future plans will include Allegheny (3), Berks (4), Levis (5)1 Lancaster (6), Ku hlemeier (7) a nd McKee (8 ).
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