New District Deputy Grand Masters Bro. Samuel C. Williamson, R.W. Grand Maste r, has appointed eight new District Deputy Grand Masters fo r 1982 as follows: 7th Masonic District - Bro. Earl G. Hasenauer of Shoemakersville, a Past Master of Vaux Lo dge No. 406 meeting in Hamburg.
The new Pennsylvania Youth Foundation will be headquartered at the Patton School Complex, adjacent to the Masonic Homes at Elizabethtown. Office space will be provided in this building on the Patton grounds.
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organizations with the guidance, promo· tion and direction that is to be provided by a full time em ployee, Bro. Thom as R. Labagh, who has been selected as Executive Director for the foundation. Bro. Labagh will be charged with the responsib ility of promoting youth programs in all masonic organizations. (See article on page 14.) The Pennsylvania Youth Foundation will be governed by a seven-member Board of Directors that wi ll be assisted by a 21-member Advisory Board. Every Masonic organization will be represented on the boards. The primary responsibility of the members of the Advisory Board will be to serve as liaison between the Board of Di rectors and the masonic organizations. The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvan ia has committed $60,000 from its 1982 budget to underwrite the initial costs of organization and to support a staff for the first year of operation. A fund drive wi ll be conducted shortly after the new year. The Grand Master has indicated his hope that at least $500,000 will be contributed toward the endowment of the fund during 1982. To back his desire to make the founda· tion self-sufficient as soon as possible, the Grand Master has directed that all returns from the 1982 travel program go to the Pennsylvania Youth Foundation. In the past, returns from travel programs have been applied to the Masonic Homes. The first contribution to the foundation was received as a memorial to Richard W. Connelly. Richard, who died August 28, 1981 at the age of 16, was a member of Westmoreland Chapter 0 rder of DeM olay.
Survived by his parents, 8 ro. and Mrs. Neal S. Connelly of 529 New Haven Drive, Greensburg, and two brothers, Tom and Robert, also DeMolays, Richard , in the less than three years he was a membe r, made a lasting impressi on on his DeMolay Brothers. They noted his il lness prevented him from doing all th~;~t he wanted to accomplish, but he was able to serve two terms as Fourth Preceptor, one term as Junior Steward, and take part in the degree work. In forwarding the contribution, his DeMo lay Brothers wrote, " Rich loved the Ord er of DeM olay, but more importantly he was a TRUE DEMO LAY who loved his God, his country and DeM olay. " It is fitting that the first contribution to the fund drive for a fledgling youth fou ndation would be in the memory of one who obviously developed and grew as a human being in an environment the foundation seeks to strengthen and protect. THE PENNSYLVANIA FREEMASON Distribution Office MASONIC HO MES El izabethtown, Pa. 17022 (Send FOR M 3579 to Above Address)
12th Masonic District - Bro. Milan Mihoch of Ki ngston, a Past Master of Pl ymouth Lodge No , 332 meeting in Plymouth. 13th Masonic District - Bro. Paul A. Lucas, Jr., of Peckville, a Past Master of Oriental Star Lodge No. 588 meeting in Peckville. 14th Masonic District - Bro. John D. Wilson of Olyphan t, a Past Master of Kingsbury Lodge No. 466 meeting in Olyp hant. 16th Masonic District - Bro. Benjam in Franklin, Jr. of Towanda, a Past Master of LeRay Lodge No. 47 1 meeting in LeRaysville. 25th Masonic District - Bro. Jack E. Park of Meadville, a Past Maste r of Cochranton Lodge No. 790 meeting in Cochranton. 32nd Masonic District - Bro. David K. Johnstone of Munhall, a Past Master of Me Ki nley Lodge No. 318 meeting in Pittsburgh. 36th Masonic District - Bro. Elwood P. Schollenberger of Springfield , a Past Master of Springfield Lodge No. 779 meeti ng in Springfield. Second Class POSTAGE PAID AT Elizabethtown Pennsylvania
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AN OFFIC IAL PUBLICATIO N OF THE RIGHT WORSHIPFUL GRAND LODGE OF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF PE NNSYLVA NIA
VOLUME XXIX
FEBRUARY • 1982
NUMBER 1
Samuel C. Williamson Made Pennsylvania Grand Master Bro. Samuel C. Will iamson of Pitcairn, an executive with the United States Steel Corporation, has been installed as Right Worshipful Grand Master of Masons in Pennsylvania. The installation of Bro. Williamson to the highest office in Freemasonry in the state occurred at noon on Monday, December 28, 1981 during the Annual Grand Communication of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania held at the Masonic Temple in the Oaklan d section of Pittsbu rgh. In assuming the leadership of more than 214,000 Masons in 582 lodges throughout the state, Bro. Williamson succeeds Bro. Josep h E. Trate as Grand Maste r. A lifelong resident of Pitcai rn, Bro. Williamson obtai ned his education in the pub lic schools of the borough and earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical engineering in 1950 from the University of Pittsburgh. Employed by United States Steel Corporation since his discharge from the United States Army in 1952, the Grand Master is presently Superintendent of the Chemicals Department at the Clairton Works. A member of Tyrian Lodge No. 612, Level Green, Bro. Will iamson served as Wo rshi pfu l Master in 1959. He was appointed District Deputy Grand Master of the 54th Masonic District in 1962 and served through 1971. He was appoi nted a member of the Committee on Masonic Homes in 1971 and was elected to the line as Junior Grand Warden in 1975.
Bro. Samuel C. Williamson
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Right Worshipful Grand Master
Masons Urged to Support New Pennsylvania Youth Foundation Portraying Pennsylvan ia's youth organizations as "the lifeb lood of ou r fraternity and the country" and noting their desperate need of aid and support, the Grand Master, Bro. Samuel C. Williamson, has challenged every masonic body and every mason to join the Grand Lodge in founding and supporting the Pennsylvania Youth Foundatio n. Efforts are already underway to incorporate the foundati on as a nonprofit corpo ration under Comm onwealth of Pennsylvani a law.
The pu rpose of the foundation is described as exclusively charitable in providing gu id ance for the youth in Pennsylvania in their "mental , physical and religious or spiritual development." Such development will be provided through programs in the fields of physical education, sportsmanship, citizenship, morality, public speaking and the arts. They are designed to "develop and promote an awareness of the principles of good citizensh ip, sportsmanship, respect fo r parents, and fellowmen, and general ly
to assist in the development of a philosophy of life that will sustain them in the future." The foundation wil l be headq uartered at the Patton Sch ool Campus, adjacent t o the grounds of the Masonic Homes at Elizabethtown. The Patton complex is already used heavily in the summer by the Rain bow for Girls, Job's Daughters and the Order of DeMolay. Those activities will be continued and hopefully expanded for all the youth (Continued on Page 16)