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Lodge No. 1 90, Norristown Lodge No. 352. Chester Lodge No. 236, Chester Present D.D.G.M., 1 st District, Lodge No. 764, Lancaster D.D.G.M. Seminar, Danville Lodge No. 558. Lansdale Regional Instructors' Seminar, State College Lodge No. 429. Zelienople Lodge No. 245, Doylestown D.D.G.M. Seminar, Kittanning Lodge No. 486, Middletown Lodge No. 701, Ambridge Present D.D.G.M., 53rd District Lodge No. 389, West Middlesex Presen t D.D.G.M., 27th District Lodge No. 540, Chicora D.D.G.M. Seminar. Milesbu rg Present D.D.G.M., 8th District, Lodge No. 596, Souderton Present D.D.G.M., 21st District, Lodge No. 790, State College Present D.D.G.M ., 33rd Distri ct, Lodge No. 379, Ridgway Comm ittee on Masonic Homes Receive R_W. Junior Grand Warden Lodge 551 at Lancaster Masonic Service Center Pennsylvania Youth Foundation, An nual Meeting Presen t D.D.G.M., 20th District, Lodge No. 490, Altoona
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Present D.D.G.M., District F, Lodge No. 359, Phila. 2 Present DD.G.M., 41st District, Lodge 538, Joh nstown 3 Lodge No. 689, Allen town 4 Warden's Night, Pittsburgh, Syria Temple 6 Lodge No. 327, Hazleton 7 Lodge No. 227, West Reading 8 Lodge No. 390, Pittsburgh 9 Lodge No. 7 16, McCandlass Twp. 10-12 7th District Offi cers at Masonic Conference Center 13 Lodge No. 784, Verona
14 Lodge No. 613, Tuttle Creek 15 Lodge No. 663, Fawn Grove 16 Lodge No. 744. Broomall 17 Lodge No. 681, Cam p Hill 18-22 Conference of Grand Masters of Nortl1 America. Seattle, Wa. 24 Comm ittee on Masonic Homes 24 Lodge No. 706, Yorl' 25 Annual Banquet, Lodge No. 236, Chester 26 Ann ual Masonic Church Service, Del. Co. 27 Law En forcement Square Club, Lodge No. 506, Philade lphia
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Forest No. 56, T.C. L., Coatesvi lle Lodge No. 255, Shamol,in Annual Banquet, Lodge No. 779, Springfield Lodge No. 256, Milton Lodge No. 756, Harrisb urg Quatterly Commun ication, Phila. Lodge No. 549, West Read ing Lodge No. 720, Allentown Syria Masters' Night, Pittsburgh Lodges Nos. 252 & 614. Fayette City Lodge No. 456. Philadelphia Lodges Nos. 81 & 715, Phila. Lodge No. 226, Lebanon Lodge No. 114, Philadelphia 175th anniversary Lodge No. 25, Bristol Lodges Nos. 21 6, 267, 270, 730 & 797. Pottsvi lle Lodge No. 673, Allentown Lodges Nos. 283, 648 & 733. Beth lehem Committee on Masonic Homes Lodges Nos. 526 & 582, Elizabeth Lodges Nos. 651, 225 & 459. Uniontown Lodge No. 156, Quarryville Lodges Nos. 399 & 366, Northeast Lodge No. 365. Corry Knights of the Red Cross of Constantine & Appendan t Orders, Phi ladel phia 25th Ann iv. Banquet, Chester Chapter Order of DeMo lay
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Lodge No. 778, Woodside Lodge No. 534. Punxsutawney Lodge No. 483, Rousevil le Lodge No. 272, Butler Lodge No. 9, Tacony Lodge No. 572. Orbisonia Grand Council, R_ & S.M., Harrisburg Lodge No. 765. East McKeespor t Lodge No. 400, Jenl,intown Lodge No. 4 72, Woodside Lodges Nos. 324 & 371 Mimintown Lodge No. 532, Driftwood Dedication of Lodge Room. Lodge No. 625, Concordville Lodge No. 355, Blairsvil le Lodge No. 767, Prospect Pari' Lodge No. 238, Tamaqua Lodge No. 464, Harrisburg Lodge No. 332, Plymouth Lodge No. 775, Middletown Committee on Masonic Homes Board o f Directors, Pennsylvania Youth Fo undation Lodge No. 315, Shippensbu rg, 125th Anniversary An nual Maxwell Sommerville Banquet, Lodge No. 121
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William A. Carpenter Made Pennsylvania Grand Master Bro. William A. Carpenter of Upland , former Grand Secretary, has been installed as Right Worshipful Grand Master of Masons in Pennsylvania. Bro. Carpenter assumed the h ighest masonic office in the state at noon on Tuesday, December 27. He succeeded Bro. Samuel C. Williamson of Pitcairn, who served as Grand Master for 1982 and 1983. The installation ceremony tool' place during the Annua l Grand Communication held in the auditorium of Founders Hall on the campus of the Milton Hershey School in H ershey, Pennsylvania. A lso installed were Bro. Carl W. Stenberg, Jr. of Pittsburgh as Deputy Grand Master; Bro. Arthur J. Kurtz o f Harrisburg as Senior Grand Warden, and Bro. W. ScottStonerofLancaster as Jun ior Grand Warden. Bro. Arth u r R. Diamond ofJenkintown and Bro. Thomas W. Jackson of Audubon were reelected Grand Treas u rer and Grand Secretary, respective ly. Born in Chester, Bro. Carpen ter became a resident of Upland, the o ldest settlement in Pennsylvan ia, following completion of his mi litary service after World War II. He was assigned to the Mi litaty Intelligence Offi ce at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. from 1940 to 1 946. He was ed ucated in th e pub! ic school s of Chester and attend e d Prince ton
University a nd th e University of Pennsylvania. Bro. Carpenter developed an interest in printing and newspaper worl' through an early association with The Chester Times and later with th e News-Journal Co. o f Wilmington, Delaware. He was the composing room superintendent of the Wilmington Joumal-t:uery t:uening in 1961 when h e resig n ed to ac.cept employment with the Grand Lodge. A member o f Chester Lodge No. 236, Bro. Carpenter served as Wors hipful Master in 1953; as Treasure r from 1 954 through 1956, and as Secretary from 1957 through 1 973. He was a member of th e Board of Directors o f the Chester Masonic Tem p le Association, having se rve d five years as c ha irman and 11 years as secretary. Accepting full -tim e service as Grand Lodge Librarian and Curator in 1961, h e served in that capacity t hrough 1969 when he join ed the Grand Maste r's staff for two years and then served as D irector of Masonic Ed ucation until hi s e lectio n in 1973 as R.W. Grand Secreta1y. Bro. Ca rpen ter was editor ofThe 'Pennsylvania Free mason from its inception
in 1954 to 1969, a nd again in 1 980 and 1981. He has served on the Comm ittee on Masonic Educatio n, t he Committee on Finance an d the Comm ittee o n Youth Ser vices. He has also served asanAdministra-
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Grand Master William A. Car pen ter has developed an ambitious program of informal vi sita tio ns that wi ll bring him into contact with virtua lly every one of the 574 lodges in t he jurisdiction during his expected tim e as Grand Master for 1984 and 1985. Mort:: than 300 m eetings wit h th e lodges have already been establish ed for the two year period. The i tinerary printed on page 1 6 is e loquent testimony to tile pace the Grand Maste r !las establi shed.
" I have spen t a great deal o f my more than 30 years of labor in the vi neyards o f Freemason ry- in the lo d ges throughout the state," said the Grand Master in expla ining the pr ogram he w ill m ain ta in. " I spol'e in t he lo d ges wh e n I was Libra ria n and Curator; when I was the Director of Masonic Education, and when I was the Grand Secr eta1y," Bro. Carpenter sa id, add ing, " I f a nyone wa n ts to find the Gra nd Master in th e next two years, they'll
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