Grand Master's Itinerary MAY THROUGH AUGUST MAY
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Special Grand Lodge Communication , D edication of Lodge Room, Masonic Temple, Lodge No.483 , Rouseville 4 Installation of Mrs. Joy Lee Sampey as Grand Guardian , International O rder ofJob's Daughters, Connellsville 4 Mini-Shrine-A-Rama, Veterans Hospital , Pittsburgh 10 Spring Reunion, Lehigh Consistory, A.A.S.R., Allentown 14 Lodge No. 751, Philadelphia 17 Spring Reunion , Harrisburg Consistory, A.A .S.R., Harrisburg 18-2 0 Grand Lodge of Rhoade Island 23 Committee on Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown 24 Special Grand Lodge Communication, D edication of Lodge Room , Masonic Temple, Carnegie
27-30 Tall Cedars of America Convention, Virginia Beach , Virginia 31 133rd Annual Conclave, Grand Commandery of Knights Templar, Champion JUNE 4 Q uarterly Communication of Grand Lodge, Corinthian Hall , Masonic Temple, Philadelphia, 7:00P.M. 7 Ladies Night Banquet, Lodge No. 472, U niondale 15 International Shrine Hospital Day and 60th Anniversary Celebration, Philadelphia 16 Lodge No . 635, Penn Hills 21 Lodge No. 131, 175 th Anniversary, Philadelphia 27 Committee on Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown
JUNE 28 G rand Assembly, International Order of Rainbow fo r Girls , Hershey 29 Imperial Shrine Session , Imperial thru Shrine of North America, Los July 6 Angeles, California
10-11 Council of Deliberation , Valley of Altoona, A.A.S.R. Hershey 19 Potentates' Ball, !rem Temple, Wilkes barre 2 5 Committee on Masonic Homes, Elizabethtown 26 Meeting , Board of Directors, Pennsylvania Youth Foundation
Continued from preceding page 12. Lodge Funds-Bro . Arthur R. Diamond , R.W . Grand Treasu rer. Schools of Instruction and Ritualistic Work-Bro. James K. Thompson , Instructor of the Ritualistic Work . Lodge Audit Reports, General Returns, Procedures on Restoration to Membership and to Good Masonic Standing-Bro. Thomas W . Jackson , R.W. Grand Secretary . Lodge Bylaws, Amendments to Bylaws, Masonic Charges and Trials and Merging Lodges-Bro . Henry G . Schaefer, Jr., Chairman of the Grand Lodge
Committee on Bylaws. Masonic Halls, Temples and Lodge Rooms- Bro. Joseph I. Greenberger, Chairman of the Grand Lodge Committee on Masonic Temples, Halls and Lodge Rooms. Petitions, Transfers, Healing Rejections and Courtesy Degrees- Bro. Robert A. Pote, Past District D eputy Grand Master. The R. W. Grand Master conducted a critique of each day 's sessions and periods for questions and answers.
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VOLUME XXXIV
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District Deputy Grand Masters Attend Training Seminar Project SOLOMON II, Bro. Melvin S. Mundie , Assistant to the Grand Master and Project Director. Masonic Education-Bro. W alter L. Sykes, Past District Deputy Grand Master. Masonic Homes at Elizabethtown, Home Assistance and the Childrens Home-Bro. Donald Reinen, Secretary to the Committee on Masonic Homes. Pennsylvania Youth FoundationBro. Thomas R. Labagh , Executive Director of the foundation. Masonic Charities, Lodge Finances and
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Masons Join Fight Against Drug, Alcohol Abuse Members of the Masonic fraternity in the United States, more than 3 million strong, have joined the battle against drug and alcohol abuse as it affects the lives of children. Top leaders from every state in the nation, meeting in Arlington, Virginia in m id-February at the Conference of Grand Masters of Masons in North America, have agreed to form a National Foundation for the Prevention of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Among Children . The Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania becam e the first charter member of the national foundation by pledging $50,000 to the effort. Pennsylvania also agreed to cover the legal costs involved in establishing the foundation. The Grand Lodge of Maryland became the second charter member by pledging a contribution of $37,500 and the Grand Lodge of Connecticut is listed as the third charter member by virtue of a $30,000 pledge of fi nancial support. The proposal for a national foundation was presented to the conference by Bro. Carl W. Stenberg, Jr. , R.W . Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, and Bro . C. D avid Haacke, M.W. Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Maryland and chairman of the 1986 Conference of Grand Masters. In a formal presentation to the conference, Grand Master Stenberg detailed the efforrs over the previous two years, beginning with the conference held in Seattle, Washington in 1984, to convince the G rand Lodges to unite in creating aNational Foundation for the Prevention of Drug and Alcohol Abu se Among Children. ' 'The abuse of drugs and alcohol by children is a problem of epidemic proportion, involving every level of society in
BTo. Raymond H. Bachman, Executive Sect"etary-TTeasurer of the Conference of Grand Masters of Masons in Nm·th America and a Past Gt·and Master of Illinois, congratulates Bro. Carl W. Stenberg, jt·., R. W. Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, on the acceptance by the conference of his proposal fm· a National Foundation for the Prevention of Drug a nd Alcohol Abuse Among Children. Bro. C. David Haacke, M. W. Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Mary land and Cha irman of the conf erence, looks on.
every corner of the nation, '' Grand Master Stenberg told the conference deleg~tes. "Substance abuse is a disease that is destroying the minds and bodies of our greatest resou rce , our children ," he said , adding, "We must alert them to the danger and teach them how to avoid the traps. We must do everything in our power to end this tragic waste of lives ." The structure of the national foundation will be patterned after the Pennsylvania Foundation for the Prevention of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Among Children that was formally established earlier th.is year as a cornerstone of Grand Master Stenberg's administration. The Pennsylvania foundation, operating as a pilot program , has already estab-
lished a series of programs in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the Pennsylvania D epartment of Health wherein school teachers and administrators are trained to recognize signs of drug and alcohol abuse among their students. The Pennsylvania foundation also funds a program that provides psychiatric counseling for children who live in homes where one or both parents are alcoholics as well as in and out patient services for persons recovering from bouts with drugs or alcohol through agencies scattered throughout the state. Like the Pennsylvania foundation , the national organization expects to concern
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