l 100th Birthday! Bro. Wesley W. Cheeseman (center) of Melita Lodge No. 295, Philadelphia, on May 16, 1990, his lOOth birthday, with Past Masters Bro. Robert A. Detweiler (left), the Senior P.M. of Melita, and Bro. George S. Peck, P.M. (right).
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Bro. Wesley W. Cheeseman of Melita Lodge No. 295, Philadelphia, on May 16, 1990, celebrated his IOOth birthday. Bro. Cheeseman, 79 years a Mason, followed in the footsteps of his fa ther, John W. Cheeseman, who became a member of Melita Lodge at the time Wesley was born and who later was a P.M. of Melita Lodge for over 50 years, and Secretary of the Lodge for 35 years. Bro. Wesley Cheeseman was a regular a ttendant at Melita until in his late 80's, and was a Trustee of the Permanent Charity Fund
for many years. A life member, he regularly makes a cono·ibution to the Lodge each December. On his birthday, a plaque was presented to him by the Lodge. Bro. Cheeseman spent severa l hours chatting and asking questions about the members of the Lodge a nd the University of Pennsylvania a thletes whom he knew since his boyhood in West Philadelphia, beginning in the 1890s. He has always been a follower of the Penn teams.
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On Friday evening, August28, 1891, at seven o'clock, the n ewl y-d ecorated Norman Hall in the Masonic Temple was opened for inspection. It had been closed since January 23 of that year so
that it could be refurbished and decorated. Hundreds of the Brethren, their friends, a nd the Grand Lodge Officers, including the R. W. Grand Master Bro. John Simpson Africa (1832-1900, mem-
ber of Mt. Moriah Lodge No. 300, Hunting ton, Pennsylvania), availed themselves of the opportunity to view the third Ha ll decorated at the behest of the Masonic Temple Art Association. This