Grand Lodge to Lay Cornerstone at Restored Grist Mill on Farm Once Owned by Washington Society set out to restore the buildings as a historical site. Inmates at the Greensburg Correctionallnstitute volunteered their labor to restore the grist mill. The Grand Master will lead the Grand Lodge Officers, Blue Lodge Officers and Freemasons, along with representatives of the Family of Freemasonry, in the Pioneer Day parade. At the farm, Grand Lodge Officers will lay the Cornerstone of the restored grist mill, with the original Bible and Gavel along with a reproduction of the Trowel used by Bro. and President George Washington. A plaque recognizing Bro. Washington and commemorating the Cornerstone Laying will be presented to the Heritage Society for permanent posting on the mill.
Grand Master Edward H. Fowler, Jr., Grand Lodge Officers and area Freemasons will participate in the Pioneer Day parade and Celebration October 3 in Perryopolis, highlighted by a Cornerstone Laying Ceremony for a restored grist mill on property once owned by Bro. George Washington. The first President of the United States did not reside at the farm that he had owned near Perryopolis, but he had it operated by a tenant. The community of Perryopolis recently acquired the land and the Heritage
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VOLUME XXXIX
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Master Mason's Degree Team
In the presence of the Right Worshipful Grand Master, Pittsburgh's Police Chief, Bro. Mayer A DeRoy was made a Mason-at-Sight when the three Degrees were Conferred in Oakland Masonic Temple on June 3, following the June Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge. Bro. and Chief DeRoy is a veteran of 35 years in the Pittsburgh Police Department. Starting in the Traffic Division, he rose through the ranks to become Assistant Chief in 1977 and was named Chief in 1990. He has received numerous police and civilian commendations for his exemplary service. After being Raised to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason, Bro. DeRoy thanked R. W. Grand Master Edward H. Fowler, Jr. and Grand Lodge for the honor, saying, "This has been one of the most impressive and memorable events of my life." The Degrees were Conferred in an exemplary manner by three Degree Teams organized for the occasion under the direction of the Instructor of Ritualistic Work, Bro. James K. Thompson; Northwestern Region Instructor, Bro. H. Alvan Sallack; Western Region Instructor, Bro. Wesley E. Smith, Sr; and Central Region Instructor, Bro. R. Dean Jobe. Two Degrees were Conferred in the afternoon and one in the evening. The Master Mason's Degree was unique in that it was Conferred by a Degree Team of policemen in uniform, all Members of the Pittsburgh Pin Club. (The Pin Club comprises continued on page 3