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VOLUME XLI
FEBRUARY 1994
NUMBER 1
George H. Hohenshildt is 102nd Right Worshipful Grand Master of Freemasons in Pennsylvania rother George H. Hohenshildt was Installed as the 102nd Right Worshipful Grand Master of Free and Accepted Masons of Pennsylvania at noon on Monday, December 27 during the Annual Grand Communication of Grand Lodge in The Scottish Rite Cathedral, Harrisburg. Later, he was received as R.W. Grand Master during a Special Meeting of his Lodge, WilliamS. Snyder Lodge No. 756, in the Masonic Temple, Harrisburg. In the evening, he was honored at the Grand Master's dinner and celebration in Zembo Temple. Bro. Hohenshildt, a consulting engineer in Harrisburg, has been a Mason for more than forty years. He was Entered in William S. Snyder Lodge on Octo her 7, 1953 , and was Worshipful Master in 1964. He served as the District Deputy Grand Master of the 3rd Masonic District from 1984 to 1987. He was born in Harrisburg in 1928, has been a life-long resident of Harrisburg and attended the public schools there. He is a graduate of Smith Technical Institute, a graduate of the Wilson Engineering Corporation and attended Pennsylvania State University. He has be en employed by Clapp & Holmes, Consulting Structural Engineers, for forty years. He is licensed in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland as a professional consulting engineer, and is a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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From Centuries Past Through Centuries To Come
Dynamic Brochure Launches New Friend to Friend Program R. W. Grand Master George H. Hohenshildt launched a new Friend to Friend Program with a dynamic new brochure and plan for a F r aternity-wide involvement in a vital effort for Membership development. The dramatic artwork montage reproduced at the top of this page symbolizes the Friend to Friend Program. Depicting "Friend to Friend From Centuries Past Through Centuries To Come ," it portrays King Solomon and some of the most famous Freemasons of all time. It also is reproduced on the cover of the brochure. The very informative new brochure is the key tool in the upscaled Friend to Friend Program designed to address the value of Membership in the Fraternity and to educate the non-Mason as to what a 24
Freemason is, who we are, what we believe in and what we do. It identifies the qualifications necessary for a good man to be Made a Mason and makes it clear that anyone seeking Membership must ask a friend to recommend him. The Friend to Friend Program as well as the essential elements of it, such as the brochure and distinctive "Pennsylvania Friend to Friend" lapel pin, were designed by Bro . Dean E. Vaughn, P.M. The organization, workings and benefits of the Program through the Districts to the Blue Lodges and their twelve-man Friend to Friend Committees are detailed in Grand Master Hohenshildt 's Installation Address reproduced as the "Grand Master Speaks" beginning on Page 2.
MARCH QUARTERLY Communication Dinner Philadelphia March 2, 1994 Dinner held at 5:00P.M. Communication following at 7:00 P.M.
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Bro. Hohenshildt served in the U.S. Army and was honorably discharged in 1949. The new Grand Master is a Senior Member of Pilgrim Chapter, Order of DeMolay and was the 1987 recipient of the DeMolay Legion of Honor. In York Rite, Bro. Hohenshildt is a Member of Perseverance Royal Arch Chapter No. 21 in Harrisburg and served as Most Excellent High Priest in 1974. He is a Member of Harrisburg Council No.9, Royal and
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Select Masters and served as Thrice Illustrious Master in 1964. He also is a Member of Pilgrim Commandery No. 11, Knights Templar, where he served as Eminent Comander in 1970 -1971. In Scottish Rite, Bro. Hohenshildt served as Commanderin-Chief of the Valley of Harrisburg from 1982 to 1985, after having served as Most Wise Master of Harrisburg Chapter of Rose Croix in 1970-1971. He served as Director of Ritualistic Work for the Valley for five years, and served three consecutive years as General Chairman of Arrangements for the annual statewide meetings of the Pennsylvania Council of Deliberation. In 1973, he was Coroneted a 33• Mason and made an Honorary Member of Supreme Council for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. At Supreme Council Meetings in 1977 and 1981, he served as Grand Marshal of the Camp and in 1986 was appointed Aide to the Sovereign Grand Commander and has completed his service in that capacity. In Shrine, he is a Member Temple in of Zembo Harrisburg , the Zembo Luncheon Club, Zembo Golf Club, and the Cumberland County and Waynesboro Shrine Clubs. He also is a Member of Harrisburg Court, Royal Order of Jesters. Bro. Hohenshildt is a Member of Harrisburg Forest No. 43 and Valley Forest No. 145, Tall Cedars of Lebanon.
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