Promoting the Fraternity across the World
Owen Olson, at 94 years old, is a gregarious guy. Sit with him awhile—preferably, in his favorite spot in the Union City Home lobby—and he’ll joke about wearing his shirt untucked in the latest fashion, and his envy for John Wayne’s big strong teeth. He’ll tell you stories about growing up in New York City, thinking that the world began and ended at the city limits. He’ll tell you about joining the Navy, and traveling the globe.
Emporia Masonic Lodge honors members, awards $25,000 in Scholarships
he brethren of Bedford Lodge No. 320 and Everett Lodge No. 524 recently made donations to the Everett Recreation Board and to the Everett Sportsmen’s Club’s Junior Rifle Club. Each lodge donated $250 to each of the organizations.
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Billy Ray Cutlip is the first member of Greeneville Lodge No. 3, F&AM, to be elected the Most Worshipful Grand Master of Free and Accepted Masons of Tennessee. His lodge hosted a homecoming for him at the end of May.
The Reverend Donald W. Monson, a retired priest of the Episcopal Diocese of Arizona passed from this world to be with his Lord on June 5, 2016
Freemasonry in China: With the end of the war, the lodges in China and Hong Kong revived, although some Lodges moved from the provinces into Shanghai, Tianjin and Hong Kong. Enthusiasm was so great that the six Philippine lodges meeting in China, which had an almost entirely Chinese membership, formed the Grand Lodge of China in 1949.
The Whittenburg Initiation: Another Evening of Firsts
It is our strong belief that a factor in many younger men joining the Craft is an interest in becoming part of the very historically significant organization. Meeting in historic buildings supports that interest conveying a sense of continuity and history that meeting in modern office blocks with lodge rooms within does not
Masons’ breakfast raises $3,500 for Herald reporter’s medical bills
