Mayor Presents To Preceptor Mawson The Key To City Larry Trenary, mayor of Fort Walton Beach, Florida, presented Ernest F Mawson, Very Eminent Preceptor of the Spirit of Truth Tabernacle No. 71, Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priests, the symbolic Key to the City at their annual meeting held in Fort Walton Beach. Mayor Trenary in doing so pointed out the great job that Masons are doing for charity and the communities wherever located.
Missouri Assembly, S.O.O.B., Celebrates 75th Birthday Moberly Assembly No. 21, S.O.O.B., Moberly, Missouri, celebrated its 75th or diamond anniversary with its Recorder, Mrs. Herschel Wright, giving a brief history; a special program, Harvest Letters; and a recognition of all its Past Presidents. Each Past President was given a red rose by President, Mrs. John T. Lutz. Special recognition was given to Mrs. Omar Edwards, ninety-five, who served as President in 1954 and is the oldest in age and service, holding a station every year until 1996. In the picture below left, Mrs. Edwards is shown with the anniversary cake. In the picture below right, from left are: first row: Mrs. J. E. Thomas, PP.; Mrs. Carter Durbin; Mrs. Omar Edwards, P.P.; Mrs. James Kappler; Mrs. Delbert Dunkin, P.P.; Mrs. William Stephens, P.P. Second row: Mrs. J. T. Lutz, W.P; Mrs. Billy Gene Young, PP.; Mrs. C. K. Swan, PR; Mrs. Joseph McKinsey, P.P.; Mrs. Roy Kirgan. Back row: Mrs. Sam Reed; Mrs. Herschel Wright, PP.; Mrs. Roy Noel, P.P; Mrs. James Oliver, P.P; Mrs. Jerry Evans; and Ms. Alpha Biggers, new member.
Masonic Secrets One of the best kept secrets in the Masonic Fraternity is the different charities within our several different groups. We all know, or should know, of the Shriners Hospitals for Children, the Knights Templar Eye Foundation, and the Scottish Rite Learning Disabilities Clinic, but not many know of the Hearing Impaired Kids Endowment Fund (HIKE) of the International Order of Job's Daughters. This is a story about this fund. A mother called the Shrine to see if her child could get help in receiving hearing aids. Another phone number was given to the mother. An application was sent to her with instructions to return it to the Guardian of Bethel No. 10, Montana, who was informed of the situation. The form was completed, sent to the Guardian who forwarded it to the proper
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