June 1997 - Grand Master's Message The Deadline Date For The Annual Voluntary Campaign Has Passed April 30, 1997, was the deadline date this year for several major events in the Grand Encampment. The staff of the Knights Templar Eye Foundation, Inc., office in Chicago is busy closing the books on the 29th Annual Voluntary Campaign. It will several weeks before the final results will be made known to all of us. At the end of the 21st week of the campaign, we had a cumulative total of $638,081.78. This was $75,601.36 less than the amount collected during the same period of the 28th Annual Voluntary Campaign in 1996. It is slightly ahead of the amount collected in the 21st week of the 27th Annual Voluntary Campaign in 1995, which was $637,617.01. There will be a report for the 22nd, 23rd, and a last week report made during the next several weeks. It will be interesting to note if the final results will be less than, equal to, or more than the past years. Only time will tell. I want to take this means of thanking Sir Knight John L. Winkelman, Past Department Commander, Northeastern Department, and the 29th Voluntary Campaign Chairman for his many efforts in behalf of the Knights Templar Eye Foundation, Inc. Meet Me In St. Louie, Sir Knight And Lady Louie Again, I urge each of you who have not made your hotel reservations and who have not registered for the Triennial Conclave of the Grand Encampment to be held in St. Louis, Missouri, at the Adams Mark Hotel, August 9-13, 1997, to take care of this now. Remember, to reserve your hotel room call 1 (800) 444-ADAM, and mention to them the Grand Encampment, Knights Templar, Triennial. Also, on page 18 of the October issue and page 11 of the April issue of Knight Templar magazine are registration forms for your use. If you do not want to destroy pages of your magazine, have photo copies made and use a photo copy. The official air carrier for the 60th Triennial Conclave in St. Louis is Southwest Airlines. Southwest Airlines has been designated as the number 1 carrier of all the airlines in the United States. They are offering to Triennial Conclave attendees discounted airfares on their already low fares. See page 15 of the May 1997 issue or page 6 of this issue. Don't forget; get your reservations in NOW! Blair Christy Mayford Grand Master
June 1997
2