Note: Those wishing to learn more about Gene Autty may wish to consult his autobiography, Back in the Saddle Again with Mickey Herskowitz (Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Co., 1978). For his Masonic History, lam indebted to the staff at the Grand Lodge of Oklahoma and At. Joan Kleinknechtof the Scottish Rite Library and TV* .Jseum in Washington, DC. See also the above quoted article and Bobby J. Cope/and, 'Masonic Cowboys, Favorite Westerns and Serial World. Sir Knight Ivan M. Tribe, KYCH, a professor of history at the University of Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Ohio, is a P.C. and a member of Athens Commandery No. 15, Athens, Ohio. He resides at 111 East High Street, McArthur, OH 45651-1111.
Masonic Unity Prevails in South Carolina
At a Grand Commanders' York Rite Class held in Spartanburg, South Carolina, five York Rite bodies; Rock Hill, Gaffney, Spartanburg, Greenville and Clemson; participated in the conferring of the degrees and orders. Fifty-six candidates were Knighted. In attendance were all five grand officers of the South Carolina Masonic bodies plus the Potentate of Hejaz Shrine Temple, who also was the active candidate in the Order of the Temple. Pictured, left to right, are: Phillip G. Russell, Illustrious Grand Master of the Grand Council of Cryptic Masons; Sam D. McJunkin, Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter; Don S. Blair, Grand Commander of the Grand Commandery; Illustrious H. Wallace Reid, Sovereign Grand Inspector General in South Carolina Scottish Rite; and Most Worshipful Samual E. Tennyson, Grand Master of Masons in South Carolina; and Noble Claudis (Champ) Champion, Potentate of Hejaz Temple.
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