Beacon 8 2011 summer

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VOLUME 18, ISSUE 3

SUMMER 2011

BEACON Donate A JOINT PUBLICATION OF THE GRAND LODGE OF OHIO AND THE OHIO MASONIC HOME

Ohio Freemasons $200,000 to Special Olympics

Four hundred Freemasons joined Grand Master Bradford A. Goebel at the opening ceremonies of the 2011 Ohio Special Olympics Summer Games. Grand Master Goebel was proud to present a check for $200,000 from Ohio Freemasons to help sponsor the athletes who participated in this two-day event.

Grand Lodge Museum Receives Facelift This summer the Grand Lodge Museum received a well deserved facelift. The brick building was tuck pointed and the emblems on the west gable were restored. The museum building was built in 1820 by New England Lodge #4 and is the oldest structure built as a Masonic lodge west of the Appalachian mountains.

The museum collection includes Masonic artifacts from lodges around the state, which are displayed on the first floor. The second floor retains the appearance of an 1820s lodge room, where lodges may hold meetings by special dispensation. New England Lodge deeded the property to the Grand Lodge

of Ohio in 1955 to preserve this important part of Ohio’s Masonic heritage. Past Grand Master William M. Judd of Cincinnati, who first recommended that a Grand Lodge headquarters be built in 1952, explained the benefits to all Ohio Masons that would come from accepting New England’s gift. “First, we would preserve the old building as a place of Masonic historic interest. Second, it would furnish the ground on which to build a Grand Secretary’s office. Third, it would be centrally located in the state.” The museum is located adjacent to the Grand Lodge headquarters and tours are available Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or by special appointments.

In This Issue: Living a Normal Life Again ................................4 Cornerstone Expansion .....................................5 Families Look Forward to New Dementia Units .6 Ohio Mason Still Dominates Baseball Statistics ..7 Grand Master Scrapbook .............................. 8-9 EA Degree with a Colonial Twist ......................11 Masonic Charity among CSA Prisoners ............13


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