MEMBERSHIP had both served in the U.S. Air Force. The friendship they developed softened his heart to membership. Brent got a special dispensation from the Grand Lodge to conduct all three degrees in one day – an emotional time that became a “really, really cool family memory.” “Even though he has to travel a couple hours, he is a very faithful attendee in lodge,” Brent said of his father.
Brothers Michael and John Huck with Paul Kanter, Sr. that brother for his commitment to teaching me the work. It was an exhilarating experience after completing the Third Degree and being able to introduce ‘Brother Dad’ to my lodge.” John had a longtime friend who was a member, who Mike believes encouraged him to seek membership. But, in addition to bringing him closer to friends old and new in lodge, Freemasonry created opportunities for quality time between father and son.
Brothers Jeffrey Fulton, son and father
“My father and I, though we were close otherwise, never really
Since Brother Jeffrey “Jeff” Fulton II, P.M., Riverside Lodge No.
did anything socially together. Freemasonry changed that,” he said.
503, Wrightsville, and his father, Brother Jeffrey Fulton, are best friends, when Jeff became a Mason, his dad was the first person who he wanted to join him on his Masonic journey. “I thought, ‘He’s already a good person and would make an even better Mason.’ I knew he would be really involved,” Jeff recalled. Not long after Jeffrey asked him for a petition, Jeff conducted his father’s Entered Apprentice Degree at Riverside Lodge. “My dad has led me through different things in my life – it was time for me to return the favor,” he said.
Brothers Brent and Donald May Prior to when Brother Brent May, P.M., John F. Laedlin Lodge No. 707, South Williamsport, and La Fayette Lodge No. 199, Lock Haven, invited his father, Brother Donald B. May, John F. Laedlin Lodge No. 707, to his open installation for Worshipful Master, his father would always say, “I’m too old for this” when the topic of membership came up. At the installation, while sitting with Brother James “Jim” A. Young, Sr., D.D.G.M.-18, Donald discovered they
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