a message from the sovereign master
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The Ill. Robert Odell Ralston, 33°
Spring Anniversary Class
April 29, 1995
Howard Memorial Theater
Greetings Brethren, As Sovereign Prince
of the Williamsport Council of Princes of Jerusalem I would like to take this time to wish you all the best during this holiday season. As we travel along in our Scottish Rite Journey, may we be blessed with GOD’s wisdom and spirit.
It is an honor and a pleasure to serve as Sovereign Prince and I will strive to uphold the honor of all the Sovereign Princes before me.
On Saturday, December 12th, 2015 the Council of Princes of Jerusalem will sponsor “Breakfast with Santa” in the Howard Memorial Cathedral from
9 A.M. – 11 A.M. All the children, young and old, are welcome to come enjoy this special time.
I would like to further thank my Officers for serving this year. They are High Priest Robert G. Peterman, Senior Warden Michael A. Slack, Junior Warden Kenneth T. Seay, Master of Ceremonies Wilmer P. Quick & Master of Entrances Darrin L. Feerrar.
I hope to see all my Brethren at all the upcoming events and ask us to remember Brethren and their widows during this holiday season.
Remember to invite all your Masonic Brothers to join Scottish Rite and experience the great fraternity that we are!
Fraternally, Patrick A. Enright Sovereign Prince
PUBLISHED BY THE VALLEY OF WILLIAMSPORT, PA December 2015
© Valley of Williamsport, A.A.S.R. P.O. Box 1032 Williamsport, PA 17703 (570) 323-6194
A Message from the Sovereign Master
Patrick A. Enright, 32º
THE SCOTTISH RITE BULLETIN
Official publication of the Scottish Rite Bodies of the Valley of
Williamsport, PA Publication Office: Stephen M. Wertz
348 Market Street, Williamsport, PA 17701 (570) 323-6194 • Fax (570) 323-2243
The Bodies of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of the Valley of Williamsport acknowledge the authority of, and yield allegiance to the Supreme Council, 33º, for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States of America, whose Grand Orient is located at Lexington, MA, and of which Illustrious John Wm. McNaughton, 33º, is Sovereign Grand Commander.
WILLIAMSPORT LODGE OF PERFECTION Bro. Ben E. Zeafla, 32º – Thrice Potent Master
WILLIAMSPORT CONSISTORY Ill. Keith R. Tressler, 33º – Commander-in-Chief
WILLIAMSPORT COUNCIL OF PRINCES OF JERUSALEM Bro. Patrick A. Enright, 32º – Sovereign Prince
WILLIAMSPORT CHAPTER OF ROSE CROIX Bro. Robert E. Saul, 32º – Most Wise Master
2© Valley of Williamsport, A.A.S.R. P.O. Box 1032 Williamsport, PA 17703 (570) 323-6194
In Memoriam Harold F. Cotner 11/15/2015Dale F. Bogart 10/30/2015
NOTICE OF STATED MEETING DEAR BROTHER:
A Consistory Only Stated Meeting of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry of the Valley of Williamsport will be held in the Howard Memorial Cathedral on
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2015 AT 7:30 P.M., E.S.T. for the transaction of such business as may be regularly presented. A cordial and fraternal invitation is extended to all members of the Rite duly accredited. The Chapter of Rose Croix will be the greeters and offer the invocation at dinner. Members and their ladies are invited to attend dinner at 6:30 P.M. for which tickets are now available. There will be a local quartet performing Christmas Music entertainment following the meeting.
DINNER RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE BY MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2015! IF YOU MAKE A RESERVATION AND THEN CANNOT ATTEND THE DINNER, YOU MUST CANCEL YOUR RESERVATION BY
MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2015, OR YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING FOR YOUR MEAL.
By order of: Ill. Keith R. Tressler, 33º, Commander-in-Chief • Stephen M. Wertz, 32º, Secretary
MENU: Stuffed Chicken Breast, Mashed Potatoes w/ Gravy, Corn, Dinner Salad, Rolls, Pound Cake Dessert w/Strawberries (sugar-free desserts available upon request when made with reservation)
*In an effort to keep up with rising food costs, dinner ticket prices have been raised by $1, which began at the October Stated Meeting. Dinner ticket prices are now $16 per person. This is still a great deal! A fully-served, high quality meal with salad and dessert, including taxes and gratuity, for $16 is hard to beat.*
If you would like to see one of your milestone anniversaries in the bulletin (i.e. 25th, 50th, 60th, etc.), please call the Office and make this wish known. Anniversaries will only be placed in the bulletin upon request.
Fraternal Greetings Brethren! In an effort to keep up with the technological times, the Valley has been offering its Members the option of receiving their bulletins by email. If you would like this option, please send me an email at [email protected] requesting this and I will make it happen for you.
DUES! DUES! DUES! Please remember that 2016 dues payments are due in the Office by December 31, 2015. Please submit your dues and help us avoid the unpleasant phone calls asking you for your payment. Thank you sincerely to all of you that have already submitted your dues payments!
Fraternally, Stephen M. Wertz, Secretary SECRETARY’S
CORNER
Congratulations to Bro. roBert e. MCManigal and his wife Janet
who will CeleBrate their 65th wedding anniversary
on deCeMBer 15, 2015!
Congratulations to Bro. roBert J. sheatler and his wife PatriCia who will CeleBrate their 60th wedding anniversary
on deCeMBer 26, 2015!♥
Guy L. Young, Jr. 10/24/2015 Nelson L. Lockcuff 11/02/2015
3© Valley of Williamsport, A.A.S.R. P.O. Box 1032 Williamsport, PA 17703 (570) 323-6194
1st Prize Winner - $20,000 Ill. David C. Raker, 33°
CONGRATULATIONS to the 2015 Winner’s Choice Raffle Winners!
2nd Prize Winner - $1,000 ..................... Bro. Jacob M. Barley, Jr. 3rd Prize Winner - $500 ....................... Mrs. Dorothy Mertz 4th Prize Winner - $250 ....................... Bro. Edward L. Ott 5th Prize Winner - $100 ....................... Ill. Keith R. Tressler, 33° 6th Prize Winner - $100 ....................... Bro. Michael M. Durrwachter 7th Prize Winner - $100 ....................... Charlene Stahlnecker 8th Prize Winner - $50 ......................... Roberta McClintock 9th Prize Winner - $50 ......................... Bro. Michael M. Durrwachter 10th Prize Winner - $50 ......................... Ill. Donald J. Panichi, 33°
Scottish Rite Window Project The Valley of Williamsport is still seeking donations to complete its ongoing window replacement project in an effort to make
the facility more energy efficient. The next time you visit the Valley, please check out the memorial/honorary plaques for the Acacia Club and 4th Street facades of the window project. The Grassy Area plaque is still a work in progress.
Can you support this endeavor and help the Valley make some upgrades while honoring or memorializing someone important to you? Please contact the Office if you can assist with this endeavor and to answer any of your questions. Quoted prices are only good for a short period of time, so please act now to secure this pricing. “X” means window has been purchased, while “\” means half of a two set window has been purchased.
Windows 1 through 9 bottom $409 each
Windows 1 through 9 top $457 each
Windows 10 through 19 bottom Purchased Windows 10 through 19 top Purchased Windows 20 through 24 Purchased
Windows 1 through 3 $450 each Windows 4 through 6 $484 each Windows 7 through 10 $450 each
Windows 11 through 12 $484 each Windows 13 through 15 $350 each Windows 16 through 19 $484 each
Howard Cathedral 4th Street (Grassy Area) Acacia Club - Market Street
Ticket Donations: $10 each or 6 for $50 Drawing Date and Time: Saturday, April 23, 2016 at 6:00 P.M.
Drawing Location: Acacia Club, 348 Market Street, Williamsport
COMING SOON! 2016 WINNER’S CHOICE RAFFLE
The 2016 edition of the Winner’s Choice Raffle is coming soon! Be on the lookout for your tickets! They will be mailed to you by late December or early January. The drawing will be held on April 23, 2016 at the Spring Anniversary Class. This raffle has been instrumental in helping the Valley meet its past budgetary requirements, and this year is no different. Please support your Valley in this fundraising effort! The Valley sincerely appreciates your time and efforts!
VALLEY WEBSITE www.williamsportscottishrite.org
If for whatever reason you do not get your bulletin on time, please go to the website. The bulletin is always posted on the Publications page of the website as soon as it is finalized, even before it is printed.
We are also on Facebook, Twitter, Vimeo, and Pinterest!
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Saturday, December 12, 2015 Breakfast with Santa Sponsored by the Council of Princes of Jerusalem Howard Memorial Cathedral 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Monday, December 14, 2015 Board of Trustees Meeting 4:00 PM Executive Committee Meeting 6:30 PM
Thursday, December 17, 2015 Stated Meeting – Consistory Only Dinner 6:30 PM Meeting 7:30 PM
Wednesday, December 30, 2015 18th District St. John’s Day Banquet Acacia Club 6:30 PM
Wednesday, January 6, 2016 American Red Cross Blood Drive Sponsored by Eureka Lodge No. 335 Acacia Club – 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Monday, January 25, 2016 Board of Trustees Meeting 4:00 PM Executive Committee Meeting 6:30 PM
ANCIENT ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE Valley of Williamsport
Stephen M. Wertz, Secretary 348 Market Street
Williamsport, PA 17701
Spring Anniversary Class
April 29, 1995
Howard Memorial Theater
Greetings Brethren, As Sovereign Prince
of the Williamsport Council of Princes of Jerusalem I would like to take this time to wish you all the best during this holiday season. As we travel along in our Scottish Rite Journey, may we be blessed with GOD’s wisdom and spirit.
It is an honor and a pleasure to serve as Sovereign Prince and I will strive to uphold the honor of all the Sovereign Princes before me.
On Saturday, December 12th, 2015 the Council of Princes of Jerusalem will sponsor “Breakfast with Santa” in the Howard Memorial Cathedral from
9 A.M. – 11 A.M. All the children, young and old, are welcome to come enjoy this special time.
I would like to further thank my Officers for serving this year. They are High Priest Robert G. Peterman, Senior Warden Michael A. Slack, Junior Warden Kenneth T. Seay, Master of Ceremonies Wilmer P. Quick & Master of Entrances Darrin L. Feerrar.
I hope to see all my Brethren at all the upcoming events and ask us to remember Brethren and their widows during this holiday season.
Remember to invite all your Masonic Brothers to join Scottish Rite and experience the great fraternity that we are!
Fraternally, Patrick A. Enright Sovereign Prince
PUBLISHED BY THE VALLEY OF WILLIAMSPORT, PA December 2015
© Valley of Williamsport, A.A.S.R. P.O. Box 1032 Williamsport, PA 17703 (570) 323-6194
A Message from the Sovereign Master
Patrick A. Enright, 32º
THE SCOTTISH RITE BULLETIN
Official publication of the Scottish Rite Bodies of the Valley of
Williamsport, PA Publication Office: Stephen M. Wertz
348 Market Street, Williamsport, PA 17701 (570) 323-6194 • Fax (570) 323-2243
The Bodies of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of the Valley of Williamsport acknowledge the authority of, and yield allegiance to the Supreme Council, 33º, for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States of America, whose Grand Orient is located at Lexington, MA, and of which Illustrious John Wm. McNaughton, 33º, is Sovereign Grand Commander.
WILLIAMSPORT LODGE OF PERFECTION Bro. Ben E. Zeafla, 32º – Thrice Potent Master
WILLIAMSPORT CONSISTORY Ill. Keith R. Tressler, 33º – Commander-in-Chief
WILLIAMSPORT COUNCIL OF PRINCES OF JERUSALEM Bro. Patrick A. Enright, 32º – Sovereign Prince
WILLIAMSPORT CHAPTER OF ROSE CROIX Bro. Robert E. Saul, 32º – Most Wise Master
2© Valley of Williamsport, A.A.S.R. P.O. Box 1032 Williamsport, PA 17703 (570) 323-6194
In Memoriam Harold F. Cotner 11/15/2015Dale F. Bogart 10/30/2015
NOTICE OF STATED MEETING DEAR BROTHER:
A Consistory Only Stated Meeting of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry of the Valley of Williamsport will be held in the Howard Memorial Cathedral on
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2015 AT 7:30 P.M., E.S.T. for the transaction of such business as may be regularly presented. A cordial and fraternal invitation is extended to all members of the Rite duly accredited. The Chapter of Rose Croix will be the greeters and offer the invocation at dinner. Members and their ladies are invited to attend dinner at 6:30 P.M. for which tickets are now available. There will be a local quartet performing Christmas Music entertainment following the meeting.
DINNER RESERVATIONS MUST BE MADE BY MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2015! IF YOU MAKE A RESERVATION AND THEN CANNOT ATTEND THE DINNER, YOU MUST CANCEL YOUR RESERVATION BY
MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2015, OR YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR PAYING FOR YOUR MEAL.
By order of: Ill. Keith R. Tressler, 33º, Commander-in-Chief • Stephen M. Wertz, 32º, Secretary
MENU: Stuffed Chicken Breast, Mashed Potatoes w/ Gravy, Corn, Dinner Salad, Rolls, Pound Cake Dessert w/Strawberries (sugar-free desserts available upon request when made with reservation)
*In an effort to keep up with rising food costs, dinner ticket prices have been raised by $1, which began at the October Stated Meeting. Dinner ticket prices are now $16 per person. This is still a great deal! A fully-served, high quality meal with salad and dessert, including taxes and gratuity, for $16 is hard to beat.*
If you would like to see one of your milestone anniversaries in the bulletin (i.e. 25th, 50th, 60th, etc.), please call the Office and make this wish known. Anniversaries will only be placed in the bulletin upon request.
Fraternal Greetings Brethren! In an effort to keep up with the technological times, the Valley has been offering its Members the option of receiving their bulletins by email. If you would like this option, please send me an email at [email protected] requesting this and I will make it happen for you.
DUES! DUES! DUES! Please remember that 2016 dues payments are due in the Office by December 31, 2015. Please submit your dues and help us avoid the unpleasant phone calls asking you for your payment. Thank you sincerely to all of you that have already submitted your dues payments!
Fraternally, Stephen M. Wertz, Secretary SECRETARY’S
CORNER
Congratulations to Bro. roBert e. MCManigal and his wife Janet
who will CeleBrate their 65th wedding anniversary
on deCeMBer 15, 2015!
Congratulations to Bro. roBert J. sheatler and his wife PatriCia who will CeleBrate their 60th wedding anniversary
on deCeMBer 26, 2015!♥
Guy L. Young, Jr. 10/24/2015 Nelson L. Lockcuff 11/02/2015
3© Valley of Williamsport, A.A.S.R. P.O. Box 1032 Williamsport, PA 17703 (570) 323-6194
1st Prize Winner - $20,000 Ill. David C. Raker, 33°
CONGRATULATIONS to the 2015 Winner’s Choice Raffle Winners!
2nd Prize Winner - $1,000 ..................... Bro. Jacob M. Barley, Jr. 3rd Prize Winner - $500 ....................... Mrs. Dorothy Mertz 4th Prize Winner - $250 ....................... Bro. Edward L. Ott 5th Prize Winner - $100 ....................... Ill. Keith R. Tressler, 33° 6th Prize Winner - $100 ....................... Bro. Michael M. Durrwachter 7th Prize Winner - $100 ....................... Charlene Stahlnecker 8th Prize Winner - $50 ......................... Roberta McClintock 9th Prize Winner - $50 ......................... Bro. Michael M. Durrwachter 10th Prize Winner - $50 ......................... Ill. Donald J. Panichi, 33°
Scottish Rite Window Project The Valley of Williamsport is still seeking donations to complete its ongoing window replacement project in an effort to make
the facility more energy efficient. The next time you visit the Valley, please check out the memorial/honorary plaques for the Acacia Club and 4th Street facades of the window project. The Grassy Area plaque is still a work in progress.
Can you support this endeavor and help the Valley make some upgrades while honoring or memorializing someone important to you? Please contact the Office if you can assist with this endeavor and to answer any of your questions. Quoted prices are only good for a short period of time, so please act now to secure this pricing. “X” means window has been purchased, while “\” means half of a two set window has been purchased.
Windows 1 through 9 bottom $409 each
Windows 1 through 9 top $457 each
Windows 10 through 19 bottom Purchased Windows 10 through 19 top Purchased Windows 20 through 24 Purchased
Windows 1 through 3 $450 each Windows 4 through 6 $484 each Windows 7 through 10 $450 each
Windows 11 through 12 $484 each Windows 13 through 15 $350 each Windows 16 through 19 $484 each
Howard Cathedral 4th Street (Grassy Area) Acacia Club - Market Street
Ticket Donations: $10 each or 6 for $50 Drawing Date and Time: Saturday, April 23, 2016 at 6:00 P.M.
Drawing Location: Acacia Club, 348 Market Street, Williamsport
COMING SOON! 2016 WINNER’S CHOICE RAFFLE
The 2016 edition of the Winner’s Choice Raffle is coming soon! Be on the lookout for your tickets! They will be mailed to you by late December or early January. The drawing will be held on April 23, 2016 at the Spring Anniversary Class. This raffle has been instrumental in helping the Valley meet its past budgetary requirements, and this year is no different. Please support your Valley in this fundraising effort! The Valley sincerely appreciates your time and efforts!
VALLEY WEBSITE www.williamsportscottishrite.org
If for whatever reason you do not get your bulletin on time, please go to the website. The bulletin is always posted on the Publications page of the website as soon as it is finalized, even before it is printed.
We are also on Facebook, Twitter, Vimeo, and Pinterest!
Non-Profit Org. U.S. Postage
PAID Williamsport, PA 17701
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Saturday, December 12, 2015 Breakfast with Santa Sponsored by the Council of Princes of Jerusalem Howard Memorial Cathedral 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Monday, December 14, 2015 Board of Trustees Meeting 4:00 PM Executive Committee Meeting 6:30 PM
Thursday, December 17, 2015 Stated Meeting – Consistory Only Dinner 6:30 PM Meeting 7:30 PM
Wednesday, December 30, 2015 18th District St. John’s Day Banquet Acacia Club 6:30 PM
Wednesday, January 6, 2016 American Red Cross Blood Drive Sponsored by Eureka Lodge No. 335 Acacia Club – 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Monday, January 25, 2016 Board of Trustees Meeting 4:00 PM Executive Committee Meeting 6:30 PM
ANCIENT ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE Valley of Williamsport
Stephen M. Wertz, Secretary 348 Market Street
Williamsport, PA 17701