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The 29th Masonic District is comprised of six lodges with total membership (May 2024) about 1,298 in Washington and Greene Counties of Southwestern Pennsylvania.

Waynesburg #153... 260
Washington #164.... 265
Sunset #237........... 234
Chartiers #297........ 327
Claysville #447....... 90
Richard Vaux #454.. 122

 

Waynesburg Lodge No. 153

 

 

A Stated Meeting of Waynesburg Lodge

No. 153 Free and Accepted Masons will be held in the Masonic Hall, Giant Eagle Plaza, Waynesburg, PA.

Monday September 9, 2024

at 7:30 p.m.

 

Program

District Deputy Grand Master Official Visitation

 

Extra Meeting

Monday September 16, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.  the Master Mason’s Degree will be conferred 

 

Lodge Family Picnic

A family picnic will be held Saturday September 28 at the Lions Club Park in the JC Pavilion in Waynesburg from 1:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.  The Lodge will be providing chicken and  refreshments.  Members are asked to  bring a covered dish and or dessert.  Friends and family are welcome.

 

Fellowship Breakfast

Saturday, September 7 at 9:00 – 10:30 a.m. Friends and family are welcome.

 

Lodge Blood Drive

Tuesday, September 10 at 12:30 – 5:30 p.m.

Go to: vitalant.org to schedule an appointment of call:      1-877-258-4825

               Use Blood Code: 10056051

 

Coffee With Veterans

Saturday, September 14 at 8:00 – 10:00 a.m. in the Lodge dining hall.

 

29th District School of Instruction

will meet on Tuesday September 24 at 7:30 p.m. in the Masonic Center, Washington, PA.  Examination of a Visitor, Funeral Service, Q/A and Presentation of 25/50 year Emblems will be exemplified.

 

The Square of Virtue

A society without standards will be a society without stability, and it will one day go down.  Not only nations, but whole civilizations have perished in the past for lack of righteousness.  History speaks plainly in this matter and we dare not disregard it.  Hence the importance attached to the Square of Virtue, and reason why Masons call it the symbol of their Craft.  It is the symbol of that moral law upon which human life must rest if it is to stand.  A man may build a house any way he likes, but if he expects it to stand and be his home, he must adjust his structure to the laws and force that rule the material realm.  Just so, unless we live in obedience to the moral laws which God has written in the order of things our lives will fall and end in ruin.

 

Masonic Trivia

The letters of the English word GOD are the first three letters of Hebrew words for Beauty, Strength and Wisdom. G in Gomez, O in Oz, D in Dabar.

 

  • President Ford was a Mason. He received his York Rite Degrees in the Oval Office.

 

  • The first registered livestock brand in Montana was the Square and Compasses dating back to before May 25, 1872 when brands were first registered. It is still in use today.

 

  • When Brothers Richard E. Byrd and Bernt Balchen first flew over the North and South Poles, they dropped a Masonic flag on each Pole. Then, in the 1933-35 expedition, Brother Balchen tossed his Shrine Fez on the North Pole.

 

 

2024 LODGE MEMBERSHIP

Deaths

2

Petitions

1

Initiated

1

Admitted

5

Restored

0

Suspensions

0

Resignations

4

Membership

261

 

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PAST MASTERS - WAYNESBURG LODGE NO. 153                       
1 *Thomas Fletcher 1817
2 *Rees Hill 1818
3 *Thomas Layton 1819, 20, 24, 26
4 *William Harvey 1821, 23, 25
5 *William Ingram 1822, 29, 36-39
6 *Thomas Irons 1827, 28, 41-43
7 *John Irons 1830
8 *Oliver Morgan 1831
9 *Adam Hayes 1832-35
10 *Richard Ledwith 1840, 47-50
11 *Bradley Mahanna 1844
12 *J. M. Chalfant 1845, 46, 52
13 *A. G. Cross 1851, 59-68
14 *R. D. Mickle 1853
15 *William A. Porter 1854
16 *James Lindsay 1855, 56, 58
17 *W. T. H. Pauley 1857
18 *Thomas Scott 1869
19 *J. C. Phillips 1870
20 *Samuel A. Montgomery 1871
21 *James Ingram 1872, 77, 81-82
22 *James R. Rinehart 1873, 84
23 *Daniel W. Braden 1874-76, 83
24 *Abner Ross 1878-80, 86, 88-89
25 *Harvey Pollock 1885
26 *Robert Summersgill 1887
27 *Allen P. Dickey 1890-91
28 *Robert W. Munnell 1892
29 *Charles E. Bower 1893-94
30 *John T. Rogers 1895-96, 1902
31 *David E. Engle 1897
32 *Norval Rodgers 1898
33 *A. H. Sayers 1899
34 *Thomas S. Crago 1900
35 *John C. Stewart 1901
36 *G. Ira Hoge 1903
37 *George E. Hoge 1904
38 *John S. Carter 1905
39 *W. D. Cotterel 1906
40 *Harleigh J. Carroll 1907
41 *Michael E. Carroll 1908
42 *William B. Stewart 1909
43 *Jesse R. Scott 1910
44 *W. C. Montgomery 1911
45 *Edward Martin 1912
46 *William G. Cole 1913
47 *Frank W. Meighen 1914
48 *John D. Orndoff 1915
49 *Rufus E. Brock 1916
50 *Charles W. Spragg 1917
51 *Thomas E. Kennedy 1918
52 *John M. Patterson 1919
53 *Archie H. Seals 1920
54 *L. M. Stephenson 1921
55 *William F. Garard 1922
56 *Paul R. Stewart 1923
57 *Phillip E. Hileman 1924
58 *Leroy D. Cummings 1925
59 *Charles T. Strosnider 1926
60 *Guy R. Lytle 1927
61 *C. Austin Dille 1928
62 *J. Ernest Isherwood 1930
63 *Herbert L. Wagener, Sr. 1931
64 *Robert W. Troutman 1932
65 *George M. Haver 1933
66 *Harold L. Sutton 1934
67 *William P. Smith 1935
68 *James T. McCullough 1936
69 *Blaine C. Miller 1937
70 *Cecil L. McCracken 1938
71 *Milton N. Reed 1939
72 *W. Morgan Henderson 1940
73 *John H. McNeely 1941
74 *Kenneth B. Evans 1942
75 *Kenneth G. Baily 1943
76 *John E. Baily 1944
77 *Thomas H. Parkinson 1945
78 *Irvin R. Morris 1946
79 *W. Bertram Waychoff 1947
80 *J. Wood Williamson 1948
81 *W. Alfred Hill 1949
82 *Raymond J. Berry 1950
83 *T. Sayers Baily 1951
84 *Alfred H. Strosnider 1952
85 *Clarence L. Williams 1953
86 *Samuel M. Scott 1954
87 *Robert E. Titus 1955
88 *William W. Garrison 1956
89 *E. Bryan Jacobs 1957
90 *James A. Fritz 1958
91   Charles R. Baily 1959
92 *A. Daniel Corwin 1960
93 *William W. Harper 1961
94 *Ewing B. Pollock 1962
95 *Howard D. Widdup 1963
96 *Robert L. Stephenson 1964
97 *John W. Scott 1965
98 *Paul E. Crouse 1966
99 *William P. Thomas 1967
100 *A. Leon Seals 1968
101 *Jesse W. Fox 1969
102 *Robert H. Dulaney 1970
103 *Dean E. Hughes 1971
104 *Herbert L. Wagener, Jr. 1972
105 *Robert C. Andrew 1973
106 *J. Robert Lightner 1974
107   John E. Mariner 1975
108   James H. Strosnider 1976
109 *William R. Davis 1977
110 *David G. Wood 1978
111 *Robert A. Henderson 1979, 96-97
         "       "         " 2002-04,08-09
112   Timothy E. McKay 1980
113 *William M. Baily 1981
114   Jeffrey L. Millikin 1982
115   Benjamin R. Williamson 1983
116   J. Bradley Monas 1984-85
117 *S. Craig Church 1986
118 *Albert B. Morris 1987-88
119   Daryl W. Guthrie 1989-90, 98
        "     "        " 2017-18
120 *Walter R. Sanner 1991
121   James A. Howard 1992-93
122   H. John Frazier 1994-95
123   Nelson M. Martin 1999, 2000-01 
        "        "         " 2005-07,10-11
124   Anthony D. Ross 2012-15
125   Terry L. Janosek 2016
126   Charles A. Lemley, Jr. 2019, 21
127   Darrin J. Grimm 2020
128   Anthony E. Gumbarevic 2022
129   Michael J. Larkin 2023-Present
  * Deceased  

 

LODGE INFO

Contact The District Deputy

Jay A. McGuier, D.D.G.M.
District Deputy Grand Master
733 Taylorstown Ridge Road
Avella, PA 15312

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