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The 29th Masonic District is comprised of six lodges with total membership (May 2025) about 1,287 in Washington and Greene Counties of Southwestern Pennsylvania.

Waynesburg #153... 260
Washington #164.... 272
Sunset #237........... 213
Chartiers #297........ 309
Claysville #447.......  99
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.

Note the date change to the stated meeting

Wednesday March 11, 2026

at 7:30 p.m.

Dinner to be served beginning at 6:30 p.m.

 

Program

Table Lodge

The Table Lodge was born from the idea of the feast and the desire to promote a greater degree of fellowship.  In the Colonial Days, the Table Lodge was Freemasonry’s greatest asset.  It buoyed up the spirit of the brethren when the spirit of the colonists was low.  Wine was the libation, but that was changed in our land when the 18th Amendment was adopted. So out of respect for the law, a substitute was selected.  Grape juice is most often used in Pennsylvania. 

The Table Lodge ceremony is a heritage of our past, and as such, pays tribute to our Grand Lodge, George Washington, the father of our country, and the Masons throughout the world. 

Waynesburg Lodge would like to pay this tribute and has been granted permission to hold a Table Lodge by our District Deputy Grand Master.  

All Lodge decorum will remain the same for this Table Lodge as it does for our regular stated meetings.  This includes the conducting of business and wearing appropriate attire.   This Table Lodge will be opened in the Entered Apprentice Mason’s Degree.

 

Extra Meeting

Monday, March 16, 2026

at 7:00 p.m.

The Fellow Craft Mason’s Degrees will be conferred and the Master Mason’s Degree will be conferred.

 

Lodge Calendar

March 7, 2026:    Lodge Breakfast and Road Cleanup

March 11, 2026:  Table Lodge

March 16, 2026:  Extra Meeting

April 6, 2026:       Blood Drive at the Lodge

April 18, 2026:    Ladies Night at the Denny House 

 

 

Saturday, April 18, 2026

Masonic Ladies Night

 

At the Denny House in the Carriage House

145 West High Street, Waynesburg, PA 15370

 

Waynesburg Lodge No. 153 will host a Ladies night dinner at the Denny House. Tickets are being sold for $40 each by lodge officers. Please see any officer or contact Brother Michael Larkin for additional inquiries at (724) 986-2377. Payment can be made by check payable to Waynesburg Lodge 153, Cash or Venmo (@micahel-larkin-120). Tickets are limited and we are hoping for a full turnout at the venue.

 

Visitation Committee

If you know of any member suffering an illness, in the hospital or nursing home, please contact our Visitation Committee Chairman Brother William A. Wilson at 724-710-9015.

 

 

29th District School of Instruction Calendar

March 24, 2026                           Sunset Lodge No. 237

Entered Apprentice Mason Degree

 

April 28, 2026                          Chartiers Lodge No. 297

Fellow Craft Mason Degree (Regional Instructor)

 

May 26, 2025                          Claysville Lodge No. 447

Master Mason’s Degree

 

August 22, 2025 (Tentative)                   District Team

Three Degrees and Business of the Lodge/ Location TBD

 

September 22, 2025                                 District Team

Table Lodge

 

October 27, 2025            Richard Vaux Lodge No. 454

Election of Officers

 

November 24, 2025        Waynesburg Lodge No. 153

Installation of Officers

 

Meets at the Masonic Temple, 44 West Wheeling Street, Washington, PA at 7:30 P.M.

 

 

  

2026 LODGE MEMBERSHIP

Deaths

0

Petitions

1

Initiated

3

Admitted

0

Restored

0

Suspensions

0

Resignations

0

Membership

257

 

 

 

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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, 24
130   Darrell W. Headley 2025
131   Aaron L. Sisler 2026
  * Deceased  

 

LODGE INFO

Contact The District Deputy

Charles A. Lemley, Jr., D.D.G.M.
District Deputy Grand Master
387 Little Shannon Run Road
Mt. Morris, PA 15349

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