Guyasuta Lodge No. 513, Ingram, in the 47th Masonic District honored Ellis F. Kramer of Coraopolis, a past master of Ambridge Lodge No. 701, in the 37th Masonic District, for years of special friendship and service. Robert D. Miller, W.M., of Guyasuta Lodge presented the plaque inscribed "... for your dedicated service, friendship, and labor rendered as a guide and teacher to our new officers and for your untiring assistance as a ritualist and conferring officer. Through your efforts, our lodge has emerged from a successful rebuilding program with a promising future."

During the year, Bro. Kramer, who is the Principal of the School of Instruction in the 37th Masonic District, attended Guyasuta rehearsals, helped to tutor their officers, and conferred two Entered Apprentice Degrees, ten Fellowcraft Degrees, and four Master Mason Degrees. Bro. Kramer, who has been active in the 37th Masonic District School of Instruction since 1974, is a retired school teacher and assistant band director from the Montour School District in Pittsburgh. He now owns and operates the Kramer Band Instrument Repair Co.