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Fifty years ago, William Henry Cook (center) served as Worshipful Master of Salem Lodge No. 330, Hamlin. This year, D. Carl Peet (left), D.D.G.M., 14th Masonic District, and Charles C. Dodt (right), Worshipful Master of Salem Lodge, honored him and presented him with a plaque of recognition. Interestingly, when this Past Master was initiated, he was one of four Cooks receiving the E.A. Degree. The brothers, William, Ernest, Harold, and James Cook, all were initiated on Nov. 3, 1947.

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Edgar S. Swartz, Jr. (left,) John W. Jenks Lodge No. 534, Punxsutawney, is congratulated upon receiving a Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania 75-Year Service Certificate presented by Harvey F. Fishel (right), D.D.G.M., 39th Masonic District.

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When two brethren, Robert M. Frey (front, second from left) and Frederick R. Drews (front, right), received their 50-Year Emblems of Gold in Cumberland Star Lodge No. 197, Carlisle, the Worshipful Master of 1951, Kent M. Ruhl, P.M. (rear, right) was present for the ceremony. The same evening, Lavern L. Saphore (front, second from right) received a 70-year membership recognition certificate. Making the presentations were John L. Stains, D.D.G.M., 3rd Masonic District (front, left), and Kim W. Walk, W.M. (rear, left).

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When The Square, an independent quarterly magazine for Masons in England, conducted a competition of interesting lodge histories, Robert L. Engel, P.M., submitted the book he had produced on the history of Armstrong Lodge No. 239, Freeport, PA, constituted in 1849. He captured the runner-up award. In addition to the usual historical notes, such as the lodge having "paid $15 rent to the Odd Fellows for the use of the building," there were numerous anecdotes detailing the operations of the lodge, such as one the publication chose to recount: "a bill for $4.50...for the supply of spittoons ..." to which the The Square interjected, "Now there's a lodge tradition we had not come across!"

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