Four Samuel Davis Bequest Grants Reported

Four grants from the Samuel Davis Bequest were reported during the Summer. The Samuel Davis Bequest was established in the early 1900s to assist minor children of deceased Master Masons.

The second in a series of checks from the Samuel Davis Bequest was presented in May by Argyle Lodge No. 540, Chicora, to the family of the later Robert Heller, Sr., P.M. The $5,000 grant will be used for the children's education. Heller family beneficiaries of the bequest are Brittany, Shawn, and Susan.

Prior to the May Stated Meeting of Lodge No. 43, Lancaster, Robert S. Conway, D.D.G.M., 1st Masonic District, and Jeffrey S. Moyer, W.M., presented a $5,000 check from the Samuel Davis Bequest to Mary Peffley, widow of the late Bro. Thomas R. Peffley.

Prior to the June Stated Meeting of Edenburg Lodge No. 550, Knox, Gerald L. Gates, D.D.G.M., 23rd Masonic District, and R. Scott Scheffer, W.M., presented a scholarship certificate from the Samuel Davis Bequest to Patty Best, widow of the late Bro. Thomas E. Best, for the benefit of their son, Matthew T. Best, 6.

Also in June, C. Donald Nelson, D.D.G.M., 56th Masonic District, and Robert E. Osten, W.M., Olive Lodge No. 557, Tionesta, presented a check for $5,000 to Mrs. Margaret Hester Johnson and her daughter, Sara, to assist in her education at Pennsylvania State University. Sara is the daughter of the late Richard A. Hester, P.M., and Mrs. Hester Johnson.