Masons of Note for November

When 19-year-old Jason Mark Allen (center) was made a Mason in Corry Lodge No. 365 last June, his father and grandfather participated in the Degrees that made him the third generation of his family in the Fraternity. The father, Brian K. Allen, P.M. (left), conferred the E.A. Degree and served as the Guide for the F.W. and M.M. Degrees. The grandfather, Donald L. Allen, P.M., was the Guide for the E.A. Degree. The Fellow Craft Degree was conferred by Alan J. VanderWeele, P.M., and the M.M. Degree by a friend of the family, William R. Fielding, W.M., of Titusville Lodge No. 754.

It was a proud time for Ralph L. Smith (second from right), of George Washington Lodge No. 143, Chambersburg, when he witnessed his son, Ralph L. Smith II, and two of his grandsons, Timothy L. Gress and Stephen R. Stitely, raised to the Degree of Master Mason during the same session of the Lodge. Pictured are (l-r): Samuel E. Kauffman, W.M.; Bro. Smith II; Bro. Gress; Bro. Stitely; Bro. Smith; and Richard L. Hileman, S.W.