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Richard B. "Red" Skelton, a mem-
ber of Vincennes Lodge No. 1 of Indi-
ana (since he was Raised on September
20, 1939) was honored by his Grand
Lodge (or was it the other way around.~).
According to Thc Indiana Freemason the
Grand Master pirmed on Brother Skel-
ton the Grand Lodge Award of Gold on
November 20, 1993. The ceremony
lasted two hours! He "regaled his
guests withnever ending bursts ofjokes
and anecdotes and tales of his boyhood
in Vincennes. I well remember attend-
ing the Hollywood Canteen in 1944
while on delayed orders before report-
ing to Chief Commissary Steward's
school in San Diego. Brother Skelton
was there to perform for ten minutes;
this stretched to well over an hour! All
of us who had been sitting on the floor
because of the overflow crowd, did
more rolling than sitting! He was tre-
mendous then, and he is still. And I like
to brag by saying Red Skelton and I
have somethingin common we're both
Honorary Members of Vincennes
Lodge No. 1.

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For the same periodical, Rodger Van
Gordon, MPS, is writing an interesting
column titled "Goodly Heritage." It
contains tidbits from the history of In-
diana of 100, 50 and 25 years agQ

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According to The Oklahoma Mason the
Grand Master, R.C. "Pete" Clinton,
MPS, has made our youth the number
one priority of Oklahoma Masons. He
extolled the virtues of our founding fa-
thers in being among the first to provide
public education. Thi$year "the top 50
Oklahoma high school seniors in the
performing and visual arts" will be
honored with the Masonic Award for
Arts Excellence.

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The Philalethes Society is continuing
to stress world-wide Freemasonry. It is
sponsoring the printing and distribu-
tion of a brochure extolling the virtues
of expanding the world Masonically. It
can be done easily by all Master Ma-
sons who have computers. They can
join what I call "the best thing that has
happened to Freemasonry since 1717 ! "
The Masonic forum (accessed by typ-
ing "Go Masonry") has the "cream of
the crop" withinthe Craft from all over
the world. For months David W. Bos-
worth, MPS, and William C. Mauk,

Through
Masonic
Windows
by Allen E. Robeffs, FPS

MPS, have been working on the two-
color brochure. Among other things, it
tells the reader he/she can log on to
CompuServe and the Forum by calling
800/524-3388 and ask for Representa-
tive No. 378. The new subscriber will
be given a free introductory member-
ship, including S15 free usage credit
plus a free month of basic service. Why
not "Go Masonry?"

The Grand Lodge of Wisconsin has
started celebrating its 150th year. Writ-
ing in The Wsconsin Masonic Jou~nal
Grand Master Carl J. Wussow, MPS,
says: "Across our state there is a resur-
gence of activity in our Lodges." He
told the story of a frog that managed to
jump out of ahole in time to save its life.
"It's time to jump out of the hole! " he
wrote. "We can do this by following
these simple practices. First, take an

active interest and role in your lodge....
Second, we must move into the public
arena. Let people knowwho we are. Tell
our story! There is no other fraternity
that has had a greater impact on society
than ours. Third, we must do the very
things that we obligated ourselves to do.
We must contribute to society." Well
said.

Item: Have you noticed that the better
Masonic leaders, especially Grand
Masters, are Members of The
Philalethes Society?

One of these better Masonic leaders
was a comparatively young (61) dy-
namic Werner Herman Morlock,
MPS, Grand Master of Masons in Vir-
ginia who died on March 5, 1994. He
had valiantly fought leukemia through-
out more than a year of his extended
term as Virginia's Masonic leader. He
served his country for 20 years in the
Air Force, and another 20 years in the
Secret Service. During his term as
Grand Master he attempted to bring
Virginia Freemasonry into the main-
stream of public life. He wanted the
world to know that Freemasons are
wiliing and anxious to serve their com-
munities and their country. Without
question, he will be missed.

How good it is to bring into the lead-
ership of The Philalethes Society two
young men. Robert Davis, FPS, of
Oklahoma becomes our Second Vice
President. He is a dedicated and enthu-
siastic Mason, one we can count on for
many years of leadership. From On-
tario, Canada, comes Nelson King,
MPSJ who will serve as Associate Editor
of IhePhilakthcsuntil December 1 when
our hard-working Editor, Charles S.
Guthrie, FPS, retires to pursue his au-
thorship of several Masonic books. Nel-
son and Ellen will make a progress team
for the Society for many years into the
exciting future.

Watch for news of the establishment of
a MASONIC CLEARING HOUSE
to be sponsored by The Philalethes So-
ciety. Your officers are pledged to im-
prove and further the cause of Masonic
education. This Clearing House will
provide a far-reaching step for all
Grand Lodges and Freemasons.
