FIFTIETH SESSION - PITTSBURGH - JUNE 1944
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Jessie C. Spangler Worthy Grand Matron 1943 - 1944
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Alvin R. Isenbeg Worthy Grand Patron 1943 - 1944 |
476 CHAPTERS
MEMBERSHIP - 80,382
LARGEST CHAPTER - DELPH I#65 - 557 MEMBERS
MOST INITIATIONS - ALTOONA #290 - 54 MEMBERS
2500 PERSONS ATTENDED THE DIVINE SERVICE: TEXT OF SERMON, "WHILE THEY FIGHT AND DIE, WE LIVE AND PRAY". THE SERMON WAS APPROPRIATE BECAUSE IT WAS PREACHED ON THE SUNDAY, FOLLOWING "D DAY".
THE W.G.P., A LAWYER, ENLISTED IN THE NAVY AND PRESIDED IN HIS "SAILOR SUIT".
AT THE GENERAL GRAND CHAPTER TRIENNIAL, SISTER FLORENCE A. PLUMMER, P.G.M. OF PA; WAS ELECTED TO THE OFFICE OF RIGHT WORTHY GRAND TRUSTEE.
THESE WERE DIFFICULT TIMES FOR THE GUESTS OF OUR HOMES, DUE TO FOOD AND GAS RATIONING.