FIFTY-SECOND SESSION - ALTOONA - OCTOBER 1946
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Frieda M. McVicker Worthy Grand Matron 1945 - 1946
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Earl V. Chamberlain Worthy Grand Patron 1945 - 1946
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481 CHAPTERS
MEMBERSHIP - 89,648
LARGEST CHAPTER - DELPHI #65 - 684 MEMBERS
MOST INITIATIONS - ALTOONA #290 - 94 MEMBERS
GRAND CHAPTER CONVENED IN OCTOBER, THE BAN ON CONVENTIONS DURING THE WAR WAS LIFTED.
THERE WERE NO REQUESTS FOR EDUCATIONAL LOANS. $600 WAS DONATED TO SHRINERS CRIPPLED CHILDRENS HOSPITAL.
WHEN THE NEW AIRCRAFT CARRIER U.S.S. VALLEY FORGE WAS COMMISSIONED, A BABY GRAND PIANO WAS GIVEN IN THE NAME OF THE ORDER OF THE EASTERN STAR OF PA.
THE BUDGET FOR 1946-47 TO OPERATE GRAND CHAPTER - $61,890.34.