John Mason Chambliss, Jr., Grand Master of Masons in Virginia paid a visit to the Mountain Home Masonic Lodge in Stuart, VA on January 13, 2012
JOHN MASON CHAMBLISS, JR, GRAND MASTER OF MASONS IN VIRGINIA, PAID A VISIT TO MOUNTAIN HOME MASONIC LODGE IN STUART THURSDAY NIGHT, JANUARY 13, 2011. HE WAS WELCOMED BY MAYOR JIM MCHONE AND MISS PATRICK COUNTY/MISS PATRICK COUNTY AGRICULTURAL FAIR, KALAYNA CASSADY. OTHER SPECIAL GUESTS INCLUDED ALAN WAYNE ADKINS, GRAND SECRETARY OF THE GRAND LODGE OF VIRGINIA AND FORMERLY OF STUART, RALPH J. WIMMER, PAST GRAND MASTER FROM BOONES MILL, ROBERT DAY, GRAND MARSHAL, GARY HUFFMAN, GRAND PURVEYOR AND JOHNNY S. JOHNSON, DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTER OF THE 39TH DISTRICT. THE GRAND MASTER SPOKE BEFORE A LARGE GROUP OF LADIES AND BRETHREN ABOUT HIS THEME "MAKE A DIFFERENCE EVERY DAY". DENNIS C. MABE WAS HONORED BY THE GRAND MASTER WITH A CERTIFICATE OF APPRECIATION FOR HIS 28 YEARS SERVICE AS CHAPLAIN OF MOUNTAIN HOME LODGE. MABE HAS BEEN A MASON 54 YEARS. ALSO HONORED WAS ROBERT L. MITCHELL,II , JUNIOR WARDEN AND ROY LEE HANKS, BOTH RECEIVING DIPLOMAS FOR PROFICIENCY IN ALL THREE DEGREES OF MASONRY AND GENE STIREWALT, TREASURER, RECEIVED HIS CERTIFICATE FOR LIFE MEMBERSHIP IN PERPITUITY. THE PATRICK COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PROVIDED A GIFT BASKET OF PRODUCTS FROM THE COUNTY WHICH WAS PRESENTED TO THE GRAND MASTER BY MISS PATRICK COUNTY.
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