Spring Reunion Picture Page

Scholarships

Charitable Giving

Personality Portrait

Supreme Council

In Memoriam

Ladies' Association

Valley Activities

Learning Center

Presiding Officers

Valley Travelers

Junior Officer Appointments

Meritorious Service Awards

Valley Chorus

Home

MEDINA COUNTY SCOTTISH RITE SOCIETY!

Robert Oden new Society
President; 2003-2004
officers installed at meeting

By Russ Palmateer
Medina County Society Scribe 

The Medina County Scottish Rite Society held their annual meeting on May 28th at the Western Reserve Masonic Community in Medina.

We were served a buffet style dinner that would easily rate Four Stars of Excellence. One again there were over seventy brethren which included fifteen Past and Present Valley officers and seven Past Presidents of our Society.

After dinner, we went into the Entertainment Hall for our annual meeting.

Our Secretary, Roger Edgington, read the list of officers for the coming year which are as follows: President, Robert Oden; 1st Vice President, Roger Thomas; 2nd Vice President, Dennis Chapman; Secretary/Treasurer, Roger Edgington; Valley Representative, Mark Bollinger; Chaplain, Dennis Lawson; and Society Scribe, Russell Palmateer. Trustees elected were Robert Brookes (1 year); David Kurtz (2 Years) and John Moore (3 Years).

The meeting was then turned over to Ill... John H. Youngblood, 33°, Secretary of the Valley of Cleveland who was our Installing Officer. He requested that the Installing Marshal, Dennis Lawson, and Installing Chaplain, Kenneth Crouse, assume their stations. The secretary read the names of the officers elected and appointed as listed above.

Following the installation ceremony, the proclamation was made by Lawson and the new year began,
Youngblood presented John Moore with his Past President’s emblem. We all thank John for a great year!

Robert Odon discussed his plans for the coming year and announced that a meeting would be scheduled for the end of June or early July to plan the year.

It was announced that Ill... Kenneth DeLaat, 33°, and his wife Sue are moving west. We are sad to see him leave the line of our Society. He would have been our 1st Vice President and we will miss his expertise in our Scottish Rite line of officers.

The entertainment was a group we have had before called “Pics and Hammers” who played their dulcimers along with a violin and guitar backup. It was musical entertainment that was appreciated by the members and guests in attendance.
We were glad that Shiloh Fields, who is now 98 years of age, was in the audience. He look great and says he is doing well.

ASHTABULA COUNTY SCOTTISH RITE SOCIETY

LAKE-GEAUGA COUNTY SCOTTISH RITE SOCIETY!

LORAIN COUNTY SCOTTISH RITE SOCIETY!

CUYAHOGA COUNTY SCOTTISH RITE SOCIETY

Boris Stephanoff re-elected President of
Cuyahoga County Society

Boris Stephanoff, M.S.A. was re-elected and installed President of the Cuyahoga County Scottish Rite Society on June 12th at the Strongsville Masonic Temple. The officers were installed by Ill... John H. Youngblood, 33°, with the assistance of Ill... Charles Berry, 33°, as Marshal, and Alan Jones as Chaplain.

Stephanoff, a Past Master of Cleveland Lodge (Ashlar) no. 781 was awarded the Meritorious Service Award by the Valley of Cleveland in 1982.

He was also Valley of Cleveland Mummer of the Year in 1997 after being being President of the group in 1969.

Stephanoff invites all Scottish Rite Masons from Cuyahoga County to join in the fun and merriment of the Cuyahoga County Scottish Rite Society. The ladies are always invited to the dinner meetings held monthly. The next meeting will be held September 11th. Watch the September issue of the Scottish Rite News for details.