Supreme Council NMJ

Supreme Council N.M.J.

Supreme Council N.M.J. to meet
September 21 - 24 in St. Louis
Alan Jones and Ronald Ebert to receive 33rd Degree

St. Louis, Missouri, will be the site of this year’s annual meeting for the Scottish Rite Supreme Council for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. More than 2000 Thirty-third Degree Masons and their ladies from 15 northeastern states are expected at the meeting on September 21. The Supreme Council last met in St. Louis in 1982.

The 2003 Session will be highlighted by the conferral of the organization’s Thirty-third Degree upon 143 Scottish Rite Masons, including Alan W. Jones, and Ronald R. Ebert from the Valley of Cleveland, who were selected to receive the high honor at last year’s meeting in Boston.

The Thirty-third Degree is awarded for outstanding achievement in the fraternity or for significant contributions to others, reflecting credit on Freemasonry. The impressive ceremony will take place on Tuesday, September 23, in the St. Louis Convention Center.
The 2003 meeting will conclude with the announcement of the names of those elected to receive the Thirty-third Degree in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in September of 2004.

Valley to honor Jones and Ebert
at Oct. 6 reception

The Valley of Cleveland takes great pleasure in inviting the brethren of the Valley and their ladies to a reception honoring Illustrious Brethren Alan W. Jones, Past Most Wise Master of Ariel Chapter Rose Croix, and Ronald R. Ebert, Commander in Chief of Lake Erie Consistory as they celebrate their coronation as 33rd degree Masons. Jones and Ebert will be coroneted at the Supreme Council meeting in St. Louis September 23, 2003.

The reception for the Illustrious Brethren will be held immediately following the monthly meeting of the Four Coordinate Bodies on October 6. The meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. with the reception beginning at approximately 7:30 p.m.

Dignitaries taking part in the recognition program will include: Illustrious brethren, Glenn L. Beaver, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Valley, Robert J. Hibjan, Deputy’s Representative to the Valley of Cleveland, and other distinguished guests from northeastern Ohio.

Jones is a Past Master, (1990) of Theodore Breck Lodge no. 714. Ebert is a Past Master,(1982) of Harding-Concordia Lodge no. 345

Refreshments and good conversation will be part of the evening. Greet old friends and make new friends at this Valley Social event.
Refreshments will be served in the Gold Room following the recognition program for Jones and Ebert.

Mark your calendars now and attend the reception for these distinguished brethren and congratulate them as the Valley of Cleveland’s newest 33rd degree masons.