On Tuesday January 5, 2010 the Legion of Honor conferred two Master Mason Degrees at Christiana Lodge #35 in New Castle. It was an all inspiring evening with the degree team compiled from a host of Past Grand Masters and Brothers from all over Delaware. We had quite the audience as well. Almost fifty brothers in all attended this Special Communication. The degree was conferred by the Legionaires in honor of Mark D. Balch; a past senior DeMolay and one of the candidates for the evening. The second Brother was Antonio Turin, Jr. Congratulations Bros Mark and Antonio on receiving the Sublime Degree of Master Mason. The degree team consisted of the following officers: WM - M∴W∴ Herbert P. Fulmer II, PGM, Grand Secretary; SW - M∴W∴ Glenn F. Davis, Sr., PGM; JW - M∴W∴ James S. Russell, Jr., PGM, Deputy Grand Secretary; SD - M∴W∴ James E. Waecker, PGM; JD - M∴W∴ P. Donald Carey, PGM; SS - W∴ G. Thomas Taylor, Past Executive Officer DeMolay; JS - M∴W∴ Donald D. Thomas, PGM; Secretary - M∴W∴ David B. Craig, Jr., PGM; Ruffian 1 - W∴ James E. Duck, PM; Ruffian 2 – Brother Troy Nuss, Past Senior DeMolay; Ruffian 3 - W∴ David Chidester, Executive Officer DeMolay.
The Legion of Honor was founded for the purpose of bringing together a select few out of the millions who have knelt at the altar of DeMolay. Legion of Honor recipients must have actively demonstrated outstanding leadership in some field of endeavor, whether it be a civic, professional, fraternal or spiritual arena. It consists of men who can be implicitly relied upon, as the years pass, to aid young men in carrying the ideals of DeMolay into every walk of life.
The Legion's mission is to consecrate the hearts and minds of its members to an unfaltering belief of God, support of the public schools, and defense of the rights of all.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the events on Tuesday night; the Officer’s and Members of Christiana #35; the Distinguished Guests; the Visiting Brethren from other lodges and the Steward’s Committee for proving a delicious meal at the conclusion of the degree. It was an evening that will not be forgotten and one that inspired me to plan a similar degree conferral in the spring at our lodge utilizing all PGMs.
