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Monthly Archives: April 2013

Remembering The Akron Armory

by Dale Pierce While gathering data for my Wrestling in Akron book that will be on the stands this summer from Arcadia Publishing, I dug up a great deal of material on the old Akron Armory, once located a few blocks above Main Street in downtown Akron. The only remnant still standing in relation to…
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New Philadelphia Inspection Has Historic Sidebar

by Dale Pierce On March  11, 2013, New  Philadelphia 177 F&AM in New Philadelphia, Ohio had its annual inspection. More or less, this was routine. However, there were some unusual sidebars. The event was not only attended by present Grand Master of Ohio, James Easterling, but also the seated Grand Master of West Virginia, G.…
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Dale Pierce

Dale Pierce Dale Pierce was born in Ohio, but grew up in Arizona, where he was initiated, passed and raised at Glendale 23, F&AM in Glendale, Arizona in 1987. He demitted to New Philadelphia 177 in New Philadelphia, Ohio in 1998 after a permanent move from the west. He served as Lodge Education Officer there …
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