About: Kristen Hirschfeld

Trimble Lodge recently made a financial donation to ATCO, which provides integrated opportunities for people with developmental disabilities in Athens County. The donation will be used to purchase classic bowling shirts for their Special Olympics team.

Seeking new opportunities, Jesse Owens moved his wife, Ruth, and their daughters from Detroit to Chicago in 1948. It is here where he established his own public relations company, became a highly sought after motivational speaker, worked with numerous youth development programs, hosted his own radio program and where he eventually became a Master Mason. Even without the burdens of celebrity and international…

Over thirty years ago I commented to my Lodge brothers that an updating of Macoy’s The Worshipful Master’s Assistant was badly needed as the prosaic language was a hard slog and the “ideal” lodge of the booklet simply did not exist. Finally, thanks to the skillful editing of Michael Halleran we have a readily accessible and truly informative modern book for lodge Master’s and…

On April 1, 2016, WWII veteran and Springfield Masonic Community resident, Wayne Hause was awarded with a plaque recognizing the commencement of his dream project, the Wayne Hause Tree Farm. The meeting was opened with a prayer by Brother Hause (Lancaster Lodge No. 57) and although it had been some years since he had led a business meeting, he was…