Thursday, December 26, 2013

A Man's Need for Ritual

While I had not planned on blogging much over the break, I stumbled across an article online that I had to share with everyone. The folks over at the Art of Manliness are doing a series on man's need for ritual. It's a really great series and everyone should check it out:

http://www.artofmanliness.com/2013/12/16/the-rites-of-manhood-mans-need-for-ritual/

Continue enjoying your holidays and I'll see you all in January.

Frat! ~ "Dad" Seth Anthony

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Holiday Hiatus

The PA DeMolay blog is taking a hiatus for the holidays. We should return to our regular posting schedule on the week of January 6, 2014.

Happy holidays to everyone!

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Black Tie Fasion

Yes, you guessed that right... "Dad" Anthony is back on his high horse about men's fashion. This time, it's thanks to a timely post by the Art of Manliness that does an excellent job explaining men's "Black Tie" dress. I'll have to give a hat tip to "Dad" Dan Loughin on this one, as it was just two weeks ago that he and I were lamenting the fact that our Elected State Officers are wearing tuxedos less and less; and, when they do, they often aren't uniform. Hey, they're JO's - they get held to a higher standard!

As someone who is often in a tux for Masonic meetings, there is something abhorrent about seeing a tux worn inappropriately. I know it might seem fun to go to prom in a tux that matches your date's dress. But, honestly, once you get into the real world, no one wears colored vests and ties anymore. James Bond was classy in his tuxedo - he wore a classic cut, that fit him well, and that wasn't trying to be innovative. Class is part of the word classic for a reason.

Anyways, here's a video summary of the post from the Art of Manliness.

 

Monday, December 16, 2013

Ceremony of Light

I was recently checking out DeMolay videos on YouTube when I came across a magnificent video presentation of the Ceremony of Light performed by Brother Louis Martino down in Texas (but posted by Tennessee DeMolay.) This video shows what can be done when a person knows the words so well that they can then improve on the performance of the Ceremony. Perhaps it will inspire some of you to try to reach this level with your ritual work.

The video does start slowly, but I urge you to stick with it, as it's a great performance.

 

Frat! ~ "Dad" Seth Anthony

Friday, December 13, 2013

Master Councilor's Galore!

We have been celebrating the 90th Anniversary of DeMolay this year and, in my spare time, I was able to finalize a project that relates to this theme which I wanted to share with everyone. You see, "Dad" Zack Panitzke, and to a lesser extent, myself, have been the keepers of the history of Erie Chapter for the last five years or so. Thanks to some work that was done in the 1970's, and later in the 1990's, we were able to finalize a list of all of the Master Councilors ever to serve Erie Chapter, since its founding in 1923.

This was a major project that literally took several generations of DeMolays to complete. While it may not be particularly relevant to all Chapters, I wanted to publish the list here to show just how many men have served this one Chapter as a leader. When you think about how many Chapters PA DeMolay has had, and how many Master Councilors those Chapters have produced, you realize very quickly the impact our program has had on the Commonwealth. Perhaps this will inspire some of the other Chapters to work on compiling a similar list. So, without further hubbub, here it is!

Frat! ~ "Dad" Seth Anthony

First    Name Last         Name Start  Year  End Year Start Month End  Month
Ross Webb 1924 1924 3 0
Paul Wilson 1924 1925 0 0
LoRayne Spetz 1925 1925 0 0
Warren Williamson 1925 1926 0 0
Bruce Mallory 1926 1926 0 0
Harold Fargo 1926 1926 0 0
William Ohler 1926 1926 0 0
Earl Bahm 1926 1927 0 0
Mercellus Fisher 1927 1927 0 0
Harrison Wood 1927 1927 0 0
David Murphy 1927 1927 0 0
John Davison 1927 1928 0 0
Mortimer Dean 1928 1928 0 0
Howard MacIvor 1928 1928 0 0
Norman Schutte 1928 1928 0 0
Harrison Hartline 1928 1929 0 0
Edwin Jones 1929 1929 0 0
Charles Blaze 1929 1929 0 0
Robert Fairgraves 1929 1929 0 0
Kenneth Fargo 1929 1930 0 0
Harold Scott 1930 1930 0 0
William Boetcker 1930 1930 0 0
William Page 1930 1930 0 0
Donald MacIvor 1930 1931 0 0
Arthur Shepard 1931 1931 0 0
Russell Wallace 1931 1931 0 0
Clifford Stone 1931 1931 0 0
Robert Damon 1931 1932 0 0
Harvey Roth 1932 1932 0 0
Leon Shannon 1932 1932 0 0
Clifford Dunlavey 1932 1932 0 0
Roland Durst 1932 1933 0 0
Theodore Sherman 1933 1933 0 0
Harold Meyers 1933 1933 0 0
George Schau 1933 1933 0 0
William Brewer 1933 1934 0 0
William Shoenfield 1934 1934 0 0
Harold Durst 1934 1934 0 0
Robert Bennett 1934 1934 0 0
Gayle DeVore 1934 1935 0 0
Edward Gauly 1935 1935 0 0
James Wilson Jr. 1935 1935 0 0
Jack Hull 1935 1935 0 0
Howard Moomy 1935 1936 0 0
Roy Church 1936 1936 0 0
Merle Wadlinger 1936 1936 0 0
William Sowers 1936 1936 0 0
Donald Steiner 1936 1937 0 0
Donald Carnahan 1937 1937 0 0
Richard Dear 1937 1937 0 0
Chester Durst 1937 1937 0 0
Maurice Lee 1937 1938 0 0
Charles Swindlehurst 1938 1938 0 0
William Dear 1938 1938 0 0
Wilfred Dean 1938 1938 0 0
Ed Hausman 1938 1939 0 0
Rex Moyer 1939 1939 0 0
J.P. McGinnis 1939 1939 0 0
Alfred Schnur 1939 1939 0 0
Gene Carnahan 1939 1940 0 0
Jack Aiton 1940 1940 0 0
Donald Smith 1940 1940 0 0
Richard Steiner 1940 1940 0 0
Harold Stoops 1940 1941 0 0
Robert Griewahn 1941 1941 0 0
John Griggs 1941 1941 0 0
James Strong 1941 1941 0 0
Mark Wagner 1941 1942 0 0
Al Cornelius 1942 1942 0 0
Jerry Lundmark 1942 1942 0 0
James Richardson 1942 1942 0 0
Harold Beanland 1942 1943 0 0
David Anderson 1943 1943 0 0
Don Hirsh 1943 1943 0 0
Sax Worthman 1943 1943 0 0
Charles Connell Jr. 1943 1943 0 0
Mardson Goard 1943 1944 0 0
Kenneth Griewahn 1944 1944 0 0
Douglas Stevens 1944 1944 0 0
Robert Wagner 1944 1945 0 0
Jack Bellingham 1945 1945 0 0
James Deininger 1945 1945 0 0
George Cornelius 1945 1946 0 0
E. Clyde Snyder II 1946 1946 0 0
Richard Dahlberg 1946 1946 0 0
William Strucker 1946 1947 0 0
Elmer Adams 1947 1947 0 0
Richard Neithamer 1947 1947 0 0
Douglas Aikens 1947 1947 0 0
Ernest Kuerner 1947 1947 0 0
Harry Mueller Jr. 1947 1948 0 0
William Volgstadt 1948 1948 0 0
Vere Montgomerey 1948 1948 0 0
Ted Benson 1948 1948 0 0
Raymond Neider 1948 1949 0 0
Ivan Tate 1949 1949 0 0
Richard Lawson 1949 1949 0 0
Robert Faber Jr. 1949 1949 0 0
William Wagner 1949 1950 10 1
Richard Scheimer 1950 1950 1 4
James Altman 1950 1950 4 7
Melvin Seifer 1950 1950 7 10
Jack Smith 1950 1951 10 1
Walter Curry 1951 1951 1 6
Harry Altman 1951 1951 6 10
Gary Headley 1951 1952 10 1
Press Fairweather 1952 1952 1 4
Arthur Makynen 1952 1952 4 7
Ralph Walter Jr. 1952 1952 7 10
Peter Klomp Jr. 1952 1953 10 1
David Hillman 1953 1953 1 4
James Faber 1953 1953 4 7
William Oesterlin 1953 1953 7 10
David Hockenbrocht 1953 1954 10 1
Robert Hennick 1954 1954 1 4
Ross Walter 1954 1954 4 7
Ronald Gray 1954 1954 7 10
William Chandley 1954 1955 10 1
Richard Clark 1955 1955 1 4
Robert Butler 1955 1955 4 7
Karl Rohrer 1955 1955 7 10
Glenn Rinehold 1955 1956 10 1
Richard Steiner 1956 1956 1 4
Robert Falzone 1956 1956 4 7
Robert Bresee 1956 1956 7 10
Larry Curtis 1956 1957 10 1
David Dennison 1957 1957 1 4
David Nick 1957 1957 4 7
Kenneth Asplund 1957 1957 7 10
Clare Breter 1957 1958 10 1
William French 1958 1958 1 4
Thomas Clark 1958 1958 4 7
Wesley Ross 1958 1958 7 10
Russ McCurdy 1958 1959 10 1
James Reynolds 1959 1959 1 4
Robert Durst 1959 1959 4 7
Marvin Hood 1959 1959 7 10
Douglas Baur 1959 1960 10 1
Robert Dudley 1960 1969 1 4
Richard Durst 1969 1960 4 7
Barry Martin 1960 1960 7 10
David Campbell 1960 1961 10 1
Charles Wall 1961 1961 1 4
David Jamison 1961 1961 4 7
Herbert Johnson III 1961 1961 7 10
Arnold Vollbrecht 1961 1962 10 1
Larry Youtz 1962 1962 1 4
Gordon Kuntz 1962 1962 4 7
Joseph Bashaw 1962 1962 7 10
William Dear 1962 1963 10 1
Joseph Kressel 1963 1963 1 4
Robert Schneider 1963 1963 4 7
David Schutter 1963 1963 7 10
William Black 1963 1964 10 1
Garth Barthelmes 1964 1964 1 4
Charles Schlaufman 1964 1964 4 7
Steven Gauly 1964 1964 7 10
Thomas Will 1964 1965 10 1
David Whipple 1965 1965 1 4
Lance Masters 1965 1965 4 7
Rogers Beall 1965 1965 7 10
Barry Stamm 1965 1966 10 1
John McCurdy 1966 1966 1 7
James Fiddler 1966 1966 7 7
James Silverthorn 1966 1966 7 10
Douglas Wall 1966 1967 10 1
Kenneth Fails 1967 1967 1 4
Larry Mays 1967 1967 4 7
James Butler 1967 1967 7 10
Ted Stolz 1967 1968 10 1
G. Rene Loder 1968 1968 1 7
Daniel Swartz 1968 1968 7 7
Bruce Miller 1968 1968 7 10
Gary Sturrock 1968 1969 10 1
Kenneth Mushrush 1969 1969 1 4
Thomas Griffin 1969 1969 4 7
Robert Moore 1969 1969 7 10
David Otteni 1969 1970 10 1
Eugene Anderson 1970 1970 1 4
Aaron Haffley 1970 1970 4 7
Michael Schenker 1970 1970 7 10
Jay Washburn 1970 1971 10 1
Garrett Fuhrman 1971 1971 1 4
David Fresch 1971 1971 4 7
David Fourspring Jr. 1971 1971 7 10
Randy Alstadt 1971 1972 10 1
Wayne Zimmer 1972 1972 1 5
Dennis Ferguson 1972 1972 5 9
Richard Coleman 1972 1973 9 1
Michael Larson 1973 1973 1 5
Martin Schenker 1973 1973 5 9
Paul Baumbach 1973 1974 9 1
B. Scott Eaton 1974 1974 1 5
Kenneth Dias 1974 1974 5 9
Jeffrey Washburn 1974 1975 9 1
Keith Fisher 1975 1975 1 5
Thomas Spears 1975 1975 5 9
Robert Brown 1975 1976 9 1
Kenneth Novet 1976 1976 1 5
Raymond Nexdorf 1976 1976 5 9
Brian Jacobs 1976 1977 9 1
Mel Williams 1977 1977 1 5
Peter Ogden 1977 1977 5 11
John Richardson 1977 1978 11 5
David Dennison 1978 1978 5 11
Brian Swanson 1978 1979 11 5
Scott Shunk 1979 1979 5 11
Warren Hiles 1979 1980 11 5
Eric Lawson 1980 1980 5 11
Kurt Duryea 1980 1981 11 5
Brian Shunk 1981 1981 5 9
Brian Swanson 1981 1982 9 1
Douglas Hammer 1982 1982 1 5
Daniel Moore 1982 1982 5 9
Kermit Seubert 1982 1983 9 1
Michael Shannon 1983 1983 1 7
Robert Shaffer 1983 1984 7 1
Ronald Bissell 1984 1984 1 7
Arthur Fitzsimmons 1984 1985 7 1
T. Douglas Johnson 1985 1985 1 7
Christopher Krupinski 1985 1986 7 1
Sean Poole 1986 1986 1 7
John Krihwan 1986 1987 7 1
Kenneth Clausen 1987 1987 1 7
Donald Doutt 1987 1988 7 1
Andrew Fitzsimmons 1988 1989 1 1
Sean Englert 1989 1989 1 7
Scott Griswold 1989 1990 7 1
William Alexander 1990 1990 1 7
Willam Burch 1990 1991 7 1
Eric McClung 1991 1991 1 7
Aaron Roth 1991 1992 7 9
William Burch 1992 1993 9 4
Jeffrey Davidson 1993 1993 4 9
William Fredricks 1993 1994 9 3
Steven Hepp 1994 1994 3 9
Corey Ferraro 1994 1995 9 3
Nathan Rockwell 1995 1995 3 9
Jeremy Rockwell 1995 1996 9 3
Jeffrey Kuntz 1996 1996 3 9
Anthony Snyder 1996 1997 9 3
Robert Wynne 1997 1997 3 9
William Barlett 1997 1997 9 3
David Haffley 1998 1998 3 9
Mitch Dougan 1998 1999 9 3
Mark Haffley 1999 2000 3 3
Michael Snyder 2000 2000 3 9
Brian Eaton 2000 2001 9 9
Zachary Panitzke 2001 2002 9 3
Michael Eller 2002 2002 3 9
Seth Anthony 2002 2003 9 3
Matthew McAdoo 2003 2003 3 9
Matthew Olsen 2003 2004 9 3
Jacob Palo 2004 2004 3 9
Nathan Lasher 2004 2005 9 3
Andrew Grygier 2005 2005 3 9
Calvin Kleckner 2005 2006 9 3
Ryan Groves 2006 2006 3 9
Jack Salter 2006 2007 9 3
Grant Eaton 2007 2007 3 9
Steven Sowers 2007 2008 9 3
James Palo 2008 2008 3 9
Ronnie Cox 2008 2009 9 3
Carl Holmes 2009 2009 3 9
David Roberts 2009 2010 9 3
Kyle  Cline 2010 2010 3 9
Darrin Baldwin 2010 2011 9 3
DJ Mundkowsky 2011 2011 3 9
Kyle Grygo 2011 2012 9 3
Adam  Cline 2012 2012 3 9
Kyle Cline 2012 2013 9 3
Alex Dieter 2013 2013 3 9
Kyle Grygo 2013 2014 9 3