32°, K.C.C.H. AND 33° AWARDS
THE SUPREME COUNCIL OF SOVEREIGN GRAND INSPECTORS GENERAL OF THE THIRTY-THIRD AND LAST DEGREE OF THE ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED SCOTTISH RITE OF FREEMASONRY, SOUTHERN JURISDICTION, USA, AT ITS RECENT BIENNIAL SESSION IN WASHINGTON, D.C., BESTOWED GREAT HONORS UPON FOURTEEN BROTHERS OF THE SHREVEPORT SCOTTISH RITE IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR SERVICE TO THE CRAFT, AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, IN RECOGNITION OF THEIR SERVICE TO MANKIND AS THEY LIVE THE MASONIC CREED IN THEIR DAILY LIVES.
THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS WERE INVESTITUTED WITH THE RANK AND DECORATION AND RED HAT OF A KNIGHT COMMANDER COURT OF HONOUR ON NOVEMBER 12, 2005:
JOHN WILLIAM CHAMBERS, 32° K.C.C.H.
DAVID LELAND CULLIGAN, 32° K.C.C.H.
THOMAS PATRICK DICKSON, 32° K.C.C.H.
RELLIS PHIL GODFREY, 32° K.C.C.H.
GEORGE BUCKNER GRAY, 32° K.C.C.H.
FREDERICK JOEL McANN, 32° K.C.C.H.
ELBERT LEVON MOTT, 32° K.C.C.H.
ROBERT VINCENT ROBERTS, JR., 32° K.C.C.H.
ROBERT SAMEUL SALTS, JR., 32° K.C.C.H.
TIMOTHY WAYNE TUCK, 32° K.C.C.H.
IN ADDITION, THE FOLLOWING BROTHERS WERE GIVEN THEIR WHITE HATS AND CORONETED A 33° INSPECTOR GENERAL HONORARY ON NOVEMBER 12, 2005:
ROBERT ELLIS BAZZELL, 33°
JOHN TROUPE DARK, 33°
CHARLES FRANKLIN JACKSON, 33°
JAMES HOWARD PIEPER, 33°
THESE BROTHERS WERE HONORED DURING A LUNCHEON AT THE SHREVEPORT SCOTTISH RITE ON SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2005. HONOREES, MEMBERS AND GUESTS ALIKE WERE TREATED TO SOME MEMORABLE ENTERTAINMENT AS THEY WERE DAZZLED BY THE SINGING TALENTS OF NONE OTHER THAN THREE YEAR OLD HAROLD.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS EVENTFUL DAY, A SPECIAL BANQUET WAS HELD FOR THOSE WHO RECEIVED HONORS. M: W: HAROLD G. BALLARD, GRAND MASTER OF THE GRAND LODGE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, 2005, WAS A GUEST SPEAKER AT THE HONORS CEREMONIES. THE PRINCIPLE SPEAKER WAS ILLUSTRIOUS SIR WILLIAM “BILL” MOLLERE, 33°, DEPUTY OF THE SUPREME COUNCIL IN THE ORIENT OF LOUISIANA.
CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH OF THE BRETHREN HONORED ON THIS DAY, AND A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO HAROLD FOR THE UNFORGETTABLE PERFORMANCE!