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Text Box: SCOTTISH RITE CHARITIES Charity is one of the most important teachings of Freemasonry. The Masonic Family of Blue Lodge, Scottish Rite, York Rite, and Shrine is the oldest and largest fraternal organization in the world. They together spend over TWO MILLION DOLLARS ON THEIR CHARITIES EACH DAY. No Masonic organization helps more children in South Dakota and the surrounding region than the Scottish Rite! Our Scottish Rite Valleys through the Scottish Rite Foundation of South Dakota have a strong working relationship with the Communications Disorders Department at the University of South Dakota (the only such department in the state). Each year the Rite awards Graduate Fellowships to students at USD to assist in their pursuit of advanced degrees in the field of communications disorders. In 2012, eleven such Fellowships totaling approximately $12,000 were awarded to recipients selected for their qualifications and willingness to practice in South Dakota and adjacent areas. The Fellowships are funded as follows: six for $1,000 each by the South Dakota Scottish Rite Foundation (on behalf of the Valleys) are funded by member contributions; one for $1,000 funded by the Ralph T. Dennis, 32° bequest to the Yankton Valley, one for $1,200 funded by William & Mary Heubaum; and one for $1,500 and another for $1,000 awarded in the name of Janet Bailin and funded by an endowment established by her husband, SGIG Emeritus Marvin K. Bailin, and an additional scholarship awarded from the Aberdeen Valley in the amount of $1,000.. This program was started by the Yankton Valley and has been adopted and supported by the entire Orient of South Dakota. Over the years, this Scottish Rite organization has supplied scores of Fellowships with more than 80% of the recipients now serving children in South Dakota and the immediate surrounding area. Perhaps even more significant is the fact that Scottish Rite Masons now support approximately 170 Speech and Language Clinics in our 36 state Southern Jurisdiction, that are helping children with communication disorders. The cost of these clinics to the Rite in the last biennium was over $21 Million. The South Dakota Scottish Rite presently supports three such clinics: The USD/Scottish Rite Clinics located in Vermilion and Sioux Falls, and the Scottish Rite Clinic at the Children’s Care Hospital and School Outreach in Rapid City. Annual accounts show approximately 11,000 different sessions to treat or evaluate roughly 3,000 different children. These services are cost free to the clients who are unable to afford the help needed. Spread the news! Whether you or your loved one received evaluation or treatment for communications difficulties in one of our clinics, in a school, or in a private practice, there is a good chance that the person who provided the treatment was trained in a program that we support. For more information on how you can assist the Scottish Rite in its charities, contact the Yankton office. Revised: August 2011

Text Box: VALLEY OF YANKTON ORIENT OF SOUTH DAKOTA SOUTHERN JURISDICTION U.S.A. SCOTTISH RITE MASONIC CENTER 333 Cedar Street YANKTON, SOUTH DAKOTA PHONE: (605) 665-2414 EMAIL: yanktonsr@gmail.com Website: mastermason.com/yanktonsr/

Text Box: THE SCOTTISH RITE CREED The cause of human progress is our cause, the enfranchisement of human thought our supreme wish, the freedom of human conscience our mission and the guarantee of equal rights to all people everywhere the end of our contention.

Text Box: Brothers—Recruit candidates for the Fall Reunion in Huron on Sat. Oct. 13, 2012!!

Text Box: NOTE CHANGE OF MAILING ADDRESS Please note that our address has changed from the PO Box due to the closing of the downtown Post Office. We will now receive mail by carrier delivery. Please send mail and dues to address: Yankton Scottish Rite 333 Cedar Yankton, SD 57078

Text Box: Called From Labor As reported period June—Sept. 1, 2012

Text Box: E. James Abnor, 32° KCCH PO Box 217 Kennebec, SD 57544 2/13/1923-5/16/2012 Western Star #127, SD

Text Box: David L. Juttelstad, 32° 3222 Nottingham Lane Cocoa, FL 32926 3/31/1940-8/16/2012 St. Johns # 1

Text Box: Charles R. Estee, 32° 110 S. Yale Vermillion, SD 57069 10/7/1921-8/14/2012 Incense #2, SD

Text Box: Get a Petition!! Remember Brethren… We need many young Brothers! A young man not yet 31 years of age can become a Scottish Rite Mason for the price of $100.00