Golden Veteran Awards: Bros. Harvey Arbuckle and Michael Caprealian
/Congratulations to 50 Years in Masonry!
Harvey Arbuckle, WM, and Michael Caprealian
Harvey Arbuckle, WM, and Michael Caprealian
Bro. Sid Crane was honored with the Hiram Award on Oct. 12 by the Chico-Leland Stanford Masonic Lodge No. 111. The Hiram Award is presented to a Master Mason who has served the Lodge and the Masonic Fraternity with devotion over and above the ordinary. It is the highest honor (other than being Master of the Lodge) that can be bestowed on a member of a Masonic Lodge. Among Crane’s contributions to the lodge include his many years of being our secretary and getting the lodge through the Covid-19 shutdown by the California Grand Lodge. Bro. Crane kept the lodge going on his own for the benefit of the lodge members.
Fritz Zanker of Chico (left) was honored with the Hiram Award on Sept. 14 by the Chico-Leland Stanford Masonic Lodge No. 111. The Hiram Award is presented to a Master Mason who has served the Lodge and the Masonic Fraternity with devotion over and above the ordinary. It is the highest honor (other than being Master of the Lodge) that can be bestowed on a member of a Masonic Lodge. Among Zanker's contributions to the lodge include his many years of cooking dinners for monthly stated meetings, serving as junior steward and chairing the scholarship committee. On right is John L. Barneson III, master of the Chico Lodge.
Fritz with lodge officers and family
Fritz with his family. Pictured from left are Fritz's stepson Brett Bond, Fritz, wife Laurel Zanker, sister-in-law Peggy Porter and brother-in-law John Porter.
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Larry Willis of Chico was awarded a 50-year membership pin and certificate from the Chico-Leland Standford Masonic Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons No. 111 on July 12, 2021. Pictured with his children and fellow Masons from left are: Miles Mallette, Grand Lodge of California Inspector for Masonic District Nos. 216 and 226; Davy Willis, Larry Willis, Jon Willis, Nan Miner and John L. Barneson III, master of the Chico lodge.
Chico-Leland Stanford Masonic Lodge No. 111 free & accepted Masons in Chico, California. Freemasonry is dedicated to esoteric & philosophical inquiry for truth.