Jacob R. Abernathy
June Allen
Donald L. Allen
Edward V. Alvert, III
William Mack Archer
Bobby Atkins
Clinton M. Atkinson
Ronald R. Bach
Gilbert Bailey
Ray G. Bailey
Ardie Banker
Claude B. Barbre
Gerald O. Barnes
R.J. Barnes
Earl Barton
Cary H. Bausom
Oren Baucom
Jimmy Reep Beal
John David Beam
James D. Beckom, Sr.
Edwin L. Becton
Michael Bell
Tim Berly
Robert B. Bickel
Gary T. Bishop
Jacob W. Black
W. Larry Black
Charles E. Blake
James Blalock
Louis A. Bledsoe, Jr.
Ziggy Bojar
Billy F. Bolich
Neal C. Bolick
Ratcliff C. Boon III
Harry P. Booth
Ron Bowers
J. T. Brandenburg
Bobby G. Brown
Earl P. Brown
Edward A. Brown
Harry M. Bryant
Curtis Buchanan
Roger F. Burba
John D. Burgess
Jimmy Burgess
Julian R. Burns
John F. Burton
Floyd M. Burton
John F. Butler, Jr.
Joe M. Butler
W. G. Byerly
Garray R. Cable
Jack Caneclides, Jr.
John F. Cansler, Jr.
Arthur B. Capper, Jr.
Martin P. Carpenter
W. Cone Carpenter, Jr.
James F. Case, Jr.
Bruce V. Caughell
Robert B. Cavalline
Stephan Chachoff
Henry Chapin
Leonard R. Cherry, Jr.
Stanley M. Chester
Keith Kelvin Clark
Marvin B. Clifford
Alan Cloninger
Theo E. Cochrane
Donald G. Coggins, Jr.
J. Greg Coley
Robert A. Collier, Jr.
David J. Comaty
Jack L. Conner
Marshall (Mark) Conner
James Cooper
William Cope
Dewey Corriher
H. A.Costner, Jr.
Harold Couick
Clyde Cox
Dabney S. Craddock, Jr.
J. R. Craig
William F. Craig, Jr.
Paul R. Crawford
James L. Crawford
Louis G. Creveling
Kenneth Crouse
William T. Crump
Don Cummings
James E. Currie, Jr.
Robert N. Cuthrell
Rubert N. Cuthrell
H. Erwin Davenport, Sr.
John M. Davenport, Jr.
Bud Davidson
J.C. Davidson, Jr.
Samuel M. Davidson
Joseph S. Davis, Jr.
William P. Davis
Michael R. Davis
Edward Day
Don Deese
S. W. Dellinger, Jr.
Michael Dente, Sr.
Robert T. Dickson
Cutler S. Dillon
George Dizes
John M. Dwelle
Clyde Early
Thomas b. Easterling
Van T. Edwards
John P. Edwards
Edward S. Elam
Russell Elliott
C. B. Elliott
Eddie Ellis
T. Mike Elmore
James A. Emerson
Robert W. Erwin, Jr.
Floyd R. Eudy
John R. Eve
Earl E. Ewers, Jr
Boyd P. Falls
Joseph Farel
Kelly Donald Farr
Tim Farris
Billy L. Ferris
Luther L. Fincher
William Findt
John M. Fisher
Karl E. Fisher
Olin T. Flowe
Abner B. Fortner, Jr.
James P. Freeman
Robert E. Furr
Charlie Joe Furr
Brenda P. Garrison
Richard A. George
John A. Gillimore, Jr.
H. N. Glenn
Benjamin D. Gold
Bill Goodyear
T. E. Gordon, III
Thomas M. Graham
Chesley M. Greene
Zeb Green
Michael A. Greene
Robert Gresham
Henry C. Griffin
Joseph M. Griffin
John H. Griffin
Gene R. Griffin
Glenn B. Hackney, Jr.
Elmer Hall
William Y. Hall
Todd Ham
John W. Hamilton
John F. Hammond
John M. Hamor
Claude Ray Harrill
A.C. Harrington
L. William Harris
Robert L. Harvell
William M. Harward
William A. Harward “Jr.”
Ted A. Hatley
Carl A. S. Hedburg
John Hefner
James H. Hendrickson
Joseph S. Henry
John Herschleb
Thomas W. Hicks
Ted Hill
Coy J. Hill
T. J. Hinsley, Jr.
Ken W. Hinson
Jerry D. Hinson
Gary G. Holbrook
Cyrus Holdeen
Edward L. Holt
Herbert Mason Horne
Ron Horton
John H. House
Wayne D. Houser
Bill Howard
James W. Howell
Robert E. Howser
James F. Huckabee
Jimmy N. Hudson
Billy F. Hudson
Daniel E. Huffman, Sr.
Kenneth Huffstelter
W. J. “Buz” Hunley
William T. Hunter
J. W. Hunt
Victor H. Hussey
Gary Isenhour
Harold Jackson
Lewis W. James
James R. Jamison, Jr.
Lee Dennis Jones
Perry M. Jones
Solomon Jones
Jack N. Jordan
Jeffery Katz
Evans Kayser
Dewey Keller
Bob R. Keller
Jason T. Kepley
Harold A. Kessler
Charlie M. Killian, Jr.
Callie F. King
Larry E. King
Wade Kirby
Brian Kirby
James B. Kiser
Richard Klavohn
Walter J. Klein
William G. Kluttz
Craig C. Kluttz
Boyce F. Koontz
Harold J. Kossove
Kevin J. Kubacki
James R. La Roach
Otis Lamberth
B. F. “Dick” Lane
Jim Laney
B. F. “Dick” Lane
H. Allen Langley
Bruce C. Lanier
Robert W. Lawing, Sr.
T. R. Lawing
James D. Ledbeter, Jr.
Robert Lemonds
Leonard L. Lewis
Daniel C. Ligon
J. Ralph Linn
John Litaker
Richard D. Long
Bob Lowder
William H. Lutz
Jesse W. Mac Watt
Alan W. Madsen
Patrick Maloy
Albert Mancinelli
Thomas J. Mann
Douglas E. Mann
W. Norman Manning
Danny Martin
Gary A. Mason
Roger L. Massey
Richard D. Matthews
Ralph H. Maxwell
C. Douglas Mayes
Alan H. Mayhew
Walter F. McCall
James Glenn McCants
David L. McConnell, Jr.
Jerry R. McCorkle
Johnny W. Mc Coy
Todd J. McCranie
Jerry L. McDaniel
Sean McDeson
George T. McDonald
Boyd McGee
Thomas M. McInnis
Robert G. McIntosh
Wesley C. McIntyre, Jr.
P. H. McKinney
James A. McLean
James L. Medlin
Charles F. Menkel
Angus S. Mercer
John S. Miller, Jr.
Peter T. Milliones
Robert H. Mills
William L. Mills, III
Jackie Millsaps
Walter Moody
Eugene Moore
Terry Bruce Moore
Flay Curtis Morehead III
Charles E. Morris
Sam Morris
Jack Morton
Richard W. Moulton
Jim Murray
William F. Navy
Oliver L. Newsom
Eric S. Newton
Steve Nivens
William C. Parlier
H. Frank Parnell
Zeb Parrish, Jr.
Fred K. Pasour
W. Ward Patrick
David W. Pettus
E. J. Phillips, Jr.
L. Steven Phillips
B. T. Philips, Jr.
Dr. William E Pierce
Carl J. Pinion
Lewis F. Platt
Danny R. Plummer
Jerry M. Poplin
Mr. Damon Powell
John H. Pransky
Dewey R. Preslar, Sr.
Dewey R. Preslar, Jr.
J. L. Presler
Robert A. Price
James C. Ramey
Luther J. Rape, Jr.
Norman Reavis
James E. Reddish
Jerry D. Reed
James V. Rhyne
Joe E. Richardson
Scott S. Richardson
Jim Robinson
William M. Rushing
James O. Russell
Harold D. Sain
Robert G. Sanders
William C. Saunders
Bob Saye
John E. Schott
William F. Scoggins
Vernon Seay
Arthur A. Selby, Jr.
Ronald C. Self
David B. Sentelle
Darrell Setliff
John W. Severs, Jr.
Robert Shell
Charles E. Sherer
Fred L. Sherrill, Jr.
Robert W. Shoemaker
Weldon Shrum
Romas Shuping
Glenn Sigmon
Dwight M. Sigmon
Darril T. Sigmon
Arthur D. Skidmore
J. Bruce Skinner
Arnold W. Smith
Billy E. Smith
Franklin H. Smith
Freddie C. Smith
George M. Smith
Gordon F. Smith
Ottis Brown Smith
Roland Smith
Ronnie C. Smith
Ted Solomon
Louie M. Solomon
Ronald Sperlbaum
Nelson B. Sprague
Robert M. Stafford
Joe F. Starnes, Sr.
Perry L. Steele
Larry K. Stepp
Thomas P. Stroozas
Charles E. Stubbs
David R. Stultz
Harry L. Sturgis
Charles F. Sullivan
Erroll C. Sult
Guy Suttle
William T. Sweezy
James C. Talbert
Sarah Tanzy
James P. Tate
T. Douglas Taylor
Paul Lloyd Teem, Jr.
Temple Lodge
Nat Thackston
Chilton D. Thomas
James H. Thomas
Daniel E. Thompson
Charles P. Thompson
Larry Thorneburg
Jack Thrower
Ray Tilley
Ben R. Tillotson, Jr.
Julian Timmons
H. Warren Tool, Jr.
Willie Treece
Francis W. Troutman
David Troxell
Ernest E. Tucker, Jr.
Harold E. “Hal” Uttley
Edwin T. Vanhoy
Charles C. Vess
Ron D Vilas
Gerald E. Voiles
John C. Votik
Winfred L. Waite
Max Walker
Jack Walters
Harold B. Warsham
David L. Warwick
Hugh W. Watts
Harold P. Watts
Manning Watts
Dewey Webb
Carl Jim Weisel
Arthur West
Stephen A. White
Samuel E. White
J. B. White
William Whiteside
Paul L. Whitfield
C. Mark Whitten
Greg Wickie
Willam A. Wiktorek
Robert P. Wilcox
George A. Wilkie
Frank F. Williams
Grady A. Williams
Victor A. Willis
David A. Wilson
Donald R. Wilson
George T. Winecoff
Robert L. Winston, Sr.
Bill Withers, Sr.
Chas N. Witherspoon
Charles L. Wood
Dennis Woolery
Clayton Lee Wright
Thomas M. Yost, Jr.
Anonymous

Then on the next Sunday Brian and Brother Sid Sowers finished the Blue Lodge Halls. There is another tile replacement project scheduled for April 13th. They will be working on the Blue Lodge room and the lounge.

This work from our members has resulted in a savings for the Valley of approximately $7,000.00 off the quoted price from the Belfor restoration company.

Brother Don Cummings reported on the condition of the exterior of the building at the April Stated Communication. He indicated that while talking with the contractor who installed our new roof, he mentioned that the building was showing some dark patches that indicated that the masonry has been absorbing moisture. Also the caulking has deteriorated and is in dire need of replacement. Some of the joints around the front of the building are void of the masonry and need “tuck pointing”. These problems are targeted to be tackled during the coming year.

In case you are not aware, the Scottish Rite is actively seeking some relief from the Insurance Company on our claim for damages from the leaking roof, which was initially denied. We have contracted with the McIntosh Law firm to consider proceeding with legal action on this matter. Any positive results from this action will go towards the restoration and completing the current maintenance issues with the building.

Fraternally,
Your Building Committee -
Don & Russ

Donald Cummings 32°KCCH
Russell Elliott 32ºKCCH

Is YOUR name on the LIST? Check out the list of contributors to our building fund to date. If your name is not listed, then please contact Brother Secretary today to make your contribution. We have received nearly $35,000 for this effort and need the help of every member for us to succeed. Remember, the “Double Eagle” looks both ways…to our past and to our future!

Date Donor
11/28/07 Alan W. Madsen
Arnold W. Smith
Arthur D. Skidmore
Billy E. Smith
Bob Lowder
Boyce F. Koontz
C. Mark Whitten
Carl Jim Weisel
Cary H. Bausom
Charles C. Vess
Charles E. Morris
Chesley M. Greene
Claude B. Barbre
David R. Stultz
Don Deese
Dr. William E Pierce
George T. Winecoff
Harry P. Booth
J. Bruce Skinner
J. R. Craig
Jack Caneclides, Jr.
Jack N. Jordan
Jack Walters
Jim Murray
Jimmy N. Hudson
John D. Burgess
John F. Butler, Jr.
John M. Fisher
Joseph S. Davis, Jr.
Lee Dennis Jones
Louie M. Solomon
Michael A. Greene
P. H. McKinney
Paul Lloyd Teem, Jr.
Paul R. Crawford
Perry M. Jones
Robert E. Furr
Robert H. Mills
Robert W. Lawing, Sr.
Roger F. Burba
Theo E. Cochrane
Thomas J. Mann
Thomas P. Stroozas
Tim Berly
Wayne D. Houser
William C. Parlier
Willie Treece
11/29/07 Albert Mancinelli
Arthur A. by, Jr.
Boyd McGee
Carl A. S. Hedburg
Charles E. Blake
Dabney S. Craddock, Jr.
Daniel E. Thompson
Douglas E. Mann
Eddie Ellis
Floyd R. Eudy
H. A.Costner, Jr.
Henry C. Griffin
Hugh W. Watts
James A. McLean
Jason T. Kepley
Jesse Wilson MacWatt
Jim Laney
John M. Hamor
John R. Eve
Joseph M. Griffin
Julian Timmons
Keith Kelvin Clark
Michael Dente, Sr.
Richard D. Matthews
Richard Klavohn
Stephan Chachoff
William G. Kluttz
Zeb Parrish, Jr.
11/30/07 June Allen
Alan H. Mayhew
Cyrus Holdeen
Donald G. Coggins, Jr.
Joe E. Richardson
Ken W. Hinson
Neal C. Bolick
Robert L. Winston, Sr.
S. W. Dellinger, Jr.
T. R. Lawing
Thomas M. Graham
Todd J. McCranie
Walter Moody
12/3/07 Abner B. Fortner, Jr.
Bill Goodyear
Billy F. Bolich
Carl J. Pinion
Claude Ray Harrill
David A. Wilson
Dewey Keller
Dewey Webb
Earl E. Ewers, Jr
Eddie Ellis
Eugene Moore
Francis W. Troutman
Gerald O. Barnes
H. Erwin Davenport, Sr.
Harold J. Kossove
J. Greg Coley
Jacob R. Abernathy
James A. Emerson
James C. Talbert
James L. Crawford
James P. Tate
James W. Howell
Jerry R. McCorkle
Jesse Wilson MacWatt
Jimmy Burgess
Kenneth Crouse
Norman Reavis
Olin T. Flowe
Peter T. Milliones
Richard W. Moulton
Robert E. Howser
Ron Bowers
Ronald C. Self
Ronald R. Bach
Sam Morris
Ted Solomon
Ziggy Bojar
12/4/07 Billy F. Hudson
Bud Davidson
Callie F. King
Charlie Joe Furr
Chas N. Witherspoon
Edwin L. Becton
Flay Curtis Morehead III
George Dizes
Harold B. Warsham
Harry M. Bryant
J.C. Davidson, Jr.
Jack L. Conner
Jack Morton
Jackie Millsaps
Jacob W. Black
James D. Beckom, Sr.
James L. Medlin
Jerry L. McDaniel
John E. Schott
Julian R. Burns
Karl E. Fisher
Mr. Damon Powell
Otis Lamberth
Richard D. Long
Robert T. Dickson
Ron D Vilas
Solomon Jones
Ted Hill
Vernon Seay
Victor H. Hussey
William C. Saunders
William F. Craig, Jr.
William Findt
12/5/07 Bruce C. Lanier
Dennis Woolery
Dewey Corriher
Don Cummings
Glenn Sigmon
H. N. Glenn
James F. Case, Jr.
John Litaker
Kelly Donald Farr
Nat Thackston
Roland Smith
Romas Shuping
Steve Nivens
Tim Farris
12/6/07 Ardie Banker
Bobby G. Brown
Clinton M. Atkinson
Daniel E. Huffman, Sr.
David L. McConnell, Jr.
Dewey R. Preslar, Sr.
Donald R. Wilson
Dwight M. Sigmon
Earl Barton
Earl P. Brown
Franklin H. Smith
Harold E. “Hal” Uttley
Harold P. Watts
James O. Russell
Jerry D. Hinson
John F. Cansler, Jr.
John H. Griffin
John S. Miller, Jr.
Larry E. King
Patrick Maloy
Robert G. Sanders
Ronnie C. Smith
Thomas M. Yost, Jr.
Thomas W. Hicks
W. G. Byerly
W. J. “Buz” Hunley
William M. Harward
William T. Hunter
12/7/07 Billy L. Ferris
Bob Saye
Charles F. Sullivan
Daniel C. Ligon
Harold D. Sain
Harold Jackson
Jim Robinson
John W. Severs, Jr.
Roland Smith
William M. Rushing
12/10/07 Chilton D. Thomas
David J. Comaty
E. J. Phillips, Jr.
Herbert Mason Horne
James H. Thomas
John David Beam
John F. Burton
John W. Hamilton
L. Steven Phillips
Lewis F. Platt
Martin P. Carpenter
Nelson B. Sprague
Robert G. McIntosh
12/11/07 Ben R. Tillotson, Jr.
Donald L. Allen
Edward L. Holt
James C. Ramey
John Hefner
John Herschleb
Roger L. Massey
Samuel M. Davidson
Sarah Tanzy
Weldon Shrum
Winfred L. Waite
12/12/07 B. F. “Dick” Lane
Danny Martin
Elmer Hall
Manning Watts
Michael Bell
Ottis Brown Smith
12/13/07 Arthur West
Bill Howard
Guy Suttle
J. T. Brandenburg
Paul L. Whitfield
Robert W. Shoemaker
Ronald Sperlbaum
12/14/07 Jack Thrower
Jerry M. Poplin
Ray Tilley
Ron Horton
T. E. Gordon, III
12/17/07 Benjamin D. Gold
Boyd P. Falls
Edward V. Alvert, III
Freddie C. Smith
H. Frank Parnell
J. Ralph Linn
James Glenn McCants
Perry L. Steele
Robert Lemonds
Russell Elliott
Thomas M. McInnis
Van T. Edwards
12/18/07 Joe F. Starnes, Sr.
12/19/07 Alan Cloninger
Brenda P. Garrison
Edward A. Brown
Oren Baucom
Robert Gresham
Robert Shell
12/21/07 Larry Thorneburg
12/26/07 Arthur B. Capper, Jr.
Henry Chapin
Robert P. Wilcox
Robert A. Price
Bobby Atkins
C. Douglas Mayes
Bill Withers, Sr.
James B. Kiser
T. Douglas Taylor
Charles P. Thompson
Joseph Farel
Jim Reddish
12/27/07 Robert B. Cavalline
A.C. Harrington
George T. McDonald
Joe M. Butler
David W. Pettus
J. W. Hunt
Larry K. Stepp
Robert A. Collier, Jr.
12/28/07 Cutler S. Dillon
Ralph H. Maxwell
Gary G. Holbrook
Clayton Lee Wright
12/31/07 William F. Scoggins
Glenn B. Hackney, Jr.
Bob R. Keller
William P. Davis
Stanley M. Chester
L. William Harris
Ted A. Hatley
1/2/08 Leonard L. Lewis
James E. Currie, Jr.
Jesse Wilson MacWatt
William T. Sweezy
Richard A. George
J. L. Presler
Charlie M. Killian, Jr.
David B. Sentelle
1/3/08 Wesley C. McIntyre, Jr.
Thomas b. Easterling
Luther J. Rape, Jr.
Jeffery Katz
David R. Stultz
Coy J. Hill
1/4/08 Scott S. Richardson
James F. Huckabee
1/7/08 William T. Crump
Charles F. Menkel
Ernest E. Tucker, Jr.
1/8/08 Luther L. Fincher
Gary T. Bishop
Gary A. Mason
1/9/08 Johnny W. Mc Coy
Ratcliff C. Boon III
David Troxell
Clyde Early
James Cooper
Eric S. Newton
Gary Isenhour
1/11/08 Frank Foy Williams
George A. Wilkie
1/14/08 Stephen A. White
Frank F. Williams
Greg Wickie
1/15/08 James Blalock

Brothers of the Valley of Charlotte:

The campaign to “Save OUR Temple” was officially kicked off on November 21 with a letter sent to every Brother of the Valley soliciting support to repair and preserve our beloved Scottish Rite Temple in Charlotte. Since that time, about 350 of you have made a donation! Thank you! We are currently alresdy over $32,000! But we still need your help, if you did not receive your letter, please open the file posted on this site. For convenience, YOUR Scottish Rite now accepts credit cards over the phone for contributions to this campaign, the Rite Care Clinic and for paying your annual membership dues. For additional information, please call the Valley Secretary at 704-365-3579 or email scottishrite@bellsouth.net

WB Don Cummings (left) talking with our roofing contractor.

Most of the underlayment was rotted from water damage.

Getting it in the dry.

The white brick building on Randolph Road is no longer for sale. The membership of Charlotte’s Scottish Rite Masons voted recently to take the building off the market and engage in preservation project to bring it back to its “days of glory” when is was first built in 1978.

Back then, the membership bulged beyond 9,000, so they built a large 40,000+ square foot facility with a full size commercial kitchen and dining hall that can seat over 500 people. In addition there is a theater with tiered and balcony seating and a full production stage that can seat over 900!

Today, membership has declined to around four thousand, so the need to utilize all of that space is not the necessity that it once was. According to Tom Stroozas, General Secretary and long-time Scottish Rite Mason, the facility is overbuilt for our current membership needs. “Yes, we are losing members, but so are religious and other fraternal organizations. But in spite of that, we are not going out of business”. So in an effort to share the building’s beauty, mystery and amenities with the general public, the Charlotte Scottish Rite has decided to open the facility up for special community and theatrical events.

In addition to being a place of Masonic teaching and fellowship for its Masonic members, the Charlotte Scottish Rite of Freemasonry funds and operates an on-site Children’s Learning Center. The center caters to elementary and middle school children who are experiencing difficulties with reading and written language that can so often interfere with their academic achievement. The Learning Center’s mission is to equip these children with the skills and strategies necessary to reach their full potential as successful, independent learners. The services to the children and their families are absolutely free of charge, courtesy of the Scottish Rite members and other donations received from foundations and individuals.

So now that the “secret” is unveiled! If you or your organization need a place to meet or orchestrate a function that involves a banquet or theatrical facility, please call the Charlotte Scottish Rite at 704-365-3579 or stop by the Temple at 4740 Randolph Road and be amazed at what this wonderful facility has in store.