Will Highsmith

Companions, We have recently starting sending out the Weekly Decryption again on a weekly basis.  We hope you are enjoying it and we could use your help in a few areas. We are actively looking for contributions to the newsletter.  If your Council of Royal and Select Masters is doing something that you would like

The Beginnings of the Thrice Illustrious Master\’s DegreeBy Will Highsmith Image courtesy of Companion Calvin Rogers When I served as Illustrious Master of a Council of Royal and Select Masters in North Carolina, I had the privilege of receiving the Degree of Thrice Illustrious Master also known as the Order of the Silver Trowel.  The

By Rod Wagoner, GCOG, Frank Edens, MIPGM, GL, and George Weil, GR Recently, Companions in Arizona performed their annual conferral of the Order of Ish Sodi and the Super Excellent Master Degree. Arizona is among very few jurisdictions who offer both of these conferrals on an ongoing basis. Because of its scarcity, the Illustrious Grand

Passing of Betty J. VanEtten, Widow of Charles VanEtten GGM 2002-2005 Companions, It is my sad duty to inform you of the loss of one of our Past General Grand Master’s widows.  The wife of Most Puissant Companion Charles VanEtten, 2002-05, Betty J. VanEtten has passed.  Her Obituary follows: Betty J. VanEttenNovember 09, 1931 –

Austria, GEKT Easter Observance, Maine, GGC-PHA, and Georgia Monty J Glover Deputy General Grand Master Greetings Companions, As usual, it’s been a while since I have written an article. Being a person that just doesn’t like writing a lot, it’s easy for me to get distracted and put it off. Next thing you know, I’m

The Regular Alarm of the Mysterious Nine? By: Peter G. Champion, Grand Captain of the Guard, California 2018-2019 How many times during my Cryptic travels have I encountered the question, “Who are these mysterious nine Companions mentioned in our ritual, and what is their regular alarm?”  I don’t recall how many rituals, ciphers, Masonic encyclopedia,

General Grand Master\’s UpdateDavid A. Grindle Greetings Companions, Here we are half way through the Triennium, and we are a year into sending this electronic Newsletter. Our desire was to have a group of articles to send out every week. Initially, we were right on track, and then it slacked off for a while. Now

General Grand Chaplain\’s Message E. Jeffrey Craig Greetings Companions! This year is flying by.  What is the status of your Council’s plans and projects for the remainder of this Cryptic year? As we think about the month of May, Mother\’s Day comes to mind and connects our mind to another holiday. So often times we

Right Puissant Gerald L. \”Jerry\” Ogle, PGM, 1935-2019Past Southwest Regional Deputy General Grand Master M.W. Gerald L. “Jerry” Ogle, the 145th Grand Master of the State of Nevada, was born on October 17, 1935 in Wenatchee, Washington, to Millard M. and Lillian Mae Ogle.  He attended Elementary, Junior and Senior High School in Seattle, WA. 

Daniel D. Hanttula, MIPGMTechnology Committee “Almighty and eternal God, in whom we live and move, and have our being—and before whom all men must appear in judgment date to give an account of the deeds in life…*” We regret to inform the Companions of the first temple that Most Illustrious and Right Puissant Companion Carle