The International order of job’s daughters

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Language

English

Source

The Cabletow I New Series (No. 4) April 1959

Year

1959

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In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

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The International Order of Job s Daughters For teen-age girls between twelve and twenty years, the International Or der of Job’s Daughters gives varied opportunities in character-building through its cooperative activities, its ritualistic work and lectures. The greater portion of its ritualistic work is based on the book of Job in the Bible, indicating that through life from early childhood to old age, people encounter trials and tribulations which must be met and overcome. The purpose of the Order is to band together girls of Masonic relationship for moral and spiritual development by teaching them greater reverence for God and the Holy Book, love of coun try, and deeper respect for parents and elders. They gain training in work ing together through their meetings in the bethel, in work projects, in chaJtv work, and in funa-raising for sttcL charity work. They also gain experience in social contacts through their enter tainments which arc in keeping with the high ideals of the Order. All their activities are supervised bv adult mem bers who compose the Bethel Guar dian Council. The Order was founded by Mis. Ethel T. Wead Mick in Omaha Neb raska on October 20, 1920 by authority of Mrs. Anna J. Davis, Grand Matron, and Mr. J. E. Bednar, Grand Patron, cf the Order of the Eastern Star in the Slate of Nebraska. Mr. J. B. Fradenburg, Grand Master of Masons of Neb raska, also authorized the organization of the Order. Mr. T. L. Coombs and Mr. B. F. Thomas, both 33° Masons of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdic tion, U.S.A., helped greatly in the founding of the Order. The basic organizational unit cl the Order is the Bethel, which at present as in Biblical times means "holy place”. A bethel is composed of daughter-mem bers and adults which belong to the guardian council. Membership in a bethel is limited to girls with Masonic relationships: sisters, daughters, grand daughters, great-grand-daughters, nie ces, and grand-nieces, of Master Ma sons. At the time a girl applies for membership in the order, the Master Mason on whom the relationship is based must be in good standing; or, if gone to his reward, must have been in good standing when he went ahead. There are other higher or bigger or ganizational units of the Order. The Grand Bethel which roughly corres ponds to a Grand Lodge, is composed of ten or more bethels which decide to organize a grand bethel in a start.*, ter ritory or country. The highest body of the Order is the Supreme Guard'an Council which is composed of grand bethels and bethels not vet under grand bethel jurisdiction. At this writ ing, Supreme Guardian of the Order is Mrs. Sylvia K. Benedict. PI IQ, and the Supreme Secretary is Mrs. Sharlot Aven’ Swem, PHQ, PSG. I Ieadquarters of the Order is in Berwyn, llliPossiblv the youngest bethel of the Order is Bethel LI. D., Manila, which was instituted at Plaridcl Temple on February 15, 1959 with Mrs. Benedict, Supreme Guardian, as the instituting and installing officer. The voungesC grand bethel is the one in Australia 125 MASONIC TEMPLES; CORNER STONES LAID, DEDICATED The Grand Lodge Year, 1958-59, saw the Grand Master pleased with the building program he prescribed when he was installed in April 1958. Two Lodge temples were dedicated; Baguio Lodge No. 67 in Baguio City in Sep tember 1958 and Mayon Lodge No. 61 in Legaspi, Al bay on January 30, 1959. Inspite of pressing business in the Grand Lodge, the Grand Master took time to go to these places to help in the dedications. Two lodges in Okinawa, No. 118 and Coral No. 142, decided to build an appropriate lodge hall for the two lodges and the Grand Master flew to the island to lay the cornerstone or as he put it, “to slip the cornerstone in a building that is half-finished” on Jan uary 10, 1959, and in a few weeks it will be ready for dedication at least before the Annual Grand Lodge com munication this month. Grand Master Hick also flew to Naga City to lay the cornerstone of the lodge hall of Mount Isarog Lodge No. 33 on Jan uary 22, 1959. A A •which was instituted in Brisbane in March 1959, also with Mrs. Benedict as instituting and installing officer. Since the Order was founded some thirtv-nine years ago, thousands upon thousands of women have been in its rolls and presently they hold positions of importance in their communities or country, to sav nothing of the wonder ful work of the Order among its pres ent members. There are now twentysix grand bethels in the United States, three in Canada, and one in Australia. In addition, there are bethels under supreme bethel jurisdiction. There are fourteen in the United States, ten in Canada, two in Hawaii, and two in the Philippines. A BIRTHDAY FOR TWO It happens once in a great big while. The birthday of the Grand Master and the Deputy Grand Master, ten inches shorter but ten years older, was celebrated on March 8, 1959, in the Jose Abad Santos Hall of Plaridcl Temple with a literary-musical program. A big crowd of Masons and their families at tended the affair and representatives of blue lodges and related Masonic organ izations gave greetings to Most Wor. Bro. Howard R. Hick and Rt. Wor. Bro. Macario Ofilada, who shared the honors and thanked the greeters and participants in the program. Among those who participated arc: the Welfarcvillc All-Girl Sring Band, DeMolav Quartet, the Masonic Glee Club, Wor. Bro. Dcmctrio Quintana, Mr. Lucio Pineda, Bro. Jose Luis Arch ilia (Chino Santos) and his Band, Miss Sonva Ortiz, Mrs. Celcrina Cavabyab, Mr. Mario Cabreza, Mrs. Andrea Ofilada Vcncracion, Wor. Bro. Alvaro Martinez, Wor. Bro. Pedro Francisco, Sister Pilar R. Gonzalez, Wor. Bro. Thomas Loft, the Quintana Sisters, Most Wor. BroAntonio Gonzalez, Miss Dolores A. Laconico, II and others. 126 THE CABLE TOW April, 1959

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