Raymond C. Ellis and Service Lodge No. 1009: The Grand Master Flushing Claimed as a Brother
In 1952, Flushing’s Service Lodge No. 1009 welcomed Raymond C. Ellis as an honorary member. The Brooklyn lawyer went on to become Grand Master of New York Masons and helped bring a medical research laboratory into being in Utica. His story connects a neighborhood lodge’s charitable work with a lasting commitment to medical research.
Service Lodge No. 1009 and the Work of Relief in Flushing
Chartered in Flushing in 1923, Service Lodge No. 1009 built its life around charitable giving, shared ceremonies, and outings that did not always go as planned. Follow its history through lodge bulletins, anniversary journals, and the mergers that carried its name into Advance Service Mizpah Lodge.