From Host to Guest: George U. Harvey and the Queens Lodge Room
George U. Harvey hosted public officials as Cornucopia Lodge’s Master in 1922 and returned as an invited borough president at Rufus King Lodge in 1929. Follow the meetings, speaking engagements and lodge connections that reveal how Queens Masonic rooms also served as settings for civic life.
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.