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Hillcrest Annual Christmas & Charity Party
Hillcrest’s annual holiday party took place on December 13 at the home of Worshipful Master Jake Golvach and his wife Holly. In addition to the usual Christmas cheer, cards were signed by Lodge members and their guests to support our charity effort to adopt the Renaissance at Kessler Park. The […]
Hillcrest Masonic Lodge’s Original Building
The Original Hillcrest Masonic Lodge Building Across From SMU Below is an image from the Halls of The Grand Lodge of Texas AF&AM, depicting the original building of Hillcrest Masonic Lodge #1318. Hillcrest Lodge was named after the street it was founded on. HIllcrest was located on Hillcrest road across […]
Masonic Brother Surry G. Shaffer, Jr
Brother Surry G. Shaffer, Jr Brother Surry G. Shaffer, Jr., 89, of Hot Springs Village formerly of Dallas, Texas departed his earthy home on November 30, 2014 to join his parents, Surry, Sr. and Blanche Shaffer, his sister Elizabeth Shaffer Brumage in their Eternal Home with their Lord. He was […]
Hillcrest Lodge 2014 – 2015 Officers
Below Are The Hillcrest Masonic Officers For The 2014 – 2015 Masonic Year Worshipful Master Jake Golvach Senior Warden Mitch Breier Junior Warden Ken Knotts, P.M. Treasurer Harry Wood Secretary Gregg Yates, P.M. Chaplain Kyle Wahlquist, P.M. Senior Deacon Tim Wall Junior Deacon Max Gilley, P.M. Senior Steward Patrick […]
Hillcrest Masonic Lodge’s Newest Master Mason
Hillcrest Lodge Raises Newest Master Mason Becoming a Master Mason is no easy task. From the time a man has sought out a petition, and been voted into a masonic lodge, it generally takes a minimum of 60 hours for a man to pass through the three degrees. With all […]
Gary McDonald’s Installation – July 2005
As we celebrate the installation of our new officers, we look back to the installa-tion of Gary McDon-ald and his officer line. We would like to thank Past Master Mark Mueller for providing the image and continue to en-courage anyone with historic images to forward copies to the […]
Hillcrest Lodge Past Masters – December 4th, 1980
This photograph of some of Hillcrest Lodge’s earliest Past Masters was taken on December 4, 1980 in our original building on Hillcrest Avenue. It was forward to the Lodge, along with other photo-graphs, by Past Master Jack Williams. The Lodge would like to thank Brother Williams for the photographs and […]
Dallas Masons Level Henderson County Courthouse Cornerstone
Henderson County Cornerstone Ceremony On the Morning of Saturday May 17th Dallas Masons and Past Grand Masters Elmer Murphey and Leonard P. Harvey opened a representation of the Grand Lodge of Texas in Athens Lodge in Athens Texas for the purpose of performing a cornerstone ceremony for the Athens Courthouse. The […]
2014 Hillcrest Masonic Festive Board
Hillcrest Masonic Lodge Held It’s First Annual Table Lodge On Thursday May 15th 2014 the brethren of Hillcrest Masonic Lodge came together in Fellowship for refreshment and education. We met at Chamberlain’s Steak House for an evening of wonderful food and the sharing of knowledge. For the Purpose of masonic […]
Masonic Lecture from the Curator of the Grand Lodge of Scotland Robert L D Cooper
Dallas Masons were given a treat by the Curator of the Grand Lodge of Scotland. On January 28th,2014, the Curator of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, Brother Robert L. D. Cooper presented to the Master Masons of Dallas Texas a masonic lecture at a closed meeting at the Scottish Rite […]
