Lodge Leadership

2026 Lodge Officers

Matthew R. Phillippi

2026 Worshipful Master

David S. Bates

2026 Senior Warden

Tyler A. Blanks

2026 Junior Warden
History of Worshipful Masters

William Herring – 1789	Benjamin Smith, Sr. – 1791	Williams Cravens – 1792	Asher Waterman – 1793/94
Matthew Gambil – 1795	John Taylor – 1796	Asher Waterman – 1797	William Smith – 1799
Jacob Wyant – 1800	Henry Gambill – 1801	Samuel Chandler – 1807	Henry Gambill – 1808
Asher Waterman – 1809	Henry Gambill – 1810	Julius Foster – 1813	Asher Waterman – 1814
Asher Waterman – 1822	Henry Welch – 1823	Alexander McCartney – 1825	Joseph Cravens – 1826
Alexander McCartney – 1827	William McCausland – 1828	Thomas Clarke – 1830	David Jones – 1832
James Hall – 1833	Hugh Bruffy – 1835	Thomas Clarke – 1841	Joseph Rohr – 1842
Peachy Rice – 1843	George Newman – 1844	David Jones – 1845	W. Gambill – 1846
R. Stevens – 1847	Henry Higgins – 1848	George Bruffy – 1849	Joseph Braithwaite – 1850
Isaac Hardesty – 1851	Quincy Nicholas – 1853	Alfred Rohr – 1855	William Wartman – 1856
Henry Wartman – 1857	Joseph Logan – 1858	Philo Bradley – 1859	Charles Sprinkel – 1860
W. Plecker – 1861	St. Clair Sprinkel – 1862	William Price – 1863	George Christie – 1864
J.G. Sprinkel – 1866	Philo Bradley – 1867	Henry Shacklett – 1869	Joshua Wilton – 1870
H. Ritenour – 1871	Joseph Shue – 1873	O.A. Clary – 1875	James Dwyer – 1876
James Avis – 1877	Frank Harris – 1879	T. Rohr – 1880	A. Sprinkel – 1881
William Bucher – 1882	W.S. Butler – 1883	Philo Bradley – 1884	James W. Blair – 1885
C. Staples – 1886	William Bucher – 1887	H. Chandler – 1888	John Burke – 1889
John Logan – 1890	John Bradley – 1891	John Yancey – 1892	S. Messerly – 1893
S. Moffett – 1894	G. Alexander – 1895/96	William Dean – 1897/98	C. Myers – 1899/1900
T. Houck – 1901/02	T. Callender – 1903/04	L. Williamson – 1905	William Keister – 1906/07
Russel Bucher – 1908	Charles Keezle – 1909	Ernest Wilton – 1910	Grattan Price – 1911
Robert VanPelt – 1912	Edward Conrad – 1913	William Dutrow – 1914	John Long – 1915
B. Williamson – 1916/17	Clarence Mason – 1918	Charles Nicholas – 1919/20	Charles Dundore – 1921
Frank Blackburn – 1922	Wade Menefee – 1923	William Myers – 1924	Marvin Renalds – 1925
Vernon Harlin – 1926	Raymond Dingledine – 1927	Albert Lewis – 1928	Stuart Ashby – 1929
Frank Switzer – 1930	Michael Harrison – 1931	O. Miller – 1932	Clarence LeHew – 1933
L. Stanley – 1934	H. Huffman – 1935	Arthur Hamaker – 1936	George Aldhizer – 1937
Hershey McCauley – 1938	Garold Myers – 1939	D. Switzer – 1940	homas L. Yancey – 1941
A. Kersh – 1942	Raymond Aldhizer – 1943/44	S. Sencindiver – 1945	Carl N. Priode – 1946
J. Paxton – 1947	Earl R. Smith – 1948	L. Tourgee – 1949	Mark McNeill – 1950
Elmer Kaylor – 1951	A. Jackson – 1952	Norman Braithwaite – 1953	Harry Cavendish – 1954
Robert Kennedy – 1955	Ralph Arey – 1956	Ward Wenger – 1957	Harvey Scott – 1958
Raymond Benson – 1959	Stuart Geil – 1960	Robert Breen – 1961	Bernard W. Stearn – 1962
Leonard Hulvey – 1963	Benjamin Bishop – 1964	John Kline – 1965	Carl Ritchie – 1966
Ivan Carrier – 1967	Marcel Shickel – 1968	Jack Mason – 1969	Robert Ritchie – 1970
Donald Gault – 1971	Frank Suter – 1972	Edward Michael – 1973	Victor Smith – 1974
Phillip Stone – 1975	Donald Myers – 1976	Louis McInturff – 1977	Henry Gray – 1978
James Rowe – 1979	Wellington Corbin – 1980	Harry Clayman – 1981	Perry Foley – 1982
Randolph Maupin – 1983	Donald Bosley – 1984	Richard Presgrave – 1985	John Hall – 1986
Robert Meeks – 1987	Allen Francis – 1988	Mark Jefferson – 1989	Herman W. Hale – 1990
Donald Bosley – 1991	Harry E. Drinkwater – 1992	Harry L. Clayman – 1992/93	Phillip A. Geisel – 1994
Nelson L. Armstrong – 1995	Keith L. Brewe – 1996	James E. Rhodes – 1997/98	Harry L. Clayman – 1999
Wayne B. Wenger – 2000	Larry Showalter – 2001	Brian Bosley – 2002	Gary Morrow – 2003
Greg Adams – 2004	Wayne B. Rothery – 2005	Carl Wassum – 2006	Ricky A. Ritchie – 2009
Ray Hussey Jr. – 2010	John S. King – 2011	John D. Gira – 2012	David F. Kennedy – 2013
Russell E. Pence – 2014	David T. Silcox – 2015	Steve L. Knight – 2016	Chris A. Neil – 2017
Matthew P. Bentel – 2018	Chris N. Walker – 2019	Matthew R. Frakes – 2020	Bradley Newcomer – 2021
Matthew P. Bentel – 2022	Matthew R. Frakes – 2023	Russell E. Pence -2024	Martin E. Eagleson – 2025

2026 OFFICER LINE

Name	Station
David S. Bates	Senior Warden
Tyler A. Blanks	Junior Warden
Herman W. Hale, PDDGM	Treasurer
Chris A. Neil, PM	Secretary
Michael T. Kunz	Senior Deacon
Kevin Leonard	Junior Deacon
Brian R. Bosley, PDDGM	Chaplain
Martin E. Eagleson, PM	Marshal
Wayne B. Wenger, PDDGM	Senior Steward
VACANT	Junior Steward
John Kaltenborn	Tiler

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

 

Name	Year
Herman W. Hale, PDDGM, Secretary	2026
Russell E. Pence, PDDGM, Chairman	2027
Wayne B. Wenger, PDDGM	2028
Donald Myers, PDDGM, Treasurer	2029
Chris Neil, PM	2030

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