Order of Eastern Star Installation (SOC.2)

Order of the Easter Star

The Order of the Eastern Star is a Freemasonry related fraternal organization open to both men and women. The order is based on teachings from the Bible but is open to people of all religious beliefs. Members of the Order are aged 18 and older: men must be Master Masons and women must have specific relationships with Masons. Originally, a woman would have to be the daughter, widow, wife, sister, or mother of a Master Mason, but the Order now allows other relatives as well as allowing Job’s daughters and Rainbow Girls¹

Front Row L to R: Myrtle Gray, Phoebe Clapp, Roland Gray (Gatekeeper Sentinel), Agnes Hale, unnamed Installing officer, unnamed Installing officer, unnamed Installing officer. Second Row L to R: Audrey Beede, May Nevells, Geraldine Walsh, Dorothy Keefe, Hilda Hooper, Kathleen Young, Caroline Young,? possibly the organist from Orland. Back Row L to R: Louise Billings Webb, Alice Clapp Anderson, Bessie Cooper, Ethel Byard, Leslie Young Associate Patron, Clarence Hale, Patron²

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¹ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Order_of_the_Eastern_Star

² Participants identified by Sylvia Conner Wardwell and Rozella and David Webb

³ Sedgwick, Maine Bicentennial 1763-1963, Bicentennial Booklet printed by The Weekly Packet, Blue Hill, ME, pg. 31