On August 24, 2011 the Brethren of Harmonie Lodge had the honor of hosting R:. W:. Paul S. Sabo, District Deputy Grand Master of the 1st Erie District, representing the M:. W:. Vincent Libone, Grand Master of Masons in the State of New York. R:. W:. Sabo is a tireless advocate for Freemasonry in Western New York. He has proven himself to be a kind and generous leader, who always has time for his Brethren and the Lodges under his supervision.
R:. W:. Sabo has done an exemplary job of cultivating the potential of the Lodges in the 1st Erie District - and it shows. His forward thinking leadership in support of Ritual Excellence, Masonic Education, and Charitable Endeavors have set the tone for how an upright man and mason should act before God and Man. He is also the Master of the Western New York Lodge of Research.
At his official visit, W:. Ted Clark, Master of Harmonie 699, presented R:. W:. Sabo with a 1901 Pan-Am Exposition commemorative plate and map. Held during the hey day of Buffalo, this international event was planned and organized by a good number of Fellows of the Craft. The Mayor of Buffalo was none other than Harmonie Lodge's secretary, Bro. Conrad Diehl. The key note address was give by the President of the United States, Bro. William McKinley. After his unfortunate assassination, Bro. Teddy Roosevelt, then V. P., was sworn in as President at the Wilcox Mansion on Delaware Avenue.
The Exposition saw the first long-distance transmission of electricity from Niagara Falls to Buffalo, NY. Thus the normal blackness of night was replaced by a city of lights. And as Nicholai Tesla illuminated Buffalo with light, so too does our District Deputy Grand Master bestow the Light of Masonry throughout the 1st Erie District!
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