General Order Number One. Officers of the Grand Commandery

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1 Office of Ronald E. Jones Right Eminent Grand Commander Series Greetings: General Order Number One To the Members, Grand Commandery Officers and Sir Knights Of the Grand Commandery Knights Templar of West Virginia Officers of the Grand Commandery NAME ADDRESS PHONE LADY TITLE Ronald E. Jones PO Box 2248, Martinsburg, WV Susanne R. E. Grand Commander Daniel A. Witschey 125 Witschey Addition St New Martinsville, WV Amy V. E. Deputy Grand Commander Vincent E. Perry 105 Township Road 1089 Procterville, OH Kathy E. Grand Generalissimo H. Lee Hadley PO Box 427 New Matamoras, OH Rodney L. Bolyard Richard M. Roy Rev. Benny E. Gurley Donald L. Showalter Ruth Eminent Grand Captain General 154 Wood St Tanya Eminent Grand Senior Warden Buckhannon, WV Woodbridge Rd. Oak Hill, WV James River Rd Lewisburg, WV Diana Eminent Grand Junior Warden Sue Eminent Grand Prelate 163 Frazier Run Road Wheeling, WV Eminent Grand Treasurer F. Paul Baker Colerain Mt Pleasant Rd, Dillonvale,OH Rochelle Eminent Grand Recorder Charles R. Krafft James E. Winzenreid 123 Cabin Run Rd Weston, WV C. Denny Fleming 85 Woodland Lane Keyser, WV Charles F. Wimer (304) Connie Eminent Grand Standard Bearer 11 Highland Park Rd. Wheeling, WV (248) Rebecca Eminent Grand Sword Bearer 444 Neff Wimer Ln Keyser, WV (304) Eminent Grand Warder (304) Diana Eminent Grand Sentinel Poston E. Drake, PGC (4) Trustee 2018 J. Stephen Wilson, PGC (8) Trustee 2019 Donald C. Hamrick, PGC (3) Trustee 2020

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3 Inspector General Corps. Inspector General William Chris Baun 204 Ritter Mtn. Circle, Berkeley Springs, WV DIVISION 1 DIVISION 2 DIVISION 3 DIVISION 4 Robert K. Goontz (14) Gregory A. Amlin, PC (5) Neal I. Collett PC (21) Harold L. JB Campbell, PC PO Box Scobies Sawmill Lane RR 1 Box Blenn Lake Rd. Pine Grove, WV Harpers Ferry, WV Elkins, WV (304) (304) (304) Parkersburg, WV gregamlin@yahoo.com Skip.collett@outlook.com Harold.campbell1@yahoo.com Wheeling No. 1 Palestine No. 2 St. John's No. 8 Calvary No. 3 Mountain State No. 14 Potomac No. 5 Clarksburg No. 13 Pennsboro No. 20 Jeffrey O. Schrader No. 31 Damascus No. 23 Pilgrim No. 2 Dowell No. 28 DIVISION 5 DIVISION 6 DIVISION 7 DIVISION 8 Edward A. Moss, PC (18) Bobby Lee Stotridge, PC, (26) Beattie L. DeBord, PC (4) Charles A. Hughes PC KTCH (15) 1 Cardiff Dr. PO Box Shawnee Estates PO Box 206 Morgantown, WV Verdunville, WV Winfield, WV Crawley, WV (304) (304) (304) (304) mossea@comcast.net Bobbystotridge@hotmail.com beattiekitty@aol.com cah602@gmail.com Crusade No.6 Greenbrier No. 15 DeMolay No. 11 Huntington No. 9 Kanawha No. 4 Bluefield No. 19 Morgantown No. 18 Logan No. 26 Franklin No. 17 Mt. Hope No. 22 INSPECTION ASSIGNMENTS 2017 Division 1 Division 2 Division 3 Division 4 Rodney L. Bolyard Charles R. Krafft Richard M. Roy James E. Winzenreid Gr. Senior Warden Gr. Standard Bearer Gr. Junior Ward Gr. Sword Bearer Wheeling 1 Palestine 2 St. John s 8 Calvary 3 Mt. State 14 Potomac 5 Clarksburg 13 Pennsboro 30 Mannington 31 Damascus 23 Pilgrim Dowell 28 Division 5 Division 6 Division 7 Division 8 C. Denny Fleming Charles F. Wimer Vincent F. Perry H. Lee Hadley Gr. Warder Gr. Sentinel Gr. Generalissimo GrGgGGeneralissim Gr. Captain General Crusade 6 Greenbrier 15 DeMolay 11 Huntington 9 Kanawha 4 Bluefield 19 Morgantown 18 Logan 26 Franklin 17 Mt. Hope 22

4 COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS VISITING SIR KNIGHTS JURISPRUDANCE COMM. INVESTMENT CHARTERS/DISPENSATIONS William Chris Baun IG (5) Poston Drake, PGC (4) SK Jeff Ryman (2) Don Hamrick, PGC (3) Edward Brown PC (2) Vaughn F. Shafer PGC, PMADC (4) James E Winzenreid GSBr,GM, (1) NECROLOGY LONG RANGE PLANNING FINANCE REV. Benny E. Daniel A. Witschey, DGC (14) James L. Horner, PGC (2) Gurley PC, GP (15) Rev. Leon H. Heavener PGP (22) Ronald E. Jones, REGC (2) Roger D. Linger, PGC (3) Charles W. Henry, PC, KTCH (5) James K. Coleman, PGC GR (15) Leiton E. Miller, III, PGC (4) James L. Horner, PGC (2) J. Stephen Wilson, PGC (8) PAST COMMANDERS JEWEL F. PAUL BAKER PGC GR (1) Leiton E. Miller, III, PGC (4) James L. Horner PGC (2) Paul O. Davis, PGC (9) EYE FOUNDATION TRIENNIAL CONCLAVE SUSPENSIONS AND MEMBERSHIP DEMITS F.Paul Baker, PGC J. Robert Vance, PGC (21) Charles H. Mann, KTCH PC Ed Ball, PGC (1) GR (1) (19) Charles R. Witt, KTCH, PC (1) Ronald Jones, REGC (2) Gregory H. Dotson, PGC (3) H. Lee Hadley, GCG (3) Stephen Ledergerber, PC (14) Vaughn F. Shafer PGC, PMADC (4) George D. Jackson, PC (13) Bobby Lee Stotridge PC (26) Ronald E. Jones, REGC (2) Daniel A. Witschey, DGC (14) Vincent E. Perry, EGG (9) F. Paul Baker, PGC (1) Vincent Perry, EGG (9) Paul O. Davis, PGC (9) Benny E. Gurley GP (15) All Recorders Johnnie M. Sluss, PGC (22) TACTICS REVIEW/ DRILL Educational Foundation Grievances and Appeals MERIT AWARD TEAM/ UNIFORM COMMITTEE F. Paul Baker, PGC (1) Larry T. Bates PC, KTCH (13) William Chris Baun IG PC (5) Peter Y. Turner, PC (18) J. Robert Vance, PGC (21) Richard M. Roy EGJW (22) Leiton E. Miller, III, PGC (4) 714 Venture Dr PMB 200 Morgantown WV Daniel A. Witschey, DGC (14) James E. Winzenreid, PGM PC EGSB (1) F. Lee West, PC, KTCH (13) Joseph A. Radcliff, PC (11) Paul O. Davis, PGC (9) Don Hamrick PGC (3) George D. Jackson, PC (13) Rodney L. Bolyard, EGSW (21) Jerry Digman, PC (21) Charles Wimer EGS (23)

5 Inspection Review COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS continued HOLY LAND PILGRIMAGE WEB PAGE TEMPLAR REVIEW Vincent E. Perry EGG (9) REV. Benny E. Gurley PC, GP (15) James K. Coleman PGC EGR (15) Gene Ray Baker, PGC (1) William Chris Baun IG PC (5) James H. Wilson, PGC (8) Rodney L. Bolyard GJW (21) Donald C. Hamrick, PGC (13) Ronald E. Jones, REGC (2) H. Lee Hadley GCG (3) PUBLICITY J. Stephen Wilson, PGC (8) Daniel A. Witschey VEDGC (14) Charles F. Wimer, EGS H. Lee Hadley GCG (3) All Recorders DeMOLAY SPECIAL OBSERVANCE EASTER SUNRISE CONSTITUTION & STATUTES Robert G. Taylor, PC (13) Leiton E. Miller III PGC (4) Ronald E. Jones, REGC (2) Poston E. Drake PGC (4) Douglas L. Sappington (13) William D. Mushet, PC (1) Johnnie M. Sluss, PGC (22) F. Paul Baker PGC GR (1) Gary B. Tucker PC, KTCH (13) William Chris Baun IG PC (5) Donald L. Showalter PGC GT (1) H. Lee Hadley GCG (3) Grand Officers do not inspect their own Commanderies, they must trade with another Officer Inspection Directives Inspection dates will be the responsibility of the Commander together with the Inspecting Officer and the Deputy Inspector in each division. All inspections should be scheduled by June 30, 2017 if possible. No two inspections will be held on the same day. All inspections should be completed before December 15, Division, Joint, or Combined inspections will be permitted, but no two Division, Joint or Combined will be scheduled on the same day. If three Commanderies put on the Order of the Temple as a Division, Joint or Combined inspection, the Inspecting Officer Must inspect the other two Commanderies on a different day at their scheduled Conclave or Special Conclave. Division inspections Must Not mix (example Wheeling (1) and Palestine (2). This information will be sent by the Grand Commander to the State Editor for publication in the Knights Templar Magazine. Include the starting time, work plan and if a dinner will be served. If a dinner is held in conjunction with an inspection, Sir Knights should appear in uniform. It is the duty of the Deputy Inspector General to see each Commandery within the Division is properly prepared for Inspections by holding at least one School of Instruction at each Commandery prior to inspection. The Deputy Inspector s responsibility is to see that each School is held to assist the Commandery to obtain the required proficiency in both tactics and ritual. There will be NO INSPECTIONS on SEPT th 2017, as the Mid Atlantic Department Conference is being held this weekend. It is the duty of the Inspecting Officer to contact the Chairman of Publicity, SK Charles Wimer, Rt.4, Box 34 Keyser, West Virginia and supply him with a photo and short resume that can be sent to each constituent Commandery for local publication prior to inspection.

6 I will attend as many inspections as I can and will be received as part of the Inspecting Officers staff. The inspecting officer will be received as if he were the Grand Commander, even when the Grand Commander is present. REMEMBER IT IS THE INSPECTOR S DAY Inspection dates DIVISION #1 DIVISION #2 DIVISION #3 DIVISION #4 Wheeling (1) Palestine (2) St. John s (8) Calvary (3) Mannington (31) Potomac (5) Clarksburg (13) Pennsboro (20) Mt. State (14) Damascus (23) Pilgrim (21) Dowell (28) DIVISION #5 DIVISION #6 DIVISION #7 DIVISION #8 Crusade (6) Huntington (9) 7/22/17 Kanawha (4)7/22/17 Greenbrier (15) DeMolay (11) Logan (26) Franklin (17) 7/22/17 Bluefield (19) Morgantown (18) Mt. Hope (22) GRAND OFFICERS MEETINGS Huntington Chairman RE Jones, REGC Parkersburg Chairman Danny Witschey, VEDGC Clarksburg Chairman Vincent Perry, EGG Martinsburg Chairman H. Lee Hadley, EGCG DISPENSATIONS Dispensations are hereby granted to each Sir Knight of this Jurisdiction during the Templar year to appear in full Templar uniform for the following purposes: For the Purpose of participating with the Grand Commandery or their own Commandery in street parades which will promote Templary. At all meetings of any group or organization within the State for the purpose of providing information about or receiving donations for the Eye Foundation, Educational Foundation, or Holy Land Pilgrimage. While attending meetings of DeMolay Chapters within the State for the purpose of showing their support to these fine young men who are part of the future of Templary. For special observances such as Christmas, Ascension Day and Flag Day

7 NEXT ANNUAL CONCLAVE The 144 th Grand Conclave of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of West Virginia will be held in Martinsburg, West Virginia on May th The Grand Commandery will open at 9:00 AM at the Holiday Inn located at 301 Foxcroft Ave. Martinsburg, West Virginia at exit 13 on I81. The Grand Commandery will open at 9:00 AM on Friday, May 18 th 2018 with the introduction of dignitaries, Grand Officers and Guests. A more complete agenda for the Grand Conclave will be forth coming in the next few months. I hereby order that this General Order be read at the first stated conclave of every constituent Commandery following its receipt, and further, that every Recorder notify those committeemen from his Commandery of their appointments. All Sir Knights shall govern themselves accordingly. Given under my hand and seal of the Grand Commandery of Knights Templar of the State of West Virginia, the 24 th day of May A.D. 2017, A.O F. Paul Baker Ronald E. Jones Grand Recorder R. E. Grand Commander.