Demolays Assist in Rebuilding GW DeMolay is helping their sponsoring body George Washington Lodge #143 save the historic Chambersburg Masonic Temple. In 2007, structural engineers advised lodge trustees that the roof trusses of the 1823 and 1899 sections of the building were collapsing. “Dad” Carl Flohr, chair of trustees, responded by stringing steel cables back-and-forth across the lodge room to stabilize the roof which had already caused the lodge room ceiling to drop more than one foot. At a chapter meeting this past spring, GW DeMolay Ben Spangler suggested that DeMolays who attend the Franklin County Career and Technology Center could help the lodge repair the building. The advisory council communicated Ben’s idea to the lodge trustees for consideration. Two months later, “Dad” Flohr asked the chapter to provide a welder to prepare new structural steel to re-enforce the roof. On July 21, 2010, GW DeMolay Junior Councilor William Maple began welding the steel structural supports in preparation for their installation in the lodge building. Working together, GW DeMolay and their sponsoring body are saving the oldest Masonic Temple in Pennsylvania.
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