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 Mt Moriah Lodge #11, Union City Masonic Temple N. 19331 Hwy 101 Valley Junction, WA 98584 360-877-5964 |
This Lodge's website is presently under construction. Here is general information about Mt Moriah Lodge #11: Their stated
communications are full of Good Fellowship and Wonderful Food. The
Lodge sponsors a barbecue behind the lodge with an open pit barbecue
put together by Brother Jerry Watters. If you ever have a "hankering"
for some good old fashioned backslapping, hand shaking, full
bellied Masonry don't miss this event, which is fast becoming a "summer
event to look forward to" Stated Communication is held every Month on the Wednesday on or before the Full Moon. It starts at 7:30 PM. Check the Tri County Masons Events calendar for any other Monthly activities that may be happening at Mt. Moriah Lodge. See Events page. |
Mt Moriah Lodge #11 was chartered on November 29th, 1864 in Shelton, Mason County Washington, with 16 founding members. "Because of the difficulty in traveling distances from home, the Lodge met on or near the Full Moon". There are 42 Lodges with this name, or variations of it, in the United States today. The name alludes to the location of King Solomon's Temple. Mt Moriah Lodge #11 is one of the two "Moon Lodges" remaining active, as such, in the Grand Jurisdiction of Washington. At it 100th anniversary in 1964 there were a total of 254 members but there was a steady decline in the membership body owing to the deaths of many of its older members. "The large decline put burdens on the Lodge to meet the expenses of operating the "Temple". In 1991 the original building was sold to the Episcopal Church. Removal of the stained glass windows and other Masonic emblems cost $6,500.00 and the Lodge moved to the "Temple" in Union City Lodge #27 where it co-shares the building with the brethren of Union City Lodge #27. | |