Category: The Legacy Series: Oral Histories with Michigan Masons

Bette and Sherman Willson On Friday June 10th, 2011 Brother Sherman of Lexington Lodge, was interviewed along with his wife Bette.  This interview was made possible by Michigan Masonic Charitable Foundation. John P. Cooper, WM of S. Ward Lodge in Marysville, MI  Ambassador to the Foundation, made the introduction and contact with Bette and Sherman…

May 19, 2011, Saugatuck, MI. Meet Bill & Betty Schmidt.  Bill and Betty Schmidt have recently celebrated their 75th wedding anniversary. It was Betty’s mother who convinced Bill to join the local Masonic Lodge in Homewood, Illinois.  He was employed by the Pullman Company at the time as supervising engineer. Betty is a 50 year…

The Film Farm is a collection of approximately 4,000 x 16mm educational, government, propaganda, documentary, and entertainment films. The origins of the collection goes back to the 1940s. The owner of a drugstore on the corner of Jefferson and Wealthy in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan, was a film collector who supported his hobby by renting…