Fraternal Greetings and
WELCOME
to Our Official Home Page
President
Edwin L. Kutz, Jr., RAC 278
2024 – 2025
Secretary
Bryan K. Fritz, RAC 278
5608 Meadow Drive,
Orefield PA 18069-9027
610-366-0725,
BryanKFritz1@gmail.com
The LVJA is composed of Chapter
dais officers and Past High Priests.
Our purpose shall be to strengthen the
bonds of good fellowship among its
members and the advancement of the
interest of Capitular Masonry in general.
Eighty-Fourth Anniversary
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Annual business meeting at 6:30,
with dinner to follow at 7:00pm
C.J. Hummel’s Restaurant
28 Willow St, Lenhartsville PA 19534
OFFICERS 2023-2024
President: Edwin L. Kutz, Jr., RAC 278
5391 Summit Street, Whitehall PA 18052
1st Vice President: Mark G. Mattern, RAC 197
129 Doreen Drive, Hummelstown PA 17036
2nd Vice President: Rev. Robert A. Witmyer, RAC 198
465 Memorial Highway, Fleetwood PA 19522
Treasurer: Terry E. Minnich, RAC 295
2782 Bridle Path Street, Slatington PA 18080
Secretary: Bryan K. Fritz, RAC 278
5608 Meadow Drive, Orefield PA 18069-9027
phone: 610-248-9858 e-mail: bryankfritz1@gmail.com
Trustees: William S. Adams, RAC 295, 1 Year
Edward H. Hawk, RAC 181, 2 Years
Jared R. Kichline, RAC 281, 3 Years
Chaplain: Kimber D. Smith, RAC 295
Ritualistic Committee: James E. Green, RAC 203
Honorary Life Members
Most Excellent Past Grand High Priests
Comp. Ronald L. Pennell RAC 281
Comp. Paris D. Alunni RAC 185
Comp. Robert J. Burns RAC 003
Comp. Michael W. Klinger RAC 163
Comp. Jason F. Craig RAC 165
Past Presidents
1939 *William H. Hawk RAC 216
1940 *Harold E. Roth RAC 295
1941 *T. Roland Ruch RAC 203
1942-45 *Daniel P. Berger RAC 152
1946 *Albert L. Weidman RAC 173
1947 *E. Clayton Hunsicker RAC 291
1948-49 *Stanley S. Stephens RAC 302
1950 *Clarence E. Snyder RAC 295
1951 *Earl J. Shirk RAC 237
1952 *Allen R. Willauer RAC 173
1953 *Owen R. Kurtz RAC 216
1954 *Paul I. Demmy RAC 203
1955 *Samuel Berger RAC 152
1956 *George W. Lobach RAC 173
1957 *Roy N. Henning RAC 274
1958 *Richard M. Schlegel RAC 278
1959 *Claude W. Snyder RAC 181
1960 *Miles J. Lesher RAC 197
1961 *John J. Deily RAC 291
1962 *Walter D. Stewart RAC 302
1963 *Theodore M. Hatter RAC 274
1964 *Ammon E. Remel RAC 173
1965 *Lester A. Reimer RAC 295
1966 *Victor D. Krisher RAC 152
1967 *Frank H. Krause RAC 292
1968 *Laurence B. Caldwell RAC 216
1969 *Walter L. Dieter RAC 203
1970 *Lorraine J. Arnold RAC 173
1971 *Clifford F. Wright RAC 291
1972 *Hartwell S. Custer RAC 152
1973 *Harry F. Derrickson RAC 302
1974 *David H. Repsher RAC 274
1975 *Allen E. Campbell RAC 278
1976 *Willard W. Waltz RAC 295
1977 *John C. Peters RAC 173
1978 *Leroy W. Phillips RAC 292
1979 *Samuel G. Glasmire RAC 216
1980 *William H. Wolfinger RAC 237
1981 *Lester J. Dunstan RAC 181
1982 *Charles S. Canning RAC 203
1983 Raymond L. Schoch RAC 291
1984 *Samuel P. Wallace RAC 281
1985 *Harry M. Bartch, Jr. RAC 224
1986 *Paul B. Hoffman RAC 292
1987 *Mark Polnoroff RAC 203
1988 *Stephen Higgins RAC 181
1989 *James S. Garofalo RAC 173
1990 *Thomas R. Lawall RAC 278
1991 *Frank E. Daniels RAC 152
1992 *Howard R. Stickler RAC 197
1993 Kimber D. Smith RAC 295
1994 Thomas F. Miller RAC 281
1995 Donald E. Frankenfield RAC 216
1996 #Dale K. Smith RAC 203
1997 *Robert M. Stover RAC 267
1998 *Richard W. Gable, Jr. RAC 043
1999 Terry E. Minnich RAC 295
2000 Harold T. Groff RAC 237
2001 Gerald C. Berger RAC 292
2002 William H. Haynes RAC 281
2003 *Robert A. Blouch, Jr. RAC 197
2004 Stephen Gardner RAC 278
2005 *James H. Clause RAC 216
2006 *David M. Howells, Sr. RAC 203
2007 John K. March RAC 267
2008 Bruce B. Shafer RAC 295
2009 Andrew J. Hudock RAC 181
2010 Kerry Cashman RAC 237
2011 Errol T. Betzenberger RAC 292
2012 Bryan K. Fritz RAC 278
2013 Bryan L. Hill RAC 281
2014 Walter J. Foltz RAC 224
2015 Aaron R. White RAC 203
2016 George B. Hixon RAC 216
2017 Harry G. Eisenbise RAC 152
2018 William S. Adams RAC295
2019-22 Edward H. Hawk RAC 181
2023 *Larry D. Ulrich RAC 292
2024 Jared R. Kichline RAC 281
* – Deceased # – Resigned
