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Page 12 The North Carolina Mason March/April 2020 Mileposts 145 WENDELL – It was a family affair when Wendell #565 raised Travis Elliot Glidewell to the sublime degree of Master Mason in February. He was surround- ed by family – his father and two grandfathers. From left, grandfathers B.R. Glidewell and Peter Eggimann, Travis Glidewell, and his father, Tony Glidewell. All four are members of Wendell #565. RALEIGH – Grand Master Shaun Bradshaw presents WB John Held of James B. Green #735 with his 70-year Masonic pin in February. The pin was presented just before GM Bradshaw opened his 15th District meeting at J.J. Crowder #743 in Raleigh. Several brothers, Held's wife Pat and their three daughters were on hand for the ceremony. He was raised on June 2, 1949, at William R. Singleton-Hope-Lebanon #7 in Washington, D.C. ELIZABETH CITY – More than 100 brothers from the First Masonic District gathered in January to show their appreciation for Gatesville #126 Brother Cecil Taylor and his ser- vice in the U.S. Army. Now 99, he was a young man when he saw the attack on Pearl Harbor firsthand. He was a member of the Wolfhounds, a unit assigned to the 25th Infantry Division. They were the first unit to engage the Japanese after the attack on Pearl Harbor, firing from the D-Quad rooftops. At the conclusion of the military program in January, Brother Cecil – a member of Gatesville lodge for 67 years – also was inducted into the 1776 Militia National Sojourners Chapter 560. VALDESE – LoveLady #670 honored retired Air Force Brigadier General Brother Lawrence Earle Hug- gins with the Diamond Jubilee Certificate for 60 years of Masonic service. Born in 1938 in Galesburg, Illi- nois, Huggins was commissioned through the Reserve Officer Training Corps program in 1960 after gradu- ation from Bradley University. He retired from the Air Force in 1989. Brig. Gen. Huggins was awarded the Legion of Merit Award for his actions and an Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a second Legion of Merit award for exceptionally meritorious conduct in his performance of outstanding service. He won the Distinguished Flying Cross for his extraordinary achievements in aerial flight while serving as an F-105 Wild Weasel with the 44th Tactical Fighter Squadron (1968-1969). Pictured, left to right, PM Pat Draugh and Huggins.