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Page 12 The North Carolina Mason March/April 2018 Mileposts 143 Service awards reported to e Mason 70 Years Jesse O. Brown, Fulton Lodge #99 60 Years Gus Godwin, Eno #210 Thomas Allen Harriett, Zion #81 Bobby Keller, Allen-Graham #695 50 Years David Bryant, Eno #210 Dennis Harrison, Eno #210 Junior Harward, Allen-Graham #695 Bennie Mitchell, Archer #165 Howard Partin, Eno #210 James Strum, Eno #210 OXFORD – Wayne Roberson, one of the longest-tenured employees at the Masonic Home for Children, retired in February after 40 years on the job. Since Wayne joined the Oxford Orphanage Printing Department back in 1978, he has seen many changes in the printing business and the equipment used. But he became a true champion for countless students who worked with him. He says his biggest success was in helping young people at the home and watching them become productive citizens in their own communities. Wayne is on the School of Graphic Arts' Wall of Fame. Pictured above at a party celebrating his retirement is: Wayne (front row, center) is pictured with, front row from left, former print shop em- ployees Anita Vanerelli and Lydia Williams, alumnus Scott Webb, current print shop employee Deborah Williams and Eddie Dickerson, School of Graphic Arts manager; back row, Thomas Barlow, MHCO alumnus and current print shop employee. GREENSBORO – A White– Stone couple has been named the longest married couple in the state of North Carolina for 2018. Jack and Betty Gunkle, who have been married for more than 77 years, were honored with other couples around the country by Worldwide Marriage Encoun- ter in a contest run through the Christian News Wire. Only five couples on the winners list for 2018 have been married longer, but not by much. The longest marriage on the list this year is 81 years. The Gunkles' name was submitted by Kim Jones, a resi- dent of WhiteStone: A Masonic and Eastern Star Community in Greensboro. Photo by Fred Wilk- erson BAHAMA – Brother Chad Martin, left, wore the actual jewel of the Junior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Masons in North Carolina, when he was raised by his grandfather, Brother Don Mc- Ghee, center, on Jan. 30. Present for the occasion was RWB R. David Wicker Jr., right, Junior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge.