CHICAGO – More than 230 Thirty-second Degree Scottish Rite Masons were elevated to the Thirty-third Degree in a special ceremony on Aug. 29 at the conclusion of the annual meeting of the Supreme Council of Scottish Rite Freemasonry.

Honored from Maine were Warren S. Chase of Lewiston, retired U.S. Coast Guard; Robert J. Landry of West Gardiner, retired ironworker; Larry L. Hersom of Brewer, funeral director; William A. Oliver of Orono, retired educator/administrator; and Leslie L. Newton Jr. of Cape Elizabeth, retired loss control consultant.

Those elevated this year were elected a year ago at the annual meeting in Grand Rapids. The Thirty-third Degree is awarded for outstanding achievement within the fraternity or for contributions to others reflecting credit on Freemasonry.

Following the conferral of the degree, the names of those who have been selected to receive the degree next year at Washington, D.C., were announced.