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23, 1943; passed April 25, 1943; and raised June 11, 1943. In 1952. He was elected Worshipful
Master in 1957. He served as president of the Pierce and Thurston Counties Masters and Wardens
Association and was one of the founders, in 1956, of the Pierce and Thurston Counties Memorial
Services (presently known as the Masonic Memorial Service held annually around Memorial Day
at the New Tacoma Cemetery in University Place). To his everlasting credit is the design and
institution of the beautiful gold filled Widow's Pin. This golden wreath, circumscribing the broken
column, is proudly worn by widows of Master Masons in this Jurisdiction and many others, as a
testimony that the loved ones of departed Brothers are never out of our care and concern.

In 1958, he was appointed Deputy of the Grand Master in District 14 by Most Worshipful Brother
Frank
M. Fulton, and reappointed by Most Worshipful Brother Robert H. Guthrie. Brother Horn was Co-
Chairman of the Committee on Arrangements for the Centennial Communication of Grand Lodge
and Chairman of Arrangements for the 1959 Annual Communication. During the years following,
he served as Chairman of the Committee on Representative Expenses; two years as a member of
the Committee on Jurisprudence; as well as a member of several other Grand Lodge special
committees. His influence was very much in evidence in updating the Lodge Officer's Handbook,
and in the preparation of the Suggested Guidelines for Lodge Floorwork and the Lodge Officer's
Proficiency Examination, along with countless other aides to Masonic instruction. Among his
greatest pleasures were the two years he served as Grand Lecturer, 1964-65 and 1968-69. As with
so many of his legacies. Bill Horn set the modern standard of excellence for performance.

Our Most Worshipful Brother enjoyed all of his Masonic affiliations, which included the Royal
Arch, Royal and Select Masters, Knights' Templar, Scottish Rite, and Shrine. He often reminisced
about the good times during his term as Worthy Patron of Fern Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star.
He particularly cherished his election to the Royal Order of Scotland, his selection to membership
in the Pacific Council of the Allied Masonic Degrees, and his designation as an Honorary member
of the DeMolay Legion of Honor. Most Worshipful Brother Horn was elected to honorary
membership in a number of Lodges in this Jurisdiction, as well as being designated an Honorary
Past Grand Master of Nevada, Idaho, Indiana and others. In 1969 the Brethren of this Grand
Jurisdiction recognized the services of their servant. Bill Horn, by election to the office of Junior
Grand Warden. He progressed through the elective offices and, on June 22, 1972, Bill Paul Horn
was installed Grand Master of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons
of Washington. Once again, he set the challenging standard for those who were to follow.

Bill Paul Horn expressed his faith in the Craft in his report, as Grand Lecturer, at the 112th Annual
Communication. "It is my firm conviction that this Fraternity, through its purposes and principles,
has the formula by which a 'Just and Honorable' society can flourish, and it is incumbent upon
each of us to foster and promote that formula to the best of his ability. Where the true value of
Masonry is placed high on the agenda of human affairs, there also exists hope for the future of the
Craft'.

Most Worshipful Brother Bill Paul Horn passed beyond this life on June 6, 1977.

At the Tacoma Masonic Memorial program on May 26, 1990 Most Worshipful William Miller
announced the creation of a medal to be awarded by this Grand Lodge to a Mason of note on the