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Grievances & Appeals Committees.

It should be no surprise that our distinguished Brother was involved and received so many honors
in Masonic circles outside of the Blue Lodge. He was very active in the Scottish Rite Valley of
Yakima, being Orator in all four bodies, and was Coroneted a Scottish Rite 33 Degree Inspector
General Honorary in 1975.

He was a member of the York Rite Bodies; had been a member of Afifi Temple of the Shrine and
the Royal Order of Scotland. He was active in Eastern Star, being Worthy Patron of Illahee Chapter
No. 123 twice before being installed Grand Chaplain of the Grand Chapter of Washington in 1962-
63. A number of Lodges elected him an honorary member and he was the Grand Representative
of the Grand Lodge of Alberta near the Grand Lodge of Washington. When visiting a Sister
Jurisdiction he was called upon many times to be a keynote speaker, give a banquet address, or
rise for an impromptu talk. Through his many meetings and visitations. Grand Master Johns
brought an understanding of the principles and aims of our Order that was an inspiration to all who
heard him.

He was a holder of the Legion of Honor Degree from the Order of DeMolay; he served as Rainbow
Dad of the Toppenish Rainbow Assembly, and received the Grand Cross of Color. M⸫W⸫ Bro.
Johns was also the founder of Boyville, the home for disturbed boys in the Lower Yakima Valley.
Additionally, he was past president of the George Washington Foundation in Yakima which grants
college scholarships to worthy students.

In his closing address to the Craft, our Past Grand Master shared these words; "My Brothers,
Masonry has never asked of any man more than he has to give; but it does demand of each of us
the best that we have and that we are convinced that the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood
of Man is Just as true today as it was in the beginning; that the Great Light of Masonry will guide
us to all truths, direct our steps to the Temple of Happiness, and point out to us the whole duty of
man.
The Great Architect of the Universe called Most Worshipful Brother Everett Haskell Johns home
on March 2, 1989.