A spring York Rite Festival was held in Jacksonville on April 18 through April 21, 2018. The Capitular degrees were conferred on Wednesday and Thursday April 18 and 19. The Cryptic degrees were presented on Friday, April 20th. And the Commandery Orders were conferred on Saturday, April 21.
The picture shows the new Royal Arch Masons, with a number of the cast and officers, and other Royal Arch Companions present for the RAM degree on April 19th. Shown seated left to right in the first row were seven new Royal Arch Masons: Gary Puchosic, Luis E. Rios Jr., Akinkawon Frieson, Francis Cichy, Mark Williams, Ron Elgermann, and Brian Greene.
Seen standing, left to right in the second row, were: Darryl A. D’Angina, KYGCH, MEPGHP; Charles Erle, PHP; Rusty Ludlam, KYCH; Jim Billberry, Scribe, David Gregory, EHP, Jacksonville Chapter No. 12, R.A.M.; Robert Bachtold, Ron George, Corey Kosciuszko, KYCH, Ex. GM 2nd V.; Jimmy Dorsey, KYCH, DDGHP, Dist. 7; and Robert Cooper, KYGCH, MEPGHP.
Seen standing, left to right, in the 3rd and back row, were Bob Shellenberger, Sentinel; Ed Constant, KYCH; Ex. GM 1st V.; Bob Gagnon, KYCH, DDGIM, Dist. 7; David Gilpin, PM; and Joe Wright, King, of Jacksonville Chapter No. 12.
Among those present, but not pictured were: Mark Balester, E.C., Damascus Commandery No. 2; Tom Olsen, KYCH, Secretary-Recorder, Jacksonville Y. R. Bodies; John Block, M 2nd V.; Randy Burkett, COTH; Gene Hall, RAC; and Corbin Elliott, KYCH, PDDGHP.
There were ten new Sir Knights knighted in the final Order of the Temple on Saturday, April 21, 2018.