ORGANIZED AUGUST 25, 1880

Most Puissant JOSEPH (Joe) JOHN VALE
GENERAL GRAND MASTER
Biography
3609 Southwood Drive
Gastonia, North Carolina  28056
Home Phone:   (704) 824-3444  
Home FAX:  (704) 824-7181
Cell Phone:  (704)  868-6014
Email:  JValeMasonic@aol.com

Family/Personal:  Born in Pennsylvania-parents: John & Madeline(both deceased)
    Married Eugenia(Genie) Davis Vale
    3 sons & 1 daughter, 9 grandchildren & 10 great grandchildren
    Member of Bethesda United Methodist Church
    U.S. Air Force(1943-1946)
    Attended Alfred University, NY(Engineering)
     And University of Virginia, VA(Business)

Employment:  Presently Retired & full time for Masonry
    CEO-Frank Samuel  & Co., Philadelphia, PA
    Pres-OSTB Broadcasting Corp., Greensboro, NC
    VP-Harold Toms Broadcasting Corp., Asheville, NC
    VP-Claremont Furniture Mfg Co., Claremont, NC
    Ex. Dir.-Kings Mountain Industrial Assoc., Kings Mountain, NC
 
Speculative Masonry: Lowell Lodge No. 590, Lowell, NC(Master 1984)
    Rec’d 25 year pin & award-fall of 2004
    Honorary Member St. Andrews Lodge,  
    Charlotte, NC (August, 2005)  
    Masonic & Eastern Star Home Committee Member(1992-1994)
    &  Board of Directors’ Member(1998-to 2000)
    Masonic Home for  Children at Oxford Committee Member(1996-1997)
    Jones Masonic Campus Board of Directors’ Member
    (2000-2008 & President 2004 to 2008)
    Awarded Joseph Montfort Award for Meritorious Masonic Service
        by Grand Lodge of NC A.F. & A.M. (2005)
    Montford Committee - to repair 2nd oldest Lodge in NC
 
Scottish Rite:  Valley of Charlotte, Orient of North Carolina(1979)
    Knight Commander of the Court of Honor(1997)
    Service Award of NC Scottish Rite Foundation(2003)
   
National Sojourners: Piedmont # 504(Dec 2005)

Capitular Masonry: Charlotte Chapter No. 39, RAM, Charlotte, NC
    High Priest(1994)
    Grand Sentinel(1992)
    NC Royal Arch Medal Distinguished Service to Freemasonry Award (1993)
    Order of Anointed High Priesthood of NC(1995)
    General Grand Chapter International Ambassador
         For North Carolina(1996-1999)
    Appointed Grand Representative to Monaco(1999)
    Member of General Grand Chapter Keystone Club
    General Grand Chapter RAM International’s Distinguished
         Service Achievement Award(1 of 8 awarded every 3
          Years in the world-2nd person in NC to receive)
    Royal Arch Merit Award from the General Grand Royal       
        Arch Masons of Brazil(June of 2005)
    Royal Arch Masons International Gold Award for Business for
         Triennial 2005

Cryptic Masonry:  Charlotte Council No. 8 R.,& S. M., Charlotte, NC
         Illustrious Master(1995)
    Super Excellent Master Degree(1989)
    Grand Council of R. & S. M. Award(1993)
    Simons-Jones Baker Medal for Meritorious Service (1992)
    Most Illustrious Grand Master of the Grand Council of Royal & Select
        Masters in North Carolina(1999-2000)
    Elected General Grand Principal Conductor of Work, General      
        Grand Council  Cryptic Masons International (2002-2005)
    Elected Deputy General Grand Master, General Grand Council       
        Cryptic Masons International(2005-2008)
    Elected General Grand Master General Grand Council Cryptic
         Masons International(2008-2011)   
    Member Cryptic Masons Medical Research Foundation  Board
            (1996 to present & President of Board 2008-2011)
    The Purple Coat Gang(2000 to present)

Chivalric Masonry: Charlotte Commandery No. 2, Knight Templar,
    Charlotte,  NC -  Commander(1996)
    Cutie Lathan Medal for Recognition of Exceptional Service to      
        NC York Rite Bodies(1992)
   NC Gr. Comder’s Knights Templar Merit Award(1994)
    Knight Crusaders of the Cross-Life Member(1996)
 
Other York Rite
 Affiliations:   Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priest(1997)
    Knights of the York Cross of Honor, Lily of the Valley Priory No. l, NC(1997)
   Knight Masons of USA-St. Patrick’s Council No. 1, Charlotte,
     NC/Excellent Chief(2003)
    Red Cross of Constantine - St. John of Patmos Conclave No. 7(1995),
    Thrice Illustrious Masters Council, NC (1994)
    Order of Silver Trowel
    Knights of St. John The Evangelist
    ALLIED MASONIC DEGREE, Howell Council No. 31,
        Charlotte, NC/Sovereign Master (1993)         
    Superintendent At The Hand of Mecca Council No. 76
    Order of the Secret Monitor, DC
    Royal Ark Mariner
    Masonic Order of the Bath-Life Member
    Ye Ancient Order of Corks-Life Member
    Knight of The Red Branch of ERI
    Western NC York Rite College No. 78, Charlotte, NC
          Gold Honor Award(1992) & Order of Purple Cross(1997)
    Fellow-The Grand College of Rites of the USA
    The Philalethes Society
    Roanoke Council No. 1, R. & S. M., Raleigh, NC
    Royal Order of Scotland(1993)
    Royal Order of Zanzibar of Florida & Indiana

Charlotte York Rite Bodies:   
    Charlotte York Rite Bodies Man of the Year Award(1992)
    Charlotte York Rite Building Committee(1990 - present)
    Chairman (1992 - present)
    Trustee of Charlotte York Rite Bodies(19994-present)

Grottos of North America:   Azusa Grotto, Charlotte, NC
    Monarch(1997 & 2005)
    Middle Atlantic Grotto Association Captain of the
    Guard(1998-1999)
 
Order of Amaranth: Carolina Court No. 10, Charlotte, NC(2000)
     Warder(2001), Trustee(2002-2007)
     Sentinel(2008)

Appendent Bodies:  Oasis Shrine Temple, Charlotte, NC(1979)  
    Gaston County Shrine Club, Gastonia, NC
    Wake County Shrine Club, Raleigh, NC
    Sudan Shrine Camping Club, New Bern, NC
    Past Masters Unit, Charlotte, NC
    Royal Order of Jesters, Court No 109, Charlotte, NC
        
Honorary Memberships: Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels
    Mt. Arat Royal Arch Chapter No. 3, Raleigh, NC
    Alabama Grand York Rite Bodies
    Alaska Grand York Rite Bodies
    Arkansas Grand Council & Grand Chapter
    Grand Council of the state of Parana of Brazil
    Delaware Grand Council
    Florida Grand York Rite Bodies
    Georgia Grand Council & Grand Royal Arch Masons
    Germany Grand Council & Grand Royal Arch Masons
    Illinois Grand Council of Cryptic Masons
    Indiana Grand Council of Cryptic Masons
    Kentucky Grand York Rite Bodies
    Louisiana Grand Council & Grand Chapter
    Maryland Grand Council
    Massachusetts Grand Cryptic Mason
    Michigan Grand Council & Grand Royal Arch Masons
    Minnesota Grand Council & Grand Royal Arch Masons
    Mississippi Grand York Rite Bodies
    Montana Cryptic Masons
    Nebraska Grand York Rite Bodies
    Nebraska KYCH
    Nevada Cryptic Masons & Grand Chapter
    New Jersey Cryptic Masons
    New Hampshire Grand Council & Grand Royal Arch Masons
    New Mexico Grand Council & Grand Royal Arch Masons
    New York Cryptic Masons
    North Dakota Grand Council
    Ohio Grand Council
    Oklahoma Grand Council & Grand Royal Arch Masons
    Rhode Island Grand York Rite Council & Chapter
    South Carolina Grand York Rite Bodies(dual membership)
    Tennessee Grand Council & Royal Arch Masons
    Togo, AFRICA, Grand Council & Grand Royal Arch Masons
    Vermont Grand Council

Charities:  Worked on Fundraisers:  Methodist College, Fayetteville, NC;
    Bethesda United Methodist Church, Gastonia, NC        
    St. Jude’s Hospital, Memphis, TN
    Lions’ Club and Girl & Boy Scouts projects in Gaston County, NC
   
Created with internationally known artist Thomas Fetzer Clark of Carin Studio, Ltd. the following statues:  Shriner & Hope, Hiram, George Washington, Andrew Jackson, Harry S Truman, Robert Burns, Albert Pike, Court Jester, The Apprentices;
and with Sculpturer Tim Wolfe, formerly with Cairn Studio, the statue of Theodore Roosevelt.  
   Profits from sales of these statues are used for various Masonic Charities.     To date  over $450,000’s of dollars have been raised for NC  Masonic & Eastern Star Home & Care Center, NC York Rite Charities, Charlotte York Rite Building Fund, RARA, Scottish
   Rite Childhood Language Disorders Clinics, Shriners’ Hospitals,  Demolay and Rainbow groups, and NC Masonic Foundation, and American Grotto Charities.
         
   Created with Charleston Mint(2003) a coin that is being sold to raise funds for CMMRF to donate to Indiana University Medical School to further research on Cardiovascular Diseases and Cures, to date has raised over $67,000.