PSQ

Public Service Question….

My mom and my Aunt were going through the last of the personal effects from my great uncle Roy’s estate and found boxes of stuff from his memberships in the Shriners and the Masons.

And she has a question,

What do we do with all of this stuff?

I’ve gone into Google and all I can find regarding the proper disposal of certain things is 1. Give it to a fellow lodge brother 2. Donate it to the lodge he belonged to (one in Tacoma I think. I was there once, but couldn’t tell you where). But never, never just throw it away, or put it in a garage sale or give it to the Goodwill.

Any tips or suggestions would be welcome.

A list of the items is in the extended entry.

A 3 ring binder dated 1967 of the Washington Masonic Code Clausen’s Commentaries of Morals and Dogma, dated 1981
Introduction to Free Masonry, I, II, and III
2 copies of “Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine”
A book called “Dynamic Freedoms”, dated 1977
Numerous booklets/phamplets on Free Masonry, related subjects including a guide to Masonic Funeral Services (that I don’t think he should have had).
I have his engraved gavel from the year he was “grand poopah” or
whatever.
And lastly, I have his bow tie he wore for ceremonies.

These 2 things I don’t think would be of interest to anybody.

I don’t have much from the Shriners:
A large volume titled “Parade to Glory”, The Story of the Shriners and
Their Hospitals for Crippled Children.

And, the best thing of all – his Shriners Fez. It’s beautiful. Maroon with a long black tassle, held in place by rhinestones. The sword emblem and the word affifi is also done elaborately in rhinestones.