[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 15, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E604]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                             DeMOLAY MONTH

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                           HON. STEVE LARGENT

                              of oklahoma

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, March 15, 1995
  Mr. LARGENT. Mr. Speaker, March is DeMolay Month, when the Order of 
DeMolay--an international Masonic-related, fraternal, civic service 
organization for young men 13 to 21--celebrates its 76th anniversary. 
DeMolay is a youth development organization based on seven virtues 
needed in today's society--filial love; reverence for sacred things, 
such as God; courtesy; comradeship; fidelity; moral and physical 
cleanness; and patriotism. DeMolay promotes scholarship and provides a 
full package of leadership, athletic, social, and civic service 
activities to interest today's young men.
  This year Delta Chapter, located in Jenks, OK and 1 of 4 DeMolay 
chapters in my congressional district, celebrates its 60th anniversary. 
For the first time in its history, Delta Chapter was recently named 
1994 Oklahoma DeMolay Association Chapter of the Year. Last year, the 
chapter sponsored two recycling drives and a severe weather seminar for 
the Jenks community and held civic service and charitable projects for 
the Tulsa and Jenks Community Food Banks, Scottish Rite Childhood 
Language Clinics, Tulsa Area Book Bank, Big Brothers and Big Sisters of 
Green County, and the Oklahoma Masonic Home for the Aged.
  Several prominent scientists, educators, business leaders, 
astronaunts--and several former or current members of Congress--were 
active DeMolays in their youth. Distinguished political commentator and 
Tulsa-native Paul Harvey is a former member of Delta Chapter.
  At a time when teenage drug use and gangs command the attention of 
the media, and teenage violence has reached near-epidemic levels, it is 
refreshing to recognize the leadership and good citizenship 
demonstrated by members of the Order of DeMolay.


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