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Great Lakes
Shrine Association - Our History |
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Great
Lakes Shrine Association
Beginnings |
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A Work in
Progress |
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We have a
great history and legacy which
has been given to succeeding
generations of Shriners by some
very foresighted and and
insightful Shriners. We owe them
a debt of gratitude, respect and
continued effort to be the best
possible Shrine Association
possible. |
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The Great
Lakes Shrine Association was
organized in 1949 and is the 12th
oldest Association of the 20
Associations in Shrinedom. It
started with 22 Temples in the
Great Lakes Watershed and later
added MOCHA Temple from London,
Ontario, Canada. thus attaining
23 members. In 2005 BEJA and
AHMED Temples were granted
permission to demit from the
GLSA leaving 21 Active members. |
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The following
charts and historical
information will give a rough
summary of our membership. |
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G.L.S.A. CHARTER TEMPLES |
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(*
Denotes not a Charter
Member Shrine) |
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ALPHABETICALLY AND
CHARTER |
BY SENIORITY |
BY MEMBERSHIP AS OF JULY
- 2012 |
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AINAD |
1913 |
SYRIAN |
1877 |
MURAT |
6,078 |
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ALADDIN |
1894 |
AL KORAN |
1877 |
ALADDIN |
5,920 |
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AL KORAN |
1877 |
MOSLEM
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1880 |
AINAD |
4,539 |
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ANSAR |
1915 |
MEDINAH |
1883 |
ANSAR |
3,543 |
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ANTIOCH |
1898 |
MURAT |
1884 |
MEDINAH |
3,541 |
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ELF KHURAFEH |
1907 |
SALADIN |
1886 |
MOSLEM |
3,060 |
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HADI |
1910 |
TRIPOLI |
1886 |
MOCHA |
2,771 |
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MEDINAH |
1883 |
MOHAMMED |
1893 |
MIZPAH |
2,731 |
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MIZPAH |
1910 |
ALADDIN |
1894 |
ANTIOCH |
2,505 |
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MOHAMMED |
1893 |
TEBALA |
1895 |
MOHAMMED |
1,898 |
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MOSLEM |
1880 |
ANTIOCH |
1898 |
SYRIAN |
1,889 |
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MURAT |
1884 |
ZENOBIA |
1899 |
ZENOBIA |
1,814 |
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ORAK |
1910 |
ELF KHURAFEH |
1907 |
ELF
KHURAFEH |
1,745 |
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SALADIN |
1886 |
MOCHA |
1908 |
HADI |
1,692 |
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SYRIAN |
1877 |
HADI |
1910 |
AL
KORAN |
1,472 |
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TADMOR |
1925 |
MIZPAH |
1910 |
TRIPOLI |
1,326 |
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TEBALA |
1895 |
ORAK |
1910 |
ORAK |
1,293 |
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TRIPOLI |
1886 |
ZORAH |
1910 |
TEBALA |
1,181 |
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ZENOBIA |
1899 |
AINAD |
1913 |
TADMOR |
1,159 |
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ZORAH |
1910 |
ANSAR |
1915 |
ZORAH |
1,144 |
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*MOCHA |
1908 |
TADMOR |
1925 |
SALADIN |
1,119 |
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ORIGINS OF
OUR TEMPLE NAMES |
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AINAD |
Presumably
geographical name meaning
‘Spring of AD’ or obstinacy. |
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ALADDIN |
Personal
name’ technically meaning one of
high standing. |
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KORAN |
Sacred
book of the Mohammedans. |
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ANSAR |
Helpers,
title of believers of Medina who
assisted Mohammed after flight
from Mecca. |
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ANTIOCH
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Name
of city in Asia Minor, also a
famous city in Syria. |
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ELF
KHURAFEH |
Arabic
… 1000 gathered fruits. |
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HADI |
Calm
or still… One of the names of
Allah. |
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MEDINAH |
Sacred
city of Mohammedans. |
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MIZPAH |
Place
name in ancient Palestine. |
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MOCHA |
Small
seaport on the coast of the Red
Sea. |
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MOHAMMED |
Founder
of the religion of Islam. |
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MOSLEM |
Member
of Islamic Faith. |
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MURAT |
“Bir
Murat” an oasis in the Nubian
Desert which got its name from
Marshal Murat. |
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ORAK |
Perhaps
IRAK (Mesopotamia). |
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SALADIN |
Name
of a famous Sultan of Egypt,
meaning “the good in religion”. |
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SYRIAN |
Native
of Syria, or pertaining to
Syria. |
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TADMOR |
Ancient
name of Palmyra, a desert city
built by King Solomon. |
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TEBALA |
A
place in Yemen. |
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TRIPOLI |
City
on the northern coast of Africa. |
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ZENOBIA |
Queen
of Palmyra in Syria. |
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ZORAH |
Common
meaning is ‘a visit’ and less
common ‘a slave’. |
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OUR
ASSOCIATION CHARTER ISSUED ON
07/21/1949 |
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NEWSPAPER ARTICLE ABOUT OUR
ASSOCIATION'S BEGINNINGS |
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