Dear Sisters and Brothers:

In lieu of the continued Covid-19 pandemic, it is in an abundance of caution for our members health and well-being that the decision to postpone the Annual Grand Chapter Session scheduled for October 2020. The Grand Officers will remain in their stations until October 2021 when we hope to be able to hold a safe Session. Please read the letter from our Worthy Grand Matron and Worthy Grand Patron and one from our Most Worthy Grand Matron.  Click Here For The Check In Letter from the W.G.M & W.G.P | Click Here for the letter from the M.W.G.M

Fraternally,

Denise L. Shippee, W.G.M.
Ronald D. Ayers, W.G.P.

Grand Chapter Information

      Interesting Statistics

Chapter Name WGMs WGPs
OES01 Providence Chapter No. 1 11 10
OES02 Queen Esther Chapter No. 2 11 8
OES03 Woonscket Chapter No. 3 9 7
OES04 Hope Chapter No. 4 3 7
OES05 Ruth Chapter No. 5 6 7
OES06 Nestell Chapter No. 6 6 8
OES07 Aquidnick chapter No. 7 4 6
OES08 Naomi Chapter No. 8 6 5
OES09 Deborah Chapter No. 9 5 5
OES10 Queen of Sheba Chapter No. 10 3 5
OES11 Manisses Chapter No. 11 1 0
OES12 Laurel Chapter No. 12 2 1
OES13 Philia Chapter No. 13 2 4
OES14 Unity Chapter No. 14 4 3
OES15 Adah Chapter No. 15 7 7
OES16 Pawtuxet Chapter No. 16 6 3
OES17 Ionia Chapter No. 17 1 2
OES18 Martha Washington Chapter No. 18 2 3
OES19 Eureka Chapter No. 19 1 2
OES20 Betsey Williams Chapter No. 20 3 3
OES21 Signet Chapter No. 21 7 9
OES22 Electa Chapter No. 22 4 3
OES23 Mount Hope Chapter No. 23 3 1
OES24 Sincerity Chapter No. 24 4 2
OES25 Martha Chapter No. 25 2 3
OES26 Limerock Chapter No. 26 3 2
        General Grand Chapter Officers        
             
1898-1901 Worthy Grand Martha Emogene Williams P.G.M. 1
1928-1931 Worthy Grand Organist Theodore E. Dexter P.G.P. 2
1955-1958 Worthy Grand Organist Mary W. Needham P.G.M. 10
2003-2006 Worthy Grand Marshal Kathryn A. Newman P.G.M. 21
             
            General Grand Chapter Committee Members    
      
1931-1934 Jurisprudence   Bertha G. Gaines P.G.M. 3
1934-1937 Ritual   Alpheus S. Place P.G.P. 15
1940-1943 Seeing Eye Dog Elizabeth Haskell P.G.M. 2
1943-1946 Jurisprudence   Nettie Thompson P.G.M. 16
1946-1949 Foreign Relations Elizabeth J. T. Read P.G.M. 1
1949-1952 Unfinished Business Elsie Mangoon P.G.M. 5
1952-1955 Charters   Henry M. Soule P.G.P. 2
1958-1961 ESTARL   Grace B. Swinson P.G.M. 18
1961-1964 Charters   Mary A. N. Webb P.G.M. 6
  Educational   Henry M. Soule P.G.P. 2
1964-1967 Registrarion   Edna M. Gavitt P.G.M. 2
1967-1970 Peace Garden Chapel Esther T. Littlefield P.G.M. 11
1970-1973 ESTARL   Agnes S. Farley P.G.M. 3
  International Temple Ada M. Frey P.G.M. 15
  Peace Garden Chapel Kenneth T. MacCaskill P.G.P. 26
1976-1979 Heart Foundation Marjorie H. Self P.G.M. 8
  Payroll   Doris H. Orr P.G.M. 6
1979-1982 Fraternal Relations Robert B. Green P.G.P. 15
1982-1984 Distribution   Harlan H. Howe P.G.P. 20
1984-1985 Distribution   Sarah T. Foster P.G.M. 26
1985-1988 Our Wonderful World of Youth Eddie Pitney Jr. P.G.P. 7
  Registration   Jerane Chapman P.G.M. 24
1988-1991 Our World of Youth Edna F. Thibault P.G.M. 14
  Registration   Emery W. Young P.G.P. 9
1991-1994 Payroll   Marjorie R. Taylor P.G.M. 26
  Rose Award   Claudia A. Horton P.G.M. 23
1994-1997 Education   Jo-Ann G. Sugden P.G.M. 3
  Registration   Alice J. O’Brien P.G.M. 21
1997-2000 ESTARL   Marianne H. Salisbuty P.G.M. 15
  Education   Henry A. Blake P.G.P. 7
2000-2002 Credentials   Paul R. Sugden Jr. P.G.P. 3
2002-2003 Credentials   Jo-Ann G. Sugden P.G.M. 3
2000-2003 Youth   Kathryn A. Newman P.G.M. 21
2003-2006 Eastern Star Journal Florence M. Young P.G.M. 6
  Visioneer   Ronald D. Newman P.G.P. 21
2006-2009 Credentials   Barbara A. Morrison P.G.M. 18
  Eastern Star Journal Raymond C. Macomber Jr. P.G.P. 21
  International Headquarters Shirley E. G. Ayers P.G.M. 3
  Vision Quest   Meredith J. Pfefferle P.G.M. 26
  Youth   Richard L. Wood P.G.P. 21
2009-2012 Charters   Judith E Brightman P.G.M 21
  Credentials   David J. Flaxington P.G.P 2
  Knights Templar Charities Robert A. Kane P.G.P 15
  Unfinished Business Frank Allen Jr. P.G.P 21
 2012-2015 Ambassador  to  Japan & Taiwan Judith E. Brightman W.G.M 18
 2015-2018  Public Relations  Hazel I. Arruda-Heart    
  Public Relations  William H. Lacross    
 2018-2021 Ritual  Ronald D. Ayers    
  Service Dogs Crystal C. Bradshaw