General Grand Chapter
OES Website
2024 - 2027
NB General Grand Chapter Officer
& Committee Members
NB General Grand Chapter Officer
to read the new on-line, subscription-free Eastern Star Journal.
Once available by subscription only through the General Grand Chapter, the Eastern Star Journal is now posted at no charge on the General Grand Chapter Website.
Click the link above to access The Eastern Star Journal directly or type http://www.easternstar.org/ in your browser window. After the Website appears, select the "Journal "heading under "For Members" at the top right.
You will see the newest issue..... For older issues, click on "Click Here: to View Editions of the Eastern Star Journal" to locate the one you wish to read! It no longer requires a password to access.
1.About the Order of the Eastern Star
2.The History & Origin of the Order and General Grand Chapter
3.Grand Chapters, Sessions and Grand Secretary's Contacts
4.General Grand Chapter International Outreach Support'
5.Belmont House OES Headquarters'
Past General Grand Chapter Officers
from New Brunswick
Previous NB General Grand Chapter
Committee Members
2021-2024 Sister Lynda Swan........................................................................................ESTARL Committee
2021-2024 Sister Margaret (Peggy) Jagoe.........................................................................Heart Committee
2021-2024 Brother Laurie Bishop.......................................................................... Service Dogs Committee
2018-2021 Norma Jean Belyea.......................................................... Ambassador to Mindanao,Philippines
2018-2021 Sherry Mitton....................................................................................Public Relations Committee
2018-2021 Donald E. Williams................................................................................Service Dogs Committee
2015-2018 Lynne Hatt..................................................................................................... Charter Committee
2015-2018 Allan Gillis................................................................................ Eastern Star Journal Committee
2015-2018 Mildred Homer ................................................................................…......... ESTARL Committee
2015-2018 John Murray..................................................................................... Public Relations Committee
2012-2015 Elaine I. MacLean...................................................................... Community Service Committee
2012-2015 Ronald Oakley...................................................................................... Membership Committee
2012-2015 Robert King........................................................................... Scottish Rite Charities Committee
2009-2012 Majorie M. Colton.......................................................................................... Cancer Committee
2009-2012 Graham Vincent...................................................................................... Credentials Committee
2009-2012 Donna K. Allen........................................................ Educational Committee, Canada Chairman
2009-2012 Ronald L. Jagoe............................................................ International Headquarters Committee
2009-2012 Debbie Hill............................................................................................. Service Dog Committee
2006-2009 Shirley MacDonald................................................................... Eastern Star Journal Committee
2006-2009 Ann M. Morton....................................…….................... Public Relations Committee, Chairman
2006-2009 Doug Swan.......................................................... Vision Quest Co-ordinator North East Region
2006-2009 Elderic Thorne.........................................................................................................Vision Quest
2003-2006 Hilda M. Shaffer....................................................................... Eastern Star Journal Committee
2003-2006 Carr W. Graham.....................................................................Scottish Rite Charities Committee
2003-2006 Audrey M. Sypher.......................................................................... Visioneer for New Brunswick
2000-2003 F. Pauline Allan.....................................................................……… Ambassador to New Jersey
2000-2003 Rose Scott................................................................................ Eastern Star Journal Committee
2000-2003 Rupert Sypher................................................................................ Public Relations Committee
1997-2000 Clinton Shaffer............................................................................................... Payroll Committee
1997-2000 Ann Lister........................................................................................ Public Relations Committee
1994-1997 Dewitt Lister................................................................................ Fraternal Relations Committee
1994-1997 Joan Hicks........................................................................................................ Heart Committee
1991-1994 Lottie MacCallum.......................................................................................... Cancer Committee
1991-1994 Joseph Potter........................................................................... International Temple Committee
1988-1991 Norma Jean Gill........................................................................................... ESTARL Committee
1988-1991 Margaret McCully................................................................................... Registration Committee
1986-1989 Kay Bleakney................................................................................................. Cancer Committee
1986-1989 Alexander MacCallum............................................................................ Registration Committee
1983-1986 F. Pauline Allan......................................................................................... Worthy Grand Warder
1983-1986 Thelma Peacock.......................................................................................... ESTARL Committee
1983-1986 Eldon A. Atkinson............................................................................................. Heart Committee
1980-1983 Anne M. Steeves.................................................................................... Registration Committee
1977-1980 J.O.B Oliver................................................................................................. ESTARL Committee
1977-1980 Eileen Price...................................................................................................... Heart Committee
1974-1977 Eva Godfrey........................................................................... Grievances & Appeals Committee
1971-1974 Vola Barker............................................................................. Subordinate Chapters Committee
1968-1971 Marjorie Friers........................................................................... Unfinished Business Committee
1965-1968 Margaret Sommerville.......................................................... Arthritis & Rheumatism Committee
1962-1965 Ruth Lewis....................................................................................................... Ritual Committee
1959-1962 Hilda Akerley........................................................................... International Temple Committee
1956-1962 Anne Laubman....................................................................................... Credentials Committee
1953-1956 Donald Stewart............................................Chairman, International Peace Garden Committee
1953-1956 Evelyn R. Wright........................................................................................... Welfare Committee
1950-1953 Linnie Siddall............................................................................................ Necrology Committee
1947-1950 Don Stewart..................................................................................... Most Worthy Grand Patron
1947-1950 Laura Shaw............................................................................................ Credentials Committee
1944-1947 Donald Stewart............................................................... Right Worthy Associate Grand Patron
1941-1944 Donald Stewart...................................................................................... Worthy Grand Sentinel
1938-1941 Dr. H.S. Wright...................................................................... Grievances & Appeals Committee
International Peace Garden
Welcome to the Chapel of Peace at the International Peace Garden. The Chapel is a part of a wide vision which grew out of a resolution presented by the Grand Chapters of North Dakota and Manitoba at the 27th Triennial Session of the GGC, held in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1952.The aim of the resolution was to endorse the establishment, development and maintenance of the IPG, and to urge the Grand Chapters and members of the OES to assist in the garden's future. The funding of the project began in 1952. At the 30th Triennial Session in 1961, it was decided to construct the Chapel. Sister Sayda Seybold Pettersen, MWGM, set the project as the primary goal of the 1967-1970 triennial, requesting that each member assist in the completion of the Chapel. Construction began in 1969 and the structure was dedicated on July 18, 1970 by Mrs. Pettersen.
The main feature of the Chapel is the three encircling walls of flat sewn limestone into which has been engraved quotations spoken or wirtten by "people of peace" throughout history. The lettering receives a continuous wash of daylight from the skylights around the perimeter of the Chapel. The limestone is a native stone of Manitoba, commonly called Tyndall stone. Some of the stone is marked with fossils of marine creatures molded in a bed of tropical sea millions of years ago. The brick paved floor came from Charleston, WV.
The organ was a gift from the estate of the late R. Donald Stewart, PMWGP ( PGP of New Brunswick ) and his late wife Jean. The Chapel is non- denominational and open to everyone.