HAWAII COURT # 60

The Ladies Oriental Shrine of North America, founded in 1903, is a fun group, with each court assuming an obligation to extend financial support and assistance to Shriners Hospitals for Children with emphasis on the hospital fund, hospital sewing and special projects. There are currently 86 courts throughout the United States and Canada.

The Ladies Oriental Shrine was organized in the jurisdiction of Osiris Temple in Wheeling, West Virginia, on Feb. 14, 1903. The Grand Council was organized in 1914 and incorporated in 1954. The top official of the Grand Council has the title of Grand High Priestess and the principal of local courts has the title of High Priestess. To become a member of LOS, a woman must be related to a MASTER MASON by birth, marriage or adoption.  Ask an officer or a member for a petition!

Hawaii Court No. 60 has dedicated its work to support the Shrine Hospitals for 57 years.  We were instituted on March 27, 1952.  Lady Mary K. Robinson was the first High Priestess of the Court and in the beginning served as High Priestess for two years from 1952-53 and 1953-54.  Hawaii Court No. 60 held a successful Grand Council Session of the Ladies Oriental Shrine of North America here in 1976 with almost 1,000 members throughout the mainland participating.  Our Lady Mary Ann McGuire-Bonney,PHP, PGHP reigned as  Grand High Priestess during that year.

At one time, Hawaii Court No. 60 enjoyed having a club on Okinawa.  The Okinawa Club was in existence from April 1956 to 1976.  It is now defunct due to the natural causes of attrition and of U. S. Military families leaving when Okinawa was reverted to Japan in 1973.

The ladies of Hawaii Court # 60 in Honolulu, Hawaii are proud to support the Honolulu Shriners Hospital, which cares for Children from the entire Pacific Rim.  Many volunteer hours are spent with the children and many more are spent working for the children behind the scenes.

If you would like to become a member of the Ladies Oriental Shrine, and do not have a Master Mason affiliation, why not encourage your husband, brother, nephew, father or grandfather to become a Mason?  Visit the Shrine Headquarters website at www.shrinershq.org for more information about the Shrine, affiliated bodies and our hospitals.