The charter signing of the Council of St. Andrews in America of Allied Masonic Degrees in Monroe, North Carolina. Grand Master of the Grand Council of Allied Masonic Degrees, John Raymond Shute, II, is seated signing the charter. Shute is surrounded by, from left to right, the Grand Council’s Senior Grand Warden, John H. Anderson; Deputy Grand Master, J. Edward Allen; Junior Grand Warden William B. Hodge; and Grand Secretary K. Webster Parham.