Aztec Lodge member Harold Wheeler of Montezuma was presented a 50-year membership pin & certificate at the annual Knights of Pythias Grand Lodge Convention held in Des Moines on Saturday, September 11.
Making the presentation was Grand Chancellor of Iowa Dennis Broadston of Montezuma, along with Supreme Master at Arms, Tim Boening of Hastings, Nebraska.
Wheeler joined the Aztec Lodge #238 in 1971, his senior year at Montezuma High School.
Two other Montezuma residents, Dale Crider and Eugene Wheeler, also joined the same year. All three were strongly encouraged to join by their fathers – Frank Wheeler, Donald Crider and Allen Wheeler – as well as the late Charles McKee of Montezuma, who served as the Grand Chancellor of Iowa in 1970-71.
Dennis Broadston was re-elected as Grand Chancellor for the term of 2021-22.