Where did all the fucking Masons come from?

12 Mighty Orphans: There’s a fascinating ‘story behind the story’ regarding this fine film

By Corey Callaway

ArlingtonToday Magazine by ArlingtonToday Magazine

June 30, 2021

…I was able to attend a premier of the movie held at the Masonic Temple and had the opportunity to meet two Masons who grew up at the school. They are brothers and both played on the Mighty Mites team.

Paul and David are two of 13 siblings. Their father, a Mason, died when Paul was three years of age. Their mother struggled working three jobs to support and feed them. She would work one job and come home to feed them and go to the next job and so on through the day.

They lived in Hillsboro, and the local Masons approached her multiple times requesting they take the youngest of the brood to the Masonic Home and School. She refused but conceded on the third request. Paul told me at that time they were starting to get into trouble, and it was the best thing that happened to them.

The youngest were taken by the sponsoring Masons and dropped off at a playground at the school. The men were not allowed to say goodbye to them. This was the protocol….

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