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Brother Fred Hale, the oldest man and the oldest Mason in the world, has died 12 days before his 114<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#FFFF33" FACE="Times New Roman" >th</FONT> Birthday. A Mason for 83 years Fred is a member of Franklin Lodge #123, in New Sharon, Maine.</div> <div>      Hale retired 50 years ago as a railroad postal worker and beekeeper, his grandson  said. He enjoyed gardening, canning fruits and vegetables and making homemade applesauce.</div> <div>      At age 95, Hale flew to Japan to visit a grandson who was in the Navy. While en route back to the United States, he stopped in Hawaii and even gave boogie-boarding a try.</div> <div>      On 5 March 2004, the Guinness World Records acknowledged Hale as the oldest living man when Joan Riudavets Moll, of Spain, passed away at age 114.  He also was a Guinness record-holder for the oldest driver. At age 108, he still found slow drivers annoying, Fred Hale III said.</div> <div>      According with the Gerontology Research Group the world's oldest living man is now Hermann Dornemann, of Germany, age 111, and there are 26 living women older than him.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000ffff00.png" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><A NAME="bro__russell_schwarzenberg_received_the"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><B>Bro. Russell Schwarzenberg</B></FONT> received the "Joseph Warren Medal," presented to him by the District Deputy Grand Master, RW<B>:.</B> Thomas H. 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