Dues were still $20.00. The Lodge asked from its members to help Herndon High School and a motion was made to contribute $300.00 on June 2, 1980.
A fire took Pruner Lodge No. 254, Homaker, VA. The building and paraphernalia were lost. Herndon donated the extra set of pedestals for them.
On August 22, 1980, a Lodge of Sorrow was opened for Wor. Bro. Richard Clayton Peck. He served as worshipful Master in 1966 and Treasurer for many years.
Dues were changed from $20.00 to $30.00 per year on November 17, 1980.
Bro. Douglas Jordan held his first Youth Program. The Lodge invites in the Order of DeMolay, the International Order of Jobs Daughters and the Rainbow Girls for a program. The talk, "The Symbolism of Ancient Craft Masonry", was given by Bro. Jordan on November 17, 1980. Bro. Jordan was Junior Deacon at the time.
Nineteen-eighty one was a great year for the Brothers of Herndon – Wor. Kenneth O. Shelton, Grand Lodge Committee on Work, Wor. J. LeRoy Jackson Dist. Deputy Grand High Priest, Rt. Wor. J. Berkley Green, Grand High Priest, Grand RAC, were all past masters of Herndon and frequently attending meetings.
On the 19th. day of July, Wor. Bro. Updike announced the dedication of the Instruction Room to Wor. Bro. Charles Wesley Bailey. Many of his artifacts are hung on the wall of the room and a plaque was placed on the door. Wor. Bailey was very active in the lodge and served as a mentor and coach from many brethren initiated into the lodge. Wor. Bailey served as Master of Herndon Lodge in 1962. (See photo, below).
On the Grand Master's visit (Most Worshipful Glover Hunter Jones, Jr.), he was presented a small cedar chest made by the Lane Company near M. W. Bro. Jones' home. Rt. Wor. Jackson promised to have this chest filled with an amount equal to $3.00 per member in the 58th. Masonic District by the end of the year. This amount would be contributed to the Grand Lodge Committee on Charity.
On June 6, 1988, Most Worshipful Norman Lee Hoff Sr., Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Colorado, expressed his appreciation for the courtesies extended to him and stated that he hoped to visit with us in the future when he visits his son (Norman Lee Hoff, Jr.), who is a member of Herndon. MW Norman Hoff Sr. raised his son, Norman Hoff Jr. in 1989 and installed him as Master in 1993. Norman Hoff Jr. became DDGM in 1999 and 33rd degree Scottish Rite mason in 2005.
