sentences:  From 1934 to 1937 Watres served as the Executive Officer of the Order of DeMolay in Pennsylvania, later serving as Grand Master of the International Supreme Council of the Order of DeMolay in 1936–1937.He was a key member of the committee established to construct the George Washington Masonic National Memorial in Alexandria, Virginia.In 1925, Lafayette College conferred the honorary degree of LL.D to Watres.