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Volume 8 Issue 4

Visit us on the web:      April 2007

www.whitemountain3.org    

126 Years of Masonry in Globe/Miami

 

HAPPY Birthday 

April

Edwin Bacon                       

Ross A. Brown Jr                

Francis Knuckey                  

William Logan                      

Benjamin McGowen             

Terry C. Tanner

 

 

Masonic  Birthdays

 

April

Kenneth C. Hood(62)

Henry H. London(58)

Gary C. Kish(45)

 

Public Service Awards April 14th - 12pm

 

Please come and show your support for your Police and  Fire Departments and honor the Best of the Best!

(last year's winners)

 

April Schedule

14th

9am – Coffee & Donuts

10am – Lodge

12pm - Public Service Officers Appreciation Lunch and Award Ceremony

 

May Schedule

12th

9am – Coffee & Donuts

10am – Lodge

12pm -Lunch with Star

 

.                        2007 Officers

Worshipful Master R. Scott Teichrow (928-425-8293)

Senior Warden     William Garrard, PM (602-866-8204)

Junior Warden      Robert Gillette, PM

Secretary            Joe A. Henry PM (928-425-6686)

Treasurer            Oscar T. Lyon Jr., PGM  (602-252-2739)

Senior Deacon    Earl Warner

Junior Deacon     Brad Busler, PM

Chaplain             Paul Dore' Sr, PM

Marshall             Ralph A. Gerhardt. PM

Senior Steward   Howard Billingsley, PM

Junior Steward    Art Salcido Jr.

Tyler                  Henry Johnson

Trustees:

Robert Gillette, PM        2011

Henry London, PM,        2010  

Paul Dore' Sr. PM,         2009  

Howard Billingsley, PM, 2008

R Scott Teichrow,          2007   

Committees

 

Public Schools - Bro. Jim Heimer

Widows - W. Rusty Moore

Kids Voting - W. Rusty Moore

Education - W. Howard Billingsley

By-Laws - MW Oscar Lyon Jr.

Membership - WB. Doug Skowron

Community Events - W. Paul Dore' Sr.

 

Meeting Calendar 2007

         Mar              April        May             June           July                 Aug

  1- OES #8     5- OES #8     3- OES #8   7- OES #8    5- OES #8     2- OES #8

 10 - WM #3  14 - WM #3    12- WM #3    9- WM #3    14- WM #3    11- WM #3

OES #8 Luncheon

April 14th 12:00pm

 

 

 

 

 

Burton Corbett

Born-01-26-1912

Raised - 05-08-1944

Celestrial Lodge 3-10-2007

Carl C. Harmon

Born - 03-16-1913

Raised - 02-22-1954

Celestrial Lodge - 3-16-2007

 

Public School State Winners

8th Grade 1st Place - Mawson Riley

Teacher Grant - Cheryl Wicklzer

 

My Last Degree

 

An old man lay sick in the Masonic Home.

His face was as wan as the white sea foam.

His eyes were dim, his hair was gray.

His back was bent with the trials of the way.

He faltering spoke, but I heard him say,

I'm ready for my last degree.

I've come to the end of the level time

That leads us all to the Grand Lodge sublime

From whose borne none ever return.

More light in Masonry there I shall learn

By an Alter where light shall evermore shine.

I'm ready for my last degree.

With the Apprentice's gauge, I've divided my time

Into three equal parts since life's early prime.

And this I have found amidst life's turmoil.

My wages are due me, in Corn, Wine and Oil.

I'm ready for my last degree.

Each day from life's quarries, I've hewn a stone,

With the gavel I've shaped them, each one alone.

And shipped them along beyond that bright stand,

To build me a house in that great better land.

A spiritual house not made with hands.

I'm ready for my last degree.
 

I've squared each stone by the virtue square,

And plumbed them all true, as I shipped them there.

With the compass I've measured the Master's designs

And kept within due bounds, with his points and his signs.

My blue prints are folded; I've answered his signs.
I'm ready for my last degree.

The Mortar I've made, from friendship and love,

To be spread with the Master's trowel up above.

My apron is worn, but its surface is white.

My working tools now will be cold and quiet.

My Trestle Board's bare, and I'm going tonight.

I'm ready for my last degree.

A few moments later, the old man was dead.

And I fancy that I could see his soul as it fled,

Upward and onward, to the great door,

Where he gave an alarm, and a voice did implore.

The old man gave his answer with these words once more,

I'm ready for my last degree.

That night in a lodge, free from all strife and storm,

He took that degree his last in due form.

So may I live like he did; to build day by day,

A spiritual house, in that land far away.

So I, when I meet my Grand Master I can say,

I'm ready for my last degree.

Author Unknown