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Volume 10 Issue 4 |
Visit us on the web: April 2009 |
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HAPPY Birthdays Edwin Bacon Ross Brown Jr. Francis Knuckey Benjamin McGowen James Rasmussen Terry Tanner |
Happy Masonic Birthdays James Heimer (4)\ Kenneth Hood (64) Gary Kish (37) Art Salcido (3)
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Masonic Deaths None |
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April Schedule 11th 9am – Coffee & Donuts 10am – Lodge 12pm – Lunch @ Guayos on the Trail Possible Degree work-TBD |
May Schedule 9th 9am – Coffee & Donuts 10am – Lodge 12pm – Possible Degree work-TBD |
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Congratulations Officers of the Year - 2009 Miami Police Dept. - Thomas Medina D.P.S. - Frank Padgett Globe Police Dept. - Chris Williams Deputy Sheriff Gila County - Virgil Dodd |
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FROM THE EAST My Brothers, all is well and getting better by the day with White Mountain #3. We have just initiated two new brothers, Josh Beason and Levi Shafer. Our newest Master Mason, Bro. Fred Marquardt, gave the Apron Lecture in very fine fashion at each of these initiations. This, only 2 months after he had been raised as a MM! We congratulate you all for your hard work and dedication. It is this sort of work that will allow White Mountain #3 to regain its youth and vigor and to continue to spread our brotherly love. Worshipful Brother Richard McNeill, Grand Junior Warden, made his “official visitation” to our lodge last month. We greatly appreciated his wise words of counsel and warm smile. On behalf of the lodge and myself, I want to congratulate Brother Art Salcido for another fine Law Officer Appreciation Luncheon! He did a wonderful job……again and we are most appreciative to each of the officers and their families for their hard work and dedication in keeping our community safe. Which brings me to my next point……..that of bringing in new men to join our ranks and to give them the opportunity to gain further light. Too many times we seem to forget how to seek these men out and to guide them to our lodges. Masonry is not a secret society. Our means of recognition, certain signs and symbols are, as are the affairs and work that goes on in our lodges. But the good work we do, the principles we stand for and the good deeds we do are open for all to know. Don’t allow yourself to assume that “someone else” will bring in those new petitions, that “someone else” will mentor these new brothers and that “someone else” will perform the work that will insure that our lodge will still be here in 50 years. It is up to each and every one of US to see that all of these things are done. It is up to all of US to find those good men who want to become a Mason or who we think would be a good Mason and guide them into our lodge. Not to be too clichéd, but to play on a powerful statement President John F. Kennedy once made: “Ask not what your lodge can do for you, but ask what you can do for your lodge.” Take on something new, call a brother you haven’t seen in some time and invite him to come to lodge with you next time. Go and visit an ailing brother or his widow to comfort them and to assist them as they might need. Remember our obligations and live them every day. We have vowed to become better men. This is not a destination, rather it is our journey. Make sure it is a good journey and that you leave your good work all along the way. God Bless! We’ll see you in lodge soon. William A. Garrard WM, White Mountain #3
From the South Brothers, Again I'd like to thank all who were participants in Brother Levi's initiation. I was a fine day to see an upcoming community leader get initiated into the finest fraternity in the world. We also read a petition for affiliation of another local, Brother Darryl Dalley. I celebrated my tenth anniversary as a Master Mason this last month. I had a chance to reflect on the last ten years and it amazes me on how far White Mountain has come in that amount of time. When I was raised in the lodge, White Mountain was seen by many to be a dying lodge and quite frankly it was. There was no trestleboard at that time and every position was filled with past Masters. I guess that is why I was able to go directly to the South in December of that year. That year saw the first trestleboard in 13 years and I have been proud to be publishing it ever since. We have slowing started to bring the lodge around and reassert ourselves back into the community. We started the Bikes for Books program with Globe Middle School and it has grown to include schools in Globe and Miami. We started to recognize our heroes in our community, the police and sheriff departments. We started initiating candidates and eventually elected a local first time Master, Scott Teichrow. Brother Ed Warner, our Senior Warden is a local brother. I can't say enough of how proud I am to be a member of this lodge, my Mother Lodge. I'm always looking for ways that we can grow our lodge and I need your support. The world is a different place than it was 50 years ago and we need to adapt to it. Our principle core values will never change but how we package it can certainly withstand an overhaul. Any ideas from any Brother is welcomed and encouraged. As you know the core responsibilities of a lodge is to provide a place for Brothers to improve themselves and guide them in this endeavor by the rituals handed down to us through the ages. The second responsibility is to make Masons. Our charitable programs are only a visible manifestation of our core values and demonstrates to the community our commitment to those beliefs. To maintain these programs require monetary outlays and we can only do so much with everyones help and support. For those unable to make it to lodge and provide manual support, I encourage you help in anyway that you can. For those in your later years, please keep the lodge in mind in making out your wills. Another approach is perpetual memberships that keep on giving well after your acceptance into the Celestial Lodge. But most of all, show the community that you are a Mason by being a Better Man. Fraternally, Bill Greenen, PM, Junior Warden |
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