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Volume 10 Issue
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Visit us on the web: November 2009
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Happy
Birthday
Henry
Johnson
Dell Long
Oscar T. Lyon Jr.
Jerry H. Nutall
John
Saban
Douglas Skowron
William R. Williamson
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Masonic
Birthday
Charles Brewton(62)
Timothy Conrad(21)
William
Garrard(13)
Benjamin McGowen(58)
Donald K. Shelton(49)
Raymond S. Teichrow(12)
John A. Trojanovich(45)
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Masonic
Deaths
To
all Americans who have given the supreme sacrifice for our
Country.
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November
Schedule
14th
9am – Coffee & Donuts
10am – Lodge
12pm - Lunch
1pm - 2nd Degree ??
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December
Schedule
12th
9am – Coffee & Donuts
10am – Lodge
12pm - Lunch
1pm – Installation of
Officers
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FROM
THE EAST
My brothers all,
The time has come for
our annual election of officers, the time to chose those among us
who will continue to lead and “show the way” to
greatness. I will not be able to continue as your WM due to the
number of other Masonic assignments I currently have. I want to
say that it has been my great privilege to have served as your
Worshipful Master for this past year. I do not plan to become a
stranger to our lodge room and hope to continue to serve as a
dutiful Past WM.
This year has been a
remarkable year for our lodge. We have initiated 3 new Entered
Apprentices and brought back 2 of our brethren to continue with
their Masonic degree work. And, most importantly, all are local
residents and active community members. I cannot overemphasize
how important this is to the legacy and very heart beat of our
lodge. We should be bringing in twice….no, three times
this many candidates every year. White Mountain Lodge #3 has had
a long and storied past. We have every opportunity to once again
reach out to our community by demonstrating that we are a
fraternity of truly good men.
I want to remind all
of you of the upcoming Grand Lodge Leadership Conferences to be
held this next January. W Bro Paul Dore will have copies of the
registration forms available for you to sign up. This year’s
conference will be even better than previous years. You will be
given a wide choice of courses for you to attend, ones that most
appeal to you rather than simply being assigned to a course.
There will also be a 90 minute discussion period at the end of
the day that is meant to allow you to speak out and listen to the
ideas of our brothers as to what you feel is most important and
what direction you want to see our fraternity take in the coming
years.
I want to thank all of
our line officers who have served this lodge so diligently this
past year. I especially want to thank all of our past masters
and brethren who have consistently stepped up to any position or
job they have been asked to take on. This is what fraternalism
is all about and you all epitomize what we are all about as
Masons.
God bless you and your
families and may God watch over our armed forces and bring them
all home to us safely.
Bill Garrard
FROM THE SOUTH
Brothers,
I
apologize for the lateness of Trestleboard this month. Due to
being on travel again, I'm actually writing this on Veteran's
Day. I wish to say THAK YOU for all that have served this great
country. I just returned from the East coast and had a chance to
spend most of last Sunday in Boston. Wow, what a city so steeped
in history that made this land we live on the greatest nation in
the world. The men that accomplished this feat, most were Masons,
left a mark on history that few have. You could feel it walking
the Freedom Trail. For those that are not familiar, Boston has
marked a trail with red brick or red line around the old city of
Boston to places that had significance in the Revolutionary days.
I had the chance to walk a good portion of it (the whole trail
is 2.5 miles) and view the old courthouse, Old North Church where
Brother Paul Revere set the laterns, South Church, Cobbs Hill,
and cemeteries where many of our Brothers were buried. It is a
very worthwhile walk if you are ever in Boston. You can say that
they were our 1st Veterans. God bless them and
all who have served, even to the extent of giving their lives.
Don't forget to remember our troops who are serving at this very
moment over seas.
Bill
Greenen, JW
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2009 Officers
Worshipful
Master William Garrard, KYCH (602-866-8204)
Senior
Warden Earl Warner (928-425-7715)
Junior
Warden Bill Greenen, KYCH
(480-510-4241)
Secretary Paul
Dore' Sr, KYCH (602-920-0456)
Treasurer
Scott Teichrow, PM (928-425-8293)
Senior
Deacon Howard Billingsley, KYCH
(928-472-9354)
Junior
Deacon Art Salcido Jr.(928-402-8242)
Chaplain
Ralph Gerhardt, PM
Marshall
Joe Henry, PM(928-425-6686)
Senior Steward Dell
Long 520-297-7656
Junior
Steward Fred Marquardt 602-575-4946)
Tyler
Hank Johnson(928-425-2295)
(602-265-4152)
Trustees:
Howard
Billingsley, PM, 2013
Earl
Warner
2012
Robert
Gillette, PM 2011
Harold
Benjamin,
PM, 2010
Paul Dore' Sr.
PM, 2009
Sickness and
Distress
Frank
Sheppard
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 O.E.S.
#8 Luncheon
November
14th
Committees
Public Schools - Ed
Warner
Widows
- Ed Warner
Education - W. Howard
Billingsley
By-Laws - MW Oscar Lyon
Jr.
Membership - WB. Doug
Skowron
Community Events - Art Salcido
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Meeting
Calendar 2009/2010
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Nov
4
- OES #8
14 - WM #3
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Dec
3 - OES #8
12
- WM #3
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Jan
6
- OES #8
9
- WM #3
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Feb
3
- OES #8
13
- WM #3
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Mar
3
- OES #8
13
- WM #3
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Apr
7
- OES #8
10
- WM #3
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50
Years Ago
White
Mountain Lodge November 1959
ME Grand High Priest James G.
Bentley received the General Grand Chapter Distinguished Service
metal and Bro Joe Moore received the KYCH award.
Brothers Frederick Taylor and
Joseph McPherson were raised to the sublime degree of master
mason. Brothers Murry Schien and Charlie Burnett were raised to
the sublime degree of master mason.
Doric
Lodge November 1959
A new water heater was installed in
the building provided by the ladies of the Five Point Club.
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Something
to Think About
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Mehr Licht!
More Light!
Number 250 -
November 09, 2009
On November 11, 1918 the Armistice was
signed, ending World War One
A MASONIC PRAYER
FOR PEACE
By Brother Alphonse Cerza
"Whatsoever
ye ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive."
-
MATT. 21:22
Supreme Ruler of the Universe, we most
reverently invoke Thy blessing in these troubled times. All about
us we see evidences of men abandoning the basic Faith of their
Fathers; we see new gods placed in the temples of everyday life;
we see a discarding of the moral principles that have proven
their worth throughout the ages. About useverywhere we see people
living in fear, shackled with tension and cringing from frayed
nerves. Thy children are seeking for peace of mind and serenity
of soul, but find neither in the market place, the palaces of
pleasure, or the ways of godliness.
Grant that all men may
again plant in their hearts the Cardinal Virtues of Brotherly
Love, Relief and Truth. May men everywhere follow the
precepts of Freemasonry and have the strength, the courage and
the strength to do Thy Divine Will; to meet upon the level of
equality, to live by the plumb-line of virtue, and act always on
the square. Grant, Oh, Lord, that liberty and equal opportunity
may exist in all lands and that the dignity of the individual be
recognized
everywhere. May the Temples of Freemasonry
throughout the world ever be open to give unto all men the
spiritual strength to meet the vital problems of the hour, to the
betterment of all men and the glory of Thy Holy Name.
Almighty
Father, Thou who understandest our thoughts afar off, knowest
that individual Masons belong to various creeds, yet each and
every one believes in Thee; that all believe in the Fatherhood of
God and the Brotherhood of
Man; that Holy Script is the rule and guide of their
conduct; that though Masons hold various political beliefs, yet
they believe in equal treatment for all before the law, and Thou
knowest that these fundamental beliefs make for complete
Harmony.
Inspire us, therefore, Gracious Father, to
instill these gentle precepts of Freemasonry in the hearts of all
men, so that Brotherly Love may prevail throughout the World.
Cast Thou the Light of Thy Wisdom on our labors in the quarries
of the Craft, that we may the better shape the stones of Faith,
Hope and Charity for the erection of that house not made with
hands, Eternal in the Heavens.
So Mote It Be.
Words
to live by: "The things that will destroy America are
prosperity-at- any-price, peace at-any-price, safety-first
instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the
get-rich-quick theory of life."
Brother and President
Theodore Roosevelt
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