Volume 11 Issue 2
|
Visit us on the web: February 2010
http://www.whitemountain3.org
|
Happy Birthday
Harold B. Benjamin
George T. Colgate
Harold V. Comerford
Eric Ecklund
Allen D. Kennedy
James Malott Jr.
Jack Martyn
George Maslovar
Henry Parmley
Kenneth C. Ramsey
Albert L. Sanders
Kimble B. Shows
|
Masonic Birthday
David Garnett(33)
Bill Greenen(11)
Allen Kennedy(17)
Milton Kramer(33)
James Malott Jr.(64)
Earl "Ed" Warner(5)
James Webb(32)
|
Masonic Deaths
To all Americans who have given the supreme sacrifice for our
Country.
|
February Schedule
9th
9am – Coffee & Donuts
10am – Lodge Stated Meeting
12pm – Sweetheart Luncheon
|
March Schedule
13th
9am – Coffee & Donuts
10am – Lodge Stated Meeting
18-20
Grand Lodge of New Mexico
|
Sickness and
Distress
Frank Sheppard
Dave Porter
Ben McGowen
Robert Brisbin (DDGM/DDGL)
|
|
FROM
THE EAST
My Brothers,
Wow! What a month
we have had, both good and bad. Good news first, we have two new
Master Masons in our lodge, Brother Tim Humprey and Brother
Forrest Hammer. Congratulations to both of them. We had to cancel
the original date due all that white stuff that descended upon
Globe on the 20th. We rescheduled for the following
week and I want to say that everyone stepped up and took a part.
We had some Brothers who had commitments that day and could not
make it so we had to improvise. All in all, it turned out good. It
certainly was a day that they will never forget.
On the not so
good note, we had some roof problems that cause some damage to the
ceiling in the dining room. The Trustees took care of it in short
order with the assistance of a Brother from Phoenix who oversaw
the repairs. We needed some work on the roof including repair and
recoating of the roof. We had a water pipe to the cooler also
break which will need repaired before summer. The repairs did not
come cheap but I was surprised that it wasn't much more. If anyone
would like to donate to our building fund, it would be greatly
appreciated. Please send any donations to Brother Secretary and
note that it's for the building fund.
On the 9th,
we performed three 1st Degrees on candidates from
Scottsdale #43. They came in mass to support the courtesy work.
One of the candidates was Brother Ken Stone's grandson.
Mis-communications led us to believe that Brother Ken was coming
but that was not the case. His grandson has requested to get his
3rd degree at White Mountain, even though Brother Ken
will not be able to come due to hip surgery and will not be able
to travel for some time. Keep Brother Ken in your prayers for a
speedy recovery.
This month is our
Sweetheart luncheon and all wives are invited and encouraged to
come. As usual, Brother Dore' has been collecting some nice door
prizes for the ladies.
I travel a lot in
my work with General Dynamics and I've been able to attend lodges
in New Hampshire and Massachusetts and even attend 1st
degrees in both. They don't get visitors to often from Arizona and
as usual they treat me very well. It always interesting to see the
work of other jurisdictions and I may borrow some things that I
think might add something without changing the ritual.
Search for the
Charter coming up. Still no firm date but say tuned.
Hope to see all
in Lodge on the 13th and for those who can not attend,
have a safe month, and please let us know if you need some
assistance.
God Bless,
Bill Greenen,
Master
Secretary's
Desk
Grand Lodge
Scholarship Applications for the 2010-2011 Grand
Lodge Scholarships are now available from Paul J Dore,
secretary, announces; the Worshipful
Master elect William Greenen. The deadline for
completing the application -- along with other required documents
-- is March 1, 2010. The completed application and with
other documents are to be submitted to the Lodge Secretary by
that date. Applications must meet one of the following
criteria: be the son, daughter, grandson, or granddaughter of an
Arizona Master Mason, or be an Arizona member (or an Arizona
senior/majority member) of DeMolay, Rainbow for Girls or Job's
Daughters. Applicants must be single, planning to attend
an Arizona public
university or community college.
|
2010 Officers
Worshipful
Master Bill Greenen, KYCH (480-510-4241)
Senior
Warden Earl Warner (928-425-7715)
Junior
Warden Fred
Marquardt (602-575-4946)
Secretary Paul
Dore' Sr, KYCH (928-425-2891
)
Treasurer
Scott Teichrow, PM (928-425-8293)
Senior
Deacon Jerry Dubois (928-595-2386)
Junior
Deacon Art Salcido Jr.(928-402-8242)
Chaplain
Ralph Gerhardt, PM
Marshall
Harold Benjamin, PM
Senior Steward Dell
Long 520-297-7656
Junior Steward Howard
Billingsley, KYCH (928-472-9354)
Tyler
Doug Skowron, KYCH
Trustees:
Ralph
Gerhardt, PM, 2014
Howard
Billingsley, KYCH, 2013
Earl
Warner
2012
Robert
Gillette, PM 2011
Harold
Benjamin,
PM, 2010
|
O.E.S.
#8 Luncheon
February
13th
China
Taste
Sweetheart
Luncheon
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
“Search For The Charter” - TBD
|
Meeting
Calendar 2010
|
Feb
3
- OES #8
13
- WM #3
|
Mar
3
- OES #8
13
- WM #3
|
Apr
7
- OES #8
10
- WM #3
|
May
5
- OES #8
8
- WM #3
|
Jun
2
- OES #8
12
- WM #3
|
|
Awards
Presentation this Saturday
|
Something
to Think About
|
Mehr Licht!
More Light!
Number 263 –
February 01, 2010
Dear Masonic Student,
Below is an
article written by Brother
Albert Mackey, which I thought you would like to see. -
Ed
The Design of Solomon's
Temple
When Solomon had matured his design of a.
temple to be consecrated to the Most High, he found it impossible
to carry that design into execution without foreign assistance.
The Hebrew nation, constantly struggling for its material
existence, and just rising to the condition of a civilized
people, had made little proficiency in science and
architecture, and especially the ornamental arts. There were few
artificers and no architects in Judea. Solomon, consequently,
applied to Hiram, King of Tyre, for assistance, and that monarch
sent him a company of Tyrian architects, under the
superintendence of Hiram
Abif, by whom the temple was erected. It was an oblong
stone building, 150 feet in length, and 105 in width. On three
sides were corridors, rising above each other to the height of
three stories, and containing rooms, in which were preserved the
holy utensils and treasures. The fourth, or front side was open,
and was ornamented with a portico ten cubits in width,
supported by two brazen pillars - Jachin
and Boaz.
The interior was divided into the most
holy place, or oracle, 20 cubits long, which contained the ark of
the covenant, and was separated by a curtain, or veil, from the
sanctuary or holy place, in which were the golden candlestick,
the table of the shew bread, and the altar of incense. The walls
of both apartments, and the roof and ceiling of the most holy
place, were overlaid with woodwork, skillfully carved. None but
the High‑Priest was permitted to enter the
latter, and only the priests, devoted to the temple service, the
former.
The temple was surrounded by an inner court, which
contained the altar of burnt offering, the brazen sea and lavers,
and such instruments and utensils as were used in the sacrifices
which, as well as the prayers, were offered here. Colonnades,
with brazen gates, separated this court of the priests from the
outer court, which was likewise surrounded by a wall.
This
celebrated temple certainly reflected honor on the builders of
that age. It was begun on the 2d day of the month Zif,
corresponding with the 21st of April, in the year of the world
2992, or 1012 years before the Christian era, and was completed
in little more than seven years, on the 8th day of the month Sul,
or the 23rd of October, in the year 2999, during which period no
sound of axe, hammer or other metallic tool was heard, everything
having been cut and prepared in the quarries or on Mount Lebanon,
and brought, properly carved, marked and numbered, to Jerusalem,
where they were fitted in by means of wooden mauls. So of
Freemasonry, it has always been the boast that its members
perfect the work of edification by quiet and orderly methods,
"without the hammer of contention, the axe of division, or
any tool of mischief."
The excellency of the Craft
in the days of our Grand Master Solomon was so great, that,
although the materials were prepared so far off, when they were
put together at Jerusalem, each piece fitted with such exactness
that it appeared more like the work of the Great Architect of the
Universe than of human hands. The temple retained its pristine
splendor but thirty three years, when it was plundered by
Shishak, King of Egypt. After this period it underwent sundry
profanations and pillages, and was at length utterly destroyed by
Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, A. M. 3416, B. C. 588, and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem carried as captives to Babylon.
Words
to live by: "Civilization
is the lamb's skin in which barbarism masquerades. " Thomas
B. Aldrich, 1836-1907, American Writer, Editor
|