Copper Board

Volume 13 Issue 3

Visit us on the web:      April 2012

http://www.whitemountain3.org

Happy Birthday

Ed Bacon

Ross Brown Jr.

James Rasmussen

Terry Tanner

Masonic Birthday

Jim Heimer (7)

Kenneth Hood (67)

Art Salcido Jr. (6)

Masonic Deaths

To all Americans who have given the supreme sacrifice for our Country.

April Schedule

10th

9am – Pancake Breakfast

10am – Lodge Stated Meeting -

1:30pm – Chapter #7 R.A.M

May Schedule

14th

9am – Pancake Breakfast

10am – Lodge Stated Meeting

1:30pm – Chapter #7 R.A.M

Sickness and Distress

Howard Billingsley

Meeting Calendar 2012

Apr 2012 4 – OES #8 14 - WM #3

May 2012 2 – OES #8 12 - WM #3

Jun 2012 6 – OES #8 9 - WM #3

Jul 2012 4 – OES #8 14 - WM #3

Aug 2012 1 – OES #8 11 - WM #3

2011 Officers

Worshipful Master Fred Marquardt   (602-575-4946)

tfmarquardt@aol.com

Senior Warden     Jerry Dubois, PM (928-595-2386)

jjdubois85532@gmail.com

Junior Warden      Timothy Humphrey

Secretary        Paul Dore' Sr, KYCH (928-425-2891 )

pauldoresr@cox.net

Treasurer          Scott Teichrow, PM (928-425-8293)

rsteichrow@yahoo.com

Senior Deacon     Forrest Hammer

Junior Deacon     Earl Warner PM(928-425-7715)

jwew98@yahoo.com

Chaplain            Ralph Gerhardt, PM

Marshall             Harold Benjamin, PM

Senior Steward   Jim Rasmussen

Junior Steward   Howard Billingsley KYCH

Tyler         Doug Skowron, KYCH

Trustees:

Harold Benjamin, PM,    2015  

Ralph Gerhardt, PM, 2014

Howard Billingsley, KYCH,  2013

Earl Warner                   2012   

Timothy Humphrey 2016

O.E.S. #8 Luncheon

^{Next Luncheon – China Taste}

^{April 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

“Search For The Charter” - Fred Marquardt

Highway Cleanup – Tim Humphrey

Trestleboard – Bill Greenen

Secretary's Desk

1. WM Fred Marquardt announced that he will put up the money to purchase the necessary materials to re-coat the roof. Approximately $1800. He would like for the lodge to come up with a fund raiser to cover at least one-half the cost. Brother Tim Humphrey will donate the additional materials for the project.
2. WM Fred would like to have a steak fry for those that help working on the roof. The date set is May 5^th
3. The lodge will pay for the lunch for Officer of the year and spouse at the awards Luncheon next month.
4. WM Fred Marquardt distributed his Master’s pin for the year.
5. Our Lodge pins have arrived.
6. Ray-Winkleman Lodge sent a thank you letter to White Mountain Lodge (Ed Warner & Forrest Hammer) for their visit at their stated meeting.
7. WB Jim Rolle donated $50.00 toward the roof fund raiser which was given to WM Fred Marquardt.
8. Memorization meeting 1^st & 3^rd Tuesday at 4:30 PM
9. Highway Cleanup will be scheduled in April
10. October 17, 2013 will be our 100^th anniversary of holding our first meeting in our present building. The cost of the lot was $13,000.00 and the cost of the building projected to be $9,000.00
11. The Community Service Award luncheon will be held on April 14^th at the
    China Taste Restaurant.

This month we will honor our Community Service recipients:

Officer of the Year --  Miami Police Department – Lt. Spencer Preston

Officer of the Year – Globe Police Department – Devin Meintzer

Officer of the Year – Department of Public Safety – Scott Skaggs

Deputy of the Year – Gila County Sheriff Office – Ronald Escobedo

Firefighter of the Year – Miami Fire Department – Capt. Jason Swedick

Globe Fire Department  -- Outstanding Community Service – 2012

The Luncheon will be held at the China Taste in Globe. April 14^th

FROM THE  HIGH PRIEST

Globe Chapter No. 7 RAM

Last month our speaker was M.E.C. Kerry Owen. He gave a talk on Royal Arch Research Assistance ( R.A.R.A. )

Congratulations to Jim Baker our newest member of Globe Chapter #7.  He was exalted on March 24^th at the Chapter Festival held in Phoenix.

This month is election of officers at the Globe Chapter #7 monthly convocation.

Paul J Dore Sr.

High Priest

Globe Chapter No. 7

Something to Think About

MASONIC EDUCATION PROGRAM

What is the importance of the EAST in Masonry?

The camp of Judah was placed by Moses in the East as a mark of distinction; the tabernacle in the wilderness was placed due East and West; and the practice was continued in the erection of Christian churches. Hence, too, the primitive Christians always turned toward the East in their public prayers, which custom Saint Augustine (Serm. Dom. in Monte, chapter 5 accounts for "because the East is the most honorable part of the world, being the region of light whence the glorious sun arises." Hence all Masonic Lodges, like their great prototype the Temple of Jerusalem, are built, or supposed to be built, due East and West; and as the North is esteemed a place of darkness, the East, on the contrary, is considered a place of light.

In the primitive Christian church, according to Saint Ambrose, in the ceremonies that accompanied the baptism of a catechumen, a beginner in religious instruction, "he turned towards the West, the image of darkness, to abjure the world, and towards the East, the emblem of light, to denote his alliance with Jesus Christ." And so, too, in the oldest lectures of the second century ago, the Freemason is said to travel from the West to the East, that is, from dark ness to light. In the Prestonian system, the question is asked, "What induces you to leave the West to travel to the East?" And the answer is: "In search of a Master, and from him to gain instruction." The same idea, if not precisely the same language, is preserved in the modern and existing rituals.

The East, being the place where the Master sits, is considered the most honorable part of the Lodge, and is distinguished from the rest of the room by a dais, or raised platform, which is occupied only by those who have passed the Chair.

From: Steven G. Tiner M\ E \ Grand High Priest of Arkansas