November, 2009
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MASTER’S MESSAGE
Brethren: The
celebration on November 21st of our125th Anniversary will be a
memorable event. The Grand Master contacted me three years ago when he was
still Grand Junior Warden and asked me to start planning for this event. I can
only hope that all Master Masons, Fellowcraft, and
Entered Apprentices of our Lodge and their significant others and close friends
will attend if they can physically do so. If you do not, our Lodge will be
terribly embarrassed.
You need to come to see the improvements
to the Lodge building that the Center Board has made under the direction of
Past Master, etc., Don Griffiths, assisted by the almost daily efforts of of Bro. Armen Oghigian
as overseer. The new library/ museum just off the dining room, has been
enlarged, painted, and re-carpeted. The new sign at the
We held a Masonic Information Night on
Thursday, October 15th. About
90 people attended. Our mission was to engage the public in Freemasonry to
dispel some of the mis-characterizations made by Dan Brown and the television
documentaries; and to attract good men to become Masons. I think that we
accomplished our objectives. We should
do this more often.
We have been fortunate to obtain the
services of an outstanding chef to cater our Stated Meeting dinners and other
functions. One of the functions of Master is to field complaints about the
food. In the seven months we have had this Chef, I have received NO complaints.
That says a lot about the quality of the food. Come to the Stated Meetings and
other events to find out.
Our new Grand Master, Most Worshipful Ken
Nagle, has as his motto: “Freemasonry is the Foundation of our Country. The
Blue Lodge is the Foundation of Freemasonry.
Coming Home.” The pitch is to encourage all Master Masons to
return to their Lodges and support their activities. Without the Blue Lodges we
have no Scottish Rite, no
Fraternally
Jim Helms.