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From the Bethel Guardian… CALLING BETHEL NO. 196 ALUMNI…we want to see you! We have big changes coming up, and a REUNION in MARCH/APRIL will be a fun way to start. If you are a past bethel or council member, or know of one, please call 619- 447-6443, Deborah (Yarbor) Chandler or email debchandler59@hotmail.com. Our Bethel started in 1949, yes 1949! We’ve had many members, and we’d like to see you. Details coming next month and thanks for passing the word. Contact Bethel Guardian Deborah Chandler (858) 752-3889, deb.chandler@gmail.com or the Associate Bethel Guardian, Kevin Brabazon PM for more information on Job’s Daughters or to recommend a potential new member. And we love Mr. Brabazon, and really appreciate all he does for us…thank you! Katelyn, Nicole, Jocelyn, Elizabeth, Emily, Erica and Past Honored Queen’s Cathy and Beka El Cajon Job’s Daughters Bethel No. 196 As members of our sponsoring body we would February 21st we will be holding our “OMELET SCRAMBLER” Breakfast. Tickets will be sold at the stated meeting. If you know of a young man between the ages of 12 and 21 who you think would benefit from the wonderful experience offered by DeMolay, please contact Ron Chandler at (619) 520-1847, Lew Balke at (619) 443-4177. Valley
Hills Chapter
The Indispensable Man A Past Master’s apron, presented with the usual eulogy, Sometime when you’re feeling important,
I believe that Freedom of religion is an indispensable human right and
tolerance an indispensable trait of human character; therefore I will
stand in my Lodge with Brothers of all faiths, and respect their beliefs
as they respect mine, and I will demonstrate the spirit of Brotherhood
in all aspects of my life. Will
Ronald Reagan Quote
Governments view of the economy could be summed up in a few short
phrases;
If it moves, tax it. There's a myth that time is money. In fact, time is more precious than money. It is a non-renewable resource. Once you've spent it, and if you have spent it badly, it is gone forever. |
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FREE WILL AND ACCORD we are taught that no man becomes a Mason except it be of his own “free will and accord.” And that admonition follows a Mason for the remainder of his life, for freedom to think and act is the greatest legacy bestowed on man. A society of civilized people must be governed by certain rules and regulations. To some these become so onerous and restrictive that they violate them, but the majority have always been willing to accept and abide by the dictates of law and order, provided they are fair and just and do not impinge upon the individual freedoms of vote, voice, choice and opinion. Masonry has survived the test of time because it is a free society of friends and brothers. After that first voluntary act of seeking admission, a Mason discovers that freedom is a treasured license. Freedom is the excitement that comes to a man when he discovers he can do something for himself. It is a boy finding out for the first time he can ride a bike or a really big wave. Man was bound to the earth until he discovered that he could fly and within less than two hundred years he had broken loose from the planet that had cradled him for eons and was walking on the moon.
The teachings of Masonry are disseminated by precept and example. A Mason is known by his acts. If his deeds are governed by his own "free will and accord," then he exercises one of the greatest gifts God has bestowed on man.
---Ralph H. Head,
Masonic Trivia Who were the four distinguished men receiving the 33° of the Scottish Rite on the same day? On October 19, 1945 Harry S. Truman, General Douglas MacArthur, General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold and General James H. "Jimmy" Doolittle received the 33° of the Scottish Rite.
It can be! This story gives one version: A man was checking in at a Hotel, and while at the Registration desk, he noticed a group of men heading toward a function room. He said to the Clerk, "Who are those men?". She replied, "Oh, they're the Masons. They are meeting in one of our function rooms until their new Lodge is finished." He replied, "Oh yeah, the Masons! Isn't that the group that's so hard to get into?" She replied, "You don't know the half of it!. See that man with the sword? He's been banging on that door for eight months and they haven't let him in yet!"
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