LADIES AND WIDOWS’ NIGHT
MAY 17, 2008, 6:00 P.M.
GRAND MASTER’S OFFICIAL VISIT, DISTRICT 35A & B (OPEN)
JUNE 20, 2008, 7:00 P.M. DINNER
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FROM THE EAST
I wish that everybody is enjoying and doing well with this wonderful spring weather we are having. It has been a busy and very productive 4 months. Our spring dinner/dance fund raiser last March turned out very good. We have allotted some of the proceeds towards the Scholarship Funds and the Temple Endowment Fund. I truly appreciate the efforts of our officers and members for making such a fund and wonderful evening. Special thanks to the Dance Showcase by Brother Ben Limcaoco and his beautiful wife Aida. Watching the Dancing with the Stars of Owens Lodge has always been a special treat. We have claimed the Traveling Gavel twice this period. Our Senior Warden obtained his Warden’s certificate, Wor. Remy Tala was certified on the Senior Deacon Lecture. We have raised three candidates so far, and accepted three petitions. I thank the generous brother who made a “Master Architect Award” contribution to the MAHOVA. All these are remarkably fitted towards our goal for James Noah Hillman Award, and I thank you all for the continued support of our lodge.
The Masonic Education imparted to us last Stated meeting by Wor Paul A. Miller, our District Education Officer encourages us to be visible as Masons to influence others to join our craft. He emphasized that charity, practice of the teachings of masonry, and love of the rituals are what draw people into our Order.
During the Masters and Wardens Meeting, a Grand Lodge Representative on the Committee of Masonic Services made a point that according to the survey (considering other factors,, i.e. dues, demits, death, etc.), in order for our lodge to survive, we have to raise at least 5 per 100 members. That means we have to raise about 10 young individuals a year, having the members count at 191. It is time to rekindle the interest of those friends who wish to join the craft but do not know how to ask. Trust your Masonic instinct. It may turn to a good surprise. Remember that One Day Conferral is coming up this August 16th, and in order to be included in this special conferral, Petitions has to be read in July and balloted on by the stated meeting in August. We still have time.
We will be busy for the rest of the year. I encourage everyone to attend The Grand Master’s Official Visit at the Granby Masonic Temple. It is open to everyone. Bring that friend and prospective mason.
May 8, 2008, Thursday, 7:30 P.M. Stated Communication. This is going to be a Grand Night. Our Guest Speaker is MW George B. Dungan, Jr., Grand Master 2007. He will be making 50 and 60 years Masonic Veteran Award Presentation. Please join us welcome back our Veterans, brethren who served our Freemasonry for so long and faithfully. Let us make this evening a part of the happy reflections of their Masonic lives.
May 17, 2008, Saturday, 8:00 A.M. Stewart Arthur Deem Masonic School of Instruction. Degrees will be exemplified in the presence of our Grand Lodge Committee on Works with RW Ernesto B. Soriano as its new member. Coffee, juice, and doughnuts will be served in the Temple Dining Room beginning at 8:00 A.M. We will commence at 8:45 A.M. Owens and Ocean View lodges will exemplify the Entered Apprentice Degree. The class should be completed by approximately 3:00 P.M.
May 17, 2008, Saturday, 6:00 P.M. Ladies and Widows Night. We will treat our ladies and widows for dinner at the Temple Dining Hall. We need confirmation of attendance.
June 12, 2008, Thursday, 7:30 P.M. Stated Communication. The speaker is Bro. Roy Gregory of Atlantic No. 2. We can expect a very interesting presentation. Please join us.
June 14, 2008, Saturday, 7:45 A.M. Division Leadership Conference, Granby Masonic Temple, Norfolk, VA. I consider this very important and must be attended by every elected officer. Our Grand Lodge officers will be here to share with us some materials that will affect the future of our Freemasonry.
June 20, 2008, Friday, 6:00 P.M. Grand Master’s Official Visit to District 35A & B. Dinner at time 7:00 P.M. This is an open visit. Bring your wives, families, and friends and join the dinner with the Grand Master.
June 22, 2008, Sunday, 11:00 A.M. Saints John Day. Again, this will be a joint fellowship with other lodges. Church service will be held at Saint John’s United Methodist Church on Greendale Ave, in Norfolk (off Azalea Garden Road near Little Creek Road). Our Grand Chaplain, RW Edwin Clifton Whitlock, also the Pastor of the church will be conducting the service, followed by refreshments and fellowship at the church yard. Hope to see you and your families there.
Secretary’s Corner.
Rosters have been mailed out. I thank Worshipful Romy Fernandez for the help in printing and time to put them together. There were several names inadvertently omitted. Please insert or make a note of the following additions.
Past Masters and dates of office, page 4:
*Parks, Victor….Jun 11, 1896 *Hutchings, Emerson….Dec 8, 1949
Past Master of Other Lodges, page 5:
Eduardo Yadao Icban…..Yokosuka Lodge #20, Japan
Section III of the By Laws, page 8, should read:
The fees for the degrees in this Lodge shall be One Hundred Twenty Five Dollars ($125.00), payable as follows: Seventy-Five Dollars ($75.00) for the degree of Entered Apprentice of which amount Fifty Dollars ($50.00) shall accompany the petition; Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) for the Degree of Fellowcraft; and Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) for the degree of Master Mason.
I apologized for the over sight. The next Roster print out will be in 2010. Please inform me of any changes in your phone numbers.
