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Glendale Lodge #368 Feb—Mar 2014
From the East—Wor. Bilavian
The Holidays Have passed; the weather has been very courteous to us, and Glendale lodge had its installation, I want to thank all those who came to support the officers and Glendale Lodge. I would like also to extend a special thanks to my installing team, Wor. Khatcherian, Wor. Collon, and Wor. Hollinger, for a wonderful ceremony. As well as much thanks and appreciation to all the officers who are in progressive line and in appointed positions for serving to the betterment of Glendale lodge. This year we will have a very busy year, with the executive team we are planning to have several events, which we will announce as they are approaching, I hope to see you all enjoy these events with us and support Glendale lodge. On March 18th, we will be having a first degree; the significance of this degree is that we have asked Ararat Lodge to confer the degree in Armenian language. If you are interested in attending please let us know in advance to have a head count for refreshment. We are al-so planning on having a degree in Spanish, French and Farsi; the
dates will be announced as it ap-proaches. Thank you all for re-electing me as master of Glendale lodge, as I mentioned in my installation speech, It is a great honor that you again have bestowed upon me, I will do my best to serve you all, specially Glendale lodge. Fraternally Nikoul Bilavian
Born in Westmorland, England,
April 17, 1833, died March 20,
1913, and was long identified ac-
tively with Freemasonry in
Manchaster but connected with
Masonic Bodies in all parts of the
world.
He was initiated on October 25, 1854, in Integrity Lodge
No. 189, later No. 163, at twenty-one years of age. He con-
tributed an article on Military Masons in 1858 to the Free-
mason's Magazine and Masonic Mirror.
Thereafter he was a frequent writer on Masonic matters
to the publications of the Craft. His book, The Arcane
Schools, a Review of Their Origin and Antiquity, with a
general history of Freemasonry and its relation to the the-
osophic, scientific and philosophic matters, was published
in 1909 after some ten years' labor, as the preface tells us,
and is a book of 566 pages dealing with the traces of a
speculative system from the ancient days.
John Yarker
To Hail or Hale Mackey's Encyclopedia of Freemasonry
This word is used among Freemasons with two very different significations.
1.When addressed as an inquiry to a visiting Brother it has the same import
as that in which it is used under like circumstances by mariners. Thus:
"Whence do you hail?" that is, "Of what Lodge are you a member?" Used in
this sense, it comes from the Saxon term of salutation huel, and should be
spelled hail.
2.Its second use is confined to what Freemasons understand by the tie, and
in this sense it signifies to conceal, being derived from the Saxon word
helan, to hide, the e being pronounced in Anglo-Saxon as a in the word fate.
By the rules of etymology, it should be written hate, but is usually spelled
hele.
The preservation of this Saxon word in the Masonic dialect, while it has
ceased to exist in the vernacular, is a striking proof of the antiquity of the
Order and its ceremonies in England. "In the western parts of England," says
Lord King (Critical History of the Apostle's Creed, page 178), "at this very
day, to hele over anything signifies, among the common people, to cover it;
and he that covereth an house with tile or slate is called a helliar."
"As regards the Anglo-Saxon hele, it survives of course in the word Hell-the
covered world-of the Apostle's Creed, but," says Brother Canon J. W. Hors-
ley, (page 21, Transactions, Quatuor Coronati Lodge, volume xxvi, 1913), "I
thought until lately that a hellyer, that is, a thatcher who covers over with
thatch the sticks of corn, was only North Country. However, lately when
asking who had so well covered a stick close to Detling Church I was told it
was a hellyer from the next village. And in the best dictionary of the Kentish
dialect I find:
•Hele (heel) verb, to cover
•Heal (heel) verb, to hide, to cover anything up; to roof in.
''All right! I'll work Jim; I've only just got this 'ere row o taturs to heal." Hel-
er (hee-ler) substantive. anything which is laid over another: as, for in-
stance, the cover of a thurrick, or wooden drain.
To the above information Brother Doctor Hammond added that in the West
of England, the word "hele" is used at the present time, and its common
pronunciation there and on the moors of the Cornish Country is hale (see
also Heler). From correspondence with Brother Charles E. Funk in regard to
the pronunciation of the word, we learn he is convinced that in most Lodges
until 1750, and perhaps even later than 1800, the words hele, conceal, re-
veal, were perfect rhymes pronounced hayl, concayl, revayl, as they would
be in Ireland today, but modern dictionaries give the pronunciation as heel.
To Hail or Hale Mackey's Encyclopedia of Freemasonry
Words In Masonry
Installation:
Stallum was the Late Latin for place, or seat, or proper position, which meaning is preserved in our English “stall.” To “install” therefore means that one has been placed in his seat or station—the "in" meaning here the same as in English. A Masonic installa-tion is a ceremony by which an elected officer is officially placed in the seat to which his brethren have elected him.
From the Secretary—Bro. Martirosyan
For the month of March the Stated Meeting Dinner will be $15 for members. Additionally a second plate for the members spouse is also included. The idea behind this is to encourage members to bring their spouses to dinner so they may meet other spouses. So please Brothers, don’t leave the wives at home!
Glendale #368 F. & A. M.
Meets at 244 N. Maryland Ave., Glendale CA 91206
P.O. Box 329 Glendale, California, 91209
E-Mail: [email protected]
2014 Officers
Master Wor. Nikoul Bilavian (818) 745-3245 [email protected]
S. Warden Wor. Travis Robinson
PM
(805) 217-2636 [email protected]
J. Warden Hrag Bekerian (626) 487-9445 [email protected]
Treasurer Alex Ashjian (626) 354-7272 [email protected]
Secretary Vram Martirosyan (818) 241-9516 [email protected]
Asst
Secretary
Armen Keshmeshian (818) 445-4213 [email protected]
Chaplain John R. Carlton (818) 545-7278 [email protected]
S. Deacon Arman Petrosian (818) 621-4120 [email protected]
J. Deacon Varouj Meneshian (818) 720-7983 [email protected]
Marshal Manvel M. Israyelyan (818) 445-7070
S. Steward Shant Hamamjian (818) 968-6694 [email protected]
J. Steward Andranik Ovsepyan (818) 400-6565 [email protected]
Tiler
Organist Shant Sarkisian (818) 400-3830 [email protected]
Officers
Coach
Wor. Travis Robinson
PM
(805) 217-2636 [email protected]
Candidates
Coach
Alex Meloyan (805)813-6666 [email protected]
Inspector Wor. Jeff Yates PM (818) 568-9756
From the West—Wor. Robinson, PM
From the South—Bro. Bekerian
Masonic Quotes
“I ask of each Mason, of each member, of each brother, that he shall remember ever that there is upon him a peculiar obligation to show himself in every respect a good citizen; for after all, the way he can best do his duty by the ancient order to which he belongs is by reflecting credit upon that order by way in which he performs his duty as a citizen of the United States.” -
Brother Theodore Roosevelt.
Please check the next Trestle Board for the Senior War-
dens message.
Greetings Brethren, in my first article as Junior Warden, it gives
me a great pleasure to extend my warmest congratulations to
all the newly installed officers for the ensuing masonic year. The future of our
lodge is looking very bright and strong. I would like to thank each and every
single one of you for your trust in my knowledge and leadership skills, and
with your support; I will work hard to the best of my abilities to fulfill my du-
ties this year as Junior Warden of the lodge. It is a pleasure and honor for me
to be installed as Junior Warden of the lodge and I am looking forward to a
great year as well as supporting the Master and Senior Warden in their work.
The year before us will provide us with numerous opportunities and great
chances to work hard and improve our skills in the craft and provide the lodge
with the necessary direction to become more skilled and better masons. The
questions we all need to ask ourselves and each other are: Where will we be
in a year? Where will the Lodge be in a year? Let’s all choose to make it the
best year yet, and recognize that each and every single one of us has the pow-
er to make it happen.
2014 Installation of Officers
2014 Installation of Officers
Febuary & March Birthdays
Manvel Israyelyan
Gevork Asatryan
Shant Hamamjian
Robert Logan
John Sargavakian
James Schrage
Miles Wollam
Arsen Stepanyan
Robert Langford
Kevin Papirian
Robert Adams
Karnik Dovletian
Noubar Ishak
Donald Estrin
Derrick Paine
Charles Pruett
John Rundles
Gevork Tatarian
George Aposhian
Brad Guske
William Russell
Sogomon Ayrapetyan
Nazaret Dermendjian
Edward Buchak
Stephen Heinitz
John Conry
Joe Camejo
Messrob Bezdjan
Hanri Khachikian
Alvin Lardner
Greg Mkrchyan
Vigen Shahbazian
Hovsep Demirdjian
George Nshanyan
Floyd Stubbs
Harry Arzouman
Norman Mandel
Hugh Polkinghorne
Walter Richardson
John Sherry
Vagan Khachatryan
Eugene Mitz
Alvy Moore
Bernard Williams
Vernon Swanson
Albert Mac Bride
Emil Menasserian
Sevada Vartanian
Melvin Lockwood
Louis Hayward
Jack Carlson
Don Derrington
Frank Gullihur
David Henderson
Joseph Marashlian
Frank Drake
Ronald Allen
Paul Brown
Malcolm Mochan
James Spencer
Nick Avakyan
Charles Feibush
Jack Sells
Albert Tenorio
Gerald Avila
Craig Missakian
Roy Strauss
Paul Tayrien
Manuel Dubon
Robin Hambley
William Wentzel
Calendar
Feb-4 6:30pm Stated Meeting Dinner
7:30pm Stated Meeting
Feb-11 7:30pm OSI practice
Feb-18 7:30pm OSI
Feb-25 7:30pm Admin Tuesday
Mar-4 6:30pm Dinner
7:30pm Stated Meeting
Mar-11 7:30pm TBA
Mar-18 7:30pm possible 1st degree in Armenian
Mar-25 7:30pm Admin Tuesday
Apr-1 6:30pm Dinner
7:30pm Stated Meeting
For the most updated list of upcoming dates and events
please visit
www.GlendaleMasons.com or
facebook.com/GlendaleMasons
Board of Trustees: TBD Hall Association: TBD
Committee Meetings
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