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Glendale Lodge #368 April—May 2014
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who
gets the credit..” - Bro. Harry S. Truman
From the East—Wor. Bilavian
This being the monthly informant of
April, I will review the highlights of
the previous month. March was very
busy, full of exciting and memorable
events.
Masonic service bureau breakfast
honoring MW John L Cooper III was
on March 2nd. As every year, Glen-
dale Lodge was well represented by
some of our past masters as well as
EA’s. Thank you all for taking time and
attending this annual event.
On the 11th, James Barros was initiat-
ed and it gives me a great pleasure to
call him Brother, I am sure that I
speak on behalf of all the members of
Glendale lodge, Bro. Barros, welcome
to Glendale lodge.
The 18th was a very special day at
Glendale lodge, for those who were
present I am sure will agree with me.
We had the members of Ararat Lodge
# 848 confirm the first degree in Ar-
menian language to our member; Bro.
Ayvazy was initiated as an Entered
Apprentice Mason. This was a histori-
cal event for both Glendale Lodge as
well as Ararat Lodge, for it was the
first time that Ararat Lodge confirms
the degree to a Bro. who is not a
member of their lodge. I would like to
thank Ararat lodge for accepting our
invitation, as well as to the entire de-
gree teem, they were well rehearsed,
which made it even more impressive
to watch.
Bro. David Darzian conferred the de-
gree upon the candidate, it was flaw-
less and smooth. Bro. Nejdik Var-
tanian was the chaplain and he per-
formed his part like a pro. Wor. Abra-
ham Topdjian’s delivery of the charge
was impressive. Above all, the lecture
which was delivered by Bro. Grigor
Techirian was so impressive that,
even those who did not understand
the language were mesmerized by his
delivery and the flow.
Again my sincere gratitude to Ararat
lodge and to its members for making
that night one to be remembered for
many years.
I would also like to take this oppor-
tunity to thank all those who attend-
ed, and those who assisted me in
making this night a success, specially
our JR warden, Bro. Hrag Bekerian for
arranging the refreshment, Bro. Alex
From the East—Wor. Bilavian (cont.)
Ashjian for preparing the gifts, and
Wor. Hamlet Khatcherian for making
all the arrangements for that night.
25th was Administrative Tuesday,
besides the executive committee
having their monthly meeting, Wor.
Karazian and Bro. Petrosyan, as al-
ways, were busy outside teaching
and reviewing the CMC with our
members, for that I would like to
thank them and extend my apprecia-
tion.
April 8th is 2nd degree practice, to
all the officers please be at our prac-
tice nights to brush off on your work,
or to learn advanced chairs, and I
expect to see all the officers at Bur-
bank Lodge #416 on April 17th,
which is the district OSI. All Fellow
Crafts and Master Masons are wel-
comed!
The April Stated Meeting is on the
1st, as a reminder, the cost of the
dinner is $15, and all ladies are
guests of the lodge.
A Lecture titled “The Light, The dark
and The Color” will be presented by
Bro. Takvor Salmastyan on April 22th
I’d like to see you all at the lodge, in
support of our Brother.
The rest of the year is also full of
different events, to mention a few,
and ask you to mark your calendar
so you want miss them, are as fol-
lows:
In April 15 we will be visiting
Glendale Unified school district,
please make every effort to join
us.
May 13th Presentation by York
Right Bodies on “History Of The
York Rite”
June 24th, Very Wor. Allen L.
Casalou, The grand secretary of
the Grand Lodge of California
will be our Guest speaker
And finally this year instead of
August, the lodge will be Dark in
July.
I wish you all Happy Easter and hope
to see you all at the lodge at our
April Stated Meeting.
Fraternally Nikoul Bilavian
Harry S. Truman Thirty-third President of the United States (32nd to serve, alt-hough officially designated as the 33rd). b. May 8, 1884 at Lamar, Mo. Educated in the public schools of Independence, Mo. and a student at the Kansas City School of Law. He was with the Kansas City Star in 1901; a timekeeper for a rail-road contractor in 1902; with National Bank of Commerce and Union National Bank, Kansas City, 1903-05; and operat-ed the family farm from 1906-17. In WWI he served from first lieutenant to major with Battery F, and later Battery D, of the 129th Field Artillery, 35th Division, par-ticipating in the Vosges operations, St. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne offensives of the A.E.F. He was discharged as a major in May, 1919. Since 1927 he has been a colonel of Field Artillery in the reserves. Following the war he was a judge of the Jackson Co. Court (1922-24), and presid-ing judge, 1926-34. He was elected U.S. senator from Missouri in 1934, and reelected in 1940. In the senate he dis-tinguished himself as chairman of a spe-
cial committee to investigate the nation-al defense program. On Nov. 7, 1944 he was elected vice president of the United States on the ticket with Franklin D. Roo-sevelt, q.v., taking office on Jan. 20, 1945. On the death of Roosevelt, he suc-ceeded him to the presidency on April 12, 1945. He was elected president in 1948, and served the term of 1949-53. Thus, he served two terms in that office, less approximately three months. He is the author of Years of Decisions, Vol. I in 1955, and the companion volume, Years of Trial and Hope, Vol. II, 1956. Truman petitioned Belton Lodge No. 450, Grandview, Mo. on Dec. 21, 1908 when 24 years old. He was elected on Feb. 9, 1909, and received his first degree that evening. He was passed March 9, and raised March 18, 1909. The following year he accepted the station of junior warden, but in 1911, several members of Belton Lodge separated to establish a new lodge—Grandview Lodge No. 618, and Truman was honored by being made the first master. Later, he served as sec-
Wor. Harry S. Truman, PGM
On this date in 1959, Harry S. Truman (U.S. President 1945-1953) received his 50 year ma-
sonic award.
Wor. Harry S. Truman, PGM (cont.) retary of the lodge, and in 1917, when leaving for WWI, he was again master of the lodge. After the war he was appoint-ed district deputy grand lecturer, and district deputy grand master of the 59th Masonic district. He remained in these stations from 1925 until his appointment in the grand lodge line in 1930. In that year he became Grand Pursuant through the appointment of Grand Master John H. Trumbull William R. Gentry of St. Lou-is. In Sept., 1940 when the Grand Lodge met, Truman was running for U.S. sena-tor and the political situation was heat-ed. Notwithstanding, he was elected Grand Master, and a few weeks later, U.S. senator. During his year as Grand Master, Congress was in session most of the time, yet he found time to make individual visits to 19 Mo. lodges; six district associations; both conferences of district deputies; presented several 50-year buttons; visited the grand lodges of Texas and District of Columbia; attended an anniversary gathering of Philadelphia Lodge, and in Jefferson City attended a Masonic dinner at which Gov. Forrest C. Donnell, grand senior warden, was pre-sent and 128 lodges were represented by 394 Master Masons, including 80 members of the Missouri legislature. Representing Mo. at the Washington conference of Grand Masters in Feb., 1941, he presented Missouri's check for $1,900 to the Washington Memorial at Alexandria. It was also during his year that the Missouri Lodge of Research was established and both the dispensation and charter were signed by him. Long interested in the research lodge, he served as its master in 1950, while presi-dent of the United States. In this capaci-ty he secured the offices of the Library of Congress, and furnished the research
lodge with copies of the vast amount of reference cards on Freemasonry that are on file in that institution. He again aided the Missouri Lodge of Research by writing the fore-word for Volume I of 10,000 Famous Freemasons, published in 1957. While president, he was never too busy to go out of his way to render a Masonic ser-vice. During this period he raised more than 30 candidates with the strict injunc-tion that no publicity was to come from his participation. His capitulars degrees were received in Orient Chapter No. 102 of Kansas City on Nov. 11 and 15, 1919; the cryptic degrees in Shekinah Council No. 24, Kansas City on Dec. 18, 1919; the orders of knighthood in Palestine Com-mandary No. 17 of Independence on June 7 and 15, 1923. His Scottish Rite degrees were received in Kansas City, Jan. 24, March 27, 30 and 31, 1917. On Oct. 19, 1945, he received the 33° (SJ) at Washington,_ D.C. while president. Be-came a member of Ararat Shrine Tem-ple, Kansas City, April 2, 1917. He was orator of that body in 1932, marshal in 1933, and second ceremonial master in 1934. Became member of Royal Order of Jesters, Kansas City Court No. 54 on Dec. 18, 1931. He is also a member of Mary Conclave, Red Cross of Constantine, Kan-sas City. He is the grand representative of the Grand Lodge of Scotland near the Grand Lodge of Missouri. Mrs. Truman, the former Bess Wallace, is the daughter of David W. Wallace, who was grand commander of the Grand Commandary, K.T. of Missouri in 1892. His sister, Mary Jane Truman, is past grand matron of the Order of Eastern Star of Missouri.
Ladies Appreciation
Brunch
May 10th @ 11 AM
Glendale Masonic Hall
RSVP with Bro. Armen by leaving a message 818.445.4213 or
Brunch cooked and served by the Brethren of Glendale Lodge in
appreciation of our special ladies.
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 Mike 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) 400-3730 [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
Special Lecture on April 22nd
“The Light, the Dark, and the Color”
Conversation with Bro. Tak Salmastyan
7:30 PM, April 22, 2014
Glendale Masonic Lodge # 368
244 Maryland, Glendale, CA 91206
Bro. Tak is a Fine Artist, Author, award winning Director, Filmmaker, Drawing
and Painting Instructor.
His animated short film “The Clone and the Tree of Life” with several
other nominations and official selections in domestic and international film
festivals won the 2012 Best Animation at the IFS (International Filmmakers
Showcase) and 2012 Award of Excellence from Canada Film Festivals.
Bro. Tak’s book “Window to Freedom, Tak Salmastyan Paintings” is
about human thoughts and feelings expressed in paintings. In his book, as
an artist Bro. Tak states the following: “I am the King of Spiritual Hooligans
without any borders and limitations a dreaming voyager celebrating love,
misery, light and darkness of the universe via a vivid imagination, spurious
style and striking color. Realist, surrealist, socialist, cubist, capitalist, impres-
sionist, modernist or conformist, none of this define me other than Artist”.
More about Bro. Tak can be seen at the following website:
www.TakSalmastyan.com
May Birthdays
Karen Petrosyan
Charles English
Michael Torossian
Sheridan Youngman
Ken Zerehi
Richard Lopez
Richard Marston
John Owens
Gordon Tuck
Roland Altunyan
Carlo Adiamanian
Oran Spencer
Wesley Hickman
Taren Robinson
Denison Baldwin
Mark Chestney
Shahe Shishoian
W.a. Sturdivant
Raffi Cutujian
Guy Hutchinson
Andrew Tan
Trevor Saliba
Samuel Tatevossian
Robert Meissner
Earl Stephens
Nebuchadne Garcia
Artern Karapetyan
Wesley Ross
Dick Taylor
Harold Smith
Arbi Grigorian
Kenneth Davis
George Murphy
Sargis Avanesyan
Vigen Abovian
Tigran Nazaretyan
Mario Byrne
Ishkhan Topalian
Rafik Babakhani
Donald Campen
Joe Giocomarra
Albrik Zohrabyan
Kenneth Mohlenkamp
Frank Pepe
In Memorial
Wor. Roy E. Johnson, PM Called From Labor 2/7/14
Calendar
Apr-1 6:30pm Dinner
7:30pm Stated Meeting
Apr-8 7:30pm 2nd Degree Practice
Apr-15 7:30pm 2nd Degree
Apr-17 7:30pm OSI at Burbank Lodge
Apr-22 7:30pm Bro. Takvor Salmastyan
“The Light, The Dark And The Color”
Apr-29 7:30pm Admin meeting, Social night
May-6 6:30pm Dinner
7:30pm Stated Meeting
Inspector official visit
May-10 11:00am Ladies Appreciation Brunch
May-13 7:30pm Guest Speakers—York Rite History
May-18 7:30pm OSI at Magnolia Lodge
May-20 7:30pm TBD (GlendaleMasons.com/calendar/)
May-27 7:30pm Admin meeting, Social night
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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