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MASONIC BODIESof the
ONONDAGACAYUGA - TOMPKINS
CORTLAND - MADISONOSWEGO DISTRICTS
Scottish Rite News - Page 9
Worshipful Master Timothy S. Hansen, RW Richard Nuhn and DDGM Jack G.Dombrowski, interpreting the certificate for Brother Nuhn. Photo by George A.Reed
On Tuesday, September18, at Seneca Lodge No. 160,RW Richard Nuhn receiveda certificate honoring hisfifty years of membership inFreemasonry. The Grand
Lodge of New York suppliedthe certificate and pin, whichwere presented by OnondagaDistrict Deputy Grand Mas-ter Jack D. Dombrowski.
Brother Richard Nuhn isa Past District Deputy and isactive in this jurisdiction. Hecaters many meals for areaLodges and Masonic events.
Nuhn celebrates 50 years
Annual GM Day at TappanThe Grand Master’s Day
at Tappan is an annual eventheld at the historic DeWintHouse in Tappan, NY. Builtin 1700, the home was ownedby Johannes DeWint, a pa-triot during the Revolution,and it served as headquar-ters for General Washingtonat times during the war. Theproperty was acquired by theGrand Lodge in 1932 and ispreserved as a historic site.
During this year’s visitGrand Master William M.Sardone presented (most sig-nificantly in front of theGeorge Washington bust) theprestigious Chancellor Rob-
ert R Livingston Award toRW Brother G. StephenGetman, President of theMasonic Hall & HomeTrustees.
Chancellor Livingstonadministered the Oath of
Animate and inanimate objects, from the left, are RW G. Stephen Getman,President of the Trustees; Chancellor Robert R Livingston Medal; GeorgeWashington, partially obscured; MW William M. Sardone, Grand Master ofMasons of the State of New York.
Blessings in a Backpack receives $400Lake City Victoria Chapter No. 205 OES, Oswego, participated in support of alocal community organization. RW Nancy J. Costello, Treasurer, is on the leftand RW Cynthia J. Sanders, Worthy Matron, stands right as they present acheck for $400 to Missy Russell. Missy is coordinator of the local Blessingsin a Backpack project, sponsored by the Church of the Resurrection, Oswego.The donation was made possible by the Chapter, the Past Matrons’ Associa-tion and individual members. Photo by Natalie J. WoodallOswego Masons
erect rampOn September 29 mem-
bers of Callimachus LodgeNo. 369, including ScottPecoy, a volunteer withARISE, and brethren fromother Oswego DistrictLodges put up a handi-capped-accessible ramp fora non-Mason in Phoenix.Nine laborers worked hardand knocked out this rampproject in about six hours.(See also Callimachus col-umn and photo.)
The labor was donatedby WM David Van Auken,
Scott Colbert, Mickey Carey,Kevin Dix, Aaron Kruth, PatFasulo, Dave Yerdon andJoshua Kruth. This is the sec-ond ramp to be installed bythe brethren of OswegoCounty. Take pride in yourDistrict, brethren, and comelend a hand on the nextproject.
Oswego Charities cranks upfor annual dance
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The Oswego MasonicCharities Dinner Dance hasbeen held in January for thelast three years. It is comingup on that time of year again.This year’s event is at TheTavern on the Lock in Fulton,NY. The date of the event is
January 12, 2019. There willbe a cash-bar social time at6:30 p.m. and a buffet-styledinner at 7:00. The enter-tainment to follow will beprovided by Thomas Gilboof Par-K Chrysler Jeep inFulton. The company also
provides a donation to theevent to match the cost ofMr. Gilbo’s performance.
There will be silent-auc-tion items, bucket style
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Mentor
Mentor . . . see page 4
Hello, Brethren! We all need mentoring at somepoint, and not just newly inducted Brothers. I was goingto write about two excellent opportunities: the Netflixseries “Inside the Freemasons” (about the Grand Lodgeof England), and the international conference “Freema-sons in the Transatlantic World” that took place at theGeorge Washington Memorial in the DC area fromSeptember 14 to 16, past.
Instead, I will write about an excellent article pub-lished in The Builder in 1919 and reproduced in theword last month, about which our Editor fittinglyasked: “whether it has application today.” It was notwritten by John Doe, but by the Grand Master of theGrand Lodge of Iowa.
I believe it is very timely and would provide an
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[email protected] a great success our
District’s Grand Lecturer’sConvention was! We gotright to work in the presenta-tion and discussion of therevised Hiramic Legend. Iam confident that all Broth-ers present took valuable in-formation away from theevent.
In that vein, I look for-ward to the first MDCcourses in the District. As Ihad mentioned early in sum-mer, I will be moving thecourses around the Districtin hopes of being able to getmore Brothers involved bymaking the courses moreconvenient to attend andshorter in duration. To start,I will be holding the firstMDC course on the east sideof the District at FayettevilleMasonic Center on Satur-day, December 15. We willbegin at 9 a.m. I will haveavailable enough Brothers torun all levels of the courseconcurrently that day, so anyBrother in any progress ofthe MDC course will be ableto attend.
Additionally, I would liketo announce that the firstRoad to the East course willbe held on Sunday, January13, beginning at 10:30 a.m.,in order to allow Brothers toattend to their usual religiousduties. The location of thiscourse will be announced inmy December article and Iwill personally contact eachof the currently sitting offic-ers in the District to invitehim to attend. Please donot hesitate to contact meshould you have any ques-tions.
Daniel Campis
Greetings, Brethren! No-vember brings us the monthin which we reflect upon ourlives, count our many bless-ings, and give thanks to theGreat Architect of the Uni-verse for all He has provided.This is also a time we shouldnot forget our Brothers whoare homebound or in ex-tended care facilities. Pleasereach out to these Brothersand share some fellowshipwith them. Also, we shouldnot forget about the widowsor orphans of our Brothers.Please make a visit to theirhomes, call them on thephone or invite them to yoursocial functions. They arestill a part of your Lodge andwe have an obligation tothem.
While we are on the sub-ject of visiting, let us notforget the men and womenwho proudly served ourCountry and are currently inthe local VA Hospitals ornursing facilities. Please joinwith the Masonic War Vet-erans on Thanksgiving morn-ing for their annual visit tothe Syracuse VA Hospital todeliver gift bags and havefellowship with all the pa-tients in the hospital. Thevisit lasts about two hoursand the stories and memo-
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I would like to thank allthe Brothers who attendedthe Grand Lecturer’s Con-vention. We definitely wit-nessed one of the GrandMaster’s new projects, thatof an elevated level of ritual.Thanks go to Grand Lec-turer RW Richard Friedmanand AGLs VW Rick MioriJr. and VW Tim Conoverfor putting on such an en-
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ers who attended the GrandLecturer’s Convention thisyear, especially those whoparticipated in the HiramicLegend exemplification. TheCustodians of the Work havepresented this revised leg-end to the membership foryour review and input. Yourritual team looks forward tohearing from all the Lodges,both praise and criticisms.
Let me be the first to con-gratulate all the Potts Awardwinners and best attendancewinner. As a reminder, theTraveling Gavel and Travel-ing Trowel competitions startover at the close of the con-vention. This is a way toentice you, my Brothers, totravel and visit other Lodges
and your Brothers in the Dis-trict. These two items haven’tseemed to change homeslately, so let’s get out thereand meet as many Brotherswe can.
As the Official Visits con-tinue throughout the nextcouple of months, please getus your Degree and rehearsalschedule. It’s our intentionto make as many as we can,if not all. Your ritual team ishere to assist in any way wecan, so please don’t hesitateto contact either one of uswith any question you mayhave, no matter how trivial itmay seem.
Tim ConoverRick Miori
Brethren, as the end ofOctober is near we look to
what’s ahead, but not too far.I want to thank all the Broth-
gaging and informative con-vention. We all look forwardto taking this elevated levelof ritual and putting it intopractice in our Lodges.
I thank the WorshipfulMaster of Konosioni LodgeNo. 950 for the invitation totheir annual Table Lodge.The fellowship with the manyBrothers and potential can-didates was amazing.
Another impressive eventwas the annual Tri-Meetingof Memorial Lodge 648,Tully Lodge 896 and NortripLodge 998. Seeing the Broth-ers of three different Lodgesworking together in harmonyreally showed what brother-hood is about.
I would like to recognizeand thank the young ladiesfrom Bal-On-Sen Trianglewho have been accompany-ing me on my Official Visits.Their patiotism is truly evi-dent by the dedication andcomittment they displaywhile putting on a solemnflag-folding presentation.
With charity being impor-tant to our Fraternity, pleaseremember that currentlythere are two major solicita-tions happening. The first isthe Brotherhood Fund withits many different causes todonate to; the second beingthe Greenhouse Project.Please get your BrotherhoodFund donations in and pleasefill the Greenhouse donationboxes. Donate early, oftenand generously so we cankeep up the good works of
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Fayetteville, N.Y. 130661st & 3rd Tues., 7:30 p.m.
315/637-6431WM Chuck Toombs
Skaneateles 522 (ON)13 E. Genesee St.
Skaneateles, N.Y. 131521st & 3rd Wed., 7:30 p.m.
315/685-8297
WM Mark Kulik,315/278-0010,
[email protected] Earl Tuttle,
315/673-2213
WM Thomas E. Warnock,315/254-3338,
Konosioni 950 (ON)116 E. Genesee St.
Fayetteville, N.Y. 130661st & 3rd. Thurs., 7:30 p.m.
315/637-6431
Crossroads UnitedLodge 93 F.&A.M.
780 Woods Rd.Solvay, N.Y. 13209
1st & 3rd Thurs., 7:30 p.m.315/487-0596
WM Dan Kobasa,315-430-5436,
Secy Bob Eustace Jr.,315/481-3210,
Morning Star 524 (ON)46 E. Main St.
Marcellus, N.Y. 131081st & 3rd Mon., 7:30 p.m.
315/673-2561
WM John Bromka,315/567-5697
Nortrip 998 (ON)116 East Genesee St.
Fayetteville, N.Y. 130662nd & 4th Thurs., 7:30 p.m.
315/637-6431
WM Dick Gilbert,315/656-8471;
Greetings, Brothers. As Iwrite this, the days are start-ing to get colder and thenights longer. This is my fa-vorite time of year.
The Skaneateles Lodgewill continue its efforts tomake the meetings as effi-cient as possible and savethe real discussions for meal-time or during the fellow-ship afterwards. So far, itseems to be working, as wecontinue to build on thestrong foundation from prioryears by having a meal be-fore each meeting.
The meeting on Novem-ber 7 will feature a presenta-tion on the Scottish Rite byBrother Earl Tuttle. Themeeting will consist of a din-ner served at 6:30 and Lodgeat 7:30.
The November 21 meet-ing will be the Official Visit.This will be an exciting for-mat as it will be a joint meet-ing with the Morning StarLodge Brothers. The meet-ing will be held at theSkaneateles Lodge with din-ner being served at 6:30, asusual. The meeting prom-ises to be a fun one. Theevening will be catered byHilltop Restaurant, so pleasebring an appetite.
My wishes for a veryhappy Thanksgiving go toyou and your family. Taketime this month to think aboutthe many blessings whichsurround us and our fami-lies.
November 6 will featurea presentation on our invest-ments. Please join us for aninteresting and informativepresentation. A sausage-with-peppers-and-onionsdinner will be served at 6:30p.m. The cost is $10. Pleasemake your reservation withCraig at 315/446-0625 [email protected] by Sun-day, November 4.
We will serve a Thanks-giving dinner of turkey andall the trimmings on Tues-day, November 20. Pleasecome and break bread withyour brethren at 6:30 p.m..This cost is $10 and reserva-tions are a must, through yourSecretary Craig: 315/446-0625 or [email protected] Sunday, November 18.
During this time ofthanksgiving, please remem-ber the Brotherhood Fund.W Mark Appleby will beaccepting your donations.May God bless you and yourfamily. See you in Lodge.
Chuck Toombs
Greetings, Brothers. Ihope you all had a great Oc-tober and a very enjoyableHalloween. Thanks go toeveryone who attended theTable Lodge. It was a greatevent and ran very smoothly.
Please join us on Novem-ber 15 for our DDGM Offi-cial Visit. It will also be a bitof a Homecoming for ourown VW Rick Miori. I amhoping we will have full side-lines that night.
We will also be havingour annual St. John’s Feaston December 20 at 6:30 p.m.Family and friends are in-vited to this event. The Lodgewill provide the main coursesbut if you can bring a dish ordessert it would be appreci-ated.
Thank you. We hope tosee you soon at Lodge.
Tom Warnock
Greetings from the East!Thanks to all the Brotherswho helped make the high-way cleanup on October 8 agreat success. We were donein just over an hour. Manyhands make light work.
As per a longstanding tra-dition we hosted a Tri-Meet-ing with Memorial No. 648and Tully No. 896 on Octo-ber 11. It was a great eveningof true Masonic fellowship.
Our annual Widows andWives Program atBarbagallo’s Restaurant onOctober 21 was well attendedand enjoyed by all. A specialthank-you goes to MarkLaFountain for once againorganizing this event.
October 25 was the dateof our Official Visit by JackG. Dombrowski DDGM andhis team. The message ofMW William M. Sardonewas well received by all ofthose in attendance. Also,thanks go to all Brothers fromNortrip 998 who were able
Greetings, Brethren. Oc-tober was a busy and funmonth for our Lodge. OurOfficial Visit, our TableLodge and intriguing presen-tations by various brethrenon Masonry in America wereenjoyed by all in attendance.
For the month of Novem-ber: on the 1st we will haveour usual fare at 6:30 p.m.and a short business meetingstarting at 7:30 p.m. Thiswill be followed by a shortMasonic discussion on mem-bership.
On Thursday, November15 we will have a Thanks-giving-style dinner at 6:30p.m., followed by a specialpresentation on Masonry byRW Bil Vassily. The dinnerwill be provided by our localChapter of Eastern Star for$12. Please reserve to me orour Secretary by Monday,November 12 if you plan onattending dinner.
For December our focusis on family and helping thosemost in need. We will holdour last business meeting onDecember 6 before takingour two-month break for thewinter. We will hold a holi-day dinner for the brethrenand their families on Thurs-day, December 20. Therewill be no business meeting,rather, an open event. Infor-mation on the dinner’s loca-tion and further details wasprovided in a mailing to thebrethren in late October; thisalso contained a dues notice
and my Trestleboard for theyear.
In previous articles I men-tioned we were working oncontacting our members dueawards. The process is un-derway. You will be gettinga call from us soon to ar-range a time best to presentyou with your award. Wewill also be hosting a wid-ows luncheon in mid-April,where awards will be pre-sented. Your attendance isencouraged. Our youngermembers are eager to con-nect with their older breth-ren. More information onthis important event will beprovided in future issuescloser toward the spring.
It’s getting cold out thereand the sniffles are comingaround. If you are in distressor know of another Brotherwho is, please let us know.See you at Lodge.
Dan Kobasa
to get out and support theGrand Lecturer’s Conven-tion on October 26.
On November 8 we willhave a tiled meeting at 7:30p.m. with a short program tobe included. The evening willbegin with food and fellow-ship at 6:30 p.m. There willbe no meeting on November22, due to the Thanksgivingholiday. Please check youremail often for any upcom-ing changes made to theoriginal Trestleboard.
As we transition into theholiday season, I would re-mind everyone to be thank-ful for everything you have,especially your family andyour health. Please try to findthe time to visit or call some-one you know who may notbe as fortunate. See you onthe level.
Dick Gilbert
Please keep all of our sickand distressed Brothers inyour hearts and prayers. Re-member that “the wages of aMason are in the dealingswith one another.”
Mark Kulik
Greetings, Brethren.We’re up and running! Oc-tober started with a surpriseRed Cross Blood Drive,thanks to W Larry Spencer,who came to the rescue whenthe Red Cross lost theirscheduled Marcellus venue.I’m glad we were able tohelp on three days’ notice.We had a good few hours ofmeeting and greeting and theRed Cross had success.(Whatever was the cause ofthe venue change, we couldhear bagpipes across the vil-lage at noon, when we usu-ally hear a carillon ringing.)W Jerry Pashley organized aclean-up October 12 for Rte.174 along Nine-Mile Creek.We had a First Degree prac-tice on October 9. Thanks goto W Dick Lathrop for com-ing out of retirement to helpus with his strong voice. OurFirst Degree will be post-poned due to candidate cir-cumstances. We’re lookingat December 3 at this point.
November starts with apublic activity: an AntiquesAppraisal on Saturday, No-vember 3. This is organizedby W Jim Mooney, whomade a lively event of thislast year. This year’s profes-sional appraiser will be EdBecker. Ed is an expert in allmanner of antiques, as wit-nessed by the collection athis shop in Fayetteville. Theprice for evaluations is $4for one item or $7 for two.
November 13 begins ourwork for the OES Pie Sale(see OES article). Wednes-day, November 21 is a jointOfficial Visit and dinner atSkaneateles No. 522 (whichwill replace our November19 communication).
On Thursday, November29 we will host a Commu-nity Open House to coincidewith the annual MarcellusVillage and Town ChristmasTree lightings. Yours trulywill give a concert of ancient
Christmas music with strangeold instruments and sing-along caroling choruses. Letus deck us with “ugly sweat-ers” and come along and sing.This runs from 6:15 to 7:15p.m.
Show your appreciationsto all our veterans. And havea happy Thanksgiving.
John Bromka
Liverpool Syracuse 501 (ON)608 Oswego St.
Liverpool, N.Y. 130881st & 3rd Mon., 7:30 p.m.
315/451-7524WM Jorge Luis Romeu,
Hello, Brethren. We hadour Veterans and Sojourn-ers Open Meeting with adelicious catered dinner,which was well attended.RW John Fuller gave a verynice account of the monu-ment that the Grand Lodgeof Pennsylvania erected tothe Masons at the site of theBattle of Gettysburg.
Our second tiled meetinghosted RW Gary Heinmiller,Grand Historian of theGLNY and our Lodge Sec-retary, in a talk titled, “APerspective of Craft Sym-bols of the Lodge.” BrotherHeinmiller founded andserves as the Archivist forthe Onondaga and OswegoMasonic Districts HistoricalSocieties [OMDHS]; he wasthe Charter Area 11 Histo-rian for the Grand Lodge andserved for twenty-four years.Read more on RWHeinmiller in http://www.omdhs.syracusemasons.com/content/about-founder.There was a dinner served,to enjoy fellowship.
We had the District Con-vention on Friday, October26 in Memorial Center. Asusual, it offered a great op-portunity to learn more aboutthe ritual changes introducedrecently in the GLNY and tomeet new Brothers fromother District Lodges.
In November we will havethe Concordant Bodies night.We have invited three dis-tinguished Brothers of ourLodge who belong to theScottish Rite, the York bod-ies and the Shriners to talkabout their organization. Wewill serve a dinner. Our sec-ond meeting will develop a“Walk About the Lodge” to
refresh us on this importanttopic.
At our first meeting inDecember we will have aFirst Degree, conferred byJunior Warden JamesColditz. He has started con-tacting Lodge members topractice for this importantevent.
There is an excellent se-ries in Netflix titled “Insidethe Freemasons.” It featuresmany interviews and storiesof brethren from England andpictures of the Grand Lodgeand other Masonic Templesthere.
I invite again all ourLodge Brothers to contactus with their ideas, sugges-tions, criticisms etc. And docome to Lodge, join a com-mittee and participate ac-tively in our Masonic work.
Jorge Luis Romeu
Jordan 386 (ON)14 North Main St.
Jordan, N.Y. 130801st & 3rd Mon., 7:30 p.m.
315/689-3455WM Robert Kimberly,[email protected]
My Brethren, we had agood month here in Jordan.On September 29 we hadour Harvest Dinner. The din-ner went very well, sellingout early and becoming oneof our better dinners in theyear, as far as fundraisinggoes.
We also had Brother An-drew Egressy speak to us onthe “Brotherhood of theBread” program. We foundthis a worthwhile program;however, it may be a bit toobig for a smaller communitysuch as Jordan. We will beapproaching a few of ourneighboring Lodges to see ifthey would like to go in onthis with us.
By the time this articlecomes out we will have at-tended a Table Lodge atSkaneateles and the GrandLecturer’s Convention. Weat Jordan Lodge thank ourBrothers in Skaneateles forthe invitation and fellowship.
We had a Second Degreeon October 29 for three ofour Entered ApprenticeBrothers. On November 5we will receive our OfficialVisit. Dinner will be at 6:30and the meeting at 7:30.
Thanks, Brothers. I hopeto see you all soon at Lodge.
Robert Kimberly
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Editor’s PrerogativeIn the catacombs
A couple of weeks ago I was privileged to attend aLodge meeting on a Saturday afternoon. It was inWebster, NY and it happened to be the inauguralmeeting of the newly chartered Ecclesia Lodge No.1189. This Lodge is constituted as an Observant Ma-sonry Lodge. Here are a couple of descriptions from ashort paper entitled “Eight Questions on ObservantMasonry: What Came Ye Here To Do?” The author isW Andrew Hammer, Alexandria-Washington No. 22and the publication date is 2015.
“The meaning of the term ‘observant’ is to adhereclosely to the laws and principles of a given thing; ittherefore indicates that enthusiastic, committed Ma-sons are trying to bring out the best practices they canfind from our history, and observe those original inten-tions of the Craft to the best of their ability. Simply put,this is not some other kind of Masonry; it is our ownMasonry as it was intended to be.
…“We should bring back those things that oncewere found in our lodges, and which helped create avery unique, contemplative atmosphere for both thecandidate and the Lodge. Among these are the use ofmusic, the manipulation of light and darkness, the fulland dignified preparation of the candidate, and theclosing charge which so many of our Grand Lodgeshave in our histories, and which forms what is knownamong many brothers today as the ‘Chain of Union’ceremony.
…” The idea is to stimulate and manage the sensoryexperience of the brethren, in the endeavour to createthe sense of uniqueness one expects from a Masonicexperience. Here again, there is nothing strange aboutemploying the senses in a Masonic meeting. Our ritualsteach the importance of each of those senses exten-sively; to not employ them in our meetings is the greaterneglect and error. To refuse the restoration of awe toour rituals is to refuse to acknowledge our own heritageand history, and to deny the proper place and applica-tion of the pillar of Beauty to the Lodge.”
There were eleven of us, four guests. We came intoa darkened Lodge room as the musician attended to asolemn background piece. The officers entered single-file, led by the Junior Deacon with an enormous sword.The procession moved to the East, where the Worship-ful Master and Secretary took their places, and thenaround to the West to deposit the Senior Warden.Proceeding again Eastward, the Junior Warden wasseated, then the Senior Deacon and finally the JuniorDeacon took his place.
West of the altar were arranged tables in a horseshoewith eleven seats and an electric candle at each place.The Lodge remained dark. I don’t remember incensebut there may have been, and my other senses wereoverwhelmed. On account of the darkness (at 3:30 inthe afternoon), and the fact of the overlarge sword, Icould easily presume the space to be occupied—wayback in the corners and around the edges—by shadowyfigures in dark robes with hoods. Think, Dan Brown.That’s what I mean about catacombs. But solemn, notspooky. You could imagine being on the ground floorat the building of Rosslyn Chapel.
The opening ritual was meticulous and precise. Weimmediately went to the tables and took up the specialbusiness at hand: discussion of an assigned reading onthe issues of masculinity, maleness and the develop-ment of the boy into the man. Discussion took this form,and I recommend it to any Lodge of inquiry: Our hostintroduced the subject and invited the SW to respond,whereupon, he lit his electric candle and offered histhoughts. When anyone was compelled to contribute helit his own candle and waited to be recognized. Fromtime to time there were six or seven beaming lights onthe table.
The experience was profound. The Lodge was im-pressive and the emphasis was on solemn; but theconversation was deep, thoughtful, serious,unashamedly personal and intense. I knew two Broth-ers going in; I met eight new friends.
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Phone 315-246-0413
our Fraternity.The Official Visit sched-
ule for November is JordanLodge on November 5, Ft.Brewerton Lodge on No-vember 9, Konosioni Lodgeon November 15, SenecaRiver Lodge on November20 (at Liverpool), andSkaneateles/Morning Star onNovember 21 at Skaneateles.Memorial Lodge will receivetheir visit on December 27.
Brethren, RW DanCampis, VW Tim Conover,VW Rick Miori and I are
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Presentation of Old GloryMasonic War Vets presented Old Glory during the Grand Master’s visit to Tappan’s DeWint House. Secondfrom left is Scriba Brother Carl Hoyt Sr., who will advance to the position of leadership of the Grand Postnext year.
Annual GM Day from page 1 . . .Obligation to the newlyelected George Washingtonon the steps of Federal Hallin New York City. He em-ployed the Holy Bible fromthe altar of, and still cher-ished by, St. John’s LodgeNo. 1. The Chancellor was along-serving Grand Masterand signed the charter ofmany early Lodges in NewYork State.
Another part of the cel-ebration was conducted by
the Grand Post of the Ma-sonic War Veterans, whichpresented the Colors for theopening. Scriba Brother CarlHoyt Sr. is a member of theGrand Post, 1st Lt. Generalof the Grand Post of Ma-sonic War Vets of New YorkGrand Lodge. Next year hewill be head of the war vetsfor the entire state. BrotherCarl is second from the left,with three stars on his apron.
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We are looking forwardto visiting and having fel-lowship with all your Lodges.Let us “Build the Future”together as a team and helprestore civility in society.
Jack G. Dombrowski
raffles, 50/50 drawings anddoor prizes for all who re-serve or pre-pay. An ad inthe December word will re-veal a PayPal account foronline payment. Right now,patrons may register at theOswego District Facebookpost, call or text Aaron Kruthat 315/416-3101 or JoshuaKruth at 315/256-7783 oremail the Pulaski Lodge [email protected].
We do need reservations,as this is the fourth year and
only year one was not a sell-out. The room can hold onlyeighty people and accommo-dated seventy-five last year.Since Aaron and Joshuastarted this event they haveraised over $3500 for thecharity and they would liketo do more than $1000 thisyear.
Mentor from page 1 . . .
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excellent vehicle for a livelydiscussion in our Lodges. Iwill simply quote some of itscontent, leaving the readerto judge for himself.
“[Returning WWI sol-diers] will find some institu-tion which is lagging behindthe times, failing to live up toits possibilities. (…) They
will discard it and build anew one, (…) or they willstep into the places of lead-ership, and force it to be-come efficient.”
“Their first question (…)will not be what have youdone? but what can you do?They will not listen to plati-tudes. (…) They will not be
satisfied with mere growth.”“What are your prin-
ciples? (…) What will youdo to make those principleseffective?”
“Great numbers of newrecruits have swamped uswith ritualistic work, mak-ing necessary the drafting ofevery officer for that alone,(…) consecrating ourselvesto mere mechanical memo-rizing of a ritual, (…) preach-ing principles, living toomuch in a dead past, andwasting our opportunity tobecome a vital force, work-ing as an institution for thegood of mankind.”
“Masonry is a livingforce, and not a dead fossil.(…) Apply our age-old prin-ciples to modern conditions,interpreting the educational
ideals of our Second degreein terms of our twentieth cen-tury life, (…) we have notbeen the active, positiveforce in the world.”
“The activities of thelodge (…) take too little ac-count of civic duty, to whichwe are pledged in our obli-gations. (…) The world cred-its us with a far greater influ-ence than we really possess.(…) The real challenge to usis that we prove the worth ofthat fraternity”.
“The cry of the hour inthe nation is for leadership.(…) Masonry has a contri-bution of infinite value tomake to America.”
As a Mason, and as animmigrant myself, I am pow-erfully moved by this article.
Jorge L. Romeu
Hanshew receives 50-year pinOn Monday, October 8 Yvonne Hanshew was presented a fifty-year pin at Phoenix Elizabeth Chapter 105,Order of the Eastern Star. RW Marylou Colbert and Barbara Foster conducted the ceremony. The ladiespictured, from the left, are Marylou Colbert, honoree Yvonne Hanshew and Barbara Foster. Photo: CarolReed
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From The Builder, October 1919: The ObeliskThe Pharaoh himself
might reasonably expect thathis imposing tomb wouldlong survive the destructionof the less enduring struc-tures in which his nobleswere laid, and that his en-dowments, too, might bemade to outlast those of hisless powerful contemporar-ies. The pyramid as a stableform in architecture has im-pressed itself upon all time.Beneath this vast mountainof stone, as a result of itsmere mass and indestruct-ability alone, the Pharaohlooked forward to the per-manent survival of his body,and of the personality withwhich it was so indissolublyinvolved. Moreover, the ori-gin of the monument, hith-erto overlooked, made it asymbol of the highest sacred-
which we translate“pyramidion,” and the shaftor high base would be with-out significance without it.Thus, when Sesostris I pro-claims to posterity the sur-vival of his name in hisHeliopolis monuments, hesays:
“My beauty shall be re-membered in his house,
My name is thepyramidion and my name isthe lake.”
His meaning is that hisname shall survive on hisgreat obelisks, and in the sa-cred lake which he exca-vated. The king significantlydesignates the obelisk, how-ever, by the name of its pyra-midal summit. Now the longrecognized fact that the obe-lisk is sacred to the sun, car-ries with it the demonstra-tion that it is the pyramidsurmounting the obeliskwhich is sacred to the Sun-god. Furthermore, the sanc-tuary at Heliopolis was earlydesignated the “Benben-house,” that is the“pyramidion-house.” Thesymbol, then, by which thesanctuary of the Sun-templeat Heliopolis was designatedwas a pyramid. Moreover,there was in this same Sun-
ness, rising above the mortalremains of the king, to greetthe Sun, whose offspring thePharaoh was.
The pyramid form maybe explained by an examina-tion of the familiar obeliskform. The obelisk, as is com-monly known, is a symbolsacred to the Sun-god. So faras I am aware, however, littlesignificance has heretoforebeen attached to the fact thatthe especially sacred portionof the obelisk is the pyrami-dal apex with which it is sur-mounted. An obelisk is sim-ply a pyramid upon a loftybase which has indeed be-come the shaft. … This py-ramidal top is the essentialpart of the monument andthe significant symbol whichit bore. The Egyptians calledit a benben (or benbenet),
temple a pyramidal objectcalled a “ben,” presumablyof stone standing in the“Phoenix-house” and uponthis pyramidal object the Sun-god in the form of a Phoenixhad in the beginning first ap-peared. This object was al-ready sacred as far back asthe middle of the third mil-lennium B.C., and will doubt-less have been vastly older.We may conjecture that itwas one of those sacredstones, which gained theirsanctity in times far back ofall recollection or tradition,like the Ka’aba at Mecca. Inhieroglyphic the Phoenix isrepresented as sitting uponthis object, the form of whichwas a universally sacred sym-bol of the Sun-god. Hence itis that in the Pyramid Textsthe king’s pyramid tomb isplaced under the protectionof the Sun-god in two veryclear chapters, the second ofwhich opens with a refer-ence to the fact that the Sun-god when he created the othergods was sitting aloft on theben as a Phoenix, and henceit is that the king’s pyramid isplaced under his protection.
—From Breasted’s “De-velopment of Religion andThought in Ancient Egypt.”
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ASSISTANT GRAND LECTURERSOSWEGODISTRICT
DDGMREPORT
Shawn [email protected]
STAFFOFFICER
Leon A. Bulriss315/668-6521 (h)315/720-4798 (c)
CALLIMACHUS 369451 Main St.
Phoenix, N.Y. 131351st & 3rd Wed., 7:30 p.m.
315/695-6222WM David A. VanAuken,
315/652-6347;[email protected]
CENTRAL SQUARE 6223215 East Ave.
Central Square, N.Y. 130361st & 3rd Thurs., 7:30 p.m.
315/668-3277WM Kevin Hopkins,
315/289-8459,[email protected]
Patrick Fasulo315/760-7676
Aaron S. Kruth315/416-3101
SCRIBA 4141416 St. Rt. 49
Constantia, N.Y. 130442nd & 4th Mon., 7:30 p.m.
WM Woody (Linwood)Hall,
wife Kelly315/380-7988,
Greetings, Brethren, andwelcome, fall. The leaves arechanging and cooler weatheris upon us. Scriba Lodge 414is busy with our fall barbe-cue season, ending with ourlast on November 4.
We are also looking for-ward to welcoming someprospective candidates in thenear future. We recently en-joyed our presentation fromAaron Kruth and Pat Fasuloregarding the Calvin G. Bondaward, which I hope many inthe Oswego District can par-ticipate in.
The Grand Lecturer’smeeting went very well. It isalways an honor and a privi-lege to listen to RW RichardFriedman speak.
Let us keep in mind ourveterans and how it is appre-ciated when we visit themand share our fraternal greet-ings and brotherhood onNovember 22. And as theholiday season approaches,let us lend a hand to those inneed. Consider a collectionor a food drive for a localfood pantry at your Lodge.We will be doing this. Keepour Brothers in mind duringthe upcoming holiday sea-son and always help to fur-ther the light in Masonry.
Woody Hall
Greetings, Brethren. Bythe time you read this I willhave only two Official Visitsleft during this Masonic year.It has been a great experi-ence and I have learnedmuch. It is always a pleasureto see old acquaintances andmeet new Brothers. But withthat said, I can honestly say Iam looking forward to slow-ing the pace down a little.
My next Official Visit willbe on Wednesday, Novem-ber 7 at Pulaski Lodge No.415 with a dinner at 6:30.My Homecoming will be onThursday, November 15,with dinner arrangements tobe announced.
Regressing back to Octo-ber 25, I hope you all wereable to attend our GrandLecturer’s Convention. TheOswego District AGLs, VWAaron S. Kruth and VWPatrick J. Fasulo, and theirritual team presented the newversion of the Hiramic Leg-end by memory. This was apresentation the likes ofwhich has not been seen inour District for many years.They raised the bar at theInvestiture Ceremony andagain elevated it to a newlevel for the Grand Lecturer’sConvention. We are all sovery proud of these Brothersand to have them as part ofthe Oswego District Team.
Just a note on the Lodgesecurity reimbursements. Ifyou have completed yourLodge security upgrades,send copies of your receiptsand pictures of the installedequipment directly to theGrand Tiler, RW Anthony J.Adamo, at [email protected] [email protected]. Snailmail is: Mr. Anthony J.Adamo, 3 Horizon Road,Suite 1032, Fort Lee, NJ07024.
Brothers, on Thanksgiv-ing Day, November 22, from8:30 until about noon, Os-wego Masonic War Veter-ans’ Post 43 will be visitingthe patients at the SyracuseVA Hospital. They will dis-tribute ditty bags of gifts,personal care items and fruit,spreading cheer and evenmusic. They always gra-ciously welcome Brothersand their families to jointhem. You will be back home
Brethren, we are abouthalf-way through the Offi-cial Visits and some of theBrothers have heard me men-tion at the visit that there willbe a new award presented atthe 2019 Grand Lecturer’sConvention. The award hasbeen named the James D.Howard award for MoreLight in Masonry.
RW Leon Bulriss was theGrand Lodge Staff Officerand he was providing MoreLight to a large group ofyounger Masons from acrossthe District—not necessar-ily young in age but young intheir time in Masonry. Thecourse was the Masonic De-velopment Course (MDC)and RW James D. Howardwas there participating in thecourse. It was a little oddbecause anyone who knewBrother Howard was wellaware that he was an excel-lent ritualist and had a verydeep passion for our Craft.Brother Howard provided agreat deal of insight into eachsection of the program andgenerated much conversa-tion into the meanings of ourDegrees.
That was priceless, atleast to me, and my guess isto the nine others who werethere. This award will begiven to the Lodge that hasthe greatest number of train-ing participants during theensuing year. All Brothersattending programs will becounted toward the total,whether you have taken theclass previously or not.
These courses are vital tolearning more about our Craftand why things are the waythey are and it is vital that wehave participation across allage groups and different lev-els of ritualists. Everyonebrings a different perspec-tive as we all learn from eachother. On October 29 at 7:00p.m. at Pulaski Lodge No.415 there will a course onMasonic Etiquette. It is opento all Lodges and Brothers,throughout. Travel safely,my Brothers.
Shawn Tuff
Greetings, Brethren. Wehave been travelling exten-sively throughout the Dis-trict and have been warmlyreceived by every Lodge wehave visited. It is truly anhonor and a pleasure to be insuch good company. When-ever we walk into a Lodgeroom there is a feeling ofcomfort, familiarity and trueBrotherhood. How great itwould be if all of our experi-ences outside our great Fra-ternity had the same effect!
Our Lodge is not just aroom to carry out our busi-ness, because each time weare unified it is transformedinto a Temple where we havethe opportunity, through ourritual, to improve ourselves
Greetings, Brethren. Itgives me great sadness toinform everyone that RWRichard E. Mattice passedaway on September 23.Brother Richard was a sixty-four-year member of ourLodge. Right WorshipfulMattice was the very firstStaff Officer in the OswegoDistrict having been ap-pointed Grand Director ofCeremonies in 1972. TheDistrict Deputy Grand Mas-ter at the time was the RightWorshipful Arnold M. Shawof Scriba Lodge No. 414. AMasonic service was held at6 p.m. on October 1 at TraubFuneral Home in CentralSquare, with sixteen Ma-sonic Brothers in attendance.
The Lodge members havebeen hard at work learningtheir ritual for our upcomingOfficial Visit. It is on No-vember 15 at 7:30 p.m.
I would like to thank allthe Brothers who came outand worked the chicken andrib barbecue at the Lionessapple festival. Special thanksgo to Brother Mark Martinoand W Ernie Ladd for theirhard work organizing theevent. Thank you to W DanSchill for letting the Lodgeuse his portable barbecue. Itwas a huge success.
We also had our first roastbeef dinner of the season.Our next scheduled roastbeef dinner is November 3.
At our last communica-tion we performed the EmptyChair Degree, or VacantChair ceremony. This cer-emony dates back to 1875, adecade after the close of theAmerican Civil War, whenit was used in MasonicLodges to pay tribute to thosewho did not return from thewar. Since then it has beenused by many Lodges at Re-membrance Day to pay hom-age to those Brother Masonswho fell during WW I, WWII and other wars; or it maybe adapted to remember PastMasters or members. To allthe veterans: We thank youfor your service.
Kevin Hopkins
Greetings, Brothers. Theweather is changing and theleaves are in full color.
We had a great attendance
DDGMfrom 1st column . . .
DDGMsee 2nd column
in plenty of time to celebrateThanksgiving with your fam-ily. What better way than toshare part of this special dayof giving with others whocan’t be with their families.Come on down to the VA on
DDGMsee 3rd column
DDGMfrom 2nd column . . .Thanksgiving morning andmaybe you will start a newfamily tradition.
Brethren, I wish you all asafe and happy Thanksgiv-ing Day. Keep all those inour Armed Forces in yourthoughts and prayers. Theymay be away from their fami-lies on this holiday so we canbe safely with ours.
Leon A. Bulriss
as men and Masons. Everytime we attend Lodge thesymbols remind us of whowe are as Masons, how weshould act and that we shouldalways be striving to improveourselves.
The ritual is what makesus Masons. Learning andmemorizing it can be hardwork but that is what is mostgratifying about it. Howmany of us feel great satis-faction after memorizing apiece of work? That feelingof accomplishment is onlythe start. Performing it forcandidates gives us evenmore satisfaction. Then, af-ter repeating it over and overagain, we begin to fully un-derstand what it is we aresaying. This leads us to thinkabout it in different ways andto contemplate it. This is thetrue jewel of ritual: It actu-ally does make us better menif we take the time to make ita part of who we are.
So when you finish read-ing the word why not pick upthat little blue book and giveit a go? You are likely to findat least six jewels in there;but we bet you’ll discovermany more.
Aaron KruthPat Fasulo
Callimachussee 4th column
Callimachusfrom 3rd column . . .
at the District Deputy GrandMaster’s Official Visit onOctober 3. Our Ladies of theOES prepared a very nicedinner for us.
Fish dinners will be fin-ished by the time you readthis. We had another greatfall session.
I traveled to Hiram Lodge
Callimachussee 5th column
on October 16 to pass on theTraveling Gavel. I timed itto coincide with their Offi-cial Visit.
At the end of Septemberthe Callimachus Construc-tion Team, along with theDistrict AGLs and a Brotherfrom Pulaski Lodge, builtanother (long) handicapramp for Oswego CountyARISE. This one had spe-cial meaning because it wasfor a relative of one of theBrothers of our Lodge. Wemay have one or two moreramps to build before theweather sets in.
Have a happy Thanks-giving. That’s coming upsoon.
David VanAuken
Callimachusfrom 4th column . . .
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HOMER 35227 S. Main St.
Homer, N.Y. 130772nd & 4th Mon., 7:30 p.m.
607/749-2201WM Clifford Kostuk,
CORTLAND-MADISONDISTRICT
DDGMREPORT
STAFF OFFICER’SREPORT
Maurice (Moe) [email protected]
607/592-5424
ASSISTANTGRAND
LECTURERSVW Richard G. Reed
[email protected]/591-1301
RW David R. [email protected]
607/725-7227 CAZENOVIA 6162836 State Rt. 20 East
PO Box 285Cazenovia, NY 13035
1st & 3rd Friday, 7:30 p.m.
WM John L. Becker,[email protected],
315/825-8521
PULASKI 41528 Broad St.
Pulaski, N.Y. 131421st & 3rd Wed., 7:30 p.m.
315/298-6029WM Marvin Blachman, 315/509-4180,
[email protected] Shawn Doyle, 315/602-6388,
LAKE CITY 127765 E. Seneca St.
Oswego, N.Y. 131262nd & 4th Tues., 7:30 p.m.
315/207-0127www.lakecitylodge127.org
WM Art Webb;Auburn NY 13021;
[email protected],315/730-2262
Secy Mike Regan,315/591-3827,
No News Received
WM Chuck Toombs,315/687-5783,
[email protected] Walter Boronow,
315/750-5985,[email protected]
TRI-VALLEY 148611 Stone St.
Oneida, N.Y. 134211st Thurs., 7:30 p.m.
Brethren, it was a plea-sure to see our Brothers inthe Cortland-Madison Dis-trict attend Tri-Valley LodgeNo. 148 for the visit of ourDistrict Deputy Grand Mas-ter last month. It was a warmwelcome with your presenceas we heard the GrandMaster’s message. The di-rection, leadership and sup-port of our District team ismuch appreciated.
As we move forward westrive to have more of a pres-ence in our community. Ourcontinued support of youthgroups, scholarships andfunctions will need morepersonal involvement.
The Order of Rainbowfor Girls Fidelity AssemblyNo. 30 put on a phenomenalreception for their GrandWorthy Advisor, MissMelanie Corona, and the2018 Grand Officers at theMasonic Hall in Utica thispast September 29. We havefifteen young ladies in theAssembly, the largest activeAssembly in the State of NY,and our only Masonic youth
On October 8 six mem-bers of Homer Lodge tookthe long trip all the way toSUNY Cortland to visit theScience Center. As some ofthe members were SUNYCortland alumni, they wererightfully impressed with theimprovements made at thecollege and the state-of-the-art facilities that are offeredto today’s students. This sci-entific journey created apowerful appetite which wasaddressed afterward by avisit to Friendly’s and a vari-ety of sundae choices.
Our next meeting, Octo-ber 22, was another openmeeting and an opportunityto identify the pitch cham-pion of the Cortland-Madi-son District. We invited anyother Lodge member to joinus for this informal opportu-nity to enjoy each other’scompany. We then joined ourDistrict Brothers at the GrandLecturer’s Convention atMarathon on the 23rd.
Clifford Kostuk
Welcome back, Brothers.This has been a busy month.With four Official Visits toMarathon, Cortlandville,Tri-Valley and Hamiltonwithin the first eight days,we started it off with a bang.With the Grand Lecturer’sConvention on the 23rd—andI was glad to see the bigturnout we had—and thatspecial class in Utica onbringing in new Brothers onthe 27th, we were busy. Ontwo occasions I had the honorof following Past JuniorGrand Warden SandySamson into a Lodge. It wasgreat to see him out and join-ing with the rest of us in theDistrict.
Don’t forget VeteransDay on the 12th. Without theirservice and sacrifice wewould not be the country weare. Buy a vet a cup of cof-fee, a lunch, maybe dinnerbut at the very least say“Thank you.”
In my travels manyLodges have told me theyhave men ready to join ourFraternity; some Lodgesclaim as many as four newBrothers are in waiting.Waiting for what? Brothers,if these men have passed“Guarding the West Gate”what are you waiting for?Three of the Lodges I visitedreported they lost four Broth-ers this year. That is twelveBrothers. Not one newBrother was Raised in any ofthose Lodges during the year.The sad point is that this isnot unusual.
This is why the TaskForce for New Membershipwas formed. The Task Force,along with the NorthStar Pro-gram, will double our cur-rent numbers over the nextten years. But nothing willhappen unless you take thefirst step, get involved andbe part of your Lodge’sgrowth. The other night Iwas out for dinner with mybride and, as usual, the man-ager came over to ask us howdinner was. During our con-versation he noticed my ringand mentioned it. My wifeproudly proclaimed I was aMason and he told us how hewanted to join. I found outwhere he lived and gave hima contact name and number.I also got his email and
Greetings, Brethren of theCortland-Madison District!The fall has proven to be abusy time in our belovedDistrict. All but one of theDDGM’s Official Visitshave been accomplished bythe time of this communica-tion and your AGLs are glad-dened by your warm recep-tion and pleased with yourritual work. Practice makesperfect. Keep reviewing theritual in your cipher books tomake sure you are recitingall the words correctly. It isvery easy to substitute a simi-lar word for a correct oneand it only takes once usingthe wrong one to set a newbad habit.
By the time you read this,our Grand Lecturer’s Con-vention will likely be over.Led by Grand Lecturer Ri-chard Friedman, our focuswas on proper display of thesigns and grips. Here, too,incorrect habits creep in andare being passed on to newlymade Masons. Please reviewthe proper ways to displaythe signs and grips. Gentlycorrect an errant Brother.And when in public, alwayscover your work.
Your AGLs are planningmore ritual education oppor-tunities for the near future.As always, contact us for helpwith Degree work.
Rick ReedDave Walter
PGMsCalvin G. Bond
Bruce W. Widger:ThanksMore DDGM
see 2nd column
DDGMfrom 1st column . . .
My Brothers, CazenoviaLodge has recently Initiateda new Entered Apprenticeand is awaiting the results
passed it on to his contact.This happens often through-out the year; you just have tobe prepared for it.
In my travels I have askedcertain Brothers what havethey done lately to help theirLodges and I hear, “Oh, I’mtoo old” or “Well, I am aPast Purple.” Either answeris always followed by, “I’vedone my time. I don’t haveto do any more.” Well, youmight be right, but ask your-self if you are still a Mason.Do we not promise at thealtar to aid and assist? Didanyone set a time limit onthat? When we did the IDprogram, we had one Brotherwho would go out into thecrowd and wrangle familiesto come in. He was only 101years young when he did this.
With age comes wisdom;with Past Purple comes ex-perience. Wisdom and ex-perience are never out ofdate; they can always bepassed on. You can mentorall your life. Mentoringdoesn’t stop after the ThirdDegree. You are there forthe rest of that Brother’sMasonic career. If you neednew Brothers to mentor andyour Lodge is in short sup-ply, go out and find some.The rest of the Lodge willfollow your example. Seeyou soon.
Moe Skinner
the season, which took placeon October 6 at the PulaskiSalmon Fest. That day, wecooked and sold more thandouble our usual amount ofchicken and had more Broth-ers helping than we’ve everhad before, including somewho were members of theprevious Sandy Creek andAmboy-Republican Lodges(plus an OES Sister). Thesechicken barbecues are essen-tial to our financialsustainability. Seeing somany of our brethren sup-porting this endeavor is trulyheartwarming. It fills me withgreat hope for our future.
November is also the timefor our Official Visit withthe District Deputy, whichwill take place on November7. Dinner will be served at6:30 p.m. for a cost of $10.Please contact either BrotherShawn Doyle (315/602-6388) or W Bill LaVeck(315/741-1146) by Novem-ber 4 with reservations.
Our second communica-tion of November wouldhave been scheduled theevening before Thanksgiv-ing. Since many of us will becelebrating the holiday withfamily and friends, the com-munication is canceled. Forour first communication inDecember we will have aFirst Degree. At the time ofthis writing we do not haveany petitions for member-ship, so the Degree will likelybe exemplified. This is agreat opportunity for our of-ficers to practice their ritualwork; and it is also a terrificreminder for our brethrenabout the lessons to belearned within our Craft.
Another significant eventhappening in November isVeterans Day. As we con-sider the good things in ourlives, please also rememberthose who served our Coun-try and helped provide uswith the freedoms we holdso dear.
Marvin Blachman
Greetings, Brethren! Weare now fully into fall andtransiting the Sign of Scor-pio, when passions can runhigh. Keep those compassesready to circumscribe andkeep your passions in duebounds. Sunday night, No-vember 4 is when we switchback to Eastern StandardTime. Don’t forget to set yourclocks back.
Looking back on lastmonth (which is pretty mucha guess as this is being com-posed on October 12), wehad a great first meeting, evenif we did have to cancel thescheduled Third Degree.VW Brother Pat Fasulo reada fantastic Short Talk. OurHalloween meeting later inthe month, with everyonecoming in costume and hav-ing something to read aboutHalloween customs, was asuccess as well.
Working and studyingMortuary Science, as I’mdoing right now, demon-strates to me the transitorynature of life. We may stepoff anytime my Brothers, socherish every day and re-member with gratitude yourmany blessings—especiallyall those you love.
So, November, here weare. November 11 is Veter-ans Day (though it is ob-served on the 12th). Pleaseremember all those whoserve and have served ourgreat country.
Our first meeting of themonth, on Tuesday, Novem-ber 13 is a stated communi-cation. Dinner is at 6:30 p.m.($8) and the meeting is at7:30. Dress is dark suit orcoat and tie. The work of theevening is a practice for theFirst Degree. You shouldhave been contacted by nowwith which part you are tak-ing. If this has not happenedyet, contact me immediately,as you should have had thepast month or nearly that tomemorize and practice athome.
Thanksgiving falls onNovember 22. Know that allof you and your families have
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At Tri-Valley Lodge No.148 on Saturday, November17 the Rainbow Girls will beholding a pancake breakfastand bread/pie sale. On De-cember 15 a breakfast withSanta and bake sale will beheld. Both events will befrom 8 to 11 a.m. Come overand enjoy. Volunteers areencouraged.
Our Service Awards cer-emony is yet to be deter-mined. It should be on a Sat-urday, hopefully, before theroads get slick.
As we go dark for the
my best wishes for a won-derful holiday. We all haveso much to be thankful for.
Our second meeting, onTuesday, November 27 isalso a stated communication.That means it is a regularmeeting, as opposed to a spe-cial or summoned commu-nication. Dinner begins at6:30 p.m., with a price of $8.The meeting is at 7:30 p.m.Dress, again, is dark suit orcoat and tie. The work of thisevening is the First Degree.
If you know of anyLodges with candidates whoneed to have a First Degree,have that Master contact meright away (as there wouldneed to be a special dispen-sation). If you know of anyBrothers recently Initiated,Passed or Raised, invitethem. They will profit fromseeing the Degree again andone or more can serve asproxy for a candidate as wehave none ourselves. Whydo a Degree with no candi-dates? Because as Masonswe need to ever ingrain oursymbols within; and whatbetter way than through per-forming our ritual? Plus, weneed to stay in practice andwe always need to be polish-ing our performance so it isthe best it can be.
I leave you with this quotefrom Brother George Wash-ington, the Father of OurCountry. “Human happinessand moral duty are insepara-bly connected.”
Art Webb
Past SeniorGrand Warden
John R. FullerSponsor
Oswego from page 6 . . .
months of December, Janu-ary and February our Lodgebuilding will be open forRainbow Assembly No. 30regular meetings. The officeof the Secretary never closesand the Worshipful Masterwill be nearby. If you needassistance, contact the Lodgeanytime.
Chuck Toombs
from the West Gate for twonew candidates. The plan isto confer the First Degreeupon these two new candi-dates and then Raise threenew Brothers this spring.
By the time this goes toprint we will have served ourfirst chicken and biscuit din-ner to raise money forCazCares, our local foodpantry. More details willcome on future dinners.
Don’t forget the DistrictDeputy’s Official Visit onNovember 2. I have enjoyedvisiting other Lodges in sup-port of Moe and am excitedto receive him at his homeLodge.
May you all have a happyThanksgiving. I hope to seeyou in Lodge.
John Becker
As we head into Novem-ber, with the holiday seasonbeginning and the air gettingcool and crisp, Thanksgiv-ing will soon be here. Thismakes it a natural time toreflect on our life’s bless-ings. In terms of Masonry, Ifind myself increasinglythankful for the hard-work-ing and dedicated brethrenin our Lodge. I was particu-larly reminded of this duringour last chicken barbecue of
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CAYUGA-TOMPKINSDISTRICT
DDGMREPORT
ASSISTANTGRAND
LECTURERS
David A. BarnelloDDGM, Cayuga-
Tompkins District315/283-6705
VW F. John Kruger IV11 Henry Dr.,
Auburn, NY 13021Wife Megan315/254-3982
Greetings, Brothers. Iwant to thank all of you whomade it to the recent Ca-yuga-Tompkins District Din-ner and Apron Presentation.I am grateful for your sup-port. A special thanks goesto our Deputy Grand Mas-ter, RW Richard J. Kesslerand members of the GrandLine who were able to at-tend. It was a great dinnerand the fellowship that filledthe room throughout theevening was great as well. Iwould be remiss if I did notgive thanks to PDDGM RWMike Miller, RW Jim Young,RW Tommy Ostrander andRW Dave Bowman for theirpart in putting together sucha memorable night.
All but one of the OfficialVisits are in the books. Mylast Official Visit will beThursday, November 1 at myhome Lodge, Erie Canal No.141 in Weedsport. Every-one is invited. Dinner is at6:00 and Lodge opens at7:00.
I had a lot of travel timemaking the visits, and a fewlate nights, but it was allworth it. Seeing all my Broth-ers and spending time inLodges that I don’t normallyget to have renewed my per-spective and given me greatjoy. I am looking forward togetting out to your Lodges inthe future in other than anofficial capacity.
Just a reminder: Tuesday,November 20 is our DistrictGrand Lecturer’s Conven-tion. It will be held at War-ren Salem Town Lodge inUnion Springs. Details arein other articles in this publi-cation (I hope) and will becoming your way via emailblast. This is your Lodge’s
Hello, Brethren. I’ll keepthis message short. VWChuck Smithers and I havebeen announcing, during RWBarnello’s Official Visits,that the Cayuga-TompkinsDistrict Grand Lecturer’sConvention will be takingplace on Tuesday, Novem-ber 20 at Warren SalemTown Lodge in UnionSprings. Your calendarshould be marked and we’relooking forward to seeing agreat turnout. It is a 6:30p.m. dinner with a 7:30 p.m.start for the big event. Din-ner reservations are beingcoordinated through VWSmithers and we know War-ren Salem Town would ap-preciate knowing a numberof attendees ahead of time toplan the food accordingly.Email reservations [email protected] by phone to 607/279-9986.
We’re requesting volun-teers to take part in the open-book run through of the pro-posed changes to the HiramicLegend, which will be thehighlight of the evening. I’masking any individuals inter-ested in taking a role to pleaseemail me [email protected] call 315/254-3982.
Our Grand Lecturer RWRichard Friedman is look-ing forward to visiting andwe want to make this eventnot only memorable but alsoa huge success. Your par-ticipation and willingness to
Re-dedication ceremony in old Auburn Lodge
DDGMfrom column 1 . . .
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only chance to earn the PottsAward. All seven officersmust attend to be eligible.Let’s fill the Lodge thatevening.
That’s it for now. Enjoythe blessings of the autumnseason. Happy Thanksgiv-ing. Be safe and do goodthings.
Dave Barnello
AGLfrom column 2 . . .
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come together and work as ateam is greatly appreciated.We will have further emailcommunications through theDistrict in the coming weeks.I’ll contact Worshipful Mas-ters and Secretaries fromeach Lodge to confirm, if wedon’t hear from you. Soplease don’t delay.
F. John Kruger IV
C-T District honors officersThe Cayuga-Tompkins Apron Presentation took place on October 12 at theSunset Restaurant in Auburn. The photo montage includes the head table,Chuck Smithers receiving his AGL apron for another term, and a photo of RW
Mike Miller, PDDGM; RW Dave Barnello, DDGM; VW Chuck Smithers, AGL; andRW Richard J. Kessler, Deputy Grand Master. DGM Kessler was the guestspeaker for the evening.
Façade of former Auburn Lodge building, South Street, Auburn
AuburnLodgereturnsto roots
On Saturday, September29 the Auburn MasonicLodge No. 124 met at the oldMasonic Lodge in downtownAuburn. The site of the origi-nal Lodge (ten stories high)that burned, this replacementLodge was built in 1932. Itwas home to three Lodges aswell as many concordantbodies.
The Lodge building wassold in the 1990s and a newLodge was built on SouthStreet Road, with a mixtureof new efficiencies and me-mentos of the old Lodge. Thethree Lodges—St. Paul’s,Sea & Field and Auburn—merged and are now knownas Auburn No. 124.
During this visit our His-torian, RW Michael Miller,led tours based on his re-search. An emotional rededi-cation ceremony was led byWorshipful Tony Tabone,assisted by Brother ScottHarris and Brother JeremyFrisco.
AUBURN 1245643 St. Rte. 34S.
Auburn, N.Y. 130211st & 3rd Thurs., 7:30 p.m.
WM Anthony J. Tabone,wife Julie,
[email protected],315/237-8148
Secy Tom Ostrander,[email protected],315/224-0940
WARREN SALEM TOWN 147155 Cayuga St.
Union Springs, N.Y. 131601st & 3rd Tues., 7:00 p.m.
WM Warren H. Albrecht,wife Mary Ann
Secy Peter Chappell
Brothers, as mentionedlast month we headed todowntown Auburn on Sep-tember 29 and held our an-nual Re-dedication Serviceat the original MasonicLodge. Twenty-five Broth-ers attended this ceremonydirected by W Tony Tabone.SW Scott Harris and JW Jer-emy Frisco supported. Whata great success! From theLodge we all went to break-fast at Kosta’s Restaurant foryummy omelets.
Our October 4 meeting
Brothers, we have startedmaking progress on ourkitchen improvements, in-cluding rearranging the cabi-nets and installation of a
WM Mike Lees,Secy Gary Mowers
ERIE CANAL 1412805 Rte. 31 East
Weedsport, N.Y. 131661st & 3rd Thurs., 7:00 p.m.
315/834-9465
Our Lodge members wel-comed the Official Visit ofthe DDGM David A.Barnello on October 16.Steve Hunter put on the din-ner prior to the meeting andafter the spread he put on lastmonth, we knew we wouldnot be disappointed. Wewere anxious to hear whatthe District Deputy had tosay regarding all the changesthat are taking place in ourDistrict. In last month’s ar-ticle in the word we readabout the many changes thatSecretary Peter Chappell isgoing through—which I as-sume is all part of a master
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More Auburnsee page 12
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ConsistoryAs we head into Novem-
ber all the leaves havechanged colors and are fall-ing off the trees. As we lookto Thanksgiving we aretaught to be thankful for allwe have in life. For me, I amthankful to be associated withall the Brothers of ScottishRite. So, enjoy this monthwith your families as we onlyhave a couple dates set.
The Trustees will meeton November 5 at 6:15 p.m.All Body heads and Trust-ees need to attend. The Ex-ecutive Committee willmeet November 5 at 7:00p.m. and all committee mem-bers need to attend.
On November 12 we willhave our Veterans Program.There is a social time at 6:00p.m., dinner is at 6:30 p.m.and at 7:30 p.m. Ill. SandySamson will be performingthe Ring around the World.Please come out to supportour veterans.
On November 19 we willconfer the Twenty-seventhDegree. We will open at 7:30p.m. and will have a live castperform the Degree.
At the October ExecutiveCommittee we decided tobring back the summer fam-ily picnic. It will be held onJuly 20, 2019 from noon to 5p.m. This will be held at theCicero American Legion andwill be a catered event, sobring your entire family.There will be games and ac-tivities for the kids and theyoung at heart. This shouldbe a great event and every-one will have a great time.Stay tuned for more infor-mation to come.
I hope you all have a greatThanksgiving. Do not eat toomuch.
Garry L. Visconti
COMING EVENTS CALENDARWebsite: www.syr-aasr.org
NovemberNov. 05 ..... Trustees 6:15 p.m. / Executive Committee 7:00 p.m.Nov. 12 ..... Veteran’s Recognition Night.................. Social 6:00 p.m. / Dinner 6:30 p.m. / Program 7:30 p.m.
Nov. 19 ..... Consistory Confers 27° 7:30 p.m. “Knight of Jerusalem” (Live).................. Refreshments following meeting
Nov. 22 ..... Happy Thanksgiving!
DecemberDec 03` ...... Executive Committee 7:00 p.m.Dec 10 ....... Holiday Celebration at MMC with the Ladies.................. Social 6:00 p.m./Dinner 6:30 p.m./Program 7:30 p.m.
Dec 26 ....... Holiday Luncheon (Wednesday) 11:30 a.m. until ?? Casual dress.................. Twin Trees III Restaurant (order from the menu)
ScottishRiter
Central City Bodies, A.A.S.R.648 Centerville Pl., N. Syr., NY 13212(315) 452-7976 • Fax (315) 452-9679
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Notes from theChildren’sDyslexiaCenter CNY
and bring others to light. Theworld needs more good menwho are willing to work tomake our communities bet-ter. Masonic teachings cando just that.
One thing we have donein the past in our Valley is tooffer a program called“December’s Rose,” a pro-gram open to the public,which shows a bit of whatMasonry is about. There isanother such program whichis about Abraham Lincoln.Currently, we are not doingeither presentation. Bothneed Brothers who will takeparts in these dramatic andmoving programs. I havewanted to put together theLincoln program for a whilenow. I need some help tobring this about, I am look-ing for a few Brothers whowould like to take a part inthis program. You can con-tact me or the Scottish Riteoffice to offer your help bytaking a role. Once we havethe cast we can offer thisprogram to Lodges. This is asmall change, an opportu-nity to reach out in a differ-ent way. This being a publicprogram it can even be opento anyone in the communityto come see it.
I encourage each mem-ber of our Fraternity to dohis part. Make a change inhow we extend ourselves tothe community and how wereach out to bring new Broth-ers into this wonderful orga-nization that makes mean-ingful changes within us.Let’s find new ways to sharethe light so we can grow andour little corners of the worldcan be made better.
James A. Nelson
AllegianceThe Bodies of the Scottish Rite, sitting in the Valley of Syracuse, State of New York
acknowledge and yield allegiance to the Supreme Council, 33°, Ancient Accepted ScottishRite of Freemasonry for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States ofAmerica, whose Grand East is in Lexington, Massachusetts and whose officers are:
Ill... David Alan Glattly, 33° Ill... Richard W. Elliot, 33°Sovereign Grand Commander Grand Minister of StateIll... Peter J. Samiec, 33° Ill... David P. Spencer, 33°Grand Lieutenant Commander Deputy for New York State
Active Members for New YorkIll... Peter J. Samiec, 33° Ill... Stephen R. Whittaker, 33°Grand Lt. Commander Grand Master General of CeremoniesGrand Almoner Ill... G. Michael Morris, 33°Past Deputy for New York Ill... Steven C. Stefanakos, 33°
Active Emeritus Members for New YorkIll... Richard H. Welkley, 33° Ill... Gary A. Henningsen, 33°Ill... Fredrick D. Greene, 33° Ill... Edward R. Trosin, 33°Ill... Harold L. Aldrich, 33° Ill... P. Michael Nielsen, 33°Past Grand Minister of StatePast Deputy for New York
Deputy’s RepresentativeIll... Carl F. Fahrenkrug, 33°
Lodges is being fostered, weencourage Blue Lodges toschedule a visit by a ScottishRite Ambassador at a timewhere programming isneeded. To do so, pleasereach out to the Scottish RiteValley in your District. Re-ceive the further light andfellowship the Scottish RiteNMJ has to offer. Thank-fully, it is now more thanever a truly great time tobecome a Scottish Rite Ma-son, with the advent of theHauts Grade Academy edu-cation program, a fresh new-member kit and incentivesto create a dynamic and co-hesive Scottish Rite experi-ence.
As October unfolded, Ihope I saw you for the FourthDegree on the 8th, that wehad a successful and profit-able walk for the Children’sDyslexia Center and a suc-cessful Awards and Recog-nition dinner on the 22nd. Mayour fall season greet you well.Peace be with you.
Caleb Haines
We’re back! When youread this we will have hadour annual Walkathon andchicken barbecue fundraiserat the Center. It is a sure signthat we are back in full force.
I cannot tell you howwonderful it was to see manyof you at the COD dinner,where our very own Emersonand her father Dan spokeabout their experiences at theCenter. (Aren’t our kids justthe best?) We were so thrilledto meet our Rainbow Girlrepresentative, as they workhard to promote and raisemonies for our Dyslexia Cen-ter. We were also honoredby all the donations pre-sented to our Board Chair tohelp keep our efforts going.
Central CityConsistory
Visconti
Central City Chapterof Rose Croix
Haines
Central City CouncilPrinces of Jerusalem
Nelson
Central City Lodgeof Perfection
Sterling
Rose CroixDear Brethren, as Sep-
tember ends on a high notewith the success of the NYSCouncil of Deliberation2018, I am reinvigorated forthis fall and look forward toseeing all who can attend theValley. Why? The COD (ameeting of Scottish RiteValleys of the entire State ofNew York) showed the con-tinued positive progress, at-titude and relationship of ouryouth organizations, GrandLodge and Scottish Rite asemphasized by Grand Mas-ter Sardone. Verily, keepinga positive mental attitude inregards to the future of ournoble Craft is a key to ourfuture success, as echoed bythe wisdom of our GrandMaster and leaders who areasking tough questions, find-ing solutions and workingovertime to ensure a brightfuture.
To make this effort workwe need not only the Valley’shelp but also the receptivityof our Blue Lodges. Accord-ingly, as a new interface be-tween Scottish Rite and Blue
Princes ofJerusalem
Greetings, Princes. I hopethis communication findsyou all well.
I recently attended a BoyScout Order of the Arrowtraining weekend. The focuson this course was the de-clining numbers of member-ship and three key areaswhich most impact potentialgrowth. One big takeawayfrom the training session wasthat changes are needed inwhat OA Lodges are doingor the decline in member-ship would continue andeventually the organizationwould come to an end.
Many organizations facethis same issue, even this ofours. We do many thingsright, we stand for makinggood men better; so mem-bership isn’t declining be-cause of what we teach, howwe act or what we stand for.As you might have noticed,we are making changes inhow we do some things. Wehave the extensive learningcourse Hauts Grade to giveus an opportunity to delvedeeper into the Degrees formore meaning and under-standing of what we are be-ing given. We have the Am-bassador program tobring our message to theLodges, encourage memberswho have not been active tocome out again and be partof our fellowship and teach-ing. We have the “Not just aMan, a Mason” ad program.
Through many initiativeswe are changing how we arelooking to engage membersand gain new members soour Fraternity and ScottishRite can thrive. We Brothersknow the value of our Fra-ternity, we know the value ofwhat we do. We need to sharethis with others who are notpart of our fraternal order
Clothes-in-the-Closet Notice
Several articles of cloth-ing have been left in the coatclosets in the Masonic Cen-ter in North Syracuse overthe past several months.These are taking up spaceneeded for coat and winterboots storage during eventsand meetings in the build-ing. Any items not claimedprior to December 1 will beremoved and donated to lo-cal clothing drives.
This year we have thehighest enrollment ever, withtwenty-five children attend-ing the Center. This is onlyable to happen because sev-eral are home-schooled chil-dren and can arrive earlier inthe afternoon, and our dedi-cated tutors come in early, aswell. We have fifteen return-ing children and ten first-year children. We have threeInitial Level Trainees, twoAdvanced Level Traineesand six other returning certi-fied tutors. One of those is aTrainer and SupervisorTrainee. As you can wellimagine, we are, as always, avery busy place.
We invite you to visitwhenever you can. We arehere on school days, Mon-day through Thursday, from1 to 6 p.m. We have childrenfrom 4 to 6 on Monday andWednesday and from 3 to 6on Tuesday and Thursday.Just give us a call.
With the Walkathon be-hind us we are beginning toplan our GALA fundraiser,which will take place on Sat-urday, March 9 at Hart’s Hillin Whitesboro. If you haveattended a GALA before,you know it will be great fun,with great food and greatfriends.
Thank you for giving me
the opportunity to do what Ilove. To work with wonder-ful people to help our chil-dren.
Linda L. Martin
Knightsannounce 2019Burns Supper
The Knights of St. An-drew will hold its annualBurns Supper at 5:00 p.m.on Saturday, January 19,2019 at Coleman’s Irish Pubin Syracuse. A Burns Supperis a celebration of the lifeand poetry of the poet Rob-ert Burns, a Freemason, au-thor of many Scots poemsand to the Scots, whatShakespeare is to the En-glish. The suppers are nor-mally held on or near thepoet’s birthday, January 25.Much fun is had by all, fromthe piping of the Haggis to apresentation on the poetry ofBurns and music.
The cost will be $40 perperson. Reservations can besent to Richard Powell, 4717Broad Road, Syracuse, NY13215. Deadline for reser-vations is January 1. Be sureto book early. The space atColeman’s is very limitedand last year’s event soldout. We had to turn awayfolks. Email questions [email protected].
HappyThanksgiving
Family celebrations areimportant to all of us.Thanksgiving is a festivetime for families to gathertogether to give thanks andblessings for the bounty weall enjoy.
The Valley Office Staff,on behalf of all officers andmembers of Central CityBodies AASR, Valley ofSyracuse, wish everyone ahappy Thanksgiving. Maypeace and goodwill be thetoast of this special day.
Please take care when youtravel to be with your family.Have a safe holiday. HappyThanksgiving to all.Sharon Fox, Sharon Swan,
Jim Swan
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YORK RITE
BODIES
ROYAL ARCH MASON
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
LAKE ONTARIOCHAPTER 165 RAMOswego Masonic Lodge
765 E. Seneca St.Meets 1st Mon. at 7:30 p.m.
HP Ronald A. [email protected]
Secy Alan Wood315/207-0127
CENTRAL CITYRIVERSIDE
CHAPTER 70 RAM608 Oswego St.Liverpool, N.Y.
Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesday
HP Edward Sinay [email protected]
315/391-7464Sec: Ken Ayhens
WASHINGTONCHAPTER 29 RAMCortlandville Lodge
Meets 3rd Wednesdayat 7:00 p.m.HP Rusty Perkins
CENTRAL CITYCOMMANDERY 25 KT
Liverpool Masonic Temple608 Oswego St.,Liverpool 13088Meets 1st or 3rd
Friday at 7:30 p.m.
SK Rick Miori, EC315/254-1671,
[email protected] Earl Tuttle,
Recorder,[email protected]
PULASKICHAPTER 279 RAM
HP Joshua A. Kruth,3185 Bellevue Ave. #A4,
Syracuse 13219,315/256-7783,
Potentate Ken AyhensOffice: 315/478-0277
CENTRAL CITYCOUNCIL 13
Royal & Select MastersLiverpool Masonic Temple
608 Oswego St.Liverpool, NY
Meets 2nd Wed. at 7:30 p.m.IM Charles E. Blood,
[email protected] Earl Tuttle,
315/673-2213,[email protected]
On Wednesday eveningOctober 10, Central CityCouncil No. 13 was set for avisit by the District DeputyGrand Master, who wouldbring the message of theMost Illustrious RichardFowler; describing the plansfor the new Cryptic year.Right Illustrious KennethBates, the new DistrictDeputy Grand Master for our6th Cryptic District, arrivedas scheduled and clearly con-veyed the message to ourCompanions. He was as-sisted by Very IllustriousWilliam Main, the District’sAssistant Grand Lecturer.Also visiting our Council wasIllustrious Master JamesBabcock of King DavidCouncil No. 97 in Dexter.
It was an enjoyableevening and we wish to thankthe three visitors for travel-ing all the way from JeffersonCounty and returning backhome after the meeting. Now,that is definitely Dedicationto Service.
Trestleboards have beensent out to all the members.We do have petitioners wait-ing to receive the requiredDegrees. We are planning toconfer those Degrees nextspring. Stay tuned.
Earl Tuttle
Companions, I hope all iswell. Our Official Visit fromRE Jamie J. Kaim Jr. wasthis past month. We had agreat time and meeting. Ourthanks go to RE Kaim for thevisit. Thanks go to all whocame out for the meeting, aswell.
This month there will beno meeting on Tuesday,November 13. Elections areon Tuesday, November 27,following the holiday week-end. Look for a formal com-munication from the Secre-tary.
There are also plans inthe works for a Christmasparty in December. Staytuned for more informationto come.
We wish everyone aHappy Thanksgiving, forthose that celebrate. I hopeto see you in Chapter.
Edward Sinay Jr.
KEDER KHAN GROTTOGrange Hall, Rt. 370,2105 W. Genesee St.
Baldwinsville, NY 130271st Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.
Monarch Andrew Haag
Greetings Sir Knights!There were many great dis-cussions, talks and speechespresented at the Grand Con-clave for Knights Templarof the State of New York thisyear. One of them was fromSK Dave Barkstedt (GrandCaptain General). During histalk on the KT MembershipCommittee he stated, “Weare all on the MembershipCommittee.” If each SK
Greetings, Companions.As I write this article we arejust over a week from head-ing out to meet our friendsand Companions to our northat the Hands Across TheBorder event. This shouldbe a real fun event as we visitthe friends we made in pre-vious years. I missed the lasttwo trips due to an injury Ireceived from an accidentfive years ago yesterday,October 11. So I’m lookingforward to the trip to Ot-tawa. They have a beautifulfacility and they always en-tertain us with a superb De-gree and meal.
We had our Chapter meet-ing last night, on October11. After a great meal of
I want to begin by saying“Thank you” to all my Com-panions/Brothers for yourcalls, messages, emails,cards, flowers and expres-sions of condolences on thepassing of my mother lastmonth. You are much appre-ciated.
Congratulations go to ourCompanions from CharlesPlatt and King David Chap-ters as they progressed onthrough the Virtual PastMaster’s Degree and are nowhalfway through our RoyalArch Degree cycle. A hugethank-you goes to MEHarvey Eysman for steppingin and running the meetingand Degree, as I was not ableto attend under the difficultcircumstances of mymother’s passing.
Receiving this Degreeconfers upon the candidateno official rank outside theChapter. The honors andprivileges belonging to theMaster’s Chair of SymbolicLodges are confined exclu-sively to them. Those whohave been duly elected topreside over and govern suchLodges are called Actual PastMasters. Whereas, those whohave received the Degree inthe Chapter are termed Vir-tual Past Masters. Althoughthey are invested with thesecrets of the Degree, theyare not entitled to the rightsand prerogatives of an Ac-tual Past Master.
I would like to thank allmy Companions who par-ticipated and dedicated theirtime to this Degree, makingthis another wonderful RoyalArch experience for all inattendance. We now willlook forward to the MostExcellent Master Degree atour next Convocation onWednesday, October 24.Depending when this editionof the word arrives in yourmailbox, there still may betime to attend the MEM De-gree on October 24. Therewill not be a dinner and ourChapter will open at 7 p.m.We welcome your atten-dance if your cabletow per-mits.
Please note that our No-vember meeting will be heldon Wednesday, November14, per our Chapter Bylaws,due to the Thanksgiving holi-day later in the month. Wewill be welcoming our Re-gional Grand Line Officer,the RE Mark Peerson, GrandMaster of the 2nd Veil. The
CHARLES H. PLATTCHAPTER 247 RAM
Skaneateles Masonic TempleMeets 4th Wed.
at 7:30 p.m.
HP Richard M. Torrey315/430-6527
[email protected] Earl Tuttle315/673-2213
Companions, as I writethis month’s article the soundof football is playing on thetelevision, the Yankees havebeen beaten out of the play-offs and the leaves on thetrees are just beginning tochange colors. Fall has ar-rived and soon PumpkinSpice will rule over all thingsand hot chocolate will re-place coffee/tea for hot bev-erages. It’s also that time ofyear when Freemasonry be-gins to really come alive.
This fall the Chapter wasable to lay down the founda-tions to build back up thePulaski Chapter and the Os-wego District end of the 12th
Capitular District. For thoseof you who don’t know, LakeOntario and Oswego Riverare looking to consolidate in2019, dropping our Chaptercount from five Chapters in2006 to just two in 2019.With numbers of brethrendropping out at such a highrate, with the number justabout eighty total Compan-ions in the entire OswegoCounty, the question hasbeen asked time and again,How can we stop the loss ofCompanions for NPD? Andhow do we appeal to newmembers? The answer is pro-grams, many programs. Notjust a festive board once in awhile but several eveningswhere the wives and familycan come out and enjoy theexperience together.
Many brethren who areunder 40 and part of the newgeneration of brethren comefrom dual-income familiesand are trying to make thebest out of their crazy lives.Let’s open our doors to themand their families to remindthem that they are not alone
TigrisFor this edition we salute
our Unit Officers. There aretoo many to list without fearof missing some who haveserved and have since beenreplaced in their offices.These Past Potentates andNobles, all, have taken theresponsibility of leading theirmembers in support of TigrisShrine. They religiously at-tend the Units Council Meet-ing every month, gather in-formation to communicateback to their units and fol-low up to ensure that all whowant to can participate.Theirs is a big job, takingmany hours to complete andthrough their dedicationTigris Shrine is a very suc-cessful Temple. They do alot of work, all while havingfun. Thanks to each of youfor all that you do. Your workis greatly appreciated.
Congratulations go toBob Bennett, PP, our FallCeremonial Class Sponsor
Companions, here is theagenda for the next few meet-ings for Washington Chap-ter No. 29 RAM. Again, wemeet usually on the secondand fourth Tuesdays.
October 30 (fifth Tues-day) is the MEM Degreestarting at 7 to 7:30 p.m. Wehave six candidates and therecould be more from otherChapters. Great job welldone, Companions!
November 13 is a regularmeeting and on November27 we are dark for Thanks-giving. I hope you all have ahappy Thanksgiving with allyour families.
On December 11 wepresent a fifty-year award forRE Charles A. Dellow, PastDistrict Grand High Priest.On December 25, of course,we will be dark for Christ-mas.
Rusty Perkins
More Tigrissee page 12
evening will begin with anopen program on the Ma-sonic Medical Research In-stitute by Brother AlexSimon, Director of Devel-opment, Brother Simon willbring us an update on the$10 million renovationproject that was recentlycompleted, the continuedvision, and the overall out-standing research that theMMRI is known for world-wide. It is an evening that allBrothers and Royal ArchMasons will not want to miss.After our program, all thosepresent below the rank ofRoyal Arch Mason will re-tire, and then we will openthe Chapter to continue thebusiness of the evening.
On behalf of my family—Ann, Richard andAdrienne—I would like toextend to you and your fami-lies a very happy and boun-tiful Thanksgiving holiday.I will look for you in Chap-ter.
Richard M. Torrey
and there are brethren andCompanions that do careabout them and their well-being.
With that said, there willbe a Mark Master Degree onValentine’s Day—unfortu-nately. Maybe we can push itto a Saturday. Be looking fornews in the winter word ar-ticles for more informationon the Degree.
December is our lastmeeting for 2018 and theelection of officers. Everymember will receive a sum-mons and with the summonswill be a place to correct anymisinformation we have. Imean for instance, phone,address, email. The Chapterrequests all of this so theymay keep a detailed recordof their members and useemail to send important com-munications. Pleasemake every effort to attendthe December Convocationand if you cannot attendplease return said card to theLodge so we may update ourrecords.
I look forward to seeingyou all in November. Have asafe and enjoyable Hallow-een.
Joshua Kruth
spaghetti and stuffed pep-pers with all the trimmings,prepared by my wife Jackie,we opened Chapter and did alittle business, followed by ashort program from 2010’sShort Talk Bulletin: “Free-masonry: It’s Place in theWorld” by Norman Buecker.
Our next meeting forChapter will be December13, with election of officersand year-end reports. Again,I encourage everyone to tryto attend, as we need yourhelp. We have had otherChapters help us to open.Last night we actually had afew extra, which was great.
We will be putting to-gether a Mark Master De-gree for February, if all goeswell. We have a Brother inwaiting to become a Com-panion.
Next month’s November8 meeting will be for Coun-cil. There will be a dinner at6:30 for an $8 donation.Anything above cost goes toChapter as a donation.
Ronald A. Bond
brings in even one new mem-ber there would be many newSKs each year. We have beenvery fortunate in Central CityCommandery No. 25 overthe past few years. We are,of course, always interestedin having new SKs join ourranks and continue the time-honored tradition of KnightsTemplar history.
Our most current upcom-ing events are: Our ZoneSchool of Instruction on Fri-day, November 16. CentralCity Commandery will behosting some of our GrandLine Officers. We will belearning more about sworddrills, tactics, demonstra-tions and, as always, therewill be a very informativequestion and answer session.
Our annual holiday party/Christmas toast program ison Friday, December 7. Thisis always a great event forfamily and friends of all ages,Grand Line Officers andMasonic Youth Groups.Save these dates; we lookforward to seeing you there.
If you are a RAM and areinterested in KnightsTemplar, feel free to contactour Recorder Earl Tuttle. Oryou may contact me at anytime.
Rick Miori
I am Andrew Haag, Mon-arch of Kedar Khan Grotto.We were instituted October21, 1924. Our motto is Sym-pathy and Good Fellowship.We are extending an invita-tion to any Masonic Broth-
ers interested in joining. Feelfree to contact me [email protected] will be glad to answer anyquestions.
We have enjoyed a busyfall season. Our bi-annualESGA “Empire State GrottoAssociation” Convention isa great way to meet Masonsfrom throughout New YorkState, whom we may not oth-erwise meet. Our fall con-vention was held in Buffalothis year and was hosted byZuleika Grotto. We had afun convention, with our of-ficers elected for the nextyear. We also conducted aMemorial Service for ourdeparted members from thefantail of the USS TheSullivans DD-537. Theweekend concluded with ourPresidential Banquet.
We also were at the Cen-tral Square Apple Festival.We set up a booth to supportour charity, Dental Care forChildren with Special Needs.We were able to offer tooth-brushes to many children inour community free ofcharge. It was a genuine plea-sure to see the excited chil-dren and grateful parents. AsProphets we reach the zenithof attainment when we learnto express our principles ofMasonry as “Doing good forothers.”
Our meetings are nor-mally the first Wednesdayof each month. We will, how-ever, be conducting ourmeetings on the secondWednesday for the remain-der of the year.
Andrew Haag
ORDER of theEASTERN STAR
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Onondaga Star 144Masonic Memorial Center
Centerville 185Masonic Memorial Center
Order of theEastern Star
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November is a time tothank those in our life. It isalso a time to remembertovote because our armedforces continue to protect ourright to do so. RememberVeterans Day on November11, honoring those who haveserved to protect our free-doms.
We hope that all who at-tended Grand Chapter en-joyed the sessions and funevents and had the chance tocatch up with old friends andmake new friends. Congratu-lations go to OnondagaDistrict’s elected and ap-pointed 2019 Grand Offic-ers: RW James Swan,Trustee for three years; RWPatricia Haight, Grand Chap-lain; RW Barbara Brooker,DDGM; and RW HenryHavener, DGL.
November is a very busymonth for our District withinstallations. Onondaga Starwill have a meeting Novem-ber 6 and it will be high-lighted with annual reportsand election of officers. Anopen installation will be heldSaturday, November 17 at 2p.m. Word has it thatOnondaga Star No. 144 willhave another first-time Ma-tron for 2019. Hopefully, allSisters and Brothers willcome out to support all thosebeing installed, not just forour installation but for allChapter installations. Checkwith your Secretary for otherinstallation dates.
It is not what we say aboutour blessings, but how weuse them is the true measureof our Thanksgiving.
Debbie Krackhardt
Greetings, Sisters andBrothers. On Monday, Oc-tober 8 RW Gary Hartman,DGL, was accompanied byRW Cathy Barling, DDGM,as he made his Official Visitto witness the initiation ofAllison Ward. Our new Sis-ter comes with a wealth ofMasonic background. Hergrandparents RW Melanieand RW Avery Wheelockare serving as our WM andWP. Also, Sister Angelicaand Brother Corey Ward, herparents, are members, too.To top off all of this, Sr.Allison was a Triangle girl.What a shot in the arm tohave this new, young andenthusiastic member!
As I write this articleGrand Chapter is in session.Soon we will have new lead-ers in Chapter, District andState. Let us all strive to sup-port these dedicated offic-ers, starting with our own
Morning Star 289Marcellus Masonic Temple
Welcome to our new year,Sisters and Brothers! GrandChapter is like New Year’sEve for our wonderful Or-der. There is all sorts of plan-ning and excitement leadingup to an amazing celebrationof a new start—a start filledwith dreams, hopes andgoals. Once the excitementand celebrating subside thereis this sense of, OK, that wasfun. Now what?
That is where we are asyou read this. We have heardthe messages from our newGrand Matron, Grand Pa-tron and other members ofthe Grand Line. Whether youare an officer in your Chap-ter or not, it is up to all of usto keep that sense of the NewYear going. We should befeeling that love and enthu-siasm, that sense of beingpart of something bigger thanourselves. We are part of anamazing, worldwide frater-nal organization.
How can we hope to keepthis amazing Order relevantif we do not live what it standsfor, share the love of ourEastern Star family and, sim-ply, abide by the commit-ments we made the night weeach accepted the obligationof membership? Maybe ourfirst resolution of this newyear should be to be theremore for our Sisters andBrothers. This could meanthat you are more supportiveof the new leadership in yourChapter or participate inmore events within the Dis-trict. We all know how won-derful it feels to look out andsee a full room before, dur-ing and after an event. Thatis the first of my challengesto each of you. Go to a meet-ing you have never gone tobefore, visit one of our SisterChapters. Get to know theirmembers, see their ChapterRoom and spend time withthem.
Back to celebrating ournew year: Our new Chapterleaders will be installed inNovember. Here is a chanceto start meeting my chal-lenge: Centerville 185 onSaturday, November 10 at 1p.m.; Onondaga Star 144 onSaturday, November 17 at 2p.m.; Bona Fide Hiawatha-Solvay 567 on Sunday, No-vember. 18 at 2 pm.; andMorning Star 289 on Mon-day, November 26 at 7 p.m.The District Reception fornew Grand Officers is Thurs-day, November 29 at Ma-sonic Memorial Center inNorth Syracuse.
RW Hank and I wish youall a happy new year as webegin the journey togetherthis year. We will be sharingmore with your Chapter lead-ers as we start putting ourown plans into action. Thankyou for all of your goodwishes as we start our yearand we thank those leaderswho came before us for theirservice and dedication.
I leave you with thisthought. Among the things
Greetings from OswegoDistrict Eastern Star. We at-tended Grand Chapter fromOctober 10 to 13. What funwe all had! The District lun-cheon was really good and itwas nice for all to be to-gether. RW Cindy Stone andRW Earl B. LaFave wereinstalled as District DeputyGrand Matron and DistrictLecturer. Big thanks go toJeanette and William Smithfor a great year. Many memo-ries were made.
At Convention our RWKenneth Wayne Wheelerwas installed as AssociateGrand Patron. What a funand busy two years our smallDistrict will be having! Wehad his reception on Octo-ber 19 at the GreenviewCountry Club and around150 people attended. It wasa beautiful night with manypigs flying.
RW Kenneth Wheeler haschosen a flying pig with “Be-lieve” on it as his emblem.We have these pins for salefor $5 and pink and navy T-shirts for $20 and polos for$25. Help us support ourOrder by purchasing one ofthese.
All of our Chapter meet-ings are now on the secondand fourth of the month.Mondays are Phoenix-Eliza-beth, Tuesdays are Pulaski-Puritan, Wednesdays areOneida Lake, Thursdays areLake Ontario and Fridays areLake City Victoria. All ofthem start at 7:30 p.m. Soonthey will be closing for thewinter.
Please let RW Earl or meknow when you are havingyour annual meeting. Mayyou all have a blessedThanksgiving. To all of oursnowbirds: May God keepyou safe in your travels.
Cindy StoneEarl LaFave
Order of theEastern Star
Oswego District
you can give and still keepare your word, a smile and agrateful heart.
Barb BrookerHank Havener
Sisters and Brothers, thedays are getting shorter andcooler, the leaves are chang-ing to beautiful reds and yel-lows. The night air is crispand refreshing. I think it mustbe fall.
Our Chapter morns therecent loss of three mem-bers: Worthy Sister BettyShannon, Brother RandyBishop and RW JudyBackus. Our heartfelt sym-pathies go to their family andfriends.
We were excited to wel-come into Centerville Chap-ter Shymere Gandy at ourOctober 4 meeting. Thanksgo to MW Jodelle, RWJackie Gates and MJConover for offering theirassistance. Brother BuddyBelonsoff did a great jobcarrying the flag for the veryfirst time. RW Karl and RW
Hank also did a great jobbeing moved to differentpositions for the evening.
How exciting GrandChapter was again this year!It is always a great time torenew acquaintances and apleasure to see our GrandOfficers in action. We wishthe best to our incoming WMSuzanne Peckham and WPPhil Trautman, as well asour District Grand OfficersRW Pat Haight, Grand Chap-lain; RW Jim Swan, GrandTrustee for three years; RWBarb Brooker, DDGM; andRW Hank Havener, DGL.
We honored our officersat our October 18 meetingafter our Grand Chapter re-ports were read. What a greatdisplay of pink in honor ofBreast Cancer AwarenessMonth1
November 1 will be ourannual meeting and electionof officers. Our installationwill be Saturday, November10 at 1:00 p.m.
We look forward to see-ing you in Chapter. And re-member, whoever is tryingto bring you down is alreadybelow you.
Cathy Barling
On Monday, October 1 members of Bethlehem Shrine No. 2, Order of the WhiteShrine of Jerusalem, received an Official Visit of Patricia J. Beck, SupremeWorthy High Priestess. Submitted byGeorge A. Reed
The leaves are turning andwe can finally breathe coolerair so I guess that means fallis here. When you read thisthe goblins and witches willhave been here and gone.What fun it is to see the littleones trying to walk in theircostumes! Remember backin the day when your cos-tume was ghost, witch, scare-crow or a hobo? The Ma-
sons and OES pass out hun-dreds of candy, hot dogs,cider and hot chocolate. Ontop of that we hand out mit-tens and scarves to all thekids. Last year we had over300 children.
We also will have playedBingo with the veterans. Thecalendar dinner was a hoot.We had about eighty partici-pants and there were fivedifferent themes. It was goodfood and great people.
On the feeling crappy listare Sr. Kate, Sr. Gladys andSr. Judy Backus. They allcould use a little lift.
We will have our Elec-tion Day turkey dinner onNovember 6. And we willhave the Avon fundraiseragain this year. Your orderwill be back in time forChristmas.
The meeting on Novem-ber 13.will be election ofofficers. After that it will beup to our new Matron RobinPhillips and Patron ShawnDoyle.
With the holidays ap-proaching, you know it’stime to diet when your ideaof a scenic view is the insideof your refrigerator. HappyThanksgiving.
DDGM Barbara Brookerand DGL RW HenryHavener.
Our Sister KathyMcLaughlin is still not do-ing well. I am sure a cardwould be appreciated. Keepall less fortunate in yourprayers.
Our one and only pie salethis year will be held onNovember 14, 15 and 16.Help is needed on Tuesdaythe 13th for setup. We start at9 a.m. each morning andwork until everything isready for the next day. Pleaseorder your pies early, at $9 apie (315/673-3545).
November 12 is annualreports and election of offic-ers. November 26 at 7:30 isopen installation. Formal at-tire is required for officers.Thursday, November 29 isthe District reception at 7:30p.m. at Memorial Lodge.
On a final note, we werevery proud of RW MaryPerry as she served as GrandColor Bearer, presenting ourflag in a reverential manner.Welcome home, Mary.
To the less active mem-bers: Surprise me. Come toChapter. See you in Chapter.
Margret McManus
Pictured at altar are George A. Reed, Patricia J. Beck and Carol Reed
I guess that’s it, exceptfor a word from an ol’ angel.“There is no such thing inanyone’s life as an unimpor-tant day.”
Diane Manwaring
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Ft. Brewerton 256Owaghena 303 RAMTriangle @ Liverpool
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Jordan 386Lake Ontario 165 RAMLiverpool-Syracuse 501Marathon 438Morning Star 524Trumansburg 157
Hamilton 120Homer 352Morning Star OESOnondaga Hill ClubScriba 414
Jordan 386Liverpool-Syracuse 501Marathon 438Morning Star 524Trumansburg 157
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Auburn 124Caroline 681Centerville OESCentral Square 622Crossroads United 93Erie Canal 141Konosioni 950Lake Ontario 32KTTri-Valley 148
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for a job well done. We hadsix new Nobles to walk theHot Sands with us. Westarted with a cookout, andthen had a full costumedritual, followed by a busi-ness meeting—having fun.
Petitions are always ac-cepted. If you are interestedin joining us Shriners andworking to support ourChildren’s Hospitals, contacta Shriner who will be happyto co-sign for you. CurrentBlue Lodge dues card andfees is all you need.
I want to thank our Con-cert Crew. Volunteers fromTigris Shriners, Syracuse,and Ziyara Shriners, Utica,worked several concerts thispast summer. The moneyraised by selling the CDs ateach concert goes to the hos-pitals. The total raised was$14,822.
Saturday, October 27 wasour Fall Potluck andKaraoke. First Lady Roseorganized dishes to pass. Itwas open to all: Nobles, La-dies, Daughters of the Nile,Masons, family and friends.
We are hosting a Hospi-tal presentation at the Templeon Wednesday, November 7at 7:00 p.m. This presenta-tion is open to all. Pleasecome and enjoy this presen-tation and learn what’s newat the hospitals. Any ques-
tions? Please contact the of-fice.
Shriners International isa fraternity based on fun, fel-lowship and the Masonicprinciples of brotherly love,relief and truth. It foundedShriners Hospitals for Chil-dren as its official philan-thropy in 1922. What beganas one hospital is now aworld-renowned health caresystem with twenty-two lo-cations in three countries.The fraternity, which hasnearly 200 chapters in sev-eral countries and thousandsof clubs around the world,continues to operate and sup-port this unique health caresystem. Please visitwww.shrinersinternational.orgto learn more.
Being a Master Masonyou have fulfilled the quali-fications for becoming amember of the Shriners. Ifyou are interested in joiningus, or for more informationabout Tigris Shriners go towww.tigrisshriners.com orcall 315/478-0277. ForShriners International go to:www.beashrinernow.com,which will link you to ournational and Children’s Hos-pitals website.
Thanks for reading aboutus Shriners.
Ken Ayhens
Tigris from page 10 . . .
Warren Salem Townfrom page 8 . . .
Erie Canalfrom page 8 . . .
Auburnfrom page 8 . . .
griddle that was donated tothe Lodge. Our next bigproject is getting a much-needed ventilation hood in-stalled.
Thanks go to all the Broth-ers who came out for ourBrother Bring a Friend Night.We had one potential candi-date visit us and we hope tohear from him again. Wehave a candidate for the FirstDegree so we are starting toramp up for putting on theDegree work. We’ll need allavailable Brothers to partici-pate to make this a success.
The big news for Novem-ber is our Official Visit onNovember 1, which will bethe Homecoming for our ownRW David Barnello. Therewill be a dinner at 6 p.m. soplease plan on attending aswe welcome our RW Brotherhome.
To raise funds for theLodge we are selling ticketsfor a holiday drawing at acost of $10 per ticket. Thedrawing will be at noon onDecember 9 at our pancakebreakfast, with prizes of$500, $300 and $200. Thisfundraiser is critical to ourLodge’s budget and can onlybe successful if we all con-tribute. Please help out byselling as many tickets aspossible.
Finally, as we come uponthe Thanksgiving holiday Iask all of you to reflect uponwhat you are thankful for. Ihope that the Brother Lovethat Masonry provides us isincluded.
Mike Lees
Cayuga-Tompkins from page 8 . . .
plan for our Fraternity.Last month, under sick-
ness and distress, we re-ported on the auto accident
that took the life of Dennisand Linda Zack’s son.Shortly after that accidentthe grandson of Dennis andLinda lost his life very tragi-cally. Then shortly thereaf-ter, Linda passed away. Ourprayers go out to Dennis,Gary and Jodie Nickersonand their entire family ontheir great loss. Each of thesefolks was highly respectedand had made real contribu-tions to the communities.
It was good to see TimCarmon out and about at thelast meeting. As we all know,Tim has had a very difficultsummer after the fall thatbroke both of his ankles. Iam glad to report that he is atough guy, just like his latefather Bill.
I stopped to see PastDDGM Paul Schenck . He isstill active repairing tires butreports he is spending toomuch time going to doctorsfor himself and for his wifeSandy. It is painful just towatch him work.
The recent passing of ourlongest serving Lodge mem-ber, Richard W. Wright,made me think of the othermembers who have servedWarren Salem Town for anextended period of time.Heading the list is LeonardDefendorf, who joined inMarch 1955. Ken Pollardfollows, joining in Octoberof the same year. Next is EdSmith, April ’56, followedby Richard Palmer May ’56and Arthur Smith December‘56. Dave Knolls joined inOctober of 1961 and WillSchwarting in March of ’67.Next month we will add othernames to this list.
Our Lodge was namedafter two great and remark-able men: Joseph Warren andSalem Town. Perhaps Sa-lem Town is better known inUnion Springs but that maybe because he was a local
leader and lived long afterJoseph Warren, who wasfrom Massachusetts. Whenour two Lodges merged Iread about Joseph Warrenand the great leader he was,as were other members ofthe Warren family. Whatbrought this to my attentionis a recent article in the WallStreet Journal entitled “TheHero on Bunker Hill.” Thearticle begins, “BeforeGeorge Washington, beforeThomas Jefferson, there wasJoseph Warren.” As weknow, Warren was shot andkilled at Bunker Hill at thestart of the American Revo-lution but perhaps we don’tknow his true history. Chris-tian Di Spigna has authoreda new 322-page book calledFounding Martyr, which isWarren’s life story. If youhave access to the Octoberissue of the WSJ this inter-esting article is on page A15.Very good reading.
That is it for this month. Ihope to see you in Lodge.And remember: We are allricher than we think we are.
Ken Pollard
AUBURN SHRINE CLUB
Auburn, NYAn Affiliate of Damascus Temple
A.A.O.N.M.S.
1st Shrine Clubin America
Auburn Shrine ClubSupports Our Hospitals
went well, with informationgiven on Concordant Bod-ies. We discussed RoyalArch, Cryptic, Commanderyand Shrine. On October 27our first Fellowship Break-fast was held at Lodge, withChef Tabone, at 7:30 a.m.,sharp.
November 15 is out yearlyraffle for Scholarships. Thisyear we are raffling a $400gift card to Bass Pro, $250 toDel Lago Casino, $150 toMirbeau Inn & Spa and two$100 cash prizes. Ticket are$10 and are available fromany local Lodge member orfrom me. Email or call mycell, 315/224-0940. As men-tioned before, you can’t winif you ain’t in.
RW Ted Tennant is do-
ing much better at the St.Anthony Commons and willbe there permanently in roomAT17. Stop and see him. WHarold Parker is back homeand on the mend after legproblems. So is LorraineParker, who fell and brokeher femur and hip recently.Both are in good spirits andare always happy to havecompany or a phone call.
Last but not least, ourannual Auburn Lodge Christ-mas Party is scheduled forDecember 2 at Sunset Res-taurant. It will be 5 p.m. forsocial and 6 p.m. for dinner.Reservations are due to meby November 23. The cost is$25 per person or $45 percouple. The menu is as fol-lows: roast pork with stuff-ing and gravy, chickenmarsala, stuffed shells, gar-lic mashed potatoes, greenbeans, apple crisp, coffee,tea, salad and bread. AllMasons and guests are wel-come from all Lodges. Santawill also be there as usual,with lots of goodies Comeone, come all!
That’s it for now. Takecare, God bless and I hope tosee you in Lodge.
Tommy Ostrander
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