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Vol. 16, No. 10 January 2017

next Trestleboard deadline: Sunday, JANUARY 15 at 5:00pmemail to: EDITOR@NORTHCOASTMASONS.ORG

Humboldt Lodge No. 79Six Rivers Lodge No. 106

Brethren, We have a very active year of degrees and events planned for 2017.

We will begin with a First Degree ProficiencyNight on January 12th,withuptofiveproficienciestobe given by our group of Entered Apprentices. We are very excited to move these brothers along and reward them for their hard work and dedication. On January 19th we will be conferring a Second De-gree to Brother Tony Green, and on January 26th we will be conferring a Second Degree to Brother Juan-cho E. Ignacio. Please come out to lodge to show your support for these brothers who are progressing for-ward with their Masonic careers. OurfirsteventoftheyearwillbeourannualSweet-heart’s Dinner to be held on Friday, February 10th, at the Sea Grill Restaurant in Eureka. This event has been atremendoussuccessoverthelastfiveyearsandwelook forward to wonderful evening of dining and cel-ebrating. Please call or email the lodge to make res-ervations, we will be able to host a maximum of 40 people and the cost is $30 per person. ThankyouallforyoureffortsandIlookforwardtoseeing you at Lodge. Fraternally, Kevin M. Wells, WM

Happy New Year Everyone, I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to the members of Arcata Chapter #207, Order of the Eastern Star for the fantastic job they

didcateringourinstallationofofficersthisyear.Everythingfromthedecorations,flowersandfoodwasfantasticandIgreatly appreciate it. Music always adds such a great touch to these events and I could not have asked for anything better than having our own Maxine Hill playing the piano and our new friend Craig Benson singing and playing his guitar. I would also like to thank our installation team for the great job they did. We are looking forward to our annual Crab feed on Sunday January 29th. The Crab feed will begin at 1:00. Crab will be $20.00 per person. RSVP is a must so we know how much crab to get. Please call the lodge to leave your res-ervations. We will need to know how many people you are bringing and if anyone in your party does not eat Crab. We will have something for those non crab eaters but will need to know who they are in advance.

Upcoming Calendar:January 3rd 6:30 Dinner Stated Meeting at 7:30January 10th 6:30 Dinner with practice to followJanuary 17th 6:30 Dinner with practice to followJanuary 24th 6:30 Dinner with practice to followJanuary 29th 1:00 Annual CRAB FEEDJanuary 31st 6:30 Dinner with practice to follow

Hope to see you at lodge.

Fraternally,Steven M. Jacobs, WM

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Donald B McCannMaureen L & Norman H Sprankle

PLATINUMBarbara Hight IMO Bill HightDonna and Bob Meng IMO Bill Hight,Bob Lewis & Earle SmithChristopher R MillsJames K MorrisonCarolyn L & Donald C Podratz IMO Bob Lewis,Philo Barnwell & William HightJudith R & Robert H RexSharon K & Melvin L Thomsen IMO James Thomsen & James S. ThomsenKathleen M Vertar IMO Michael J VertarClayton R Webber

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Camellia Chapter No. 63 A New Year is upon us already – Happy 2017 to you all! Practice on November 30 went well. Thank you to everyone who came to the practice,

and to those who helped set up and take down the room! At our meeting on December 7, people brought quite a bit of food to donate to Food for People. We also started a “thank you” gift that we plan to continue through the year (or two). We are very grateful to those who come to meet-ings, both from our own Chapter and those who come to helpfillinstations.Ourfirst“thankyou”giftswenttoNan-cy Bay who was Conductress for the evening and to Deb-orah Fogle, our Warder. After the meeting, we had some refreshments and a gift exchange. There was a sign-up sheet for people to volunteer to bring goodies to future meetings. If you were not at the De-cember meeting, or if you did not yet sign up because you were checking your calendar or something, there are still dates open, and you are welcome to sign up for a month (or two) to bring refreshments. Thank you! And a very big Thank You to those who have already chosen their month(s) to bring food. This year we will participate in the Books for Bikes pro-gram,andAliciaGarrisonhasagreed tohelpfindus twobikes to give to the children at a grade school yet to be named. Next meeting is on January 4 with a New Year’s theme to it. We look forward to seeing you there!

Star love, Joni Aitken, Worthy MatronLee Astorino, Worthy Patron

PHOTO: Peggy Mecham-Carlotti, Deputy; Lee Astorino, Wor-thy Patron; and Joni Hewston Aitken, Worthy Matron at In-stallation on November 5

Happy New Yearand please Pay Your Dues

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Eel River EmpireLodge No. 147

Ferndale Lodge No. 193

Brethren, Congratulations to Worshipful Lee Astori-

noandhisOfficersfortheiraccomplishmentsin2016.Ithasbeen a pleasant year with good fellowship and many im-provements to our Masonic Center building. I look forward to another great year in 2017, and thank the brethren for electing me to serve as Worshipful Master. We have a com-pletecorpsofofficersreadyandwillingtoservethelodge.Please give them your enthusiastic support! Remember that you are always welcome not only to our Stated Meet-ings and Degrees, but also to our practices and other func-tions. You never know when you might have an opportunity tofillastationortoassistwithaDegree.Markyourcalen-dars for January 2017 as follows:Jan2 7:30P PracticeforInstallationofOfficers (Refreshments 7:00P – 7:30P)Jan 8 7:00P INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS (Refreshments to follow)

NOTE: Time changed from previous announcements.Officerspleasecomeforpreparations,picturesby6:30P

Jan 9 7:30P STATED MEETING (Refreshments 7:00P – 7:30P)Jan 16 7:30P Practice for First Degree (Refreshments 7:00P – 7:30P)Jan23 7:30P Officers’Meetingand150th Celebration Planning (Refreshments 7:00P – 7:30P)Jan 30 7:30P Practice for First Degree (Refreshments 7:00P – 7:30P) TheOfficers of Ferndale Lodge#193 extends to youbest wishes for a happy and prosperous New Year to all!

Brethren, We are about to change our meeting night again. Please attend our January 18, 2017 stated meeting and make your questions known. There are several reasons for considering the change. The third Wednesday meeting date has caused some unforeseen problems. It has made paying our bills verydifficultbecausemostbillsareduebeforeourstatedmeeting.IthasalsomadeitdifficulttoposteventsintheTrestleboard. Because of lag time in sending in the articles, printingandmaildelays,itmakesschedulingverydifficult. A resolution was passed by vote of the Lodge at the November stated meeting to change our stated meetings tothefirstWednesdayofthemonth.Thiswillbevotedonat our January stated meeting. Eel River Empire Lodge installation will be held on Jan-uary 18, 2017 at 7PM in Fortuna Masonic Hall. Bring your best friend and a big bib. We will be having our Annual Crab Feed on January 21, 2017 at 5 PM. We hope to see a good turnout.

Fraternally,Harry M. Pond, Worshipful Master

May the Supreme Architect of the Universe watch over us all and inspire our leaders to seek peace among all peoples of the world. See you at Lodge!

Fraternally, Paul Wright, PM, Master-elect

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Eureka Court No. 109Order of the Amaranth

Honored Ladies and Sir Knights. We hope that your Christmas Holidays, or your Ha-nukah if you prefer, were everything you hoped they would be. The weather is still very wintery and Spring is a while away. But we will all look to the Future and hope that Spring will be right around the corner. Our January Meeting: January 25th. Theme: Joys oftheNewYear.ThiswillbeAdvanceNight.Alloffi-cerspleasebepreparedtostepintotheofficeyouwillbe holding next Year. February Meeting: This a reminder to all commit-tees that reports are due in February. Light refresh-ments will be available after the meeting. We continue to see major hi-way construction due to slides and other natural occurrences. Perhaps by May or June we can again travel without worrying about rocks and dirt falling on our heads. For those who may be interested, the decision in Weaverville is to change the four-way stop on the East side of town to a four-way light. The powers that be think that will be better for the highway than a round-about or four way stop sign. So, in the following months there will be a little more road construction in town. But this too shall pass and all will be okay. A discussion was held prior to the December meeting about the good and bad of moving our meet-ing place back to Eureka. Perhaps we will have some information on that next month. In the meantime, let’s all work toward building our Court and all getting involved in the business at hand. We have a wonderful group of people who are mem-bers, and we all need to work together for the success of our Order. Plan to attend one or two of our meetings and en-joy the friendships, fellowships, and joy of your fellow members. We miss you all and hope to see you soon.

Love to all the Ladies and Gentlemen of our Court,JoAnna and Bill

Ferndale Chapter No. 23

Old man winter has certainly arrived in style with lots of rain and bone chilling

temperatures. Randy and I would like to thank He-lene and Larry Nicholson and our Chapter for taking over the helm at our December meeting so that we could attend our granddaughters Christmas program. With many members out sick we had a skeleton crew even with help from our neighbors. We brought toys for the Community Chest and had a cookie exchange with the left overs going home with Helene and Nancy to make plates for some of our shut ins. I did make it to the meeting in time to install our Martha Donna Meng and take care of the business at hand. Also we would like to thank those who were able to help out at the Fortuna Ice Rink . It was a great fund raiser for the Chapter. Our next meeting will be a Happy New Year theme and we will be honoring our star point Ruth all the Ruth’s are invited. Hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year with family and friends. Until next time ,Patti Cady WM and Randy Cady WP

Rohnerville-RedwoodChapter No. 76

Hello Friends and Family! The holidays have come and gone, and we hope you enjoyed the season and were able to celebrate with friends and family. This month we will be serving for the Scottish Rite Installation . Our January meet-ing theme is Thursday Night Lights, for football sea-son, so wear your favorite teams jersey, we hope to see you there!

Star Love,Bridie and Jim

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Bethel No. 86,Job’s Daughters

Happy New Year, and best wishes for 2017! In November, we continued to participate in Eastern Star installations in Ferndale where wepresentedtheflagforPattiandRandyCady,and in Fortuna where we brought into the Chap-terRoomfigurinesofthefiveStarPointheroinesand placed them on the pedestals behind the Star Point chairs for Bridie Hansen and Jim Widdoes. On December 11, we presented the flag forthe Six Rivers Lodge installation where our Past Associate Bethel Guardian Steve Jacobs was in-stalled as Worshipful Master. At our meeting on November 21, the Daugh-ters asked adults to stand in at their stations to do their charges – from memory! We had fun with Mrs. Sally Hansen doing the Honored Queen’s charge, Mr. Gary Quintrell as Sr. Princess, Ms. Sherri McKenna as Jr. Princess, Mrs. Heidi Quin-trell as Guide, and Mrs. Bridie Hansen as Marshal. At our meeting on December 5, Mrs. Heidi Quintrell tearfully gave her last remarks as Bethel Guardian as she is stepping down after six years as our fearless leader. Installation of new council members was held at our regular meeting on De-cember 19. We want to thank everyone who has supported our lasagna sales this year. We made lasagnas and delivered them the weekend of December 17-18. Then we have a break for the holidays before meeting again on January 2 for our last meeting of this term. We plan our Bethel installation for January 8, with details yet to come. Thank you, one and all, for your support of our Bethel! Happiest of New Year wishes to you all – Bethel No. 86 Arcata, JDI

Aahmes RedwoodShrine Club

Talk about a clowning achievement. Redwood Shrine Club’s “Joker Clowns” nearly outdid themselves in 2016. There was hardly any community activity or event that wasn’t attended by the 10 mem-ber clown unit. They participated in 8 parades; 3 kids I.D. programs; 4 elementary school carnivals; 4 screen-ing clinics; 6 shrine dinners; and 11 monthly meetings donating a total of 884 hours — not including travel involving 2 trips to Santa Rosa; 3 to Ukiah; 2 to Fort Bragg; 2 to Ferndale; 2 to Rio Dell; 1 to Scotia; 1 to Car-son City, Nevada; 11 to Eureka; 19 to Fortuna; and, 1 each to McKinleyville and Blue Lake. All this of course is just a beginning to set the stage for 2017. So, come out and join us for what will be a great time for all, es-pecially the kids. Jim Widdoes, Head Clown

PHOTOS: 1. Presenting the figurines at the Rohnerville-Red-wood Chapter installation. 2. Job›s Daughters and Rainbow together at Ferndale Chapter›s installation with Patti Cady, WM, and Randall Cady, WP.

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ARCATA #2071st Thursday, 7:30 p.m.

WM - Heidi Quintrell 433-7305WP - Norman Sprankle 541-867-6780AM - Lisa McCombs 834-3026AP - Jeffrey White 834-3063S - Alan J. Smyth 822-12112017

FERNDALE #232nd Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.

WM - Patti Cady 845-6943WP - Randy Cady 786-9566AM - Dolores Wright 496-5647AP - Paul Wright 443-1871S - Nancy Bay 845-16582017

ROHNERVILLE-REDWOOD #762nd Thursday, 7:30 p.m.

WM - Bridie Hansen 407-4373AP - Jim Widdoes 599-8841AM - Sarah Malcomb 725-2169AP - Nic Poulter 834-3299S - Karen Parlato 725-35322017

CAMELLIA #631st Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.

AM - Joni Aitken 442-9223WP - Lee Astorino 362-0377AM - AP - S - Peggy Mecham-Carlotti 633-68752017

DEPUTY GRAND MATRON—Peggy Mecham-Carlotti—Camellia #63—phone 633-6875 or 499-1037

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HUMBOLDT LODGE #79P.O. Box 197,Eureka 95502

Phone: 443-3079humboldtlodge79.org

STATED MEETINGFIRST THURSDAY 7:00 p.m.

WORSHIPFUL MASTERKevin M. Wells (Heidi)845-9527P.O. Box 67Arcata 95518SEnIOR WARDEnRobert N. Pollard (Leia)362-19911969 Elmwood Pl.McKinleyville 95519jUnIOR WARDEnPhillip A. Elcock 616-4313P.O. Box 1184Arcata, CA 95518TREASURERRobert L. Matlock (JoAnna)496-79422232 Albee St.Eureka, CA 95501SEcRETARyWilliam J. Lambo PM (Sandy)H:442-7355 C: 672-9218410 Herrick Ave.Eureka 95503wjsklambo@gmail.com

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EEL RIVER EMPIRELODGE #147

P.O. Box 51, Fortuna 95540Phone: 725-2355STATED MEETING

THIRD WEDNESDAY, 7:30 p.m.

WORSHIPFUL MASTERPhilip J. Grunert PM (Diane)725-3637P.O. Box 51Fortuna, CA 95540-0051SEnIOR WARDEn

jUnIOR WARDEn

TREASURERMichael G. Flockhart PM768-3110P.O. Box 315Hydesville, CA 95547-0315myflock4@hotmail.comSEcRETARyRichard H. Sweet764-3626Cell 499-2211394 Cherry Ln., Rio Dell 95562wb6myf57@yahoo.com

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FERnDALE LODGE #193P.O. Box 1265,

Ferndale 95536Phone: 786-4532STATED MEETINGSECOND MONDAY

WORSHIPFUL MASTERPaul R. Wright Jr. PM (Delores)443-19816827 Linda Rd.Eureka 95503SEnIOR WARDEnKyle J. Hudson845-2876545 Riverside Park Rd.Carlotta 95528jUnIOR WARDEn Lee Astorino, PM445-8303517 5th. St.Eureka 95501TREASURERKirby L. Bay, PM (Nancy)786-95631907 Crosby Rd.Ferndale 95536SEcRETARyJim Grinsell, PM (Susan)786-9590P.O. Box 802, Ferndale 95536j_and_w@frontiernet.net

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105th Masonic District Inspector: Halby O. Garrison, PM1914 Mesa Ave., Eureka 95503-6838 Ph: 443-6916

Inspector-at-Large: Gary Quintrell, PM2355 Bongio Ct., Eureka 95503 Ph. 443-7305

email: GQHQ@suddenlink.net

next Trestleboard deadline: SUNDAY, JANUARY 15 at 5:00pm

SIX RIVERS LODGE #106251 Bayside Rd.,

Arcata 95521Phone: 822-1211STATED MEETINGFIRST TUESDAY

WORSHIPFUL MASTERSteven M Jacobs PM839-2186800 Sawdust Trail RoadMcKinleyville 95519-9770SEnIOR WARDEnPeter A. Lindke, PM (Sally)822-26083150 Brian Ct.Arcata 95521-4711jUnIOR WARDEnAllen E. Caldwell, PM (Samantha)825-8941937 Alder Grove Rd.Arcata 95521-9211TREASURERMichael W. Alcorn, PM (Suzanne)497-65913340 Montgomery St.Eureka 95503-4860SEcRETARyAlan J. Smyth, PM (Pat)822-1211251 Bayside Rd., Arcata 95521 6riverslodge@suddenlinkmail.com

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