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Brethren:

Another busy month, on AprilFools Day we held our StatedMeeting, although it wasMaundy Thursday for many, we

had a good attendance, Bro. T.C.enlightened us on MemberMasonic Education and Bro.Harry Tanzer reported that thePublic Schools Event for the22nd of April was well in hand.He also requested help in settingup the Lodge Room seating; thishas to be completed before sixin the evening.

Brother D.J. Ross received hisSecond Degree, SD. JosephJohnson P.M. gave the SecondSection Lecture, and BrotherDavid Yochelson received hisEntered Apprentice Degree,Congratulations to our twoBrothers.

Our Masonic and Fellowshipdinner was prepared by ourTreasurer, Mark Clark (ThankYou). Brother Joshua Marquisspoke to a visiting petitionerabout Masonry and the ThreeDegrees, and we will bereceiving an application fromthat gentleman. Joshua is agood spokesman for our craft.

On May 16 th we are celebrating

rom the EastBro. Joseph Romero, Worshipful Master

our 50th year at 2:00 pm. It isimperative that you mail in thereservation form you receivedin the mail for the banquet,there will not be any sales of tickets for this catered event atthe door. Brother Mark Clark isin charge of Reservations, hisnumber is 1-760-220-2336 [email protected] .Let us make this a mostmemorable event for one forall.

We have had some problemswith our electrical system, ourprinter and heaters in the diningroom and freezer were knockedout by an overload, we are inthe process of taking care of theproblem.

Also a reminder that if yourfood handlers certificate hasexpired you should get arenewal, yours truly has torenew his own!

We received an e-mail from

Grand Lodge requestingtransportation from LAX for aWWII Veteran (OPERATIONGREATEST GIFT) who required aride home to 29 Palms uponreturning on Saturday at noonthe 17th, Sr. Warden, JosephDupont and Assistant Secretary

Gary Mason volunteered andYucca Valley Lodge 802absorbed the cost. Althoughthe WII Veteran is not aMason, we displayed thetenets taught in Masonry tothe WWII Veteran.

I would like to remind all ourbrethren of our obligations tonot cause injury to one

another nor cause harm to hisname. Lets remember what itmeans to be a Mason, and abrother.

I spoke with a young man atJiffy Lube who approached mregarding the symbols on mycar. His grandfather was aMason and he wanted toshare with me his memoriesand that he still had his

grandfathers pins. He maybecome our next brother.Dont let opportunities likethat pass by!

Joseph Romero, WM, PM

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May 2010 Trestleboard

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A beautiful system of Morality, veiled in Allegory, illustrated by Symbols

This Memorial Day, add your remembrance of thoseunsung men and their sacrifices to your agenda for the long weekend.

May has come and it makesme stop and considerMemorial Day and what itmeans. Memorial Day beganas Decoration Day,commemorating those menand women who have died inthe service of our country.

Following the Civil War, theday was set aside by manyUnion communities as a dayto mark the end of the war oras a memorial to those whohad died. The alternativename of "Memorial Day" wasfirst used in 1882. It did notbecome more common untilafter World War II, and wasnot declared the official nameby Federal law until 1967.

I remember going to the localcemetery in my home townback in Indiana and seeing theflags placed beside the gravesof local veterans going back tothe Civil War. Some of themhad Masonic markers, and I

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A brother of our Lodge hasopened his business at theCombat Center in TwentyninePalms.

Brother Ali came to the USfrom Iraq in 2006 and workedon the Combat Center at theTraining Evaluation Commandpreparing Marines to deploy tothe Iraq war.

Once the need for Iraqiexpertise dwindled, BrotherAlis contract ended. Knowingwhat was coming, and having a

Brother Ali Mehsen Opens his Business

asked about that it at thetime. I was told Id learnabout those symbols soonenough!

So many of our Brothers havedistinguished themselves inthe service to our country.Books have been filled withtheir names, stories andexploits. There are so manythat it would be impossible tolist them all. Othersperformed their service inanonymity, quietly doingtheir duty, unrecorded byhistorians. It is those men,those unrecorded heroes,who did their part andfulfilled their Masonicobligation to their country,sometimes offering their livesin that service, which thosetiny flags represent.

This Memorial Day, add yourremembrance of thoseunsung men and theirsacrifices to your agenda for

the long weekend. Weremember them and honorthem, even though theirnames arent included in abook. But from the CelestiaLodge, theyll know. Theywill live on, because we takethe time to remember.

I think back on the men that

helped shape me and howmany of them were Masons.In their own way, they laidthe foundation for the man Iwas to become. Most of them were veterans; most of them have a small flag flyingnext to their grave, and all ofthem have a special place inmy heart. Ill take a fewmoments and honor theirmemory on Memorial Day,but deep inside I carry themwith me always. After all,they were the builders of myMasonic foundation.

talent for cooking his nativefoods; Ali developed his plan forthe future.

He submitted a proposal for theAli Baba Kabob concession atCamp Wilson. Throughperseverance and faith, heworked through the details of getting his business up andrunning, ready to serve theMarines in another capacity.

If you have access to the base,stop by and enjoy his excellentMiddle Eastern cuisine!


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This month promises to be a verybusy time, as summer approachesand while temperatures remainfairly reasonable to the majority of us at least. Time to get out and seethe beauty of this austere

environment we all must love, anddo it before temperatures begin tosoar into that "but its a dry heat"range.

For those who are curious aboutmy absence from lodge activities,work has been keeping me on theroad quite a bit these past couplemonths and it continues into this

month as well. I will miss theLodge Breakfast this monthbecause I will be attending theSenior Wardens Retreat in

Ontario that weekend.Immediately after that is over Imscheduled to head out again foranother week unless the schedulechanges. Things are supposed totaper off for a while afterwards,and Im looking forward to a bit of down time at home and more timeat the lodge.

May 9 th is Mothers Day; dontforget, because she wont!

May 16 th Yucca Valley Lodge willcelebrate an event half a century inthe making, our 50 th Anniversary,and event which marks us as avery young lodge, as MasonicLodges go. Mark your calendars,buy your tickets, and comecelebrate this once in a lifetime

event. I hope to see everyonethere.

May 31 st is Memorial Day, formany of us a day to celebrate theunofficial beginning of summer,but most importantly its a dayset aside to remember themilitary men and women whosacrificed everything in the nameof freedom. Take time toremember them, whatever yourother activities are that day, andif you happen to meet a Veteran,or member of the military thank them for doing what they do, thesimple gesture will mean a lot.Check the Lodge calendar formore events and take part in asmany as you are able, there'ssomething for everyone and if you notice that something ismissing, help us set it up.

rom the WestBro. Joseph DuPont, Sr. Warden

The Friend to Friend MasonicMemorial is a monument located in theannex of the Gettysburg NationalCemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.Built by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, it commemorates

Confederate Brigadier General LewisAddison Armistead entrusting UnionCaptain Henry H. Bingham with hispersonal effects, most notably apocket watch, on the third day of theBattle of Gettysburg, during Pickett'sCharge.

Confederate general Armistead,under George Pickett's command,

personally led his men up the hill tothe Union position. Armistead wasshot twice. Severely wounded, andfearing that his personal effects wouldbe stolen by Union soldiers, he "gavea Masonic sign asking for assistance".Union Captain Bingham, an aide toMajor General Winfield ScottHancock, a personal friend of

Armistead, then came to his aid as helay wounded: Armistead, Bingham,and Hancock were all Freemasons.After ensuring Armistead that hispossessions would be sent to hisfamily, particularly his pocket watch,Bingham took Armistead to a fieldhospital, where Armistead once againmet Hancock, who had beenpreviously injured the same day.Armistead died two days later at ahospital on the George Spanglerfarm.

The monument's sculptor was RonTunison of Cairo, New York, whowas himself a Freemason. The statuewas dedicated by the Grand Lodge ofPennsylvania on August 21, 1993.

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On Thursday, April 22, Yucca Valley Lodgepresented its annual Public Schools Night,which honors students from the MorongoUnified School District selected by theirrespective schools for outstanding citizenship.The history of Public Schools Night comesfrom the history shared by the CaliforniaPublic School System and the Freemasons.

The California State public school system wasstarted in the 1 850s, and the first StateSuperintendent of Public Instruction was JohnSwett, a transplanted Mason. The publicschools have always been a special concern of California Masons. In 1920, the GrandMaster issued a proclamation declaring PublicSchools Week and committing Masons toassisting public schools in whatever way theycould, because the children are our future.

Yucca Valley Lodge honors the public schoolsthrough this annual celebration. BrotherHarry Tanzer has been the force behind thecelebration since 1988 and once again did asuperb job. Forty students from five localschools were honored with framed certificatesin front of a full hall, filled with families andfriends. The Worshipful Master, JosephRomero opened the ceremony and turned it

over to Brother Tanzer, who spoke eloquentlyon the history of the Masonic Lodge and thepartnership between this Lodge and theMUSD.

The evening ended with refreshments andcamaraderie. Special thanks go out to TinaBergamin and Patty Aston for setting up andhosting the refreshments!

Public Schools Night : Freemasonry and Public Education
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I See Youve Traveled Some

50 th Birthday Bash isall set!

Worshipful Master Romero informsus that Prime Rib and Breast of Chicken

have been selected to be the two entreechoices for the 50 th Anniversary LodgeBanquet which will take place on 16May.

The event, which will kick off at 2PM, is by reservation only. A choice of the two entrees is offered at a cost of $25 per diner.

Reservation forms for the Banquet,which is to be held in the Yucca Roomof the Yucca Valley Community Centeracross the street from our Lodge, willshortly be mailed to every Lodgemember, he said. A Reception withinour Lodge building is to follow theBanquet.

Worshipful Romero noted thatadditional reservation forms and mapswill be mailed to other interestedparties upon receipt of email requests toour Treasurer, Mark Clark, [email protected] .

And when your final summons comes,To take a last long trip,

Adorned with Lambskins Apron Whiteand gems of fellowship

The Tyler at the Golden Gate,With square and rule and plumb

Will size up your pin and say "Walk In","I see you've traveled some."

Author unknown

He emphasized that allreservations for the event must bereturned to the Treasurer to arrivenot later than May 3 rd toaccommodate the agreement madwith the caterer.

Wherever you may chance to beWherever you may roam,Far away in foreign lands;

Or just at Home Sweet Home;It always gives you pleasure,

it makes your heart strings humJust to hear the words of cheer,"I see you've traveled some."

When you get a brother's greeting,And he takes you by the hand,

It thrills you with a feelingthat you cannot understand,

You feel that bond of brotherhoodthat tie that's sure to come

When you hear him say in a friendly way"I see you've traveled some."

And if you are a stranger,In strange lands all alone

If fate has left you strandedDead broke and far from home,It thrills you--makes you numb,

When he says with a grip of fellowship,"I see you've traveled some."
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Famous Mason: John Wayne, American Born Marion Morrison, "the Duke"appeared or starred in over 200films in his fifty-year career,winning an Oscar for "True Grit,"in 1969.One of the most popular filmactors of the twentieth century,John Wayne remains a popularAmerican icon to this day.Remembered for his definition of the American individualist of amythical wild west, he came torepresent America to severalgenerations of movie-goers.

For nearly a decade, Wayne toiled

in numerous B movies (mostlywesterns) for different studios. Heeven played a singing cowboynamed Sandy Saunders among hismany roles. During this timeperiod, however, Wayne starteddeveloping his man of actionpersona, which would serve as thebasis of many popular characterslater on.

Wayne's career as an actor took another leap forward when heworked with director HowardHawks in Red River (1948). Thewestern drama provided Waynewith an opportunity to show histalents as an actor, not just an

action hero. Also around thistime, Wayne received praise forhis work in John Ford's Fort

Apache (1948) with Henry Fondaand Shirley Temple.Taking on a war drama, Waynegave a strong performance inSands of Iwo Jima (1949), whichgarnered him his first AcademyAward nomination for BestActor. He also appeared in moretwo westerns by Ford nowconsidered classics: She Wore aYellow Ribbon (1949) and RioGrande (1950) with MaureenO'Hara. Wayne worked withO'Hara on several films, perhapsmost notably The Quiet Man (1952). This film is consideredWayne's most convincing leadingromantic role by many critics.

Wayne portrayed an aginggunfighter dying of cancer in hisfinal film, The Shootist (1976),with Jimmy Stewart and LaurenBacall. In 1978, life imitated artwith Wayne being diagnosed with

stomach cancer.Wayne died on June 11, 1979, inLos Angeles, California. He wassurvived by his seven childrenfrom two of his three marriages.

B2B Brother to Brother Section

Shortly before his death, the U.Congress approved acongressional gold medal forWayne. It was given to hisfamily in 1980. In the samemonth as the Duke's passing, thOrange County Airport wasrenamed after him. He was latfeatured on a postage stamp in1990 and again in 2004 and wainducted into the California Halof Fame in 2007.

A Member of Glendale DeMolChapter during his high schooldays, Duke was also a

freemason, like his father beforhim, receiving his Craft degreein July 1970 in Marion McDanLodge No. 56, Tucson, ArizonaA Senior DeMolay, he was alsoawarded the DeMolay Legion oHonor in 1970. In December ofthat year, he joined the York RiBodies in California and becama Shriner in Al Malaikah ShrinTemple.

Initiated : July 9, 1970Passed : July 10, 1970Raised : July 11, 1970

Marion McDaniel Lodge No. 56Tucson, Arizona,


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