Thunderbird Lodge No. 15
Free and Accepted Masons
Volume 13, Issue 6 www.thunderbird15.org June 2006
From the
East:
Well, by the time you read
this, the one day class will be over. A lot of furniture to
move and a lot of mentoring to do with five candidates from our lodge who will
be attending. We will have plenty of degree work ahead of us this
summer, with two or maybe three petitions to read at the June stated meeting.
These petitions are from candidates who wish to go through the ritual in the
traditional manner. And don’t forget that our stated meeting in June will be on
the 8th, not on June 1, because Grand Lodge will be meeting in
On June 21 there will be an Officer’s Meeting. This will
be for all sitting officers and for anyone who wants to become an officer in
the upcoming year. Our list of officers and officer candidates is becoming
slim, and we need some brothers to get in the line. I wanted to have this
meeting earlier in the year, but could not schedule it because we were very
busy with ritual work. But now all of our officers have been through all three
degrees so far this year and have had a good share of some ritual work,
although I’m not saying that they couldn’t use some more. But while our lodge
has been doing a good job of training our officers in ritual work, we have not
been doing any work towards developing our young officers and training them in
anything other than ritual. And that is the purpose of this meeting. Other than
performing a ritual to be seated in each chair as Junior and Senior Warden and
Master, what are our junior and senior officers supposed to be doing? And will
they really be ready for the chair when they become Master? How do they develop
their own line of officers as they move through the line? Our officer’s line
has taken some serious hits lately with the loss of some key people,
some retreads who don’t want to be retreaded and not
raising any new Master Masons. When we come to the point where we can not fill
the officers chairs, then we will not be able to
operate as a lodge.
All of the proposed changes to the by-laws were balloted
on last month and the balloting was favorable to make all of the proposed
changes. This also included changing our stated meetings from
Lastly, please give a prayer for Miss Rachel Blackwood, a
Rainbow Girl from
Fraternally Yours,
Jim Drake, WM
New Master Mason
On Thursday, May 18, a special meeting for
Thunderbird 15 was held in which Michael Gattorna was
raised to the degree of Master Mason. This is the first raising we have had in
our lodge in about 18 months. Michael was initiated last fall, passed in
February and now has become the newest Master Mason in our Lodge.
Congratulations, Michael and Welcome! WM Jim Drake presided as Master, Ed Bennedicto, Oriental 20, was Senior Warden, PM Stan Woods
was Junior Warden, PM Jeff Grayson as Secretary, PM Bob Bell as Treasurer,
Aaron Chamney as Senior Deacon, Gustavo Rodriguez as
Junior Warden, Clint Molodow and PM Jim Pomish as Stewards and Don Wilcox as Chaplain. We also had
some distinguished visitors that evening. M.W. James May, Past Grand Master of
Masons in Arizona was in attendance and gave the lecture, W. Don Wilson, Junior
Grand Deacon of Masons in Arizona was Fellowcraft 1
and gave the ballot box lecture and PM Bill Robertson was King Solomon. Thank-you to the brethren of Thunderbird 15 and the visiting
brethren for some good ritual that evening. And a special thanks to our
Grand Lodge officers for taking the time to make this a special evening.
Bikes for Books Winners
On Monday, May 15, the winners of the
Bikes for Books contest at
Masonic Birthdays for June:
Ralph Bojorquez,
John W Cooper,
Leslie W Dixon,
William C Gulliver,
Allen E Hensley,
Alfred T Lutzi,
Mark H Mitchell,
Roy L Northcott
Sr,
Melvin J Rearick,
Phiroz D Rivetna,
Robert D Thude,
Monny L Weatherly Jr,
Calendar:
June 2006:
Thur-Sat 1-3-Jun-06 Grand Lodge Communication,
Thursday 8-Jun-
Thursday 15-Jun-
Wednesday 21-Jun-06 7:00pm Officers Meeting
Thursday 22-Jun-
Thursday 29-Jun-
July 2006:
Thursday 6-Jul-
Thursday 13-Jul-
Thursday 20-Jul-
Thursday 27-Jul-
August 2006:
Thursday 3-Aug-
Thursday 10-Aug-
Thursday 17-Aug-
Thursday 24-Aug-
Thursday 31-Aug-
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information for the next publication by the 15th of each month to:
William
D. Beatty, Editor
or by E-Mail to:
beattyw@msn.com
Direct
questions or comments to me at 480-759-0253
Thunderbird
Lodge No. 15, F.&A.M.
W.M. * Jim Drake Trustee 2006 Richard Haynes Jr
PM
S.W. * Chuck Bent PM Trustee 2007 Stan
Wood PM
J.W. * Stan Wood PM Trustee 2008 Clint Molodow
Treasurer Bob Bell PM $ Trustee
2009 Bill Beatty PM #
Secretary Jeff Grayson PM
Chaplain Don Wilcox * Also Trustees Ex-Officio
Marshal Available $ Also Treasurer of Trustees
S.D. Aaron Chamney # Also Secretary of
Trustees
J.D. Gustovo Rodriquez
S.S. Clint Molodow
J.S. Available
Contact List
Master:
Jim Drake: 480-756-1105
Home, jandvdrake@aol.com
Secretary:
Jeff Grayson PM: 602-931-3158
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Website: www.thunderbird15.org
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