Thunderbird Lodge No. 15 Free and Accepted Masons
Vol. 15, No. 5 www.thunderbird15.org November 2008
From the
East:
Greetings, Brethren.
In September Thunderbird 15 began the Fall season with
a few degrees. On Sept. 11, Breton Hill and Glenn Robbins were passed to
Fellowcraft. Congratulations to our two new FC’s.
Brothers Glen and Breton, get busy on your
proficiencies in the Fellowcraft lecture and we will schedule a degree to raise
you to the sublime degree of Master Mason as soon as you are proficient. Also a thank-you to all the brothers who participated in their
degree team. On September 25 we initiated David James Sumpter as our
newest Entered Apprentice Mason. Likewise, as soon as Brother Sumpter is
proficient in the Lecture on the EA degree we will schedule your FC degree and
pass you to Fellowcraft. I would also like to thank the degree team from this
degree, especially our DDGL, WB Terry Letterly and our Brothers from Montuzema
35, without whom it would not have been possible to put on
this degree.
On
November 6 we will be having our Official Visit by the Junior Grand Deacon, WB
Richard McNeill, Jr. It will also be elections night, and additionally we will
be balloting on a petition for reinstatement.
We
have one Fellowcraft who has completed his proficiency and is ready to have his
Master Mason degree scheduled, which we will do at the next Stated Meeting. We
have one more FC whose proficiency is also nearly complete, so we will have
quite a handful of Master Mason degrees to put on in the near future. The MM
degree has many parts which need to be filled. The Brothers from our lodge have
to step forward to help put these degrees on. This is not a degree we can count
on, nor should we have to count on, Brothers from other Lodges to step in at
the last minute to fill in the missing parts. With the number of members we
have in this lodge we should be able to do our own degree work.
A
survey was sent out in the last Trestleboard. A few have been returned but I
have not had the time to read all of them yet. If you have not sent yours in
yet, please do so. We need to hear from our lodge brothers and all surveys will
be read.
Jim Drake PM, Worshipful Master
Sickness and Distress:
I
am sad to report that some Brothers of Thunderbird 15 have recently had some
sickness and distress. Our Chaplain, Don Wilcox was hospitalized for two weeks
beginning on September 10 with a viral infection. Brother Don is home and now
and doing quite well walking his dogs and exercising. WB
November is Elections Month
November 6 is elections night for Thunderbird 15. We will
be balloting for Master, Senior and Junior Wardens as well as Treasurer and
Secretary. Additionally we will be balloting on two Trustees – Clinton
Molodow’s term expires at the end of this year and if Jon Logan is elected
Junior Warden he will be an Ex-Officio Trustee and the Trustee position he
presently holds will be vacant. And of course November 4 is the General
Election, in which the country will be electing a new President as well various
Senators and Congressmen and many elected positions right down to dog catcher.
Elections are important, almost sacred to Masonry. In our craft we teach that
is not a right, but a duty for those eligible to cast ballots to do so,
wheather it is in a national election for who will be President for the next
four years or those who be presiding over your lodge for the next year.
From the Secretary:
Dues notices are being sent out in this
Trestleboard for all who pay dues annually. If you are a perpetual member you
will not receive a dues notice. All dues must be paid by
Paul
Reynolds, Secretary
Masonic Birthdays for November:
Gary 11/21/85 James
E. Drake, Jr., PM 11/10/01
Dan Edward Droeg
Franklin Eugene Gilbert
Franklin Robert
Hall
Roy Walter Hoyt,
Sr., PM
Jay Wesley
McReynolds
John Richard Ruff
VW George Howard
Stablein, Sr., PM
Calendar:
November
6: Stated Meeting,
November 9-15: Schools Week
December
2: Stated Meeting,
December
27: Installation of Officers, Fiesta Room,
January 1? : Stated
Meeting. Dispensation will be requested of the Grand Master to move this to January 8.
Submit
information for the next publication by the 15th of each month to:
Jim Drake, Editor
Or
by E-Mail to: jandvdrake@aol.com
Direct questions or comments to me at 480-759-0253
Contact List
Master:
Jim Drake PM: 480-756-1105
Home, jandvdrake@aol.com
Secretary: Paul Reynolds, 480-510-8564
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Website: www.thunderbird15.org
Thunderbird
Lodge No. 15, F.&A.M.
W.M. * Jim Drake PM Trustee 2008 Clint Molodow
S.W. *
J.W. * Gustavo Rodriguez
PM Trustee 2010 Reza Farrokh PM
Treasurer Bob Bell PM $ Trustee
2011
VW George Stablein, PM
Secretary Paul Reynolds
Chaplain Don Wilcox * Also Trustees Ex-Officio
Marshal Available $ Also Treasurer of Trustees
S.D. Jon Logan #
Also Secretary of Trustees
J.D. Michael Gattorna
S.S. Available
J.S. Available
Thunderbird Lodge No. 15 F&AM