gideon lodge #84 2015 officers lodge trestleboard september 2015.pdf · many turned out for fun and...
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Gideon Lodge #84 F. & A.M.
8 Church Street, P.O. Box 372 Kingston, NH 03848
Chartered June 12, 1867
September 2015
Stated Communications 7:30 PM 1st Tuesday of the Month
Dinner: 6:30 PM
Dark - July and August
Dinner Reservations Strongly Requested http://www.gideonlodge.com/Reservations.html
Wor. Brother David S. Henderson Ph. (603) 303-3758
M.W. Grand Lodge of NH, F. & A.M. PO Box 486
Milford, NH 03055-0486 http://www.nhndlodge.org
www.GideonLodge.com
2015 Officers
Worshipful Master
David S. Henderson (603) 303-3758 [email protected]
Senior Warden John J. Paiva (603) 490-2883 [email protected]
Junior Warden Keith Libby (603) 382-5669 [email protected]
Treasurer Wor. Ken Weyler (603) 642-3518 [email protected]
Associate Treasurer
Dale Drake [email protected]
Secretary Tim Lavelle (603)944-2178 [email protected]
Associate Secretary
R W Clovis Leach (603) 642-4320 [email protected]
Rep. to Grand Lodge
Wor. Gerald J. Parziale (603) 247-0124 [email protected]
Chaplain Most Wor. Stewart L. Aronson [email protected]
Senior Deacon Paul Szot [email protected]
Junior Deacon Jason Rodriguez (603) 244-2339 [email protected]
Senior Steward James Dobson [email protected]
Junior Steward Corey King
Marshal Juan Rodriquez Tyler Braden J. McFarland
Contents
Gideon Contacts …………………… 1 Upcoming Events …………………… 2 Gideon Birthdays …………………… 3 Masters Messages …………………… 3 Gideon Puzzler …………………… 5 Notable Calendar Events …………….. 6
Upcoming District Events
September
Tue Sep 1, 2015 7:30pm - 9pm Gideon #84 Stated Meeting Where: 8 Church St., Kingston, NH Dinner 6:30 Wed Sep 2, 2015 6pm - 9pm St John's Lodge Where: Portsmouth Temple Thu Sep 3, 2015 7:30pm - 9pm Maj Gen Jn Sullivan #2 Stated Mtg Where: 3 Pleasant St., Epping, NH Sun Sep 6, 2015 3pm - 6pm New Hampshire DeMolay's Installation of Officers Where: 31 Hanson St, Rochester, NH 03867, USA Mon Sep 7, 2015 All day Labor Day Mon Sep 7, 2015 - Tue Sep 8, 2015 Tue Sep 8, 2015 7:30pm - 9pm Rockingham #76 Stated Meeting Wed Sep 9, 2015 6pm - 9pm St John's Lodge Where: Portsmouth Temple 7:30pm - 9pm Rising Star #47 Stated Meeting Where: 84 Main St., Newmarket, NH Thu Sep 10, 2015 7pm - 9pm Star in the East #59 Stated Meeting Where: 63 Water St., Exeter, NH. Fri Sep 11, 2015 All day Patriot Day Fri Sep 11, 2015 - Sat Sep 12th Sat Sep 12, 2015 10am - 11am Outdoor EA Degree Where: 339 North Rd, Fremont, NH 5:30pm - 10pm District 5 LOI Where: Winnipesaukee Lodge Sun Sep 13, 2015 All day Grandparent's Day Sun Sep 13, 2015 - Mon Sep 14th
Mon Sep 14, 2015 6pm - 9pm St. Andrews #56 - DDGM Inspection Where: 351 Middle St Portsmouth, NH 7pm - 8:30pm St. Andrews #56 Stated Meeting Where: 351 Middle St., Portsmouth, NH. Phone (603) 436-3712 Tue Sep 15, 2015 6pm - 8:30pm Sojourners Chapter #386 Where: 351 Middle St, Portsmouth, NH Wed Sep 16, 2015 6pm - 9pm St John's Lodge Where: Portsmouth Temple Thu Sep 17, 2015 7:30pm - 9pm St. James #102 Stated Meeting Where: 77 Tide Mill Rd., Hampton, NH. Phone (603) 926-9563 Sat Sep 19, 2015 9am - 11am 1st District Masters Class Where: TBD Tue Sep 22, 2015 7:30pm - 9pm Tucker #99 Stated Meeting Where: 63 A Main St, Raymond, NH. (Driveway across from RR depot) Wed Sep 23, 2015 6pm - 9pm St John's Lodge Where: Portsmouth Temple Thu Sep 24, 2015 6:30pm - 9pm Masters & Wardens Assn. Meeting Where: Tucker Lodge #99, 63 A Main St, Raymond, NH Fri Sep 25, 2015 6:30pm - 10pm LOI for District #1 Where: Portsmouth Masonic Temple, 351 Middle St., Portsmouth, NH Mon Sep 28, 2015 6pm - 9pm St. James #102 - FC Inspection Where: 77 Tide Mill Rd., Hampton, NH Dates Courtesy of: http://www.1stmasonicdistrictofnh.com/calendar.html
Gideon Lodge September Birthdays
Dale Drake Sept 5th John Burnett III Sept 18th John Burnett Jr. Sept 20th Richard H. Johnson Sept 24th William H. Thomas II Sept 28th
Messages from the East:
Greetings Brethren!
Well the summer is coming to an end again as we all begin to prepare for the Fall and Winter months ahead. Darkness has left Gideon and we are all excited to be coming out of darkness and into light once again. Our fall schedule is looking very busy already with lots of events for which we need to plan and prepare. At our Stated Meeting coming up this month, we will have lots to discuss, but we will need to also plan for the events coming up.
Summer Festival and Open House 2015! This August we held our first annual Summer Festival and Open House. It was an absolutely beautiful day with lots of sunshine and nice cool breezes off the lake. The event was a great success and much fun was had by all who attended. We had a good turn out and man y brothers and their families showed up for some food, fun and music. Kids were able to play games at the Lake, have their faces painted by the Rainbow Girls and a Treasure Hunt to explore neat clues.
Brother Paiva relaxing between Duck Rescue’s Great food was available and a live band featuring two of our very own performed and rocked the place! We had many come through wanting to take tours and several resulted in requests for membership petitions.
Brothers Matt Orio and Dick Sambataro Jamming at the Summer Festival 2015
There are many to thank for all the efforts of both time and materials preparing for the day. Brother John Paiva and his wife Lisa were instrumental in planning and coordinating everything from the food and prizes to the “porta-potty” arranged for the day at “no charge”. To brothers Orio and Sambataro; thanks for providing great tunes for us all to enjoy.
Many turned out for fun and music!
Thanks to all the brothers who took time to provide public tours of the lodge. And finally, a very special thanks again to Brother Paul Szot and his wife Carol, for the lovely quilt donated for the raffle. More than $300 dollars was raised for the Building Fund from both the raffle and the other events of the day.
Masonic Quilt donated by Carol Szot
All in all, it was a great day and much fun was had by all. To those who couldn’t make it out, you missed a fun event at the lodge which we hope will continue in the years to come.
Upcoming Events at the Lodge This fall we will be holding several special events at the lodge. These events are marked on our online website calendar and the 1st District calendar and will be updated regularly with up to date information. Just around the corner, we will be having an Official Visitation from our Grand Master and his suite. Additionally, we will be holding a Master
Mason degree for our official inspection in November, date will be finalized soon, but look for it the first two weeks in November.
The annual state-wide Masonic Open House will be held October 17th and then Grand Lodge is right around the corner on November 21st. Right on the heels of those events, we will be running right up to our Annual Meeting in December, where we will vote for the new 2016 line officers. There are LOI’s planned in September and visitations all around the district, so try to keep track of the online district calendars in order to keep up to date with any changes or additions which may pop up.
Brothers….this also means we will need volunteers and rehearsals for both the inspection degree and visitation in November. Many of the degree parts are performed by the officers; however we need several to assist in parts for the second section. These are small parts, but it allows many more to participate in this very special event. I promise you, it will be a rewarding experience if you have not participated before. I will be “asking” for volunteers at the stated meeting.
Wood Memorial Scholarship Fund Brethren, the Wood Memorial Scholarship Fund has long been a discussion topic around the lodge. Many of you have approached me for information and the application forms for the scholarship. Upon performing extensive research into the files and archives, we were able to find many of the original documents. These originals were typed and photocopied from many years ago and were almost illegible. We have been able to reconstruct the originals and made them into new electronic media which is now available on our website. Those interested in applying or more information may go to: GideonLodge.com/WoodMemorialScholarshipFund.htm
As always, I look forward to seeing you at our next stated meeting and working with you all to see us through this busy Fall and Winter.
Fraternally,
David S. Henderson Worshipful Master ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
GIDEON PUZZLER
• Unscramble each of the clue words.
• Copy the letters in the numbered cells to other cells with the same number.
Notable Calendar Dates:
Saturday, September 12 Outdoor EA Degree District 5 LOI
Thursday, September 24 Masters+Wardens Assn. Meeting
Friday, September 25 LOI for District #1
Saturday, October 17 NH Statewide Masonic Open House
Saturday, November 21 Grand Lodge Semi-annual Communication