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April—June 2011 Volume 1, Issue 7 Valley of Newport News, Orient of Virginia, AASR Sincerely & Fraternally, Skip Parker Page 4 -“From the Secretary’s Desk” Let’s all do what we can to support this major fundraising so that we can help the children at the Speech and Childhood Valley Personal Representative Message Ill. C. A. Parker, IGH Page 2 - Valley Rep Message Inside this Issue Page 3 -Upcoming Activities Page 7 - 2011 Valley Officers Page 6 - Scottish Rite Degrees

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Page 1: Valley of Newport News Scottish Rite Quarterly Newsletter April - June 2011

April—June 2011

Volume 1, Issue 7 Valley of Newport News, Orient of Virginia, AASR

Page 2: Valley of Newport News Scottish Rite Quarterly Newsletter April - June 2011

Valley Personal Representative Message Ill. C. A. Parker, IGH

Inside this Issue

Page 2 - Valley Rep Message

Page 3 -Upcoming Activities

Page 4 -“From the Secretary’s

Desk”

Page 5 -Venerable Master’s

Message

-Knights of St. Andrew

Page 6 - Scottish Rite Degrees

Page 7 - 2011 Valley Officers

Sincerely & Fraternally, Skip Parker

Page 2

Well, Brethren, it appears Spring has finally arrived and, if you are like most people,

you’ve ventured outside to soak up some of those warming rays. Good for you!

Many of us are busy planning for the Spring Reunion scheduled for the weekend of

April 15-16 as well as our Ring Ceremony on April 17. If you know of anyone who is

interested in joining our Spring Class, have them get in touch with our Secretary, Ill. Pete Eure,

at 757-599-6617.

Wednesday, May 18 will find our Valley hosting the annual Ill. William M. Johnson

Memorial Golf Tournament at the Williamsburg National Golf Club. The cost is $80 per player

and the slots will sell out fast. Williamsburg National is a fantastic facility and the management

team up there is very accommodating to our needs. All the proceeds will go toward the Speech

and Childhood Language Disorders Clinic at Old Dominion University.

The Scottish Rite Picnic will be held on Saturday, June 11, at the Scottish Rite Masonic

Center. Come on out and bring your entire family.

Looking a little ahead, the Valley of Newport News will be the host Valley for the

Virginia Scottish Rite Conference. Our own Ill. Jack Smith is the President of the Conference

and I know he would appreciate the support of his Valley. Please mark your calendars and plan

to attend the Virginia Scottish Rite Conference September 23-24 at the Omni Hotel in Newport

News. More information will be provided in the next newsletter.

Brethren, the Valley of Newport News Scottish Rite very much appreciates you being a

member of the Valley and would ask that you make every effort to participate in the various

events that are held annually. Make being a Scottish Rite Mason a priority in your busy

schedule and help your Valley to grow.

That’s all the news that’s available for our Valley. Have a wonderful Spring and enjoy

the warmer weather.

Have you signed up to play in the Annual Ill.

William M. Johnson Memorial Golf

Tournament?

Have you signed up to sponsor a hole at

the Golf Tournament?

Have you volunteered to help with

the Golf Tournament?

Let’s all do what we can to support this

major fundraising so that we can help the

children at the Speech and Childhood

Language Disorders Clinic at ODU !

Page 3: Valley of Newport News Scottish Rite Quarterly Newsletter April - June 2011

Valley of Newport News

Ill. James D. Cole, 33º Sovereign Grand Inspector General of Virginia

Ill. Clifford A. Parker, IGH Personal Representative of the SGIG in Virginia

Ill. Adrian L. “Pete” Eure, IGH Secretary for the Valley of Newport News

Ill. Danny O. Belott, IGH Assist. Secretary for Valley of Newport News

Ill. Gerald E. Burks, IGH Treasurer for the Valley of Newport News

Bro. Harold C. Joyner, KCCH Almoner for the Valley of Newport News

Ill. James E. Lassiter, IGH Chairman of the Trustees

Newport News Lodge of Perfection

Bro. James Allen Freeman, KCCH Venerable Master

Newport News Chapter of Rose Croix

Bro. William Lee Luthie, KCCH Wise Master

Newport News Council of Kadosh

Bro. Randolph Locknane Rogers, KCCH Commander

Newport News Consistory

Bro. James Allen Freeman, KCCH Master of Kadosh

Knights of St. Andrew

Bro. William Franklin Overby, 32º Venerable Master

Chartered October 12, 1912

Upcoming Activities

April 8 - 29th Degree Practice at NNSR

Masonic Center 7:00pm

April 15-16 - Valley of Newport News Scottish

Rite Spring Reunion

April 17 - Spring Reunion Ring Ceremony 3:00pm

April 27 - Valley of Newport News Stated

Meeting 7:30pm (dinner @6:30pm)

May 18 - Ill. William M. Johnson Memorial

Golf Tournament—1:00pm Shotgun Start

at Williamsburg national Golf Club

May 24 - Knights of St. Andrew Stated Meeting 7:00pm

May 25 - Valley of Newport News Stated

Meeting 7:30pm (dinner@6:30pm)

June 11 - Valley of Newport News Family

Picnic 4:00pm-7:00pm

June 22 - Valley of Newport News Stated

Meeting 7:30pm (dinner@6:30pm)

Our stated meetings are held on the fourth

Wednesday of the month at 7:30pm. A

deliciously prepared Dutch Treat dinner is

served at 6:30pm prior to all meetings w/e of

July & August. The Ladies of the Scottish Rite meet at all meetings w/e of the July &

August Stated meetings.

Editor: Bro. J. Richard Rawls, 32o

Asst. Ed.: Ill. David A. Burkus, IGH

Offices: 65 Saunders Rd.

Newport News, VA 23601

Phone: 757 599 6617

Fax: 757 599 0021

Email: [email protected]

Please support your Blue Lodge, your

Scottish Rite and all other Masonic Bodies

you are a member of.

They all need your support.

Page 3

Your business card

could also be in our

newsletter. Please

consider placing your

card in our next

newsletter!

Please contact Richard

Rawls for details.

Page 4: Valley of Newport News Scottish Rite Quarterly Newsletter April - June 2011

By this time, each member of the Valley of Newport News Scottish Rite should have received

their dues notice from the Supreme Council for their 2011 dues. Several members who paid their

dues have called the office and said that the year was not shown on the current dues card. I agree

that it is hard to see, but, if you look just above the “member’s signature” line, you will see “2011”.

It blends in with the background. Dues are very important to the operation of any Scottish Rite

Valley, Blue Lodge, or any other Masonic organization that you may belong to. At the present time,

there are 215 members of our Valley who have not submitted their 2011 dues. That equates to

$21,500.00, which the Valley of Newport News Scottish Rite needs to operate your Scottish Rite

Masonic Center. Please check your dues card and make sure it says “2011”. If you have any

questions concerning your dues, please contact the office (757-599-6617) and we will see if we can

help you. We have approximately 25 to 30 members who are in arrears in their dues and are subject

to suspension for non-payment of dues. Please contact the Secretary and let me help you in

resolving the problem concerning your dues. We DO NOT want to loose anyone because of non-

payment of dues.

Members: If you have moved and/or changed your mailing address, please let the secretary

know!!! We need your new address in order to be sure that you are receiving all correspondence

from the Valley of Newport News Scottish Rite or the Supreme Council. Please keep us up to

date!!!

I look forward to seeing you at the next Stated Meeting where we will be remembering our

Brothers who have passed. We will be having our “Remembrance and Renewal” program. It will

again be presented by Brother Herbert J. Smith, Jr. KCCH and his team. See you at the meeting!!

From the Secretary’s Desk Ill. Adrian L. Eure, IGH

We Need Your Help

Ill. Adrian "Pete" Eure, IGH, Secretary

Brethren,

We have made an effort to provide you information and communications in a timely manner via this

newsletter, our Web Page and on Facebook. We very much need your help so that we can enhance the methods of communicating with you. Please provide us with your name, home address, phone

number and email address. Our records need to be updated and with this information, we will be

better able to keep you informed. Please send your information to: [email protected]

All information you provide the Valley of Newport News will be confidential and

not shared with anyone else.

You can find the Valley of Newport News Scottish Rite at:

newportnewsscottishrite.org

We are also on Facebook.

Go to Facebook.com and search for Newport News Scottish Rite.

We are using both locations to post upcoming events and to keep you informed as to the activities of

the Valley of Newport News Scottish Rite. Check them both out and let us know what you think !

Richard Rawls, Communications/PR Committee

Page 4

Please

Help

Page 5: Valley of Newport News Scottish Rite Quarterly Newsletter April - June 2011

Venerable Master’s Message Bro. James Allen Freeman, KCCH

Knights of St. Andrew William Overby, Venerable Master

Brethren of the Valley of Newport News Scottish Rite wearing black hats, we need you to join with us, the Knights

of St. Andrew. We have some exciting times coming up and I wouldn't want you to miss any of them. Just to mention a couple is the Spring Reunion where we put on the exciting 29th Degree Program, the Feast of Brannockburn, we

provide support for the Valley meetings and dinners as well as many other events. Why not get involved and help us

assist the Valley of Newport News Scottish Rite to be the best Valley in the State of Virginia. Just ask any of the Sir Knights wearing the funny hat with a cherry on top for guidance to apply or just attend our next meeting on May 24th

and fill out an application for membership along with your annual dues of $25.00.

The Spring Reunion starts on Friday night April 15 and continues on Saturday April 16. The presentation of the 29 th

Degree will be on Saturday morning. The Ring Ceremony will be Sunday April 17 and all Sir Knights are needed to participate in this ceremony. PLEASE, all Sir Knights involved in the degree work and those interested in the

Knights of St. Andrew, plan on attending the practice sessions, the Reunion and the Ring Ceremony.

Fraternally Sir Knight William Overby, Venerable Master

Page 5

It is a great honor to be elected as the Venerable Master of the Newport News Lodge of Perfection for the ensuing year. I thank you for your confidence and trust. Any suggestions you may have to make things better for the Lodge of

Perfection will be greatly appreciated. Please feel free to convey them to me by what ever means is convenient for you. I

prefer your suggestions and comments be submitted to me in writing to make certain nothing is misunderstood. I will

review them, discuss them with the officers and will meet with the Valley Personal Representative so that an appropriate reply can be provided..

The 9th Annual Ill. William M. Johnson, 33rd Degree, Memorial Golf Tournament is scheduled for Wednesday May

18, 2011 at the Williamsburg National Golf Club Jamestown Course located at 3700 Centerville Road in Williamsburg, VA. There will be a shotgun start at 1:00pm and the cost is $80.00 per player. We also need Hole Sponsors and if you

contribute a minimum of $150.00, we will put your sponsorship information on a sign and place it on one of the eighteen

holes. A $500.00 sponsorship will get you a free foursome. If for some reason you cannot attend, please consider

making a generous donation for the Speech and Childhood Language Disorder Clinic at ODU. Make your checks payable to the Newport News Scottish Rite Foundation and mail them to 65 Saunders Road, Newport News, VA, 23601.

For more information please visit our web site at www.newportnewsscottishrite.org I encourage you to help us make

the 2011 Golf Tournament a great success for the Speech and Childhood Language Disorder Clinic at ODU, Norfolk Virginia.

The Valley Spring Reunion is being held April 15, 16 and 17, 2011. As you travel through your districts, please

encourage all Master Masons that are not in the Scottish Rite to consider joining. I would also like to encourage all of

our current members to attend and support the Reunion. We can always use your help and it helps makes the new members to get more involved.

Our Annual Family Picnic this year will be on June 11, 2011 and our Senior Warden will need the assistance of all of

the officers. The Knights of St. Andrew will be assisting as they have done in the past. We are very fortunate to have the

Knights of St. Andrew and I appreciate everything they do for us. Feel free to bring your friends and of course your family. Please help spread the word on this event by announcing it at your Lodges and include those Masons that are not

in the Scottish Rite. Hopefully when they attend they may consider becoming a member of the Valley of Newport

News.

May the God of Heaven and earth keep us and guide us,

James A. Freeman

Venerable Master

Page 6: Valley of Newport News Scottish Rite Quarterly Newsletter April - June 2011

Scottish Rite Degrees - Chapter of Rose Croix 15° - 18° Degrees

Page 6

15° - Knight of the East, of the Sword, or of the Eagle Fidelity to obligations and perseverance of purpose under difficulties and discouragement are the lessons of this degree. The striking crimson velvet

apron of this degree is edged with green, having a bleeding head above two crossed swords and a

triangle (top point to the left) with three interlaced triangles inside it. The jewel is three golden

concentric triangles encompassing two crossed swords. The duty is to rebuild the Masonic Temple of

liberty, equality and fraternity in the souls of men.

16° - Prince of Jerusalem We learn of heroism of patience, the nobility of self-sacrifice and

compassionate judgment; along with charity, fidelity and brotherhood. The crimson apron is edged in

gold and aurora-color, with a square, shield, Delta with three YODs, balance and a hand of justice. The jewel is a mother-of-pearl lozenge with a hand holding a balance in equipoise; under it a sword with five

stars surrounding the point. On the left is a Hebrew D, on the right is a Hebrew Z. The duties are to aid

those who labor to build the Symbolic Temple; to judge equitably and fairly; to keep faith in the justice

and beneficence of God and to press forward with hope for the persecuted and oppressed.

17° - Knight of the East & West The wisdom of this degree is that loyalty to God is man's primary

allegiance and that temporal governments not founded upon God and His righteousness will inevitably

fall. The apron is of yellow satin with crimson and gold, with a sword and Tetractys of the Tetragrammaton on it. The jewel is a heptagon of half silver and half gold, with crossed swords on a

balance on the obverse and a lamb on the Book of Seven Seals on the reverse. The jewel is hung from a

double order - one black (left-to-right) and one white (right-to-left), representing good versus evil. A

gold coronet is also presented. The duties are to work, reflect and pray; to hope, trust and believe; to

teach the truths that are hidden in allegory and concealed by the symbols of Freemasonry.

18° - Knight Rose Croix This degree emphasizes that life and its strength come from God. The rose

signifies the dawn and the cross is a sacred symbol of antiquity in many cultures. One is also taught to

be tolerant of other's errors and faults. The apron is of white leather or satin, bordered in red, with a skull and cross-bones, a red passion cross and three red rosettes. The grand jewel is a gold compass

open a quarter circle. A rose-cross is between the legs of the compass and under it is a pelican, tearing

its breast to feed its seven young on the obverse and an eagle with wings extended on the reverse. On the circle are the letters I.N.R.I. The duties are to practice virtue; to labor to eliminate vice; to purify

humanity; to be tolerant of the faith and creed of others.

Page 7: Valley of Newport News Scottish Rite Quarterly Newsletter April - June 2011

Newly Elected Officers of the 4 Bodies of the Valley of Newport News

Newport News Lodge of Perfection Venerable Master Bro. James Freeman, KCCH Senior Warden Ill. Jimmy Willis, IGH Junior Warden Ill. Danny Belott, IGH

Orator Bro. Jesse Norman, KCCH

Almoner Bro. Harold Joyner, KCCH Secretary Ill. Adrian Eure, IGH

Assist. Secretary Ill. Danny Belott, IGH

Treasurer Ill. Gerald Burks, IGH Prelate Bro. Harris Luscomb, III, KCCH Master of Ceremonies Bro. Otis Edwards, KCCH Expert Bro. Keith Winder, KCCH

Assist. Expert Bro. William Green, 32o Captain of the Host Bro. Patrick Murphrey, 32o Tiler Bro. Steve Wiggington, 32o

Trustee (2-yr term) Ill. James Lassiter, IGH

Trustee (2-yr term) Bro. George Hollingsworth, III, KCCH

Newport News Chapter of Rose Croix Wise Master Bro. William Luthie, KCCH Senior Warden Bro. Rickey Johnson, KCCH Junior Warden Bro. Harris Luscomb, III, KCCH

Orator Bro. Jesse Norman, KCCH Secretary Ill. Adrian Eure, IGH

Assist. Secretary Ill. Danny Belott, IGH

Treasurer Ill. Gerald Burks, IGH

Prelate Bro. Gerald Frey, KCCH Master of Ceremonies Bro. Dale Jones, 32o Expert Bro. James Freeman, KCCH Assist. Expert Ill. James Fulton, IGH

Standard Bearer Bro. J. Richard Rawls, 32o Guardian of the Temple Bro. C. Lee Trent, 32o Tiler Bro. William Overby, 32o

Newport News Council of Kadosh Commander Bro. Randy Rodgers, Sr. KCCH 1st Lt. Commander Ill. George Black, Jr., IGH 2nd Lt. Commander Bro. George Hollingsworth, III, KCCH

Chancellor Ill. Danny Belott, IGH Orator Bro. Hassel Johnston, KCCH Almoner Bro. Harold Joyner, KCCH Recorder Ill. Adrian Eure, IGH Assist. Recorder Ill. Danny Belott, IGH

Treasurer Ill. Gerald Burks, IGH Master of Ceremonies Ill. Charles Sutphin, IGH Turcopolier Bro. James Gillikin, KCCH

Draper Bro. Steve Wiggington, 32o 1st Deacon Bro. Keith Winder, KCCH 2nd Deacon Bro. Jesse Norman, KCCH Bearer of Beausant Bro. Gerald Frey, KCCH Bearer of White Standard Bro. William Overby, 32o Bearer of Black Standard Bro. James Freeman, KCCH Lt. of Guard Bro. Robert Humrich, 32o Sentinel Bro. Page Neale, Jr., 32o

Newport News Consistory Master of Kadosh Bro. James Freeman, KCCH Prior Ill. Danny Belott, IGH Preceptor Bro. William Luthie, KCCH

Chancellor Bro. Jesse Norman, KCCH Minister of State Bro. Otis Edwards, KCCH Almoner Bro. Harold Joyner, KCCH Registrar Ill. Adrian Eure, IGH Assist. Registrar Ill. Danny Belott, IGH

Treasurer Ill. Gerald Burks, IGH Prelate Bro. Keith Winder, KCCH Master of Ceremonies Bro. Kurt Kurosawa, 32o

Expert Bro. Dale Jones, 32o Assist. Expert Bro. William Green, 32o Captain of the Guard Bro. Patrick Murphrey, 32o Tiler Bro. Steve Wiggington, 32o

Page 7

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U. S. Postage Paid

Newport News, Virginia

Permit No. 54 Valley of Newport News

Orient of Virginia

65 Saunders Road

Newport News, Virginia 23601

Return Service Requested

Our Departed

Brethren

Their spirit to God,

their memory in

our hearts.

Lonnie R. Jennings, Jr., 32o

December 13, 2010

Robert E. Williams, 32o

December 31 , 2010

Maurice Cohen, 32o

January 2, 2011

Robert C. Riggs, 32o

January 18, 2011

Clyde C. Campbell, 32o

February 15, 2011

Charles E. Drummond, KCCH

February 27, 2011