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Masters Message P. 1

Junior Warden P. 2

Chaplain P 3

Past Masters P.4

Calendar P. 5

YEAR 2015

ELECTED OFFICERS

W.B. Gordon Johnson

Worshipful Master

[email protected]

Bro.Gevorg Mkhitaryan

Senior Warden

[email protected]

Bro. Tom Clark

Junior Warden

[email protected]

V.W.B. Mark Sanders

Treasurer

[email protected]

W.B. Mike Bishop

Secretary

[email protected]

Sr. Deacon… …Dean Roettger

Jr. Deacon………. Chris Carter

Chaplain……............... Rick Cox

Marshal……...…...David Upjohn

Tyler ......……...W.B. Fred Davis

Sr. Steward……….…..John kent

Jr. Steward…………Larry Marks

Musician……………….Joe Reef

Historian……..…..David Coffing

Photographer… ..David Rice

Trestle Board Editor

V.W.B. Jim Thompson

All articles should be submitted to

the Secretary no later than 2 days

after our special meeting on the 3rd.

Thursday of the month. All members

are welcomed and encouraged to

July 2015 Trestle Board

Washington Lodge No 4

Founded in 1857 Meeting on the Level Acting by the Plumb Parting on the Square

Greetings From the East

Brethren,

As June comes to a close, we have completed 8 of our 10 Stated Communications in the current Masonic

Year, and have enjoyed a multitude of opportunities for fellowship and degree work:

· November – Movie Night

· December – Family Potluck

· January – EA Degree

· January – Robert Burns Dinner

· February – Step Up Night

· February – District 19 Meeting

· March – Capilano Visitation

· March – MM Degree

· April – Easter Egg Hunt

· April – FC Degrees

· May – CFF GREAT STRIDES fundraiser

· May – EA Degree

· June – Ritual Practice

On May 30th, several members of Washington Lodge No. 4 attended and participated in the White

Salmon Lodge No. 163 Building dedication. You can read about the event and view the ceremony at the

following links:

http://whitesalmonspringfestival.com/masonic-lodge-dedication-and-open-house-during-springfest/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=330&v=IVjxNvNIHb4

The weekend of June 12th was the 158th Annual Communication of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of

Free and Accepted Masons of Washington. (pictures above). Congratulations to MWB Don Munks and

the entire Grand Lodge Team, elected and appointed. Continued on page 2

Pictures from the June 11th. 2015

Grand Lodge Communication .

Top Right MWB Don Munks at altar.

Top Left. RWB Jim Mendoza, RWB

Warren Schoeben, RWB James

Kendall, RWB David Owen.

Bottom. VWB Michael Carmel, DDGM

District 18 (19 North) and VWB

Mark Sanders, DDGM District 19.

mailto:[email protected]



http://whitesalmonspringfestival.com/masonic-lodge-dedication-and-open-house-during-springfest/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=330&v=IVjxNvNIHb4

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From the East Continued

While, per Washington Lodge No. 4 Bylaws, we will have no Stated Communications in July and August, I have called a Special

Communication for Thursday, July 9th at 7:30 PM for the specific purpose of discussing and balloting on the carry over motion from

our June Stated Meeting. There will beno dinner in advance of the July 9th Special Communication. The meeting will discuss no

further business.

The motion is “To provide a loan of up to $10,000 made available to the Vancouver Masonic Temple Incorporated for the purpose

of operating the Vancouver Masonic Center, with said funds to be designated to cover the operating costs of the Center over the

months of July 2015 through October of 2015”. The VMTI recently received an offer of $1.6M for the VMC, with a 40 day feasibil-

ity period, and a target close date of mid-to-late September. On Tuesday, June 16th, the VMTI ratified the approval of the sale by

unanimous vote of all shares represented. (While all WA4 shares were represented, two representatives of other shareholding

organizations were not present at the meeting, nor did they identify a proxy.)

Those of you who have been able to attend our meetings over the past several months are aware that the Temple Board

of Vancouver Elks Lodge No. 823has been in contact with Washington Lodge No. 4 (along with Mt. Hood Lodge No. 32 and repre-

sentatives of the VMTI) to discuss a rental offer for space at their 11605 SE McGillivray Blvd. location. As it happens, when the Van-

couver Elks Lodge No. 823 was first formed, they found a home at the Vancouver Masonic Center, paying the nominal fee of $1

year for several years while they built up their assets prior to purchasing property of their own. The Elks are moved to return the

favor to “the Masons”, and have crafted an 18 month rental agreement, and have further expressed interest in forming a longer-

term rental agreement, if needs be.

Needless to say, there will be work required over summer to:

1. Prepare to vacate the VMC

2. consummate a rental agreement for an alternate location

3. obtain dispensation from Grand Lodge to meet in an alternate location

Look for additional communications via email and on our Lodge Facebook page over summer.

Do good unto all.

W.Bro. Gordon Johnson

Junior Warden

“On Going Dark”

As the forecast calls for triple digit temperatures in the very near future, we close our Lodge for a couple months so we can get out

and appreciate the weather. Being a transplant from California to the Pacific Northwest has taught me to cherish these long days

and warm nights.

So now it's time for summer parties and BBQ's and camping trips and watching the kids run in the sprinklers. And when the days

begin to shorten we will again resume our labors in Masonic light, most likely in a new building, but for now it's playtime.

I've come to consider the summer break to be the halfway point in the Masonic Year. I know when we come back in September we

only have two months before elections and a new Installation of Officers, so the Year is more like 80% over, but math was never

really my strong suit. I like my version better anyways.

Are there really only four more meals for me to prepare before my time in the South is up? I've got a couple months to come up

with a few more ideas to feed my fellow brothers. I'll dust off the cookbook, get together some recipes and be ready when my

friends look to me with empty plates and hungry bellies.

Now that I think about it, I'm going to go run in the sprinklers myself.

-Tom Clark

Junior Warden

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Upcoming Events:

- WA4 Special Communication, July 9th

- Shrine Football Game July 11th

- Enlightenment UD, AF&AM Constitution, July 17th, Scottish Rite Building in Portland

- Battle Ground Parade (Afifi Clowns), July 18th

- GL Apron Memorial Internment Ceremony, July 18th @ 10 AM, Grand Mound

- Camas Parade (Afifi Clowns), July 25th

- Silver Star Picnic July 28th, Pioneer Grange

- August 1st, MH32 Installation (time TBD)

- Outdoor Degree, August 1st, Granite Falls

- Brewmaster Festival, August 8th, Des Moines

- Tri-Lodge (Oct. 3) Steilacoom

- Salem 4 AF&AM Visit Oct. 7th, Salem OR

Any brother needing a ride to Lodge please contact us at [email protected], and we’ll make arrangements.

Follow us on Facebook. Copy and paste the following URL

https://www.facebook.com/Washington-Lodge-4

The Chaplains Corner

Here is another selection from Level Steps. 100 Daily Meditations for Freemasons by Jonti Marks.

’Live on old monuments of the past,

Our beacon through age’s dark!

In primal majesty still you’ll last,

Endeared by each Mason mark.’

-Anon

In becoming Freemasons, we unknowingly attached ourselves to a huge weight of history. We became part of a stream of ancient

hope and endeavor which has crystallised into our modern Craft. No Mason can be unaware of the traditions of his Lodge, his Grand

Lodge and of the institution as a whole and each Mason should try to feel a part of his heritage. Despite the many so-called scandals

that have plagued it through the years, Freemasonry remains a system that advocates the highest to which human endeavor can

attain. ONLY individual Freemasons can undermine this and so we should take care to nurture our Masonry with pride in its past and

the determination, to be the best ambassadors for its future.

For all of our Brothers and fellows; widows, friends or families that are having a difficult time right now, or are currently suffering in

sickness and distress, please reach out to us… as we are standing ready to help out within the length of our cable tow.

So Mote It Be

In Brotherly Love and Friendship,

Bro. Rick Cox, Chaplain - Washington Lodge # 4


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*1857 - Lewis Van Vleet

*1858 - Lewis Van Vleet

*1859 - Jas. A. Grahame

*1860 - Jas. A. Grahame

*1 861 - Lewis Van Vleet

*1862 - Louis Sohns

*1863 - Levi Farnsworth

*1864 - Wm. H. Troup





*1869 - Jos. M. Fletcher

*1870 - Louis Sohns

*1871 -James Davidson

*1872 - John Eddings

*1873 - Geo. W. Durgan

*1874 - Louis Sohns

*1875 - Louis Sohns



*1878 - Geo. W. Durgan

*1879 - Albert S. Nicholson

*1880 - John G. Blake

*1881 - Horace N. Kress

*1882 - Horace N. Kress

*1883 - John G. Blake

*1884 - Louis Sohns

*1885 - Louis Sohns

*1886 - Louis Sohns

*1887 - Lowell M. Hidden

*1888 - Louis R. Sohns


*1890 - Henry Christ

*1891 - Charles A. Johnson


*1893 - Wm. H. Eddings

*1894 - Louis ft Sohns

*1895 - Edward F. Hixon


*1897 - Jas. M. Pritchard

*1898 - Dexter C. Grunow

*1899 - Jos. A. C. Brant


*1901 - Dan Crowley

*1902 - Jos. R. Harvey

*1903 - Wm. H. H. King

*1904 - Wm. H. Martin

*1905 EM Green

*1906 - John Harvey

*1907 - M. R. Sparks

*1908 - Herman J. Erdman

*1909 - W. E. Yates

*1910 - Lewis G. Conant

*1911 - Rudolph G. Ebert

*1912 - James Scott

*1913 - Dennis Nichols

*1914 - Hugh McKinley

*1915 - Samuel J. Miller

*1916 - Francis M. Young

*1917 - wm.J. Kinney ..

*1918 - Bert Yates

*1919 - W. B. Richardson

*1920 - M. W. O’Dell

*1921 - Frank Steele

*1922 - Claude E. Baty

*1923 - Chas. H. Thurman

*1924 - Horace H. Daniels

*1925 - Forest H. Gay

*1926 - Fred W. Sinclair

*1927 - W E. Pearson

*1928 - Jesse L. Dodge

*1929 - Claude C. Snider.

*1930 - Cecil C. Cady

*1931 - Ralph E. Carter

*1932 - Olaf N. Lorass

*1933 - Jay A. Sly

*1934 - Erwin 0. Rieger

*1935...Clark W. Moody

*1936 - Elmer K. Bakke

*1937 - Irwin L. Hopfe

*1938 - James C. Callahan

*1939 - Raymond T. Forrest

*1940 - Howard D. Phillips

*1941 - Ben H. Kreis

*1942 - J. Guthrie Langsdorf

*1943 - William J. Yunker

*1944 - Ira G. Holcomb

*1945 - Horace Hatch

*1946 - Perry L. Hartsock

*1947 - Roy C. Wilson

*1948 - Clifford W. Koppe

*1949 - Albert N. Stanley

*1950 - Phillip LeRoy Weeks

*1951 - W. E. Lawton

*1952 - James A. Daniels

*1953 - J. Ralph Morley

*1954 - Clarence W. Olson

*1955 - Kenneth F. Cone

* l956 -J D Power

*1957 - Leslie Sorensen

*1958 - Hugh H. Bolton

*1959 - Roland F. McKennett

*1960 - Robert J. Moss

*1961 - Milton V. Poe

*1962 - James R. Gregg

*1963 - Richard A. Flett

*1963 - H. Russell Huff (Hon.)

1964 - Thomas L. Wilson

*1965 - Eugene F. Hartley .

*1966 - Franklin H. McClung

*1966 - Harold S. Ball (Hon.)

*1967 - Earl E. Sewell, Jr

*1968 - Robert T. Ludahl

*1969 - H. A. Benedict

*1970 - Donald L. Wallingford

*1971 - Robert L. Zweifel

*1972 - S. Gene Grover .

1973 - David W. Williamson

*1974 - J. R. (Dick) Brown

*1975 - Thomas B. Chapman

1976- AIf Gregerson

*1977 - Abraham N. Cutter

1978 - Albert D. Shaw

*1979 - Robert L. Zweifel

1980 - Thomas W. Lloyd


*1982 - John R. Feliz

1983 - Donald B. Gilliland

*1984 - Gayle F. Cupp

*1985 - Thomas B. Chapman

*1986 - Thomas R. Fletcher...

*1987 - Richard J. Reed

*1988 - Kenneth L. Cox

1989 - Gerald D. Preuss

1990 - Thomas A. Curry

1991 - Murray Falk

1992 - Willard M. Dewar

*1993 - George W. Wilson


*1995 - Kirk E. Williams

1996 - Michael L. Sanders

1997 - Thomas J. Macready.

1997 - Donald P Graham (Hon)

*1998 - Marvin E. Christian

*1999 - George Titus

2000 - James R Thompson

2001 - James R Thompson

2002 - Thomas J. Macready.

2003 - Kenneth D. McCoy

2004 - Terry K. Gaya

*2005 - Roxy W. Spray

2006 - Thom B. Taylor

2007 - Mark D. Sanders

*2008 - Joseph P. Conroy

2009 - Don Houston

2010 - Michael J. Bishop

2011 - H.J. Hank Shaffer

2012 - David C. Coffing.

2013 - Frederick T. Davis

2014 - Leigh F. Cahill

Washington Lodge 4 Past Masters

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Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9

Washington

Lodge 4

Special

Meeting

10 11

Shrine Free-

dom Bowl

Classic

Football

12 13 14 15 16 17

Enlighten-

ment U D.

Portland

18

G.L. Apron

memorial

ceremony

Grand Mound

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Camas

Days Parade

26 27 28 Silver

Star picnic

Pioneer

Grange

29 30 31

July 2015

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