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Meetings Tuesdays at 7:00 pm in the Masonic Memorial Temple
2200 West Mesquite Ave. (Rancho & US-95) Las Vegas, Nevada 89106
www.nellislodge46.org
(702)387-0046
A FREE PUBLICATION TO MEMBERS & FRIENDS OF NELLIS LODGE 46
Dispensation: November 10, 1962
Chartered November 12, 1963
Volume 48 Issue No. 6 NELLIS LODGE NO. 46 F. & A.M. Printed 9 times a year
June, July &
August 2011
TABLE LODGE— JUNE 14th
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Most Worshipful
Reed R. Moseley
Grand Master of Masons in Nevada
PAST GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
Most Worshipful Donald G. Hines
Past Grand Master of Masons in Nevada
Most Worshipful William B. Berk
Past Grand Master of Masons in Nevada
Right Worshipful Dale K. Dean Sr.
Past Junior Grand Warden, Grand Lodge of Nevada
3 Year
Arcangelo O. Cocco, P.M.
2 Year
Gerald McCorkle, P.M.
1 Year
Terry Robertson, P.M.
2011 Nellis Lodge Trustees
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2011 Officer Line
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Nellis Lodge Past Masters
Albert Schouten
Donald G. Hines
Albert W. Cutler*
Joseph Bureski*
Virgil M. Babbs*
Ivan H. Joyce, Sr.*
Herbert T. Edgar*
Robert P. Braner*
Woodrow W. Thompson*
William B. Berk
Robert E. Broughton
Donald L. Vines
Stuart E. Pirie*
Richard C. Ehrensing*
Walter T. Jones*
Charles R. Rinehart*
William J. Schoenholzer*
Gerald H. McCorkle
Robert B. Riggs
Dale K. Dean Sr.
Stephen M. Thompson
Billy R. Huffman*
John C. Richardson
Theodore M. West*
1963
1964
1965
1966
1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
John W. Startt, III
Alan J. Clark
Harold R. Hamilton
John Kiehlbaugh
Gerry Cunningham*
Bart Bonar
Michael Holmstrom
Craig Johnson
Fred Barr
Jeff Byrne
Scutter Newton
John Messana
Andrew D. Craig
Terry Robertson
David Swallow
John Feustel
Sam Ruiz
Franklin E. Merica
Ray Troche
James T. Greely
John Gjonola
Michael J. Clark
Bjorn E. Sundquist
Arcangelo O. Cocco
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Past Masters by Affiliation
Grover White*
Albert Fischer
Franklin E. Merica
James Pavey*
Shibli Sawalha
Frank Fiedler
Carl Vetter
David Cohen*
David Lublin
Frank Heyer
* Signifies a Deceased Brother
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Brethren,
I am working on the trip to Virginia City Lodge. It will happen before we come back from our summer break. For those of you who signed up, expect a call from me sometime in August. Anyone who didn‟t sign up and wants to go, I will find a way to make it happen. So far I have 11 Travelers on board. The date for our excursion is September 3rd, we will leave on Friday the 2nd from the MMT around 4pm. We return on Sunday the 4
th, We will also have a car along to get
around and for back up just in case.
I have had quite a few personnel issues and wish to thank the Line for stepping up and carrying the ball. Great Job my Brothers, I am certainly proud of Nellis Lodge #46, even though we had a few hiccups we are still one of the most active and best in the state and looks like we will be for years to come. Let‟s not lose the momentum and keep it going.
Over the summer we have beer and brats night once a month come and enjoy the fellowship and fun. Check out the web-site for the dates as well as in the trestle board. Will see what hot movies are out and show that if we can.
Have a great summer and see you all in the fall.
Remember God, Family and Job before the Lodge.
Fraternally Mike
Michael J. Clark, P.M.
Worshipful Master 2011
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Its June my brothers, and I have to say that I'm very much looking forward to table lodge, It think we are going to have a lot of fun.
I promised a brother that I would make sure that I mentioned the something for our veterans. For all our veterans who may be having health issues, especially cancer, the V.A. takes cancer especially serious and does quit a bit for our veterans that do or may have cancer. If you are not sure how to get help from V.A. or have lost your DD214 go to the nearest recruiter of the branch of service you belonged to and they will get it for you. Then take your DD214 to the V.A. God Bless.
I also want to mention the fireworks booth. We still need brothers to volunteer some time to work the fireworks booth. There must be two in the booth at all times. Our budget is based almost entirely on the booth for the following year, so it is very important. Our Junior Warden Chuck Worth has the schedule, so please contact him.
I know that I usually write a book, but for the last trestle before of the summer break just be safe, be cool, and most of all enjoy it.
Hope to see all of you at table lodge.
S.W. Scott
Scott Keiser
Senior Warden
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Brethren,
Our fireworks booth is in desperate
need of volunteers, especially to
transport the fireworks to and from
the storage lot. If you have a vehicle
with a trailer hitch and can possibly
lend a hand we would really
appreciate it.
As your Junior Warden it is my year
to put the Table Lodge meal
together. We are going to have;
BACON WRAPPED FILET MIGNON
BONELESS SKINLESS CHICKEN BREAST FILET
BAKED POTATOES
A VEGETABLE
SALAD & ROLLS
CHOCOLATE CAKE
Have a fun and safe summer break—Study your rituals!!
Fraternally
Chuck
Charles Wirth
Junior Warden
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Hi-Twelve
The following outline of a regular “Hi-Twelve Committee” is
from page 36 of the Officers’ Manual of Lodge Organization
and Operation, authorized by the Grand Lodge of Nevada,
1978, written by Larry E. Gafney, Deputy Grand Master:
Not enough can be said in pointing out the importance of a
well-trained and well-organized team for the conferring of the
second section of the Third Degree. This is the culmination of
the work in the Symbolic Lodge and the portion that makes a
lasting impression on the Mason, especially if properly
conferred.
Humiliation and embarrassment of candidates during the
conferring of the ritual have lost to the Fraternity many
potentially fine members who were thus prevented from
catching and thrilling to the beauty and spirit of Masonic
allegory and symbolism from an otherwise competent
rendition.
A candidate cannot be reached effectively when he is
embarrassed or humiliated, or feels the necessity of staying on
guard against any form of hazing, however slight, which has
no place in Masonry.
Let us therefore always strive to make our rendition of the
ceremony "effective in the inner life of the candidate, a
genuine moral and spiritual experience by which he truly
enters a new kind of life."
This Committee, when functioning properly, not only relieves
the Worshipful Master of a great direct responsibility but also
provides important duties for those who are not Lodge officers.
It also develops a reserve of dedicated brothers who have
proven their ability and dedication from which the Master
Elect can, if he so desires, select capable brothers to serve as
appointed officers. A properly organized Hi-Twelve
From the Sidelines By Brian Higgins
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Committee should consist of a Chairman, a Vice Chairman,
and a sufficient number of ritualists to provide two complete
teams. The assignments should be alternated so all may partici-
pate and yet have enough work to-maintain a high degree of pro-
ficiency without imposing on anyone. The original makeup of the
Committee would of necessity be composed of those who are fa-
miliar with the work; however, as time pass additional members
should be drawn from new members added to the roll.
Additionally, we are admonished to remember that the degrees of
Masonry are for the communication of some of the most impor-
tant and fundamental principles in life, and that our behavior
during the degrees should complement the solemn nature of the
instruction.
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After the labors of the Lodge have been completed, Freemasons frequently meet at tables to enjoy a repast in common. In England and America, this repast is generally called a banquet, and the Lodge is said to be, during its continuance, at refreshment. The Master, of course, presides, assisted by the Wardens, and it is consid-ered most proper that no profanes should be present. But with these excep-tions, there are no rules specially laid down for the government of Masonic banquets. It will be seen, by an inspection of the article Refreshment in this work, that during a the eighteenth century, and even at the commencement of the nineteenth, refreshments in a English Lodges were taken during the ses-sions of the Lodge and in the Lodge room, and then, of course, a rigid rules were in existence for the government of the Fraternity, and for the regulation of the forms in which the refreshments should be partaken. But this system has long grown obsolete, and the Masonic banquets of the present day differ very little from those of other societies, except, perhaps, in a more Strict ob-servance of the rules of order, and in the exclusion of all non-Masonic visi-tors. But French Freemasons have prescribed a very formal system of rules for what they call a Loge de Table, or Table Lodge. The room in which the ban-quet takes place is as much protected by its isolation from observation as the Lodge-room itself. Table Lodges are always held in the Apprentice's Degree, and none but Freemasons are permitted to be present. Even the attendants are taken from the class known as Serving Brethren, that is to say, waiters who have received the First Degree for the special purpose of entitling them to be present on such occasions. The table is in the form of a horseshoe or elongated semicircle. The Master sits at the head, the Senior Warden at the northwest extremity, and the Junior Warden at the southwest The Deacons or equivalent officers sit between the two Wardens. The Brethren are placed around the exterior margin of the ta-ble, facing each other; and the void space between the sides is occupied by the serving Brethren or attendants. It is probable that the form of the table was really adopted at first from motives of convenience. But M. Hermitte (Bulletin, Grand Orient, 1869, page 83) assigns for it a symbolism. He says that as the entire circle represents the year, or the complete revolution of the earth around the sun, the semicircle represents the half of that revolution, or a period of six months, and therefore refers to each the two solstitial points of summer and winter, or the two great festivals of the Order in June and De-cember, when the most important Table Lodges are held.
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The Table Lodge is formally opened with an invocation to the Grand Ar-chitect. During the banquet seven toasts are given. These are called Santes d' Obligation, or obligatory toasts. They are drunk with certain ceremonies which are prescribed by the ritual, and from which no depar-ture is permitted. These toasts are:
The health of the Sovereign or Chief Magistrate of the State. Grand Master and the Supreme power of the Order, that is, th Grand Orient or the Grand Lodge. Master of the Lodge; this is offered by the Senior Warden. The two Wardens. Visiting Brethren. The other officers of the Lodge, and the new initiates or affiliates I there be any. All Freemasons wheresoever spread over the face of the globe.
Ragon (Tuileur General, page 17) refers these seven toasts of obligation to the seven libations made by the ancients in their banquets in honor of the seven planets, the Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn, and the seven days of the week which are named after them; and he assigns some striking reasons for the reference. But this symbolism, although very beautiful, is evidently very modern. The Table Lodge is then closed with the fraternal kiss, which is passed from the Master around the table, and with the usual forms. One of the most curious things about these Table Lodges is the vocabu-lary used. The instant that the Lodge is opened, a change takes place in the names of things, and no person is permitted to call a plate a plate, or a knife a knife, or anything else by the appellation by which it is known in ordinary conversation. Such a custom formerly prevailed in England, if we may judge from a passage in Doctor Oliver's Revelations of a Square (page 215), where an instance is given of its use in 1780, when the French vocabulary was employed. It would seem, from the same author-ity, that the custom was introduced into England from France by Captain George Smith, the author of the Use and Abuse of Freemasonry, who was initiated in a Continental Lodge. - Source: Mackey's Encyclopedia of Freemasonry
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Nellis Lodge No. 46
F. & A.M.
Annual Table Lodge
June 14, 2011
6:30pm
in the Garden Room at the
Masonic Memorial Temple.
$15.00
This is a Tyled event
Entered Apprentices & Fellowcrafts are
welcome.
Bacon wrapped filet,
boneless BBQ chicken breasts,
Baked Potatoes & Vegetables
salad, hot rolls and cake for dessert.
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June 2011
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2
SCOTTISH RITE
3
4
V.A. Golf
Tournament in
Boulder City (Call Mike Clark for
details)
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6
Daylite 44—12:00
Oasis 41—7:00
Stated
Communications
Degree Practice
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Stated
Communication
Hawaiian Shirt
Night
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9
10
11
12
Nellis Picnic
Floyd Lamb Park at
Tule Springs
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14
Table Lodge
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16
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Grand Master‟s
Ladies Appreciation
Banquet at Zelzah
Shrine
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Grand Lodge Training
Secession at
Vegas 32
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21
22
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24
25
26
27
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Dark—Zelzah
Shrine
FIREWORK
Booth Begins
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FIREWORKS
MMT BOARD
6:30
MMT Library
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FIREWORKS
Masters & Wardens
6:30pm
At MMT
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FIREWORKS JULY 1
FIREWORKS
2
FIREWORKS
3
FIREWORKS
4
FIREWORKS For further events while we are dark during the summer check the website
nellislodge46.org
In the Forefront Spreading Light
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June 2011
Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat
1 2
SCOTTISH RITE
3
4
V.A. Golf
Tournament in
Boulder City (Call Mike Clark for
details)
5
6
Daylite 44—12:00
Oasis 41—7:00
Stated
Communications
Degree Practice
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Stated
Communication
Hawaiian Shirt
Night
8
9
10
11
12
Nellis Picnic
Floyd Lamb Park at
Tule Springs
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14
Table Lodge
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16
17
Grand Master‟s
Ladies Appreciation
Banquet at Zelzah
Shrine
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Grand Lodge Training
Secession at
Vegas 32
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20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
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Dark—Zelzah
Shrine
FIREWORK
Booth Begins
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FIREWORKS
MMT BOARD
6:30
MMT Library
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FIREWORKS
Masters & Wardens
6:30pm
At MMT
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FIREWORKS JULY 1
FIREWORKS
2
FIREWORKS
3
FIREWORKS
4
FIREWORKS For further events while we are dark during the summer check the website
nellislodge46.org
In the Forefront Spreading Light
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Join The
Brethren a few years ago we started a century club to raise money to support Lodge functions and events. We‟ve decided to bring it back! Donate $100 to the Lodge under “Century Club” an your name will appear on a 2011 Century Club plaque that will be prominently displayed. Your name will also appear in the Trestleboard.
THE MASONIC MEMORIAL TEMPLE IS
NOW OFFERING RENTAL STORAGE
SPACE!!
Conveniently located at the MMT this will be a first come first
served opportunity for any Mason that needs a storage unit.
Time is limited because when they‟re gone THEY‟RE GONE!
Remember there is limited availability.
If you are interested contact: TERRY ROBERTSON at
702-499-2242
10‟ X 13‟ $60 per month
7‟ X 13‟ $45 per month
7‟ X 16‟ $100 per month
14‟ X 13‟ $120 per month
Other units also available
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The 2nd Annual Nellis Picnic.
June 12, 2011 Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs
Fun
Food & Drink
Games for the kids
Potluck
More details to come……………...
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Masonic baseball caps One size fits all * Show your sup-
port for Nellis Lodge or the Square & Compasses alone
Available in Black or White with a gold Square & Com-
passes Order yours today!! You can get yours by mail or
at the Lodge. $15.00 at the Lodge or $20.00 by mail
____________________________________________
Name
____________________________________________
Address
____________________________________________
City, State, Zip Make $20 checks payable to Nellis Lodge 46.
Please allow 2 weeks for delivery.
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Nellis Lodge No. 46
Bikes for Books
Program
Help encourage elementary school children to
read!
For more information contact
W. Michael Clark, P.M.
Pay your dues with
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If you would like to contribute to the Trestleboard support fund , please call 702-387-0046
and leave us a message. Get your name out there and show your Brethren that you support
the Lodge and this publication.
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Full Page—$600
1/2 Page—$300
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Business Card—$75
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any banking or financial brokerage houses, sales offers, coupons or credit card ads.
**ALL MONEYS MADE GO TO THE PRINTING AND MAILING OF THE TRESTLE-
BOARD
BECOME A NELLIS TRESTLEBOARD SUPPORTER
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Christopher D. Rothwell, President “Providing Superior Service Community Management
Office: 702.362.0318
Fax: 702.362.9671
A-Authorized Heating Cooling Plumbing
Brian Reynolds 591-0222
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Nellis Lodge
Annual
Fireworks
Booth June 28th through
July 4th
Silverado Ranch & Maryland Parkway
in the Albertsons parking lot
Sign up to help
or buy your fireworks early
See Scott Keiser
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2011 COMMITTEES COGNIZANCE
W. Bro. David Swallow, W. Bro. Jeff Byrne & W. Bro. John Gjonola
EDUCATION & INVESTIGATIONS
Bro. Robert Kinniburgh, Bro. Charles Wirth, Bro. Christopher Rothwell,
W. Bro. Jerry McCorkle, Bro. Kevin Smith, Bro. Frank Joseph,
Bro. Nelson Sardelli, W. Bro. Shibli Sawalha. Bro. Brian Higgins
and New Master Masons
TRESTLEBOARD
Bro. Harold Scalzo, Jr., W. Bro. James Greely, W. Bro. Michael Clark,
W. Bro. Frank Heyer, Bro. Charles Wirth, Bro. Scott Keiser,
W. Bro. Arcangelo Cocco, Bro. Brian Higgins.
TELEPHONE
W. Bro Mike Clark All Line Officers
DELINQUENCY
W. Bro. James Greely, W. Bro. Frank Heyer, W. Bro. Shibli Sawalha,
W. Bro. Sam. Ruiz & W. Bro. Mike Clark.
FUNDRAISING
Bro. Scott Keiser, W. Bro. David Lublin, Bro. Charles Wirth,
Bro. Harold Scalzo, Jr.
LONG RANGE PLANNING
Bro. Charles Wirth, Bro. Christopher Lee, W. Bro. John Feustel and all Line
Officers.
Dues Relief Fund
Help a Brother by contributing to the
dues relief fund. Your contribution will
assist a brother that has fallen on hard
times.
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Scott Bernard 6/20
Steve Cardin 6/15
Michael Clark, W.M., P.M. 6/24
Jerry Eitel 6/4
Paul Gamble 6/16
Donald Hines, P.G.M. 6/17
Daniel Kaelin 6/26
Alex Löser 6/7
Scutter Newton, P.M. 6/3
Jim Porter 6/4
Robert Ripley 6/11
Michael Sanchez 6/7
Ryan Sanshuck 6/24
Ray Smith 6/10
Jason Turner 6/25
Charles White 6/15
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Russell Allen 7/16
Dustin Casey 7/15
Hugh Coffman 7/22
Frank Cordier 7/7
Jason Davis 7/4
Richard Domnitz 7/24
Anthony Francisco 7/8
John Gjonola, P.M. 7/12
Chet Hayes 7/11
Mike Holmstrom, P.M. 7/5
Scott Keiser 7/25
J.C. Lester 7/12
Carl Martin 7/7
Mark Miller 7/18
Harold Newbold 7/20
Mike Olson 7/5
Michael Passanante 7/22
Murlen Perdue 7/16
Willie Perez 7/28
Roy Plumlee 7/23
Jack Richardson, P.M. 7/21
Chris Rothwell 7/16
Don Sherman 7/15
Richard Tribett 7/1
Vern Wilcox 7/7
Chuck Wirth 7/14
Eliot Workman 7/10
Bennie A. Brewer 7/23
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Kelly Allen 8/17
Cam Ashby 8/18
James Bassett 8/9
Steven Beattie 8/10
Ryan Brunty 8/7
Jeff Byrne 8/21
John Coulson 8/17
Melvin Downum 8/11
Jeff Gordon 8/9
Bob Kinniburgh 8/12
Kevin Lopez 8/4
Larry McCandless 8/24
Frank Merica, P.M. 8/14
Sanjay Narasimhalu 8/11
Adam Papacs 8/4
Scott Ponder 8/4
Robert Riggs 8/28
James Royce 8/8
George Tsacoyeanes 8/25
Don White 8/2
John Williams 8/27
Robert Woodsford 8/24
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Old Masters Wages
I Met a Dear Old Man Today Who Wore a Masonic Pin
It Was Old and Faded like the Man It„s Edges Were Worn and Thin
I Approached the Park Bench Where He Sat to Give the Old Brother
His Due
I Said, "I See You„ve Traveled East He Said, "I Have, Have You"?
I Said, I Have and in My Day Before the All Seeing Sun
I Played in the Rubble with Jubala, Jubilo and Jubalum.
He Shouted, Don't Laugh at the Work My Son It„s Good and Sweet
and True
And If You„ve Traveled as You Said You Should Give These Things a
Due.
The Work, the Sign, the Token, the Sweet Masonic Prayer.
The Vow That You Have Taken You Have Climbed the Inner Stair.
The Wages of a Mason Are Never Paid in Gold
But the Gain Comes from Contentment When You're Weak and
Growing Old.
You See I've Carried My Obligations for Almost 50 Years
It Has Helped Me Through the Hardships and the Failures Full of
Tears.
Now I„m Losing My Mind and Body - Death Is near but I Don't Despair
I've Lived My Life upon the Level and I„m Dying on the Square
Sometimes the Greatest Lessons Are Those That Are Learned Anew
And the Old Man in the Park Today Has Changed My Point of View
To All My Masonic Brothers the Only Secret Is to Care
May You Live upon the Level and Part upon the Square.
Submitted by Gene Fabac
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Days End In The coolness of the evening...
When the sun is going down,
The shadows of the stately trees...
Are long upon the ground.
A gentle breeze comes blowing.
Blue skies begin to gray,
Sunset's rays are glowing
All mark the end of day.
The birds have ceased their singing,
And seek their nightly place,
The stars begin appearing...
And till the darkening space.
The toils of this day are over.
Now is the time for rest...
With comfort in the knowledge
That I have done my best.
The dawn will come tomorrow,
And bring a brighter day,
And all the disappointments
Should surely pass away.
The noon-day sun, high in the sky...
Will warm my heart and soul,
And be a source of strength...
To help me reach my goal.
When the day is finished...
And the sun sets in the west,
I can say within my heart…
"Today, I did my best!"