Brothers, the list is getting longer. There’s work almost anytime you want to go.  Visit these Lodges and get involved in Masonry

 

Note:  Thanks Brethren for the work and dates, keep it coming Please send in dates and times of the work in the area. If you would like your Regular Lodge meeting added, please e-mail.   Please send work in TN, NC & GA

 

 

Monday, January 21

The 14th Masonic District Instructional Meeting will be held at Hoyt Lodge located on Hwy #20 in Cheddar and start at 7:00pm. Supper will be served. SC

 

Kedron Lodge our Stated Communication, Dinner at 7:00 PM Lodge meeting at 8:00 PM NC

 

Tuesday, January 22

Waynesville and Sonoma will be having a 3^rd degree on January 22^nd @7:00PM NC

 

EA Degree at Blue Ridge Lodge. Dinner will be served at 6:00pm and the Degree work will start at 7:00pm. SC

 

Asheville York Rite will hold it's regular monthly meeting on the 4th Tuesday of each month. Meal at 6 pm and the lodge opens at 7 pm NC

 

Sonoma Lodge will have a young man Raised to the 3rd degree at Waynesville Lodge. Waynesville was going to have a 3rd that night so we decided to take our candidate and combine the two. This should be a lot of FUN and this is what our fraternity is about in my opinion helping each other. If you can make it we will need your help in raising these new Brothers.NC

 

Thursday, January 24

EA Degree at Townville Lodge beginning with dinner at 6:30pm. The Anderson Sheriff Department Degree Team will confer the Degree work of 2 of their Deputies. SC

 

FC Degree at Bates Lodge beginning with Dinner at 6:30pm. The Degree work will follow Dinner at 7:30pm. SC

 

MM Degree at Hiram. Supper will be served at 6:30pm. The Degree work will begin around 7:30pm. The Candidate leaves on January 28th to serve in our Armed Forces. SC

 

Friday, January 25

39th District 1st Annual Blood Drive to be held at The Land of the Sky Shrine Club in Swannanoa from 12 - 7 pm. All are invited and encouraged to come and donate to help make this first blood drive a big one for the Red Cross. NC

 

Saturday, January 26

The Grand Masters workshop for Worshipful Masters will be held at the Scottish Rite Center on Garners Ferry Road in Columbia, SC beginning promptly at 9:30AM. All Worshipful Masters are expected to attend. Take your Red Book, Masters Black Book and Ahiman Rezon with you. You can also swap out damaged Red Books and the Masters Black Book at this meeting. Lunch will be served. SC

 

Companions  

The York Rite Chapter and Council Degrees will be conferred at Waynesville Lodge Saturday Jan. 26 beginning at 9:00 AM.

 The Chapter degrees will be first and the Council Degrees will follow at approx. 1:00 PM.

 It is suggested that you bring your own lunch.

There will be a short break for lunch and we do not want you to have to leave the lodge.

 The weather did not permit us to meet this past Saturday to confer the Chapter degrees.

 Make sure your Candidates are at the lodge on time with the proper petition and funds for the degrees that they will be receiving. NC

 

 Tuesday, January 29

The 14th District Past Masters Club will meet at Ryans on 28 Bypass in Anderson beginning at 7:00pm. SC

 

EA Degree at Liberty Lodge beginning with supper at 6:30pm. The Degree work will start at 7:30pm. SC

 

EA Degree at Fair Play Lodge. Supper at 6:30pm. The Degree work follows at 7:30pm. SC

 

 

Thursday, January 31

The 15th District Past Masters Club will hold their meeting at Seneca Lodge beginning at 6:30pm. Sandwiches and Vegetable Soup furnished by the Club will be served. We will be honored to have Henry Stonecypher (Stoney) as our speaker. SC

 

FC Degree at Blue Ridge Lodge beginning with Dinner at 6:00pm. The Degree work will begin at 7:00pm. SC

 

EA Degree at Westminster Lodge starting at 7:00pm. SC

 

Saturday Febuary 2  Brethren, remember this is the next meeting for the Lecture School.  We will meet at 10:00 am till 12:00 noon at Dillsboro Lodge.  It would be helpful if some of you could borrow your Lodge's copy of the Vocabulary and bring it.  This meeting is open to all Master Masons, so bring a brother. Other districts in our area are invited. NC

 

 

Monday Febuary 4

Kedron Lodge our Stated Communication, Dinner at 7:00 PM Lodge Meeting at 8:00 PM. NC

 

Tuesday Febuary 5

Bates Lodge York Rite Meeting 7:30pm SC

 

Thursday Febuary 7

Kedron Lodge will confer the 3rd Degree, Dinner at 6:00 PM Degree at 7:00 PM Brother Ray Harrill Degree Master. ( Practice dates have not been scheduled ) NC

 

Saturday Feuary 9

Kedron Lodge will present Awards, Lodge open at 6:30 PM, Awards presentations at 7:00 PM, refreshment after the Awards. NC

 

Tuesday Febuary 12

Bates Lodge Regular Communication-7:30pm SC

 

Monday Febuary 18

Kedron Lodge our Stated Communication, Dinner at 7:00 PM Lodge meeting at 8:00 PM NC

 

Saturday April 5

Sonoma Lodge will have a lecture service April 5^th, 2008 at 9 AM, please feel free to come out and support NC

 

Brethern

Attached are other newsletters, please review these

 

 

                                      The Masonic Messenger
                                            Seneca Masonic Lodge No. 185, AFM

 

Volume XXV, No. 1     Circulation: 341     E-Circ: 102      Membership: 387     Secretary: Sam McCall

January 2008

At the January meeting:

       • The Lodge voted to add $300 to the $700 generated for Hospice by sale of the District 15 directory.
       • W. Bro. Donny Arnold announced that two coolers were missing from downstairs, and requested

          that they be returned.

 

 

2007 Annual Report Highlights:
        39 degrees were conferred, resulting in 15 new Master Masons raised.  There were no affiliations or reinstatements.  11 died, 2 demitted, and 2 were erased for Non-Payment of Dues.  In spite of the outstanding performance of last year's officers, total membership remained steady from the previous year: 387.  The Lodge has 85 Forty-Year Members (including the new ones for 2007) and 35 Past Masters.  We have 10 Perpetual Life Members, and 4 additional Honorary/Memorial Perpetual Life Memberships have been purchased from Grand Lodge.  Dues to Grand Lodge were $5,586 and, including the $224 in supplies and bonds from Grand Lodge, we owed Grand Lodge a total of $5,810.  An explanation of "bonds": Grand Lodge automatically provides bonding of our Secretary and Treasurer, and we must reimburse them for it.

 

Membership news:

       • We are investigating the petition for affiliation of Jeremy David Talley, of Keowee Lodge #79

           in Pickens.

       • Congratulations to our four new Master Masons raised in December: Benjamin Claude
          Cannon, Micah Heath Hart, Dustin Chad Martin, and Mark Steven Miller

       • We are thankful for the new Master Masons raised earlier in 2007 as well: Kevin W.
          Bray, Robert Richy Brock Jr, Mackey Lee Cobb Jr, Thomas Paul Guilliams, Bryan Michael
          Graham, Eric Dwight James, John Paul Johnson, Roger Caness Martin Jr, Larry Douglas
          Orr, Michael Thomas Sluder, Kevin Dale Spencer.  Several of these names also appear
          on the new 2008 Officers list, and this brings a lot of enthusiasm into the Lodge.

 

 

Masonic Events:

 

       • Thursday, January 10 @ 6:30 pm:  District 15 Instructional Meeting at Seneca #185, hosted by
                                                                Fair Play #132.  Eat at 6:30.  All officers are expected to attend.

 

       • Saturday, January 19 @ 7:00 AM:  Seneca #185 Fellow Craft degree.  Breakfast at 7:00 AM,

                                                                   work at 8:00 AM.  Candidates: Rick Hunter Kelley, David

                                                                   Earl Melton, Mark Allen Merck, and Cecil Joshua Stewart.

 

       • Thursday, January 31:  15th District Officers Past Masters Club meeting.  The time and place has
                                                               not yet been announced.

Seneca Lodge extends sympathy to the families of:

 

       • Ralph Harbin Hamilton          born August 12, 1928     raised July 22, 1954     died Dec 1, 2007
                                                    Widow: Mrs. Ann R. Hamilton

       • Donna Holden                      died December 8, 2007.  She was the daughter of W. Bro. Bud
                                                     Broome and sister of Brothers James and David Broome.

       • Edna Merck                        died December 11, 2007.  She was the mother of Brother Michael
                                                    Merck.

       • Mary Jo Miles Price             died December 27, 2007.  She was the mother of Brother Randy
                                                    Lee Price.

 

The next Seneca Lodge regular communication is Thursday, February 7, at 7:30 pm.

REFERENCES:

 

Seneca Lodge #185 Officers for 2008:
     Worshipful Master:   Clint Patterson               882-5745      cpatterson@idexcorp.com
     Senior Warden:       Greg Arnold                    882-5088

     Junior Warden:        Wayne Yost                  882-5459
     Treasurer:                Johnnie James               882-5441      johnniefjames@earthlink.net
     Secretary:                Sam McCall                   882-4321     sammymccall@bellsouth.net

                                                                          514 N Walnut St, Seneca, SC 29678-2730

     Senior Deacon:        Richy Brock                  647-7442      richytina@bellsouth.net
     Junior Deacon:         John Paul Johnson        903-3098      johnson5002@bellsouth.net

     Steward:                   Roger Martin                 647-8750

     Steward:                   Larry Orr                       882-2665
     Chaplain:                  Olin Childress               882-4534

     Tiler:                         Darrell Gerner               882-3952      djgerner@innova.net
 

Seneca Lodge #185 Relief committee:
      Johnny D. Smith, Chm       638-5566    jdsddgm@bellsouth.net

      Johnnie James                  882-5441    johnniefjames@earthlink.net

      Sam McCall                      882-4321    sammymccall@bellsouth.net

 

District Deputy, District 15:

      Johnny D. Smith                638-5566    jdsddgm@bellsouth.net

 

Grand Lodge website:  http://www.scgrandlodgeafm.org/index.html

 

District 15 regular communications:

   First  Monday          @ 7:30: Blue Ridge      #  92   638-5091
   First  Monday          @ 7:30: Courtenay       #249
   First  Tuesday         @ 7:30: Pendleton        #  34                    http://www.pendletonlodge.org/
   First  Thursday        @ 7:00: Clemson          #254                    http://clemsonlodge.org/
   First  Thursday        @ 7:00: Townville          #209                    http://www.townvillelodge209.com/
   First  Thursday      @ 7:30: Seneca           #185  885-1515
   Second Monday      @ 7:30: Westminster    #200
   Second Tuesday     @ 7:30: Fair Play          #132

 

District 15 lodge contacts:

  Blue Ridge #92
            WM:   Jerry Fowler           638-3205
            Sec:   Bill Knight              944-0994
  Clemson #254
            WM:   Robert Krause        878-1379
            Sec:   Tom Hayden           654-4943
  Courtenay #249
            WM:   Frank Rackley        882-7314
            Sec:   Sam McJunkin       882-8203
  Fair Play #132
            WM:   Robert Graham       972-1002

            Sec:   Phil Campbell         972-3574
  Pendleton #34
            WM:   Gene Callahan       353-4936

            Sec:   Rusty Palmer         650-4613
  Townville #209
            WM:   Kevin Matheson      972-7473
            Sec:   Tim Jones              287-3932
  Westminster #200
            WM:   Ronald Dodson       247-3123
            Sec:   Stan Lee                647-0244

 

Perpetual Life Membership Program, Seneca #185 2008 Fee Schedule:

 

AGE	FACTOR	DUES	COST	PAY IN 3   PAYMENTS	PAY BY THE      MONTH
18-23	27	$43.50	$1,175	$392	$39
24-29	25	$43.50	$1,088	$363	$36
30-39	23	$43.50	$1001	$334	$33
40-49	20	$43.50	$870	$290	$29
50-59	18	$43.50	$783	$261	$26
60-64	15	$43.50	$653	$218	$22
65+	10	$43.50	$435	$145	$15

 

Past Masters of Seneca Lodge # 185:
    Cecil Carroll Henslee                  1956-57
    William Glen Cox, PDDGM         1964
    Carroll Eugene Kirby                   1971
    William Edward Sandifer, III         1973
    Albert Gaerdy Hutto, Sr.              1974

    Ralph Gregory Bright                   1975, 2003
    Marvin Dendy Clardy                   1976
    Joe Franklin Gaines, PDDGM      1977, 2004

    Eugene Harrison Hardin              1978
    Johnnie Felton James                 1980, 2002
    James Ralph O'Dell                    1981                   
    Ernest Dock James                    1982

    Jerry Paul Randall                      1983
    Johnny Davis Smith                    1984
    Fred Donald Sills                        1985
    Emory Doyle Parker                   1986

    Ralph Eugene Rogers                 1989

    Wayne Rollins Bradley                1990

    John Edward Palmer, Jr.             1991

    William Allen Morris, Jr.              1992
    Terry Lee Bryant                        1993

    Davis Swain Smith                     1994

    Scott Gregory Morris                  1995

    Richard Lee Gerner                    1998

    Weltner J. (Bud) Broome            1999

    Olin T. Childress                        2000

    James E. (Jake) Wheeler            2001

    Donny Arnold                             2005, 2006

    Matt Treadway                           2007

 

Past Masters affiliated from other lodges:
    Darrell Jay Gerner

    James Leslie Grigsby, PDDGM

    Clarence Wardlaw Lay

    Carey Paul McTaggart

    Kenneth Lane Parham
    Randolph Thomas Patterson

 

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Special thanks to RW Brother Jim Turner of SC  PDDGM  For the layout of this letter.

 

Merritt R. Newman, III P.M.

Glenville Lodge #551  Glenville, NC

Lincolnton Lodge #354 P.M  Lincolnton, GA

Blue Ridge Lodge #92  Walhalla, SC