Quarterly Newsletter - October 2006
Person #113 is on
the Internet
Person
Masonic Lodge #113 is now on the Internet.
Webmaster Dion Viventi maintains the site with current pictures of the
Lodge and officers, Lodge calendars and announcements. You can reach the site at
www.mastermason.com/Roxboro.
D.D.G.M. of the 19th
Masonic District visits
On
July 25th, Person #113 was paid an official visit by Kip Campbell, District
Deputy Grand Master of the 19th Masonic District of Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons of the Grand Lodge of North Carolina.
After dinner D.D.G.M. Campbell was formally received into the Lodge and
proceeded to sit in the East. At
the closing of the Lodge, D.D.G.M. Campbell declared that Masonary was alive and
well in Person County. We
couldn’t agree more and we cordially invite the D.D.G.M. back at any time.
Past Masters &
Ladies’ Night Banquet
On
September 29th the Past Masters and Ladies Night Dinner was held at the Masonic
Temple on Leasburg Street. Past
Masters, Masonic Widows, brothers and their families were treated to dinner prepared by Hog Heaven BBQ.
Brother Raymond Wooten delivered the program on Masons and the Holy Bible
and the Reverend Chris Sorensen provided a musical Message.
A special thank you goes to Pat and Reid Tanksley for preparing and
decorating the dining hall for the event. Donations
totaling $245 were collected for the Masonic Home for Children at Oxford and
will be forwarded to the Home for the Holiday Season.
Six
brothers received certificates of recognition for their years of membership to
Person #113. Bro. Toufielk Ameen
received a certificate for 60 years of membership while Bro. David Boswell
received a 50 year certificate. Receiving
25 years certificates were Bros. Jay Neville, Ray Hayes. Smith Mooney, and Gary
Coats. Congratulations to all.
Person #113 Golf
Shirts
Golf
shirts embroidered with the Masonic Square and Compass, Person Lodge #113,
Roxboro NC and your name are available for $18.00 thru our Lodge.
The shirts are dark blue with black and white collars and sleeve trim.
Contact Dion Viventi at the Person #113 internet site given above or call
him at 336-504-4472 for sizes and to order.
Thanks and
Remembrances
Our
thanks go to Bros. Jay Nevelle and Frank Moore for removing the graffiti that
had been painted on the back of the Lodge building one night in late August.
The other wise harmless juvenile prank was removed with a good power
washing.
Please
keep in your prayers and thought the families and friends of Bro. Toufielk Ameen
for the loss of his daughter Theresa and Bro. Donald Long for the loss of his
mother, Mrs. Helen Long. We wish
them both our deepest and sincerest sympathies for their loss.
Please
wish a speedily recovery to Bro. Cary Bott from his recent illness and to Bro.
Tobie Stone from his recent surgery.
Please
keep in mind those brothers who are unable to get out and about.
The
42nd Annual Fish Fry held on May 5th of this year was by all accounts a huge
success. One thousand, four hundred
and eighty pounds of flounder were fried and served by the brothers of our Lodge
to our community. The end result of
this effort was realized in August when our lodge delivered contributions to the
Masonic Home for Children at Oxford and the Masonic and Eastern Star Home in
Greensboro totaling $5,400. These
contributions, while significant, are but one part of our support of these
Masonic Charities. Each year a
contribution is made in the memory of each departed brother to the Children’s
Home at Oxford. Additional
contributions are sent at Christmas and at other special times of the year as
Masons show their support of our Charities.
This Christmas Season please remember that Charity is one of the
foundations of our Fraternity and make a contribution to the Children’s Home
or the Masonic and Eastern Star Home.
Person Lodge No. 113 A. F. & A. M. Lodge Elections will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 12th at 7:30 pm. Officers will be installed at the first meeting of the New Year, January 9th, 2007.
Attend
and support your Lodge in 2007.
