Suburban 740 News  Nov--Dec  2003 page 13

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"There is no doubt in my mind that Masonry is the cornerstone of America."
Dave Thomas Founder of Wendy's International
"To me, Freemasonry is one form of dedication to God and service to humanity."
Norman Vincent Peale Minister and Author
"Freemasonry embraces the highest moral laws and will bear the test of any system of ethics or philosophy ever promulgated for the uplift of man."
Douglas MacArthur General of the Army
"The Masonic Fraternity is one of the most helpful mediating and conserving organizations among men, and I have never wavered from that childhood impression, but it has stood steadfastly with me through the busy, vast hurrying years."
George W. Truett
Southern Baptist Leader

"We represent a fraternity which believes in justice and truth and honorable action in your community...men who are endeavoring to be better citizens...[and] to make a great country greater. This is the only institution in the world where we can meet on the level all sorts of people who want to live rightly."
Harry S. Truman President of the United States

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Many of the world's most respected men-including business, military, intellectual, political, and religious leaders-have been or are Masons.
Eddy Arnold - Roy Acuff - Edwin E. "Buzz" Aldrin - Gene Autry - Daniel C. Beard - Francis J. Bellamy - Irving Berlin - Simon Bol¡var - Walter Boomer - Gutzon Borglum - Ernest Borgnine - Omar Bradley - James Buchanan - Arleigh Burke - Richard E. Byrd - B. H. Carroll - Mark Clark - William Clark Dewitt Clinton - Ty Cobb - W. T. Connor - Jack Dempsey - James Doolittle - Arthur Conan Doyle - "Duke" Ellington - Henry Ford - Gerald Ford - Benjamin Franklin - Clark Gable - James Garfield - Arthur Godfrey - Wolfgang von Goethe - Barry Goldwater - Samuel Gompers - John Hancock - Warren Harding - Jesse Helms - Sam Houston - Burl Ives - Andrew Jackson - Andrew Johnson - John Paul

Jones - Benito Juarez - Rudyard Kipling - Marquis de Lafayette - J. B. Lawrence - John Lejeune - Charles Lindbergh - John Marshall - George Marshall - Thurgood Marshall - Jos‚ Mart¡ - Charles Mayo - Douglas MacArthur - Abner McCall - William McKinley - James Monroe - Wolfgang Mozart - Louis D. Newton - Norman Vincent Peale - J. C. Penney - John Pershing - James Polk - Paul Revere - Herbert Reynolds - Roy Rogers - Will Rogers - Franklin D. Roosevelt - Theodore Roosevelt - Thomas S. Roy - L. R. Scarborough - Jean Sibelius - "Red" Skelton - John Phillip Sousa - William Howard Taft - Danny Thomas - Lowell Thomas - Strom Thurmond - George W. Truett - Harry S. Truman - Joseph Warren - John Wanamaker - George Washington - John Wayne

Recipe Corner 

AUTUMN BREAD PUDDING

2  tbsp butter, softened
1-1/2 cups Domino light brown sugar, packed
1-1/2 cups water
2  tbsp light corn syrup
1  cinnamon stick; 3 inches
3  whole cloves
2 or 3 whole wheat rolls; cubed, toasted
1  firm banana sliced
1  apple;  peeled, cored, sliced
1/2  cup golden raisins
1/4  cup peanuts
1/4  cup sliced almonds

     Preheat over to 350 degrees F.  With butter, grease a 1-quart shallow baking dish. 
In medium sauce pan, combine brown sugar, water, corn syrup, cinnamon, and cloves.
Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
Reduce heat and simmer, without stirring 8-10 minutes.
Remove from heat; cool slightly.

     In a baking dish, arrange ingredients in a single layer of bread, bananas, apples, raisins, peanuts and almonds.
Remove and discard spices from sugar syrup.  Slowly pour syrup over bread and fruit mixture to moisten bread well.  Reserve some syrup to use a serving.  Cover and bake for 20-25 minutes or until apples are tender.
Uncover and continue baking 10-15 minutes until pudding top is crisp and golden.
Serve warm with syrup and whipped cream, if desired.
Makes 6 servings