VOL XLIII                                May  -  June    2003                                           No 9

From the Master 
Alan Whitlow
 
Greetings Suburban Lodge Members:
 
Well here it is again another two months have past and it seems to me like they are going faster now then they did last year. We are planning a trip to see the Bats baseball game on May the 25th at 7:15 pm. We have started having a meeting of the officers every month on a Friday nights. This month we are all going with the DeMolay to the planetarium at U of L for the Laser light show. This meeting is for the Good of the order I am inviting any member and his wife, girl friend, etc. And of course don’t bring both. I will try to list our meeting on the web for those of you who can not get on the web, call me I will give you all the information. These (meetings) will be more of a lodge outing as in the old days when the members went on fishing trips, dinners and so on. We are looking for ideas from the craft and their ladies as to what we might do next month. If Thursdays are bad for you come on out with us once a month on a Friday and enjoy fellowship with some of your lodge brothers and their ladies. We have a few new Ideas for the Lodge to make it public and try to get the word out that the Masonic order is still around and doing fine. We may even pick up some new members in the process. Brothers, it would wonderful to see you at lodge. The lodge is moving right along things are changing .Check out the web page and drop me an email. I would like to have everyone’s email address so I can keep you up to date about what is happening around the Lodge, death notices, specials events an so on We are still waiting for a reply from Keystone Lodge as to when they may visit us. When I hear from them I will post it on the web. Bill Harvey and some other good brothers have made phone calls to lost brothers it seem to be working. I would like to ask each one of you to call an old friend and you both get on back to lodge I am sure you will be pleasantly surprised at what you find when you get here as I have said so many times before we will treat you so many different way’s you will have to like one of them.

Reported ILL 

Willie Clemons   Had Surgery

Sam Lowe           Heart Problems 

Jim Metcalfe       Lung Problems

Your Senior Warden
 
Stan Robinson
 
Brothers I hope you will understand that the writing of this article comes at a very difficult time. I will begin with an apology for not having something in reserve to send to my Brothers, my friends.
Some of my brothers may not be aware that the Great Architect 0f The Universe has called my Mother home to spend eternity with Him and my Father.
For the first time in my life I awoke and was an orphan. I awoke and had no one to call for advise or consolation, I was now the eldest in my family.
In no time at all I found out what Masonry was about! The word spread quickly and my home phone, cell phone, computer and pager were constantly beeping or ringing. I have tried to be a good Mason in the past and tried to be to my Brothers what I should be. I never dreamed of the returns of such acts. I know that what my family received is in a great way the respect for my Beloved Father and Mother. I do not deserve the love and respect that was shown to my family, from the Lodge, the Hall Association and the Social Club. But you must trust me, It did not go unnoticed.
It is with a heavy heart and deep appreciation that I say to one and all, "My thanks go out to each and every one of you! May God bless you one and all."
The program for helping the Masonic Infirmary is beginning to pick up some steam and there will be more to come as we progress. Letters are being formed to send to corporations and individuals as needed. This is action that is long over due.
The Saint Johns Day League picnic is also starting to take shape and I hope to meet with ALL my Brothers to request assistance. The date for the picnic is June 12, 13 and 14th. (Is it an omen that the 13th is Friday, I hope not!) Brothers my plate is full and I can not complete this task without your help. There are arrangements to be made and orders to be filled long before the actual day of the picnic, as you all know that have done this before me.
There is the BIG day at Slugger Field, May 25, where we can celebrate Masonry with the whole state as well as adjoining organizations. The ballgame begins at 7:30 p.m. with a great fireworks display afterwards. The kid in all of us should have a wonderful day. The playground inside the ball park makes for a great time for our kids and grand children. Where else can you spend just $5.00 and commune with people of a like mind. Also on the scoreboard all Lodges and Organizations will be honored during the game as the emblems scroll during the game.
A fantastic musical group will be performing at out next Family Night, Thursday May 29, 2003, with a meal beginning at 6:30 p.m. and the entertainment at 7:30 p.m. It will be Gospel and Patriotic songs to celebrate this great land and freedom of worship, don't miss out on this event!
A small note of explanation from the West. I am sure everyone knows of the merger of governments presently taking place. My profession as a commanding officer with the police department and Derby being on top of us, along with the other events taking place around us, please don't fail to "whisper good counsel in the ear of an errant brother."
Until the next time, may God bless and keep you, and your families, in the hollow of His hand and may you be in Heaven an hour before the devil knows you've passed.

In Memoriam
 
KENNETH C. FLIEISCHMAN 3/2/03
 
Brother Flieischman was born in Jefferson County KY on the 14th day of April 1923, he was Initiated on the 10 day of March 1966, and past to the degree of a Fellow Craft on the 21st day of July 1966 and raised to that sublime degree of Master Mason on the 25th of August 1966, all in Suburban Lodge # 740 F & AM where he was a faithful member for 38 Years.
 
Having Complete his designs upon his Trestle Board Brother Flieischman laid down the working tools of his busy Life and entered that Lodge above on the 2nd day of March 2003, he is missed by his Wife Paulene and Son Kenneth, other Family Members and Many Friends.
 
Masonic Services was conduct By brother Joe Masrhall, at the Ratterman’s Funeral Home on Bardstown Road with 11, Members attending. Condolence was extended to the family and a nice Floral arrangement.
 
ARNOLD L. WILLIAMS 3/11/03
 
Brother Williams was born in Millerstown Kentucky on the 3 day of January 1919, he was Initiated on the 14 day June 1951, and passed to the degree of Fellow Craft on the 12th day of July 1951, and raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason on the 16th day of August 1951. All in Suburban Lodge # 740 F & AM. Where he was a faithful member for over 50 years.
 
Having completed the designs upon his trestle board Brother Williams laid down the working tools of his busy life and entered that lodge above on the 11th day of March 2003. He is sadly missed by his sister Bessie, and his Nephew Kerry, who was there in his time of need. Other family members, and many friends.
 
Masonic Services was conducted by Brother Joe Marshall, at the Keenae’s Funeral Home on Dixie Hwy. Condolences was extended to the family and a Floral arrangement.

Suburban Lodge # 740 F&AM
3901 South 3rd Street, Louisville Kentucky 40214
Joe Marshall, PM, Secretary
(502) 368-3161-Office (502) 551-4214-Cell
 
Scholarship Applicants
Dear Applicant,
I am pleased to announce that Suburban Lodge #740 F&AM has established the Suburban Lodge Scholarship Program. We currently have six $500.00 scholarships available. Any one who will be attending an accredited collage, university, vocational or technical school this fall may apply. The scholarship may be used for tuition, books, housing, fees, etc.
You will find application forms, on line at suburban740.org, or contact the scholarship committee.
These scholarships are not limited to the Masonic organization.
Sincerely,  
The Suburban Scholarship Committee
Bob Marshall, PM
Home Phone: (502) 937-6509
E-Mail: DADM1@BELLSOUTH.NET
Greg Coffee, Jack Flamm, PM, Jon Elbert, PM

From the Chaplain
Frank Coryell
 
Remember these Brothers
 
James W. Allen, Dan Anderson, Bill Anderson, James Ballou, Ed Becker, Allie Brown, Willard Browning, Ben Chappell, Willie Clemons, Jim Crabtree, Jim Davis, Gary Harris, John Johnson, Jack Jones, Will Killen, Sam Lowe, Jim Metcalfe, Jack Trent; Master Alan Whitlow and his mother-in-law, Alice, Jim Metcalfe and his wife, Dorothy, Senior Deacon Barry Denton and his daughter, Caroline Rose, and his mother, Wilma, Entered Apprentice John Adams and his mother, Helen, Past Master Melvin Carter and his wife, Margaret, Past Master Arthur Carty and his wife, Fern, Paul Jones brother, Horace Jones, Bob Lewis and his wife Gennetta, Harold Nipper and his wife, Pauline.
 
If you know any Brother(s) who are ill or home bound, or who have illness in their family, please call Frank Coryell at 502-363-9774.  If I am not there, please leave a message.
 
Football Party
 
The officers of Suburban Lodge are making plans for a Football Party on August 31, 2003, to watch the University of Kentucky vs University of Louisville Football game.
 
This will not only be a family night but will also present an opportunity to invite any friend who you think might make a good Mason to come, with his family, to meet some of our members.
 
There will be refreshments.
 
Look for more details in the next newsletter.
 

Coming Events

for May and June 2003

  May 

  1 Stated Meeting  7:30PM

  2 Oaks Day Park Cars   7:30AM

  3 FISH FRY Closed Derby Day Park Cars 7:30AM

  5 DeMolay  7:00PM

  6 Hall Association  7:30PM

  8 Stated Meeting  7:30PM

  10 FISH FRY  10AM TO 8PM

  12 Rainbow  7:30PM

  13 Social Club  7:30PM

  15 Stated Meeting  7:30PM

  17 FISH FRY  10AM TO 8PM

  19 DeMolay  7:00PM

  20 Southern Star  7:45PM

  22 Stated Meeting  7:30PM

  24 Fish Fry  10AM TO 8PM

  25 River Bats Ball Game   7:15PM

  26 Rainbow  7:30PM

  27 York Rite  7:30PM

  29 Stated Meeting  7:30PM

  31 Fish Fry  10AM TO 8PM

   June

   2 DeMolay  7:00PM

   3 Hall Association  7:30PM

COME OUT AND CELEBRATE 
"MASONIC DAY"
WITH THE BATS AT LOUISVILLE SLUGGER FIELD

On Sunday, May 25th 2003, it will be "MASONIC DAY" at Louisville Slugger Field

The Bats will play against the Rochester Red Wings beginning at 7:15 pm

Tickets will be $5.00 per person, and all sales will be in advance.

In addition, there will be Memorial Day Eve Post-Game Fireworks , and a large crowd is
expected, so get your tickets early!

Tickets can be purchased by me, beginning March 1st all the way up until May 1st

Contact me for tickets and additional information:

 
 

Alan Whitlow
ajwhitlo@bellsouth.net
(502) 367-1636 - Home
(502) 345-5450 - Cell
(502) 368-3161 - Lodge

From the
Junior Warden
Jack Flamm
 
SPRING IS HERE! , I hope it is a good feeling for one and all to experience the warm winds gently at our backs and as we feel the days growing longer. We all, as members of the great Masonic Fraternity have learned to love and appreciate the ladies in our lives, more especially it is only fitting that we set aside one special day to pay our love and respect to that one who is dearest to us “MOM”. To those of you who have never heard the DeMolay flower talk, I urge you to see and hear it. Brother Senior Warden Stan Robinson, your loss is great and your burden is heavy from the loss of your Mother. From all of us you have our deepest and most sincere sympathy. She is only away and we will all meet in the sweet by and by as the old song states.
Please remember our St. John’s picnic, June 12, 13 and 14th. We are all needed and I will hope to see you there. Kids and grandkids are most welcome.
I would like to be corrected if I am wrong, if my arithmetic is correct and I figured it up right, it is time to say Happy 92nd Birthday to our sister organization, Southern Star Chapter #154 Order of the Eastern Star. Remember mom and the picnic, I will see you soon.
 
p.s. I am still looking for a suitable picture of me for the Newsletter.
 
(editors note: I don’t know if this is suitable or not Jack, but I found a picture of you as you see above!)

Lorraine Assembly #6
I.O.R.G
  
On March 26, the girls held bingo for the residents at the OES Home and presented each resident with a fuzzy white bunny, which brought all of them good luck that night. The Assembly attended Church together on Sunday, April 6th and had a total of 23 in attendance with Lorraine. After the service, we walked back to the Lodge Hall and had a delicious Pot Luck dinner.
We are presently selling mini M&M’s and some variety packages of chocolates for a fund raiser. Please call Aunt Rose if you would like to help the girls out by buying some candy.
On Monday, April 14th, we had our Official Visit from our Grand Worthy Advisor, Julia Tarr. We sent her on her travels with a big Easter basket with lots of goodies. We also presented her with Teddy Bears, Easter bunnies and coloring books and crayons to be given to the Shiners Hospital in Lexington, which is one of her projects this year. If you would like to support one of her other projects by donating just $1 to have your name put on the Magnolia in the back of the Grand Assembly Room at Grand Assembly, she will use this money to help in the Wheel chair Fund for that Hospital. Please contact Aunt Rose if you wish to help out.
On April 26th, we will be helping at the Fish Fry, but will also be having a Bake Sale to benefit Mandy Caffee’s Grand Worthy Advisor fund for her term. If you can donate any items for this Bake Sale, contact Aunt Rose. Of course, if you can come out and make a purchase that day, that would be greatly appreciated.
We are in the process of making plans for Grand Assembly to be held at the Executive Inn West on June 13, 14 and 15th and are presently designing an Assembly apron and other things that will have to be done by our deadlines. If you would like to place an ad in the Grand Assembly Program, please call Aunt Rose. This is a very exciting time for the Assembly, as Mandy Caffee will be installed as Grand Worthy Advisor of Kentucky Rainbow on Sunday, June 15th and would love for as many as possible from all the organizations who meet at Suburban Lodge Hall to attend.

Rainbow Girls of Lorraine #6

We invite all Masons and Eastern Star members to attend our meetings on the 2nd and 4th Mondays of each month at 7:30 p.m. and if you know of a young lady between the ages of 11 and 20, please tell her about Rainbow. We would be glad to have her name so that we can give her further information about Rainbow. If you know of a young lady between the ages of 7 and 11, we also have a pledge Group who meets at the same time with Teresa Whitlow as the Pledge Mother.
 
With our Rainbow Love,
Aunt Rose Flamm
Mother Advisor
Home ph. # 491-4757

“GREEN RIVER STYLE FISH”
Every Saturday
From 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
 
The members of Suburban Social Club would like to thank you for your patronage!
 
 
Rainbow Bake sale on April 26th
(Proceeds to go to Mandy Caffee’s Grand Worthy Advisor Fund)

From the Senior Deacon
Barry Denton
 
Gene Autry
“Country Singer, Humanitarian, &
33rd Degree Mason”
 
Born in Tioga, Texas on September 29, 1907, Gene Autry was raised playing music and by the age of five he was singing in his grandfather's church choir. Encouraged by Will Rogers to pursue a career in radio, it wasn't long before the talented youngster gained popularity, followed by a recording contract with Columbia Records in 1929. Gene Autry made 635 recordings, including more than 300 songs written or co-written by him. His records have sold more than 100 million copies. He has more than a dozen gold and platinum records, including the first record ever certified gold, "That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine." His Christmas and children's records "Here Comes Santa Claus" and "Peter Cottontail" are among his platinum recordings. "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," the second all-time best selling Christmas single, boasts in excess of 50 million in sales. Gene Autry is the only entertainer to have five stars on the Hollywood Walk-of-Fame, one each for radio, records, movies, television, and live performance, including rodeo and theater appearances.
Besides music, baseball was a childhood passion. He was the owner of the Los Angeles Angels. More importantly, he was a 33rd Degree Mason, which is inscribed, on his tombstone. Gene Autry cherished his time in the craft, dedicating his time, money, and popularity with Masons, they’re wives and children, and they’re widows and orphans. Autry was also an honorary Inspector General and was given the prestigious award of the Grand Cross of the Court of Honor. Among the many hundreds of honors and awards Autry has received are induction into the Country Music Hall of Fame, the American Academy of Achievement Award, the Los Angeles Area Governor's Emmy from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and the Board of Directors Lifetime Achievement in Arts Foundation. Gene Autry passed away at his home in Studio City, California on October 2, 1998 after a long illness. He was 91 years old.
Out of hundreds of well-known Masons in the world, Gene Autry just didn’t receive the title of Master Mason, but earned the title of the 33rd Degree Master Mason. He is an example for all Master Masons worldwide to look up to and to be proud of.

CHEROKEE CHAPTER
ORDER Of
DEMOLAY
 
Greetings from Cherokee DeMolay. We have just kicked off our ad sales program for summer Conclave. We hope to have a successful year with ad sales.
Congratulations go out to Keith Gallai on his early graduation from high school. Keith has been a member of Cherokee since the age of twelve. Keith turned eighteen on April 20, 2003.
We have several activities planned for May. May 2nd – 4th we will travel to Mt. Sterling for our spring Conclave. The DeMolay will play golf, basketball and compete in various ritual competitions. The following Monday, May 5th, will be our stated meeting.
May 17th will be a very busy day for us. We will work the fish fry that day and will sell Conclave boosters at The Scottish Rite Temple. Eastern Star is holding a district school that day in Louisville.
May 19th we will hold our stated meeting. On May 31st, Cherokee Mother’s Club will be holding a bake sale to raise funds. This is also Cherokee’s day to work the fish fry. Please come out and support the bake sale.
June will also be a busy month. We will be getting ready for summer Conclave. We also plan to work the St. John’s Day Picnic booth. Sarah Fautz, State Sweetheart, will put the DeMolay to work washing cars at the Wal-Mart in Fern Creek on June 21st to help her raise money for decorations and flowers for summer Conclave. Bring your dirty cars out and we’ll make’em shine.
Thanks to all the DeMolay, Advisors, Mother’s Club, Sweethearts and most of all my wife, Teri. On Monday night, April 7th, at our meeting everyone surprised me with a 40th birthday party after our meeting. Teri made a speech and roasted me with funny stories that have happened to me during my 2 ½ years as Chapter Dad.
Greg Coffey

A Note from Brother Bill Harvey
 
Brothers,
Recently I have started going through the membership rolls and have been calling many to invite you to come back to lodge again. I realize that some of our members are elderly and can’t come out at night. For those of you who are able, how about giving Suburban another try? Of course we meet each Thursday night at 7:30 p.m. (except for a 5th Thursday, which is a Family Night activity).
I am thankful that 2 brothers that we called have attended lodge in the past 3 weeks, and one of them hadn’t been there in nearly 50 years. Brothers, we have a very active lodge, good food and fellowship and our meetings aren’t very long. In our new lodge, we do have a very nice elevator for those who have trouble with stairs.
I have always wondered why people join any organization, pay yearly dues and never darken the doorway. Anyway, my hope is that each able bodied brother could pay a visit to lodge at least once every month so we can get to know each of you and share some fellowship together. We average about 25 to 35 brothers at each meeting, which is probably more than any other lodge in Kentucky, but of course we are larger than most lodges in Kentucky and with a membership of over 500 or so members, that number should be much larger. Also in calling our membership, we are finding out that several brothers have had illness and surgeries. This helps us in sending that brother a card letting him know that Suburban Lodge and its brothers are thinking of him.
I want to thank Past Master Frank Coryell, Chaplain, for going the extra mile in getting these cards together and signed by our members attending and then getting the cards mailed out. Dear brothers, we would just like to invite each of you to join us for lodge in the coming year and may God Bless each of you.
Fraternally, Bill Harvey

ROWLAND’S RAMBLINGS

VOLUME XIII   Number 3                                                         by JOE ROWLAND P.M.

At a lodge meeting a few days ago, while drinking coffee and solving major world problems in the “Liars’ Lounge,” which adjoins every lodge room, several of the self proclaimed experts on every subject under the sun were holding a boisterous discussion. Of course, since I am a self professed expert on just about everything, and don’t mind letting it be known, I joined in.. After giving my expert opinion on the subject, and listening to several other solutions to the particular problem, I announced that everybody else was nuts, and I was the only sane person in the bunch. That’s when I was told to “go fly a kite.”
Now it was March, and the wind was blowing, and I hadn’t flown a kite for a long time, so I decided that maybe an intelligent idea had finally fallen out of the noggin of one of those idiots. Even geniuses need to relax and do something occasionally that doesn’t tax their superior mentality, so I decided I would literally go fly a kite.
So the next day I hunted up the big, fancy, colorful, plastic Superman kite I had bought a couple of years ago and stored in the garage. I found a five hundred feet roll of string, tied a couple of old neckties on for a tail, and headed out to fly my kite. I’d show those suckers in the Liar’s Lounge!
Just a short distance from my house there’s a large, open, grassy field, and not a single Charley Brown Kite-Eating tree anywhere near it. It’s used by a lot of kids during kite season, so that was where I would go. I’d fly my fancy Superman kite so high that every ten and twelve-year-old kid there would be envious of an old dude who really knew how to fly a kite.
Some of the other kids were there and some of them had their kites flying pretty high, but that didn’t bother me. I was sure my very impressive and expensive kite would just soar right out of sight. After all, it was named after Superman, and he could get higher than Otis Campbell on a Saturday night in Mayberry. Why, I’ve got comic books that show Superman flying to the moon and back so fast that Lois Lane thought he was still in the phone booth changing into his Superman tights and cape, so nobody would know he was really Clark Kent, the mild mannered reporter on the Metropolis Gazette.

I made a big show of getting ready to put Old Sup into the air, and leaving those cheapo kites behind like a 747 passing a piper cub.
That’s when I got a shock. I couldn’t believe it! My Superman kite simply refused to fly. Those ten and twelve-year-old kids had their dime store kites about four miles high, and my beautiful, five-dollar Superman kite just lay down and died. It refused to even get off the ground. It was so embarrassing! I think one of those kids must have been Superman’s old arch enemy Lex Luther in disguise, and he must have had some kreptonite in his pocket. Everybody knows that kreptonite is the only thing that can take away Superman’s powers.
I was so disgusted I walked off and left that wimpy Superman lying face down on the ground. I’d buy a kite at the “Everything’s a Dollar” store. I didn’t care if it had Elmer Fudd’s picture on it. The heck with Superman. I like Batman better anyway.
Yes, I know kites are kids toys, but a few years after retirement we old dudes enter our second childhood, and it’s even more fun than our first childhood. In these modern times there are more fancy toys than there were sixty or seventy years ago, and we have more money to buy them and more time to play with them. And if the younger generation laughs at us we can blame it on our “Oldsters Disease.” Actually most of us don’t find it necessary to defend out actions when we play with our toys. I’ve got a room full of toys, and at my age I don’t really care what the younger generation thinks about it.
Of course a lot of my toys are electronic works of art, relatively expensive, and much more complicated to operate than a stupid five-dollar Superman kite. But I can operate these electronic gadgets and gizmos O.K., so I can’t understand why I couldn’t get a silly Superman kite into the air. I may not even buy another Superman magazine.
One day when one of my sons was visiting he surveyed my toy room and made the remark, “I can hardly wait until I’m old enough to play with toys again.” He’s also retired now, so I’m sure it won’t be very long until he feels that he’s old enough to play with toys again.
I just hope he buys his own toys, because he ain’t getting any of mine.