Quarry Observer

CALENDAR of Events & Opportunities

Monday, January 9 – EA Degree

Saturday, January 14 – Dang-it Dolls Wkshp.

Saturday, January 21 – District Instructional @ Batesburg-Leesville Lodge -7:30 am breakfast

Monday, January 23 – MM Degree

Wednesday, January 25 – Breakfast for the City of Cayce (see “From the East” for details.)

Monday, February 6 – Business Meeting

TENTATIVE Upcoming Degree Work in February

Monday, February 20 – FC Degree

You will be notified via email &/or phone tree.

Brothers,

We had our first business meeting of the year this month and despite the cold weather had a really nice turnout.  Brother Trevor and his Stewards warmed us up with some delicious vegetable soup and cornbread. 
We do have an E.A. degree this month and 2 brothers for the Masters degree this month. I look forward to seeing everyone come out and support the brothers as they take different but equally important steps in their Masonic journey.

We formed our new Benevolence Committee for the year; it consists of Worshipful Brother Dave Brown, Brother Richard Merritt and Brother Wesley Hipp.
We formed the Audit Committee to review the books from last year consisting of Worshipful Brother Tommy Rivers, Worshipful Brother Gene Grigsby and Brother Tom Bokanovich.
I want to send out a special thank you to these brothers for stepping up and taking on a duty that is truly a thankless task.

I have signed books 1, 2, 4, 6 and 7. If you have a book, please look on the inside cover and if you have a number that I have not mentioned here, please contact me by phone or email and we will get that taken care of. I am going to the Masters Workshop on Jan 29. We have to have all books accounted for, we are missing numbers 3 and 5.  Also if you have a book that is in bad shape or something is wrong with it get with me before the 29th so I can take it to the Workshop and have it replaced.

I also need to get a count on keys. These keys are also numbered 1-24. If you have a key I would like for you to email me and let me know what number. Brothers if you do have a key and are no longer in need of your key, please let me know and I can make arrangements to get it from you.  We had the lodge re-keyed a couple of years ago and it makes it extremely difficult to get new keys made.  We need to make sure that the people that need keys i.e. Officers, Stewards (also need pantry keys), and we should have a couple of keys that we can keep in the Secretary's office for coaches.  So please if you have a key let me know by phone or email and let me know the number.

As a reminder, we have the instructional meeting Saturday January the 21st at Batesburg's Lodge. This is open to all master masons, not just officers and all are invited to come. We will meet at our lodge at 630/645 am that morning so we can carpool.

On January 25 we have the City of Cayce awards breakfast. We will meet at the lodge at 530 am to start cooking and serve them breakfast and clean up afterwards.  By a show of hands on Monday night we have enough help to cook, and some of you said you would be there around 730 to help serve.  We need some more willing participants to be there around 7:30 to help serve and clean up.  Thank you all in advance for your willingness to participate. The more help we have the easier it is on everybody. And let's face it we enjoy to comradery!

In closing I want to thank all of my officers for going into this year motivated and with cause. I know that we make this year successful and keep Cayce Lodge 384 moving in the right direction as our past officer classes have done for us.  If any of you need anything or just want to talk below are the best two ways to get me. 

Cell: 803. 429. 5079
jeraddunlap3@gmail.com

-Jerad Dunlap, WM                

Brothers, Thank you for the opportunity to serve Cayce Lodge as Junior Warden for 2012.  The officers appreciate the high attendance at the January business meeting.  January is a cold month; however it is very warm inside the lodge.  The meals for January will be as follows:

Monday January 9 – EA Degree

Spaghetti/Salad/Garlic Bread/Dessert/

Monday January 23 – MM Degree

Fried Deer Steak/Macaroni and Cheese/Rice and Gravy/Green Beans/Biscuits

Please come out and enjoy a good meal and great fellowship.  We look forward to seeing you in Lodge.

 – Trevor Bedell, JW         

Roof Fund Donations & Fundraisers:  $21,854.53

Dangit-Doll Update 2012

It is hard to believe it is 2012 already.... Hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Years!!!!

It is time for our January Dang-it Doll Workshop. Let's kick off 2012 with a big turnout and make lots of Dang-it Dolls. The request have been steadily coming in so we really need to get busy. The workshop will be held Saturday, January 14, 2012, at the Cayce Masonic Lodge, 1701 12th. Street in Cayce, from 10:00am until 4:00pm. It is a drop in type of affair, so come when you can and stay as long as you can. The Lodge Brothers are making their famous Hot Dog Lunch for us.

I need to update you on some of our supply and shipping issues. I have just been notified by Marshall Dry Goods, our stuffing supplier, that as of 01/01/12 the cost of a 5 pound box of the stuffing we use is now $20.00 per box. This includes the shipping cost. This is an increase of almost $5.00 per box. Unfortunately or fortunately for us, depending on how you look at it, this is still cheaper than we can buy it in the stores and most stores here do not carry the Morning Glory in the quantities we need. The Cost of Shipping has also gone up, therefore, our cost per doll has gone up to approximately $7.50 per doll. This does include the cost of shipping based on shipping 50 dolls per box. We will work through this. I have faith everyone will pitch in to help with the cost so we can continue making and shipping the Dang-it Dolls to our service men and women.

We received a very nice donation a few weeks before Christmas that enabled us to ship all the request we had at that time and buy 20 boxes of stuffing to start the new year. Unfortunately, that money is all gone now and we have request for over 1200 hundred dolls needing to be shipped. We need to raise at least $2500. over the next month and a half to take care of these request and the ones that will continue to come in. Any help you, your church, or groups and organizations can do to help us will be appreciated.

Thank you all for your continued support. It could not continue without YOU!!!

Take Care and we hope to see you on the 14th. !!!!

Carol

Carol Davis

Operation Military Stress Relief Dolls, Inc.

P.O. Box 3356

West Columbia, SC 29171

(803) 739-2774

www.militarystressreliefdolls.com

"Working together to support and thank our Military"

Cayce Lodge offers deepest sympathy to the families of our Brothers Ed Ostrowski and Lloyd Robinson in his passing to the Celestial Lodge above.

PRAYER LIST:

All of Our Troops  (Especially Wayne Wright’s son Rick, but remember them all)

John Beardon (PM of Sinclair Lodge)

Jim Bokanovich & his wife, Dottie

Ray Brabham

John Brady & his wife Katie

Speedy Burke

Debra Carter

Ann Diamond

George Ellisor’s wife is in NHC

Willie Floyd, and his sister Pamela...health

Jay Freeman, PM

Leetha Golden & her son Bobby

Alma Goodwin……health

Tommy Grigsby….lung cancer

Paul Guiliano…recovering from accident

Bobby Gunter….pacemaker

Brother Davis Hallman’s cousin Raymond

PM Larry Harris’ wife….cancer

Nolan Herndon…..health

Our Brother Sam Lucas is at Rapha

Charlie Meetze

Polly Melton…still recovering (leg)

Tim Pollard (Chris Greer uncle)…cancer

Betty Price, our Masonic Widow

Mark Pridgen, PM - mother

MW Barry Rickman’s wife Gail (arm is doing better) & mother-in-law (health)

Ray Sharpe (our senior PM)

Grace Simpson

Chris Singleton

Clayton Thornton

Mike Vinson & Brandy Welker

Cindy Westmoreland….cancer

Bobby Whitehead

Brother Owen Williams

Wayne Wright’s daughter

Please help us keep this list updated by contacting the Lodge; any officer or brother;

or by e-mail:

caycemasoniclodge384@gmail.com