I SEE YOU'VE TRAVELLED SOME!

Wherever you may chance to be Wherever you may roam,
Far away in foreign lands, Or just at Home, Sweet Home;
It always gives you pleasure It always makes your heart strings hum Just to hear the words of cheer "I see you've travelled some!"

When you get the Brother's greeting And he takes you by the hand. It thrills you with a feeling That you cannot understand. You feel that bond of Brotherhood That tie that's sure to come When you hear him say in a friendly way "I see you've travelled some."

And if you are a stranger, In strange lands all alone; If fate has left you stranded -- Dead broke and far from home,
It thrills you -- makes you dumb When he says, with a grip of fellowship, "I see you've travelled some."

And when your final summons comes, to take a last long trip, adorned with a Lambskin Apron White And gems of fellowship; The Tyler at the Golden Gate With Square, Rule and Plumb Will size up your pin, and say, "Walk in -- I see you've travelled some."

PRINCE HALL VISIT

By Robert Hager

On Saturday, September 28th, a group of eight Masonic brothers attended a meeting of Eureka Lodge #52 of the Prince Hall Masons. Collinwood Lodge was represented by a contingent of six brothers, Wayne Seaman, Bill Mehle, Todd Vargo, Rich TeLoeken, Roman Vaynshtok and Bob Hager. Members from Lyndhurst and Charles T. Raymer accompanied us on the visit.
We witnessed the Master Mason degree. Seven candidates representing the four lodges that meet at the temple were raised. The first part of the degree was followed by a delicious chicken dinner, served to us by the Eastern Stars. Dinner was followed by the second part of the degree.
Eureka Lodge is the oldest of the four lodges at the Prince Hall temple on E. 55th Street, having been formed in 1854. Much of what the Prince Halls did was very similar to what we do, but there were some interesting differences. The members wore white gloves in the meeting, which opened and closed with a prayer, in which all present formed a circle around the altar with hands joined. Music was also an integral part of the proceedings. The brothers sang in unison several times during the meeting and the degree work
The Prince Halls had a lot of fun with the candidates. They led them to believe that the degree was complete at dinner. Then, when the lodge returned to labor, they were kicked out under the premise that they did not have dues cards and no one could vouch for them. The candidates were then returned to the lodge one at a time to receive the rest of the degree.
The Prince Halls did a wonderful job of making us feel welcome and involving us in their activities. It was an interesting and educational experience for us.

16 HOURS OF DEAD END TIME

By MIKE ANDRE

What do you think of the lodge now compared to the way it used to be?
Collinwood would have dinners, the wives of the officers would put them on. It was such a nice group and we worked very hard at it. Of course the dinners then only cost $1.50, it was a different time then. We used to be more active, we traveled as a group a lot. Today people have so much to do, I mean so much going on. I’m happy I get to go, I realize they don’t have many going. I’m not as active as I used to be, I don’t drive anymore. If it weren’t for Jack to pick me up I wouldn’t be able to go. I’m sad we don’t see more younger members in lodge. Officers are important, good officers that is. Joe is great, Hobbe will also do a great job. We need good officers like them. Each master does it his own way, no matter good or bad. When you become a master, you have to make your own decisions. There were things I could have done and didn’t and things I did do and shouldn’t have. I ran the lodge the best way I knew how.
I understand you were in the service?
I joined the service, I felt like when I walked down the street people would say how come your not in the war, maybe you don’t understand, everybody was in the war.
A combat engineer is really an infantryman who built things. We built culverts, bridges and railroad crossings. We built everything while fighting the enemy. Up in northern Burma there was no infantry, so we filled in fought with the Japanese I mean. I just remember completing a 1100 foot H10 bridge. I was less than two house lengths away from China. I never made it though, I got stuck up doing jobs in the jungle. You couldn’t see too much there, it was interesting. There were Indian infantry there, but they usually said, you go ahead joe. I happen to be in company A 1st platoon 1st squad. I did a lot of digging before they got me, I don’t regret it though , im glad I went through it.