Trestleboard

for

May 1999

Brethren,

Hello to all. Hope this finds all healthy and happy. Here is your monthly communication concerning lodge activities.

April was a relatively quiet month, but we did get some good news regarding the District Ritual Competition. WE WON! Congratulations to all officers that participated. Unfortunately, we were not able to compete in the area competition due to schedule conflicts. This is the first time that we have finished first in our district (though not the last I'm sure) and should be a tremendous source of pride for the lodge as a whole.

Thanks again to Bro. Bill Hilburn, who contributed a video tour of The Grand Lodge of England. Half of the video was shown following the April stated meeting. Reviews were excellent - thumbs up from all the brethren. We will show the other half of the video following another stated meeting in the future.

Looking forward, the stated meeting falls on May 6th. Come on out if we haven't seen you in a while. Also, a tour of the Masonic Children's Home has been arranged for Saturday, May 22nd at 10:00 AM. The tour should last roughly one hour and will include a walk- through of the facilities and visits with staff and the children themselves. All family members are welcome. I am really looking forward to the tour as I have not been to the home before and am eager to see first-hand the amazing work that is done there. If you are interested in joining the tour, try to give me a call so that I may inform the home of how many to expect. If you can not contact me, but are interested, we will meet in the lobby at 9:45 AM. The address is: 441 9th Avenue

LaGrange, IL

(708) 352-4240

Fast forwarding a bit more, we will be having a Pot Luck Dinner on Saturday, June 5th. Mark your calendars. Entertainment is not set in stone yet, but will probably be a speaker from the Scottish Rite Speaker's Bureau. The main entrees and appetizers will be provided by the lodge and guests will bring side dishes and desserts. Please contact myself if you can contribute to the evening's fare.

Steven Mick

(847) 506-9549

amick10606@aol.com

The Road Not Taken

Two Roads diverged in a yellow wood

And Sorry I could not travel both

And be one traveler, long I stood

And looked down one as far as I could

To where it bent in the undergrowth

Then took the other, as just as fair

And having perhaps the better claim,

Because it was grassy and wanted wear;

Though as for that passing there

Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay

In leaves no step had trodden black.

Oh, I kept the first for another day!

Yet knowing how way leads on to way,

I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost

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