From the East:
My Brothers,
At our last meeting we saw a wonderful conferral of the second degree of Masonry. My congratulations to Bros: Ilia Podolsky, Yuri Primakov and Patrick Lang on being passed to the degree of Fellowcraft. This degree was conferred by our Senior Warden W.'.Jerome Hogan and the bulk of the degree work was done by mostly newer brothers in the craft or by brothers taking on much larger parts in the degree than they have in the past. For example the Senior Deacons work was done by our current Junior Deacon Bro: Paul Castellaneta who did a splendid job. We also had a brother from the 4th. Manhattan District the R.'.W.'. Paul Reist who helped us out at the last minute to give the lecture for the degree, which he did in a manner I know I have never seen before and many who were there hadn't either. I think the way he did it won't be forgotten for some time. To all the Brothers who participated in the degree I thank them for a job well done.
Several meetings ago I had asked for suggestions on what the brothers wanted to see covered during our time at work in quarries. One of the suggestions proposed by our Chaplin, the R.'.W.'.Joseph Mandel, DSA was to go over several sections of the pamphlet on Masonic Etiquette. There was interest in doing this especially among the newer brothers. So this is exactly what we are going to cover at our next meeting. I do not intend to go over the entire booklet but will select several sections to cover that I feel are appropriate. Remember my Brothers participation is the key if you have questions you need to ask them.
The following meeting on March 15, 2012 will be the Grand Lecturers Convention. The convention will take place in Humanitas Lodge all officers of the lodge are expected to attend and I hope we have a large contingent of brothers in our delegation.
We have also had several Brothers who have had surgery recently, W.'.John Kelly, Bro: Stephen Lovasz, and Bro: Joseph Manuella we will keep you in our thoughts and prayers and we wish you a speedy recovery as possible.
Fraternally,
W.'.Steven Siegel
Master Harry S. Truman No. 1066
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From the Secretary's Desk:
Brethren,
The following brothers are scheduled for surgery in the next few weeks: W.'.John Kelly and Brothers Stephen Lovasz, and Joseph Manuela. Please remember them in your prayers. We wish them all a speedy and complete recovery.
Do you have a child/grand child going to college, or starting college in September? Remember Grand Lodge has a Scholarship Assistance Program that is available to ALL children of Masons that are continuing their education by attending High Learning institutions. Applications are available NOW and the cut off date for them is April 1, 2012. There are no exceptions to this date, so if you are planning to apply you should DO SO NOW! The form can be downloaded from the Grand Lodge web site www.nymasons.org. click on Committees / Departments, click on Educational Assistance and download the PDF file for 2012.
Each month I receive back 3 or 4 letters that are not deliverable. It is important that when you receive a letter that has been forwarded from the Post Office, that the secretary of the Lodge be notified. After a time, the mail is no Longer forwarded, and by that time even the phone number (if I happen to have one) is no longer forwarded either, so there is no way to contact you.
PLEASE DISCUSS THIS WITH YOUR FAMILY SO THAT THEY KNOW TO NOTIFY ANY ORGANIZATION YOU MAY BELONG TO WHEN YOU MOVE OR IF G'D FORBID, YOU SHOULD DIE.
As important as it is to bring in new members, keeping the old members is more important. Don't become Unaffiliated because the Lodge lost contact with you. When you file a change of address with your friends and family, include you Masonic Lodge also.
This is something I say at Least once a year. but it seems to fall on deaf ears. If his mail was not returned, I would not have know about the death of Brother Chairkas who passed away in May.
So PLEASE contact the Lodge with ANY changes in your address, phone or e-mail so that we can keep our records up to date.
Fraternally.
R.'.W.'. Martin Dashevsky. Secretary
DDGM Visits
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| Tuesday February 28, 2012 |
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