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TRESTLE BOARD
LEESBURG LODGE No. 58 FREE & ACCEPTED MASONS OF FLORIDA 200 Richey Road Leesburg, Florida 34748 Phone: 352-787-5696 Email: [email protected]
Meets the 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of Each Month at 7:00pm Chartered January 15th, 1868
April 2014 Vol. VIII Issue IV
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Officers for 2013
Worshipful Master WMJohn Haas (Tina) 360-9114 Senior Warden Bro. Ron Glover..874-9504
Junior Warden WJim Campbell (Becky) ......552-7996 Treasurer WLarry Duff (Brenda)..874-2164
Secretary W Hank DeBerry (Paula)..... 430-0238 Lodge ............................... . 787-5696
Senior Deacon Br. Jeff Lamb (Sherri).... .753-0277
Junior Deacon Br. Wayne Reynolds........407-484-0096
Senior Steward Br. Ed Spencer.324-2134
Junior Steward Vacant
Tyler Br. Richard Follett...406-8831
Chaplain Vacant
Marshal WJim Angelos 255-1724 Organist Vacant
Lodge Instructor WHank DeBerry (Paula)...330-7311 Lodge Historian R W Joseph T. Price ... 787-0652 Librarian W Larry Duff (Brenda).874-2164
Trestle Board WHank DeBerry (Paula).. 330-7311 Trestle Board Printing Leesburg Printing .. 787-3348
Lodge Web Mail [email protected]
Committees for 2014
Board of Relief
Chairman WMJohn Haas, Ron Glover, Jeff Lamb
Lodge Property
Chairman Ron Glover, WDon McIntyre, WJim Angelos, WMJohn
Finance - Investments & Budget
Chairman Ron Glover, RW Ken Graves, WTom Russell, WLarry Duff, WMJohn Haas
Vigilance
Chairman WJim Campbell, WBob Browning, Jeff Lamb,
Charity & Scholarships
Chairman Wayne Reynolds, Sec. WHank DeBerry, Ed Spencer
Education
Chairman WHank DeBerry, Ron Glover, Jeff Lamb
Lodge Mentors
Chairman WLarry Duff, WHank DeBerry, all Past Masters
Catechism
Chairman WDon McIntyre, Sr., WBob Browning, Jeff Lamb
Petitions Investigation
Chairman WMHaas, WLarry Duff, W Hank DeBerry
Investigations Interviews
WM John Haas will appoint as needed
Funeral
Chairman WJim Angelos, WBob Browning, Ed Spencer
Activities & Awards
Chairman WM John Haas, Ron Glover, Jeff Lamb
Officers meet at 6:00pm, first stated meeting, Committee Chairman
meet the second meeting of each month for business and planning.
Living
Past Masters
Charles Porter 1959 G. Kiser Hardaway 1964 Jack Holloway 1968 RWRay Richardson 1969* William Ed Davison 1974 Robert H. Smith 1977 RWColin Crews 1980^* H. C. Connell 1985 RWTheodore Jansen 1986* RWJoseph T. Price 1987* Michael Dozier 1988 John H. Meier V 1989 Jay A. Frizzell, Jr. 1992 Raleigh Sorenson 1993/1994 Don Barfield 1996 Tom Russell 1997/1998/2002 Mervyn Harris 1999 RWKenneth Graves 2000* RH Thomas E. Beach 2001 Robert H. Browning 2003/2004 RWDennis Ricker 2005/2007^* Roland P. Gibson 2006 Bill Green 2008 Richard Ecott 2009 Donald McIntyre, Sr. 2010 Randall Jesmok 2011 Larry Duff 2012 Jim Angelos 2013
Affiliated
Past Masters
Carl Anzelmo
Henry DeBerry
MWJoseph Brearley Jack Delauter
Robert C. Gleckler
Robert Kennedy
Clifford Moore
Frank Peregrin
Glenn A. Reynolds*^
Edwin Robbins
Robert L. Welch
Forest Case*
Wayne Parks
Fred Lint
Raymond D Trudeau
John R. Haas
Gary Towne
Jim Campbell
^ Past District Instructor
* Past DDGM
18th Masonic District DDGM RW Ed Lisle 352-669-8909 District Instructor RH Alan Heist 407-718-5841
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Chaplins Corner
It is with great sadness that we report the loss of a Brother from Umatilla Lodge who has been in our prayers for some time. Brother Jim Scarmada went to be with the Great Architect after a long and hard fought battle. His family is in our prayers and thoughts at this sad time. Brothers, dont let
your family be in the dark on your final wishes. Too many times we have had Brothers pass and nothing is known of their final requests such as a Masonic Funeral. If the Lodge does not know about it, then the Lodge cannot perform a funeral service for a Brother who deserves one. Keep your family informed Brothers! It is important to you and to them that we be able to give this last service for you. Enter it into your will or final request and keep it in a safe place that they will be able to access at the proper time. It doesnt cost you any-thing to let them know and it may give them comfort in their grief. As always Brothers, please keep your Ma-sonic Home and our military in your thoughts and prayers and may the Great Architect bless and keep you.
If you Google 'Captain Morgan' you will get many references to Captain Morgan Spice Rum, but
if you carefully scroll through the listings you will find references to a Captain Morgan and his association
with Masonry. It has been speculated for years that he was killed for trying to reveal the secrets of Free-
masonry. In my research I found an interesting article about his supposed murder and thought I'd pass it
along. It's really not quite that simple as you will soon see.
William Morgan was born in 1774 (yes, over 235 years ago!) in Virginia. In 1819 at age 45 he was
married to a girl sixteen years of age. Two years later he moved to Canada and became a distiller. Fire de-
stroyed his brewery and reduced him to poverty after which he moved again. In 1823, he was at Roches-
ter, New York and subsequently took up residence in Batavia, New York in 1826. While he had visited
lodges before this time, there is no evidence to show where (or if) he was initiated, despite his rather com-
plete knowledge of the ritual. He was denied admission to the local Lodge and Chapter (of York Rite Ma-
sonry) at Batavia for reasons unknown. (Refusal to admit a Mason to a lodge meeting is quite rare but
does happen when a visitor's status as a Mason is in question.) However, it is confirmed that he received
the York Rite Royal Arch Degree at LeRoy, New York in 1825. When a new Chapter was proposed in his
own town, his name was on the petition but objection was made to his being included and a new petition
was prepared without it. Resenting this action, Morgan apparently became bitter and sought revenge. He
entered into a conspiracy with the local newspaper editor to publish a malicious book on Freemasonry.
Some reports indicate that David C. Miller, the newspaper editor, had received the Entered Ap-
prentice - first - degree in Freemasonry but objections arose and he was prevented from proceeding fur-
ther. This, some Masonic scholars assert, could have given rise to his interest in taking part in the scheme
of Morgan's....) (continued on page 4)
LIGHT FROM THE EAST
WM John Haas
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(continued from page 3)
There was great resentment in the town and the newspaper building was set on fire but
no serious damage was done. As a result of this hotheadedness, four Freemasons were indicted
and three were sent to jail. In fact, the Masons themselves offered a reward for the guilty party
and some assert that Miller set the fire himself. There is, however, no proof as to what actually
happened.
Morgan was arrested several times on various claims, some real and some apparently
'trumped up', possibly at the instigation of the local Masons. In one of these instances, a man
came to pay the bail for Morgan and from that day on, Morgan was supposedly never seen
again. Some 'eye-witness' reports tell of him being taken away by a group of men carrying
torches. Other 'eye-witness' reports indicate that he was given a horse and wagon and rode
away alone. There were at least a half-dozen 'eye-witness' reports, all of which were at odds
with the other. Since then, various explanations have been put forth over the years, the most
common being that Morgan was murdered by Masons.
A month after Morgan left the jail, a badly decomposed body was found some distance
away. The now-widow of Morgan, first said it was not her husband and was quite emphatic in
so doing, citing total difference in body height, facial hair, etc. Later, she changed her story.
Reports are that the corpse changed appearance several times as well, leading to charges and
counter-charges of skullduggery!
Mrs. Monroe claimed that it was the remains of her husband and those remains were
turned over to her after an inquest. The foes of Masonry did not believe it then and they don't
believe it now. There were subsequent stories of seeing Morgan in other lands but despite the
interest of thousands of scholars and some 39 different official investigations, the mystery is
just as obscure now as it was then. The Governor of New York, a Mason himself, offered a re-
ward of $2,000 (an enormous sum at that time) for the identification of the murderer(s) and yet
- despite SO many making claims that they 'knew' who did this heinous crime, no one ever
claimed that reward.
While Freemasonry promptly disavowed any sympathy with those who might have de-
cided to punish Morgan for his supposed wrongdoing, it did little to check the resentment
which grew and festered in this poor area where unemployment ran extraordinarily high and
people were willing to believe anything that might explain their misfortunes.
Despite the horrific and oft-made claims bandied about by the foes of Freemasonry, they
don't know any more about this than the rest of us. There has never again been a similar inci-
dent anywhere in the world.
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Brothers, it is a pleasure to talk to you again. I was privileged to attend the Secretary/Treasurers Seminar this weekend and have learned a ton! I now know that I do have very much to learn about doing this job you have seen fit to elect me to. There are big changes coming to your Grand Lodge and they are going to make it 200% better! The system of information that is in place now is in the process of being updated to the 21st century where it will be efficient and fast. There is only one thing that will stop this progress Brothers, and that is you! If your information is not correct or missing then the system will not work at all. We need you Brothers to up-date your information. Make sure we have a current phone number and address and if you have one, email address. In the future almost all of the Lodge correspondence can be done by electronic mail. Yes, the certificates and documents from Grand Lodge will still arrive by postal service but the eve-ryday correspondence of Grand Lodge will be done electronically. This is not a bad thing Brothers. The postage saved alone will be tremendous! There is a program that the Technology Committee is working on where every Brother will have his own portal on the Grand Lodge web site and be able to pay his dues through it. Also, he will receive his dues notice and/or late notice if necessary. When you stop and think just how much it cost our Lodge for each one of you to receive your dues card, it is staggering. The cost of the notices, dues cards themselves, enve-lopes, stamps, late notices, and more envelopes and stamps and that doesnt count the amount of time used to get all this together and out to you. The new system will virtually eliminate 95% of this cost and time! There is no estimate on the date of release for the system and no final amount of savings that will be had but hopefully you Brothers will see this in the near future and benefit from it. We were told in this seminar that if things do not change, the Grand Lodge could be in financial ruin in seven years! The approaching financial crisis is being brought about by the increasing number of NPDs, our Brothers aging and passing, and more and more Masons reaching 50 years and becoming dues and per capita exempt. The Grand Lodge budget has been cut to the bone Brothers and now it is time for us to step up and assist in their endeavors. I know we can do this with your help. Until next month Brothers, hope to
see you in Lodge.
From the West
Bro. Ron Glover
Hello Again Brothers.
It's continued to be a good year so far for our
Lodge. We've just initiated a new EA last month and I
would like to thank all the brothers that showed up. We
also have three more prospective members wanting to
join. We had a good turnout for our corned beef & cab-
bage Sunday dinner. We've also had some fun changes
incorporated. I encourage everybody to come early on
meeting nights for the dinners that JW Jim Campbell
has been making. Not only is it great food but it's been
a great time to get together and converse with all the
Brothers.
I also want to remind everybody that with the
time change happening there are a few things you
should do around the home. It is recommended that you
change the batteries in all your home detection systems,
be it Smoke, Heat, or Carbon Monoxide detectors,
twice a year. A good way to remember to do this and to
keep everything in good working order is to change
those batteries whenever the time changes. While you
have your ladders out it's also a good idea to check
your light bulbs and fixtures.
It is also I good time of the year to go through
your medicine cabinet and check and discard of expired
medications. Those dates really do have meaning.
Some common over-the-counter medications can cause
serious problems due to change through aging.
Another good habit to implement every time
change is to check the pressure and tread on your tires.
Even if your tires do not need replacing, it's a good idea
to rotate them to improve the life of your tires.
As always, thank you Brothers for all the advice
and encouragement.
Brothers, I hope everybody had a safe and
Happy St. Patrick's Day. Here's looking forward to an-
other great month.
From the Secretary
WHank DeBerry
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Sorry Brothers, I am on vacation
this time and dont have an article
for you. Dont forget our First
Saturday Breakfast and our
Second Sunday Dinner this
month and we will be having a
meal on the second stated meeting
of the month. The first will have
an officers meeting. The meal will
be at 6:00 PM followed by the
Stated Communication. The menu
for the second meeting meal will
be announced at the first Stated
Communication.
Apr 1 - Stated Communication - 7:00 PM
Apr 2 - Lake/Sumter York Rite - 7:30 PM
Apr 3 - OES Meeting - 7:30 PM
Apr 5 - First Saturday Breakfast - 8:00-10:00 AM
Apr 6 thru 11 - OES Grand Chapter - Jacksonville
Apr 7 - Boy Scout Troop 1 Meeting - 7:00 PM
Apr 7 - DeMolay - Eustis Lodge - 7:00 PM
Apr 9 - Open Books - Tavares - 6:30-9:00 PM
Apr 9 - School of Instruction - Tavares - 7:30 PM
Apr 9 - York Rite Commandry - 7:30 PM
Apr 13 - Second Sunday Dinner - 11:30-1:00 PM
Apr 14 - Boy Scout Troop 1 Meeting - 7:00 PM
Apr 14 - Rainbow Assembly 79 - Mt Dora - 7:00 PM
Apr 15 - Stated Communication - 7:00 PM
Apr 16 - Masters & Wardens - Leesburg - 7:30 PM
Apr 16 - Memorial Lodge - Leesburg - 8:30 PM
Apr 21- Boy Scout Troop 1 Meeting - 7:00 PM
Apr 21- DeMolay - Eustis Lodge - 7:00 PM
Apr 28 - Rainbow Assembly 79 - Mt Dora - 7:00 PM
Apr 28 - Boy Scout Troop 1 Meeting - 7:00 PM
UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
April 2014 From the South
WJim Campbell
Brothers, We need sponsors for the Trestle Board! So far the response has been very thin. The sponsors pay for the mailing cost of the printed version. The Lodge absorbs the cost of printing but as you all know, the cost of post-age is going up all the time now. Please help us out by sponsoring us for a year. It is $20 for the entire year or any portion of it. Our Trestle Board is one that is seen all over the state and hopefully one you can be proud to have your name on. Thank you for your sup-
port. The Editor
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Name(s) of Those Who Attended:
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Date(s) Attended: _____________________________________________________________________
Function/Activity/Training/Etc. Attended:
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Number of Hours Involved:______________________________________________________________
Location of Activity: ___________________________________________________________________
Please leave completed slips on the Secretarys desk at the Stated Communications, or email W. Hank DeBerry
with this information at [email protected]
Name(s) of Those Who Attended:
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Date(s) Attended: _____________________________________________________________________
Function/Activity/Training/Etc. Attended:
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Number of Hours Involved:______________________________________________________________
Location of Activity: ___________________________________________________________________
Please leave completed slips on the Secretarys desk at the Stated Communications, or email W. Hank DeBerry
with this information at [email protected], or place them in the slot in the Secretarys door
Name(s) of Those Who Attended:
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Date(s) Attended: _____________________________________________________________________
Function/Activity/Training/Etc. Attended:
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Number of Hours Involved:______________________________________________________________
Location of Activity: ___________________________________________________________________
Please leave completed slips on the Secretarys desk at the Stated Communications, or email W. Hank DeBerry
with this information at [email protected], or place them in the slot on the Secretarys door.
Name(s) of Those Who Attended:
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Date(s) Attended: _____________________________________________________________________
Function/Activity/Training/Etc. Attended:
____________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
Number of Hours Involved:______________________________________________________________
Location of Activity: ___________________________________________________________________
Please leave completed slips on the Secretarys desk at the Stated Communications, or email W. Hank DeBerry
with this information at [email protected], or place them in the slot in the Secretarys door
Masonic Education Worksheet
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Leesburg Announcement Forms
Please Print Clearly
Event:_________________________________________________________
Date (s):__________________________ Time:_________________________
Description/Comments____________________________________________
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________________________________________________________________
For further information contact:____________________ at ________________
Submitted by:_____________________________________________________
Please Print Clearly
Event:_________________________________________________________
Date (s):__________________________ Time:_________________________
Description/Comments____________________________________________
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For further information contact:____________________ at ________________
Submitted by:_____________________________________________________
Leesburg Announcement Forms
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2014 TRESTLE BOARD SPONSORS
YOUR NAME HERE - INDIVIDUAL OR COUPLE FOR ONLY $20.00
Current year or any part thereof - HELP US KEEP YOU INFORMED!
John Dean Hank & Paula DeBerry Larry & Brenda Duff
Jim Angelos William & Sharen Aston Joe Schlegal
Suzanne Mina John & Tina Haas Jim & Becky Campbell
Richard Follett Ed Spencer George A. Brown
Bob & Carolyn Browning
If you would like to be a sponsor in 2014, please see the secretary with your donation. Your donations are applied to the
monthly mailing costs of the Trestle Board, we need 60 sponsors to cover the yearly mailing costs. Sponsorship is $20.00 for the
year or any part thereof. Our Goal for this year is 60 sponsors. Please consider a sponsorship.
"You get out of Masonry only what you put in it."
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RAINBOW
ASSEMBLY
No. 79 at Mt. Dora
Lets not forget the young Ladies of our local
Rainbow Chapter. They need our support.
We should also remember they are the future
of our Ladies organizations and future leaders in our
communities. Meetings are at 7:00pm on the 2nd
and 4th Mondays of each month at Mt. Dora Lodge.
Know a young Lady who might want to join,
you can contact Chapter Mom Debbie Dyer at 407-
908-6973 or Chapter Dad Warren Shippee at 321-
689-6661.
Attend a meeting and be impressed.
DEMOLAY
CHAPTER
At Eustis
Lets also not forget the young Men of our
local DeMolay Chapter.
They also need our support. We should also
remember they are the future of Masonry and future
leaders in our communities. Meetings are at 7:00pm
on the 1 and 3rd Mondays of each month at Eustis
Lodge. Know a Man who might want to join, you
can contact Granddaddy Philip Paul at 407-832-
8771. Attend a meeting and be impressed.
HELP BY SUPPORTING OUR
MASONIC YOUTH
18th MASONIC DISTRICT
LODGES
Stated Communication Meetings
Leesburg No. 58 1st and 3rd Tuesday
Umatilla No. 65 1st and 3rd Monday
Clermont No. 226 1st and 3rd Monday
Eustis No. 85 2nd and 4th Monday
Villages No. 394 2nd Monday
Tavares No. 234 2nd and 4th Tuesday
Wildwood No. 92 2nd and 4th Tuesday
Groveland No. 190 2nd and 4th Thursday
Mt. Dora No. 238 1st and 3rd Thursday
Have YOU Traveled Lately?
HIGH TWELVE Meeting Times & Locations
Hawthorne Masonic High Twelve No. 547 -
Meets at 11:00 a.m. on the 2nd & 4th Tuesday
of each month at Golden Corral, 1720 Citrus
Blvd. (Hwy 27/441) Leesburg, FL. Tel: 352-
728-3911.
Tri-County Masonic High Twelve meets 10:30 a.m. 1st Wednesday of each month at La Hacienda Recreation Center, The Villages. Reservations for lunch due by the Thursday be-fore the meeting, call Rita at 750-5561.
If you tell the truth you don t have to
remember anything.
- Mark Twain -
Only two things are
infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I m
not sure about the former.
- Albert Einstein -
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Scottish Rite
www.OcalaSR.com or www.SROrlando.com
Ocala Scottish Rite meets the first Monday of each month,
at 7:30pm.at Ocala Scottish Rite Center, 3632 NE 7th Street, Ocala,
Fl.
Orlando Scottish Rite meets at 1485 Grand Road, Winter
Park, Fla. on the 4th Friday of each month, except, November,
which is on the third Friday and dark in December, meetings at
7:30pm.
York Rite Bodies
www.flgyr.org
Ocala York Rite Bodies Meetings at Belleview Lodge No. 95
Ocala Chapter No. 13 - Meets Second Wednesday of January,
March, May, September and November beginning at 7:30 PM.
Ocala Council No. 22 - R&S Masters - Meets Second Wednes-
day of February, April, June, October and December beginning at
7:30 PM.
Ocala Commandry No. 19 - Knights Templar - Meets on the
fourth Wednesday of each month at 7:30 PM.
Lake/Sumter York Rite Bodies - Meetings at Leesburg Lodge 58 Eustis Chapter No. 33, Meets on the first Wednesday at 7:30 PM
Golden Triangle Council No. 28 Royal & Select Masters - Meets first Wednesday at 7:30 PM.
Chapter and Council will alternate on who begins first.
Triangle Commandery No. 38 Knights TemplarMeets on the second Wednesday of each month at 7:30 PM, except in July and August.
Order of the Eastern Star, Chapter No. 84 Lady Theresa Fox PM Worthy Matron
W Hank DeBerry PPWorthy Patron Lady Paula DeBerry PMSecretary
W Robert Welch PGP Treasurer
Meetings 1st Thursday of the Month at 7:30 p.m. with the excep-
tion of July, August and September. Meets at Leesburg Lodge No.
58 The Grand Chapter will meet From April 6 through 11 this year at the World Golf Village in St Augustine, FL
Apr 1 - Colin Crews
Apr 3 - Olman P. Taylor Jr.
Apr 6 - Averia D. Bowman
Apr 11 - James R. Amos
Apr 13 - Hugh J. Brown
Apr 17 - David J. Kilgore
Apr 19 - Jay A. Frizzell Jr.
Apr 20 - Glenn A. Reynolds
Apr 21 - Herman G. Graham
Apr 24 - Thomas W. Russell
Apr 26 - John H. Meier IV
Happy
Birthday!
Editors Note: All articles and informa-
tion must be received by the editor
prior to the 23rd of the publishing
month for inclusion in the next issue.
Articles can be e-mailed to:
April Birthdays
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Several years ago, the story is told of a Mason who always wore his Ma-sonic ring and lapel pin
when in public. On some occasions, he rode the bus from his home to the downtown area. On one such trip and when he sat down, he discov-ered the driver had accidentally given him a quarter too much change. As he considered what to do, he thought to himself, "You'd better give the quarter back. It would be wrong to keep it." Then he thought, "Oh, forget it, it's only a quarter; who would worry about this little amount." Anyway, the transit company gets too much fare; they will never miss it. Accept it as a 'gift from God' and keep quiet. When his stop came, he paused momen-tarily at the door, then he handed the quarter to the driver and said, "Here, you gave me too much change." The driver with a smile replied, " I no-ticed your Masonic ring and lapel pin. I have been thinking lately about asking a Mason how to join. I just wanted to see what you would do if I gave you too much change. You passed the test. Can you tell me how to become a Mason?" When the Mason stepped off the bus, he said a silent prayer, "Oh God, Grand Architect of the Universe, I almost sold you and my beloved Masons out for a mere quarter." Our actions are the only Masonic creed some will ever see. This is a really almost scary example of how people watch us as Masons and may put us to the test even without us realizing it! Always be diligent, whether it be at the thea-ter, restaurant, grocery, service station or just driving in traffic. Remember, whether it be a lapel pin, a ring, or an emblem on the car, you carry the name of our great fraternity on your shoulders whenever you call yourself a Mason. You never can tell who might be watching!
- Author Unknown -
Just before we were to tyle before our
last stated meeting a very elderly man
came into the Temple. I went over to in-
troduce myself as Master of the Lodge.
The gentleman asked if he might be able
to receive his Fellow Craft Degree. He
said he had been regularly initiated here
60 years ago.
Astonished I asked why it had taken him
so long to return.
He replied, "I was learning to subdue my
passions and now I am ready to improve
myself in Masonry."
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Pictures from around the Lodge
The following pages are from our St Paddys Day Feast of
Corned Beef and Cabbage!
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Pictures from around the Lodge Cont.
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Pictures from around the Lodge Cont.
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Pictures from around the Lodge Cont.
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Pictures from around the Lodge Cont.
Recently, our Boy Scout Troop No. 1 participated
in the Fruitland Park Festival as a fundraiser to
help the boys get to summer camp. It was quite
successful as you will see by the pictures. At
times they had a line of several wanting to get the
combo
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Pictures from around the Lodge Cont.
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SUNDAY DINNER Leesburg Lodge No. 58
April 13, 2014
Menu
Baked Ham or
Grilled Chicken Breast Potatoes, Vegetable Melody,
Raisin sauce, Tossed Salad,
Dinner Rolls, Drinks, Desserts
(sugared or no sugar added) $8.37 + .63 tax - Adults, under 14 - $3.72 + .28 tax
11:30 AM until 1:00 PM
Please call the Lodge at 787-5696 or sign the guest list in the
lobby and provide the number attending with you,. This ensures enough food is
purchased and prepared for all.
ALL MASONS, their families and friends are invited to our Monthly
Second Sunday Dinners and First Saturday Breakfasts
Help support your Blue Lodge, IT IS where all other Masonic Bodies Begin.
Future menu suggestions are always welcome!
Introducing 2014 Chef Crew
W Jim Campbell - Graduate of New Orleans School of Cooking Bro. Wayne Reynolds - Former Chef at Country Club
Bro. Ed Spencer - formerly at Benihana Restaurant
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NONPROFIT US Postage
PAID Permit#1040 Leesburg,, FL
34748
Leesburg Masonic Lodge No. 58 F&AM PO Box 985 Fruitland Park, Florida 34731
SUNDAY DINNERS 11:30 a.m. TO 1:00 p.m.
Menu items: April 13, 2014
Baked Ham or Grilled Chicken Breast Potatoes, Vegetable Melody, Raisin sauce
Dinner rolls, Desserts (sugared or no sugar added) $8.37 + .63 tax per person, Children under 14 years of age $3.72 + .28 tax
PLEASE call the Lodge at 787-5696, or sign the guest list in the foyer, provide the number of guests attending with you, this ensures enough food is prepared for all. ALL MASONS, their families and friends are invited . Menu suggestions welcomed, just fill out a comment card.
-up!!!
Celebrating 146 years (1868 2014)
1st Saturday Monthly Coffee Klatch & Breakfast 8:00am to 10:00am
Eggs (cooked to order), Pancakes, Bacon, Sausages
Biscuits, Toast, Breakfast Pastries,
Coffee, Orange Juice
$5.58 +.42 sales tax per person