New Smyrna Lodge No. 149 F & AM of Florida
Trestle Board Augut 2019
300 N. Riverside Dr.
New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168
(386) 423-2370 nsl149@cfl.rr.com www.newsmyrnalodge149.org
The Worshipful Master requests your attendance at the Stated Communication August 19th, 2019
FROM THE EAST
Brothers,
I am up in New York and have left the Lodge in good hands. Be safe in your travels this summer and see you all when I get back.
Mark E King, Worshipful Master
FROM THE WEST
My Brothers,
Sorry about last month T.B. was a repeat of June. I’ll try again. Your W:.M:. Mark King was enjoying a well-deserved Holiday in New York State with his Family. I had the Honor and pleasure of siting in the East for our only Stated Meeting in July. Joining me was R:.W:. Tommy L. Turlington, who had the honor of presenting a 50 year Service Award, to W:. Brother Tomas J. Worrell. A very moving night for W:. Worrell. I want to thank the following Brothers, for stepping up, and taking chairs, that needed to be filled. W:.Brother Walt Layton, (Sr. Warden) W:.Brother A.J. Winterwerp (Chaplain), W:. Brother Glen Good (Tyler) and Brother, Lee Goodman, (Jr. Deacon.) Thank you, my Brothers. I will be selling the (New Merged Combined Ritual Cipher & Floor Work Booklet.) cost is $10.00 plus shipping, total cost is $11.88 each, at our Open Books and School of Instruction at St. Johns Lodge no. 37 in Deland, on the fourth Saturday of each month. Get yours “Hot off the Press”. Our next Stated Meeting will be August 19, 2019. It is the Official Visit of R:.W:. D:.D:.G:.M:. Edward Slauson, please make every effort to join us for this Great Event. I am hoping for approximately 50 or more Brothers too be on the sidelines. Officers Dress will remain as it has been. (White Coat, Black Bow Tie, Black slacks & Shoes.) Thank you for your cooperation. Be safe in your travels and I will be looking forward to seeing everyone on the 19th, of August. Till then.
R:.W:. Donald H. Tucker, Sr. Warden
FROM THE SOUTH
Greeting from the South
As we are dim for the summer months, there is little to report in the way of Lodge business. I would like to submit excerpts from a very interesting article about President William Mckinley which is titled Templary’s Face on the $500 Bill by Sir Knight James A. Marples of Texas. Most people are aware of the common paper currency that is currently in use in the US…$1, $2, $5, $10, $20, $50 and $100. Currency is defined as paper money as opposed to coinage, which as the name suggests are coins minted from metal. Technically, our US Constitution expressly stipulates that only silver and gold coin can be accepted as legal tender in payment of debts. It is an innovation which created paper currency to circulate and be accepted. However, paper remains paper and is subject to burn, it is subject to devaluation overnight and is also subject to being abolished. Today, large denomination of paper money above a $100 bill are not printed and have not been circulated by the US Treasury since 1969. Since higher value Federal Reserve Notes have been discontinued, they aren’t accepted at most businesses. However, their value to collectors for any “uniqueness” can be astronomical, far above face value. Sir Knight William McKinley has his face imprinted on the unique $500 bill printed from 1928 to 1934. Mckinley studied to be a minister but the Civil War intervened. He ultimately became the 25th president of the United States and was assassinated six months into his second term of office in 1901. Mckinley’s successor, Brother Theodore Roosevelt (also a Master Mason, but not a Templar) took over as president. A quick reminder of how Mckinley became a Mason is appropriate. He fought on the Union side in the Civil War and saw a doctor treating soldiers and handing out small sums of money, including to Confederate soldiers. McKinley was puzzled and asked the doctor who replied, “Well, if they are able to pay me back they will, but it makes no difference to me. They are brother Masons in trouble and I am only doing my duty.” McKinley was impressed and in due time, joined Freemasonry.
Many people wonder why McKinley’s likeness was chosen to be on the $500 bill.Basically, he was an enormously popular president who was gunned down by an extremist as he shook McKinley’s hand in Buffalo NY. He was known to be a good man and a good Mason. Yet, he was murdered for being courteous to his eventual assassin.
as noted, McKinley $500 bills were printed between 1928 and 1934. The most valuable being the 1928 series which can be worth up to $10,000 for their rarity. The $500 bills with McKinley’s face went out of circulation in 1969 because the public rarely used them. For many citizens, the name McKinley was synonymous with trust.. Even his political foes described him as a congenial, honorable man worthy of trust. It is only fitting that the memory of Sir Knight William McKinley is perpetuated by his face being on the $500 bill. His countenance exemplifies strength, chivalry, even temperament, mercy and magnanimity. It is hard to beat those traits and I firmly believe that nearly everyone wished that they had some $500 bills in their pocket right now.
Sir Knight James Marples
That’s it for this month, and as usual, come to Lodge when you can. Even if you can’t stay for the meeting, come have a nice meal and enjoy a little fellowship with your brothers.
Fraternally,
Bob Wheeler SW
2019 LODGE OFFICERS
Worshipful Master: Mark E. King (Bonnie) (386)957-3075 coldduck625@aol.com
Senior Warden: R:. W:. Donald H. Tucker (Kathy) (863)602-1182 donkat9750@aol.com
Junior Warden: Robert L. Wheeler (386)451-6129 bobwheeler@earthlink.net
Treasurer: Stephen Kenney (908)420-6615 stevek821@gmail.com
Secretary: W:. Allen J Winterwerp . (AJ) (386)423-2370 NSL149@cfl.rr.com
Chaplain: Glenn E. Smith(Kathy) (386)427-4057 glennesmith@cfl.rr.com
Marshall: W:. Thomas J. Worrell (317)750-2605
Senior Deacon: Jon T. Bodien(Angelique) (386)689-2338 jonb1032@gmail.com
Junior Deacon: Michael Dowell(Debe) (303)875-7480 grmschlr101@gmail.com
Senior Steward: Douglas Everson(Deborah) (407)461-0668 flagentman@yahoo.com
Junior Steward: Robert Segarra (727)623-6399
Tyler: W:. Herbert (Bud) Bacheller(Susan) (386)689-9552 budbach@aol.com
Musician: W:. Bryan P. Bassett (386)451-0895 bryanbassett4@gmail.com
FROM THE SECRETARY’S DESK
Brothers, For those who have overlooked or misplaced your 2019 Dues notice please get your dues in to me. I will be ordering the 2020 Dues notices and they go out in 2 months the first of October. Also, there will be pictures on the web site and the emailed Trestle Board that are not on the mailed copy. The next Stated Communication is August 19th, 2019 with dinner at 6 pm and the Stated Meeting which is the District Deputy Grand Masters visit to our Lodge. Come out and hear the Grand Masters word to the Brothers.
I am updating our membership records and need to add to Grand Lodge’s list if you belong to one of the other Masonic bodies, ie: Scotch Rite, York Rite, Grotto, Shriner’s with you pertinent information that goes along with it. Like, being a Shriner here in Florida or out of state and name of group like Bahia etc. This information will be added to your Grand Lodge record. Email the Secretary with the information or call the office and leave a message. It would be better to email the Secretary back but whichever is better for you is okay with me.
AWAITING BALLOTING
AWAITING DEGREES
ENTERED APPENTICE
FELLOWCRAFT
John Wyatt Moe, Walker E. Powell
MASTER MASON
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NOTICES
Congratulation to Brother Thomas J. Worrell and Brother Tedd Jakomas who have been Master Masons for 50 years. Congratulations to Brother Danny K. Hatfield PM and Brother Chris Pappas who have been Master Masons for 40 Years
Brother Marshall W:. Thomas J Worrell receiving his 50 year Certificate in Florida and Indiana from D:. D:. Deputy Grand Master Tommy Turlington and PDPDDGM:. Donald H. Tucker.
NO Stated Meeting for August 5th, 2019, Stated Meeting August 19th which is the DDGM’s Visit.
BIRTHDAYS
Jesse D Leone 8/5 Benard J Brown 8/6 Robert J Griffin 8/6
Tedd Jakomas 8/6 Bruce R Nichols 8/6 Donald H Tucker 8/6
Thomas S Teague 8/7 Dennis B Dolbow 8/10 Bryan Bassett 8/11
Alvin E Futch 8/11 Edward I Kastrul 8/13 Robert F Browning 8/14
Gustav Postreich 8/14 Hendrith V Smith Jr 8/16 Thomas W Aiken 8/17
James A Greene 8/17 Robert L Matusick 8/17 William Q Flippo 8/18
Richard T Smith 8/18 Roy L Ward 8/18 Russell A Williams Jr 8/21
William R Patterson Jr 8/22 Henry A Woodstock III 8/22 James W Willits 8/25
John W Moe 8/26 Bernard D Vasin 8/27 Howard C Chase III 8/29
Wilber K Corbin 8/29
SICKNESS AND DISTRESS
Brother Chaplin Glen E Smith is have problems with back pain, keep Brother David Crossen’s Past Master of Daytona 270 Lodge family in your prayers who Passed to the Celestial Lodge above July 6th, 2019. Keep Brother PDDGM:. Howard Chase’s wife Betty who is going in for the 2nd hip surgery, Brother Al Woodstock PM wife is better but still has a long way to go, Brother Matt Schaeffer’s wife Leany has had surgery for Thyroid cancer and is home with a long road ahead, they have set up a go-fund-me account. For information contact the secretary W:. Tom Worrell is in the hospital and with stomach problems. . Brother Lewis Martin PM who is now on regular duty with the Army and is in Georgia currently. Also, keep all our who have been deployed, Service personnel, and First Responders in your thoughts and prayers. Brothers,W:. Worrell is still in Halifax hospital and may be in for a while. His operation went well. Also got this from our Chaplin Glenn Smith the other day and am forwarding part of the message to you all: I am going in for corticoid surgery on my neck Friday, August 09th @ Halifax hospital.One side is 95% blocked and the other is said to be about 75-80 % blocked.Surgery will be @ 7:30 AM but I will need to be there for pre-op @ 5:30 AM (Ugh!)I will be required to stay overnight at the least before Kathy can take me home if all goes well. No visitors please at that time.Please keep both these Brothers in your prayers and all our brothers who we don’t know about with ailments.
HISTORY OF THE LODGE CONTINUED
On May 21st, 1928, the Lodge authorized the Lodge attorney J. S. Duss Jr., to release the contractor’s bond. By this time the architect, Eaton J. Moughton had accepted the building and submitted his final bill of $1042.99. The final bill from the contractor of $53,478.80 had been received. There was still and outstanding note held by the New Smyrna Bank for the purchase of the Temple Corporation which the Lodge had made in 1925. No record of the amount outstanding at this time could be found. There was one further note of $ 640.44 due the D. F. Douglas Company for additional material furnished which was in addition to the final bill previously submitted. Of this final bill, $17,347.67 was still outstanding. The Lodge had previously authorized the Finance Committee to take a $20,000.00 loan at 8% interest offered by the Acacia Life Insurance Company. However, the Committee chose to take a $20.000.00 loan from Mr. W. J. S. Carr, a local businessman at 7% interest. This would later prove to be a wise decision. Thus the of building the Temple was complete. It had been a difficult one, spanning a full twenty-two years. It is my observation that the economic progress of the Lodge was directly linked to the economic progress of the community. The tremendous increase in land values in the community gave the Lodge a healthy profit on the sale of the original lot on Canal Street. This probably was the single most important factor in making it economically possible to build the Temple. From this observation, the task that lay ahead would be equal to, if not more difficult. For as surely as the economy had risen, so surely was it destined to fall. TO BE CONTINUED.
CURRENT PICTURE OF OUR TEMPLE TODAY
ACTIVE PAST MASTERS
Ralph N. Flippo 1977 Mark A. Greene 1995 Terry L. Irwin 2008
Charles R. Dean 1980 Louis W. Benishek 1996 Brian R. Touring 2009
Ronald R. Tucker 1983 Christopher G. Buffini 1997 Bryan P. Bassett 2009
Danny K. Hatfield 1984 Michael R. Blickenstaff 1998 Ralph N. Flippo 2010
John W. Rodgers 1984 Daniel E. Feagle Jr. 1999 Stanley J. Dabrowski 2010
William F. Culbertson 1985 Herbert (Bud) Bacheller 1999 Arlington (Bruce) Young 2011
James R. Baldwin 1986 Phillip A. Hudson 2001 Donald H. Tucker 2012
Joe W. Garrett 1987 Walter W. Greatrex 2003 Eric T. Ellis II 2013
Robert L. Griffis 1990 Robert J. Stone 2004 Thomas W. Aiken 2013
Leon A. Pike 1991 William H. Evans Jr 2005 William M. Schaeffer 2014
Gustav Postreich 1991 Louis W. Benishek 2006 Allen J. Winterwerp 2015
David Lawrence 1992 Paul W. Dewitt 2006 Henry A. Woodstock III 2015
Jeff J. Romano 1992 William G. Warrington Jr 2007 Allan J. Baker 2016
James A. Greene 1993 Joseph G. Lockhart 2007 Martin J. Louis 2016/2017
George N. Johnson 1994 Glen E. Good 2008 Walter G. Layton 2017
Crag N. Albright 1994 Mark E. King 2018
ACTIVE PERPETUAL MEMBERS
Thomas W. Aiken PDDGM Walter W. Greatrex PM William J. Ptashnik PM
Craig N. Albright PM James A. Greene PM Gustav Postreich PM
Herbert E. Bacheller PM Mark A. Greene PM Ian Ramsbottom
Allan J. Baker PM Daniel H Haley William Rogers
James R. Baldwin PM Phillip J Haley Jeff J. Romano PM
Brady Benishek Robert L. Hart Matt Schaeffer PM
Louis W. Benishek PM Michael L. Hines Gary H. Seibert
David L. Bessette James D. Humphrey Timothy H. Self
Christopher G. Buffini PM Jack W. Irwin John T. Self
Howard C. Chase III PDDGM Leo D. Johns Clayton E. Simons Jr.
J Mitchell Cole George N. Johnson PM Glenn E. Smith
Richard W. Culbertson Stephen L. Kenney Kenneth W. Smith
William f. Culbertson Sr. PM Mark E. King WM Robert J. Stone PM
Stanley J. Dabrowski PM David Lawrence PDDGM Brian R. Tourng PM
Glennard Decker Walter G. Layton PM Donald H. Tucker PDDGM
Frank H. Dietrich Joseph G. Lockhart PM Richard A Turner
Ronald L. Dreggors Martin Louis PM Christopher Van Duyne
William A. Drossman George R. Morris PM Chester E. Weichey
Eric T. Ellis PM George R. Morris III Jeffery L. Whitlock
William H. Evans PM Lloyd W. Morris Allen J. Winterwerp PM
George O. Farrell John C. Niebielski George A. Wolsfelt
Daniel E. Feagle Jr. PM Edgar L. Phillips Henry A. Woodstock PM
Henry T. Davis PDDGM
50 YEAR PLUS MEMBERS
James C. Allen Kyle F. Hall Warren A. Sets
Robert C. Bartlett Jack H. Hayman Sr. Glenn L. Smith
Ernest Beasley Jr Jack W. Irwin Gordon S. Smith
Bernard J. Brown Harry T. Johnson R. Terrell Smith
Donald L. Brown Thomas F. Johnson Michael J. Strother
Clifton V. Butler Calvin I. Lanford George G. Telesh
Harold F. Byrd Breece A. McCray Sr. Tom H. Thompson Jr
Everett C. Chapman Ben F. McGraw Richard A. Turner
Wilber K. Corbin Edward Z. Midgett Edward J. Vaissiere
James R. Delk George R. Morris Bernard D.Vasin
Thomas E. Duane Jack M. Onie Chester E. Wolsgel
Miles O. Edge Jr. George M. Pilcher Jr Carl J. Winterwerp
William H. Evans Clarence E. Puckridge George A. Wolsgel
Ralph N. Flippo Henry W. Reynolds Thomas J. Worrell
Todd Jakomas Donald Village
THE GRAND LODGE OF FLORIDA F. & A. M.
GRAND MASTER
M:. W:. John E. Westerman III (Study)
1417 Avenue D N.E.
Winter Haven Fl. 33881-4336
13TH MASONIC DISTRICT
DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTER DISTRICT INSTRUCTOR
R:. W:. Ed Slauson R:. H:. Tracy Chastain (Donna)
2429 Haulover Blvd. 1250 Bee Lane
Deltona, Florida 32738 Geneva, Florida 32732
(321) 377-0954 (407) 687-3191
Eslauson271@yahoo.com tdchastain@yahoo.com
NEW SMYRNA LODGE COMMITTEES FOR 2019
FINANCE: R:. W:. Donald Tucker, A. J. Winterwerp PM, Steve Kenney, Jack Mounts
VIGILANCE: JW Robert Wheeler, Walter G. Layton PM, Donald Needham PM,
SD Jon Bodien, Dave Drake
PETITIONS: A. J. Winterwerp PM, Steve Kenney, R:. W:. Howard Chase
MASONIC EDUCATION: JW Robert Wheeler, R:. W:. Tom Aiken, Tom Worrell PM, Bill Ptastnik PM,
BOARD OF RELIEF: Master and Wardens
CHARITY: Master and Wardens
LODGE MENTORS: Bill Greatrex PM, Donald Needham PM, Walter Layton PM
LODGE PROPERTY: JW Robert Wheeler, Bill Ptastnik PM, Bud Bacheller PM, Steve Kenney
LODGE INSTRUCTOR:
CATECHISM INSTRUCTORS: Bill Greatrex PM, SD Jon Bodien, R:. W:. Tom Aiken, Warren Carman
FUND RAISER: JD Michael Dowell, SS Doug Everson
125 YEAR COMMITTEE: R:. W:. Donald H. Tucker, A. J. Winterwerp PM, JW Bob Wheeler, SD Jon Bodien
13TH MASONIC DISTRICT LODGE MEETING NIGHTS
New Smyrna Lodge No. 149 1st & 3rd Mondays
Landmark Lodge No. 383 2nd & 4th Thursdays
Ormond Beach Lodge No. 326 2nd & 4th Tuesdays
Sirius Sunshine Lodge No. 402 2nd Tuesday
Volusia Lodge No. 77 2nd & 4th Mondays
Sanford Lodge No. 62 1st & 3rd Thursdays
St. Johns Lodge No. 37 2nd & 4th Tuesdays
Halifax Lodge No. 81 1st & 3rd Thursdays
Order of the Eastern Star Chapter No. 3 meets the 2nd & 4th Mondays at New Smyrna Lodge No. 149 at 7:30 pm
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