New Smyrna Lodge No. 149 F & AM of Florida

Trestle Board October 2020

300 N. Riverside Dr.

New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168

(386) 423-2370

nsl149@cfl.rr.com

www.newsmyrnalodge149.org

THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER

THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER REQUESTS

YOUR ATTENDANCE FOR THE STATED COMMUNICATION ON

October 5^th, and Fellow Craft Degree October 19^th, 2020

FROM THE EAST

From the East:

Hello to all our Brothers, from New Smyrna Lodge No.149. What happen in September? Well the best thing that happen, was our own D.D.G.M. Glen E. Good, was in the Lodge for his Official Visit to his Home Lodge. There were thirty two (32) Brother Master Masons in the Lodge room to hear him deliver the M.W. Grand Master’s message to the Craft. Thank you all for coming out to show support to R:. W:. Good. We took care of a host of items that needed to be cleared up from Aug. & Sep. We have 5 new men, ready to become E.A.’s coming up soon. We talked about the upcoming M.M. Assoc. Golf Tournament on Nov. 14, 2020 (if you have not signed up yet, it is not too late to do so.) Also, we are working hard on getting ready for our M.M. Outdoor Degree. on Oct. 03, 2020. Please try to come out for this one. You will love it. $10.00 donation and you get food with that also. You can call W:. Brother Will Dishman, for information on both events. at 407-446-2213. We are planning on conferring a F.C. Degree on our 2nd meeting in Oct. 10/19/20. Have you seen our new fire escape? Take a look at it the next time you’re out this way. It looks great and a great job was done on it. That is about it, my Brothers. We Welcome all our new members from Halifax 81.

Come visit your new Lodge.

Till the next time.

R:. W:. Donald H. Tucker W:. M:.

FROM THE WEST

Greetings from the West,

Brothers,

If you are unable to drive and would like to come to Lodge let me know. I will see about getting you a ride to the Lodge and home.

Fraternally, Henry Davis, Senior Warden

FROM THE SOUTH

Hello, form the south my Brethren and it has been so great getting back to the brotherly love business that we love so much! I so look forward in working with our new brothers from Halifax and I suspect our new year will be even better as the COVID virus stabilizes. I must say under the direction of our new leadership in the Grand Lodge, our Worshipful Master, and officers we have continued to make this an amazing lodge.

Building:

At our last meeting we elected to move forward with the window replacement of the lodge. There is a 12-14-week delay in the start due to COVID. They also agreed to stage the work, so not to interfere with lodge business.
We are currently looking into and accepting quotes for replacement of the fire escape door and the surrounding fire rated windows.

Kitchen:

No reported problems.

Robert Segarra

Junior Warden

2019 LODGE OFFICERS

Worshipful Master: R:.W:. Donald H. Tucker (Kathy) (863)602-1182 donkat9750@aol.com

Senior Warden: R:.W:. Henry (Greg) Davis (321)383-1407 gdavis32754@gmail.com

Junior Warden: Robert Segarra (727)623-6399 rosegar7@msn.com

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:. Walter G. Layton (Edie) (856)498-7186 walteed50@yahoo.com

Senior Deacon: Michael Dowell (Debe) (303)875-7480 grmschlr101@gmail.com

Junior Deacon: Jon T. Bodien (Angelique) (386)689-2338 jonb1032@gmail.com

Senior Steward: Christopher R Van Duyne (386)846-2945 vanduyne.chris@gmail.com

Junior Steward: Douglas Everson (Deborah) (407)461-0668 flagentman@yahoo.com

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

Brother, due to the merger the dues notices for 2021 will not go out until after October 15^th, 2020. The NEW total amount with the donations will be $147.30. The increase is due to the per capita payment to Grand Lodge that was increased $5.00. Letters went out the 1^st of October to those Brothers who have not paid their 2020 dues. For those of Halifax Lodge 81 who have not paid your 2020 dues the dues amount will not change until 2021. Please send all your correspondence to New Smyrna Lodge No. 149 and make your checks out to New Smyrna Lodge No. 149. The mailbox for Halifax Lodge No 81 is being cancelled and all mail is being forwarded to New Smyrna Lodge. The bank accounts are also being closed out for Halifax 81. This will be the final notice to all who have not paid. If you are having a problem with paying contact the Secretary of the Lodge.

I have nomination forms in the office if you are considering running for Worshipful Master, Senior Warden, Junior Warden, Treasurer or Secretary. They must be filled out by the last Stated Meeting in November. If you would like to serve in one of the appointed positions in the Lodge, contact R:. W:. Greg Davis or the Secretary. The Past Masters, Perpetual Members and 50 year plus members of Halifax 81 have been added to the Trestle Board. If you are one of these 3 categories and do not see your name please contact me and I will add it to the November Trestle Board. Thank you for your patience.

ENTERED APPENTICE FELLOW CRAFT MASTER MASON

Kyle Pensinger Lamon Ray Owens (Butch) Scott Gilman John Jaja Williams

REINSTATEMENTS PETITIONS FOR 3 SYMBOLIC DEGREES TRANSFER OF MEMBERSHIP

John M Pemberton Jr Jason Hayle Richard A Bertram Roger Hayle Thomas J ShumakeR Richard Michael Steven G Swisher Jonas Roddber Steven R Lane

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NOTICES

By Order of the Worshipful Master the Stated Communication on October 19^th, 2020 will be dispensed with and the Lodge will have a Fellow Craft Degree, 6pm dinner, 7pm. Degree.

10/3/20 -Outdoor Degree, 10/5/20 -Stated Communication, 10/19/20 – Called Communication Fellow Craft Degree 10/5/20 -Stated Communication10/19/20 – Called Communication Fellow Craft Degree 11/14/20 – Assoc. Golf Tournament 12/29/20 – Installation of Officers; 6pm dinner; Installation 7pm, 01/22/21 – 125 year Rededication of Lodge with dinner and rededication by M:. W:. Turlington Congratulations to R:. W:. Howard Chase on his Certificate of appreciation from Grand Lodge of Florida for the help at Grand Lodge.

BIRTHDAYS

Bradly L Rauch 10/2 George E Tarrant Jr 10/2 Harry E Heilman 10/3 David J Fox 10/5 Bud Bacheller 10/7 Russell E Edwards 10/8 Phillip M Tremblay 10/9 Jack E Davenport 10/10 Ronald L Dreggors 10/1 Glen E Good 10/11 Thomas C Williams 10/11 Steffen Mittelhaeuser 10/12 William D Spive 10/12 Jon F Greaves 10/13 Richard L Hill 10/15 Jody P Palermo 10/15 Stanley W Wyllie 10/15 James L Mauney 10/18 Jean Pierre M Ponyier 10/18 Dominick F Tesoriere10/19 Thomas E Duane10/20 Charles F Hiatt II 10/20 Ian Ramsbottom 10/21 Leslie W Cantrell 10/23 Warren Swets 10/24 Henry (Greg) Davis 10/25 Clayton E Simons Jr 10/26 Ronald A Koehn 10/27 Seymour R Parris10/27 Mark A Greene 10/28 Frank H Dietrich 10/29 Gene R Miller 10/29 David Lawrence 10/31

SICKNESS AND DISTRESS

Keep in your prayers Brother Kadet will be going in for surgery October 14 for bladder cancer, Mark and Bonnie King’s son who is having heart surgery. Please keep our Brothers who are now lock-ins due to the recent events and all our Brothers who have been or are sick that we do not know about. Keep all our service personnel deployed and at home along with all first responders in our hearts and prayers. Contact the secretary or Chaplain with Brothers who are sick or distressed so we can put them on our prayer list.

ACTIVE PAST MASTERS

Stanley T Kypreos 1966 Jon F. Greaves 1972 Ralph N. Flippo 1972 Louis E Keffer 1975 William T. Blackwell 1977 Harold Powell 1978 Charles R. Dean 1980 Ronald R. Tucker 1983 Danny K. Hatfield 1984 William F. Culbertson 1985 James R. Baldwin 1986 Joe W. Garrett 1987 T. N. Iltsopoulos 1987 Robert L. Griffis 1990 Leon A. Pike 1991 Gustav Postreich 1991 Bradley L. Rauch PDDGM 1991 David Lawrence 1992 Jeff J. Romano 1992 Patrick G. Hill 1992 James A. Greene 1993 Richard Rademacher 1993 Crag N. Albright 1994 George N. Johnson 1994 Mark A. Greene 1995 Richard Rademacher 1995 Louis W. Benishek 1996 Steven Timbs 1996 Christopher G. Buffini 1997 Michael R. Blickenstaff 1998 Daniel E. Feagle Jr. 1999 Herbert (Bud) Bacheller 1999 James M. Payton 2000/ 2001 Phillip A. Hudson 2001 WilliamBroughtonPDDGM 2002 Walter W. Greatrex 2003 Edward P. Marx 2003 WilliamBroughtonPDDGM 2003 Robert J. Stone 2004 William H. Evans Jr 2005 Louis W. Benishek 2006 Paul W. Dewitt 2006 Joseph G. Lockhart 2007 William G. Warrington Jr 2007 Steven Petrov Jr. 2007 Glen E. Good DDGM 2008 Terry L. Irwin 2008 Steve Irineou 2008 Brian R. Toung 2009 Bryan P. Bassett 2009 Stanley J. Dabrowski 2010 Ralph N. Flippo 2010 Dominick Tesoriere 2010 Arlington (Bruce) Young 2011 Howard C. Chase PDDGM 2011 John Hamblet 2011 Donald H. Tucker PDDGM 2012 Sean Stenson 2012 Eric T. Ellis II 2013 Thomas W. Aiken PDDGM 2013 Gary Wisniewski 2013 William M. Schaeffer 2014 Iran Medrano 2014 Allen J. Winterwerp 2015 Henry A. Woodstock III 2015 Robert Moore 2015 Allan J. Baker 2016 Clarence Swimm 2016 Martin J. Louis 2016/2017 Walter G. Layton 2017 Richard Kicklighter 2017/2018 Mark E. King 2018/2019 Chris Dixon 2019 Glenn Scorza 2020

ACTIVE PERPETUAL MEMBERS

Thomas W. Aiken PDDGM DI Craig N. Albright PM Herbert E. Bacheller PM Allan J. Baker PM James R. Baldwin PM Brady Benishek Louis W. Benishek PM David L. Bessett Christopher G. Buffini PM Howard C. Chase III PDDGM J. Mitchell Cole Richard W. Culbertson William F. Culbertson Sr. PM Stanley J. Dabrowski PM Glennard Decker Henry T Davis PDDGM Frank H. Dietrich Ronald L. Dreggors William A. Drossman Eric T. Ellis PM William H. Evans PM George O. Farrell Daniel E. Feagle Jr. PM Ralph N Flippo PM William Q. Flippo William Greatrex PM James A. Greene PM Mark A. Greene PM Glen E. Good PM/DDGM Daniel H Haley Phillip J Haley Robert L. Hart Michael L. Hines Leo D. Johns George N. Johnson PM Stephen L. Kenney Mark E. King WM Ronald A. Koehn David Lawrence PDDGM Walter G. Layton PM Joseph G. Lockhart PM Martin Louis PM George R. Morris PM Lloyd W. Morris John C. Niebielski Edgar L. Phillips Gustav Postreich PM William J. Ptashnik PM Ian Ramsbottom William Rogers Jeff J. Romano PM Matt Schaeffer PM Gary H. Seibert John T. Self Timothy H. Self Clayton E. Simons Jr. Glenn E. Smith Kenneth W. Smith Sean Stenson Robert J. Stone PM Brian R. Toung PM Donald H. Tucker PDDGM Richard A Turner Christopher Van Duyne Chester E. Weichey Jeffery L. Whitlock Allen J. Winterwerp PM George A. Wolsfelt Henry A. Woodstock PM Jon F Greaves

50 YEAR PLUS MEMBERS

James C. Allen Robert C. Bartlett Ernest Beasley Jr Bernard J. Brown Donald L. Brown Clifton V. Butler Harold F. Byrd Everett C. Chapman Wilber K. Corbin Donald Doidge Sr. James R. Delk Thomas E. Duane Miles O. Edge Jr William H. Evans Ralph N. Flippo Joe W. Garrett Jon F. Greaves Kyle F. Hall Jack H. Hayman Sr. Tedd Jakomas Harry T. Johnson Thomas F. Johnson Calvin I. Lanford Melvin L Malachoski Johnny F. McCullers Ben F. McGraw Edward Z. Midgett George R. Morris Jack M. Onie George M. Pilcher Jr Clarence E. Puckridge Henry W. Reynolds Warren A. Sets Glenn L. Smith Gordon S. Smith R. Terrell Smith Michael J. Strother George G. Telesh Richard Turner Edward J. Vaissiere Ronald Village Larry G Watson Leslie D. Williamson Carl J. Winterwerp Chester E. Wolsgel George A. Wolsgel Henry D Randall

THE GRAND LODGE OF FLORIDA F. & A. M.

GRAND MASTER

M:.W:.Thomas L. Turlington (Sandy)

602 Sullivan Street

Deltona, Florida 32725

(386) 956-4961

tturlington@cfl.rr.com

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTER

R:. W:. Glen E. Good (Janet)

6108 Del Mar Dr.

Port Orange, Fla. 32127

(386)717-6611

captggood@gmail.com

DISTRICT INSTRUCTOR

R:.W:.Tom Aiken

2627 Orange Tree Drive

Edgewater, Florida 32141-5421

(386) 690-4297

Taiken817@aol.com

NEW SMYRNA LODGE COMMITTEES FOR 2019

FINANCE: Henry Davis PDDGM, A. J. Winterwerp PM, Steve Kenney, Robert Wheeler

VIGILANCE: JW Robert Segarra, Walter G. Layton PM, Robert Wheeler, Glen E. Good PM,

PETITIONS: A. J. Winterwerp PM, Tom Aiken PDDGM, Jon Bodien, Michael Dowell,

MASONIC EDUCATION: Robert Wheeler, William Ptashnik PM, Tom Aiken PDDGM, Bud Bacheller PM

BOARD OF RELIEF: Master and Wardens

CHARITY: Master and Wardens

LODGE MENTORS: Bill Greatrex PM, Robert Wheeler, Glen Good PM, Walter G. Layton PM

LODGE PROPERTY: Robert Segarra, Robert Wheeler, Henry Davis PDDGM

LODGE INSTRUCTOR: Robert Wheeler, Tom Aiken PDDGM,

New Smyrna Lodge received an email from the Grand Lodge of Florida about an elementary school in Volusia County that needed a new American Flag. New Smyrna Masonic Lodge looked deep in our cabinets and found an American Flag to donate to Pathway Elementary School. Below is R:. W:. Chase and A. J. Winterwerp presenting the flag to the principal of the school.

LODGE HISTORY CONT:

In 1945 Degrees conferred and reinstatements were numerous. The National Department of Defense and Transportation prohibited any meetings of more than 50 persons, consequently the Grand Lodge Communication was canceled. The Sale of $100.00 Life Memberships was terminated on September 1^st, 1945, and the money was placed in the “sinking fund.” Eight had been sold. A new roof was installed on the Temple at a cost of $1,325.00. The State Comptroller notified the Lodge that if it continued to rent the Temple for commercial purposes its property tax exemption would be lost. On June 14^th, 1946, the Lodge celebrated its 50^th year anniversary. Membership was 205, the highest in history to date. Motions prevailed on June 17^th, 1946 to raise the fees to $25.00 for each Degree, and that military personnel would again pay dues effective January 1^st, 1947. A motion prevailed that the Lodge cash all its War Bonds and pay $3500.00 on the mortgage. TO BE CONTINUED.

New Smyrna Lodge No. 149

300 N. Riverside Dr.

New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168

Picture from the Deputy Grand Masters visit, and a big thank you to Jonny Magill for the pictures he took.

MASONIC EDUCATION

THE STORY BEHIND MASONIC FORGET ME NOT:

In the years between World War 1 and World War 2 The blue Forget Me Not Emblem (Das Vergissmeinnicht) was a standard symbol used by most charitable organizations in Germany, with a very clear meaning: “Do not forget the poor and the destitute“. It was first introduced in German Masonry in 1926, well before the Nazi era, at the annual Communication of the Grand Lodge Zur Sonne, in Bremen, where it was distributed to all the participants. That was a terrible time in Germany, economically speaking, further aggravated in 1929 following that year’s Great Depression. That economic situation contributed to Hitler’s accession to power. Many people depended on charity, some of which was Masonic. Distributing the forget-me-not at the Grand Lodge Communication was meant to remind German Brethren of the charitable activities of the Grand Lodge. In early 1934, it became evident that Freemasonry was in danger. In that same year, the Grand Lodge of the Sun (one of the pre-war German Grand Lodges, located in Bayreuth) realizing the grave dangers involved, adopted the little blue Forget Me Not flower as a substitute for the traditional square and compasses. It was felt the flower would provide brethren with an outward means of identification while lessening the risk of possible recognition in public by the Nazis, who were engaged in wholesale confiscation of all Masonic Lodge properties. Freemasonry went undercover, and this delicate flower assumed its role as a symbol of Masonry surviving throughout the reign of darkness. In 1936 the Winterhilfswerk (a non- Masonic winter charity drive) held a collection and used and distributed the same symbol, again with its obvious charitable connotation. Some of the Masons who remembered the 1926 Communication possibly also wore it later as a sign of recognition. We have no evidence of that, and its general signification still was charity, but not specifically Masonic charity. During the ensuing decade of Nazi power a little blue Forget Me Not flower worn in a Brother’s lapel served as one method whereby brethren could identify each other in public (although even then it was not always safe to wear any non-Nazi pin), and in cities and concentration camps throughout Europe. The Forget Me Not distinguished the lapels of countless brethren who staunchly refused to allow the symbolic Light of Masonry to be completely extinguished. When the Grand Lodge of the Sun was reopened in Bayreuth in 1947, by Past Grand Master Beyer, a little pin in the shape of a Forget Me Not was officially adopted as the emblem of that first annual convention of the brethren who had survived the bitter years of semi-darkness to rekindle the Masonic Light. At the first Annual Convent of the new United Grand Lodges Of Germany AF&AM (VGLvD), in 1948 Bro. Theodor Vogel, Master of the Lodge “Zum weißen Gold am Kornberg”, in Selb (then in Western-occupied Germany), remembered the 1926 and 1936 pin, had a few hundred made and started handing it out as a Masonic symbol wherever he went. When Brother Vogel was later elected GM of the Grand Lodge AFuAM of Germany and visited a Grand Masters’ conference in Washington, DC, he distributed the pins there.

VOLUME 20 ISSUE 10

THE STORY BEHIND MASONIC FORGET ME NOT: