MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS
AND HAPPY NEW YEAR
New Smyrna Lodge No. 149
F & AM of Florida
Trestle Board December 2020
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 FOR THE STATED
COMMUNICATION ON DECEMER 7TH, 2020
AND ON DECEMBER 21ST, 2020
MESSAGE FROM GRAND MASTER OF MASONS OF FLORIDA
- Mask will be worn on anyone that has a picture taken and posting it on Facebook.
- Social Distancing is a must if you are not wearing your mask. If you are within five feet of another person you must wear your mask.
FROM THE EAST
My Brothers, well here we go. December is here, and this will be my last news letter to you. My term as your Worshipful Master is all but over. On December 29th 2020 New Smyrna Lodge No. 149, new officers will be installed. Dinner is at 6:00 P.M. and the Installation will begin at 7:00 P.M. Please come and support your new officer’s. I believe we had a very good year in 2020, some things to note. We conferred the E.A. Degree on 9 new Brothers. We Passed 3 Brothers to the F.C. Degree, and we Raised 3 new Master Masons. We also had 10 new Brothers, transfer their membership to New Smyrna Lodge. Don’t forget, we welcomed the Member’s of Halifax Lodge No. 81 to our lodge, when they Merged with us. We have a new fire escape that should last for decades. We have a window contract for new windows with impact glass, coming soon. We also will have a new door lock system, (maybe this month). I have loved being your W.M. this year. All of the Officers, appointed and elected, did their jobs with great diligence, and I am proud of each and every one of them. Thank You All. We will continue to meet on the First and Third Monday’s of each month. Thank you ladies of the Eastern Star, for all the wonderful meals you prepared for us, they were all super. So I will not say” till the next time”, but I will say “I’ll see you in Lodge my Brothers”
R:.W:.Donald H. Tucker W:.M:.
FROM THE WEST
Greetings Brothers from the West,
My Brothers, this has been an interesting year because the Covid-19 virus. We have a lot of things to do in December with our elections at the first Stated meeting in December. Would all of the officers for 2021 please wear your white jackets for the pictures after the meeting. Installation of officers is December 29th 2020 with
dinner at 6pm and installation at 7pm. If you’re planning to attend please email me at: gdavis32764@gmail.com by December 22nd, 2020 so we can get a count for the dinner. I would like to congratulate our new EA Brothers that were initiated November 16th. The degree team did an excellent job also. I would like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.
Fraternally, Henry Davis PDDGM, Senior Warden
FROM THE SOUTH
Hello, from the south my Brethren and may I start by saying I am proud and honored to be in New Smyrna Lodge #149. It is amazing that through this COVID virus we have still grown, and the momentum forward has not stopped. As you may know, we have instituted temperature testing for all lodge visitors, and members. In addition, we still must remain diligent with the wearing of our mask and social distancing.
For all of you that were not able to attend lately we completed our Master Mason outdoor degree and the recent Fellow craft degree. Two outstanding events! 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. Well on to my reports:
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 did receive a new quote from CW windows to include the fire escape door.
- We have investigated fire rated windows; however, they are unavailable and so we will continue to use the fire suppression system in place. Have a Blessed Holiday my Brothers.
Robert Segarra
Junior Warden
2020 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
Marshal: W:. Walter G. Layton (Edie) (856)498-7186 walteed50@yahoo.com
Senior Deacon: Robert L Wheeler (Colleen) (386)451-6129 bobwheeler@earthlink.net
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
2021 LODGE OFFICERS
Worshipful Master: R:. W:.Henry (Greg) Davis (321)383-1407 gdavis32754@gmail.com
Senior Warden: Robert Segarra (727)623-6399 rosegar7@msn.com
Junior Warden: Jonny Magill (817)690-0401 jonnynomadmedia@gmail.com
Treasurer: Stephen Kenney (908)420-6615 stevek821@gmail.com
Secretary: A. J. Winterwerp PM (386)423-2370 NSL149@cfl.rr.com
Chaplain: Donald Needham PM (386) 383-8423 FITRON84@gmail.com
Marshal: Richard Kicklighter PM (904)677-9366 rwkick@rwkick.com
Senior Deacon: Maxwell von Noppen (386)405-8465 maxwell.james@maxwellhousefl.com
Junior Deacon: Steven Lane PM
Senior Steward: Timothy Brown (979)215-9268 198dcbrown@gmail.com
Junior Steward: Walker Powell (386)405-8493 wpowell2000@gmail.com
Tyler: Herbert (Bud) Bacheller PM (Susan) (386)689-9552 budbach@aol.com
FROM THE SECRETARY’S DESK
Letters went out the 1st of October to those Brothers who have not paid their 2020 dues. Thank you to those who have paid. 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 added the Past Masters and Perpetual Members of Halifax 81 to the Trestle Board, if you do not see your name please drop me an email or call the Lodge and leave a message. I will make the change in the next Trestle Board.
A new coded locking system will be in place on December 9th, 2020. Until I can get the code to all who have keys the front door on Riverside Drive and the back-kitchen door will have the old key. After the codes have been given out those locks will be changed. The only entry will be from the Washington Street side of the Building. If you need or want to have access to the building contact the new Worshipful Master Greg Davis or leave a message in the secretary’s office and I will relay the message.
Congratulations to Brothers Scott Gillman, Roger J. Halye, Jason T. Halye, Richard Michael, Taylor R. Reaves, Jonas A. Roddenberry, and Dylan Allman (Gateway 384 Lodge) who were initiated Entered Apprentice on November 21st, 2020.
REINSTATEMENTS PETITIONS FOR 3 SYMBOLIC DEGREES
Samuel E Adams
Kenneth R. N. Pennacchini II
TRANSFER OF MEMBERSHIP Steven R. Lane
ENTERED APPENTICE FELLOW CRAFT MASTER MASON
Kyle Pensinger Scott Gilman Lamon Ray Owens (Butch)
Robert Donnell Schmid Roger J. Halye John Jaja Williams
Jason T. Halye Michael Napier
Richard Michael
Taylor R. Reaves
Jonas Roddenberry
ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NOTICES
December 7th, and December 21st,2020 Stated Communications, December 29th, 2020 Installation of Officers 6pm dinner Installation 7pm. January 4th, 2021 Stated Communication, January 18th, 2021 Entered Apprentice Degree. The rededication of the Lodge for January 22nd, 2021 HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO COVID-19. February 1st, 2021 NSL 149 has invited the Grand Lodge Officers of Florida to be present for our 1st Stated Communication being 125 years old as a Masonic Lodge.
BIRTHDAYS
Eric t. Ellis II 12/4, Daniel C Mokry 12/4, Frank R Williams III 12/5
Daniel O Roll 12/7, Michael Strother 12/7, Gerald D Mann 12/8
Sean A Stenson 12/8, Donald L Bentoni 12/10, Author A Horton 12/11
Chris H Minnich 12/11, Robert N Powell 12/11, James R Purcell Jr 12/11
Michael L Hill 12/12, Ronald W Knighton 12/13, Robert Abraham 12/14
Harry T Johnson 12/14, William F Culbertson 12/15, John T Riera Jr 12/15
Robert C Hellerman Jr 12/18, Willard I Timmer 12/18Thomas M Patton 12/19
Carl N Clifford 12/21, Robert D Johnston 12/22, Steven C Swisher 12/22
John P Gernert 12/23, John P Hamblett 12/24, Theodore N Iltsopoulos12/24
Michael DeBloom 12/26 ,Thomas J Shumaker 12/26, Donald B Sweeney 12/26
Gary E Wandelt 12/26, David A Drake 12/29, Michael L Hines 12/29
Mark K McGee 12/29, Clarence E Puckridge 12/29, Miles W Miller Jr12/27
Patrick G Jill 12/28, Donald Brown 12/29
SICKNESS AND DISTRESS
Keep the families of Brother John Orville Andrus and Edward J. Dreggors, who passed to the Celestial Lodge above on 6/23/20 and 6/24/20. Brother Kadet who had surgery on cancer in Oct. W:. King’s son who is having heart surgery, Brother Chaplin Smith with neck and back problems, Brother Tarrant who fell and broke his neck, Brother Doug Everson who has kidney cancer, Brother W:. Bill Greatrex who is having heart problems Keep all our service personnel home and abroad, first responders in our prayers, and all our Brothers and their families who are in nursing home and at their home. 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
James M. Payton 2000 Phillip A. Hudson 2001 William Broughton PDDGM2002, Walter W. Greatrex 2003 Edward P. Marx 2003, William Broughton PDDGM 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 Stevan 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. Bessette, Christopher G. Buffini PM
Howard C. Chase III PDDGM, J. Mitchell Cole, Richard W. Culbertson
William F. Culbertson Sr. PM, Stanley J. Dabrowski PM
Henry T Davis PDDGM, Glennard Decker 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, Jon F. Greaves PM, Mark A. Greene PM
Glen E. Good 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
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 Takien817@aol.com
NEW SMYRNA LODGE COMMITTEES FOR 2020
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,
MASONIC EDUCATION CONT:
“DON’T BURY ME WITHOUT MY APRON”
It is an ancient custom when a Brother Mason passes away, that, he no longer wears his Apron and his tools they lay quiet. But I beg of you my Brothers, closest family and loved ones too, that I must wear my Apron, for I have yet so much to do. Though I may not have it on the day I meet with fate, I’ll be penniless and destitute as I pass that pearly gate. For the Grand Master has sent me a summons on that very day. And as in my obligations, you know I must obey. That Grand Lodge will be called and opened for my final Degree. So, I must be properly clothed for the Grand Tyler to admit me. Don’t bury me without my Apron; my tools must not lay rest. For it’s in that Grand Lodge above where I must do my best.
Amen! S M I B!