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VOLUME 20 ISSUE 8

Posted by AJ Winterwerp on
 August 2, 2020

New Smyrna Lodge No. 149 F & AM of Florida

Trestle Board August 2020

300 N. Riverside Dr.

New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168

(386) 423-2370

nsl149@cfl.rr.com

www.newsmyrnalodge149.org

THE STATED COMMUNICATION FOR August 6th, 2020

HAS BEEN CANCELLED BY

THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER

THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER REQUESTS YOUR ATTENDANCE FOR THE STATED COMMUNICATION ON AUGUST 17th, 2020

FROM THE EAST

 My Brothers, July has come and gone. Not a very big 4th of July, as far as fireworks goes. Enough to keep my Dog (Fancy) up and scared till about 12:30 AM. Our own R.W.D.D.G.M. Glen E. Good has had one Official Visit and another is scheduled for 07/28/20, at St. Johns no.37. Hope you made both of them. On 8/1/20, We will have a Tall Cedar meeting at St. Johns Lodge no. 37 at 2:00 P.M. Then Aug.5th, there will be a M.M. Assoc. Meeting at Volusia no 77, with Dinner at 6:00 P.M. Meeting at 7:00 PM.  Aug.11, 2020, Our R.W. D.D.G.M. Glen E Good will have his Official Visit at Ormond Lodge No. 326. Our own, M.W. G.M. Tommy L. Turlington will grace us with his presence for his Official Visit to the 13th,  Masonic District at the Sanborn Activity Center in Deland Fl.  This is for the 13th District ONLY, except for the Grand Master invited Guest.  Call R.W., Glen E Good for details at 386-717-6611.  The next day, on Sat. August 22nd,, the 13th District will have Open Books and School of Instruction at St. Johns Lodge no.37, 8:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Come and learn from the Best, R.W., Tom Aiken the R.H. District Instructor. Oh yeah, On Monday the 17th of Aug. at New Smyrna Lodge no 149, we hope to confer a M.M. Degree. Dinner at 6:00P.M., and the Degree starting at 7:00 P.M. Come too our Lodge meetings and find out some more important stuff (Information).

Till the next time.

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

FROM THE WEST

Greetings from the West,

Fraternally, Henry Davis, Senior Warden

FROM THE SOUTH

Hello, from the south my Brethren. and it has been so great seeing my brothers.

Fraternally, Bob 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

Brothers, for those who have paid your dues, thank you. For those who have misplaced the dues notice or cannot remember if you have paid your dues please call the Secretary and I will check and let you know if you have or haven’t. For those Brothers who want to pay with credit card PLEASE call me at the Lodge number and I can enter the information for you. We are having problems with Circumscribe. It is not that the money does not get to us but that we have no record of who pays through Circumscribe. They have stopped the weekly emails with the Brothers names and amounts paid. Grand Lodge is aware of the situation and is trying to correct it. Every time we get the bank statement with a payment from circumscribe, we call Grand Lodge and complain. If you pay though circumscribe, please drop an email to me so I can send you your dues card and mark you as dues paid.

 ENTERED APPENTICE                       FELLOW CRAFT                       MASTER MASON

Kyle Pensinger                                    Lamon Ray Owens (Butch)                 John Wyatt Moe

Robert Donnell Schmid                    J. Michael Napier                                 Walker E. Powell

Scott Earl Gilman                               from West Virginia Crescent Lodge 32 AF & AM

Jaja William from Halifax Masonic Lodge No. 81

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NOTICES

The fire escape is finished and the final inspection passed. Thanks to our Junior Warden Brother Bob Segarra for his work and dedication to get the job done. Dates to remember Open Books every 4th Saturday of the Month, practice for Master Mason degree 8/12 2nd section all parts. All practices will be at 6pm. Grand Masters visit on 8/21/2020 with registration at 5:30 dinner at 6:30pm.

 The Resolution for Merger was printed in the last 2 Trestle Boards and if you would like to have a copy of it contact the Secretary and I will send it to you.

Below is the letter from the Grand Master of Masons of Florida about approving the merger:

The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of

 Free and Accepted Masons of Florida

THOMAS L. TURLINGTON, JR.

Grand Master

602 Sullivan Street

Deltona, FL 32725-3210

Mbl. (386) 956-4961

Email: tturlington@cfl.rr.com

“2020 Vision” “Unity, Accountability, Communication”

June 30, 2020

To: Officers and Members of New Smyrna Lodge No. 149, F. & A.M. and Officers and Members of Halifax Lodge No. 81, F. & A.M.

Re: Merger of Lodges

Dear Brethren:

In accordance with Regulation 16.04 of the Digest of the Masonic Law of Florida I, as Grand Master, have reviewed the Resolution for the merging of New Smyrna Lodge No. 149 and Halifax Lodge No. 81, with New Smyrna Lodge No. 149 being the continuing Lodge, and find it in order and give my approval for said Resolution to progress according to Regulation 16.04 (d) which states: (d) Upon approval by the Grand Master the Resolution shall be read to the Lodges involved at a stated communication and if approved by majority vote of the members present and voting in each Lodge, the Resolution shall be laid over in each of such Lodges for not less than one month nor more than two months, and if upon due notice it is adopted by three-fourths (3/4) vote of the members present and voting at a Stated Communication of each Lodge involved in the merger, the proceedings for merger shall progress as specified in the order of the Grand Master. Be advised that in order to move forward with the final approval of the merger each Lodge will need to provide copies of the Minutes of the Stated Communications evidencing the remaining required votes by the membership of both Lodges; with the final vote on the Resolution being a written ballot and being adopted by three-fourths (3/4) vote of the members present and voting. While we are saddened that the Lodges are diminishing, we congratulate you for taking this bold step to bring together the resources of these two bodies for the benefit of Freemasonry.

Sincerely and fraternally,

Thomas L. Turlington, Jr.

Grand Master

cc: Grand Secretary Chairman, Jurisprudence Committee D.D.G.M., 13th Masonic District

A motion/second (Winterwerp/Wheeler) at the July 20th, 2020 Stated Communication to accept the Grand Masters decision accepting the Merger as written was made. Discussion followed and the first vote, a hand vote was UNANIMOUS. . W:. M:.  Tucker ordered the results of the hand vote announced in the August Trestle Board. W:. M:. Tucker then ordered the Grand Master’s decision be held over for 30 days or until the next Stated Communication (August 17th, 2020) when a written ballot requiring a ¾ majority for the merger to be completed.

BIRTHDAYS

Paul W Dewitt               8/1           Jesse D Leone                   8/5           Bernard 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 G Browning      8/14       Gustav Postereich           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 Terrell 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             8/27      Benard D Vlasin                8/27         Howard C Chase III   8/29
 Wilber K Cobin              8/29

SICKNESS AND DISTRESS

Contact the secretary or Chaplain with Brothers who are sick or distressed so we can put them on our prayer list. Keep the families of Brother Hershell Venable who has passed to the Celestial Lodge above; Glen E. Smith, who is still having back and neck pain; Brother Everson; Brothers Tesoriere (Halifax 81) and Troutman (Landmark 383) with cancer; and all our sick and infirmed Brothers and their family members that we don’t know about. Also, keep our service personnel, deployed and at home, and all first responders in our hearts and prayers.

 The Craft and It’s Symbols

Emblems to Live By

When a Sword pointing to a Naked Heart was added to the ritual is uncertain. It is referred to as a symbol of justice. It pointedly reminds us that God will reward us according to what we do in this life. But we know the rewards—the justice—will be tempered with mercy and understanding.

The sprig of Acacia symbolizes Faith—faith in the immortality of man, faith in the promises made by God in his Volume of the Sacred Law.

The All-Seeing Eye has been a symbol of Deity from the beginning of religion. The ancients adopted it from religion as a symbol of Deity for their “mysteries.” From many ages has come the knowledge that the Great Architect of the Universe sees all, knows all and controls all things. It is little wonder that the early ritualists associated this symbol with control of the sun, moon, stars, and comets. It reminds man that God is powerful, yet just, merciful, and loving.

The Bee Hive We must assume that the Bee Hive became an important symbol in Freemasonry the way the other symbols entered it. It symbolized what the cathedral builders did and the way they did it. The bee definitely is industrious. He works hard and tirelessly, not for himself, but for the swarm. He has a strength and knowledge of materials that cannot be duplicated. He works as a unit. No man working for himself, but with his fellowmen to achieve a common goal. They worked under conditions that would stop modern architects and engineers. They had only man, beast and ropes to put the pieces together. Every man had to do his part, his share, to take pride in his assignment, large or small. One man alone could accomplish little or nothing, undoubtedly, the operative masons saw their duplication in the bees. They could readily see in the honey-producers the symbol of the industry they, as builders of great cathedrals, practiced.

More to come in the next Trestle Board

ACTIVE PAST MASTERS

Ralph N. Flippo                     1972       Charles R. Dean                 1980     Ronald R. Tucker                1983
Danny K. Hatfield                 1984      William F. Culbertson      1985      James R. Baldwin               1986
Joe W. Garrett                       1987       Robert L. Griffis                1990      Leon A. Pike                         1991
Gustav Postreich                   1991       David Lawrence                 1992      Jeff J. Romano                    1992
James A. Greene                   1993      Crag N. Albright                 1994      George N. Johnson             1994
Mark A. Greene                     1995      Louis W. Benishek             1996      Christopher G. Buffini       1997
Michael R. Blickenstaff        1998     Daniel E. Feagle Jr.            1999      Herbert (Bud) Bacheller   1999
Phillip A. Hudson                  2001     Walter W. Greatrex            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     Glen E. Good                       2008
Terry L. Irwin                         2008    Brian R. Toung                    2009      Bryan P. Bassett                 2009
Stanley J. Dabrowski            2010     Ralph N. Flippo                   2010      Arlington (Bruce) Young  2011
Howard C. Chase                   2011      Donald H. Tucker               2012      Eric T. Ellis II                      2013
Thomas W. Aiken                  2013     William M. Schaeffer         2014       Allen J. Winterwerp          2015
Henry A. Woodstock III       2015     Allan J. Baker                      2016       Martin J. Louis                   2016/2017
Walter G. Layton                    2017     Mark E. King                       2018/2019

ACTIVE PERPETUAL MEMBERS

Thomas W. Aiken PDDGM      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
Mark A. Greene PM                  Glen E. Good PM                  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                  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                  HenryA.WoodstockPM

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            Kyle F. Hall                    Jack H. Hayman Sr.
Tedd Jakomas            Harry T. Johnson          Thomas F. Johnson
Calvin I. Lanford       Melvin L Malachoski     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
J.Terrell Smith            Michael J. Strother        George G. Telesh
Richard Turner           Edward J. Vaissiere       Ronald Village
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                                                          DISTRICT INSTRUCTOR

R:. W:. Glen E. Good (Janet)                                                                                            R:.W:.Tom Aiken (Joyce)

6108 Del Mar Dr.                                                                                                                2627 Orange Tree Drive

Port Orange, Fla. 32127                                                                                               Edgewater, Florida 32141-5421

(386)717-6611                                                                                                                          (386) 690-4297

captggood@gmail.com                                                                                                        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,

 

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