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VOLUME 20 ISSUE 9

Posted by AJ Winterwerp on
 August 28, 2020

New Smyrna Lodge No. 149 F & AM of Florida

Trestle Board September 2020

300 N. Riverside Dr.

New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168

(386) 423-2370

nsl149@cfl.rr.com

www.newsmyrnalodge149.org

THE STATED COMMUNICATION FOR

SEPTEMBER 7TH,

HAS BEEN CANCELLED BY

THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER

THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER REQUESTS

YOUR ATTENDANCE FOR THE STATED

COMMUNICATION ON

SEPTEMBER 21ST,2020

FROM THE EAST

From the East:

  My Brothers:  August has come and gone.  September is here, and it is time we get back to work on our Degrees.  We need to confer a Fellow Craft and an Entered Apprentice Degree. Since we only have one meeting in September, it looks like we will confer one in October and the other in November. The merger between Halifax Lodge and New Smyrna is done. It became official on August 31, 2020.  Welcome Brothers of the former Halifax Lodge no. 81 to your New Home. The Grand Master Official visit to the 13th Masonic District was a huge success, our own District Deputy, R.W. Glen E Good, who should be well complimented for a Job WELL DONE. Do not forget Open Books and School of Instruction is the Fourth Saturday of each month at St. Johns Lodge no. 37 in Deland. 8:00 A.M., School at 9:00 A.M.  Till the next time my Brothers, take care of yourselves, and be Safe out there.

R:. W:. Donald H. Tucker W:. M:.

FROM THE WEST

Greetings from the West,

I would like to welcome the Brothers from Halifax on the Merger to New Smyrna. Come out and get involved. You are part of New Smyrna Lodge. On August 17th, we had a Master Mason Degree for Brothers Moe and Powell. There was a great turn out. Eastern Star did a great job on the dinner. The Grand Master was in attendance also.

September 2nd, New Smyrna Lodge is hosting the Masters and Wardens Association meeting. Dinner at 6pm with meeting at 7pm. September 21st, is the D. D.G.M. visit to New Smyrna Lodge with dinner at 6pm and the meeting at 7pm. On the menu is Meatloaf, Mash Potatoes and Green beans. 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

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 from Halifax 81,Welcome to New Smyrna Lodge No. 149. This Trestle Board has your birthdays for the month but not the Perpetual, 50+ year exempt and Past Masters of Halifax 81. I plan on having these items in the next issue. Any questions please call the Lodge at 386-423-2370 or email me at: NSL149@cfl.rr.com. We are trying to send out most of the trestle boards by email to cut the cost of mailings. Please drop an email to the lodge with yours and I can add it to the list. Also, email is one of the best ways to get a quick response. I check the lodge email once a day. There is also a letter going out to you all to update your information, and for me to check that I have entered your information correctly. I am looking forward to sitting in Lodge with you all and working with you all also. For those of Halifax Lodge 81 who have not paid your 2020 dues please do so. The dues amount will not change until 2021. Please send all your correspondence to New Smyrna Lodge No. 149 and make you 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 and the bank accounts are also being closed out for Halifax 81.

  Brothers, for those who have paid you dues, thank you. For those who have misplace 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 have not. 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. 2021 Dues notices will go out after October 15th, 2020. This is so Grand Lodge can complete merging Halifax’s membership files into New Smyrna membership files. Please do not send any money in until you receive the dues notice.

ENTERED APPENTICE                   FELLOW CRAFT                   MASTER MASON

                           Kyle Pensinger                                          Lamon Ray Owens (Butch)

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NOTICES

Congratulation to Brothers John Wyatt Moe and Walker Edwin Powell who on August 17, 2020 were Raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason. There were 45 Brothers in attendance for the degree along with the Grand Master of Florida who Raised one of the Brothers.

The Resolution for Halifax Masonic Lodge No. 81 to merge with New Smyrna Masonic Lodge No. 149 was passed with by a ¾ majority secret written ballot by New Smyrna Lodge. The merger between the 2 Lodges has taken place August 30th, 2020. WELCOME TO ALL ARE BROTHERS FROM HALIFAX 81.

A copy of the Grand Masters letter is below:

The Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Florida

THOMAS L. TURLINGTON, Grand Master

  1. 602 Sullivan Street

Grand Master Deltona, FL 32725-3210

Mbl. (386) 956-4961

Email: tturlington@cfl.rr.com

 “2020 Vision” “Unity, Accountability, Communication”

August 18, 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: I, as Grand Master, have reviewed the Merger Plan for New Smyrna Lodge No. 149 and Halifax Lodge No. 81 and give my approval for this Merger to take place. New Smyrna Lodge No. 149 to be the continuing Lodge and the merger to take place as of August 31, 2020. Per Regulation 16.04 (g), Halifax Lodge No. 81 shall surrender its Charter to the Grand Lodge and deliver the Charter to the Grand Secretary. We would caution both Lodges to be certain that all property, if the Lodge owns any property or assets or bank accounts, be transferred or sold or disposed of before the final merger. Once the merger takes place the Officers of the old Lodge can no longer sign for the Lodge and it becomes a burden trying to tie up all the loose ends. Be advised that all documentation relative to finances and real property and transfers of the same are to be reviewed by the Grand Lodge General Counsel for recommendation to the Grand Master for approval. 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. I want to wish the two Lodges much success in this merger and that the resulting Lodge will flourish.

Sincerely and fraternally,

Thomas L. Turlington, Jr.

Grand Master

cc: Grand Secretary Chairman, Jurisprudence Committee

 BIRTHDAYS

Steve J Timbs                        9/3          Lamar Johnson                     9/4          Warren G Wiltse                  9/4

Jon T Bodien                         9/7          Robert Segarra                     9/7          George N Johnson               9/8

Angel Lopez-Olijnyk            9/8          Joshua A Culp                       9/9          James L Simpson Jr              9/10

Robert L Griffis                     9/11       Douglas W Oyler                  9/12       William E Broughton           9/14

Robert L Wheeler                9/14       David Bessette                     9/17       William D Lenz                     9/17

Ellis E Medders                     9/17       Glenn D. M. Scorza              9/17       Wayne F Rockafellow          9/22

William G Jens                      9/24       Richard J Rademacher        9/24       Robert G Wright                  9/25

Glenn E Smith                       9/27       Richard J Carbonell              9/30       Douglas V Mullan                 9/30

SICKNESS AND DISTRESS

Keep in your prayers the family of Brother Walter C. Johnson who passed to the Celestial Lodge above August 13th, 2020. Brother Johnson was initiated on 5/18/1981, Passed on 7/28/81 and Raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason on10/17/1981. Brother Johnson was a 39-year Mason. Keep Brother Glenn Smith (Chaplain) who has had a heart attack,  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 don’t 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.

Why is it called BLUE LODGE?

By Brother Elton Trindade

The question always is ” Why is it called BLUE LODGE?” Here is some inside in this subject from my research.
Why have we adopted blue into the lodge name?  Where does it come from?  What does it represent and mean?
The mother of all Freemasonry.  The place where every man begins his journey into the Ancient Craft of Free and Accepted Masons. “The Blue Lodge” – It has been here in America that the term “Blue Lodge” has become popularized and so widely used.  Originally, it was frowned upon, and Lodges were called, Craft Lodges or Ancient Craft Lodges, some were even called a St. Johns Lodge. According to Coil’s Masonic Encyclopedia, there may be a number of reasons why symbolic lodges are called Blue Lodges. Since ancient times, the color blue has been associated with immortality, eternity, and fidelity. References to the color blue in the Bible emphasize the special place blue has as a color symbolizing goodness and immortality. The Druids also honored the color while the ancient Egyptians used the color to represent Amun, one of their most important gods. The ancient Babylonians associated the color blue with the gods. In Medieval times, Christians saw blue as the symbol of perfection and hope, and well as of immortality and fidelity. It is not known when blue first came to be associated with Freemasonry, although some historians think that initially the color was used in Craft Masonry to represent the sky. Today, blue for Masons symbolizes brotherhood and symbolizes the fact that Masons should seek out virtues as extensive as the blue dome of heaven. Albert Mackey’s Encyclopedia of Freemasonry under “Blue” has further light to share. He says “Blue is emphatically the color of Masonry. It is the appropriate tincture of the Ancient Craft degrees. The Hebrew word for blue when referring to spiritual matters is tekhelet התכלת derived from a root word meaning perfection. It is well known that among the ancients, initiation into the mysteries and “perfection” are synonymous terms and this is why blue is the appropriate color for the greatest of all the systems of initiation the world has ever known, The Ancient Blue Lodge Craft.” Beyond the allegory and symbolism of the color blue, there is the reality of millions of men who have experienced things beyond themselves, transformed and evolved into their highest potentials, reached even further to give the same to other men, while standing in and being a member of a Blue Lodge. It is said over and over again, “There is no other degree “higher” then the third degree and being a Master Mason. There is no higher distinction in our entire institutional Fraternity! ” With that being said, we all should remember, support and love our Blue Lodges, where we began as good men and through the motherly love of our Ancient Craft Lodge, we were brought into the world anew….literally brought from the dark to the light, to rise as GREAT MEN!

More to come next issue

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 DDGM                     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 PDDGM                   2011      Donald H. Tucker PDDGM               2012      Eric T. Ellis II                      2013
Thomas W. Aiken PDDGM DI                  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 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                  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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