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2017 Leadership Conference turns out as best ever! Over 120 Masons and their wives descended on Casa Grande Arizona for two days of Instruction, Discussion, and Brotherhood. This Grand Lodge sponsored program is an invaluable tool for all Masons to connect face to face with the Grand Lodge Officers and their fellow Brethren for a time for learning and sharing!
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GRAND LODGE OF ARIZONA MASONRY ARE YOU GOING TO THE 135TH GRAND LODGE COMMUNICATION?? The Grand Lodge communication is not only for those eligible to vote. It is an important function of the Officers of Grand Lodge that should be attended by all Master Masons in Arizona. Not only do you get to connect face to face with those that we have elected to run Masonry in Arizona, but it gives the opportunity to see how and why things work they way they do. It is a time to see familiar faces from around the State and to meet and connect with new friends and Brothers. This year the Grand Communication will be held at the Sheraton Crescent Hotel, a wonderful hotel centrally located in the State. There will be a wonderful Spouse’s program so be sure to bring your best date and have them join in on the fun! Click on the link at left for a registration form and come out and see what all the fun is about!
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ARIZONA MASONRY Gila Valley Lodge No. 9 helps proclaim another Purple Heart City in Arizona After a couple months work preparation by Gila Valley No. 9 F & AM Masonic Lodge and then bringing before the town, the Historic Town of Florence proclaimed itself a Purple Heart City at April’s City Council meeting, recognizing all those heroes that have been injured in combat for their service! Florence becomes the 11th city in Arizona to go along with all the counties in Arizona to proclaim this worthy cause. Thank you to Community Outreach Committee Chairman Gale MacDougall and Florence Council Member John Lee Anderson for helping lead the charge. If you would like assistance or pointers in getting your city to proclaim itself a Purple Heart City, please reach out to WM Roger Biede at rcbthree@Hotmail.com and we will get you the assistance you need.
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ARIZONA MASONRY 2017 PV 29 George Washington Oratorical Contest - UPDATED 50 years ago Paradise Valley Lodge No. 29 started the George Washington Oratorical Contest for local school kids tor promote communication skills, public speaking with a nod to history. Worshipful Brother Robert Rimer started the George Washington Oratorical Contest at the Lodge for the local schools. Robert has added Jason Huber and his wife & daughters and Ray Najjar, PM, to his crew as well as many others that work on this event yearly from PVST #29. This is truly a labor of LOVE. The hundreds of children that have participated in its 50 year history will always hold the event special.
2017 Judges WB Mustafa Karamujic WB Richard Jensen Suzanne Cash - Member of the Daughters of the American Revolution She was a teacher at Cortez HS in the Science Department. Her father was a Mason and a Shriner. She was a member of both Rainbow Girls and Job's Daughters Helping out were: Right Worshipful Greg Vasquez, Junior Grand Warden, Worshipful Brother Jim Baker Junior Grand Steward, Adrian Fontes, Maricopa County Recorder
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Wood Cutting with the Brothers at at Flagstaff Lodge No. 7.
Museum quality artifacts at Arizona Lodge No. 2
Brotherhood with Downtown Lodge No. 86
Brother from Paraguay sends gifts to WM and Sec of Arizona Lodge No. 2
Lodge Leadership at Aztlan Lodge No. 1
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Cemetery cleanup at Flagstaff Lodge No. 7
Tombstone Rose Parade with the Flagstaff Lodge No. 7.
WWII Veteran appreciation award presentation on April 10, 2017 at Gila Valley Lodge No. 9
50 year pin award from the Grand Lodge of Illinois presented on April 10, 2017 at Gila Valley Lodge No. 9
Another great Degree at Oriental Lodge No. 20
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Duel Fellowcraft Degrees at at Glendale Lodge No. 23.
Official Visit from DGM Scott Thomas to Epes Randolph Lodge No. 32
Lodge Picnic on April 8, 2017 at Glendale Lodge No. 23
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Traveling Apron presentation at Scottsdale Lodge No. 43
Demolay Ceremony of Lodge Education at Wayfarers Lodge No. 50
Selling spices at Acacia Lodge No. 42
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Traveling Apron presentation at Scottsdale Lodge No. 43
Master Pat Zech dresses up at Marion McDaniel Lodge No. 56
The Oriental chair suits you well Brother David at Downtown Lodge No. 86
Fellowcraft Degree at Prometheus Lodge No. 87
WB Chester R. Hinson Sporting his new "Masters/Past Masters" Black Phoenicia 58 at Phoencia Lodge No. 53
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Master Mason Degree on April 15, 2017 at Camp Stone Lodge No. 77.
Cigar Night with the Brothers at Gila Valley Lodge No. 9
Glendale Squire Manor Installation at Glendale Lodge No 23
Tucson York Rite Bodies and White Rose College No. 117 annual Officer Installation
Poker Tournament at Arizona Lodge No 2
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HISTORY OF THE GRAND LODGE SPOTLIGHT ON MORRIS GOLDWATER EIGHT GRAND MASTER OF ARIZONA
Morris Goldwater, esteemed uncle of Senator Barry M. Goldwater, was born to Michel and Sarah Goldwater in London, England in 1852. At the age of two, along with his mother, older sister Carolyn (b. 1850), and aunt, Morris came to San Francisco, California via the Isthmus of Nicaragua. His childhood was spent with his family in California, where he studied and apprenticed to become a merchant. In 1867, Morris Goldwater came to Arizona in the footsteps of his father, Big Mike. He aspired to become a merchant like his father and assisted in the operations of the Goldwater stores in La Paz and Ehrenberg. In 1872, the Goldwaters opened their first Phoenix store. As manager of this location, Goldwater donated part of the store to the federal government to act as the first telegraph office in Phoenix and worked as the operator without pay. It was during his stay in Phoenix that he made his first foray into politics. He ran for the territorial legislature as a Democrat but withdrew after recognizing his campaign was hindering the election of the Democratic front runner. Despite the false start, Goldwater remained active in Arizona politics all his life. In 1876, after the closure of the Phoenix store, Morris Goldwater and his brothers Henry and Baron opened a store in Prescott, Arizona. It was here that Goldwater settled and became active in civic affairs and Masonry. Goldwater was the mayor of Prescott on and off for a total of 20 years. His political career also included roles as councilman of Prescott, member of the 12th Territorial Council of Yavapai County, Chairman of the Territorial Democratic Central Committee, Supervisor of Yavapai County, President of the 20th Territorial Legislature, and Vice President of the Arizona Constitutional Convention.
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Goldwater was also very active in the Masonic community in Arizona. He organized the Order of the Eastern Star of Arizona and served as Master of Aztlan Lodge No. 1 in 1881, 1882, 1898, and 1899. He was elected Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of Arizona in 1888 and Grand High Priest of the Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Arizona. In 1903, Goldwater received the Honorary 33° of the Scottish Rite Masons, one of the highest ranks available. For over 50 years, his role as a mason assisted him in business and politics. In 1906, Goldwater married his long-time landlady Sarah (Sally) Shivers Fisher and was happily married until her death in 1934. They had no children, but Morris devoted much of his time to nurturing his nieces and nephews. He worked closely with nephews Bob and Barry Goldwater as they managed the Goldwater store in Phoenix. Goldwater stayed active in business, banking, politics, and Masonry until his death on April 11, 1939. In 1964, Senator Barry M. Goldwater honored his uncle by nominating him as "Man of the Century" during the Prescott Centennial celebration. Morris Goldwater was awarded the honor and a plaque was placed in his memory.
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MASONIC EDUCATION ENCOUNTERS WITH ADVERSITY by Harry E. Grant 33 degree THE NEW AGE - MAY 1948 Encounters with adversity should not crush out life nor destroy its purposeful intent - happiness. In these encounters men should learn the lessons of adversity, recognize their import and, through them, eventually win. It is not necessary under adversity to go down to defeat. Adversity is not an absence of but should reveal opportunity. Adversities are not a greased skid to oblivion but, with a knowledge of their instructional value and of the available powers for their mastery, constitute highways to happiness and to success. Opposition can be made to aid accomplishment. If you have planted in the wrong soil, have failed to water or otherwise ignored the essentials to a successful crop, you do not rail at fate, repine, nor remain idle. You benefit by past mistakes, comply with the requirements of all that is really controlling and, ignoring whatever is erroneous, live and work for the future expectant of success. Save as it contributes to the future, the past is dead. Adversity, although ugly, is useful. For men to desire only the good is normal; but strive as they may for achievement of their concept of good, adversity does appear - and betimes so persistently that they wonder wherein it has its uses.
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MASONIC EDUCATION ENCOUNTERS WITH ADVERSITY by Harry E. Grant 33 degree Adversity is unwanted; but, in a world of experiences in which all is in reality only good, that which is even temporarily general cannot be an unmixed evil. When in the midst of adversities, thought may, therefore, be profitably directed to their uses to the end of good. Attempts to delineate adversity generally present only its ugliest aspects, emphasize that it is useless and not to be desired. Into this ugly and venomous setting, poesy, tearing aside the veil of limitation and ignorance, presents adversity to the beholding eye as a precious jewel made not only more beautiful by the contrast, but useful as a symbol of victory drawn from the environs of defeat. Adversity is not necessarily evil nor an adversary. It calls not so much for combat with a superior power of evil as it does for greater cooperation with the omnipotence of good. Encounters with adversity are intended to be helpful, not hurtful. They are valuable for the lessons they inculcate, and principal among these is that the only assured advance toward success, whatever that concept may be, is in accord with controlling law or right order. Instead of complaining at adversity, resignedly and inert through hopelessness, the time may be more profitably spent in an endeavor to determine solutions in accordance with right. This is one way wisely to forget seeming grievances and troubles; for to remove the causes of adversity is to open channels to prosperity. Loss, viewed aright, is gain.
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MASONIC EDUCATION ENCOUNTERS WITH ADVERSITY by Harry E. Grant 33 degree A right concept of adversity is essential to success, otherwise unsound thinking will result in misdoing, or, worse still, in an idleness wherein the apathy of defeatism will displace the energies that properly should be utilized in accomplishment. It is seen that whatever opposes establishment of the utmost right must be destroyed, and that in this process are developed individual ability, reliability, endurance, and that constructive activity essential to success. Those who have experienced great adversities, if they be not self-indulgently crushed by their experiences but instead cultivate an aptitude to cope with them, become the more capable to readily contend with still more acute circumstances and conditions if such should accumulate; a preparation through adversity which is not infrequently a boon. Not to go down before adversity in defeat is a proof of right and of power, the right which is might. From the vicissitudes of adversities may be evolved victory. Adversity is not of itself good, but may indicate to those who have strayed or who otherwise have valuable lessons to learn the way to the good. Even to attempt the impossible under adversity may develop better methods that shall prove the previous concept of impossible to have been fallacious; and that which is then strenuously and rightly endeavored becomes an accomplished fact. One of the lessons of adversity is that men should endeavor at all times to build more securely - to advantage experience fully.
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MASONIC EDUCATION ENCOUNTERS WITH ADVERSITY by Harry E. Grant 33 degree When that which was to have been our roof is torn away and our shelter mercilessly exposed to opposing elements it is at the time but small consolation, as mayhap we shiver in the wet and cold and helplessly perceive the deterioration of our most treasured possessions, to know that the roof that will replace the one destroyed will be made the more secure for this experience; but it would be imbecilic to fail to benefit by this encounter with that which seemed so adverse, nor properly reroof because the first attempt had failed. Deportment under success may be a good indication of character, but the way men act during and toward those in adversity is of greater import. Encounters with adversity disclose not only the false and true in experience but also of those looked upon as friends. An unexpected absence of genuine friends may indicate a need for greater self-reliance or of being oneself more friendly; but, if a pupil in the school of adversity has flunked, none should consider himself a willow in the hand of fate to inflict fur ther castigation. It is the bounden duty of all to aid in every possible manner any who have flunked. None should be made needlessly to suffer because he is down merely upon the somewhat sanctimonious assumption that, if he will but view his adversities philosophically and thus extract from the lees of life the sweet wines of experience, it will ultimately contribute to his individual success and probably to that of others. Opportunity to aid should ever be advantaged, for lessons are learned in many ways and in diverse manner. Adversity is no respecter of persons, of position, or of place.
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MASONIC EDUCATION ENCOUNTERS WITH ADVERSITY by Harry E. Grant 33 degree If adversities outstrip earning power and old age finds its lessons still unlearned, this does not constitute grounds for further suffering. Punishment in this particular is not a human prerogative. This condition demands from humanity compassion and the helpful aid of adequate social benefits. All, no matter how well-intentioned, cannot so arise above adverse circumstances that they are assured graduation in this schooling in lifes lessons. Let us be compassionate and so avoid some of our needless encounters with group adversity. Adversity advantaged may reveal individual injustices, the removal of which will make for greater social security for all. Adversities direct attention to lowering skies which cloud our clear title to the all of good. When the Supreme Grand Architect of the Universe drew the great designs for Creation upon His infinite trestleboard, He looked upon the work which He had done and declared that it was very good; and very good is infinitely good. So, during periods of adversity, we should see ourselves and others not as they mayhap see us nor as we all too frequently and so falsely see ourselves, but as our Creator first saw us and as we must always have remained on the retina of the Eye of His Mind, not as failures in any s ense, but the perfection of His image and likeness. It is largely our own and the lessons of others not learned aright nor properly advantaged that make things appear awry. Failure of our plans, our encounters with adversity, is but hope deferred and never should prove a rock upon which we make shipwreck of our common sense. Failure, in any sense in which it can then be called failure, should be but the basis of a more assured progress toward a better goal that we have previously failed to perceive. Do these thoughts help? You will uncover further advantages from them as you direct your thought constructively toward your encounters with adversity.
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MASONIC TRIVIA Albert R. Buehman was born in Tucson in 1886 and served in the State Senate and State House during the sessions between 1917 and 1920. He was also actively engage in the photographic profession since the death of his father in 1912 and in 1939 was elected president of the photographers national association during the convention in Chicago. He was president of the Pioneer HIstorical Society, Charter member of the Kiwanis Club in Tucson and State Deputy of the Arizona DeMolay State Association in 1948. He ran for the US House of Representative in 1948 but lost by a close margin. He was Master of Tucson Lodge No. 4 in 1920 and Grand Master of Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons in Arizona in 1943
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Masonry is not a secret society but a Society with secrets. There are countless examples of that including in 1917 when the Master of Tucson Lodge No.4 had an ad for their meetings in every single issue of the Arizona Daily Star!
The AZ Masonic Foundation for Children is a 501(c)3 charity registered with the Secretary of State of AZ to solicit donations in support of our charitable school programs. In 2016, Jerusalem Daylight Lodge No. 66 gave the foundation the single largest donation ever from an Arizona Lodge. Below is a picture of WB Jim Pokorny receiving an award recognizing the occasion!
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MASONIC TRIVIA Joseph A.E. Ivey arrived in Tombstone in 1899 as a wagonboy for Wells Fargo & Co. Express and later became cashier of the local express office. In 1905 he left Wells Fargo and upon completion of his pharmacy studies was issued license No. 423 in Arizona. He served on Tombstone Council at different times and was Mayor 1923-23. He served as chief deputy recorder, chief deputy treasurer, and deputy clerk of the Superior Court of Cochise County at one time or another. He was Arizona Chairman of the George Washington Masonic National Memorial Association and was one of six executive commissioners of the Masonic Serice Association of the US! He is a Past Master of King Solomon Territorial Lodge No. 5, and Grand Master of Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons in Arizona in 1942
In August of 1896, and to much fanfare, Edward G. Capo opened shop in the 'business houses' in downtown Tucson, Arizona. Having formally worked for the well known firm of H.A. Zeckendorf & Co. and coming with a spotless reputation, his new shop would specialize in watch making, and jewelry manufacturing and repairing. He was also known as a expert diamond setting man. He would come to be a respected business leader in Tucson for the next 40 years until October 21, 1931 when he passed away while at his shop. He was Master of Tucson Lodge No 4 F & A M in 1910. The Pioneer & Military Memorial Park near 15th and Jefferson in downtown Phoenix is where early Phoenix families buried their dead from 1884 to 1914. Two of the more famous residents are Jacob Waltz, "The Lost Dutchman" and John T. Alsap, the first Mayor of Phoenix, the first Master of Aztlan Lodge #1, the first Master of Arizona Lodge #2 Free and Accepted Masons, and the Second elected Grand Master of Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons in Arizona
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MASONIC TRIVIA In 1949 a construction crew, while digging to put in a new gas line north of downtown Tucson came across a number of coffins. A certain Mrs. Honorene Parker, was contacted as she had specialized knowledge of the area. Turns out that Mrs. Parker had come to Tucson in 1898 with her husband, the late Olva C. Parker, owner of the Parker Mortuary and the person that buried a number of bodies within the area they were digging (Stone and Speedway) which was then town cemetery. Most of the bodies had been moved to the newer cemetery on Oracle road between 1910-1914. (Might also explain why that hotel on that corner is so spooky also!) Olva C. Parker was an important early Mason in Tucson, serving as Master of Tucson Lodge No 4 F & A M in 1903, 1904, and 1915. Olva Clayton Parker (1860-1922) established the Parker Mortuary in Tucson in 1898. He served as a member of the Tucson City Council and filled two terms as mayor of Tucson from 1917 to 1921. When Parker died in 1922, his wife ran the business before selling it to her son-in-law, Roscoe Kerr after World War II. The business changed names from “Parker” to “Parker-Kerr,” to “Kerr” and finally to “Arizona Mortuary.” "In February of 1887 a Lodge was instituted at Holbrook, Apache country, the brethren receiving their recommendation from Aztlan Lodge #1, and the old furniture and second set of old jewels and regalia were sent to them to cheer them on their way from Lodge No.1. On December of 1887, the brethren of Flagstaff Masonic Lodge #7 came knocking at the door. with the same willingness she had shown, Aztlan Lodge again stood sponsor, and so to her kind offices, four out of the first nine Lodges owe their existence." From Weekly Journal-Miner July 1, 1891. Chalcedony Lodge #6 Grand Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons in Arizona The Stivers and Burbage store was where the preliminary meetings for Chalcedony Lodge were held. It was then owned by Adamson and Burbage.
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MASONIC TRIVIA The Fox Tucson Theatre is located in downtown Tucson, Arizona, United States. The theater opened on April 11, 1930 as a performance space in downtown Tucson. The Fox, originally to be called "The Tower", was built in 1929 by Nicholas Diamos for his Southern Arizona "Lyric Amusement" chain of theaters. Opening night, April 11, 1930, proved to be the biggest party the small community of Tucson had ever seen. With Congress Street closed and waxed for dancing, four live bands, a live radio broadcast and free trolley rides downtown, the party was one not to be missed. Those lucky enough to have bought tickets in advance 3,000 or so people—enjoyed the show inside as well as out. The film Chasing Rainbows, a Movietone short, and a Mickey Mouse cartoon were well received by both audiences that evening, and the Fox Theatre began its 40-year life as the center of Tucson’s entertainment world. The first night a young man named Walter Burrows manned the projection camera and would do for the next 32 years until his death in 1962. We can assume that he was not at work on the second Tuesday of each month as that is the night that Oasis Lodge #52 meets, a Lodge that he help found and where he spent a year in the East as it's first Master in 1957! Masons' Hall, located in the Shockoe Bottom neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia was built during 1785 to 1787 by Richmond Lodge No.10. It was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1973. At the time of its NRHP listing, it was the oldest Masonic building in the United States that was built as a Masonic meetingplace and used continuously for that purpose, and one of few surviving buildings from the 18th century in Richmond. It was reportedly protected from fire by the command of a Union general, also a Mason, when the Union army occupied Richmond in 1865. An early non-Masonic meeting held there provided instruction to Virginia's delegates to the U.S. Constitutional Convention. The building has an octagonal cupola.
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MASONIC TRIVIA As per the Arizona Republic May 11, 1899 "Bobbie Burns as a Fighter! A chicago woman has an Alter the Poet threw at her Grandfather! A part of the Masonic Altar that once broth the Scottish bard, Robert Burns in dire disgrace before his lodge is now in the possession of a Chicago woman, Mrs. W.F. Funch, and is treasured by her as a family heirloom. In the days when her grandfather, George MacRae was young he attended the same lodge as did "Bobbie" Burns and was one of the "Lichts" of the town. One night before lodge meeting the poet and MacRae sat long together. Bousing at the nappy, and gettin fou and unco happy and then arm in arm they sauntered slowly to the room where the Masons were wont to assemble. All would have gone well had not Burns desired to show his Masonic Brethren how good a pugilist he was and he let go a heavy undercut at MacRoe, arousing the latter's fighting blood, and the bout began which resulted in MacRae being felled to the floor and Bobbie Burns throwing the four legged altar or stand at him as he attempted to rise. Luckily he missed his aim and the stand struck violently against the wall, shattering one of the legs. At the following meeting the two friends were brought before the order for trial. A fine was imposed on them and they were made to replace the altar. The broken was was thrown out and as MacRae went home he carried the stand with him. It is about two feet high and is of a style out of use today in the Masonic Order."
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MASONIC TRIVIA "When the Colorado river had burst its bank and was flooding the Imperial Valley, converting it into the Salton Sea, private corporations and even the federal government found themselves. President Roosevelt sent for Mr. Harriman and asked him if his men could dam the break in the river bank. ."Sure," Harriman said: "Epes Randolph can do it." The commission was given him. He built a trestle loop circling across the break and back. He assembled on the sidings from San Antonio to San Francisco a multitude of freight trains consisting of flat cards loaded with broken stone. When the signal was given a procession of freight trains began moving slowly and continuously across the break, unloading stone from the time the first train started until the washout was closed. Epes Randolph had done what the gods had done in the making of he world- he had saved the Imperial Valley from the sea, that it might be made into a garden. No great enterprise has been projected in Arizona for a generation without first getting the views of Epes Randolph. He was the same type of Colossus, the same mixture of visions and clearheaded business sense, the same dreamer of dreams and hardheaded man of decision. (As quoted from the Chicago Daily Tribune October 24, 1921) Epes Randolph was a well respected Mason in Arizona serving in many capacity as well as having The Epes Randolph Lodge No. 32 of Free & Accepted Masons was chartered on February 14, 1923 in Tucson, Arizona named in his honor.
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May 8, 2017 Winslow No. 13 7:00 pm Stated Meeting
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May 9, 2017 Havasu No. 64 Official Visit from JGW Greg Vasquez www.facebook.com/Havasu-Masonic-Lodge-No-64-F-AM-
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May 10, 2017 Williams Grand Canyon No. 38 7:30 pm Stated Meeting
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Chalcedony No. 6
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PHOENIX MASONRY Stated Meetings May 2, 2017 Arizona Lodge No. 2 www.facebook.com/ArizonaLodge2
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May 4, 2017 Montezuma No. 35 7:00 pm
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May 4, 2017 Scottsdale No. 43 www.facebook.com/scottsdalemasoniclodge
7:00 pm
Stated Meeting
May 9, 2017 Phoenicia No. 58 www.facebook.com/Phoenicia58
7:00 pm
Stated Meeting
May 9, 2017 Wayfarer No. 50 www.facebook.com/wayfarers50
7:00 pm
Stated Meeting
May 10, 2017
Sahuaro No. 45
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7:00 pm
May 10, 2017
Stated Meeting
El Quixote No. 83
Official Visit from SGW Craig Gross www.facebook.com/groups/elquixote83
7:00 pm
Stated Meeting
May 13, 2017 Hiram Daylight No. 73 www.facebook.com/HiramDaylightLodgeNo73
12:00 pm
May 15, 2017
Stated Meeting
Pioneer No. 82
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7:00 pm
May 20, 2017
Stated Meeting
Arizona Sunrise No. 88
10:00 am
Stated Meeting
May 22, 2017 Hunters Paradise No. 85 www.facebook.com/Hunters-Paradise-Lodge-85-F-AM
6:30 pm
Stated Meeting
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SOUTHERN ARIZONA MASONRY Stated Meetings May 1, 2017 King Solomon No. 5 Official Visit from SGD Boyd Robertson www.facebook.com/groups/
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Nogales No. 11
7:30 pm Stated Meeting
May 13, 2017
Stated Meeting
Camp Stone No. 77
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May 3, 2017 Huachuca No. 53 www.facebook.com/Huachuca53
May 10, 2017
@HuachucaLodge53
7:00 pm Stated Meeting
May 16, 2017
Green Valley No. 71
www.facebook.com/greenvalleylodge71
May 4, 2017 Perfect Ashlar No. 12 www.facebook.com/groups
7:00 pm Stated Meeting
May 9, 2017 Mount Moriah No. 19 7:00 pm Stated Meeting
May 9, 2017
Wilcox No. 10
7:00 pm Stated Meeting
7:00 pm Stated Meeting
May 18, 2017
Ajo Mac Maclure No. 36
7:00 pm Stated Meeting
May 22, 2017
San Pedro No. 55
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7:00 pm Stated Meeting
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TUCSON MASONRY Stated Meetings May 13, 2017
Jerusalem Daylight No. 66
12:00 pm
Meeting
May 1, 2017 Marion McDaniel No. 56 www.facebook.com/groups/MarionMcDaniel56
7:30 pm
Meeting
May 2, 2017 Adobe No. 41 Official Visit from SGD Boyd Robertson https://www.facebook.com/groups/413707212136698/
6:30 pm
Meeting
May 3, 2017 Aaron No. 49 www.facebook.com/groups/
7:30 pm
Meeting
May 3, 2017 Tucson No. 4 www.facebook.com/groups/
7:00 pm
Meeting
May 9, 2017 Nelson C Bledsoe No. 74 www.facebook.com/profile
7:00 pm Stated Meeting
May 9, 2017 Oasis No. 52 www.facebook.com/Oasis-Lodge-52
@oasis52tucson
7:30 pm Stated Meeting
May 10, 2017
Epes Randolph No. 32
www.facebook.com/groups/1033656566693307
7:30 pm Stated Meeting
May 10, 2017 Builders No. 60 7:00 pm Stated Meeting
May 15, 2017 Anahuac No. 81 7:00 pm Stated Meeting
May 22, 2017 Downtown No. 86 www.facebook.com/Downtown-Lodge-86-FAM
7:30 pm Stated Meeting
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VALLEY PHOENIX MASONRY East Valley Stated Meetings May 2, 2017 Camelback Daylight No. 75 www.facebook.com/camelback.daylight
10:00 am
7:00 pm
www.facebook.com/Oriental20
Meeting
7:00 pm
Meeting
May 3, 2017 Prometheus Lodge No. 87 http://tinyurl.com/j9xgqne
7:00 pm
@PrometheusAZ
Meeting
Meeting
May 11, 2017 Sun City No. 72
www.facebook.com/FreemasonsPeoriaLodge31
@Thunderbird15AZ
Meeting
Apache Lodge No. 69
7:00 pm
Meeting
May 2, 2017 Peoria No. 31 7:30 pm
www.facebook.com/ChandlerThunderbird
May 11, 2017
www.facebook.com/AcaciaXLII
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Meeting
May 9, 2017 Chandler-Thunderbird No. 15 7:00 pm
May 2, 2017 Acacia No. 42 7:30 pm
May 4, 2017 Glendale No. 23 www.facebook.com/glendaleaz2
Meeting
May 2, 2017 Oriental Lodge No. 20 7:00 pm
West Valley Stated Meetings
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ARIZONA MASONRY Special Events
May 23, 2017
Oriental Lodge No. 20
LODGE OF INSTRUCTION 7:00 pm
May 27, 2017
Meeting
Kingman Lodge No. 22
August 19, 2017 White Mountain Lodge No. 3 White River Lodge No. 62 DUTCH MOUNTAIN OUTDOOR DEGREE 10:00 am
Meeting
12th ANNUAL HUALAPAI MOUNTAIN OUTDOOR DEGREE Reservations required by May 1 ph. (928) 727-6818 10:00 am Meeting
September 9, 2017 Aztlan Lodge No. 1
May 27, 2017
September 16, 2017 San Pedro Lodge No. 3
Chalcedony Lodge No. 6 Winslow Lodge No. 11
REDEDICATION CEREMONY
Bill Fain Memorial Outdoor Degree 10:00 am
Meeting
ST. DAVID OUTDOOR DEGREE 10:00 am
Meeting
Reservations required by May 22 ph. (928) 634-8395
10:00 am
Meeting
June 1-3, 2017 Grand Lodge of Arizona 135th ANNUAL COMMUNATION
October 15, 2017 Flagstaff Lodge No. 7 100 YR REDEDICATION CEREMONY
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RAFFLES Gila Valley Lodge No. 9 Raffle Baal's Bridge Square, dated 1507, is reputed to be one of the earliest Masonic items in the world. The old brass square, known as the Baal’s Bridge Square, was recovered from the foundations of Baal’s Bridge in Limerick when the bridge was being rebuilt in 1830. It is inscribed “I will strive to live with Love and Care Upon the Level By the Square” and bears the date, 1507. The full story is <<here>> A limited edition of 500 replicas in “distressed” SOLID silver, hallmarked and numbered, were struck from a mold taken from the original and comes in a presentation box accompanied by a certificate of provenance together with a history of the artifact. The replicas were made to commemorate the 160th Anniversary of the founding of the Provincial Grand Lodge of North Munster in 1842. Gila Valley Lodge No. 9 was able to acquire one of these limited edition prized squares and had it shipped to Arizona and now it could be yours. It would be a great addition for your Masonic collection or for display at your home Lodge. Raffle tickets are now available for only $5. PAYPAL LINK to pay is http://tinyurl.com/gqyvr7f
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RAFFLES
The Acacia XLII F&AM Raffle! >>>http://squ.re/2nkqhw2<<< First Prize: The Henry Freemasons Tribute 22 Second Prize: The Henry Octagon Pump 22 Tickets Prices: 1 ticket - $15 2 tickets - $20 5 tickets - $50
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The Camp Stone Lodge No. 77 Raffle! Win a Henry Masonic Tribute Lever-action Rifle! ONLY 300 TICKETS WILL BE SOLD! Tickets can be purchased from Brethren of Camp Stone Lodge No. 77 or online here https://squareup/store/camp_stone_77_gun_raffle Additional information can be found on the Camp Stone Lodge No. 77 website at http://www.benson-Arizona.com/campstone77 If you have any questions, contact Bro. Kasey Vall at kaseyvall@yahoo.com
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ARIZONA MASONIC CHARITIES BEING HELPED BY OUR PURCHASES AT AMAZON.COM Brethren, Friends, and Family, This year the Masonic Charities of Arizona approved 18 grants totaling $30,000 to organizations throughout Arizona. These 501c3 charitable organizations provide much needed services to their communities. Those services include assistance to our Veterans at the three VA Hospitals in Arizona, Domestic abuse shelters, child learning disabilities, training and assistance for people with special needs, support for soldiers abroad, Adult literacy programs and Personal hygiene kits for the working poor and homeless. We are able to award these Grants from the income of our investment fund, Lodge and Personal donations and support from Grand Lodge. In order to keep up with the desire to expand our Grant distribution to more organizations and communities around the State we ask for your help. We have registered with the Amazon Smile Foundation. Amazon Smile will donate 0.5% of the purchase price of eligible products to the charitable organization selected by their customers. For Amazon customers to select the Masonic Charities of Arizona to receive these donations go to http://smile.amazon.com/ch/94-2746389 to automatically select us. Or you can go to www.smile.amazon.com and you will be prompted to select a charity. Now you are ready to shop and support the Masonic Charities of Arizona. The Board of Directors of the Masonic Charities of Arizona extends our appreciation to all of you for your support. Fraternally, Jim Baker Secretary, Masonic Charities of Arizona www.masoniccharitiesaz.com jhb4557@gmail.com 520-518-0409
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2017 Arizona Grand Lodge Line Grand Master; Robert Bradfield (68) Deputy Grand Master: Scott Thomas (15, 23, 43) Senior Grand Warden: Craig Gross (4) Junior Grand Warden: Greg Vasquez (15) Senior Grand Deacon: Boyd Robertson (1) Junior Grand Deacon: Arthur Montgomery (5) Senior Grand Steward: Randy Jager (52) Junior Grand Steward: James Baker (9) Very Worshipful Grand Secretary: James Rowan (43) Very Worshipful Grand Treasurer: Michael McGee (50) Grand Lecturer: Carl Melton Grand Chaplin: Dave R. Brubaker Grand Orator: Lon C. Thomas Grand Marshall: Craig C. Carlson Grand Editor: Phillip R. Shulsky Grand Bible Bearer: Leigh Creigton (4) Grand Sword Bearer: Robert Goble Grand Pursuivant: Jerry Benham Grand Standard Bearer: Ryan Kann (9) Grand Organist: Carlos Rausch (43) Grand Tyler: Cosmo Magliozzi (20,87)
2017 Arizona DDGM’s District 1: Keith McCormack District 13: Jeff Horton District 2: George E. Weil District 14: Kirk Lockett, Sr. District 3: Damon Krieg District 15: Marlin Easthouse District 4: Clayton J. Howard District 16: Mike DiGiacomo District 5: James E. Grier District 17: Robert L. Hill District 6: Mikel White District 18: Gerry Massey District 7: Gustavo A. Portillo District 19: Mikel White District 8: James W. Wild District 20: Mark H. Neilsen District 9: James Xie District 21: Dean Millard District 10: Darrell Mandrell District 22: Matt Morrales District 11: L. Grand Hayes District 23: James E. Watson District 12: George Rusk District 24: Ward C. Desplinter
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