June, July & August 2011
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TABLE LODGE— JUNE 14th Meetings Tuesdays at 7:00 pm in the Masonic Memorial Temple 2200 West Mesquite Ave. (Rancho & US-95) Las Vegas, Nevada 89106 www.nellislodge46.org secretary@nellislodge46.org (702)387-0046
Dispensation: November 10, 1962 Chartered November 12, 1963 Volume 48 Issue No. 6 NELLIS LODGE NO. 46 F. & A.M. Printed 9 times a year
Most Worshipful
Reed R. Moseley Grand Master of Masons in Nevada PAST GRAND LODGE OFFICERS Most Worshipful Donald G. Hines Past Grand Master of Masons in Nevada Most Worshipful William B. Berk Past Grand Master of Masons in Nevada Right Worshipful Dale K. Dean Sr. Past Junior Grand Warden, Grand Lodge of Nevada
2011 Nellis Lodge Trustees 3 Year Arcangelo O. Cocco, P.M.
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2 Year Gerald McCorkle, P.M.
1 Year Terry Robertson, P.M.
2011 Officer Line
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Nellis Lodge Past Masters
Albert Schouten Donald G. Hines Albert W. Cutler* Joseph Bureski* Virgil M. Babbs* Ivan H. Joyce, Sr.* Herbert T. Edgar* Robert P. Braner* Woodrow W. Thompson* William B. Berk Robert E. Broughton Donald L. Vines Stuart E. Pirie* Richard C. Ehrensing* Walter T. Jones* Charles R. Rinehart* William J. Schoenholzer* Gerald H. McCorkle Robert B. Riggs Dale K. Dean Sr. Stephen M. Thompson Billy R. Huffman* John C. Richardson Theodore M. West*
1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
John W. Startt, III Alan J. Clark Harold R. Hamilton John Kiehlbaugh Gerry Cunningham* Bart Bonar Michael Holmstrom Craig Johnson Fred Barr Jeff Byrne Scutter Newton John Messana Andrew D. Craig Terry Robertson David Swallow John Feustel Sam Ruiz Franklin E. Merica Ray Troche James T. Greely John Gjonola Michael J. Clark Bjorn E. Sundquist Arcangelo O. Cocco
Past Masters by Affiliation Grover White* Albert Fischer Franklin E. Merica James Pavey* Shibli Sawalha
Frank Fiedler Carl Vetter David Cohen* David Lublin Frank Heyer
* Signifies a Deceased Brother
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Brethren, I am working on the trip to Virginia City Lodge. It will happen before we come back from our summer break. For those of you who signed up, expect a call from me sometime in August. Anyone who didnâ€&#x;t sign up and wants to go, I will find a way to make it happen. So far I have 11 Travelers on board. Michael J. Clark, P.M. The date for our excursion is Worshipful Master 2011 September 3rd, we will leave on Friday the 2nd from the MMT around 4pm. We return on Sunday the 4th, We will also have a car along to get around and for back up just in case. I have had quite a few personnel issues and wish to thank the Line for stepping up and carrying the ball. Great Job my Brothers, I am certainly proud of Nellis Lodge #46, even though we had a few hiccups we are still one of the most active and best in the state and looks like we will be for years to come. Letâ€&#x;s not lose the momentum and keep it going. Over the summer we have beer and brats night once a month come and enjoy the fellowship and fun. Check out the web-site for the dates as well as in the trestle board. Will see what hot movies are out and show that if we can. Have a great summer and see you all in the fall. Remember God, Family and Job before the Lodge. Fraternally Mike
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Its June my brothers, and I have to say that I'm very much looking forward to table lodge, It think we are going to have a lot of fun. I promised a brother that I would make sure that I mentioned the something for our veterans. For all our veterans who may be having health issues, especially cancer, the V.A. takes cancer especially serious and does quit a bit for our veterans that do or may have cancer. If Scott Keiser you are not sure how to get help from Senior Warden V.A. or have lost your DD214 go to the nearest recruiter of the branch of service you belonged to and they will get it for you. Then take your DD214 to the V.A. God Bless. I also want to mention the fireworks booth. We still need brothers to volunteer some time to work the fireworks booth. There must be two in the booth at all times. Our budget is based almost entirely on the booth for the following year, so it is very important. Our Junior Warden Chuck Worth has the schedule, so please contact him. I know that I usually write a book, but for the last trestle before of the summer break just be safe, be cool, and most of all enjoy it. Hope to see all of you at table lodge. S.W. Scott
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Brethren, Our fireworks booth is in desperate need of volunteers, especially to transport the fireworks to and from the storage lot. If you have a vehicle with a trailer hitch and can possibly lend a hand we would really appreciate it. As your Junior Warden it is my year to put the Table Lodge meal together. We are going to have;
Charles Wirth Junior Warden
BACON WRAPPED FILET MIGNON BONELESS SKINLESS CHICKEN BREAST FILET BAKED POTATOES A VEGETABLE SALAD & ROLLS CHOCOLATE CAKE Have a fun and safe summer break—Study your rituals!! Fraternally Chuck
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From the Sidelines By Brian Higgins
Hi-Twelve The following outline of a regular “Hi-Twelve Committee� is from page 36 of the Officers’ Manual of Lodge Organization and Operation, authorized by the Grand Lodge of Nevada, 1978, written by Larry E. Gafney, Deputy Grand Master: Not enough can be said in pointing out the importance of a well-trained and well-organized team for the conferring of the second section of the Third Degree. This is the culmination of the work in the Symbolic Lodge and the portion that makes a lasting impression on the Mason, especially if properly conferred. Humiliation and embarrassment of candidates during the conferring of the ritual have lost to the Fraternity many potentially fine members who were thus prevented from catching and thrilling to the beauty and spirit of Masonic allegory and symbolism from an otherwise competent rendition. A candidate cannot be reached effectively when he is embarrassed or humiliated, or feels the necessity of staying on guard against any form of hazing, however slight, which has no place in Masonry. Let us therefore always strive to make our rendition of the ceremony "effective in the inner life of the candidate, a genuine moral and spiritual experience by which he truly enters a new kind of life." This Committee, when functioning properly, not only relieves the Worshipful Master of a great direct responsibility but also provides important duties for those who are not Lodge officers. It also develops a reserve of dedicated brothers who have proven their ability and dedication from which the Master Elect can, if he so desires, select capable brothers to serve as appointed officers. A properly organized Hi-Twelve 8
Committee should consist of a Chairman, a Vice Chairman, and a sufficient number of ritualists to provide two complete teams. The assignments should be alternated so all may participate and yet have enough work to-maintain a high degree of proficiency without imposing on anyone. The original makeup of the Committee would of necessity be composed of those who are familiar with the work; however, as time pass additional members should be drawn from new members added to the roll. Additionally, we are admonished to remember that the degrees of Masonry are for the communication of some of the most important and fundamental principles in life, and that our behavior during the degrees should complement the solemn nature of the instruction.
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After the labors of the Lodge have been completed, Freemasons frequently meet at tables to enjoy a repast in common. In England and America, this repast is generally called a banquet, and the Lodge is said to be, during its continuance, at refreshment. The Master, of course, presides, assisted by the Wardens, and it is considered most proper that no profanes should be present. But with these exceptions, there are no rules specially laid down for the government of Masonic banquets. It will be seen, by an inspection of the article Refreshment in this work, that during a the eighteenth century, and even at the commencement of the nineteenth, refreshments in a English Lodges were taken during the sessions of the Lodge and in the Lodge room, and then, of course, a rigid rules were in existence for the government of the Fraternity, and for the regulation of the forms in which the refreshments should be partaken. But this system has long grown obsolete, and the Masonic banquets of the present day differ very little from those of other societies, except, perhaps, in a more Strict observance of the rules of order, and in the exclusion of all non-Masonic visitors. But French Freemasons have prescribed a very formal system of rules for what they call a Loge de Table, or Table Lodge. The room in which the banquet takes place is as much protected by its isolation from observation as the Lodge-room itself. Table Lodges are always held in the Apprentice's Degree, and none but Freemasons are permitted to be present. Even the attendants are taken from the class known as Serving Brethren, that is to say, waiters who have received the First Degree for the special purpose of entitling them to be present on such occasions. The table is in the form of a horseshoe or elongated semicircle. The Master sits at the head, the Senior Warden at the northwest extremity, and the Junior Warden at the southwest The Deacons or equivalent officers sit between the two Wardens. The Brethren are placed around the exterior margin of the table, facing each other; and the void space between the sides is occupied by the serving Brethren or attendants. It is probable that the form of the table was really adopted at first from motives of convenience. But M. Hermitte (Bulletin, Grand Orient, 1869, page 83) assigns for it a symbolism. He says that as the entire circle represents the year, or the complete revolution of the earth around the sun, the semicircle represents the half of that revolution, or a period of six months, and therefore refers to each the two solstitial points of summer and winter, or the two great festivals of the Order in June and December, when the most important Table Lodges are held.
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The Table Lodge is formally opened with an invocation to the Grand Architect. During the banquet seven toasts are given. These are called Santes d' Obligation, or obligatory toasts. They are drunk with certain ceremonies which are prescribed by the ritual, and from which no departure is permitted. These toasts are: The health of the Sovereign or Chief Magistrate of the State. Grand Master and the Supreme power of the Order, that is, th Grand Orient or the Grand Lodge. Master of the Lodge; this is offered by the Senior Warden. The two Wardens. Visiting Brethren. The other officers of the Lodge, and the new initiates or affiliates I there be any. All Freemasons wheresoever spread over the face of the globe. Ragon (Tuileur General, page 17) refers these seven toasts of obligation to the seven libations made by the ancients in their banquets in honor of the seven planets, the Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn, and the seven days of the week which are named after them; and he assigns some striking reasons for the reference. But this symbolism, although very beautiful, is evidently very modern. The Table Lodge is then closed with the fraternal kiss, which is passed from the Master around the table, and with the usual forms. One of the most curious things about these Table Lodges is the vocabulary used. The instant that the Lodge is opened, a change takes place in the names of things, and no person is permitted to call a plate a plate, or a knife a knife, or anything else by the appellation by which it is known in ordinary conversation. Such a custom formerly prevailed in England, if we may judge from a passage in Doctor Oliver's Revelations of a Square (page 215), where an instance is given of its use in 1780, when the French vocabulary was employed. It would seem, from the same authority, that the custom was introduced into England from France by Captain George Smith, the author of the Use and Abuse of Freemasonry, who was initiated in a Continental Lodge. - Source: Mackey's Encyclopedia of Freemasonry
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Nellis Lodge No. 46 F. & A.M.
Annual Table Lodge June 14, 2011 6:30pm in the Garden Room at the Masonic Memorial Temple. $15.00 This is a Tyled event Entered Apprentices & Fellowcrafts are welcome. Bacon wrapped filet, boneless BBQ chicken breasts, Baked Potatoes & Vegetables salad, hot rolls and cake for dessert.
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Brethren a few years ago we started a century club to raise money to support Lodge functions and events. We‟ve decided to bring it back! Donate $100 to the Lodge under “Century Club” an your name will appear on a 2011 Century Club plaque that will be prominently displayed. Your name will also appear in the Trestleboard.
THE MASONIC MEMORIAL TEMPLE IS NOW OFFERING RENTAL STORAGE SPACE!! Conveniently located at the MMT this will be a first come first served opportunity for any Mason that needs a storage unit. Time is limited because when they‟re gone THEY‟RE GONE! Remember there is limited availability. If you are interested contact: TERRY
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The 2nd Annual Nellis Picnic. June 12, 2011 Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs Fun Food & Drink Games for the kids Potluck More details to come……………...
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Masonic baseball caps One size fits all * Show your support for Nellis Lodge or the Square & Compasses alone Available in Black or White with a gold Square & Compasses Order yours today!! You can get yours by mail or at the Lodge. $15.00 at the Lodge or $20.00 by mail
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Nellis Lodge No. 46 Bikes for Books Program Help encourage elementary school children to read! For more information contact W. Michael Clark, P.M.
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Nellis Lodge Annual Fireworks Booth June 28th through July 4th Silverado Ranch & Maryland Parkway in the Albertsons parking lot Sign up to help or buy your fireworks early See Scott Keiser
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2011 COMMITTEES COGNIZANCE W. Bro. David Swallow, W. Bro. Jeff Byrne & W. Bro. John Gjonola EDUCATION & INVESTIGATIONS Bro. Robert Kinniburgh, Bro. Charles Wirth, Bro. Christopher Rothwell, W. Bro. Jerry McCorkle, Bro. Kevin Smith, Bro. Frank Joseph, Bro. Nelson Sardelli, W. Bro. Shibli Sawalha. Bro. Brian Higgins and New Master Masons TRESTLEBOARD Bro. Harold Scalzo, Jr., W. Bro. James Greely, W. Bro. Michael Clark, W. Bro. Frank Heyer, Bro. Charles Wirth, Bro. Scott Keiser, W. Bro. Arcangelo Cocco, Bro. Brian Higgins. TELEPHONE W. Bro Mike Clark All Line Officers DELINQUENCY W. Bro. James Greely, W. Bro. Frank Heyer, W. Bro. Shibli Sawalha, W. Bro. Sam. Ruiz & W. Bro. Mike Clark. FUNDRAISING Bro. Scott Keiser, W. Bro. David Lublin, Bro. Charles Wirth, Bro. Harold Scalzo, Jr. LONG RANGE PLANNING Bro. Charles Wirth, Bro. Christopher Lee, W. Bro. John Feustel and all Line Officers.
Dues Relief Fund Help a Brother by contributing to the dues relief fund. Your contribution will assist a brother that has fallen on hard times.
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Scott Bernard
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Steve Cardin
6/15
Michael Clark, W.M., P.M.
6/24
Jerry Eitel
6/4
Paul Gamble
6/16
Donald Hines, P.G.M.
6/17
Daniel Kaelin
6/26
Alex Lรถser
6/7
Scutter Newton, P.M.
6/3
Jim Porter
6/4
Robert Ripley
6/11
Michael Sanchez
6/7
Ryan Sanshuck
6/24
Ray Smith
6/10
Jason Turner
6/25
Charles White
6/15
Russell Allen
7/16
Dustin Casey
7/15
Hugh Coffman
7/22
Frank Cordier
7/7
Jason Davis
7/4
Richard Domnitz
7/24
Anthony Francisco
7/8
John Gjonola, P.M.
7/12
Chet Hayes
7/11
Mike Holmstrom, P.M.
7/5
Scott Keiser
7/25
J.C. Lester
7/12
Carl Martin
7/7
Mark Miller
7/18
Harold Newbold
7/20
Mike Olson
7/5
Michael Passanante
7/22
Murlen Perdue
7/16
Willie Perez
7/28
Roy Plumlee
7/23
Jack Richardson, P.M.
7/21
Chris Rothwell
7/16
Don Sherman
7/15
Richard Tribett
7/1
Vern Wilcox
7/7
Chuck Wirth
7/14
Eliot Workman
7/10
Bennie A. Brewer
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Cam Ashby
8/18
James Bassett
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Steven Beattie
8/10
Ryan Brunty
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Jeff Byrne
8/21
John Coulson
8/17
Melvin Downum
8/11
Jeff Gordon
8/9
Bob Kinniburgh
8/12
Kevin Lopez
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Larry McCandless
8/24
Frank Merica, P.M.
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Sanjay Narasimhalu
8/11
Adam Papacs
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Scott Ponder
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Robert Riggs
8/28
James Royce
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George Tsacoyeanes
8/25
Don White
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John Williams
8/27
Robert Woodsford
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Old Masters Wages I Met a Dear Old Man Today Who Wore a Masonic Pin It Was Old and Faded like the Man It„s Edges Were Worn and Thin I Approached the Park Bench Where He Sat to Give the Old Brother His Due I Said, "I See You„ve Traveled East He Said, "I Have, Have You"? I Said, I Have and in My Day Before the All Seeing Sun I Played in the Rubble with Jubala, Jubilo and Jubalum. He Shouted, Don't Laugh at the Work My Son It„s Good and Sweet and True And If You„ve Traveled as You Said You Should Give These Things a Due. The Work, the Sign, the Token, the Sweet Masonic Prayer. The Vow That You Have Taken You Have Climbed the Inner Stair. The Wages of a Mason Are Never Paid in Gold But the Gain Comes from Contentment When You're Weak and Growing Old. You See I've Carried My Obligations for Almost 50 Years It Has Helped Me Through the Hardships and the Failures Full of Tears. Now I„m Losing My Mind and Body - Death Is near but I Don't Despair I've Lived My Life upon the Level and I„m Dying on the Square Sometimes the Greatest Lessons Are Those That Are Learned Anew And the Old Man in the Park Today Has Changed My Point of View To All My Masonic Brothers the Only Secret Is to Care May You Live upon the Level and Part upon the Square.
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Days End In The coolness of the evening... When the sun is going down, The shadows of the stately trees... Are long upon the ground. A gentle breeze comes blowing. Blue skies begin to gray, Sunset's rays are glowing All mark the end of day. The birds have ceased their singing, And seek their nightly place, The stars begin appearing... And till the darkening space. The toils of this day are over. Now is the time for rest... With comfort in the knowledge That I have done my best. The dawn will come tomorrow, And bring a brighter day, And all the disappointments Should surely pass away. The noon-day sun, high in the sky... Will warm my heart and soul, And be a source of strength... To help me reach my goal. When the day is finished... And the sun sets in the west, I can say within my heart‌ "Today, I did my best!" 28