Mariner's Lighthouse - Volume 11, Issue 4

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Volume 11, Issue 4

Fall 2011

A Bi-Monthly Masonic Publication

The Mariner Lighthouse Dedicated to the Memory of RWB Charles H. Frampton, PDDGM Under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Freemasons in South Carolina THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF MARINER LODGE NO. 2 AFM, CHARLESTON, SC—2002 & 2006 WINNER OF THE H. DWIGHT MCALISTER AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN MASONIC JOURNALISM

2011 Officers

Masonic History—Robert Treat Paine (1731-1814)

Worshipful Master

visited his father in Halifax, Nova Scotia: “where on St. John’s Day, 1756, he attended a Masonic Feast.” This would indicate that he was made a Mason before he was twenty -five years of age. Which lodge Paine was initiated, passed and raised in still remains a mystery.

Richard C. “Rick” Ivey 843.343.6700 ivey.rc@gmail.com Senior Warden Thomas A. “Tate” McQueary 843.303.1442 tate.mcqueary@gmail.com Junior Warden Mark J. “Too Cool” Beasley, PM 843.469.2577 acmeprototype@yahoo.com Treasurer John E. “Jack” Daniels, PDDGM 843.708.3456 jackdaniels07@hotmail.com Secretary Michael C. “Mike” Henslee, PM 843.276.6768 mhenslee03@comcast.net Senior Deacon James M. “Matt” Jenkins 843.696.7022 uncjenx@aol.com Junior Deacon Ashley B. “Fly Boy” Neboschick 843.822.7168 flyboy1422@gmail.com Steward Cameron S. “I Have a 1st Name” Woody 843.408.8983 woody.cam@gmail.com Steward Stephen B. “Steve” Hiott 843.819.5002 stevehiott@bellsouth.net Tiler Charles P. “Mac” McSwain, Jr. 843.224.3271 macmcswain97@yahoo.com Chaplain Herbert S. “Herb” Goldberg, PDDGM 843.766.3516 hstrudel@aol.com Marshal Don M. Rogers, PM 843.261.3478 dm-rogers@att.net Marshal Emeritus Lloyd F. “Curly” Christopher, PGMar 843.571.2709 after-burner@comcast.net Historian Russell A. Binder 843.259.0695 binderr@charleston-sc.gov News Editor Richard C. “Rick” Ivey 843.343.6700 ivey.rc@gmail.com Physician Carey E. “Doc” Capell 843.377.5088 carey.capell@citadel.edu

Five delegates from Massachusetts were members of the Second Continental Congress, which adopted the Declaration of Independence, and signed that document. They were John and Samuel Adams, Elbridge Gerry, John Hancock, and Robert Treat Paine. While Masonic membership has been claimed for Elbridge Gerry, a claim of doubtful validity, the only Masons we can be sure of were John Hancock and Robert Treat Paine.

Robert Treat Paine was born in Boston on March 11, 1731. He had a distinguished ancestry. One of his forebears was Stephen Hopkins, one of the signers of the Mayflower Compact. He was a direct descendant of Major Robert Treat, Colonial Governor of Connecticut. Another forebear was Rev. Samuel Willard, acting president of Harvard College. A great uncle, Josiah Willard, was for thirty years Secretary of the Province of Massachusetts.

Robert attended Boston Latin School for seven years and apparently was a good student. In his diary for the last week in June 1745, when he was fourteen, he wrote, “The Selectmen visited the school, In Volume 1 of the Proceedings of and I made an oration to them.” “I the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, took my leave of Latin School with on page 63 and 64 it is recorded that an oration.” the Feast of St. John the Baptist was celebrated on June 26, 1759, at the Paine was a versatile individual, Greyhound Tavern in Roxbury. with a natural mechanical skill. He Forty-seven names are listed of was able to take his clock to pieces those present. The twenty-sixth and reassemble it as an alarm piece. name on the list is that of Robert He developed some proficiency in Treat Paine. In the biographical sketches in Sibley’s Harvard Graduates, it is recorded that Robert Treat Paine

carpentry. After graduation from Harvard, he taught school for a brief period in Lunenburg. He then studied theology with the intention of entering the ministry. While pursuing his theological studies he began to read in the field of law, and became so interested that he gave up his study of theology and entered the law office of Benjamin Pratt in Boston to prepare for a career in that profession. He was admitted to the Suffolk Bar on May 6, 1757, at age twenty-six. He was elected to the Provincial Assembly in 1770 and that body selected him in 1774 to attend the first Continental Congress. Paine was employed by Bostonians to prosecute the perpetrators of the “Boston Massacre.” Paine served on committees, which formed the rules of debate, and later served as chair of the committee charged with acquiring gunpowder for the Continental Army. He also authored the final appeal to the king, known as the Olive Branch Petition, in 1775. Paine was reelected to represent Massachusetts at the Continental Congress of 1776. He participated in the debates leading to the resolution for Independence and his signature appears on the Declaration. According to comments made by Benjamin Rush, Paine was known in Congress as the “Objection Maker,” because of his habit of frequent objections to the proposals of others. These objections were eventually Cont. page 11

LEGENDA (LATIN) - THINGS TO BE READ Advertisements—Pg. 14 & 15 Banquet Guest Speaker—Pg. 5 Beauty in the South—Pg. 5 Book Review—Pg. 10 Calendar—Pg. 6 & Back Cover Comics & Puzzles—Pg. 6, 9 & 13 DDGM Message – Pg. 11

Grand Master’s Message—Pg. 12 & 13 History—Pg. 1 & 11 In Memoriam—Pg. 15 Leadership—Pg. 5 Light from the Chaplain—Pg. 8 Lost Word of Freemasonry—Pg. 7 Master’s Message—Pg. 2

Membership Status—Pg. 2 One Minute Motivators—Pg. 4 Photos—Pg. 10 Physician’s Corner—Pg. 3 Property Perspective—Pg. 7 Scottish Rite Education—Pg. 9 Strength in the West—Pg. 4


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