YORK LODGE NO. 22
 A.F. & A.M.
 Kennebunk, Maine

Chartered March 9, 1813

Stated Communications
First Monday of Each Month
Annual in December

Month of
May 2008
 

May Masonic Birthdays

Bro Warren Morse 54 Bro William Irons 41
Bro Breen Savage 40 Wor Joe Cummings 38
Wor Ronald Newton 38 Bro Robert Nest 37
Wor Alfred Curtis 33 Bro Fred Beatham 32
Bro Craig Macdonald 32 Bro Dean Welch 29
Bro Richard Beote 23 Bro Percy Ford  22
Bro Brian Brook 21 Bro Spencer Jones 10
Bro Stephen Lamb  5
 
 
 



Air Pollution
 

 Three Grand Masters met during the Annual Communication of one of the western Grand Lodges; the were Howell (Howl), Bray, and Holleran (Hollerin). Noisy outfit we should say?
 


Quote of the Month

“My husband’s an active Mason who loves golf...
So I’ll let you decide when’s the best time to catch him in!”


 



For your Electronic Trestle Board contact RW Randy Burleigh at
randall.burleigh@navy.mil  Give him your email address



 
Membership
 Suspended
Demit
Affiliated
Raised 
 Deaths
   Membership
1/1/08
149
 
 2
2
11/26/08
151



 
 

Upcoming Events
 

Stated Communications:
  Monday, February 4 , 2008
   7:30 p.m. Business Meeting
   EA Degree to follow Business Meeting
   Refreshments prior to the meeting

Temple Corp Meeting:
   Tuesday, February 5, 2008
   6:30 p.m. meeting

Fellowcraft Degree:
   Monday, February 11, 2008
   7:30 p.m. FC Degree
   Refreshments prior to the meeting

Master Mason Degree:
   Wednesday, February 20, 2008
   At the “Atria”
   7:00 p.m. MM Degree
   Refreshments prior to the meeting

Fellowcraft Degree:
    Monday, February 25, 2008
   7:30 p.m. FC Degree
Refreshments prior to the meeting

District Officers Association:
   St. John’s Lodge, South Berwick
   Thursday February 28, 2008
   6:30 p.m. Business Meeting


OFFICER'S OF YORK LODGE No. 22
2007


Master  Bro. Richard Smith 985-4466
Senior Warden Wor. Bro. Brain Ingalls 490-2133
Junior Warden Bro. Laurie Cohen 985-3783
Senior Deacon Bro. Philip Perez 324-8572
Junior Deacon Bro. Bruce Johnsen 967-9971
Senior Steward Bro. Thomas Dudevoir  985-4639
Junior Steward Bro. Curtis Ford  
Tyler  Wor. Bro.William Otis 985-7001
Marshal Wor. Bro. Michael Hickson 985-4745
Chaplain Bro. Frederick Beatham 324-0423
Secretary R.W. Bro. Randall Burleigh 985-3964
Treasurer Wor. Bro. Gregory Pargellis 985-3809
Organist Wor. Bro. Robert Hunt 985-2308

Finance Committee
Bro. Frederick Beatham, Wor. Brian Ingalls, Bro. Laurie Cohen

Care and Share Committee
Wor Richard Smith, RW Randall Burleigh, Bro. William Snyder



 

The Master’s Corner

Brethren:
 
 Greetings from the East. Our May stated meeting will be held on Monday, May 5, 2008 at 7:30 p.m. and I hope to see many of you there, as this stated meeting will feature an open discussion of the By-law changes that were presented at our April stated meeting. The By-law committee has worked very hard to make their recommendations and we will discuss and vote on these proposed changes at this May meeting.

The following Articles have been proposed for changes:

Article 1  Section 2
Article 5   Section 1
Article 10  Section 1
Article 10  Section 2
Article 11  Strike entire article
Article 12 Renumber to Article 11
Article 13 Renumber to Article 12

The following tasks are also proposed:

Update past masters lists to bring records in line with Lodge records. Also authorize printing of the By-laws

 We continue to be busy with degree work. Two E.A. Degress will be done on May 12th, with a practice scheduled for Sunday, May 11th at 5:00 p.m. A Master Mason degree will be held on May 19th by the Shipyard Degree Team. A supper will be served at 6:00 pm. with the MM Degree to start at 7:00 p.m.
 We will hold a FC practice on Sunday, June 1st. This will be an important practice to prepare us for our Lodge inspection on June 9th. It is important that all officers and participants attend this practice. Floor work is just as important in the presentation as the spoken word, and we definitely need to improve on that aspect of our work!
 

Sincerely and fraternally,

Wor. Richard Smith
 


High Brass

 The late Frank M. Totton, Past Grand Master of New York, introducing Chaplain Charles D. Broughton of Buffalo, told this story:
 “They told me when he graduated from Seminary his first church was a very small one up in a small town in New York. He didn’t have the silk stocking church he has now, just a small church, but he became popular in that town almost overnight, so popular in fact that they invited him to join a noon-day luncheon club three weeks after he came to town. Shortly after that they had the annual election, and they waited upon him and asked him if he would accept election as an officer. He said, ‘What do you want me to be?’
 “They said. ‘We want you to be hog caller.’
 “Dr. Broughton said, ‘Hog caller? No, I couldn’t do that.’
 “They said, ‘Well, it is a very important office in this club. We have a president, vice-president, treasurer and hog caller, so you can see it is quite high brass.’
 “Finally, they prevailed on Brother Broughton to accept and he said, ‘Well, all right, if you want me to be hog caller, why, hog caller it is, but I must confess to you folks that when I came to town a few months ago I ha hoped that some day I might be known as the shepherd of the sheep, but certainly you folks know your own people better than I do.’ ”
 
 



Ponder Section

“And another thing, I wish you wouldn’t refer to my Masonic meetings as ‘doing my thing!”


Save a Good One


 
 At an entertainment in Chicago, the speaker of the evening stressed the main topic of his address and said “one purpose of our noble Fraternity is to save young men.”
 A sweet young lady in the audience leaned over and whispered to the older Brother sitting in front of her: “Tell ‘em to save a good one for me, please.”

Reminder:  Dues for 2008 were due on January 1, 2008.