Washington Lodge's Newest Entered Apprentice

Last night Washington Lodge #21 initiated Keith Pinney an Entered Apprentice. Mike Scalf PM conferred the degree while Larry Zochert PM and Jeremy Weller gave the lectures. We look forward to seeing a lot of you Keith. Welcome to Washington Lodge!

Election of 2013 Officers and Masonic Museum Presentation

Last night we had a wonderful meeting in which the officers for 2013 were elected and appointments made.  We also has a wonderful presentation by the N.E.W. Masonic Center Museum and Library Director Alice Byrnes and her assistant MWPGM James Byrnes.

The officers for the 2013 masonic year are:
 Elected

WM - Jeffrey Lancelle
SW - Jacob Lancelle
JW - John VanLanen
Secretary - Charles Clarage PM
Treasurer - Larry Zochert PM
Trustee - John Huss PM

Appointed

SD - Chad Kurowski
JD - Clint Compton
SS - Jeremy Weller
JS - John Schuster
Chaplian - Nick Brosig
Tiler - TBD
Counselor - (by committee) Mark Ellis PM / Mike Scalf PM / Larry Zochert PM and others TBD.

Alice Byrnes, Museum Director for the N.E.W. Masonic Center Museum and Library and her assistant MWPGM Jim Byrnes are seen presenting some of the many beautiful and interesting artifacts that the N.E.W. Masonic Center Museum has available with their "Have Artifacts Will Travel" program. Thank you so much Alice and Jim. Your presentation was fantastic!

November / December Trestleboard

Brothers,
I would like to welcome all of the new members that have joined us in Washington Lodge, and congratulate our two latest Master Masons Roger and Shawn. As our year quickly comes to an end we have just a couple more meetings left, during which we need to accomplish several more degrees and elect a new corps of officers for the upcoming year. Our meetings each month are on the first and third Thursday at 7:00 pm with dinner and fellowship prior to the meeting at 6:00 pm at which everyone is welcome including spouses.

Upcoming Meetings:
Thur., November 1st – Election of Officers and a special presentation “Have Artifact Will Travel” promoting and explaining the N.E.W. Masonic Library and Museum.
Thur., November 15th – Fellowcraft Degrees
Thur., December 6th – Master Mason Degrees last meeting of the 2012 Masonic year

Once again thank you and congratulations to each of the brethren that have served with me this year, and I look forward to sitting on the sidelines next year for the first time in a long time. It has been a year filled with growth and learning for all of us, and it makes me very proud to be a part of such a wonderful Lodge, as noted in the Masonic Journal we should be especially proud of our commitment to the ritual as shown by our participation in the degree competition each year.

I would like to give a special thanks to the members of all of the other Lodges in the area that have stopped in to visit us and or participate in our work in this wonderful gentle craft we call Freemasonry. I am grateful to be able to travel and always be in the company of brothers and fellows that have traveled the same path as I have, and to follow in the footsteps of some of the greatest men in history.

So may we ever meet, act, and part my brothers, and remember to always support our youth as they are our future and our support of them will in turn be rewarded by their support of us. Rainbow, DeMolay, and Jobies are our charges, support them in any way available to you.

Fraternally,
Joseph Chilcote WM, Washington Lodge, F&AM

New Master Masons

Congratulations to Washington Lodge's newest Master Masons. Pictured from left to right is Roger Thario, WM Joseph Chilcote and Shawn Niemann. Look forward to seeing you brothers in lodge. Thanks to all that helped with the degree work. We're going to do it again soon.

Master Mason Degree set for October 18th

At this point in time we're communicating that there will be at least 1 MM degree at our regular stated meeting Thursday, October 18th. We're expecting and planning to confer the degree on 2 candidates starting at 5:00PM with the proposed schedule for the evening looking like this:

Proposed schedule for meeting:

5:00PM Candidate 1 (Shawn Niemann) first section
6:00PM Dinner
7:00PM Short Business Meeting
7:30PM Candidate 2 first section
8:00PM Candidate 1 second section
8:30PM Candidate 2 second section
9:00PM Third Section both Candidates 

 More information to follow but mark your calendars now.

50 & 60 Year Members Honored

As reported earlier there were two members of Washington Lodge #21 honored recently for their many years of membership and service to the Lodge/Fraternity.

Past Master Gerry Barlament and his lady were honored for 60 years.

Past Master Jim Smejkal, his lady and family were honored for 50 years. 


Congratulations and Thank You brothers!

Joint Masonic Center Event and Fellowcraft Degrees

It was a fantastic evening last night for the N.E.W. Masonic Center, Washington Lodge #21 and Roosevelt Lodge #322. Both lodges shared fellowship over dinner to begin an evening that included Washington Lodge honoring Past Master Gerry Barlament for 60 years of membership and service to the fraternity as well as Past Master Jim Smejkal for 50 years of membership and service to the fraternity. After honoring these 2 brothers with a public ceremony lead by Larry Zochert P.M., Washington Lodge proceeded to pass 4 Fellowcrafts while Roosevelt Lodge raised 2 Master Masons.

Congratulations Brothers and Thank You!
Thanks to Roosevelt Lodge #322 for the fantastic dinner and fellowship.

I'll post pictures of the honored Past Masters as soon as I receive them.