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1 November 2011 Trestle board F&AM Camp Stone Lodge #77 Sierra Vista, Arizona

A Quote from a famous Mason We represent a fraternity which believes in justice and truth and honorable action in your

This is the only institution in the world where we can meet on the level all sorts of people who want to live rightly.

Truman President of the United States Freemasonry is a way of life: As an Organization its purpose is to make good men

2 A Quote from a famous Mason We represent a fraternity which believes in justice and truth and honorable action in your community men who are endeavoring to be better citizens [and] to make a great country greater. This is the only institution in the world where we can meet on the level all sorts of people who want to live rightly. Harry S. Truman President of the United States Freemasonry is a way of life: As an Organization its purpose is to make good men better. About Us Camp Stone Masonic Lodge 77 is a daytime Lodge. Regular Communications are held on the second Saturday of each month. Located at 219 S. Garden Avenue in Sierra Vista, AZ Breakfast served at 8:30 AM followed by our Stated Meeting at 9:30 AM.

Bro. Robert Frankenfield APPOINTED OFFICERS: Senior Deacon WB Phillip Shulsky Junior Deacon.

3 Making good men better ELECTED OFFICERS: Worshipful Master.WB Emerick Zavatsky Senior Warden... RWB Michael T. Bishop Junior Warden...Bro. Duane Brown Secretary Bro. Gary McFie Treasurer.Bro. Robert Frankenfield APPOINTED OFFICERS: Senior Deacon WB Phillip Shulsky Junior Deacon. Bro. Eugene M. Guzzi Junior Steward. Senior Steward... Marshal. Tyler Chaplin..WB Harry Clay Brown

BOARD OF TRUSTEES: 1 year trustee Jim Kuriger 2 year trustee Harry Clay Brown 3 year trustee Al Camacho Committees for year of 2011 Finance & Audit Distress & Relief WB Emerick Zavatsky All Officers

Zavatsky Temple Management Board Robert Frankenfield Awards Committee Eugene M.

4 BOARD OF TRUSTEES: 1 year trustee Jim Kuriger 2 year trustee Harry Clay Brown 3 year trustee Al Camacho Committees for year of 2011 Finance & Audit Distress & Relief WB Emerick Zavatsky All Officers & Members Distress & Relief Funeral Service WB Emerick Zavatsky All Officers & Members Distress & Relief Funeral Service WB Emerick Zavatsky All Officers & members Ritual & Instructions WB Emerick Zavatsky Temple Management Board Robert Frankenfield Awards Committee Eugene M. Guzzi Harry Clay Brown Masonic Awareness WB Emerick Zavatsky Family, Youth and School programs Duane Brown Jurisprudence/Constitution/By-Laws Masonic Communications WB Emerick Zavatsky Electa # 51 OES James D Elliston York Rite Matthew M Covel, PM Scottish Rite Tom E Jones Shrine Jeffery K York High 12 Harry C Brown, PM Widow s Sons Phillip R Shulsky Trestle Board Eugene M. Guzzi Photographer Al Camacho, PM No-Brother-Left-Gary McFie

5 Historian Al Camacho, PM Words from the Pedestal Chairs: WORSHIPFUL MASTER Brethren, greetings from the East! It is my pleasure to announce the Initial Kickoff issue of the Camp Stone Lodge #77 Trestle Board. Camp Stone has not had a publication for quite some time and I m sure you will find it informative as well as enjoyable. We have been blessed to have Bro. Eugene M. Guzzi volunteer to take this task on. He has put much time and effort to make this successful and we owe him our gratitude. Bro. Gino is also our Junior Deacon. We anticipate to getting this publication out each month going forward. We will be sending it out by to all Brothers who have an file with us, a hard copy will be sent to those who do not have an listed. This is to help control the cost of operating the Lodge. Included are words wisdom from our other Pedestal Officers, Masonic Education, and other interesting information that you will find to be helpful in improving your knowledge of Masonry. Our November Stated Meeting is important to all members of Camp Stone Lodge #77. It is Election night, so come out and support your Lodge, and Select your next year s officers. Remember it s your lodge and its success depends on your choices. Looking forward to seeing you in Lodge, Fraternally, Emerick J. Zavatsky, WM

SENIOR WARDEN I hope everyone is well. We are closing in on a new year and I am looking forward to seeing continued progress in Camp Stone Lodge No. 77.

6 SENIOR WARDEN I hope everyone is well. We are closing in on a new year and I am looking forward to seeing continued progress in Camp Stone Lodge No. 77. We have a beautiful facility, thanks mostly to Brothers Jim Kuriger and Al Camacho. We have a meeting day that gives more masons an opportunity to attend lodge. Now we are ready to move forward. If I am elected Master for 2012, it will be 19 years after I served there first was a wonderful year for me at Camp Stone Lodge. The lodge at that time was a very exciting place. I could not wait to get to lodge, and that's the way I want us to think about Camp Stone Lodge today. My philosophy regarding Masonry has always been about personal improvement and its spiritual nature. I was recently honored to present the Staircase Lecture to a young brother at Adobe Lodge #41. That lecture speaks of the wonders of nature and of Him who created them. That is what I will emphasize next year. I want us to learn more about the meaning of Freemasonry and its teachings. We will talk about H.L. Haywood's The Great Teachings of Masonry. It will be an important text for the year. Chapter 1 of Great Teachings is entitled What it is All About. In it, Brother Haywood states, The individual who secures membership in a Masonic lodge becomes the heir to a rich tradition; that to which initiation gives him access is not something put together in a day, and it will profit him little if he makes no attempt to enter into his patrimony. He must learn something of the history of Masonry; of its achievements in the great nations; of its outstanding teachers and what they have taught; of its ideas, principles, and spirit. He must think Masonry out for himself. He must think. Come to lodge. If you have not been in a while, come back. I think you will enjoy it and we would really like to see you.

7 JUNIOR WARDEN Greetings from the South. I am grateful for the opportunity to inform you about the Bikes for Book and the essay contest for the Huachuca City School. I have a positive reception from everyone at the school so the wheels are starting to turn. We are going to do 1st thru the 6th grade on the Bikes for Books. We are also doing 3rd thru the 8th grade on the essay contest. I hope that I can get some help with the project when the time comes to grading the essays. All help will be welcome. SECRETARY

8 Masonic Education It is by error and the consequences of error that we learn the Truth, and achieve the liberation of Truth in action. ALBERT MACKEY CROSSWORD PUZZLE

9 1. What stage of Life does this MM degree represent? a. Youth b. Manhood c. Middle Age d. Age 2. What does this degree symbolize? a. Culmination of your Masonic career b. Symbolizes man s domination over man c. Victory over death and immortality of the soul d. Mortality of the soul 3. What are you reminded of at your reception at the door? a. Reminded of all the lessons of Freemasonry b. Reminded of the tenets of Freemasonry c. Reminded of your obligation d. Reminded of your previous degrees 4. What is considered the heart of this Degree? a. Entry into the Lodge b.the Sprig of Acacia c. Placement of Lodge Officers d. Your Obligation 5. What is a clandestine Lodge? a. A Lodge located in another state b. A Lodge without its own building c. A Lodge not in session d. A Lodge not issued a Charter from a Grand Lodge Answers in next month s newsletter Arizona Masonic Code Section Commercialism - Use of the name or emblem of Masonry by Masons, individually or by association, for the purpose of advertising their business, violates the true spirit and laws of Masonry, and constitutes a fraud on the public by misrepresenting that the enterprise is conducted under the auspices or control of the fraternity.536 i (a) This Statute specifically prohibits the use of the name or

10 emblem of Masonry by Masons, individually or by association, for the purpose of advertising their business. 537 ii (b) The printed Masonic emblem or any reference to the Grand Lodge of Arizona, its street address, web-site, officers or membership by any businesses on business cards, Letterhead, sign or watermark within a sign is prohibited by this Statute.538 iii (c) The photographic representation of Masonic regalia accompanied by a catalog number reference by organizations or businesses which sell such regalia is not prohibited because it is integral to the description of the product offered.539 iv MASONIC LODGE OF EDUCATION THE WORKING TOOLS MASONIC MAGAZINE TUCSON SCOTTISH RITE INTRODUCTION TO FREEMASONRY - THE MASTER'S BOOK by CARL H. CLAUDY A MASONIC DICTIONARY

11 Masonic Friend to Friend Masonic Memorial The climax of the Battle of Gettysburg took place on July 3rd. After a quiet morning, General Lee ordered the most massive cannon attack ever on the North American continent. Then, he ordered about 12,000 men to attack the centre of the Union position, across about a mile of open country. Both sides generally showed great courage in facing each other, realizing that this might be the event that would decide the war and the fate of the country. Among the leaders of this event, known as Pickett`s Charge was Confederate Brigadier General, Lewis A. Armistead. The leader of the Union force was the Union Major General Winfield S. Hancock. Armistead and Hancock were both career soldiers, and before the Civil War they were friends when both were U.S. Army officers in California. Both were also Freemasons. When the Confederate attack reached the Union line at Gettysburg, there was fierce fighting. General Armistead was shot twice and as he went down he gave a Masonic sign asking for assistance. A fellow Mason, a Union officer named Henry H. Bingham, then a Captain, later a higher officer and Congressman, came to Armistead`s assistance and offered to help. Armistead reportedly asked to see and talk with his friend General Hancock, but was told that Hancock had been very badly wounded just a few minutes earlier. Armistead knew that he was seriously wounded and gave Bingham his Bible to keep safe. Union Brother Bingham then helped Confederate Brother Armistead off the field and to a hospital, but Armistead died two days later. General Hancock recovered and resumed his command later in the Civil War. This incident of a Freemason who was a Union officer helping a Freemason who was a wounded Confederate officer, is one of the greatest examples of the ideals of Freemasonry in action.

12 In 1993, the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania completed and dedicated a monument on the Gettysburg National Cemetery, with the co-operation and support of the United States Government that shows Bro. Hancock assisting Bro. Armistead. This statue is extremely dramatic, and is called the Masonic Friend to Friend Masonic Memorial. Our Journey for Freedom came with a price In the words of Janis Joplin in the song Piece of My Heart, Freedom is just another word for noting left to lose. It would be foolish to believe that we are a free country just because someone tells you that. We are a free country because there are always men and women willing to defend this country so you that you can say, yes, we are a free country. Past Masters 1983 Richard Lee Taylor ǂ 1984 Ralph Preston Faulkner ǂ 1985 Kenneth Keith Kendall 1986 Melvin Maluo Ugalde 1987 Edwin Reed, Jr George Brown Timmons, Jr. ǂ 1989 Ernest Godfrey Bruder 1990 Joseph Bentham ǂ

13 1991 Cherry Jeffers Miller ǂ 1992 Donald Ray Rodgers 1993 Michael Taylor Bishop 1994 Guyce Edward Tennison ǂ 1995 Donald Ray Rodgers 1996 Terry William Henley 1997 Douglas William Hockin 1998 William Craig Harris 1999 William Craig Harris 2000 Paul Edwin Kelly II 2001 Richard Lee Averaino Jr. ǂ 2002 Richard Lee Taylor ǂ 2003 Richard Lee Taylor ǂ 2004 Paul Edwin Kelly II 2005 John Anthony Fernandez 2006 Robert Edmonds Whitney 2007 Richard Lee Taylor ǂ 2008 George Brown Timmons Jr. ǂ 2009 Ralph Woodbry Hooten 2010 Ralph Woodbry Hooten ǂ Deceased DDGM Andrew M. Anderson Jr. District 11, Blue Lodges 5, 12, 53 and 77 District 11 & 15 calendar of events Appendant Bodies Schedules

14 Friday, November 04, :00:00 AM: Fall Reunion The Fall Reunion will be held November 4th and 5th at the Scottish Rite Cathedral. Nov. 10 th Scottish Rite stated meeting. Elections: Nov. 2 nd Huachuca No. 53 Nov 7 th Tombstone No. 5 Nov. 12 th Camp Stone No. 77 EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES MASONIC ACTIVITIES SCHEDULED November Safford #16 stated meeting w/ dinner at 6 PM. 1 - Pearl of Venus Chap #6 OES stated meeting at 2 PM in Bisbee. 2 - Huachuca #53 stated meeting 7:00 PM w/ dinner at 6 PM. 3 - Perfect Ashlar #12 stated meeting w/ dinner at 6 PM. 3 - Electa Chap #51 OES stated meeting at 7 PM. 7 - King Solomon Lodge #5 stated meeting at 7 w/ dinner at 5:30 PM. Officer Elections 7 - Pearl of Venus Chap #6 OES stated meeting at 2 PM in Bisbee. 8 Mt. Moriah #19 7 w/ 6 PM Wilcox Lodge #10 stated meeting at 7 w/ dinner at 6 PM Cochise Masonic High Twelve Club #703 meeting Camp Stone Lodge #77 stated meeting at 9:30 w/ breakfast at 8:30 AM. 15 Pearl of Venus Chapter #6 OES stated meeting at 2:00 PM King Solomon Lodge #5 Tombstone 16 Huachuca Masonic education 6:00 PM 17 - Electa Chap #51 OES stated meeting at 7 PM. 18 George W. Prioleau #13 Huachuca 7:00 PM 19 Huachuca Shrine Club at Sierra Vista at 5:30 PM 26 Huachuca #53 DDGM workshop 10:00 AM 28 San Pedro #55 stated meeting 7:00 PM w/ dinner at 6 PM.

15 King Solomon 5 First Monday Wilcox 10 Second Thursday Nogales 11 Second Wednesday Bisbee 12 First Thursday Douglas 19 Second Tuesday Huachuca 53 First Wednesday San Pedro 55 Fourth Monday Camp Stone 77 Second Saturday 9:30 AM Stafford 16 First Tuesday

16 i 536 Gen. Reg ii 537 GM Dec iii 538 GM Dec iv 539 GM Dec The Guest and Freemasonry Open letter When invited guests and visitors walk into our lodge it becomes our responsibility to ensure that they are made to feel at home. We don t know if the person is a member of a lodge or a person that is just knocking on our door. The worst thing that could happen here is they are left wandering within the lodge, feeling forgotten. Introductions and the Breakfast or Dinner If we profess that we are a brotherhood, it becomes our responsibility to demonstrate our hospitality. We should take our guests and make the introductions throughout the refreshment period so that the guests feels welcomed and we can become familiar with each other. We want to impress upon our guests that they are important to us. We should invite that guest and/or their family to join us at our table where we can talk and answer any questions he or they may have. If a guest brings their spouse, the Mason or prospective Mason s lady to join the table, as this is a good time to get to know the wife or girlfriend. Ask friendly questions that are open ended. Remember, it s our job to make guests feel comfortable. Their Names Nothing can be furthest from the truth, that first impressions are important. Miss-pronouncing or writing someone s name incorrectly is inexcusable. True, some people have difficult names to pronounce, but every effort should be made to get it right. (Imagine how you might feel if it happened to you!) Take your time, write and pronounce the name correctly. So, when it s time for the introductions in the lodge, the names will be pronounced well, the person s name correctly spelled, making it correct for the Secretary s minutes as well for the newsletter. The Examination If this is a visiting brother, then it becomes necessary for an examination prior to the meeting so that the meeting can start as scheduled. As Masons we need to exhibit with clear certainty that is extremely important and that we seriously want only Brothers and not Cowans to enter our temple. A good examination is evident by what we should postulate. Memorable Moments Every effort should be bestowed on our guests with what we can impart. For example, history and background of our lodge, our brothers, and our families, so that they have a memory of the visit, etc. Exchange information as they may want to contact you at a future date with questions or concerns. Friendship need not be a one night thing; it should be built and ongoing. Remember the Trowel!)

17 Present any literature that is available to further explain the concordant and appendant bodies there are, the charitable and community involvement associated with the lodge. The Experience What a difference an experience can make within a lodge. Word of mouth is still everything today. Like the work we do, when it s good, word travels fast. Well, the same must hold true for hospitability. Our work is all that is embodied though our portals of the Lodge. This is where we get more light, so never forget to use the tools. ### The Clue When you see someone you do not recognize, inquire.

Veritas Lux Mea Camp Stone Lodge 77 F&AM Sierra Vista, Arizona September 2013 Masonry is a way of life.

Veritas Lux Mea Camp Stone Lodge 77 F&AM Sierra Vista, Arizona September 2013 Page1 About Us Camp Stone Lodge No. 77 is a daylight Lodge in Sierra Vista. Stated communications are held on the second Saturday