I hope this reminds you that TODAY is the day to START Forget the past. Forget your age. Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

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1 Andrew Johnson, 17 TH President ( ), was born at Raleigh, N.C., December 29, He received the degrees in Greenville Lodge No.119 at Greenville, Tennessee in 1851; is supposed to have been a Chapter Mason but the name of the Chapter and date of exaltation are unknown; was Knighted in Nashville Commandery No.1, Nashville, Tennessee, July 26, 1859, and, the First President to become a Scottish Rite Mason, received those degrees in the White House June 20, 1867, from Benjamin B. French, 33 Deg. and A.T.C. Pierson, 33 Deg., both active members of the Supreme Council, S.J. He participated in five cornerstone layings; the monument to Bro. Stephen a Douglas, Chicago, Illinois, September 6, 1866; Masonic Temple, Baltimore, Maryland, November 20, 1866; Masonic Temple Boston, Massachusetts, June 24, 1867; National Cemetery, Antietam, Maryland, October 17, 1867; and Masonic Temple, Washington, D.C., May 20, To attend this ceremony he gave leave to all Masons in government service, and President Johnson marched on foot in the parade as a Master Mason. At the cornerstone laying of the Baltimore Temple someone suggested that a chair be brought to the reviewing platform for him. Brother Johnson refused it, saying: We all meet on the level. He died July 31, 1875, and was buried with full Masonic Honors by Greenville Lodge No.119, R.W.G. C. Connor, Deputy Grand Master of Tennessee conducting the services in the presence of four Lodges and Coeur de Lion Commandery No.9 of Knoxville, which performed the Templar service. Andrew Johnson ( ), the 17th U.S. president, assumed office after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln ( ). Johnson, who served from 1865 to 1869, was the first American president to be impeached. A tailor before he entered politics, Johnson grew up poor and lacked a formal education. He served in the Tennessee legislature and U.S. Congress, and was governor of Tennessee. A Democrat, he championed populist measures and supported states rights. During the U.S. Civil War ( ), Johnson was the only Southern senator to remain loyal to the Union. Six weeks after Johnson was inaugurated as U.S. vice president in 1865, Lincoln was murdered. As president, Johnson took a moderate approach to restoring the South to the Union, and clashed with Radical Republicans. In 1868, he was impeached by Congress, but he was not removed from office. He did not run for a second presidential term. The Senate approved the purchase of Alaska on April 9; President Andrew Johnson signed the treaty on May 28, and Alaska was formally transferred to the United States on October 18, Andrew Johnson died July 31, 1875, Elizabethton, TN.

2 I hope this reminds you that TODAY is the day to START Forget the past. Forget your age. Today is the first day of the rest of your life. The important question is NOT: Are your desires going to be easy to achieve? The important question IS: Are your desires worth the hard work? Deep down you know the answer to the latter is YES! You have to do hard things to be happy in life. The things no one else is doing. The things that frighten you. The things others can t do for you. The things that make you question how much longer you can hold on and push forward. Why? Because those are the things that define you. Those are the things that make the difference between existing and living between knowing the path and walking the path between a life of mediocrity and a life filled with happiness and success. Of course, the hard things are often the easiest things to avoid. To procrastinate. To make excuses. To pretend like they somehow don t apply to you and your life situation. But reality always rears its head in the end. And the truth about how ordinary people achieve immense happiness and incredible feats of success is that they step out of their comfort zones and do the hard things that their more educated, affluent and qualified counterparts don t have the courage, drive or determination to do. So for your own sake, start taking action on the hard things TODAY. I guarantee, you will be blown away at just how remarkable you really are and just how amazing life can be. Here are three key ideas to get you started: 1. You need to take small chances every day. It s the best way to face any problem, crush every fear and overcome life s greatest challenges. And you get just about as many chances in life as you re willing to take. So never let your fear decide your future. Take small chances every day, one step at a time. Some will work out and some won t. But good choices or bad, if you never take these chances, someone else will build your life for you. And you don t want that. 2. You need to walk the talk. Do not ask others or the universe to guide your footsteps if you re not willing to move your feet. If you really want it, prove it! Happiness will come to you when it comes from you. Success will be yours when you take responsibility for making your goals a top priority. NO shortcuts. NO quick fixes. NO blaming others. NO I ll do it tomorrows. NO MORE EXCUSES! Just get started. Quit talking and begin doing! Laziness may appear attractive, but work leads to happiness. 3. You need to refrain from feeling sorry for yourself. If you re hurting, I understand how rough things are right now. I just want to let you know that things will get better, I promise. Keep pushing forward. I know you feel like nobody really cares, but you re wrong. People care. I care, otherwise I wouldn t be writing this. This is a group effort. We may be miles apart, but we re all going through similar challenges. Realize that self-pity is not helpful. Life is not about feeling sorry for yourself. It s about forgiveness, acceptance and looking forward to what makes you stronger and better off in the long run.

3 Brethren, greetings from the West. In this article, we will be exploring the word Worshipful. We use this word in our greetings, recognition, and as an acknowledgement of respect. Have you ever thought about where the word came from and what it means? The word Worshipful, according to Merriam-Webster s dictionary, means to reflect great admiration or devotion. Related words are, glorifying, reverent, reverential, venerating, hagiographic, affectionate, fond, loving, appreciative, deferential, respectful, and approving. The Anglo-Saxons used a word called weorth or worthy, which can be defined as follows: to be esteemed, to be bowed to, to be obeyed. It was something honorable, deserving of respect, a meaning that shows up in worth, the value of anything, also in worship, which is deference paid to some object or person of great importance. Worshipful describe something full of the qualities calling for such deference. It was used in medieval times for one s parents, officers of the state, prelates, etc., signifying that such persons were of high station or entitled to deferential respect. In old English and Middle English, dating back to , the word they used was WORCHYPPE or WORCHYP, both meaning greatly respected. In the Wycliffe Bible, honor thy father and thy mother appears as Wochyp thy fadir and thy modir. In the 17 TH century, the guilds of London began to call themselves Worshipful, as the Worshipful Company of grocers and butchers, etc. It is likely that the Masonic Lodges, around the time of the forming of the Grand Lodge and perhaps a few years before, adapted the same practice. It is still common in England to use the word Worshipful and Right Worshipful as titles of honor. Municipal and judicial officers and, also, the mayors of small towns and justices of the peace are titled Worshipful, while the mayors of large cities such as London are called Right Worshipful. The usage was adopted and retained in Freemasonry. In addition, the Germans use the word Hochwurdig and the French use the word Venerable in lieu of the word worshipful. Most Masonic jurisdictions in the United States use the term Most Worshipful for the Grand Master and the Grand Lodge of that state or jurisdiction. Right Worshipful is a prevailing title of the elected officers of the grand Lodge below the level of Grand Master. Very Worshipful is the title for the appointed grand Lodge officers. The regular lodges within the jurisdiction use the term worshipful for the Lodge and worshipful master for the master of the Lodge. As I put this article together, I reflected on my experience in the lodge and as an officer. I have used the term Worshipful as a part of my Masonic experience. As I use it in the future, I will definitely think more about why and how I use the term Worshipful. Final thought: Respect and tradition is such a large part of our Masonic experience. Use what you have learned in your time on earth, to better those around you.

4 West Valley Lodge Scottish Rite Breakfast Club will be DARK form June through August. We will have our September meeting on the 28 TH at the Golden Corral Restaurant. Address: N LITCHFIELD DRIVE SURPRISE, AZ Telephone Number (623) There will be an Officer s meeting on September 2, 2015 at 9:30 AM in the Jackson Room. Clayrob1@hotmail.com Scottish Rite West Valley Lodge Of Perfection will be DARK from June through August. Our September Meeting will be on September 3, 2015 with Lunch commencing at 12:00 PM and Meeting at 1:30 PM Bob s Famous School House Barbeque Beef will be served with Beverage, Salad and Desert These tiles are 8 inches by 8 inches with your name or other name of choice and desired Masonic Emblem. The tiles will be placed on the patio on the south entrance to the lodge. Several brothers have purchased them so far. They will be installed in groups of 6 to 10 tiles. Pricing is $ each. See our Secretary Dick Flinton for information Brethren, Please RSVP Craig Montgomery at or ccmonty51@gmail.com with your dinning reservation.

5 Oasis Chapter 15 meets on the third Friday each month except for August and December when we are dark. Our next meeting will be on Friday July 17 TH Potluck at 6:30 PM with meeting following at 7:15 PM. Education will be during the meeting in form of a play (Stone Dust Meets His Coach) performed by Joe Pappas and Dave Miller. In any successful organization, mentoring is a vital part and this play illustrates it. Hope to see everyone there. Pot Luck :30 PM Education :00 PM Meeting :30 PM westernsmith@aol.com On June 12, 2015, Stewart Council #16, its Cast & Crew preferred the final two degrees, Select and Royal Master on 6 Companions of our Craft. Congratulations are in order for Razvan Dumitru, David Harrower, Bryon Howe, Mark Nelson, Marcos Lakandula and Christopher Huson. Please come to our monthly communication of Pot Luck, Lodge Education with Joe Pappas and Lodge Council on July 27. Remember that the 3 York Rite bodies will be dark for the month of August, due to Grand Communications held in Tucson. Companions, it is also extremely exciting to see, that due to our Lodge s efficiency under the degree team direction of Companion Treasurer, David Miller, that the 6 member class has chosen to continue Further Light in Masonry from 4 degrees in Chapter, the 3 additional ones in Council and are scheduled to begin the first of the three Chivalric Orders of Knighthood in Commandry. The Order of The Red Cross has been slated for September 11, 2015, for our newest Royal Masters to continue in their Journey. Truth Prevail. Unconditionally, Illustrious Master Arizona Milke mikael1212@yahoo.com Greetings, to all Brothers, Sisters, Companions and, Sir Knights at Sun City Lodge. Summer is upon us and most of the organizations have gone dark for the months of July and August. Fortunately, St. Andrew Commandery will be meeting all through the summer. We will be wearing our summer uniforms in our meetings. As usual our Conclaves will start at 9 AM. Officers are to gather at 730 AM Coffee and donut will be on hand. We will be meeting on July 11 TH and August 8 TH. Please mark your calendars. We had an excellent time at our June Conclave. We had a very moving memorial service for all of the fallen members of the Armed Forces, first responders, and citizens who have given their lives for this country. We also paid tribute to all of the fallen Sir Knights of St. Andrew Commandery since the beginning of Saint Andrew Commandery. A white rose was placed in a vase for each Sir Knight who had passed. A beautiful memorial prayer was said for all. We also presented a paper called the Chinon Parchment. This document is a short report on a parchment that was found in the Vatican archives in 2001 and was released in This document absolved the Knights Templar of heresy. If you have interest in this, please let me know, and I will get you a copy of the paper. I hope to see all of the Sir Knights of Saint Andrew Commandery at our July Conclave. RITUAL PRACTICE :30 AM DONUTS AND COFFEE :00 AM CONCLAVE :00 AM skw@ep2p.com

6 This is A change from previous months and is being made for more rapid processing and release of information for the upcoming month. geo-mit@hotmail.com Remember him before the silver cord is severed, or the golden bowl is broken; before the pitcher is shattered at the spring, or the wheel broken at the well and the dust returns to the ground it came from, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. ~ Ecclesiastes 12:6-7 I would like to contribute to The Sun City Trestleboard for the 2014 year at the following level: Enclosed is my donation in the amount of $ Make checks payable to and mail to: Donation is IN MEMORY OFHONOR OF: (circle one Attention: Sun City Lodge N 0 72 Secretary: Please n *St. Andrew s Comm. *Amaranth *Oasis Chapter Royal Gary Bain *James Becker *Steward Council *David Miller *Pioneer Lodge *Ardarth Wilber *West Valley Scottish Rite *James D. Spooler *John Stoefer Blue Horizons Jack Daniel Leroy Hatton Jr. Ted Perry Masonic Lodge N 0 72 needs current telephone numbers, current addresses and addresses from all brothers and Trestleboard subscribers. You will be receiving the Electronic Trestleboard if we have your address unless your preference is a mailing edition. Please notify W.M. Charles Hardy cehjoe4@hotmail.com or

7 We treated our ladies at our informal summer luncheon at Briarwood Country Club in June and if we can gather a sufficient number of attendees, we will do it again in July, August and September on the third Thursday of each of those months. Ladies and guests are welcome and encouraged to attend these events. We plan to continue to have lots of fellowship, a great, reasonably priced, luncheon with no meeting or business. Come and enjoy your Brothers and Ladies. Remember that Briarwood requires an exact number to be attending. Please respond to the reminder card you will receive prior to each luncheon. Our next summer luncheon will be July 16, Remember guests are welcome, either Masons or Non-Masons Our second annual Pancake Breakfast is tentatively scheduled in February, At this time, nothing is etched in stone but it is never to soon to make your plans so you will be available to help with this fund raiser. Perhaps the most important activity that we can all do is selling tickets so we can have more attendees than at our first Pancake Breakfast. It is going to be up to each of us members and you do not even have to be a sound physical specimem to do this important work. Like in some of the other chores our ladies can assist in making this event very successful. All Master Masons are invited and encouraged to attend any of our regular meetings on the third Fridays of the months of October through May as well as our social events where the ladies are always welcome and encouraged to attend. The next scheduled social event will be our Christmas/Holiday luncheon on December 7th at the Briarwood Country Club where we always enjoy great food, fun and fellowship as all High Twelvians like to enjoy. Santa Claus sometimes has sent an elf by with a treat for each of us. Reminders Mark your calendars! Don t miss any meeting or event! October 15, :00 at Tivoli Gardens Breakfast Meeting and our speaker Will be Jesse Ramirez from his Valley View Community Food Bank. Remember you can still participate with you donations to the Wolcott Foundation all summer long and join our Brothers attending any Lodge of your choosing this summer. As you know, any Lodge can be a great location to find a new High Twelvian for our club. Scouting makes a direct and positive impact on our communities by teaching positive values and leadership skills to youth. The mission of the Boy Scouts of America Is to prepare young people to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes by instilling in them the values of the Scout Oath and Law. The Vision of the Boy Scouts of America is to prepare every eligible youth in America to become a responsible, participating citizen and leader who is guided by the Scout Oath and Law. Sun City Lodge N 0 72 is proud to support Boy Scout troop 938. Sun City Lodge N 0 72 is coordinating an order for short sleeve collared polo shirts embossed with the Square and Compasses. The shirts have the following features: + Port Authority is the shirt manufacturer; + Shirt is short sleeve with a collar; + Left breast pocket with Name above the pocket; + Square and Compasses with SUN CITY LODGE N 0 72 on the Right breast; and + Shirts are in Light Blue or White. Price is $25.00 per shirt with payment made to SUN CITY LODGE N If you are interested in ordering a shirt, please when ordering, include: + your shirt size; + the shirt color; and + Name you want place above the shirt pocket. CONTACT: Dave Miller at or gdmillerak@msn.com Sun City Lodge N 0 72 would like to preserve our heritage and Lodge by building upon the Irrevocable Trust Fund. To do this, the Brothers of Sun City Lodge N 0 72 can consider Including in their will a Gift to the Irrevocable Trust Fund of Sun City Lodge N 0 72, Peoria, Arizona. This absolutely will preserve our heritage that the Brothers above have established. The funds will be used to maintain the building and for possible renovations in the near future. The Lodge is in need of replenishing this fund. The Brothers may contribute to this fund at any time.

8 The Past Master s Fellowship is having a Pizza Night $10.00 ALL YOU CAN EAT, ICE TEA & COFFEE Date: October 29 TH time 6:00 PM please register with the secretary no later than October 23 RD Fellowship meets in the Jackson Room on the second Tuesday at 8:30 am of every month except July and August, coffee & doughnuts available. Our purpose is to assist the Worshipful Master and officers and make recommendations and help in any way we can. Pat Hayes Chairman pmhayes1@cox.net Issues of the Trestleboard are available to individual accounts electronically. The advantage of the electronic release is that the recipient will be receiving the Trestleboard at the time it is sent to the printer, which is a week or more before the end of the calendar month. To receive the Trestleboard electronically released in pdf format, please send your request and address to suncitylodgeno72@gmail.com We are now DARK. Our Junior Past Queen Betty Gough is now able to assist our club as she has in the past. We are glad to have her back. In addition, we have two other past queens and several temple officers for a total of 21 Daughters. The focus of our meeting was to discuss plans for Qadesh Queen Jean Patterson s visit to our club November 18 TH. The official visit committee will be working on these plans over the summer. Following our business meeting we, as usual, enjoyed a delicious luncheon. Sun City Nile will begin meeting again Monday, October 5 TH. Our meeting begins at 10:30 AM. All Nile members are welcome. Have a great summer! We now have 234 Members. We have two brothers waiting for demits. We have waiting for his first degree. We have two petitions to vote on in September. I think we are doing very well. Do good unto all. Our average age is Masonic tradition calls on us to render aid to our sick and needy brothers while we are better doing that, we have been neglecting our ladies and their needs. If any of you know of a sick or distressed brother or a Masonic widow, please call the lodge office at and leave a message on the recorder or in person tell the Secretary or Building Manager.

9 Honored Ladies and Sir Knights: Installation time again for New Horizon Court N May 16, 2015, Honored Lady Iris Owen was installed as Royal Matron and Sir Knight Jack Daniel was installed as Royal Patron with a new corps of officers. The dress for the day was lots of glitz, indeed the Honored Ladies were beautiful and the Sir Knights looked great in their tuxedos. Royal Patron Jack Daniel introduces a Past Master from Alice Springs (the outback of Australia) and who just happens to be the Royal Matron Iris Owen s brother-in-law. He then gave a big thank you to George Coxey for his support of the garage sale drive for Diabetes, thank you again George. All guests were given a ticket for a drawing. The first ticket drawn was won by NO other than Brother George Coxey who won a large cookie jar filled with goodies. Royal Matron Iris Owen asked the DeMolay boys to assist in setting out the food, pouring our guests tea and cleaning up after the event. Royal Patron Jack Daniel invited the boys into the lodge hall and they were introduce by the DeMolay Dads. Royal Patron Jack Daniel then presented them with a nice donation. Royal Matron Iris Owen introduced all of the guests and thanked them for sharing this special day with New Horizon Court N Royal Matron Iris closed the court and invited all to enjoy a great buffet luncheon. A big surprise, the Royal Matron had a tea pot on each table with a floral arrangement in each pot. Thank you to our Honored Lady Drinda Cooper-Keeble for doing the arrangements. The tea pots were a gift for 1 lucky person sitting at the table. June 9 TH, 2015 we held our first meeting as Royal Matron and Royal Patron. Have a SAFE and ENJOYABLE summer, NOTE we always have petitions available for anyone wanting to join Amaranth Court N Summer is already sizzling and we are gearing up for another fun-filled year at Star. In July and August we will have our breakfasts, the second Tuesdays of July 14th and Aug am is the time at the Royal Cafe. Come one, come all and have a laugh or two. Mark your calendars for an important announcement! October 10th we will be hosting our Columbus Day Spaghetti Dinner. Come at 5:00 PM and stay till? The price will be $10.00 per ticket and $12.00 at the door. We will have a salad, garlic bread, and of course Spaghetti with George's famous sauce, and Ice cream and beverages. Beginning in September we will be collecting for our calling cards for the troops. They will be given to them in December. This has been a rewarding endeavor for our chapter and it just feels good to know your thoughts are with our service people. Please keep our under-the-weather Stars in your prayers. Grace Woofter, and Louisa Smith's husband. We're looking forward to our first meeting on September 15 TH at 7:30 PM in which we will honor all of our officers. We are blessed with a full retinue this year, many chapters are not in the same position. We look forward to getting to know our newest members and catching up with our Stars. Have a safe and happy summer. Respectfully submitted by Sandy Munster.

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11 Worshipful Master Charles Hardy Senior Warden Steven Wieters Junior Warden Craig Montgomery Secretary Richard Flinton Treasurer Michael Kennedy Chaplain PM Jack Daniel Senior Deacon Bob Cole Junior Deacon Steven D. Wieters Senior Steward Frankie Felix Junior Steward Mark Nelson Alternate Stewards Leroy Hatton, Andy Pratt Marshal Matthew A. Link Tyler Jim Leber Organist / Pianist Sidney Engel rflinton@comcast.net mkennedysolutions@gmail.com Building Lodge Trustees Chairman Errol Hakwsley, Members Robert Cole, David Miller,, Al Cohen, Pat Hayes Earl Trundy Emeritus Lodge Building Manager Jack Daniel jackdnl@cox.net Audit Committee Jim Rolle, Dan Robison Banquet / Event Committee Chairman Frank Visceglie, Member Steve Wieters Stewart Bikes For Books Bob Cole, Steve Wieters, Charles Hardy Candidate Mentoring Errol Hawksley, Michael Kennedy, Andy Pratt Irrevocable Trust Fund Trustees Chairman Hal Knowlton, Members Bill Clark, Bryan Cooper-Keeble, Doug Robertson, Lodge Ritual Director Pat Hayes Lodge Website Committee David Miller, Craig Montgomery Masonic Education Errol Hawksley, Michael Kennedy, Andy Pratt Masonic Funeral Coordination David Miller gdmillerak@msn.com Masonic Jewelry Frank Visceglie Membership Contact Retention Michael Kennedy, Pat Hayes Sickness and Distress Larry Gorelick , George Coxey Publisher / Editor George Mitchell, Jack Daniel

12 JULY 2015 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat FOR CALENDAR ENTRIES CONTACT JACK DANIEL AT BUILDING TRUST 10:00 AM OASIS N 0 15 RAM 6:30 PM MEM DEGREE 11 ST. ANDREW S CONCLAVE 9:00 AM MASONIC ROSICRUCIANS 1-3 PM IRREVOCABLE TRUST 4:00 PM OASIS N 0 15 RAM 6:30 PM STEWARD COUNCIL N :00 PM

13 AUGUST 2015 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 FOR CALENDAR ENTRIES CONTACT JACK DANIEL AT BUILDING TRUST 10:00 AM IRREVOCABLE TRUST 4:00 PM

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