Camp Turk Preparing for New Season

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1 Dated Material Masoic Geesee-Wyomig Livigsto Otario/Seeca/Yates TimesMoroe & Waye Districts Servig the Masoic Commuity Sice 1963 Website: Volume 52 Number 2 USPS Rochester, New York Circulatio 3388 February 2014 Have-a-Heart Campaig Is ow uderway - doate some time to help the House that Love Built The list below tells you whe a Orgaizatio is scheduled to be at oe of the supportig Malls. If you have additioal time you wish to cotribute your assistace, cotact a member of the assiged group or R\W\ George Foeher, He ca probably tell you where to report. Your help will be greatly appreciated. February 1st Eastview - Webster Marketplace - Livigsto District; Nuda Statio Greece - Clio February 2d Eastview - Northfield Marketplace - Uio Star Greece - Ispiratio February 3rd Eastview - ERAC Marketplace - Eureka Greece - Fame February 4th Eastview - Seeca Marketplace - Uio Greece - Lalla Rookh Grotto What s Iside? Damascus News 9-12 Editor s Corer 2 Geesee-Wyomig District Lalla Rookh Caldro 19 Lalla Rookh Grotto 15 Livigsto District 14 Lookig Ahead 19 Masoic Medical Research Lab 3 Masoic War Veteras 2 Memorials 19 Moroe District 4-8, Order of the Easter Star 15 Otario/Seeca/Yates -14 Scottish Rite News Waye District 4 York Rite News February 5th Eastview - Waka-Hubbard Marketplace - Geeseo; Mt. Morris Greece - Lalla Rookh Caldro February 6th Eastview - Eagle Marketplace - Livoia Greece - Eureka February 7th Eastview - Otario/Seeca/ Yates District Marketplace - Uio Star Greece - Uity February 8th Eastview - Otario/Seeca/ Yates District Marketplace - Oatka Greece - Ispiratio February 9th Eastview - Fairport-Flower City Marketplace - York Rite Greece - Clio February 10th Eastview - Daughters of the Nile Marketplace - Eureka Greece - Fame February 11th Eastview - Northfield Marketplace - Moose Lodge Greece - Eureka February 12th Eastview - Order of the Easter Star Marketplace - s ad Wardes Greece - Starlight Chapter Order of the Easter Star February th Eastview - Webster Marketplace - Valley of Rochester, Scottish Rite Greece - Uity February 14th Eastview - ERAC Marketplace - Oatka Greece - Ispiratio February 15th Eastview - Seeca Marketplace - Uio Star Greece - Uity February 16th Eastview - Waka-Hubbard Marketplace - Fairport-Flower City Greece - Clio Thak you for your support. Camp Turk Preparig for New Seaso Iformatio submitted by David Stoy, Chairma, Camp Turk Committee Eve though we are i the middle of witer, we are already preparig for a uforgettable summer at Camp Turk. Would you like to help sed a child to Camp Turk this summer? It does t matter whether it is a DeMolay, Triagle, or Raibow member or a so or daughter, gradchild, great gradchild, eighbor or fried. A camper does NOT have to be related to a Maso i order to atted camp. We have bee workig o gettig the NEW olie Camp Turk Applicatio process up ad workig ad are happy to say it s fially ready to go. For the first time, ALL campers will be required to register olie at: Remember to register early, last year we filled girl s camp up aroud Jue 1st! Camp Turk will be offerig oe, two or three week sessios agai this summer. Parets who have ever set their childre away ow have the chace to try camp out. Last summer may of the campers, who were siged up for a oe- or twoweek sessio, exteded their stay oce they gave camp a try. Camp Dates Campers are to be betwee the ages of 8 ad 16 years old. The will have the opportuity to participate i over 30 fu-filled activities. Boy s Sessios: Oe Week-July 6th July 12th, Fee: $ Two Weeks - July 6th July 19th, Fee: $ Three Weeks - July 6th July 26th, Fee: $ Girl s Sessios: Oe Week-July 27th August 2d, Fee: $ Two Weeks - July 27th August 9th, Fee: $ Three Weeks - July 27th August 16th, Fee: $ Camp Turk offers a scholarship program for families i eed of fiacial assistace. For further details, please cotact us at (315) The deadlie for Fiacial Aid is May 1st. If you would like to make a doatio to the scholarship fud to help these deservig childre, you ca do so by sedig a check, marked for the scholarship fud i the memo lie, to Camp Turk, PO Box 2, Booville, NY 309. Our other cotact iformatio is: Telephoe: (315) ; CampTurk@aol. com; ad Website: You ca also LIKE us o Facebook facebook.com/pages/camp- Turk/ We are curretly orgaizig a work weeked at camp o Jue 6th, 7th & 8th. We are lookig for voluteers to help clea ad prepare camp for the upcomig campig seaso. Please give us a call if you are iterested i voluteerig to help get the camp ready for the summer. Rooms are available Friday ad Saturday ights, ad meals will be provided o Saturday. You must be over 18 years of age to voluteer. No pets allowed. Here is our 2014 Wish List for your perusal: Heavy Duty Volleyball Set PG DVDs or $ to purchase Silverware (10 doze of each Forks ad Spoos 20 Plastic Tumbler Cups Iflatable Movie Scree 2 boxes Lamiator sheets Paper Cutter 24 Life Jackets Motorola 3-pack 35 mile radios 2 Battery chargers Cao Laser Priter 6 8 foot (treated wood) Picic Tables 4 Extesio Cords Library Books age appropriate (8 16 years of age) 3 Drum Sticks Various Size Craft Pait Brushes Colored Pecils Costructio Paper Assorted Fishig Tackle 20 - Fox40 Lifeguard Whistles 2 Tubes, to tow behid boat 15 Youth Bicycle Helmets 10 Adult Bicycle Helmets 5 Colema LED Laters 18 Cool Weather Sleepig Bags 5 20 Bicycles 1 Set of 6 Jr. Footballs 6 Juior Teis Racquets Flipchart Scoreboard Athletic Field Markig Pait 1 Set of 12 Yellow Lacrosse Balls 6 Badmito Rackets 1 Set of 6 Dodgeballs Kickball 10 Field Hockey Balls 6 Cas of Teis Balls Outdoor Field Hockey Set 6 Wilso Teis Rackets 6 Foldig Tables Gas Grill - $ For Key Staff & Director Houses 2 - Microwaves 2 Coffee Makers 2 - Cookware Sets 4 Dierware Sets 2 Ove mitts / pot holders 2 Kitche Utesil Sets Double hotplate Office Supplies Duct Tape, Packig Tape Copier Paper, Push Pis Sharpies, Pes, Pecils Stapler, Paper clips Post Its, Highlighters Scotch Tape, Maskig Tape Sheet Protectors Paper Shredder For further details of these items or if you additioal questios, please cotact Mollie Deslow at (315) or CampTurk@aol.com. If you are iterested i hostig a Camp Turk iformatio ight i your Lodge or District, give us a call ad we will sed oe of our Committee members to your area for a presetatio. This Fraterity is truly blessed to have such a great facility as Camp Turk to offer to our youth. Give a gift to a youth that will last a lifetime! Damascus News see page 9

2 2 Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com A doze years later, we are still pluggig away at publishig the Masoic Times. Hoestly, I did t thik I would be ivolved that log! Of course, oe of us kow what will traspire over the years. We make plas, but they do t always ed up the way we evisioed or succeed at all. Oce I got my feet o the groud i this operatio, my itet was to visit all the Lodges ad Orgaizatios who subscribed to the paper i the five Masoic Districts we cover. My goal there was to attempt to ecourage greater participatio, especially from District Officers. While our policy is to publish articles ad advertisemets from our subscribers, a District Officer could talk about aythig happeig i the District, eve if it was sposored by a group who did ot subscribe. So may thigs happeed i that first year that chaged everythig I had evisioed ad it became apparet that the goal of visitatios probably was ot goig to be achieved. There are a lot of Shriers ad Sublime Prices who receive the Masoic Times because they are Members of Damascus Shriers, the Valley of Rochester, the Valley of Corig or of York Rite Bodies. Their respective Lodge may ot be a subscribig orgaizatio, but i some cases the paper is take to a Lodge meetig ad passed aroud for others to see. We have received requests for a idividual subscriptio as a result of this sharig. The ivoices for the 2014 Orgaizatio subscriptios are out. Alog with them, we sed the Secretaries a listig of the members to whom we are mailig the paper. While we try to keep up with pluses ad miuses, some chages get made which are ot relayed to us. We do this aually, but there are still some chages that seak by our operatio. It is a ogoig process to maitai the list. So, as I metioed a couple of issues ago, we are dow i circulatio sice I took over that doze years ago. We are lookig for the resposes from the Secretaries to see how thigs are shapig up for While I believe we are havig much more success recetly i Raisig ew Masos, the Great Architect has desigs o His trestleboard that cotiue to decrease our umbers. Meawhile, Ja ad I appreciate your kid words of praise ad ecouragemet ad we are grateful for the recogitio ad awards we have received over the past few years. We will strive to cotiue to supply you with a product that is iformative ad useful to you, our Sisters ad Brothers. Thaks for readig. Masoic Service Bureau of Greater Rochester, NY Ic. 979 Bay Road, Suite 2 Webster, NY Tel: bmasoic@rochester.rr.com Presidet Garry Craker Vice-Presidet James De Lorezo Gary Saford Treasurer Herbert Specer Executive Director Charles Waterstreet Office Maager Jaet Porter Website: Widows Lucheo Pla Now to Atted By Garry Craker, Presidet Chairma of the Widows Lucheo Committee The Widows Lucheo this year will be Saturday, May 3rd, at the Burgudy Basi. Doors will ope at 11 a.m. with Luch beig served at Noo. O behalf of the Masoic Service Bureau, I ecourage ALL Lodge Brothers to atted with their wife or sigificat other. This is a great opportuity for all of us to thak our Widows for supportig our deceased Brothers durig their Masoic ivolvemet. Third Aual Sprig Thig Fudraiser All about our Military Saturday, May 17th, 2-8 p.m. Webster Fireme s Field Preseted by Widows Sos ~ Ispiratio Lodge No. 109 Waye Lodge No. 416 ~ Caadaigua Lodge No. 294 Tickets: $20 pre-sale; $25 at door; Kids 12 ad uder free BBQ Dier, 3-6 p.m.; $1 Hot Dogs Family fu; Kids Activities; may Vedors; Door Prizes; 50/50 Raffle; Chiese ad Silet Auctios More iformatio: Ady ; or Jim Ady: areyceramic@yahoo.com SPAGHETTI DINNER Friday, February 7th 5 p.m. 7 p.m. Webster Lodge Hall; 30 Orchard Street Adults - $8 Childre - $4 For Takeouts, Call Remember the Masoic Brotherhood Fud Campaig Wurlitzer Orga For Sale Brother Harry Michaels must part with the Wurlitzer Orga pictured above. If you have iterest, please give him a call at to make arragemets to see it ad make a offer. I Memoriam R\W\ Joh R. Faro Right Worshipful Joh Faro, Grad Represetative of Mieas Gerais, Brazil, was called by the Great Architect of the Uiverse o Jauary 5th, followig complicatios from surgery. He is survived by his lovig parter, Rose Marie Paprocki, ad two childre, Mary ad Jaso. He also leaves may ieces ad ephews, especially Kevi (Deb) Faro, Tom Faro ad Douglas (Aa) Gerega. Brother Faro has bee a active Maso throughout his thirty-seve years i the Fraterity. He served as Worshipful of Geesee Falls Lodge i He affiliated with Valley-Simes Lodge, ow Ispiratio Lodge, ad was a dual affiliate with Waye Lodge. I 2002, Right Worshipful Faro joied Damascus Shriers ad participated with the Past s Degree Team, later the Shrie Degree Team, which he served as Presidet from 2004 to As a member of this team, he estimated he had coferred the 3rd Degree o more tha 125 Brothers i the Damascus Shriers geographical area. He was a Past Commader of the Damascus Shrie Legio of Hoor ad played the cymbals i the Damascus Shrie Bad. Joiig the Valley of Rochester, Aciet Accepted Scottish Rite, i 2006, Sublime Price Faro was Most Wise of Rochester Chapter of Rose Croix i He received the Dedicated Service Award (Blue Cap) i Brother Faro was a Eastma Kodak Compay retiree ad a Vetera who served 8 years active duty as a Itelligece Techicia with the Uited States Air Force, statioed i Alaska ad Berli. Aual Tribute to Our Widows Sposored by the Masoic Service Bureau Saturday, May 3rd, at the Burgudy Basi, 61 Marsh Road; doors ope at 11 a.m.; luch served at oo. Agai, we are askig each Lodge to appoit a Brother to coordiate your Lodge Brothers ad Widows ivolvemet. No Tickets Will Be Mailed Letters are beig set to all Secretaries of the Moroe District Lodges with a form to retur to the Masoic Service Bureau. It will require: The ame of each perso attedig Their choice of Etreé - Sliced Sirloi of Beef or Stuffed Chicke Breast A check for the full amout. The cost for the sit dow lucheo is $18. Should you have ay questios, cotact Garry Craker, Committee Chair at You may also cotact the Masoic Service Bureau Office at Phoe Masoic Times 0214 Clip ad mail to: 979 Bay Road, Suite 2 Webster, NY City State ZIP February 2014 James A. Hard/ Waye Charter Post No. 12 Commader Gordo W. Palmer gwarre14580@yahoo.com Adjutat Deis Gellasch dgellasch@rochester.rr.com The Masoic War Veteras, will have a Busiess Meetig o Thursday, February 27th, durig which a Lodge of Remembrace will be held i memory of Post Brothers who have passed away durig the year. Also, time permittig, there will be a Obligatio Ceremoy for ew Petitioers who have ot bee previously obligated. Sickess ad Distress The latest iformatio I have o Fred Corell, PC, is that he is at Geeva Livig Ceter North; 75 Maso Street, Room 227; Geeva, NY 14456, with plas to move closer to Rochester whe a suitable facility ca be foud ad he ca be i better proximity to frieds ad relatives. Periodical postage PAID at Webster, NY ad additioal mailig offices POSTMASTER Sed address chages to: Masoic Times 979 Bay Road, Suite 2 Webster, NY Phoe: Submit articles & photos to: masoictimes@gmail.com Busiess bmasoic@rochester.rr.com Website Published Mothly except July ad August. Closig Date for Articles is the 5th of the Moth precedig the Moth of publicatio. Staff Editor Skip Waterstreet Compositor Ja Porter Computer Graphics Mike Bocklage Productio Assistats Garry Craker Barb Goodrich Herb Specer Mat Gigold, Emeritus Bev VaHube, Emeritus Published by Masoic Service Bureau Garry Craker...Presidet James De Lorezo... Vice-Presidet Gary Saford... Herbert Specer...Treasurer Prited by Empire State Weeklies, Ic. Subscriptio Rates Domestic Subscriptios: Idividual, $10.00 per year. Group rate: $9.00 per year per member. Group subscriptios for Allied, Associated or Cocordat Bodies are billed at $2.00 per year for those members who are already subscribers to the Masoic Times; $9.00 for o-subscribers. Iteratioal Subscriptios: $40.00 per year (set First Class Mail). Address Name Are You Movig? Prit your NEW address below (icludig seasoal chages)

3 February Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com A Look Iside a Beatig Heart Cell Cardiac Research Istitute Gets Grat from Ecoomic Developmet Coucil Matthew Betzehauser, Ph.D. By Myro Thursto III, Assistat Director of Developmet ad Commuicatios Research Scietists at the pulse comig from the primary Cardiac Research Istitute at pacemaker of the heart, the simasoic Medical Research us ode, causes a reservoir Laboratory (MMRL) are able of calcium to be released, thus to look iside a sigle heart cell floodig the iterior of the cell. ad watch it work. Cofocal I some people, the calcium Microscopy uses light to re- reservoir is leaky, leadig to the der the cell i three dimesios developmet of extra beats ad ad ca be used while the cell is other more serious arrhythmias. still beatig. Matthew BetzeDr. Betzehauser measures hauser, Ph.D., who completed calcium activity withi the cell his post-doctoral fellowship at by ijectig the cell with a fluocolumbia Uiversity, is oe of rescet dye that fluoresces whe Cofocal Images of the heart cell the Research Scietists workig it bids with calcium ios. Us- loaded with Fluo-4 Dye. o this project. He is tryig to ig a Cofocal Microscope, he ad how these may cotribute to better uderstad the role of cal- is thus able to image the process developmet of Atrial Fibrillacium i the fuctio of our heart of ormal or abormal calcium tio, the most commo arrhythad also discover why we are cyclig ad its effect o cotrac- mia ecoutered i the cliic, more likely to develop irregular tio of the heart cell. Usig this are areas of particular iterest. heartbeats such as Atrial Fibril- techology he ca also examie Dr. Matthew Betzehauser is o latio as we age. the effects of drugs that ca cor- the frot lies of research aimed Calcium i heart cells is what rect ay defects that exist. How at better uderstadig these re allows them to cotract. A im- such defects develop with age latioships. is oe of the leadig The Cardiac Reistitutes worldwide search Istitute at helpig families sufmasoic Medical ferig from abormal Research Laboratory rhythms of the heart (MMRL) was recetly ad sudde cardiac awarded a $250,000 arrest. matchig grat from The fuds received the Mohawk Valley from the REDC grat Regioal Ecoomic will be matched with Developmet Coucil (REDC). This is the Myro Thursto III fuds raised through secod cosecutive Assistat Director the local doatios as year that the MMRL of Developmet ad well as grats from has received fudig Commuicatios foudatios, corporafrom the REDC competitive tio ad orgaizatios like the Natioal Istitutes of Health ad grat process. The 20 award of $250,000 America Heart Associatio. Accordig to Dr. Charles Atwill be used to purchase a ext geeratio geetic sequecer, zelevitch, Executive Director ad allowig CRI/MMRL ivestiga- Director of Research of CRI/ tors to retai highly skilled jobs MMRL ad pricipal ivestigator ad to remai competitive i of the grat, the ew sequecer their efforts to ucover the basis should be operatioal by the ed for iherited cardiac arrhythmia of March of this year, providig sydromes, icludig sudde i- our taleted scietists improved capability to meet the challeges fat death sydrome (SIDS). The CRI/MMRL iaugurat- ahead ad to remai competitive ed a Molecular Geetics pro- i our ability to egeder grat gram 10 years ago ad today support from the NIH. Webster Lodge No. 538 Sesquiceteial Celebratios Thursday, March 6, :45 p.m. - Re-dedicatio Ceremoy at Webster Masoic Hall Social - 5:30 p.m. ~ Dier - 6:30 p.m. ~ Program - 7:00 p.m. Webster Golf Club, 440 Salt Road, Webster Speaker - Most Worshipful James E. Sulliva Grad of Masos i the State of New York Ivitatios are goig to all Lodge Secretaries If you have ot received your ivitatio, please cotact: Webster Lodge Seior Warde Ally J. Borrio at ajborrio@gmail.com BARTHOLOMEW HEALTH CARE GROUP COMMITMENT TO QUALITY SINCE 1955 We provide all the comforts of home at each of our four family owed facilities. CREST MANOR Providig Skilled Nursig ad Rehabilitatio Services FAIRPORT, NEW YORK Memories from the All Masoic Bodies Childre s Christmas Party. Despite the icomig iclemet weather, which shorteed the time for the party, over 80 people ejoyed frostig cookies, makig peaut butter/ piecoe bird feeders, playig games, ad attackig the piata. Special thaks to Greg Ludwig (Sata), Gary Burke (Smirky the Clow), Joy Woodley, Jorda, Hailey & Scott Rice, Ja Porter, Julius Toth, Bria Bell, Maverick & Kevi Gerhard ad Joe DiTucci. Apologies if I missed ayoe who helped salvage this ad provided a fu evet for the kids. EAST SIDE Providig Skilled Nursig ad Rehabilitatio Services WARSAW, NEW YORK LEROY VILLAGE GREEN Providig Skilled Nursig ad Rehabilitatio Services LEROY, NEW YORK THE GREENS OF LEROY Idepedet Seior Livig LEROY, NEW YORK TO LEARN MORE, PLEASE VISIT

4 4 Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com Waye District District Deputy Grad - Jay DeWispelaere (315) District Deputy Grad Waye District R W Jay A. DeWispelaere (315) dewispelaerejay@yahoo.com With the joyful rush of the Holidays well behid us, we ow face the log slog through Witer. Take heart! The first day of Sprig is oly about six weeks away. Durig this cold period i Wester New York, fidig activities ca be a challege whe the thermometer drops ito sigle digits. Get out ad atted Lodge. Use the warmth of the Brotherhood ad fellowship to be foud there to aid you through util the warmer days ahead. Lookig for ideas to warm up your mid-witer meetigs? Ivite all ew members to brig a pot of their favorite soup. How about a chili cookoff or a casual pot-luck/dish-topass dier? Or ask a Brother to cook a dier based o his heritage or atioality (Dutch lettuce is a hit at Sodus Lodge). Valetie s Day is comig. Ask the ladies to joi you for dier ad have a program for the eveig. Makig the best of this time of year challeges each of us to be a little creative ad have some fu. Mark Your Caledar O Tuesday, February 4th, R\W\ Ted Powley, Grad Director of Ceremoies, ad I will have our Homecomig Official Visit at our Home Lodge - Sodus Lodge. It has bee my sicere hoor ad privilege to serve the Brothers of Waye District, alog with Brother Ted ad the other Brothers of the Waye District Team. Please joi us for dier at 6:30 p.m. reservatios to Ted or myself. Brothers, as we thik of Valetie s Day ad those special ladies i our lives, take a miute to cosider them i the Light of your Masoic Life. Their support ad uderstadig provides a bedrock upo which we all deped i order for us to participate i our Fraterity as we do. Make time to express your gratitude ad say thak you for that love ad support. Moday, February 10th - Waye District s ad Wardes Associatio at Sodus Lodge Hall, 4 East Mai Street, Sodus. Dier will be served at 6:45 p.m. The program of the eveig will be a discussio of re-establishig a DeMolay Chapter i Waye District. Each i the District has bee asked to atted. I additio, ay Maso with a iterest i DeMolay, past-demolay members or Brothers iterested i workig with the youg me of our commuities have bee asked to atted. Please joi us o this ight as we explore ways to share the Light of our Fraterity with the youg me aroud us. Reservatios for dier may be made through R\W\ Dick Brewer, : brewerjmc@verizo.et As for myself, I thak two special ladies i my life for their support of my time servig the Craft - my wife, Diae, ad my mother, Marie DeWispelaere. My materal gradfather, Brother William Grosz, was a Brother of Sodus Lodge ad Mom looked o whe I was istalled as of the Lodge where he had atteded. Thaks, Mom, for your support. Ad Diae, who always asks if I m still Grad Pooh-bah or if toight is a meetig of Dugeos ad Dragos as I head out the door. Thak you for keepig me grouded ad for all the support ad uderstadig. Thik Sprig! Grad Director of Ceremoies Waye F. Edward Ted Powley (315) soduspowleys@ms.com Masoic Developmet Course Brethre, the Masoic Developmet Course (MDC) kicked off o Jauary 11th. You ca still joi us the secod Saturdays of February ad March at Sodus Lodge, 4 East Mai Street, Sodus from 9 to 11 a.m. I February, we will discuss the Fellowcraft Degree i detail. There is still time to joi this group. Call (315) or me at: soduspowleys@ms.com so I have your materials. The total cost is oly $15 for materials ad refreshmets. I believe the more participats we have, the better the Course will be. Do t be shy, there will be brad ew Masos ad some very seasoed Masos there. As a dairy farmer, my father always cosidered February 1st to be the dead ceter of Witer. Two moths dow ad two moths to go before Sprig arrives for real. He also thought it was the time of year he could travel to other Lodges ad ejoy the fellowship of other Masos of the District. He loved this time of year for the opportuity to get out ad travel. I guess that is somethig I leared from him ad thak him for the lesso. I hope you will try it, too! If ot travelig to aother Lodge, how about visitig someoe home boud or i a ursig home? I am sure your efforts will be appreciated by them. God bless you, your family, our Service people, ad our Coutry! Assistat Grad Lecturer Waye District V\W\ Alle Joe Gree adoiram32@yahoo.com February is the moth Puxsutawey Phil makes his appearace. Accordig to leged, if Phil sees his shadow we ca expect at least six more weeks of hard Witer; if he does t see his shadow it is believed we will have a early Sprig. Groudhog s Day is a Americaized Europea traditio (festival) of origi. Phil s progosticatio, or rather those guys at Gobbler s Kob i top hats iterpretatio of Phil s predictio, comes from Europea settlers. North America atives ad settlers, log before Phil arrived here, had their ow versio of weather predictio usig ature, by watchig if bees build paper ests i trees, as opposed to i-the-groud, ad if wooly caterpillars have log black ad short orage bads i the Autum, just o festival. No doubt, because the guys i top hats have o problem reachig ito a hole to pull out a rodet amed Phil, while oe of the rest of us are crazy eough to put o top hats, reach i a hole ad pull out a buch of isects amed Stigyourass. As a Freemaso, February is mid-way betwee the Witer Solstice ad the Sprig Equiox. The articles I submit to this paper I try to icorporate aswers to frequetly asked questios from Brothers of the Lodges i the Waye District, as well as frequet errors, mistakes or misiterpreted parts of the Ritual I see. I try my best ot to violate my obligatio as a Maso i the aswers ad without soudig like I m preachig. I regards to revealig ay secret(s), which I realize at times it was a close call, it s ot a secret if it s published i books, foud o the iteret or writte out i log form ad published by Grad Lodge for the public. Most all my aswers are directed at Freemaso origis, which is Kig Solomo s Temple - a Temple built for two purposes. First, because the childre of Israel were cryig for a physical kig ad a physical temple like their surroudig eighborig coutries ad Kig David felt it was ot befittig the Ark of the Coveat to be housed i a tet. David was ot the first Kig chose; Saul was aoited first. However, both Saul ad David committed grievous offeses agaist the Lord, which precluded either of them from buildig the Temple. Both of these idividuals, as well as Solomo, are high-profile Biblical characters. Oe caot go to a weddig ad later be asked questios regardig the weddig ad ot say aythig about the bride or bridegroom. A sigificat umber of Brothers outside of Waye District have bee impressed with the aswers ad passig them aroud to Brothers i the Craft. The most frequet asked persoal questio is where I got such a vast kowledge of the material. Most comes from two Freemasos I met i the early 1980s who spet a cosiderable amout of time with me. They foud me whe I was goig through oe of the lowest times i my life I believe everyoe has those times. Now, after studyig New York Freemasory, I believe both of them to be Brothers of Lodges ot recogized by our Grad Lodge. I studied stories oe of them used to tell about Kig Solomo s Temple ad sacred scriptures that were ot foud i KJV Holy Bible, but coformed with it. The stories gave me hope ad ambitio. About three years later, I bega studyig Freemasory. I believe it was aroud 12 years after that I petitioed Pulteyville Lodge. I regards to the secod most frequetly asked questio, How do I memorize ad retai so may pieces of work? I do ot have a photographic memory, it is a gift give to me by the oe who created me to fulfill his purpose. I m just a medium. I closig, I submit a alterate iterpretatio of a lie i oe of the Psalms of David posed to me by a Rabbi which February 2014 I later foud the same iterpretatio used i a book writig about livig stoes. I the KJV of Holy Bible the lie reads, Thou art Lord, forever ad forever, eve uto eterity. The Rabbi said this lie is better traslated if the writer is sittig o a hill or side of a moutai ad is lookig at the horizos. The piece would be better read Thou art Lord, from vaishig poit uto vaishig poit, thou art my ad Lord. Mark Your Caledar O Moday, February 17th, I will be doig the Historical Lecture for the Etered Appretice Degree for the District at Pulteyville Lodge. The meetig will be ope for ay Maso icludig Etered Appretice or Fellowcraft to eter. I will be coferrig the actual Degree o Moday, February 3rd. That Degree is also a ope ivitatio for ay Etered Appretice or Fellowcraft. Both meetigs will have a dier precedig them at 6:45 p.m. with meetig to follow at 8:00 p.m. Diers are o charge for the ew Brother(s) ad their Coductors. O Moday, February 10th, s ad Wardes will be meetig, hosted by Sodus Lodge; Dier at 6:30 p.m. Program for eveig will be revitalizig the DeMolay for youg me. Dier reservatios should be made by with: R\W\ Richard Brewer at brewerjmc@verizo.et Moroe District District Deputy Grad - Phillip Hurwitz District Deputy Grad Moroe District R W Phillip Hurwitz phurwitz@frotieret.et The days of that rest i the West, are dwidlig. Before you kow it, the Seior Warde will (if elected) assume his positio i the East come May. With sow o the groud, ad belowfreezig temperatures, that day seems a way off. February becomes March, leadig to April, with May fast approachig. Creatig the Trestleboard usually occurs whe you are a Seior Warde, but ideally, plaig for your time i the East, bega as you moved from Chair to Chair, begiig with the Seior Deaco s spot. Your teure i the East should be more tha just ruig a Lodge; if ot, the all you will have to offer is a mothly borig meetig. Is your Trestleboard based upo a core theme or message? Does this chose theme or message advace the goals of Freemasory (friedship, morality ad Brotherly love). Our Fraterity is oe of elightemet; cosequetly, we have a abudace of sources from which to draw a theme or message. There is, of course, the Ritual itself. The Short Talk Bulleti cotais ideas upo which you ca build a Stated Commuicatio. Our Livigsto Library is a treasure trove of scholarship i which you ca fid material to flesh out your theme or message. The Road to the East ca be your rule ad guide to help you marshal the resources ad ideas ecessary to make your time i the East a elighteig experiece for all who come to Lodge. What takes place i the Chairs is oly part of the equatio that is a Masoic Lodge. A Lodge is ot a museum. Brothers o the sidelies are ot Rembradt Paitigs. A successful Lodge experiece is iteractive; it s ot the fuctio of the Lodge to etertai you. I suspect you joied Masory because you foud somethig about it that was bigger tha yourself. It s where we receive work ad istructio for the Harloff Fueral Home SERVING YOUR NEEDS SINCE S. Washigto St. E. Rochester, NY

5 February 2014 Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com 5 builder s use. Your level of ivolvemet is best determied by you; but ivolvemet is what makes for a successful Lodge. Maybe your stregth is i plaig, orgaizig or beig that depedable Brother who ca be couted upo to show up. From ideas to actio, every cotributio is eeded. At this jucture, may of our Lodges i the District are busy with their Degree work. I thak all the Brothers who are members of the Degree Cast i their Lodge. I appreciate there are times whe practicig for the Degree is a chore; but I have always come away from the experiece feelig better for it. It ca be foud i the camaraderie that comes with participatig i a group effort, to the look o the ewly raised Brother s face. For those of you who do t participate i the Degree, but show up thak you, too! It meas a lot ot oly to the Degree Team, but to the me beig brought ito our Fraterity. February is whe collectively, our Fraterity exemplifies our charitable works to the commuity-at-large. Your Leadership Team appreciates all the efforts of every Lodge i our District, ad of our Brother Districts. It is because of your ivolvemet, that our Aual Have-a-Heart Fudraiser for the Roald Mc- Doald Houses has bee successful. I expect that this year will be o differet. Grad Directors of Ceremoies R W Michael Huesto mph0523@ frotieret.et R W Robert Buchaa By R\W\ Rob Buchaa Oce agai, February marks a special moth i Moroe District with our upcomig Havea-Heart Campaig. Please fid i your heart some time to assist your Lodge with the dates ad times they are scheduled ad help staff the booth i your assiged Malls for the Roald McDoald Houses. It oly takes a hour or two of your time for a worthwhile cause. If you ca make it, call a Brother ad see if he is willig to joi you. Remember, the District Deputy Grad has agai grated Dispesatio for Brothers to wear their Apros at this evet to help show Masos makig a differece i our commuities. Please wear them with discretio. Remember it was requested that all members participatig i the Have-a-Heart Campaig dress appropriately. Road to the East This year s Road to the East traiig sessios are scheduled for February 22d ad March 8th, at the Damascus Shrie Ceter startig at 8:00 a.m. ad edig at 2:00 p.m. We welcome all Seior ad Juior Wardes who are o the path to become of their Lodge. We also welcome ay Seior Deacos who truly have a iterest i oe day beig the Worshipful. If this is your first time goig to the East or you have decided to make a secod or third trip aroud, we ecourage all to atted. It is ever too early to start plaig your Trestleboard. Please come to lear ad share your experieces with us. Douts ad coffee will be provided i the morig as well as luch aroud oo. The cost this year is $35.00 ad you will eed to brig a copy of The 24-Ich Gauge, the Blue Masoic Law Book as well as a copy of your Lodge s By-Laws. Please your reservatios to either: R\W\ Rob Buchaa rob.buchaa479@gmail. com or R\W\ Mike Huesto mph0523@frotieret.et Happy Valetie s Day! I hope you are able to sped some time with your loved oes. Cherish the time you have with them ad always tell them you love them. God Bless ad cotiue to metor beyod the 3rd Degree! Moroe District New York Masoic Safety Idetificatio Program R W Doald Tubma Co-Chairma datubma@yahoo.com Rick Dows Co-Chairma rcdows@rochester.rr.com Traiig Coordiator James MacDuff jim.kc2vxw@rochester.rr.com December was a great moth for the Masoic Safety Idetificatio Program. Webster Lodge Brothers, uder the directio of Al Borrio, utilized the equipmet ad performed a brief afteroo ID evet at Hak s Ice Cream ad Grill i Webster o December 14th with Sata ad Brothers Joh Ross, Mark Feto, Dale Palmer, Joh Clapp, Jeremy Kox, Dave Aleksadrowicz, Dave Alle ad Hak Libera. This meas we rouded out the year with about 500 people (childre ad Seasoed Citizes) beig processed here i Moroe Couty. James MacDuff, the Moroe District Traiig Coordiator, braved the cold to help Al whe the digital figerprit readers acted up. O December 28th, Brother MacDuff ad I wet to Fayetteville Lodge ear Syracuse ad met with the Masoic Safety ID Program High Commad to receive traiig ad several upgrades to our two MSID Computer Uits. Chautauqua Couty set two traiers, Al Roof ad Carl Kerr. Paul Gibbos, State Traiig Director, came all the way from New York City. We received ew supplies ad the equipmet is ready to go! We discussed that Grad Lodge would like every child i New York State ad Seior or Seasoed Citizes i assisted livig ad ursig homes be idetified. Two recet evets i the Tow of Greece regardig persos-at-risk could have beefited from this Program i the search of a 20-year-old who made the atioal ews by beig foud i Washigto (quite by accidet) ad a 79-year old former Sheriff s Deputy with medical issues who wadered away from a assisted livig ceter ear Lake Otario. We will be askig all Lodges ad Cocordat Bodies to help. Brethre, we wat to make greater use of the ID equipmet by havig evets supported by each Lodge. We wat to ID as may folks as possible this year ad make the most of our talets ad equipmet. It is possible with your support ad help. Thik of opportuities i your commuity, either childre or seior citizes who ca beefit ad be protected by your efforts. We have had a very successful year. We have requests for the equipmet goig o ito Witer ad will be teamig with the Mary Cariola Ceter for several evets there. Notably, Webster Lodge has scheduled several ID opportuities i Jauary ad February i Webster locatios ad i Rochester to iteract with youth ad with fire Bur Prevetio activity. The Missio of the NY MSID Program is to provide a vital commuity service to: Aid i the recovery of a child. Aid i the recovery of a adult or seior citize. Ecourage Masos to become ivolved i their commuities. Promote a positive image of Masory ad Masoic Life i our commuities. Broadeig public awareess ad recogitio of Masory. It does ot take much to set up a evet ad staff it just a little creativity ad forethought. Cotact Iformatio about the Masoic Safety ID Program is available olie at ychip.org/. We are always lookig for Voluteers to help with the Program ad ivolvemet from your Lodge!!! You ca cotact Do Tubma at if you have questios or suggestios. We ca be reached most easily by to schedule a evet at: datubma@yahoo.com or rcdows@rochester.rr.com WEBSTER Lodge No. 538 James F. Clacy jclacy2@rochester.rr.com 1st & 3rd Thursdays 7:30 p.m. W Joe A. Lewis joelewis4@gmail.com 30 Orchard Street, Webster Moroe District Table Lodge Hoorig the M\W\ James E. Sulliva, Grad March 31, 2014 at Damascus Shrie Ceter 979 Bay Road, Webster Social 6 p.m. (Cash Bar) Buffet Dier ad Program 7 p.m. 9 p.m. Souveir Cao Cost - $35 per perso* Tossed Salad, Chicke Frech, Baked Ziti, Salt Potatoes,Vegetable Crab Salad, Fruit Salad, Rolls & Butter, Coffee, Tea, Cookies ad Ice Cream ~ ~ *Pre-paid reservatio required NO EXCEPTIONS Reservatios limited to the first 140 received. NO TICKETS SOLD AT DOOR! Reservatio Deadlies: Group Sales - March 3rd (10-ticket limit) Idividual Sales - March 17th Dress Code - Busiess Suit or Blazer with Necktie Clip ad retur this Reservatio Form with paymet Make check payable to: Phillip R. Hurwitz ad Sed to: Phillip R. Hurwitz; 72 Log Pod Road; Rochester, NY Reservatio deadlies: Lodge Group Sales - March 3rd Idividual Sales - March 17th Name Lodge Address Phoe By R\W\ Dave Alle Here we are oce agai facig a very busy schedule for Webster Lodge - both preset ad future. Our Aual Poisettia delivery, December 24th, foud a group of 15-plus ejoyig breakfast delivered by W\ Mark Feto ad Crew. We the dispersed to deliver plats to our disabled Brothers. That was the last Official Act of the year. We did, however, have two Fellowcraft-i-waitig. Due to schedulig difficulties, the 3rd Degree did ot take place o December 19th. Hopefully, we will have two ew Masos as of this Issue. R\W\ Bruce Chilto preseted a idepth overview of our Masoic Fueral Service which he used at Brother Jim Pray s Masoic Fueral Service o December 29th. Most of you have read of Brother Pray s may Masoic accomplishmets as quoted i the December 29th Editio of the D&C or o-lie. His addictio to Euchré was immortal! I ca remember some time ago whe Lodge fiished early, we got ito a rather exteded series of games. About 11:30 p.m. my cell phoe wet off ad my wife expressed cocers as to my whereabouts. OK, hope you ve got your keys, I m lockig up. I m sure that oe could write a Cotiued o Page 6

6 6 Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com book about his may advetures. There were 50-plus at his Masoic Fueral. What a tribute! I m sure those who atteded Brother Dale Palmer s Symbolic Lodge Award Presetatio, were suitably impressed. It s ot oly a reflectio of a Brother s dedicatio to the Craft, but a hoor to have him a Member of Webster Lodge. So, cogratulatios, my Brother, as well as to his father, W\ Gordo Palmer, oe of our Past s. Spaghetti Suppers Brother Nick s Spaghetti Suppers still attract 100-plus loyal local residets as well as some ewcomers. Why ot? It s better tha ay other withi drivig distace. It is held the 1st Friday of the moth ad very affordable. Check this Publicatio for ay updates. That goes for ay activities i the area. As for our Sesquiceteial Celebratio, you should have received all the ecessary iformatio cocerig that, as well as the Re-dedicatio Service that will take place at the Temple prior to the Program at Webster Golf Course o Salt Road. If, by February 22d, you have t received it, please cotact Seior Warde Ally Borrio or me. The Grad ad his Lie will be i attedace ad will be performig the Rededicatio, as well as remarks at the Celebratio. This is a opportuity to itroduce frieds, relatives ad others to what we stad for ad possibly attract ew members. Webster Lodge is oe of the most proficiet Lodges i the District, if ot the State, ad we re damed proud of it! There is a Italia Lodge, Garibaldi, that meets i the Mai Temple i New York City. They boast of a 90% member attedace. All the busiess, Degrees ad Programs are doe i their ative Laguage just a poit of iterest. We do well with 30 members or more. Besides, where would we seat or eve stad that may. The floor would probably wid up i the basemet. A group of us did a Masoic Safety ID Program at Hak s Ice Cream ad Grill o December 21st. Seior Warde Al Borrio headed up the program ad we processed about 29, ages Oe of the computers had a problem or we could have doe at least 50. (Editor s ote: pictures from evet are o page 5 uder Moroe Safety Idetificatio.) Have-a-Heart Campaig I m i charge of the Webster delegatio for the Have-a-Heart Campaig this year ad have almost completed sigups. However, it would be great to have those of you whom I may have missed ad still wat to assist to cotact me - dalle73@rochester.rr.com. For Brothers who do t atted regularly or have t atteded recetly, our Lie of Officers is secure for the foreseeable future ad they are as proficiet as ay I have see i the past 55 years. I hope a group from Ioic Lodge i Hamilto, Otario, Caada ca make a visit. Several of us attempted to travel there last year, but got sowed i at W\ Warre Patterso s home. Cythia, bless her soul, fed us. Sickess ad Distress As of this moth, W\ Ke Hutchiso is still i Hospice care at Blossom View Nursig Home, Sodus. I visited him with his Poisettia, but he did t respod verbally. I sat ad held his had for a few miutes with o ackowledgemet except a weak smile. Let us all pray for a peaceful edig. Please keep Brother Walt Coe i your prayers as he deals with health issues. I kow that I ve missed some of our hurtig members, but as I ve said previously, I m available. You might read our Seior Warde s re-cap of the Miutes he puts o-lie followig our Regular Meetig. Thak you, Brother Al. With that, I bid you farewell for ow. I hope you remai healthy ad the rest of your New Year is happy ad prosperous. See you i the Quarries. Seeca Lodge No d Tuesdays 7:30 p.m. W Jack R. Breitug jbreitug@rochester.rr.com W Raymod Glegg rglegg@rochester.rr.com 30 Orchard Street, Webster As of the writig of this article, Seeca s ew Bar Project is movig alog really well. Chris Bretz, Mike ad Kevi Blazey have doe a remarkable amout of work o what is turig out to be a real thig of beauty. There s a ew fridge with water ad ice, ew sik, cabietry shelvig, etc., ad the Bar itself is icredible! I strogly ecourage each ad every oe of you to stop by soo ad ejoy some refreshmets at the fiest Masoic Bar aroud! Oce the project is fully completed ad we have decorated with some of our Seeca memorabilia, we will have a christeig ceremoy ad dedicate this moumet appropriately. Speakig of the Bar Project, the i-house fudraiser is goig well for our ew Bar, but we still have about $750 to go. Well, we have a sweeteer for you. Thaks to our Chaplai, Armod Gallucci, Seeca will match ay doatio with a equal value of restaurat.com certificates. Most restaurats i your areas of residece are i their system ad, if you live i Rochester, Florida or aywhere i the USA, these certificates are valid i your area. There is o limit so a $20 doatio gets you $20 at your favorite restaurat. $50, $75, $100 the deal remais the same. If you pla to go out to dier aytime soo ad you are goig to sped the moey at a restaurat ayway, cosider a doatio to your fair Lodge to support this project ad kill two birds with oe stoe! Our Fellowcraft Degree is to be held o February 11th. We have a awesome group of Etered Appretices who could really use your support, as well as the Degree Team. So I will see you there Right? Right? Excellet! February Evets February 25th - Rehearsal for the 3rd Degree. I expect to see all those ivolved i attedace. Have-a-Heart Campaig Seeca will staff the booth at Eastview Mall o: February 4th - Have-a-Heart Campaig, 3 p.m. - 9 p.m. February 15th - Noo - 9 p.m. Sig up if you have t already doe so for your 3-hour time slot with Brother Dick Shellma at or shellma@rochester.rr.com. Our March meetig will be the Lodge of Remembrace. It is always a touchig meetig where we bid a sad farewell to our departed Brothers, share stories of these fie Masos ad leave behid the sadess of our loss. I believe that after the Lodge of Remembrace Ceremoy is cocluded, our dearly departed Brethre should be thought of with happy thoughts. Our memories of these fie Masos should be a celebratio. That s how we live forever. February Birthdays I take this opportuity to recogize our Brothers bor i February: Scott Mahood (1st), Fred DiTirro (3rd), Jack Pearso (6th), Jim Davis ad Al Schabel (10th), Gee Dewey (11th), Richard Teja (14th), Georg Fogarassy (22d), Daa Clie (26th) ad Bill Wackerma (29th). Thak you, February-bor Brothers, for your service to our Lodge o matter how log ago it may have bee. Whether you live ear or far, Seeca Lodge wishes you a heartfelt ad most happy birthday! Here s hopig I will see some familiar or ot-so-familiar faces at our ext meetig. We could certaily use the attedace of all to support our ewly iitiated Brethre. No matter if you have bee away for a few moths or a umber of years, you are always welcome withi the ope, ivitig welcome arms of your Seeca Brethre. See what your Lodge is up to! Alog those lies, a Brother posed a idea to me recetly. Why wait util Brother Briga-Fried Night to brig prospective ew members ito the Lodge? I agree! Therefore I decree, because I ca, that ay ma you kow who is iterested i becomig a Brother member of Seeca is ivited to ay dier, ay evet, bowlig get-together, ballgame, etc. That would allow us to meet the potetial member ad he meet us. The getlema would be expected to pay for his meals or evet costs as we all do. As soo as he submits his Applicatio for Membership, Seeca picks up the cost util he becomes a Maso. Why wait util October to get to kow these getleme? I believe it would be mutually beeficial to the Lodge ad to these future Masos. A Brother to Remember I do t ofte brig sad ews to this article but I was just iformed of the uexpected passig of oe of our Caadia Brothers, V\W\ Bria Stee. Brother Bria was a stalwart for St. Adrews Lodge ad he was such a fie ma ad Maso. He was such a bright light, that his ifluece ad Brotherly love crossed a border to make Seeca a better Lodge. I speak for all of us here at Seeca whe I say he will be sorely missed. Please keep his wife, Gail, ad family i your prayers. ERAC Lodge No. 163 website: 2d & 4th Modays, 7:30 p.m. W David G. Upham (315) dgupham@gmail.com 979 Bay Road, Webster W Charles D. Crawford cdcrawford21@gmail.com By Bruce Katz, Juior Warde The weather may have tried a few times to put a chill over recet moths, but our Lodge has bee busy with umerous activities. Here are a few of the highlights of past ad upcomig evets. Lookig Back Lookig back to December, Brothers gathered for Rigig of the Bells for the Salvatio Army at Eastview Mall, visited Brothers ad Widows, ad cotiued the traditio of hostig a dier at the Roald McDoald House o Christmas Eve. Bell Rigers braved the cold wids of Victor o December 7th for the Aual Salvatio Army Bell Rigig. These valiat (ad well-isulated) Craftsme icluded Brothers Sam Friedma; Rich Friedma ad so, Jake; Pat Nicholso; Odysseus Adamides; Radall Simoetti; Lew Pera; Rich Greeaway ad daughter, Daielle; Craig Johville; Adam Sukheko; Nick Aastas; Mike Sukheko; Phil Hurwitz; Chad Crawford; Rick Schmake; Bruce Berhard; Embola Ekille; Frak Graata; Ker Hayes; Justi Bailey; Dave Cross; Joh Griffi; ad Jim MacDuff. The Christmas Eve Dier at Roald McDoald House icluded labors ad culiary cotributios from Brothers Rich Greeaway; Michael Kolla; Dave Figado (ad family); February 2014 If you are ever iterested i visitig our Lodge ad ejoyig oe of the fiest meals i the District, please cotact Juior Warde Jeff Quartley at or jeff.quartley@gmail.com. Ad Remember, a reservatio made is a reservatio paid! Ad reservatios are a must!!! Matt Muller; Terry Wihle; Dave Cross; Chad Crawford; Mike VaAs; Jaso Hurst (ad daughter); Rich Schmake; Steve Lu ad Phil Hurwitz (Apologies if there are omissios for the Christmas Eve Dier or Bell Rigig evets!) We met at the Family Restaurat i Fairport o December 21st before headig East, West, North ad South to visit Brothers ad deliver Poisettias - a traditio begu more tha 15 years ago. W\ Terry Wihle, Jr., cotiues to Chair the evet, ad participatig Brothers this year icluded R\W\ Terry Wihle, Sr.; R\W\ Rich Friedma; Dave Cross; Adrew Vordra; Mike VaAs; Jim MacDuff; Mike Sukheko; Lew Pera; Matt Muller; Bruce Berhard; W\ Rich Greeaway; R\W\ Phil Hurwitz; Bruce Katz ad Sam Friedma. The visits icluded both lively coversatios ad ear-silet smiles of distat memories. Please ote efforts were made to cotact Brothers ad Widows who wated to receive visits. Please call our, W\ Dave Upham, (cotact ifo is above) if you would like to be icluded i future visits or if you would like someoe from the Lodge to cotact you. Photos of evets should be posted o our Facebook page. Search for ERAC Lodge #163, F&AM for the lik, or coect from our webpage at: Upcomig Evets Our February 10th meetig will iclude a History of ERAC Lodge (preseted by Brother Paul Bielewicz) ad Light from the 1st Degree (preseted by Brother Dave Figado). This Meetig will be tiled o the 1st Degree. The 2d Degree will be held ERAC Lodge Bell Rigers budled up agaist the cold temperatures. ERAC Lodge Voluteers prepared Christmas Eve Dier for residets of the Roald McDoald House o Westmorelad Drive.

7 February 2014 Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com 7 o February 24th with Brother Carl Scarpulla i the East. Please make your dier reservatios by cotactig Bruce Katz, Juior Warde, by phoe at or (preferably) by at: brucek8189@aol.com Please iclude ERAC i the Subject Lie. Reservatios are due the Friday before the meetig. Have-a-Heart Campaig Our Lodge will be at the Have-a-Heart Booth at Eastview Mall o: Moday, February 3rd, 3-9 p.m. ad Friday, February 14th, 12 Noo-9 p.m. O February 26th, we will be hostig the mothly dier at Roald McDoald House; cotact W\ Rich Greeaway for details. Ritual Work We are cotiuig our efforts to raise the bar for our Ritual. Our ie Etered Appretices My Brothers, this moth s message is appropriately cetered aroud the heart. Beig February, it s about Valetie s Day ad the sweetheart we each love; it s about the Have-a- Heart Campaig, right ow i full swig; ad it s about what is i our ow hearts. This last item, what is i our ow heart, is a very persoal emotio. It caot be judged accurately by aother idividual, or ca it be chaged by ayoe else. It ca be persuaded or give light so it may chage o its ow accord if it so chooses. This evaluatio we each must do, to see ito our ow hearts ad ask the questios that are importat such as who am I ad what do I stad for? How do I treat my family ad frieds? How do I fulfill my desire to improve myself ad therefore the world aroud me? How ca I make my desire for Masory ad its Teets be a part of my life? Yes, we all would ejoy beig liked or admired by others, are preparig for their proficiecies with our Educatio Team, led by W\ Dave Upham ad Brother Mike Sukheko. February rehearsals for the 2d Degree are plaed for February 3rd ad February 17th. ALL Masos from our Lodge - especially Coductors - are ivited to all rehearsals to stad i as Cadidates. Happy News Also, a special welcome to ew arrivals DJ, so of Brother Craig ad Sady Johville; ad Colette, daughter of Brother Jaso ad Veroica Crevellig ad graddaughter of Brother Gee ad Sue Choma. As always, if it has bee a while sice you have bee i Lodge, please cosider comig back for a visit. Brothers ad Widows, if you are ot o our list, please cotact our to either be icluded, or receive a hardcopy of updates. Brothers at breakfast prior to visitatio of Widows ad Shut-is. but O-At-Ka Lodge No :30 p.m., 2d & 4th Wedesdays W Terrace O. Wright wright8way@ hotmail.com R W Gordo E. Bell gbell14546@aol.com 5 Brows Ave, Scottsville do we do what is required to deserve that emotio? Are you geerous i ay way, uselfishly for the greater good? Ca you truly say you feel good i your heart for your accomplishmets? My Brothers, this is the begiig of a ew year, a time for resolutios of all types. Let us all strive to grow our hearts for the bettermet of makid, ad perhaps kidess ad happiess may just be the result. Have-a-Heart Campaig With that beig said, please remember that Oatka Lodge has committed two days to the Have-a-Heart Campaig. We will be i Marketplace Mall o Saturday, February 8th, Noo til 9 p.m. ad Friday February 14th, Noo til 9 p.m. Please cotact Steve Phillips, our Chairma this year, at , or me at , to sig yourself up for a time slot ad help us fulfill our commitmet to this cause. Special Thoughts Our well wishes go out to Brother Sgt. Jeff Klimek o his ACL surgery; hopig he is feelig better ad will soo be i our Lodge Room agai. Lastly I cogratulate Brother Tom Gamer o receivig his Certificate from New York State as a Licesed Professioal Egieer i additio to his excellet Ritual work. Well doe, Tom. Util ext moth, I will meet you i the quarries. Support the Masoic Brotherhood Fud Campaig Fairport-Flower City Lodge No d & 4th Modays 7:30 p.m. W Adrew Woeppel (716) woeppel@gmail.com Fairport Masoic Hall 87 South Mai Street W Berard D. Lazerso lazerbdl2@aol.com We have at least two potetial ew Brothers. Next moth we ca reveal their ames ad maybe a picture. We welcome them ad their families ito our Masoic fellowship. Upcomig Evets February 10th - There will be a Brother Brig-a-Fried Night. I am sure you have frieds who have their iterest spiked by curret books ad televisio shows. Here is a opportuity to talk with them ad possibly share your ethusiasm for the Craft. For further details check the web page or call the. February 21st - The Aual Witer Pub Crawl. We usually meet at the Lodge about 7 p.m. ad the proceed to Maddy s i the Village Ladig. The progressio is the made up as we go. The ext stop sometimes is determied whether there is a log trai blockig Mai Street. You ca joi us for oe aywhere alog the route. The Degrees will be coferred agai this Sprig. The exact schedule is to be determied. February Birthdays February birthdays will be celebrated by the followig Brothers: Peter Swaso (2d), Terrece Adams (3rd), Daiel Barish (6th), Ralph Hase (7th), George Bracht (12th), Michael Despai (th), Mayard Hellma ad Richard Budgeo (15th), Frederick Ogbore II (18th), Bruce Kepli (26th) ad Elmer Hess (27th). Ejoy your special day as we wish for you a happy, healthy ad prosperous year ahead. I recetly ra ito W\ Bob Camero. No, I did t hurt him. He ad his good wife were ejoyig dier at a local restaurat. They do t go South i the Witer aymore as they ejoy WATCHING Witer sports. It is woderful to see may of our ew Brothers progress up the Lie as Officers or as participats. Several of these also do excellet work i the Cocordat Bodies ad brig hoor to the Lodge. Thak you! I would like to thik that all Brothers ca receive all their iformatio about the Lodge from this article. We live i a age of electroic media that gets out to the Brothers o all these ew fagled thigamagigs. This is the basic for all us old-timers. If there is ever a eed for clarificatio, please call the Worshipful or at the telephoe umbers give above. Do yourself a favor ad read may of the articles i the Masoic Times to get a bigger picture of Masoic activities i our area. If you caot get to Lodge, sed us a ote ad tell us how you are doig. God bless America! UNITY Lodge No d & 4th Modays, 7:30 p.m. 3 South Uio Street Specerport W Jeffrey VaSice (717) jvasice@rochester.rr.com R W Clifford Short short4us@rochester.rr.com It is February ad by ow we all have see our share of sow ad cold I kow I have. We are all lookig forward to Sprig. February is the moth of the biggest fudraiser of the year for the Fraterity - the Have-a-Heart Campaig. For those of you who are ot aware, this is a fudraiser i which the Regioal Lodges ad Cocordat Bodies all participate to raise moey for the local Roald McDoald Houses. We staff booths at three local Malls durig the first two weeks of February ad collect doatios from the passers-by. The Roald McDoald Houses provide housig for families of childre who are receivig medical care i Rochester for little or o cost. All moey that is raised is doated to the house; it makes a huge differece to them. Our dates ad times to voluteer at The Mall at Greece Ridge Ceter are as follows: Friday, February 7th, 12 Noo 9 p.m. Thursday, February th, 3 p.m. 9 p.m. 103 N. Washigto Street, East Rochester (585) Over 100 YEARS OF SERVICE Lear more about your Saturday, February 15th, 12 Noo 9 p.m. The booth at The Mall at Greece Ridge Ceter is located i frot of JCPeey, ear the Food Court. Please sig up for ay time you ca be there. We usually do 3-hour shifts, but ay legth of time is appreciated. Cotact me (Jeff Va Sice) with what days ad times you ca help. jvasice1@rochester.rr.com or Cell: This is your chace to give back to the commuity ad make a differece. So please loose up your Cabletow ad pitch i for a few shifts. We always have a good time; you will meet some icredible people ad hear some great stories of how the House made a differece i peoples lives. Our Trestleboard for February is a good oe. February 10th - We have a talk o the History of the Lodge give by R\W\Joe Privitera; a dier will be served prior to the meetig. February 24th - We will be coferrig a 1st Degree. This will be our Edict Degree, so please come out ad help welcome some ew Brothers to the Craft ad help them receive the Light. I will close with a quote from Brother Be Frakli for you to thik o Tell me ad I forget, teach me ad I may remember, ivolve me ad I LEARN. Always seek more Light, my Brothers. Visit our MCCNY.COM

8 8 Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com You re ever to old to love Charlie Brow. Just ask Brothers Lou Cook, Jeremy Mesig ad Jeff Robiso. (Photo by Brother Matt Reiter) C L I O LODGE No st & 3rd Tuesdays 7:30 p.m. W Peter J. Matthews, Jr clio.pete@gmail.com W Michael Postilli mpostilli@gmail.com 287 East Aveue, Hilto Recet Evets I Jauary, Clio held its 2d Relatively-aual Chili Cookoff. The Chili has ot yet bee amed at the time of this article s writig, so stay tued ext moth! I December, we held our 1st Holiday Party i may a year, ad there was quite a ice turout. I was glad to see so may Brothers brigig their families. From what I saw, the kids were havig a great time ad I hope this is the start of a ew traditio. It was great to get together with Brothers, get to kow their families better, have some laughs ad watch A Charlie Brow Christmas o the big TV! February may be the shortest moth, but it s ot short o activities here at Clio! We have a wide rage of evets from Degrees, to Have-a-Heart, to Spaghetti Diers, to our first-ever Euchré Touramet. Our moth starts with our 2d Degree o Tuesday, February 4th. Seior Warde Matthew Scheffer will be sittig i the East, coferrig the Degree upo our eight Etered Appretices. Brother Matt will have time to get used to the chair, as I will be out of tow durig our last Jauary meetig, givig Matt a early move-up ight. February Activities Have-a-Heart Campaig Clio has three dates for the Have-a-Heart Campaig this moth 1118 Log Pod Road South of Maide Lae Saturday, February 1st Noo 9 p.m. Suday, February 9th Noo 6 p.m. Suday, February 16th Noo 6 p.m. As usual, we ll be at The Mall at Greece Ridge Ceter i frot of JCPeey, across from the Food Court. A full schedule of dates ad times are listed i last moth s Masoic Times; our schedule is show withi this article ad i the may s I will have set you by ow. I m sure I ll see a ice turout of Clio Brothers for the three dates. We are t a Lodge that has a lot to doate fiacially, but we ca doate our time ad effort ad help raise moey for this woderful orgaizatio. The stories ad the thaks we hear from people who have eeded their services are worth every momet spet raisig fuds at the Mall. Givig of ourselves to help others is the reaso most of us became Masos ad I look forward to workig with my Brothers doig what we are meat to do. February 12th - Spaghetti Dier February 18th - Regular Commuicatio. R\W\ Rich Friedma is scheduled to give a program pertaiig to the Fellowcraft Degree. We re all lookig forward to that. Suday, February 23rd - We ll be edig the moth with our first Euchré Touramet. The Touramet is beig Chaired by Brother Bria Flaherty. He made the mistake of sayig he rus oe with his co-workers, so the job was his! The cards start beig dealt at 1 p.m. ad we re pleased to aouce that Pleasure Laes Bowlig Ceter i Hilto is lettig us use their facilities to put o the Tourey. There is a sack bar ad a bar which will be available for food ad drik purchases. It will be a Team Touramet (585) Pre-plaed Fueral Arragemets By Appoitmet Formal Chapel o Premises Complete Fueral Arragemets At Oe Coveiet Locatio Persoal & Digified Service For All Faiths Geeral Price Lists Available Cetral Greece Area Locally Owed you will keep your parter throughout. The cost is $10 per perso ($20 per team). There will be cash prizes (the amout determied by the moey eared) as well as raffles ad auctios. To register for the evet, call me (Pete) at February Birthdays Okay, Brothers, put o your party hats ad whip out your oisemakers, it s time to wish Happy Birthday to Brothers Claude G. Barclay, Scott Brickma, Lou Cook, Joseph Gresko, Jeremy Mesig, Atoio Paella, Mike Postilli ad Jeffrey Ross. Util ext moth, keep that Masoic Light shiig bright, my Brothers! Mark Your Caledar February 1st - Have-a-Heart, Noo-9 p.m. February 4th - Fellowcraft Degree, 7:30 p.m. February 6th - Have-a-Heart, Noo-6 p.m. February 12th - Spaghetti Dier, 4:30 p.m.-7 p.m. February 16th - Have-a- Heart, Noo-6 p.m. February 18th - Regular Commuicatio, 7:30 p.m. February 23rd - Euchré Tourey at Pleasure Laes Bowlig Ceter, Hilto, 1 p.m. Waka-Hubbard Lodge No d & 4th Modays 7:30 p.m. W Agelo DiCataldo kdicataldo@frotieret.et R W Joh Zabel secretary@wakahubbard.org 1822-A Pefield Road, Pefield By R\W\ Joh Zabel Well, the New Year has started with some iterestig weather. Oe miute there is o sow, the there is much sow, the it is very, very cold (-10 at my house). As I write this the sky is totally clear ad very blue. Let us hope the year will cotiue to be good. I Jauary we had a excellet talk o the Middle Chamber Lecture. The Brethre were ethralled ad the presetatio was superb. That said, we the coferred the 3rd Degree o our Cadidates who were ready. We thak all the Brethre who helped ad atteded the coferral ad to our ew Masos. Also, our Juior Warde supplied very delicious meals before our meetigs, but remember, he does eed a cout prior to the eveig so place your reservatio with him by at: tukfi@yahoo.com If you do ot have a copy of the Lodge Directory for local members, cotact the ad he will make sure you get a copy or come to a Lodge meetig ad pick oe up. It is mostly correct, but there may be a few chages that will eed to be made ad commuicated to the Brethre. Brother Brig-a-Fried Evet We will be holdig a Brother Brig-a-Fried Evet o Saturday, February 1st, at the Lodge. We are plaig to hold it i the late morig startig at 10 a.m. ad edig with a simple luch at Noo. This is ope for all our Brothers to brig a o-masoic fried to start the exploratio of Freemasory which may ed i his petitioig for the Degrees. It is also for ay Brother to brig a Brother who may be iterested i affiliatig with Waka-Hubbard Lodge. The program will cover most all aspects of the Fraterity ad there will be plety of time to aswer questios. Please pla to atted; potetial Petitioers will ejoy meetig the full rage of me who are our members. Walk-About the Lodge O February 10th, we will have the Lodge Walk-about Program. If you have ever see the presetatio, it is a orietatio program for our ew Brothers to kow about the Officers of the Lodge ad the Protocol to be practiced while i a Lodge meetig. The program will teach old ad ew Brothers somethig they may have forgotte or did ot kow. Our Fraterity is so rich that it takes a lifetime to lear the major portio of what it is tryig to teach. Pla to atted ad see if you do lear somethig. You will be surprised ad will ejoy yourself. O February 24th, we will cofer the Etered Appretice Degree o several of our curret Petitioers. The will be askig various Brothers to help i the Degree work; please cosider takig part, if you are willig ad able. The better we do our work the more meaig the ew Cadidate gets out of the coferral. We will be usig our ow members for the coferral to cotiue our meetig of the requiremets for the ew Grad Lodge Award for Lodges that ca cofer all three Degrees with their ow members. The Lodge has always doe well i the Howard Potts Award for Grad Lecturer Covetio attedace, ow we ca work o the Meacham Award for Degree coferral. Waka-Hubbard is a proud Lodge with a lustrous history of all of our parts. If you have t bee to a meetig lately, make plas to atted. You will lear somethig as we always have a educatioal segmet preseted by oe of our Brothers or a outside guest, uless we are coferrig Degrees. Your iput to the o how to ehace your experiece i Lodge is solicited, so atted a meetig ad let the kow what you liked ad did ot like. Lastly, remember that the Iitiatio Fee for Petitios has goe up ad is effective for Petitios received after Jauary 1st. Cotact the for the amout requested with the Petitio ad the full amout. This will be metioed at the Brig-a-Fried Evet also, so atted so you will kow what to tell a prospective petitioer. Have a great February ad watch for other Lodge activities that are i the plaig stage ad are ot ready for aoucemet yet. 979 Bay Road, Webster February 2014 Ispiratio Lodge No. 109 website: 2d & 4th Tuesdays - 7:30 p.m. W Scott Rice srice180@gmail.com R W Derek VaHoute derekhoute1@mac.com By R\W\ Skip Waterstreet Have-a-Heart Campaig I hope you saw the schedules i the Masoic Times last moth - particularly the oe for The Mall at Greece Ridge Ceter where we are scheduled to staff the Have-a-Heart Booth o three dates: Suday, February 2d Noo - 6 p.m. Saturday, February 8th Noo - 9 p.m. Friday, February 14th Noo - 9 p.m. The weeked days are tough for those with youg families, but I would ecourage you to brig them (ad Mom) to assist you. We have had great respose over the years whe childre or gradchildre of Brothers have participated. There seems to be a more relaxed feel whe the kids are aroud. I thik it is a great way to help teach them how importat it is to help those who caot help themselves. While we try to get coverage i 3-hour shifts, do t cosider that to be madatory. If you ca come for a hour or two, that would be a big help. Also, if you are ot available o our selected days, you might be able to help aother group. I ca provide cotact iformatio to almost ayoe ivolved with this program; just ask! The reaso we have multiple dates is because of the umber of Brothers i our Lodge ad the great support we have had coverig the booth i the past. Not all groups are as youg (preset compay excluded) ad ethusiastic as Ispiratio has prove to be, so I hope we have a great respose. Sickess ad Distress More Brothers of Ispiratio Lodge have joied the Celestial Lodge sice our last article. R\W\ Joh R. Faro wet home to the Lord o Jauary 5th. Brother Joh was a Past of Geesee Falls Lodge ad curretly the Grad Represetative of Grade Loja Macoica de Mias Gerais, Brazil, ear New York. A Masoic Service was held o Jauary 11th, with more tha 80 Masos attedig to pay tribute to him. (There is more iformatio i his Obituary otice elsewhere i this issue.) W\ Michael C. McBride, a Past of Valley-Simes Lodge, died o Jauary 10th. The sympathy of the Lodge is exteded to the families of both of these Brothers. Lodge ad District News cotiues o Page

9 February 2014 Website: Damascus News Damascus Shrie Ceter No. 2 February 2014 Shrie ad Diva Meetigs Dier Reservatios Required Call: (585) or (585) by Moday NOON Shrie Office Hours Moday Friday 9:30 a.m. 3:30 p.m. Website: Joseph di tucci Potetate Thak you, everyoe who came to support the 2014 Diva at Istallatio. Ill. Bruce Chilto did a fatastic job with his "Make-or-Break"-themed Istallatio (aka MOB). As Bruce stated, we are all part of the Damascus Family. We will work diligetly to brig that Family atmosphere back to the Shrie. As you may kow, our Missio this year is givig back to the members. The 2014 Diva fully appreciates that without you, we do ot exist. Throughout the year, we will host umerous fuctios to hoor the curret membership ad promote harmoy throughout the Fraterity. I 2011, Ill. Rich Friedma said it best. he stated, "Whe you come to my house, I greet you at the door." This year the Diva iteds o cotiuig that traditio ad re-buildig the Greeters. Please cotact the Office if you would like to joi the Greeters Team. Moreover, your 2014 Diva wats to raise the bar oe step higher, rememberig that we are here to serve you, NOT the other way aroud. With our sleeves rolled up, we ited to make your meetig ight experiece the best it ca be, from makig your drik behid the bar to servig your dier. With this team, the sky's the limit. Our March 5th meetig is dedicated to promotio of Fellowship. The ight will start with a social hour ad light grazig statios at 6 p.m. We will head ito the Lodge Room at 7 p.m. for very quick busiess, close up ad retire to the Diig Room for Pizza, Wigs ad other sacks, o later tha 8 p.m. The Fellowship will last all ight log. The cost for the eveig is oly $5 ad it covers everythig - eve your Camel s Milk ad Soda. Please sed your reservatios to the Office. Our April 2d meetig is our 1st Ceremoial ad Hot Sads of the year. Please remember to get your Petitios i early. The Directors Staff is preparig for a ight to remember lots of laughs ad fu will be had by all. Please make every effort to come ad support our ewest members as they make their Pilgrimage across the Hot Sads. The dier meu for the eveig is still i the works; however, I ca tell you it will be a full-catered meal, the cost is oly $5 ad, yes, icludes Camel s Milk ad Soda. O Suday, April 6th, we will be holdig our Aual Casio Bus Trip. Seats are limited so be sure to get your reservatios ito the Office early. Please cotact the Office for further details ad to place your reservatios. Special Recogitio O the ight of Istallatio, Damascus received its first doatio of 2014 to the Shriers Hospitals for Childre. It is the kid geerosity of our Frateral Members ad Doors who help keep our Hospital System alive. A big thak you to Noble George Corbett his Lady, Barbara, ad the New Moo Expo, for their $500 doatio to Erie Hospital. (l-r) Waye McCrosse, Kevi Skis Faro ad Joe DiTucci havig a good time at the Oasis i celebratio of Istallatio. scott lasky assistat rabba By Scott Lasky We had a great time at the Jauary Istallatio ad I am very proud to be Assistat Rabba for Damascus. We have a fu year comig up ad I urge you to atted as may evets as possible. I assure you that you will ot be disappoited. I will be advertisig upcomig evets o a Facebook page I set up for the Cruz Nights. Please go to com/damascuscruiseight ad Like our Page. I will be updatig it with iformatio for the Let Fish Fry Diers ad, of course, the Cruz Nights. Voluteers Needed I have had some people voluteer to help with Let Fish Fry Diers, but I still eed a few more people to help. Please me at slasky91@gmail. com or call the Shrie Office if you are willig to help us out. You do't have to voluteer every week although the more weeks you ca help the better. Ufortuately, I will ot be able to make three of them so we will be shorthaded if we do't get may helpers. Please spread the word about our World Famous Fish Diers. We averaged about 60 diers each week ad I would like to see if we ca get that up to 70 this year. I kow the ice Sprig weather seems so far away but Cruz Nights will be here before you kow it. I forgot to ask the "Boss" how may weeks util it starts, but feel free to ask if you see him. He starts coutig dow from the last Cruz Night of the Seaso. Last year ra very well ad I do't aticipate ay major chages. Let's just hope the weather improves this year. Mark Your Caledar The tetative date for the start-up meetig will be 7 p.m. o April 4th, which is also a Let Fish Fry Dier. Come early ad ejoy dier before the meetig. Damascus Trestleboard 2014 february 2d Super Bowl Party, Ope 3rd Diva Meetig 5th Shrie Table Lodge, NBB, Shell-a-Buck, Special Electio for HPP, (Caterer: Ucle Ralph s Steak-Out) Seatig limited, Reservatios due by Noo, February 3rd, Shriers & Masos Oly 21st Spaghetti Dier & Movie put o by Nile, Ope march 3rd Diva Meetig 5th Shrie Meetig, Ballotig, Fellowship Night, Tiled 15th Murder Mystery Dier put o by Nile, Ope 28th Diva Meetig, 8 p.m. 29th Nile Istallatio at Webster Lodge, Ope Lete Fish Fry - Ope to the Public March 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th April 4th, 22th ad 18th

10 10 Website: February 2014 Aubur Shrie Club By David Bowma Rigig the Bell for Salvatio Army I have just fiished my tur rigig bells for the Salvatio Army. I kow, that by ow, it is just a memory for you, but I have a couple of memories I wat to share. The first is a youg couple who came up to the kettle with their little child to put moey i for others. Yes, I kow by ow you say you have see it ofte, but there is a back-story. The youg woma was a former studet. She had goe way off the path we all would like to be o. She had bee i jail, i priso ad has tured her life aroud. It was a memory for me. The secod was a youg woma, late tees or so, with a jelly jar cotaiig chage. She stopped, opeed the jar, took out some of the chage ad put it i the kettle. She was so pleasat ad said she wished she could do more. More? She was doig her shoppig with chage. Not spare chage, I have spare chage. She was shoppig with a jar of chage. Now I m pretty easy to get emotioally ivolved. But my tears felt really warm today. God bless her ad everyoe who helps others. I thak Bob Colema, Bob McMaus, Jack Ehrlich, Buddy Rodgers, Larry Pritchard, Gerry Stato, Harold Parker, the Raibow Girls of Aubur, Ver Stephes, Nick Gould, Chuck Mister ad Jim Kah for all their time i support of the Salvatio Army. The iformatio from the Salvatio Army is that our locatio had doatios of $ May God bless the youg ad old who gave. Recyclig Activity I stopped with my cas ad bottles ad discovered the Recyclig Ceter has chaged hads. I asked about the Shrie cotributios ad the ma did t seem to kow aythig about it. I brig this up because he asked, Are you a Shrier? I replied that I was. He wet o to tell me how the Shriers Hospitals for Childre had helped his little boy ad he could t be more grateful. He the asked about Ke Pollard. So Ke, you may have retired from the Board, but you ca t retire from people s memories. Sickess ad Distress I eed to report that Ke Pollard s back wet oe way while he wet the other ad he is home, i a chair, tryig to stay comfortable. His wife must be goig uts with him ot beig as active as he likes to be. It is also kow to me that Ted Teat has bee i the hotel, Aubur Commuity Hospital. He is home ow, but said the food was great. Millio-Mile Challege Results This just i as I sed this off Shrie wis Millio-Mile Challege! Thaks to all who wet o lie each day to make it possible. Our Hospitals, ad more precisely, our kids will beefit from such a simple act o our part. I will leave you with a story from my fried, Fred. I told him if it was goig to stay this cold, we should take up skiig. He agreed, but he could t figure how we would get the boat up the hill! 2014 Salmo Fishig for the Kids This evet supports Shriers Hospitals for Childre Saturday, Jue 21st at Reel Excitemet Charters Poit Breeze/Oak Orchard, NY Cost - $125 per perso Official Publicatio of Damascus Shrie A.A.O.N.M.S. Waye A. McCrosse CHIEF RABBAN chiefrabba@damascusshriers.org Scott E. Lasky ASSISTANT RABBAN assistatrabba@damascusshrier.org James R. Rya ORIENTAL GUIDE orietalguide@damascusshriers.org Michael P. Huesto TREASURER treasurer@damascusshriers.org Derek E. VaHoute RECORDER recorder@damascusshriers.org Jerry W. Lack 1st CEREMONIAL MASTER 1stcm@damascusshriers.org 979 Bay Road, Webster, NY (585) Fax - (585) office@damascusshriers.org Joseph C. DiTucci POTENTATE Dedicated to the Memory of Nobles Lawrece K. Ely December 4, 2005 Michael McBride Jauary 10, 2014 Christia Cordts 2d CEREMONIAL MASTER 2dcm@damascusshriers.org Charles A. Feller MARSHAL marshal@damascusshriers.org Keeth J. Laza CAPTAIN OF THE GUARD captaiguard@damascusshriers.org Bruce C. Berhard OUTER GUARD outerguard@damascusshriers.org Joh R. Faro Jauary 5, 2014 William D. Spillae Jauary 9, 2014 Vace R. Collom, Jr. DIRECTOR director@damascusshriers.org Skip Waterstreet, EDITOR Damascus News (585) masoictimes@gmail.com James H. Pray December 24, 20 Actio Required!!! It s time to reew the Damascus News Boosters... a way i which you support this publicatio. If you are iterested i beig a Booster for 2014, please sed $15 to the Damascus Shrie Office. Ayoe iterested i advertisig their busiess i this Damascus News pullout sectio, please cotact Kari Staples i the Shrie Office ( ) Damascus News Boosters Dale & Jea Shatzer Dea & JoA Smith James Toogood Skip & Diae Waterstreet Cy & Olga White Icludes 5-Hour Fishig Trip 4 People per Boat Luch Afterwards at the Black North I All participats meet at the Black North I Parkig Lot at 6:00 a.m., Otario Street; Ket, NY. Boats will begi leavig the docks at 6:30 a.m. promptly. Reservatio with Full paymet must be made by Jue 1st to secure a spot i a boat. Cotact Damascus Shrie Office for Reservatios (585) office@damascusshriers.org Mail paymet (Payable to Damascus Shriers) to: Damascus Shriers Att: Fishig Derby 979 Bay Road, Webster, NY For further iformatio, icludig lodgig, cotact Bob Sogi at (585) reelxite@rochester.rr.com Terrece Adams Brya Aderso Christopher Bowles William Boyd George Bracht Gle Brow Richard Budgeo Charles Buisch Louis Caldarelli Joh Cambareri Richard Chapple Howard Colegrove Charles Cutler Wallace Farsworth George Foeher George Fogarassy Kevi Gerhard February Birthdays William Gilley Maurice Guiup Robert Helmes Richard Hederso Scott Herzog James Hess Richard Hodges Robert Hut Douglas Joes Be Keel Robert Lasky Joseph Lorah James Miller Joh Miller Joh Mosher Michael Nohle Richard Pierce Michael Postilli Rya Reese Rodey Rittehouse Matthew Sasoe Richard Schmake Dale Shatzer Herbert Specer Daye Tharrett James Toogood James VaHoute James VaSickle Waye Wager Doald Walzer Lawrece Wetherbee Roald Wexler Charles White Mark Wishma

11 February 2014 Website: What s New i Erie By Bob Howde Aual GE Bids for Kids Gala Beefits Shriers Hospitals - Erie Shriers Hospitals for Childre - Erie facility has agai bee selected as oe of the local childre s charities that will beefit from this year s Bids for Kids Gala evet, sposored by GE Trasportatio. This is the fourth year that the Erie Shriers facility has bee oe of the three charities. Bids for Kids, GE s premier fudraiser for local childre s charities, will be held Saturday, February 15th, at Erie s Bayfrot Covetio Ceter begiig at 6 p.m. I additio to Shriers Hospitals for Childre, the Make-a-Wish Foudatio ad the Boys & Girls Club will share equally i the proceeds from the eveig s festivities. Last year, each charity received more tha $46,000 from the evet. The Bids for Kids eveig icludes a cocktail receptio ad dier, as well as live ad silet auctios for a variety of great merchadise ad gifts. Additioal iformatio may be foud o the Bids for Kids website: Cocktail attire is the proper dress for the eveig. Reservatios for Bids for Kids are $75 per perso ad iclude ope bar; 3-course Dier with the choice of Beef, Chicke or Vegetaria; Appetizers durig the Cocktail Hour; ad the eveig s festivities. Reservatios may be made o the Bids for Kids website or at the Shriers Hospitals for Childre - Erie facility, 1645 West 8th Street. Paymet ad dier selectios must be made at the time of the reservatio. The reservatio deadlie is February 7th. Although checks should be made payable to Boys & Girls Club of Erie, all fuds will be divided equally amog the three charities. Shriers Takes Top Spot i Uited Airlies Charity Mileage Giveaway Oce agai this year, Shriers Hospitals for Childre received the most votes i the Uited Airlies 10-Millio Charity Miles Campaig. You ca see the top 10 charity parter rakigs at: Thak you to all who voted! The Shriers system uses these air miles to trasport patiets ad a paret/guardia to our facilities to receive the specialized medical care they eed. H&R Block Raisig Fuds for Shriers Hospitals for Childre H&R Block has oce agai geerously voluteered to raise fuds for Shriers Hospitals for Childre through their No-Profit Referral Program. H&R Block will doate $20 to Shriers Hospitals for each ew cliet that has their tax retur prepared by Block ad presets a coupo that requests that the doatio be made. Block defies a ew cliet as oe that did ot have their taxes prepared by Block i the prior year. Tax time is somethig we may ot look forward to, but this kid support from H&R Block will help put smiles o may youg faces our facility staffs help throughout the year. To participate, just dowload the coupo ad take it with you to your tax appoitmet. You may get the coupo at: site/docserver/ts_noprofit_referral_form_erie.pdf?docid=5243 New Game of LOVE Campaig Lauched Shriers Hospitals for Childre is lauchig a excitig ew Campaig Game Day for LOVE to provide employees, Shriers ad grateful families i your commuity with a fu way to sed their Love to the Rescue ad raise critical fuds to support the Shriers missio to trasform the lives of childre. If you are gearig up for the Super Bowl o Suday, February 2d, hostig a Game Day for LOVE party is a great ew fudraisig activity that gets everyoe ivolved i a cause that is close to your heart. Game Day for LOVE is the first of may easy-to-implemet, fudraisig activities to share with grateful families ad supporters who wat to help Shriers Hospitals for Childre. Spread the word that o game day, there s a ew way to help us wi big. Those iterested ca register to become Game Day for LOVE hosts by visitig As a Game Day for LOVE host, people will have access to our fudraisig Playbook, Tips o How to Host a Game Day for LOVE that icludes all the tools eeded to have a successful evet, i.e.: Pritable Decoratios Game Day Recipes Fudraisig Ideas Kids Activity Page Ad much much more. Oce registered, it will be time to brig frieds ito the huddle, so get started ow! For additioal iformatio, cotact: Bob Howde (814) Shrieabilia By Derek VaHoute While lookig aroud our collectio of Damascus historical documets, I came across a treasure trove of material cotaied i a umber of volumes of What s New i Damascus. They go back to or so. Noble Ke Pollard was askig if we had aythig o whe the Aubur Shrie Club origiated, so I metioed that I would take a look. Damascus Bowlers joureyed to Aubur May 21, 1936, to compete with a team from the Shrie Club of that City. The Aubur Boys were two up at the ed of the secod game. They wet o to list the Nobles who bowled. Now remember there were o automatic pisetters or scorig computers durig that day, I m sure some of you ca remember those days. Also, i aother What s New article they stated that i April, 1936, about Presidet Roosevelt, there were five Cabiet Members who were Masos - of War, of the Navy, of Commerce, of Agriculture ad the Attorey Geeral. Aother item that caught my eye from the 1936 Book O August 5, 1936, 450 Nobles boarded the Lake Otario Ferry ad spet the day sailig to Cobourg, Caada. Oe more example, ad i closig this article, sort of fits my positio. Will Recorders go to Heave? If the Recorder writes a letter, it is too log; if he seds a postal, it s too short; if he does t sed a otice, he is lazy; if he atteds a committee meetig, he is buttig i; if he stays away, he is a shirker; if he dus (their words, ot mie) the members for Dues, he is isultig; if he fails to collect the Dues, he is slippig; if he asks for advice, he is icompetet; if he talks o a subject, he is tryig to ru thigs; if he remais quiet, he has lost iterest i his job. ASHES TO ASHES, DUST TO DUST, IF THE OTHERS DON T DO IT, THE RECORDER MUST! By Noble Edward C. Widma, Philosopher-at-Large Ayoe may borrow these books, realizig that they are oe-of-a-kid ad ca t be replaced. Call the Office or stop i aytime. See you ext moth with more stories from Damascus past. Wester New York Shrie Reuio i Puta Gorda, FL Tuesday, February 11th Cacelled 11 a.m. 'til Luch at 12:30 p.m. at Puta Gorda Elks Club o the beautiful Peace River Shore Drive, Puta Gorda, FL Wester New York Shriers Witer Picic is Cacelled By Mac & Dee Gath Sadly to say, the Wester New York Shriers Witer Picic scheduled for February 11th has bee cacelled due to lack of iterest. We have bee hoored to coordiate this evet for years ad thak all who have atteded. We have may woderful memories from all of them ad will certaily miss seeig everyoe this year. Damascus Shriers still have their ame o the Pier at the Elks Club. Stay healthy ad happy this Witer, Mac & Dee waye couty Shrie Club By Frak Russell, Waye Couty Shrie Club had its last meetig with Frak Russell as Presidet o Jauary 16th at the Phelps Hotel. Those preset commeted o the excellet meal. After a few humorous stories were told, the members elected their Officers for Elected were: Presidet Erest Day Vice Presidet Tom Pusateri /Treasurer Frak Russell Paul Adams was amed / Treasurer Emeritus i recogitio of his may years servig the Club i that Office. We were pleased to welcome George ad Giy Pierce as ew members ad to have Charles Feller, aka Sir Charles of Avoshire, joi with us, represetig the Diva. Upcomig Meetigs This Shrie Club geerally meets o the 3rd Thursday of the odd moths. As such, its ext meetig will be o March 20th. The ew Officers will meet ad decide a appropriate veue. Ayoe residig i Waye Couty or immediately adjacet thereto who would like to joi with us is ecouraged to cotact oe of the Officers to be put o the mailig list. Of course, our Shrie Ceter publishes meetig iformatio of its various Clubs ad our members are welcome to joi with us. Happy Valetie s Day! Perry Shrie Club By Ed Hollwedel Great ews - the fial tally for the total amout set to the Shriers Hospital for Childre - Erie from the Perry Shrie Club s Christmas Party was $800. Great work! Everyoe had a good time ad we accomplished our costat goal of help the kids. The ext meetig will be o February 27th, at the Hole-i-the-Wall Restaurat i Perry. The program will be listed as we get closer to the date. O March 27th, at the Lumberyard Restaurat, we will be Goig o a Moose Hut with Charles Feller. Please keep these dates o your caleder. As always, we socialize at 6 p.m. ad order dier off of the meu at 7 p.m. Hope to see you all soo at oe of these great meetigs. Directors Staff Dier Meetig Wedesday February 26th Yellow Mills Dier 2534 Route 31, Palmyra Order off the Meu Social Time - 5:30 p.m. Dier - 6:00 p.m. Ladies ad Guests Ivited Casual Attire Call Vace Collom (585) vcollom1@rochester.rr.com with ay questios or to make reservatios

12 12 Website: February 2014 Zama Temple No. 14, Daughters of the Nile Cordially ivites you to the Ope Istallatio of Officers ad the Crowig of Pricess Barbara Jea Smith Saturday,March 29, 2014 Two O clock p.m. at Webster Masoic Hall 30 Orchard Street, Webster ~ ~ ~ ~ A Receptio Dier follows at Victoria Room of Burgudy Basi ~ 61 Marsh Road, Pittsford Arrival Time - 6:30 p.m. ~ $30 per perso ~ Deluxe Buffet Reservatios Due by March 1st Make Checks Payable to Daughers of the Nile Temple No. 14 ad Sed to: Carol Colegrove; 8 Cythia Drive; Geeva, NY Ph: (315) (Home) or (315) (Cell) Zama Temple No. 14 Daughters of the Nile presets a Murder Mystery Dier March 15th Social - 5:30 p.m. Dier & Show - 6:30 p.m. at Damascus ~ Shrie Ceter 979 Bay Road, Webster Salad ~ Pasta ~ Dessert $15.00 per perso Ope to the Public Reservatios due by Friday, March 7th For reservatios Cotact Debi Burke at Leave a message ad phoe umber. HD TV Raffle Grad Prize: p Led HD TV Tickets: 1 for $5 or 3 for $10 Drawig o March 15th at our Murder Mystery Dier Fuds support Zama Temple No. 14, Daughters of the Nile who support the Shriers Hospitals for Childre Damascus Legio of Hoor Frakli T. Russell, Commader The Damascus Legio of Hoor elected its 2014 Officers at a dier meetig o Jauary 15th. They are: Commader Frakli Russell 1st Lt. Cmdr William Micheer 2d Lt. Cmdr Cyril White 3rd Lt. Cmdr Orlo Noxo Adjutat Cyrus Kloer The Commader appoited the followig to the positios: Fiace Officer James Slocum Persoel Officer Norris Shapiro Sgt. at Arms Derek Va Houte Chaplai Vace Collom At the meetig, two recetly deceased Veteras, James H. Pray ad Joh R. Faro, were remembered. The 2014 Budget was preseted ad approved. The Legio welcomed our ew Potetate, Joseph DiTucci, who updated the members o comig Shrie evets. February 12th - The Legio will meet ad would welcome ay Veteras or presetly active military persoel who are Shriers to cotact oe of the Officers ad cosider joiig us. It is aticipated that the Legio will agai preset a Flag Retiremet Ceremoy at the Temple i Jue. Damascus Legio of Hoor Meetig Wedesday, February 12th Damascus Shrie Ceter 979 Bay Road, Webster Social Hour - 5:30 p.m. (Hors d oeuvres Cash Bar) Dier - 6:30 p.m. Salad * Ham * Scalloped Potatoes * Vegetable Rolls & Butter * Coffee * Dessert $12 per perso RSVP o later tha Friday, February 7th at (585) or cylegalrx@hotmail.com Ope to the Public Come joi Daughters of the Nile for Dier & a Movie! Friday, February 21st 5 p.m. 7 p.m. ~ Cost $10 - Adult $5 - Childre Uder 12 All-You-Ca-Eat Spaghetti Dier Salad, Dessert, Coffee ad Tea plus a Family- Friedly Movie (at 7 p.m.) Show o a Giat Wall Scree at the Damascus Shrie Ceter 979 Bay Road, Webster Damascus Shriers Euchré Touramets Last Saturday of the Moth Sprig Seaso February 22d March 29th April 26th May 31st - Ed of Seaso Party after Touramet All Touramets ad Parties are Ope to the Public Food available for purchase: 5 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. Registratio: 6 p.m. 7 p.m. Touramet Starts: 7 p.m. $5 per player ~ 25 Euchré ~ 50/50 Raffle For more details: Mike Huesto: mph0523@frotieret.et Oscar Wilso: roscosc@earthlik.et (585) Damascus Shrier Ceter

13 February 2014 Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com Ispiratio Lodge Cotiued from Page 8 Comig Evets By ow you kow the 3rd Degree was moved to the ed of Jauary to allow the members of the Degree Team a bit more time to prepare without the hustle ad bustle of the holiday seaso. I will have a more detailed report i the ext issue. February 11th is our ext meetig ad is scheduled to be a Regular Commuicatio to trasact such busiess as may have bee pushed aside to accommodate our Degrees. O February 25th, we are scheduled to begi a ew Class of Cadidates. Petitios should have bee i by ow, but there still may be time to fill the Class, if it is t already. Days of Celebratio We like to recogize importat days ad there certaily is o more importat day for our Brothers tha the day they were bor. The umber of years may vary, but you have to start with oe! So here are the celebrats for February. Happy Birthday to: Kevi Gerhard (1st); Richard Giedd (3rd); Olido Nardoe ad Gary Lid (5th); Gerald Merzke, Robert Burs ad Jua Gozalez (6th); Doald Brow ad Keeth Goodrich (9th); Herbert Specer ad Eric Hiksto (10th); Roald Hibbard ad Michael Bailey (18th); Brya Aderso ad Scott Herzog (19th); Jack Palmer (20th); David Dahrsi (24th); Scott Rice (27th) ad Stephe Moore (28th). See you i Lodge. Uio Star Lodge No. 320 Website: 2d Modays, 7:30 p.m. W Keeth J. Tomaszewski ke@kjtgroup.com 3 North Mai Street Hoeoye Falls I what would be otherwise a relatively quiet time aroud Lodge, Uio Star was full of activity ad true Fellowship. For may of us, the adage that you get out of somethig that which you put ito it, ad cosiderig that we should have o expectatios of a withdrawal or takig, we certaily did obtai Harmoy ad Brotherhood as we closed 20. Our 1st Degree was completed with success ad much hard work by all participats. I especially thak Rodey Rittehouse for his presetatio of the Historical Lecture. He is a pillar of our orgaizatio ad exemplary Brother. The Degree work came o the heels of our Aual Holiday Party ad Dier. Brothers ad their Ladies ejoyed a fatastic meal ad the compay of ot oly other Uio Star members, but Brothers from across our District. Orgaized this year by our immediate Past, Frak Habitzreuter, it is our aual culmiatig evet that brigs us, ad those who support us, together for good tidigs ad cheer. Cogratulatios Speakig of Brother Habitzreuter may of those across the District have gotte to kow him. He certaily is ot shy! To the cotrary, Frak always exhibits those qualities that defie Brotherhood ad ever for a miute seeks the easy way out; rather, seeks to do the best for him ad others. It does ot go without recogitio. Uio Star is most appreciative of his efforts sice he affiliated ad especially i the past year. As such, Frak was omiated for ad preseted our 20 Masoof-the-Year Award, recogized at our Holiday Party ad at the subsequet Regular Commuicatio. Cogratulatios, ad well deserved, Frak! The Lodge s Harmoy Theme exteded to the fial evet for Uio Star i 20 our Holiday Fellowship Party. Those attedig this year, icludig our ewly iitiated Etered Appretice, ejoyed ot oly some holiday refreshmets, but a woderful potluck of tasty treats, with oe goig away dissatisfied for wat of cor or oil! I was especially ad truly glad to see Brother Gee Gordo i attedace. Havig ot see him i some time, as his Cabletow has seemigly bee rigged to a power wich across the past several years, it was a pleasure to observe he ad others wraglig over may games of Euchre, heartily laughig ad truly sharig Fellowship as meat to be. If it is ot these times, i part or i whole, that we seek to promote ad be part of, the what are we after? The bouds across time that uite us are ot easily broke as we share a core set of beliefs ad expected priciples. Time permittig, I geuiely hope we see more of Gee, ad all of those Brothers who caot always be with us, as more voices will ehace Harmoy i our Lodges ad lives. We completed the work of our Budgetig ad Auditig Committee early last moth. While seemigly oly a admiistrative task, I metio it here because, i goig through this process agai ad havig the chace to review the fie work of our ad Treasurer, it remids me of just how strog our foudatios are ad from where we ca build i the future. The level of detail ad orgaizatio uderlyig our Lodge are reflected by this cotiued ad diliget work. It is easy for me to say that 20 was a great ad ever-icreasigly harmoious year at Uio Star, i so may ways. February Birthdays Here I m sedig a most happy birthday wish to our February celebrats: Roy Cluff, Deis Coos, Rodey Rittehouse, Larry Millerd ad George Foeher. Please joi us, Uio Star Brothers ad Brothers from across the Craft, for ay of our regular meetigs held every 2d Moday ad Fellowcraft or special evets o the 4th Moday i the most beautiful Lodge, right i Hoeoye Falls. NORTHFIELD Lodge No st & 3rd Thursdays, 7:30 p.m. W Stepha Micheer smichee@ rochester.rr.com W Joh A. Dudley, jdudley1@rochester.rr.com 17 Church Street, Pittsford Lookig Back Jauary 2d was a sowy Thursday ight. Several iches had falle that day. It was bitterly cold; so cold that salt could ot melt the ice o the roads i the Village of Pittsford. A couple of Brothers called woderig if the meetig might be cacelled, but it was ot. Whe I called Brother Do Fox to see if he wated a ride to the Lodge two blocks from his home he declied sayig It s a ice ight for a walk. What a hardy guy! The usuals were all there alog with our four Etered Appretices ad a fifth Etered Appretice from the State of Ketucky, vouched for by his father, a member of the Lodge. They all vetured out to come to Lodge for Garbage Plate Night ad Brother Lace Daul s presetatio o Kig Solomo s Temple (the first Temple). I do t thik ayoe was disappoited for comig to Lodge o such a miserable ight ad I must say I was very proud to be a member of Northfield Lodge ad amog such a hardy group of Brothers. Despite a State of Emergecy, the Brothers came out for Brotherhood ad Masoic Light, which they received. But this has bee goig o all year. The oly thig differet this ight was that the weather was lousy. It is ispirig to see Brothers ejoy comig to Lodge so much so that they leave the warmth ad comfort of home to come to the warmth ad comfort of the Lodge. As I approach the halfway poit of my year i the East, I am proud that we have had a packed Trestleboard of quality Masoic Programs. We have kept busiess matters to a miimum ad each meetig has offered somethig a little differet. For istace At our last meetig i December, the Brothers who atteded exchaged eckties with oe aother. But eve more sigificatly EVERY BROTHER i attedace stood up ad spoke about what Masory meat to him. They spoke from the heart about the meaig of beig a Maso ad a member of Northfield Lodge. It was a setimetal experiece ad each of us was grateful to hear what each Brother had to say about what Freemasory meas to them. A Fu-Filled February O February 6th, Northfield Lodge will welcome W\ Jeff VaSice from Uity Lodge who will speak to us about Masory durig the Civil War. Jeff is a Civil War re-eactor ad I had the chace to hear him speak last year at his Lodge about Masory durig the Civil War, ad he does a great job. I hope you will do all you ca to come out ad support this program. Lookig Back Jauary 2d was a sowy Thursday ight. Several iches had falle that day. It was bitterly cold; so cold that salt could ot melt the ice o the roads i the Village of Pittsford. A couple of Brothers called woderig if the meetig might be cacelled, but it was ot. Whe I called Brother Do Fox to see if he wated a ride to the Lodge two blocks from his home he declied sayig It s a ice ight for a walk. What a hardy guy! The usuals were all there alog with our four Etered Appretices ad a fifth Etered Appretice from the State of Ketucky, vouched for by his O Jauary 15th, we had our Official Visit by DDGM, R\W\ Gary Buseleher. A Helpig Families Share Memories sice father, a member of the Lodge. They all vetured out to come to Lodge for Garbage Plate Night ad Brother Lace Daul s presetatio o Kig Solomo s Temple (the first Temple). I do t thik ayoe was disappoited for comig to Lodge o such a miserable ight ad I must say I was very proud to be a member of Northfield Lodge ad amog such a hardy group of Brothers. Despite a State of Emergecy, the Brothers came out for Brotherhood ad Masoic Light, which they received. But this has bee goig o all year. The oly thig differet this ight was that the weather was lousy. It is ispirig to see Brothers ejoy comig Geesee-Wyomig District Deputy Grad - Gary Buseleher (585) Olive Brach Lodge No. 39, F. & A.M. 1st Wedesdays 7:30 p.m. W William MacPherso ardow3@ms.com R W Neil R. Bedford H) ; C) bedford67@gmail.com 12 Bak Street, Le Roy dier precedig the meetig was ejoyed by may. Brothers, do t forget that o Friday, February 14th, Olive Brach Lodge will be goig to the VA for Bigo. We will be meetig at the Lodge aroud 5 p.m. to carpool so, if iterested, please atted as this is greatly appreciated by the Veteras. Sickess ad Distress Agai, special thoughts ad prayers are requested for R\W\ Doug Poole ad his wife as he cotiues to struggle with health issues. Otario/Seeca/Yates District Deputy Grad - Jed Bradow (315) District Deputy Grad Otario/Seeca/Yates District R W Jed Bradow (315) jkbradow@yahoo.com As I sit by my pellet stove writig this ewsletter it is -8 outside. Witer has certaily arrived i the Figer Lakes. It is frigid ad icy, but at the same time peaceful ad beautiful. While keepig warm seems to be a challege this year, keepig busy i the O/S/Y District has bee o trouble at all. Jauary saw the completio of Official Visits, a meetig of the O/S/Y District Associatio ad a festive time for all those i attedace at our District Cotiued o Page 14 Pre-Need & Medicaid Plaig Fueral & Crematio Services Memorial Evet Plaig David P. Crawford, Licesed Maager 495 N. Wito Road Rochester, NY (Betwee Browcroft & Humboldt)

14 14 Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com Table Lodge at Farmerville- Uio Lodge Hall i Iterlake. We thak our Grad Lecturer for beig with us ad sharig his thoughts ad isights. It is always a joy to have R\W\ Brother Strag visit our District. Thaks, also, to Farmerville- Uio Lodge ad South Seeca Chapter, OES, for hostig the evet ad providig the fatastic meal. Degree work cotiues aroud the District. The Ritual work beig doe is excellet ad Brothers from all corers of the District have helped isure that all parts are filled ad our Cadidates receive the best Degrees possible. It is truly a blessig to have so may Brothers who are ready, willig ad able to help wherever eeded i Degree work. The work will cotiue at Farmerville-Uio, Joh Hodge, Ark, Pocahotas, Dudee ad Milo Lodges this Witer/Sprig. Please make a effort to atted ad support the Degree work wherever you ca. I kow our Cadidates appreciate the support, as do the Lodges holdig the Degrees. Upcomig Evets Have-a-Heart Campaig February 7th ad 8th - The Otario-Seeca-Yates District Associatio has committed to staff the Have-a-Heart Booth at Eastview Mall for two days i February. We will be coverig: Friday, February 7th, ad Saturday, February 8th Noo util 9 p.m. both days The Have-a-Heart Campaig is a meas of raisig fuds to support the Roald McDoald House of Greater Rochester. This is a terrific cause as the Roald McDoald Houses provide housig, warm meals ad trasportatio betwee Strog Memorial Hospital ad the House for the families of childre beig treated at the hospital. We have bee collectig o-perishable food items for Roald McDoald Houses for the past two years ad feel this is a excellet way for us to do just a little bit more for those families who have childre beig treated at the hospital. Please cosider givig three hours of your time to joi us at the booth ad support the great work beig doe by the Roald McDoald House Charities. February th - Staff Officer Visit at Milor Lodge, Shortsville at 7:30 p.m. February 19th - Staff Officer Visit at Milo Lodge, Pe Ya at 7:30 p.m. February 25th - Staff Officer Visit at Eagle Lodge, Hoeoye at 7:30 p.m. March 8th - Masoic Developmet Course will be preseted by Grad Sword Bearer, R\W\ Brother Robert Haggi, at Milo Lodge Hall, Pe Ya, at 8:30 a.m. MARTIN IPPOLITO Electricia (585) Electrical Work Telephoe Jacks Burglar Alarm Systems Cable TV Paddle Fas Ark Lodge No. 33, F. & A.M. Chartered rd Wedesday W Thomas C. Abraham (315) abrahamtk@roadruer.com W Thomas Smart 493 E. Bluff Dr, Pe Ya The real joy of Freemasory lies beyod the walls of each idividual Lodge ad resides i the may Lodges both ear ad far from us. The Frateral fellowship that exists throughout Freemasory is a woderful thig to experiece. We belog to a Fraterity where each member ca feel at home i his ow Lodge or i a Lodge i some other area. Each Brother is ecouraged to come to a Lodge Commuicatio or visit aother Lodge to receive the warm greetigs of Masoic Fellowship. The Officers of Ark Lodge are callig o all our Brothers to get ivolved i the day-today workig of the Lodge. Your iput is essetial if we are to prosper ad grow. We eed your ideas of how to cotiue the work of the Lodge ad keep us movig forward. Ark Lodge is facig a critical time i its 207-year history. We eed to develop a pla of actio that will propel us ito more activity i order to better help aid ad assist our commuity. We eed to have a purpose for beig other tha our Commuicatios. Please help us develop a visio for the future of our Lodge. Our Commuicatios are importat, but it is time to move the Lodge forward with a defiite purpose i mid. We eed all of you to have iput ito this importat ad critical edeavor. For those i the Geeva Area, please come to Lodge ad be part of the movemet to revitalize your Lodge. For those outside the Geeva Area, please or phoe me ad let your ideas be heard. Have-a-Heart Campaig The O/S/Y District will eed voluteers to help with the Have-a-Heart Campaig for the Roald McDoald Houses o February 7th ad 8th at Eastview Mall. The District is resposible for staffig the booth from 12 Noo util 9:00 p.m. each day. We will eed 4 or 5 Brothers from the District for 3-hour blocks of time. You may voluteer for more tha oe block of time. If you are able to assist i coverig this, please cotact Jed Bradow. Brothers Called by God I December, Ark Lodge lost Brother Horace Riddle ad, i Jauary, Brother Joseph Gillotte passed away. May the Great Architect of Uiverse take them both uder His protective care ad may their memories be eteral. Mark Your Caledar February 7th ad 8th O/S/Y District Staffig at Eastview Mall for the Have-a-Heart Campaig February 19th - Stated Commuicatio, 7:30 p.m. We will meet at 6 p.m.for dier at Emile s Restaurat. Garoga-Sicerity Lodge No st & 3rd Tuesdays W Keeth Gibbs 47 Hoffma Ave. Geeva, R W Clayto Ruggles claymar4250@fltg.et 67 Otario Street, Phelps With the begiig of a ew caledar year, we will be active with various fudraisers ad other activities. We will keep you posted as they arise. Remember that we have a pot-luck meal prior to our first meetig each moth. The meal will start at 6:30 p.m., with pleasat coversatio ad a few stories. Hope to see you there. Sickess ad Distress Our, W\ Keeth Gibbs, had kee surgery ad will be laid up for a while. Steward, Carl Carlso, had surgery o his foot. Please cotiue your thoughts ad prayers for all our Service Me ad Wome ad their families. From the s Desk Dues Notices have bee set; please remit. We are tryig to build a address bak for I kow it has bee a log time sice I have submitted a article to the Masoic Times, but we have bee very busy here ad I have much to tell you about. Our Holiday Seaso was full of activity. We had aother Pacake Breakfast/Ope House durig the Hometow Holidays Celebratio i Caledoia. We had may guests to sample Rick LaFave s fare, some familiar faces ad some ew oes as well. We also participated i the parade dow Mai Street for the first time sice I ca remember. Bravig the cold temperatures with me were Jim Maig ad Doug Staley. We had a ice ew all our members so we ca cotact you about other evets that arise betwee our Masoic Times articles, i.e. the passig of a Brother. If you have ot received s from the Lodge ad would like to, please sed your address to the. I m hopig someoe ca help me locate oe of our Brothers. The Dues Notice for Brother Milto Lum was retured as udeliverable. The last kow address I have for him is Teahouse Road, Veice, Fl. If you kow how I ca cotact him, please let me kow. For ay of you who might have a child or gradchild who will be attedig college this Fall, I have applicatios for the February 2014 plas. We will be cotiuig our efforts to cotact everyoe via to keep you i the loop. Stay tued for more iformatio to follow. To help you stay i touch, we do have a website: euicelodge830.org ad a Facebook page (Euice Lodge #830). Please take the time to visit ad to suggest improvemets. Luckily, the weather did ot stall the delivery of Poisettias to our local Widows. I had several Brothers, my mother ad my sos help me o this labor of love. I persoally had very brief but woderful visits with two of the the widows ad I ca t eve begi to tell you the power of such a small gesture. Tears ad big hugs Pro- of love made me feel like we are defiitely doig the right thig ad eed to do more. I am firmly committed to get as may as we ca to the Ladies Night festivities put o by the District this year ad every year to come! We have much plaed for the ear future Degree work. We curretly have two Petitios that have bee approved by the Iterviewig Committee ad the Lodge. We have two more potetial Petitios as well. We are curretly discussig the best way to move forward o these Degrees ad will approve a schedule at the Jauary meetig. We always have the help of the District ad the Brothers who come regularly, but we would love to see those of you who do ot come o a regular basis. We are tryig to reach out to some of you just to chat about what we ca do to reew your iterest i the Craft! We still meet prior to each meetig at the Gusmoke Restaurat (2577 Caledoia-LeRoy Road) at 6:15 p.m. We would love to see you at dier ad a meetig! Brother Maig ad I wet o a pseudo-archeological exploratio of the Lodge last week. I received a questio about a sword preseted to the Caledoia Lodge by Captai Robert McKay, a soldier i the War of It seems that he was a member of the LeRoy Lodge, but was Supervisor of the Tow of Caledoia ad a local Represetative to the Geesee Couty ad Livigsto Couty Legislatures. The 1812 sword of Coloel Robert McKay was preseted to the Masoic Lodge of Caledoia by his descedats o March 23, Sice there seems to be o record that the sword was preseted to the Caledoia Masoic Lodge, perhaps the family preseted it to the LeRoy Lodge where McKay beloged? I am woderig if ayoe has kowledge of this? We decided to look behid the East, but did ot fid it. What we did fid was some other iterestig history about a member from Irelad ad a umber of old portraits that I assume were oce o the walls of the buildig or Lodge. I pla o delvig further ito our Lodge history to coect the dots if we ca o some of this history. Stay tued! Educatioal Assistace gram through Grad Lodge. Studets are eligible to apply up to four years. The deadlie for submittig is April 1st, but it s importat to start the process as soo as possible, due to requiremets such as grade trascripts. February Birthdays We sed February birthday greetigs to Perry Adams (3rd), Jesse DeBoover (10th), Doug Gales (12th) ad Jesse Gillespie (15th). Masoic Aiversary Brother Do Sabi was Raised i February, Livigsto District District Deputy Grad - Doald Muger (585) Euice Lodge No st Thursdays 7:30 p.m. W David Howlett aqfbcoach1@gmail.com R W Joh Gallat jgallat@rochester.rr.com 3141 State Street, Caledoia baer to carry ad a Dispesatio to wear our Apros ad Jewels. They tured may heads! We fielded a umber of iquiries as to what we were ad eve made some cotacts with iterested me i the commuity ad a trasplated Brother from the West! We cocluded the march with a visit to the Big Sprigs Museum. Jim gave Doug ad I a impromptu tour of the museum ad its may iterestig collectios. I ecourage ay of you who have ot made a visit to do so. We also gave the museum a small doatio to show our appreciatio for what they do ad also to icrease our visibility i all activities i Caledoia. We had to postpoe our proposed Holiday Dier because of schedulig coflicts for may who were ivolved i the plaig, but we are lookig at other dates i February to have a dier with our families ad each other. Ufortuately, our regular Jauary meetig was cacelled due to the storm ad we had to wait util the ext meetig o the 3rd Thursday to make those

15 February 2014 Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com 15 Order of the Easter Star Moroe District OES HiLights DDGM R.W. Beverly Thompso garybvthompso@aol.com DGL R.W. Tom Richederfer tomrich@rochester.rr..com By Beverly Thompso February Heart Moth Love is like magic ad it always will be, For love still remais life s sweet mystery! Love works i ways that are wodrous ad strage, Ad there s othig i life that love caot chage! Love ca trasform the most commoplace, Ito beauty ad spledor ad sweetess ad grace! Love is uselfish, uderstadig ad kid, For it sees with its heart ad ot with its mid! Love is the aswer that everyoe seeks, Love is the laguage that every heart speaks! Love ca t be bought; it is priceless ad free, Love like pure magic is a sweet mystery! Grad Matro s Special Project Speakig of hearts, the Grad Matro s special project is the Masoic Medical Research Laboratory i Utica. The Research Lab is where wome ad me s heart health is at the forefrot of their work. Their motto is Every Heartbeat Couts. I have a pi with their motto ad, for a $5 doatio, you ca wear it to show your support of this facility. Have-a-Heart Campaig February is the moth for the Have-a- Heart Campaig to raise moey for the Roald McDoald Houses of Rochester where families ca stay while their child is i the Golisao Childre s Hospital. Please joi i either workig with Starlight Chapter, who has a assiged day, or a Masoic Lodge of your choice at oe of the Malls to collect doatios. You may give a doatio yourself to this worthy cause. Moroe District All-Stars Associatio February 27th - District All-Stars meetig at Bethay Presbyteria Church o Dewey Aveue startig at 7:00 p.m. Every Easter Star member is a member of All-Stars. They work to raise moey for the Grad Matro s ad Grad Patro s Projects, which icludes the District Chicke Bar-B-Que i August. Lie Officers Clubs The plaig meetig o Jauary 4th was well atteded ad much was accomplished. Each of the Officers Clubs chose their Officers ad set their By- Laws ito motio. They will be meetig every 1st Saturday of the moth. Gettig ready for the Grad Matro s Official Visit o April 26th is oe of their priorities. R.W. Tom Richederfer ad I preseted our plas for the year. He spoke about the upcomig School of Istructio o February 1st ad about plas for implemetig the Grad Patro s theme of Plety for All to help local food baks. Thak you to W. Pat Pearso for ruig the 50/50 raffle to beefit The Dream Factory of Rochester, which grats dreams to childre with lifethreateig illess AND to childre with chroic medical challeges. The lucheo followig these meetigs provided ot oly ourishmet, but also time for friedship ad reflectio. Murder Mystery Dier Please Note... New Date! March 8th - Plas for a Murder Mystery Dier are goig well. We will start gatherig at 5:30 p.m at Uity Lodge Hall i Specerport to socialize ad ejoy sacks. The Dier ad Play will start aroud 6:00 p.m. R.W. Evy A Heller, Director of the Play, eeds oe Moroe District Murder Mystery Dier Saturday, March 8 th at Uity Lodge Hall, Specerport Social - 5:30 p.m.; Dier ad Play - 6 p.m. $ 15 per perso ~ Reservatios Required by March 1st RSVP to Beverly Thompso - Ph: or garybvthompso@aol.com This story takes place o a Mediterraea Yacht i You are welcome to dress i that time period if you wish... it could add to audiece ivolvemet. We hope you ca joi us! This evet is a fudraiser for the OES District Special Project The Dream Factory of Rochester. more male part to be filled. Please cotact her at eheller@rochester.rr.com if you would be willig to do it. No memorizatio is eeded. Also, cotact me if you would be willig to help o the dier preparatio, servig ad/or clea-up. May hads make light work. The cost is $15per perso; the proceeds will go to The Dream Factory of Rochester. Make your reservatios ow by callig or sedig a to me. Tri-District Friedship Night March 31st - Tri-District Friedship Night is takig place i LeRoy. Moroe District is resposible for fillig several of the Offices that eveig. If you would like to participate, please let me kow. Moroe District Official Visits The dates for the Official Visits by the District Grad Lecturer ad District Deputy Grad Matro have bee fialized: April 1st - Fairport April 8th - Mary Jae Holmes May 6th - Starlight May 7th - Lilac Star May 19th - Etoleah Jue 3rd - Combied Corithia-Fellowship ad Nolatka Chapters I am lookig forward to each of them. R.W. Tom ad I pla to atted may of the Grad Matro s Official Visits to Districts earby, which start April 12th ad go through May ad Jue. Please let us kow if you would like to share a ride. Reservatios are usually required about a moth ahead. I will list the April visits i ext moth s article so you have time to thik about it. Those are the plas for the first part of the year. Believe it or ot, the Summer is just as full of activities, ad the Fall is so much more. Please be active i your Chapter s evets ad try to get to as may District ad State evets as you ca. Remember Love Oe Aother. Lalla Rookh GROTTO News Frak Habitzreuther, Moarch lallarookhgrotto.com Atted Grotto Meetigs M.O.V.P.E.R. Frakly Habitzreuther Moarch aimalhab@aol.com Someoe oce said, othig vetured, othig gaied; as I begi my teure as Moarch, I evisio a year of fu. There will be additioal diers prior to the meetigs, perhaps activities after meetigs, hopefully mothly meetigs will have some type of programs ad ivite the Ladies to joi us o road trips (i.e., boat rides, Fall foliage tours, etc.). I have ot bee a Prophet a log time, but hearig from those who have bee aroud for some time, the Grotto was a eergetic, fu-orieted orgaizatio. Some of us may be slowig dow, but we are still mobile. I would like to begi the rejuveatio of this fie orgaizatio. Although it may ot come full circle durig my year, we have a fie Lie that will cotiue to have thigs come full circle. Thigs caot be chaged overight; it will take time, but we will overcome. Sickess Prophet Ke Hutchiso is at a ursig home o Maple Aveue i Sodus. Prophet Bill Fredeburg is at St. Joh s Nursig Home i Rochester. Prophet Fred Corell is hospitalized i Caadaigua. Prophets Jim Slocum ad Mike Postilli are o the med ad could use prayers to speed up there recovery. All would appreciate prayers, a visit, call or card. Prophets, if you are aware of aother Prophet who is cofied or ill, please cotact me at or aimalhab@aol.com. Have-a-Heart Campaig February is Have-a-Heart moth ad the Grotto s day to staff the booth at The Mall at Greece Ridge Ceter o Tuesday, February 4th, 3 p.m. - 9 p.m. Help us by doatig a couple hours of your time. Thak You Happy Birthday Greetigs At this time I recogize those who have matured i Jauary: Doald J. Freema, Sr.; Alla J. Widrick; Roald L. Weber; Doald J. Brugger; Jaso Morrissette; Keeth Rhodes; Waye W. Slack ad Howard M. Travis. Those about to mature i February: Roy W. Moses; Bria Dickiso; George A. Foeher; Thomas J. McCulloch; Masao Okita; Stephe Phillips; Jeffery Ross; James C. Toogood; Robert T. Udertz ad Charles R. White. A Happy Birthday to all! Moday February 3rd Board of Goverors Meetig Grotto Office - 7 p.m. Tuesday February 4th Staff Have-a-Heart Booth ~ 3-9 p.m. The Mall at Greece Ridge Ceter Wedesday February 19th Stated Meetig Free Swiss Steak Dier with Your Paid-up Dues Card CLIP AND SAVE! Iformatio Hot Lie Frak Habitzreuther

16 16 Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com February 2014 Scottish Rite NEWS Cosistory Chapter Rose Croix Coucil of Prices of Jerusalem Lodge of Perfectio Ill\ Keeth Rick Howe, 33 Commader-i-Chief Comig Attractios We are lookig forward to our Sprig Reuio (4, 18, 27, 31 ad 32 ) scheduled for Saturday, April 26th, at the Damascus Shrie Ceter. The Valley of Buffalo will be workig with us ad presetig the 27 ad 31. Now is the time to get your Cadidates Petitios i to the Office. College of Freemasory Just a remider: the date is set ad place i reserved for our ext College of Freemasory. Sublime Price Bill Edwards, 32, is rampig up for the program to be held o March 28th, There will be more iformatio o this i future articles. This is a sigature evet for the Valley of Rochester ad is talked about throughout the Norther Masoic Jurisdictio, as well as the Souther Jurisdictio. Let s get the word out, so that our Brothers ca make their plas i plety of time. Road Trip Dates Set Reuio dates are set for the Valley of Nashville, Teessee. We must ow see if there is eough iterest to proceed. The chose dates are April 10th through April th. O April 11th ad 12th, we will witess the Kadosh ad Cosistory Degrees. A basic package of $500 per perso has bee quoted ad that will afford us four days ad three ights for a package that icludes bus trasportatio, hotel ad tour. Sublime Price Gordo Hubble, 32 DSA, has agreed to chair this evet. Details are beig fialized as I write this article; stay tued for further developmets. Ladies Night Our 1st Lt. Commader Jim MacCoell, ad his Lady, Marsha, have put together a special program for our Ladies o February 16th. We will be goig to Red Fedele s Brook House o the Ridge i Greece for a dier ad etertaimet by the Travelig Cabaret. Get your reservatios i early as seats are limited. Lite from the Rite: We are workig o a special presetatio for our Lite from the Rite o February 20th. The Valley of Buffalo has agreed to preset their togue-i-cheek skit o the may hats of the Scottish Rite. We will also witess a presetatio o the Masoic Cardiac Research Istitute by Brother Myro Thursto III. Both programs will be opeed to our Blue Lodge Brothers. I ecourage all Sublime Prices to ivite your Brothers to come ad ejoy the fellowship ad educatio that these evets will offer. O March 20th, our Lite from the Rite Program will be a presetatio of The Peacemakers writte by our 2d Lt. Commader, Joh Lemke, 32 DSA. This will be a Brother Brig-a-Brother evet. All of these evets require dier reservatios. If you are ot o the Permaet Meetig Meal Reservatio List, please call the Valley Office at our ew telephoe umber at least five days before the evet. I apologize for the typographical error i the telephoe umber last moth. Musigs A Little Bit o Light from the CIC Part 2 (Cotiued from last moth) The Latis had seized Costatiople, set up Baldwi, Cout of Fladers, as emperor ad divided the Easter Empire amog themselves. The Teutoic Kights received cosiderable possessios ad a preceptory was fouded i Achaia. Some time afterward aother was established i Armeia, where also the Order had obtaied property ad territory i retur for service redered i the field. The valor of the Kights, however, ad the active part which they took i all the religious wars of the day cost them ad from time to time their umbers were greatly reduced; so much so that whe Herma de Salza was elected Grad (1210) he foud the Order so weak that he declared he would gladly sacrifice oe of his eyes if he could thereby be assured that he should always have te Kights to follow him to battle with the ifidels. The vigor of his admiistratio brought ew life to the Order, ad he was able to carry o its missio with such success that at his death there were o less tha two thousad Germa obles who had assumed the badge of the Order ad fought uder its baer. Large accessios of property also came at this time to the Kights i Hugary, Prussia, Livoia ad elsewhere. I 1214, Emperor Frederick I decreed that the Grad should always be cosidered a member of the Imperial Court, that wheever he visited it he should be lodged at the Emperor s expese, ad that two Kights should always have quarters assiged them i the Imperial household. I 1221, Emperor Frederick II, by a Imperial act, took the Teutoic Order uder his special protectio, icludig all its property ad servats; exempted them from all taxes ad dues; ad gave its members free use of all pastures, rivers ad forests i his domiios. Ad i 1227, Hery commaded that all proceedigs i his courts should be coducted without cost to the Order. The Kig of Hugary also, seeig the valor of the Kights, edeavored to secure his ow possessios by givig them charge of several of his frotier tows. The Teutoic Kights cotiued their humae services to the sick ad wouded, ad Schweder, of Utrecht, was moved by their actios to edow the Order with his property i the village of Lakar. I 1226, the Grad was selected by Emperor Frederick ad Pope Hoorius to be arbitrator i a dispute that had arise betwee them. So well pleased were they with his hoorable ad wise cousel that, i recogitio of his services, he ad his successors were created prices of the Empire, ad the Order was allowed to bear upo its arms the Imperial Eagle. The Emperor also bestowed a very precious rig upo the master, which was ever afterward used at the istitutio of the Grad of the Order. Agai, i 1230, the Grad was oe of the pricipal agets i brigig about recociliatio betwee the Emperor ad Pope Gregory IX, whose dissesios had led to may troubles ad calamities. The territory o the borders of Hugary, which had bee give to the Kights to defed from barbarous tribes i the area, soo produced boutiful harvests, ad the people lived quietly i peace. This led the Kig to reclaim this valuable district, with the disastrous results that ivasios from wild tribes resumed ad the coutry lapsed ito desolatio agai. The Kig releted ad retured the border coutry to the Kights, who speedily reasserted their rights, ad agai established a settled govermet ad geeral prosperity i the domiio. This grat ad some others that followed were cofirmed to the Order by the bull of Pope Hoorius III i A few years after this the Duke of Polad asked the aid of the Order agaist the paga ihabitats of the coutry that was later amed Prussia. These people were very savage ad barbarous, ad costatly committed horrible cruelties upo their more civilized eighbors, layig waste the coutry, destroyig crops, carryig off cattle, burig tows, villages, ad covets, ad murderig the ihabitats with circumstaces of extreme atrocity, ofte burig their captives alive as sacrifices to their gods. The Grad cosulted with his chapter ad with the Emperor o the proposed eterprise, ad fially resolved to eter upo it, the Emperor udertakig to secure to the Order ay territory that they might be able to coquer ad hold i AASR Valley of Rochester Officers Rochester Lodge of Perfectio Thrice Potet Michael Nohle, 32 Rochester Chapter of Kights of Rose Croix Most Wise Adam Juod, 32 Allegiace The Bodies of the Scottish Rite, sittig i the Valley of Rochester, State of New York, ackowledge ad yield allegiace to the Supreme Coucil, 33, Aciet Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasory for the Norther Masoic Jurisdictio of the Uited States of America, whose Grad East is i Lexigto, Massachusetts ad whose officers are: Ill Joh William McNaughto, 33 Sovereig Grad Commader Ill Robert F. Ogg, Jr., 33 Grad Miister of State Ill James F. Niehoff, 33 Ill Richard H. Welkley, 33 Ill Frederick D. Greee, 33 Active Members for New York Ill Peter J. Samiec, 33, Past Deputy/New York Ill P. Michael Nielse, 33 Ill Peter J. Samiec, 33 Grad Lieuteat Commader Ill David P. Specer, 33 Deputy for New York State Active Emeritus Members for New York Rochester Coucil of the Prices of Jerusalem Sovereig Price Derek E. VaHoute, 32 MSA Rochester Cosistory Commader-i-Chief Keeth R. Howe, 33 1st Lt. Commader James MacCoell, 32 2d Lt. Commader Joh Lemke, 32 Ill Stephe R. Whittaker, 33 Ill G. Michael Morris, 33 Ill Bruce Widger, 33, Past Deputy/New York Ill Gary A. Heigse, 33 Ill Edward R. Trosi, 33 Ill Harold L. Aldrich, 33, Past Deputy/New York Deputy's Represetative - Ill Charles O. Hacock, 33 Treasurer Ill Jack VaElzakker, 33 Ill Robert L. Aderso II, 33 Geeral Committee Members-at-Large Ill Gle A. Stahl, 33 (2014) Berard D. Lazerso, 32 DSA (2015) Gary L. Burke, 32 MSA (2016) Ill Charles R. Frear, 33 (Emeritus) 811 Ayrault Road, Suite 3, Fairport, NY Office (585) ; (800) secretary@valleyofrochester.org Aciet Accepted Scottish Rite Websites: Valley of Rochester, AASR New York State Coucil of Deliberatio Supreme Coucil, Norther Masoic Jurisdictio Childre s Dyslexia Ceter - I Hoor of Frak & Bette Paul 3300 Moroe Aveue, Suite 330, Rochester, NY Office (585) ; Fax (585) ; rochcet@rochester.rr.com A Kaczka, Learig Ceter Director Joh W. Paul, Chair, Board of Goverors Valley of Rochester It Will Soo be Sprig 2014 FEBRUARY February th - Staff Have-a-Heart Booth at Marketplace Mall 3 p.m. - 9 p.m. Family members ivited to participate Please iform the Office those hours you ca help. February 16th - Ladies Night at Red Fedele s Brook House 4:30 p.m. - Social w/ Hors d oeuvres 5:30 p.m. - Buffet Dier (**) ~ 6:30 p.m. Etertaimet Travelig Cabaret a Musical Revue of Broadway, Movie ad Pop Hits February 20th - Valley Meetig at Shrie Ceter Brother Brig-a-Brother Night Hats - A etertaiig Scottish Rite Skit by the Valley of Buffalo Guest Speaker - Myro Thursto, Medical Research Lab Social - 5:30 p.m. ~ Dier - 6:30 p.m. (**) ~ Meetig - 7:30 p.m. MARCH March 19th - Rite o the Road at Livoia Lodge Hall Brother Brig-a-Brother Night Meetig - 7:30 p.m. - The Peacemakers Presetatio March 20th - Brother Brig-a-Brother/ Brother Brig-a-Fried Night at Shrie Ceter Social - 5:30 p.m. ~ Dier - 6:30 p.m. (**) Program - 7:30 p.m. ~ The Peacemakers - a Civil War Era Short Play by Valley of Rochester Players APRIL April 6th - Feast of the Paschal Lamb at Shrie Ceter 3:00 p.m. Sharp - Program followed by Prime Rib Dier (**) April 17th - Valley Meetig at Shrie Ceter Social - 5:30 p.m. ~ Dier - 6:30 p.m. (**) ~ Meetig - 7:30 p.m. April 26th - Sprig Reuio at Shrie Ceter 4 Video, 18, (27, 31 by Valley of Buffalo) ad 32 Coffee & Douts - 8:00 a.m. ~ Degrees - 9:00 a.m. ~ Luch (**) Reserve the Date - Saturday, May 17th - Reuio Baquet ** Make your reservatios O Time! Do t be Late! At least 5 DAYS prior to ay activity (585) or secretary@valleyofrochester.org Go to Valley Caledar for more details: Why ot sig up o our Permaet Meetig Meal Reservatio List?

17 February 2014 Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com 17 Prussia. Pope Gregory IX, i 1230, gave his sactio to the expeditio, ad coferred o those cocered i it all the privileges accorded to Crusaders. I the followig year a army ivaded Prussia ad erected a fortress at Thor, o the Vistula, o the site of a grove of eormous oaks, which the ihabitats looked upo as sacred to their god, Thor. This was followed, i 1232, by the foudatio of aother stroghold at Culm. A successful campaig followed, ad the castle of Mariewerder, lower dow the Vistula, was after some reverses ad delays successfully built ad fortified. The Grad the established a firm system of govermet over the coquered coutry, ad drew up laws ad regulatios for the admiistratio of justice, for the coiig of moey ad other ecessary elemets of civilizatio. The Kights did ot forget the spiritual eeds of their heathe subjects. Missio clergy labored amog them, ad by their istructio, ad still more by their holy, self-deyig lives, they succeeded i wiig may to forsake their idols ad become Christias. The Order received a importat accessio to its raks at this time (1237) by the icorporatio ito it of the aciet Order of Christ, i Livoia, which had cosiderable possessios. This was followed shortly afterward by a agreemet betwee the Order ad the Kig of Demark, by which the former udertook the defese of the kigdom agaist its paga eighbors. I 1234 the Order received ito its raks Corad, Ladgrave of Thurigia ad Hesse, a ma who had led a wicked ad violet life, but recated his past ad became a Teutoic Kight. Later, he was elected Grad. This Corad was brother to Louis of Thurigia, who was the husbad of St. Elizabeth of Hugary. After the death of Elizabeth, the hospi- tal at Marburg, where she had passed the latter years of her widowhood i the care of the sick, was made over to the Teutoic Kights, ad after her caoizatio a church was built to receive her remais. This church was placed uder the care of the Order. I ll stop here ad cotiue this i my ext issue. There is much writte o this subject.* Have-a-Heart Campaig Valley of Rochester, AASR, Thursday, February th, Marketplace Mall, Herietta, 3 to 9 p.m. Voluteers are requested to sig up for oe (or more) of 3 shifts - (3 to 5 p.m.), (5 to 7 p.m.). or (7 to 9 p.m.) Please iform the office ( or secretary@valleyofrochester.org ) if you ca help ad what shift Abe Licol ad George Washigto will be there (i costume of course) so supportig members i Civil War or Coloial or Revolutioary War costumes are eeded. Please let us kow which you would prefer. A jacket ad tie with Scottish Rite ame badge is also just as acceptable. Family members ad frieds are ivited to help. Those watig a costume will be cotacted by chairma Jim MacCoell. Have fu. It s for a great cause. * Source for this iformatio was: Teutoic Kights: Their Orgaizatio Ad History by F.C. Woodhouse Empire State Weeklies, Ic. Webster Pritig Corporatio 46 North Aveue Webster, NY (585) Specializig i Newsletters Priters of this Publicatio Attetio - all Scottish Rite Travelers Souther Masoic Jurisdictio Reuio Travel with the Valleys of Rochester, Buffalo, Syracuse, Corig ad Jamestow to visit the Valley of Nashville, TN Leavig Thursday, April 10th Returig Suday, April th Take i the sights ad souds of the Coutry Music Capital of the World Price per perso: $599 Sigle ~ $499 Double ~ $479 Triple/Quad Trip icludes: Roudtrip Deluxe Motor Coach ~ Three Nights Accommodatios Three Breakfasts ~ Three Diers ~ Eveig Shows Daily Sightseeig ~ All Taxes, Gratuities ad Luggage Hadlig A mailig with more iformatio ad a Registratio Form will be set soo to all Scottish Rite Masos, which you ca retur with a $100 Deposit to secure your seat/s. Spouses are defiitely welcome. Do t hesitate, we expect this to sell out quickly! Cotact Gordo Hubbell, 32 DSA, Chairma (585) The Valley of Rochester Proudly Sposors Ladies Night Extravagaza Suday, February 16, 2014 Treat your Sweetheart to a eveig of dier, sog, dace ad comedy at Red Fedele s Brook House 920 Elmridge Ceter Drive; Rochester, NY Note Time Chage (Nestled i the frot of Elmridge Plaza, across from Ridgemot Coutry Club; just east of Elmgrove Road) 4:30 p.m. - Social (Cash Bar) with Hors d oeuvres 5:30 p.m. - Buffet Dier Meu ~ $50.00 per couple Prime Rib, Chicke Frech, Roasted Potatoes, Vegetable, Pasta, Salad, Bread & Coffee or Tea 6:30 p.m. Etertaimet provided by Rochester's Travelig Caberet Presetig a Broadway Movie & Pop Musical Revue i a Quick-movig Medley of Sog, Dace ad Comedy Mail your reservatio with check payable to: Valley of Rochester 811 Ayrault Road, Fairport, NY Reservatio deadlie is Tuesday, February 11th By Joh Lemke, 32 DSA 2d Lt. Commader Has time passed us by? Is it that the morals exemplified i our 29 Scottish Rite Degrees have become aachroistic? Were the moral lessos taught i our Degrees relevat for almost 200 years ad ow become somethig out of time, out of syc with our preset? Ca it be that these moral lessos are ot eteral but eed to be shaped to fit the cosesus of the times we live i? I thik ot. Popular culture ca have cosiderable appeal. It ca seem that our further light may be less relevat today tha 50 or 100 years ago. I suggest that the Great Light i Masory holds the aswers ow as it did ay umber of years ago. Fidelity, itegrity, duty, mercy ad all the other traits of good me ad wome are o less importat today tha ever. Learig these lessos as a idividual, ad society as a whole, is still of the utmost importace. It ca be discouragig whe popular culture seems to move i a directio that seems cotrary to our Scottish Rite beliefs. Keep the faith. Great cycles occur. The trees do ot grow to the sky. Now, particularly, it is importat for all of us to ot hide our Light uder a bushel. Be cofidet ad steadfast i our great Scottish Rite Masoic Fraterity. Uder- stad how it ca help me to improve themselves to be better, more able me. Do t limit yourselves to the ideas of popular culture. Recogize that other Brother Masos, ot presetly acquaited with the Scottish Rite, may well beefit by the Scottish Rite experiece. Let me suggest that you let a Brother kow how much you get out of the Scottish Rite. Help a Brother to get a petitio. If you have t really participated meaigfully i the Scottish Rite yourself, let me suggest that you should. You do t kow what you are missig. Speak to me about it. Newly made Sublime Price Bryat Duham participated i December i our Public Degree, The Peacemakers. At the begiig of the evet I asked Bryat if he wated to participate i our ext presetatio i Horell. He said o. He said he thought it would be too far to travel. He said he had too may other thigs to do i his life or words to that effect. Right after the presetatio he came up to me ad said that he would like to participate i the ext evet. Bryat foud that he ejoyed it more tha he imagied he would. It really is great fu. You, as well, may lear to do what you did t kow you could, or eve wated, to do. The Scottish Rite ca be a ew begiig for ay willig Brother who chooses the path that leads to further Light that will sustai ad ourish you ow ad i the future. Do t limit yourself. Scottish Rite at Have-a-Heart, Thursday, February th, Marketplace Mall, Herietta, 3 to 9 p.m.

18 18 Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com February 2014 York Rite NEWS Hiram Chapter No. 62 2d & 4th Thursdays 7:30 p.m. E Keeth Rick Howe, High Priest H) ; C) krhowe@frotieret.et E Charles M. Roberts, cholyoe@rochester.rr.com 17 Church Street, Pittsford By R\E\ Joh Zabel What s Happeig I aouced i the last issue that a ew High Priest was elected ad istalled; however, the weather preveted us from havig a complete meetig so a ew High Priest was ot elected ad istalled i December. We held a Summoed Meetig i Jauary to complete the process of electig Compaio Rick Howe as our ew High Priest for the comig year. We also say the movemet or o-movemet of other Officers of the Lie to ew positios. This should be a fu year i the Chapter with ew blood ad ideas. Cyree-Moroe Commadery No. 12 Chartered 1993 Commader SK Charles O. Hacock chacock@ rochester.rr.com Recorder SK Charles M. Roberts cholyoe@rochester.rr.com 3rd Moday 17 Church Street, Pittsford Fratres, Sir Kights February is a moth wherei we may solidify our goals ad objectives for the ew year. To do so, we must put ito perspective the values we wish to emphasize ad reiforce through our actios. It is with this thought i mid that I looked at the caledar for February ad cotemplated a topic for this article. Valetie s Day caught my attetio so I did some quick research o the subject ad these thoughts came together. Most places I looked to fid out about Valetie s Day described it as a celebratio of love ad lovers. The roots of Valetie s Day go back to aciet times whe people paid hoor to the Roma God of Fertility. This was kow as the Feast of Lupercalia ad was eve the celebrated o February 14th. The traditios of Valetie s Day are broad ad may. It is a time to exchage cards or small gifts. Chocolates ad jewelry are the biggest hits of this holiday alog with a romatic dier with your lady. It is a romatic evet for lovers. May a couple have become egaged or eve wed o this day. For others it is a day to realize that they have falle i love or are about to fall i love. I thik that we as Sir Kights should use this day, as well as the other days of the year, to cotiue to practice Chivalry i our O Jauary 25th, we hosted a Degree Festival held at Palmyra Masoic Hall for the coferral of all the Royal Arch Degrees o Cadidates from District Chapters ad other Chapters as were available to atted. We thak all Compaios who participated i the Degree work for their excellet coferral of the Degrees. We are lookig forward to our ew Compaios attedig our Regular Covocatios ad learig more about our Craft. There is much chage comig i the York Rite. What all the chages are will be detailed i March at the Grad Chapter Covocatio i Albay. The icomig Grad High Priest has some good educatioal ideas to build the meaig of the Rite ad why Brothers choose to become Compaios. I believe there will cotiue to be chages to a lot of the Rite that should excite our Compaios. Musigs I tried to write this for the last issue of the Masoic Times, but sice our Electio was delayed, I lives. We ca do this by cotiuig to practice the Kightly virtues. We should seek excellece i all our edeavors. We should seek the path of right urestraied by bias or selfish iterests. We should always be loyal. We should choose the more difficult path because it is ecessary ad be prepared to make persoal sacrifices for our beliefs. We should always defed our Ladies, family ad atio. We should always have Faith. We should be humble, ot boastig, of our accomplishmets. We should give as far as our resources will allow. We should seek stature of character by holdig to the virtues ad duties of a Kight. Ad, most importat, because it is right. Sir Kights, here are some additioal thoughts o the subject. Essetial elemets of today s code of chivalry All of a kight s virtues were symbolized by the equipmet he used, a d perhaps othig was more symbolic tha the kight s spurs. The spurs represeted courage, ad whe a youg ma was kighted, it was sometimes said he had wo his spurs. (The spur pictured beloged to a Germa kight of the 16th cetury.) Although we ofte refer to the code of chivalry, i truth, there was o such thig as a uiform code of kightly behavior ad attitude i the Middle Ages. (Ad if you ve read some versio of a true code of chivalry o the Net or i a book somewhere, rest assured it was writte sometime log after the Age of Chivalry was past.) May people from successful kights to cotemplative philosophers compiled lists will try agai. I have ejoyed my terms as High Priest of Hiram Chapter ad I hope the Compaios who atteded our Covocatios ejoyed themselves. We kow that some have a hard time attedig due to busiess ad family issues. We accept these as valid reasos ad hope our Compaios have a good family ad ejoyable employmet situatio. We would ask that, whe you have the time, to come to a Covocatio. If you feel you would be ucomfortable durig Opeig, etc., let oe of the Officers kow whe you arrive ad they (or I) will assist you i becomig comfortable. I kow it took me a while before I felt that I kew eough to be comfortable at opeig. As I metioed last moth, I will be cotiuig as District Deputy Grad High Priest for the th Capitular District. The job may be chagig as the year progresses, but I am lookig forward to the challege. I will, of course, support the Chapter i every way I ca ad it is our ewly elected High Priest s of virtuous qualities, called the kightly virtues, which they felt defied chivalry. No two were exactly the same. There were, however, several commo themes foud i these lists of kightly virtues. By combiig these, we have created what we cosider to be the seve kightly virtues of the moder code of chivalry: Courage More tha bravado or bluster, today s kight expectatio that his elected ad appoited Officers will support him through their attedace at Covocatios ad support for his programs ad evets. We will see you all at future evets. There is much to ejoy ad lear i the York Rite ad especially the Royal Arch. Keep o trucki. By E\ K. Rick Howe Just as short ote to say how excited I am at fially becomig High Priest of Hiram Chapter. I exted my heartfelt thaks ad appreciatio to Joh Zabel for the great work he has doe while I was sidelied i the pursuit of other iterests. As may kow, my teure as Commader-i- Chief of Rochester Cosistory is widig dow ad I will ow be able to (hopefully) apply some of what I have leared to cotiue rebuildig our Royal Arch Chapter. Compaio Zabel has made great strides i this area ad ow, as District Deputy, he will be able to take his kowledge to other Chapters i our Realm. If we all work together i this, I kow we ca make this District i shiig armor must have the courage of the heart ecessary to udertake tasks which are difficult, tedious or uglamorous, ad to graciously accept the sacrifices ivolved. Justice A kight i shiig armor holds himself to the highest stadard of behavior, ad kows that fudgig o the little rules weakes the fabric of society for everyoe. Mercy Words ad attitudes ca be paiful weapos i the moder world, which is why a kight i shiig armor exercises mercy i his dealigs with others, creatig a sese of peace ad commuity, rather tha egederig hostility ad atagoism. Geerosity Sharig what s valuable i life meas ot just givig away material goods, but also time, attetio, wisdom ad eergy the thigs that create a strog, rich ad diverse commuity. Faith I the code of chivalry, faith meas trust ad itegrity, ad a kight i shiig armor is always faithful to his promises, o matter how big or small they may be. Nobility Although this word is sometimes cofused with etitlemet or sobbishess, i the code of chivalry it coveys the importace of upholdig oe s covictios at all times, especially whe o oe else is watchig. Hope More tha just a safety et i times of tragedy, hope is preset every day i a moder kight s positive outlook ad cheerful demeaor the shiig armor that shields him ad ispires people all aroud. Each of these cocepts is importat i itself, ad every oe of these virtues is a admirable quality, but whe all of them bled together i oe perso, we discover the value, ad power, of chivalry today. Moder-day kights should strive to keep these virtues alive i their ow hearts, but, perhaps more importatly, they should work to brig these woderful qualities out i the people they see every day at home, i the office, at school or o the street corer. A perso who lives by the code of chivalry i today s world allows everyoe to see his best qualities reflected i his shiig armor. Historias thik of chivalry as the uwritte agreemet which the kights of the Middle Ages used to coduct themselves i touramets ad warfare. Literature experts view chivalry through the precepts of the medieval church ad its uique cult of the Madoa. Ad for those who kow of chivalry oly from old fatasy ad Hiram Chapter the strogest i the State of New York. We have programs to offer to the Blue Lodges ad I ecourage all to use us for that purpose. It is the resposibility of the Cocordat Bodies to aid our District Leaders i helpig to make Lodges a place where Brothers ca come to be educated o Freemasory. Royal Arch plays a great part i Masory. We were told i our 3rd Degree that the word was lost. Did you kow that you will fid that which was lost i the Degrees of the Holy Royal Arch? Ad i Cryptic Masory you will discover where it was hidde. I ecourage all s to use York Rite ad Scottish Rite to fill your Trestleboard with programs to elighte your members. I realize that much of what we write i these pages does ot reach our target audiece. It is therefore ecessary for all of us to work together ad iform our Brothers as to what is available to them ad ecourage them to exploit it. ovels ad Kig Arthur movies, chivalry implies a sese of courtesy which is exemplified by a getlema holdig the door for a lady, or spreadig his coat over a mud puddle so she ca walk across it. Iterestigly, all of these views are correct. The true spirit of the Code of Chivalry sprigs from three sources of the Middle Ages: the battlefield, the cathedral ad the court. The job of a kight was to defed the kigdom i times of war, ad a great deal of traiig (both physical ad metal) was required for this job. So, from the kight s duties o the battlefield comes the chivalric admiratio of courage, stregth ad loyalty. A kight was also expected to be pious, to respect the traditios of the medieval church, ad to use his stregth ad armor to protect the moks ad bishops from harm as they did the work of givig aid to the poor ad crippled. From the cathedral, the, sprigs the chivalric sese of charity ad geerosity, ad the role of a kight as the protector of the defeseless. Fially, the kight was also a servat at the Kig s court, ad was expected to coduct himself with the refiemet of a scholar or cleric whe performig his duties there. From these courtly iteractios comes chivalry s obler side: a sese of obligatio, humility ad respect for others. You do t eed to be a soldier, a priest or a politicia to appreciate the value of a combiatio of determiatio, itrospectio ad cooperatio. I my mid, this is exactly what Chivalry Today is all about 1) Recogizig the eed for duty ad service (to your loved oes, your family, your busiess Cotiued o Page 19

19 February 2014 Website: N masoictimes@gmail.com 19 By Bev Murray, MCO We re Celebratig Please come to our Birthday Baquet ad help us celebrate our 66th Birthday. Suday, February 2d at 3 p.m. at Red Fedele s Brook House 920 Elmridge Ceter, Greece Etrée Choices: Broiled Haddock - $20 Chicke Frech - $24 Grilled Ribeye - $26 Cyree-Moroe Cotiued from Page 18 or your commuity); 2) Uderstadig the importace of spiritual traquility (which is a product of graciousess ad charity, ad those qualities are ot limited to ay particular faith); ad 3) Udertakig every edeavor with hoor ad itegrity (o matter how temptig it is to cut corers or let someoe else do the upleasat work). I essece, every aspect of moder life ca, ad should be approached with a sese of chivalry ad kightly virtue that sprigs from this three-proged origi of the Code of Chivalry. That s my approach to Chivalry Today! As a uique militarily idetifiable orgaizatio, the Commadery, stads as a embodimet of those characteristics represetative of the true kight as every Templar should be. It behooves each of us to accept this visio as a challege to our represetatio to our Brothers i the Reservatios due by Jauary 25th Cotact Jaice Bueg, Ph: or Bev Murray, Ph: Happy Valetie s Day to each of you! May your day be filled with happiess ad cheer. Happy Birthday to all who were bor i February. Our ext meetig is scheduled for February th at 7:30 p.m. Just a friedly remider All Ladies of a Maso are eligible for membership i the Daughters of Mokaa. If you are iterested i becomig a member of Lalla Rookh Caldro, Daughters of Mokaa, please let us kow, so we ca get a Petitio to you. God Bless each of you, or as we say May the Peace of God Abide with Us. Craft ad to the geeral public at large. Fratres, what are you gettig i retur for your membership i the Commadery? The aswer is probably oly as much as you cotribute. How much is that? Ask yourself. Your Commadery eeds your iput ad participatio. I April we will have our aual Ispectio. Betwee ow ad the your officers eed to improve ad practice their proficiecy i Tactics ad the Sword Maual. To further that purpose, each ad every Sir Kight ca ecourage ad support their Officers by attedace at meetigs (eve as a sidelier). I the words of our Grad, David Dixo Goodwi, GCT, We will live by our theme, Chivalry, Christiaity, Templary A way of life! We will live accordig to our priciples i our daily lives, treatig our fellow Sir Kights as Brothers, practicig our faith, beig charitable ad supportig Freemasory, thereby esurig the success of our order. Show your support for the Masoic Service Bureau of the Greater Rochester NY While you save moey ad ear cash back! Eve if you do t have a computer... Let your frieds ad relatives kow about this fudraisig program! The Masoic Service Bureau is participatig i a excitig ew fudraisig program. 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I Memoriam Aike, Carl E. Carl Aike, 78, wet to be with God o December th. He is survived by his wife of 57 years, Euice; 2 sos ad 2 gradchildre. Carl was a Vetera of the Army Reserves. He was a member of Uio Lodge ad a Past Grad Director of Ceremoies. May he fid peace with the Lord. Barcus, Saford Louis We have received word that Saford Barcus, age 101, was received ito Eteral Glory o July 26, 20. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Naette; 3 childre ad 2 gradchildre. He was a member of Scottish Rite ad a US Army Vetera of World War II. Forest, Roy J. Roy Forest, 76, was embraced by those who walked before him i faith o Jauary 6th. He is survived by his wife, JoA; 4 childre ad 6 gradchildre. He was a US Air Force Vetera ad member of Fairport-Flower City Lodge. Lovig prayers are with you ow ad i the days to come. Hall, Howard J. Howie O Jauary 2d, Howard Hall, 75, wet to the Celestial Lodge. His wife, Pat; 4 childre ad 6 gradchildre survive him. Howie was a member of Uity Lodge ad Scottish Rite. May the joy of the Lord be your stregth. Hoyt, Richard E. We have received word that Richard Hoyt, a member of Scottish Rite, passed away Jauary 1st. May he fid peace with the Great Architect of the Uiverse. Kober, Paul M. O Jauary th, Paul Kober, 81, etered Eteral Rest ad his wife, Corie; 2 childre ad 5 gradchildre will share his memories. Paul was a US Army Vetera ad member of Waka-Hubbard Lodge, Scottish Rite ad Tall Cedars of Lebao. There are special people i our lives who ever leave, eve after they re goe. Kuehe, Theodore H. III Theodore Kuehe, 83, foud lovig peace i the arms of the Lord o December 30, 20. He was a member of ERAC Lodge. Remembrace is a golde chai that ties all the love ad sorrows. McBride, Michael C. Michael McBride, 61, departed a lively life of accomplishmets o Jauary 10th. His wife, Jea; 5 childre ad several gradchildre will always remember him. Mike was a member of Ispiratio Lodge, Uity Lodge, Scottish Rite ad Damascus Shrie. May your tears become raibows whe you remember your loved oe. Pray, James H. O December 24, 20, James Pray, 78, was escorted by flights of agels to the waitig arms of those who have goe before him. He will always be cherished by his wife, Lois; 4 childre, 8 gradchildre ad 2 great-gradchildre. Jim was a US Marie Vetera of the Korea War. He was a Maso of Webster Lodge, a 32 DSA, Sublime Price of the Scottish Rite, a Noble of Damascus Shrie, Past Commader of the Legio of Hoor ad a Prophet of Lalla Rookh Grotto. His may Frateral Brothers will keep his memory i their hearts. Ross, Raymod F. O Jauary 14th, Raymod Ross, 94, said goodbye to his Earthly Home, leavig his wife, Jae, ad woderful family to remember him. Ray was a member of Ispiratio Lodge, Scottish Rite ad Damascus Shrie. Wishig you a garde of lovely memories. Smith, Robert M. Robert Smith, 96, wet to the waitig arms of his wife o Jauary 14th. His 2 daughters will remember his life. He was a US Army Vetera of World War II ad a member of Nuda Statio Lodge. No legth of time ca take away our thoughts of you today. Spillae, William D. O Jauary 9th, God called William Spillae, 58, to his kigdom, leavig his wife, Deborah; 3 childre ad 7 gradchildre to remember him. He was a member of Northfield Lodge, Damascus Shrie ad Hiram Chapter, RAM. God seds His childre here with special tasks to do ad calls them home whe their work is through. Masoic Activities Lookig Ahead MARCH 5 Ash Wedesday 6 Webster Lodge 150th Aiversary Celebratio 8 Moroe District Road to the East, Shrie Ceter 8 Waye District Masoic Developmet Course, Sodus 8 Moroe District OES Murder Mystery Dier, Specerport 15 Daughters of the Nile Murder Mystery Dier, Shrie Ceter 19 Moroe District School of Ritual, Specerport 31 Moroe District Table Lodge, Shrie Ceter Lete Seaso Fish Frys at Shrie Ceter - March 7, 14, 21 ad 28 Lete Seaso Fish Frys at Masoic Commuity Ceter, 12 Bak St, Le Roy - March 7, 14, 21 ad 28 APRIL Lete Seaso Fish Frys at Shrie Ceter - April 4, 11 ad 18 Lete Seaso Fish Frys at Masoic Commuity Ceter, 12 Bak St, Le Roy - April 4, 11 ad Scottish Rite Sprig Reuio MAY 3 Moroe District Widows Lucheo, Burgudy Basi 5-6 Grad Lodge Sessios, New York City 16 Moroe District Joit Ivestiture Service, Fairport Jue 7 Moroe District Apro Presetatio Dier, Shrie Ceter