November A.L A.D. 2013

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1 November A.L A.D MOST WORSHIPFUL DAVID A. DORWORTH GRAND MASTER OF MASONS OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY 100 BARRACK STREET, TRENTON, NJ Grand Lodge Web Site RIGHT WORSHIPFUL HENRY P. FRATZ DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTER OF THE 19th MASONIC DISTRICT RIGHT WORSHIPFUL KEVIN D. BUNTING DISTRICT RITUAL INSTRUCTOR OF THE 19th MASONIC DISTRICT WORSHIPFUL MASTER WILLIAM T. COSTELLO, JR th Masonic Dist. Web Site Mount Holly Lodge Web Site CONSTITUTED AS MOUNT HOLLY LODGE NO. 18 IN 1803 RESUSCITATED AND RE-NUMBERED NO. 14 IN 1850 Regular Meetings Third Monday of Each Month Except July and August Meets in: Masonic Temple, 15 Garden Street Mount Holly, NJ Telephone Mailing Address: P.O. Box 265, Mount Holly, New Jersey William T. Costello, Jr., Worshipful Master

2 From the East 2013 Lodge Officers Dear Brethren, As I mentioned last month, November is the 210th anniversary of Mt. Holly Lodge #14. It also marks the night we elect next year's slate of officers. WB. Dan Adamo has agreed to assume the Oriental Chair for the 2014 Masonic year. Brothers Jon Soltesz and Dan Lynch will fill the Senior and Junior Wardens chairs respectively. Please come out and show your support for our new officers. I promise you special refreshments after the meeting. Brother Jon Soltesz, recently attended the Masonic Leadership Conference, held in Elizabethtown, Pa. and came back all fired up with some great thoughts. He will be giving a report on some of the concepts and strategies that were presented by the guest speakers and instructors. November 15th, Mt. Holly Chapter #147, OES will be honoring Master Masons at their regular meeting. They usually have a program and great refreshments after the meeting. If you have never been to a Star meeting before you will be required to take a short obligation ( which will in no way conflict with any you have already taken). It would be great to have a good showing to support the ladies as they do a lot to support our Lodge. Finally Brethren, November 28th we will celebrate Thanksgiving. I ask you not to look upon it as the start of the Christmas buying frenzy, but as our forefathers did. The time was a celebration of family, friends and the bounty that would help them survive the winter. It was also about the hope and promise of living free in a new country. I hope each of you will be able to gather with family and friends to give thanks to The Grand Artificer of the Universe for all that we have. Please say a special prayer and Thank You for all the men and women of our armed forces around the world, as they give of themselves to protect our Rights and Freedoms. I look forward to greeting each of you in Lodge. Bill Costello, WM Worshipful Master William T. Costello, Jr. 5 Aspen Court Eastampton, NJ wtc3308@gmail.com Senior Warden Daniel C. Adamo 1269 Jacksonville-Smithville Rd. Bordentown, NJ dcadamo@comcast.net Junior Warden Jonathan S. Soltesz 1322 Woodgreen Lane Hainesport, NJ tollgodjon@verizon.net Chaplain - Charles W. Gray Senior Deacon - Daniel M. Lynch Junior Deacon - Matthew P. Soltesz Sr. M. C. - Shern J. Kier Jr. M. C. - Ernest J. Anderson Senior Steward - Kurt M. Schneider Junior Steward - Dennis Buyers Marshall - Fred A. Schindler Historian - Val Korszniak Tyler - Frank J. Deyhle LODGE TRUSTEES Treasurer William R. Rudolph 10 Manor Drive Westampton, NJ williamrudolph@comcast.net Secretary Matthew D. Kauffman 49 Union Street Mt. Holly, NJ kauffmason@gmail.com Proxy To Grand Lodge Daniel T. Lynch 125 South Ave. Mt. Holly, NJ Ibo.lynch@gmail.com Jeffrey L. Alexander, DB Robert T. Dyson Paul Rivas

3 LIVING PAST MASTERS Members in Arrears 1963, 71, & 73 James E. Hayes 1982 Brian M. Guest 1998 & 99 Dale R. King 2000 Harold B. Johnson Moscicki, Paul Anthony Gardner, David Paul 1984 Timothy M. Murphy 1984 John G. Brenner, PGC (affiliated) 1985 Charles W. Cahilly 2001 Charles W. Gray, PGC 2003 Richard M. Manall, PGC 2004 William J. Czepiel Baker, Mark James Braun, William Edward Grey, Jeffrey E Johnson, Robert M 1986 & 91 Paul D. Loveland, Jr., PDDGM 1988 Charles R. Levering 1989 Robert T. Shellenberger, Jr Andrew G. Churney, PGC 2006 William T. Costello, Jr Daniel C. Adamo Doyle, Raymond R Kuritz, Brian Christopher Laux, Paul Joseph Levering, Charles 1990 Sam R. Nasuti 2008 Jack Miladin McElroy, John Robert McCarthy, Jason Paul 1993 John B. Kulik, PGC 1996 Gary L. Fox 1997 Russell A. Fries 2009 Charles Leavering 2010 Matthew D. Kauffman 2011 David A. Soltesz Miluzzo, John S Rockhill, Lewis W Redmond, Phillip Irvin Stevenson, Chad Ryan Snyder, George C Worrell, Rodney P ELECTRONIC TRESTLEBOARDS If you are interested in receiving the Trestleboard by e- mail, please send an to kauffmason@gmail.com and include in the Subject: line the words TB Subscribe. Please include your name and address in the message. This really saves the Lodge a lot of printing and postage expense. We also are able to notify you quickly when events occur such as the passing of a Brother or calls for assistance. Awaiting vote on Petition for Membership and Initiation: Ron Francis Applegate, Jr. Robert Stuart Ranken, III Awaiting the Entered Apprentice Degree Joseph Michael Gorski Victor Thomas Scott Awaiting the Fellow Craft Degree Frank Joseph Albano, Jr. William R. Domask Awaiting the Master Mason Degree Brian Christopher Fahey Awaiting the Master Mason Examination

4 19th District Dates Beverly-Riverside #107 12/20/2013 7pm Dinner 6pm Open Burlington #32 12/14/2013 7pm Dinner 6pm Open Central #44 12/18/2013 7:30pm Dinner 6pm Closed Covenant #161 12/6/2013 7:30pm Dinner 6pm Closed Maple Shade-Moorestown #281 12/8/2013 3pm Social 2pm Open Medford #178 Frederick C. Young 12/9/2013 7pm Dinner 6pm Closed Mount Holly #14 12/16/2013 7:30 Dinner 6:30 Open Mount Moriah #28 12/14/ am Lunch 11:30am Open Pemberton #199 12/15/2013 1pm Dinner 2pm Open MASONIC BIRTHDAYS Ernest James Anderson Robert W Blow Kenneth J Bowker Frank John Deyhle Russell A Fries David Paul Gardner W. Douglas Gsell John Landis Huber, Jr Dr. Frank K Jago Melvin E Johnson Grand Lodge 2014 Dates: 4/22/2014-4/24/2014 Roland S Johnson Matthew David Kauffman th District GLI at Beverly-Riverside Lodge: 10/28/2014 John B Kulik Guha Lakshmiratan Walter R Leoniy Richard M Manall Ronald Gary McIntosh Distinguished Brethren Jeffrey Lee Alexander, DB Samuel F. Brown, DB Roland S. Johnson, DB H. Stuart Rapp Kurt Martin Schneider Robert L Smith Ralph R Smith, Jr Steven M Talmadge Grady R Tollar

5 GRAND LODGE COMMUNICATION LODGE CALENDAR Dear Brethren: It is my pleasure to announce that applications are now available for students interested in applying for the scholarship funds that will be granted in 2014 by the Masonic Charity Foundation of New Jersey and by the Grand Lodge of New Jersey. The enclosed (sic) notice provides a summary of the 2014 scholarship program requirements. Note that the Grand Lodge of New Jersey offers two each of two types of scholarships through the William Mayer Memorial grants: One pays a student with a high school diploma $2,000 for two years towards an associate's degree; One pays a student with a bachelor's degree $2,000 for two years towards a graduate degree. Additional information and applications are available for downloading from the Foundation's website at as well as from the Grand Lodge's website at Completed applications must be postmarked by February 15, Given the ever-increasing cost of higher education, we encourage you to spread the word about these scholarships to students in need. Doing so will help us to award these funds to the most deserving applicants. Sincerely and fraternally, Sunday, November 02, 8:30 am, Wheel Chair Masonic Home Monday, November 04, 7:00 pm, Officer Rehearsal Tuesday, November 05, 7:30 pm, DLI, Covenant Lodge, Palmyra (All officers should attend) Monday, November 11, 7pm, GLI rehearsal, Covenant Lodge, Palmyra (All officers should attend) Thursday, November 14,6:45 pm, 19th District Grand Lodge of Instruction, Covenant Lodge, Palmyra (all officers should attend, all members welcome) Dinner at 5:45 Friday, November 15, 7:30 pm, Mt Holly Chapter #147, Master Mason Honor Night Saturday, November 16, 9:00am, WORK DAY AT MOUNT HOLLY LODGE Monday, November 18. 7:30 pm, Regular Communication, Election of Officers, 210th Anniversary, Dinner 6:15 pm Thursday, November 28, Happy Thanksgiving Monday, December 16, 7pm, Mount Holly Lodge #14 Installation of Officers and Memorial Service Installations of other lodges in our district are listed separately. M.W. Glenn R. Trautmann Foundation Charities Committee Chair

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