THE CALIFORNIAN California Lodge No. 1 F & A M 855 Brotherhood Way, San Francisco, CA 94131 Stated Meeting Every First Tuesday Of The Month July 2014 Issue Master s Message Greetings Brethren and Ladies! Summer is now well under way, and the first day of this season happened on June 21. And while San Francisco may not get the traditional four seasons, the daylight has been longer. It is temperate all year round though, and I will take that over different seasons any day! As has been the case lately, your officers have been doing degrees every month. We just did 2 more Entered Apprentice degrees, and we will be practicing, then conferring, the 2nd degree of Masonry this month. I hope to see some of you at the practices, and at the actual degree! All of the info for this month is in the trestle board. Speaking of information, on Sunday July 20th, we will be going on a Hornblower Brunch cruise! It's a two hour ride upon a yacht around the Bay with all you can eat and drink included. It's only $25.00 per person, and there is a flyer included with all the details. Space is extremely limited, so get your checks in ASAP! In July we will celebrate the birth of the USA. Many of the ideas and ideals at the formation of this country are also Masonic ideals. Things like freedom of religion and democracy are taken for granted now, but were unheard of before the age of enlightenment. Freemasonry, like the United States, is just that. Free. And it always will be! See you in the lodge. Sean Duke Cassidy, Worshipful Master Calendar of Events for July July 1, Tuesday Stated Meeting 6:00 PM Hosted Hors D Oeuvres 6:30 PM Dinner - $10.00 per person Stated Meeting (Attire Business Suit) July 8, Tuesday 2nd Degree Practice 6:30 pm July 15, Tuesday Off-site Officers Meeting 6:30 pm July 22, Tuesday 2nd Degree Practice 6:30 pm July 29, Tuesday 2nd Degree Conferral for Angelo Vinco, Ron Smith and John Bargas 6:30 pm August 5, Tuesday Stated Meeting 6:00 PM Hosted Hors D Oeuvres 6:30 PM Dinner - $10.00 per person Stated Meeting (Attire Business Suit)
PAGE 2 Hello! From The West We re in the second half of this year and why not start it off with a bang! Happy Independence Day everyone! Many of us will soon be taking summer vacations. Some of us will be spending the upcoming long weekend holiday by the lake, camping, barbecuing, or picnicking. Whatever the case may be, I hope every one of you enjoy your time with family and friends and stay safe! With the days being longer and the weather being warm and sunny, it furnishes us plenty of opportunities to go out and enjoy ourselves. Since our lodge will not be dark this month, and some of you will be on vacation, we re still hoping that you would join us in our Stated Meeting and in our Second Degree conferral at the end of this month. We will have three second degrees at the end of this month. Angelo Vinco, Ron Smith, and John Bargas are ready for their Fellowcraft degree. They have made their proficiencies in the preceding degree. I would also like to congratulate our newly obligated brothers, Dion Garcia and Victor Terry! Please join me in welcoming them to California Lodge No.1 and to our ancient and honorable fraternity! I ve learned that a mason is a traveling man. I have been a mason for three and a half years and as I look back on my journey so far, I see all the miles traveled and can see the effect masonry has had on my life. Masonry has made me a better man, friend, father, and husband. I sure do have a long ways to go but I am so thankful for the great start! One of the reasons I have had a great start is having a great coach. He guided me to the correct path to find more Masonic light in my travels. His enthusiasm and passion for masonry helped me find my direction and guided me on a path to discover the wonderful treasures that can be found along this rough and rugged road. As I prepare for my tenure next year, I would like to ask everyone to take a minute of your time to simply email me your name to gusgabriel@gmail.com or to our Brother Secretary, Treasurer@calodge1.com, or to any of our officers. By doing so, your email address will be automatically added to my address book. Since we live in this "email" world now, I would like to gather all email addresses from all our members and friends before the end of this year to have a better communication within our lodge for next year and so on (i.e. announcements, lodge events & calendars, etc.). I m looking forward to your emails. We will still have our usual trestle board every month. See you at the lodge! ~Senior Warden From The South Hello brethren, For those of you who might have been turned off at the idea of eating dinner in a portable bungalow, you can relax because the dining room is now open! If you haven't been around in a while, please join us for the stated meeting on July 1st and see all the improvements that have been made. Some important dates that you're going to want to put on your calendar are... July 20th - the lodge will be taking a bay cruise on the world famous Hornblower. Grab your sweetheart and prepare for an exhilarating afternoon on the bay that you will never forget, guaranteed to be a non-stop thrill ride. Details for this adventure can be found in the masters column. September 28th is the date for the lodge picnic. Details are soon to follow. Please get your reservations in early because we'd love to have you join in the fun. That is all for now from the south. Take Care Kyler
PAGE 3 Well now is your chance! Join California Lodge No. 1 for a day at the ballpark. As the San Francisco Giants celebrate Mason s Night!! Masons Night at AT&T Park September 10, 2014 At 7:15 pm Open to California Lodge Members and their Guests Tickets are $20.00 each Limited amount of tickets are available so act fast before they are all gone because if you wait it will be.. Members Name: Amount of tickets purchased: Amount Enclosed: Make check payable to: California Lodge No. 1 295 89th Street, Suite # 204 Daly City, CA 94015
PAGE 4 SUNSHINE Our ailing Brothers would very much appreciate calls and visits...let them know you care! The following Brethren and Sweethearts have been reported as being ill, injured, or indisposed. Please feel free to call, visit, and/or send a card. ERNST R. RIESE 856 87TH ST DALY CITY, CA 94015-3607 DON NELSON 2463 6TH ST LIVERMORE, CA 94550-4620 Do you know of a brother or sweetheart who is ill, in the hospital, or would like a visit from his fellow brothers? Let us know. Please contact either: As of May 25, 2014, the official count stands at: South Bay Bombers 39 San Francisco Sluggers 356 North Bay Bees 48 Delta Dogs 70 East Bay Aces 170 Sacramento Cyclones 665 Shawn Cassidy Master 3080 Alemany Blvd San Francisco, CA 94112-4022 E-mail: modernaction@yahoo.com John Bermudez, P.M. Secretary (650) 333-6823 E-mail: johnbermudez@sbcglobal.net July Birthdays Mark Dolan 01 Anton B. Jaber 01 Mark E, Alman 02 Roger Hugo 04 Stephen H. Chan,PM 05 Walter R. Graham,PM 05 Dan S. Bales 06 Michael J. Loughlin 06 Ernst R. Riese 06 James A. Essex 07 Hugh T. Accord, Jr 08 Jamie L. Jose 09 Ernest W. Hightower 10 Jesse S. Stewart 11 Steven B. Wilner 11 NOTE: All members are entitled to a complimentary Stated Meeting Dinner during the month of their Birthday! John P. Lang 13 William L. Penn 13 Lawrence Laidlaw,PM 16 Leonard A. Harband 18 Robert A. Whitfield,PM 20 Harvey D. Francis 22 Douglas A. Alarid 25 James A. Hurst, Jr 25 Synney Ulriksen 26 Corrado L. DeMartini, PM 29 Robert Raudso, PM 29
PAGE 5 Join Worship Master Sean Duke Cassidy for a day on the bay! WHEN: Sunday, July 20. It s a Hornblower Brunch Cruise HOW MUCH: WHERE: HOW LONG: Price per person is $25.00, $15.00 for kids. The boat boards at 11am from Pier 3 on the Embarcadero, next to the Ferry Building. There are plenty of parking lots, and the Embarcadero BART station is a short walk. Cruise will be 2 hours, 11:30-1:30, and includes bottomless mimosas, sparkling wine, Bay views, and live music in addition to the Brunch service. Space is limited! Member Name: Number Attending: Make check payable to: California Lodge No. 1 295 89 th Street, Suite 204 Daly City, CA 94015 RESERVATION DEADLINE IS JULY 10, 2014
In Memoriaum We are sorry to report the passing of Dell Conlan Wife of John Conlan Dell O. Conlan 1942 2014 Soft and Safe to Thee The Story of the Fourth of July The Declaration of IndependenceWe celebrate American Independence Day on the Fourth of July every year. We think of July 4, 1776, as a day that represents the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the United States of America as an independent nation. But July 4, 1776 wasn't the day that the Continental Congress decided to declare independence (they did that on July 2, 1776). It wasn t the day we started the American Revolution either (that had happened back in April 1775). And it wasn't the day Thomas Jefferson wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence (that was in June 1776). Or the date on which the Declaration was delivered to Great Britain (that didn't happen until November 1776). Or the date it was signed (that was August 2, 1776). So what did happen on July 4, 1776? The Continental Congress approved the final wording of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. They'd been working on it for a couple of days after the draft was submitted on July 2nd and finally agreed on all of the edits and changes. July 4, 1776, became the date that was included on the Declaration of Independence, and the fancy handwritten copy that was signed in August (the copy now displayed at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.) It s also the date that was printed on the Dunlap Broadsides, the original printed copies of the Declaration that were circulated throughout the new nation. So when people thought of the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 was the date they remembered. In contrast, we celebrate Constitution Day on September 17th of each year, the anniversary of the date the Constitution was signed, not the anniversary of the date it was approved. If we d followed this same approach for the Declaration of Independence we d being celebrating Independence Day on August 2nd of each year, the day the Declaration of Independence was signed! How did the Fourth of July become a national holiday? For the first 15 or 20 years after the Declaration was written, people didn t celebrate it much on any date. It was too new and too much else was happening in the young nation. By the 1790s, a time of bitter partisan conflicts, the Declaration had become controversial. One party, the Democratic-Republicans, admired Jefferson and the Declaration. But the other party, the Federalists, thought the Declaration was too French and too anti-british, which went against their current policies. By 1817, John Adams complained in a letter that America seemed uninterested in its past. But that would soon change. After the War of 1812, the Federalist party began to come apart and the new parties of the 1820s and 1830s all considered themselves inheritors of Jefferson and the Democratic-Republicans. Printed copies of the Declaration began to circulate again, all with the date July 4, 1776, listed at the top. The deaths of Thomas Jefferson and John Adams on July 4, 1826, may even have helped to promote the idea of July 4 as an important date to be celebrated. Celebrations of the Fourth of July became more common as the years went on and in 1870, almost a hundred years after the Declaration was written, Congress first declared July 4 to be a national holiday as part of a bill to officially recognize several holidays, including Christmas. Further legislation about national holidays, including July 4, was passed in 1939 and 1941. Oak Hill Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
PAGE 7 Brethren Your 2014 annual Lodge dues are now due Please check you current dues card, if it does not state This certificate is valid until December 31, 2014 Then you will need to pay your dues. Please tear off the bottom form and mail it in with your dues check in the amount of: $77.00, made payable to: California Lodge No.1. No individual notices will be mailed out unless you are in arrears more than one year. If you wish to purchase a life membership and avoid paying dues forever, please look at the schedule below and pay the amount which corresponds with your age group. Age 49 and under, 21 times annual dues; equals $1,617.00 50 to 54 inclusive, 19 times annual dues; equals $1,463.00 55 to 59 inclusive, 17 times annual dues; equals $1,309.00 60 to 64 inclusive, 14 times annual dues; equals $1,078.00 65 and over, 11 times annual dues. equals $ 847.00 ================================================== (Detach Here) Member Name: Enclosed please find a check in the amount of: $ To pay for my: Life Membership or (Check One) 2014 Dues
PAGE 8 OFFICERS COMMITTEES GRAND LODGE Master Sean M. (Duke) Cassidy 415-902-4813 modernaction@yahoo.com Senior Warden 650-438-1912 gusgabriel@gmail.com Junior Warden Kyler A. Schroder 415-963-2506 knexby@aol.com Treasurer Lawrence Leon, PM (Jenny) 415-362-8008 lc19@pacbell.net Secretary John Bermudez, PM 650-333-6823 johnbermudez@sbcglobal.net Chaplain Barry P. Gwin (Deena) 415-235-2572 barry@sfscootercentre.com Senior Deacon Michael Manneh (650) 994-2110 thetrumike@gmail.com Junior Deacon Roberto Bradford gunslingingbird@yahoo.com Marshal Jeffrey A. Salgado (Ildiko) 415-939-1039 jsalgado@mcguire.com Senior Steward Rhett Marino rhett.rbm@gmail.com Junior Steward David Stein Steinbuilders@gmail.com Musician Lawrence (Stark) Dagesse ldg1028@gmail.com Tiler James Toy ( Janet) 415-665-9355 jmboty@yahoo.com Office Address California Lodge No.1 F&AM 295-89 th Street, Suite 204 Daly City, CA 94015 O: 650-756-2455 Fax: 415-325-5722 Dues Review Sean Cassidy Chairman Masonic Homes Representative Larry Comer, PM Golf Tournament Ron Erickson, PM Public Schools Ron Erickson, PM Crab Feed Richard Modolo, PM Valentine Whist Don Price Sweetheart Brunch Richard Modolo, PM Lodge Cemetery Plots and Memorial Day John A. Bermudez, PM Joint Picnic w/ SF Lodge 120 Roll Call Doug Ismail John Bermudez, PM Spring Dinner Dance Richard J. Modolo, PM Fall Dinner Dance Richard J Modolo, PM Thanksgiving Whist Don Price Children Holiday Party Youth Organizations Barry Gwin Ladies Activities Janice Toy Trestleboard Staff John Bermudez, PM Website Lawrence Leon, PM http://calodge1.com/ Face Book: California Lodge 1 Inspector 321 st District Thomas Chavez, P.M. 650-766-2319 thomas.c.chavez@gmail.com Grand Lodge 1111 California St San Francisco CA 94108-2284 415-776-7000 Masonic Assistance 888-466-3642 Officers Coach Jim Davis, PM 650-589-2697 tt122008bb@sanbrunocable.com Candidate Coaches Don Price 415-564-2661 Kenneth C. Nix 650-494-0102 jknix21@earthlink.net gusgabriel@gmail.com 415-239-4978 Third Degree Floor Team Stark Dagesse Alan Dolphus Ron Sickler Sidney Pond, PM Jim Toy Paul Owyang, PM George Terry Sam Yee Sean Cassidy Michael Manneh Jim Toy Jeff Salgado Auditing Don Price, Chairman Larry Fong 1 st Base 2 nd Base 3 rd Base 3 rd Base 1 st Traveler 2 nd Traveler 3 rd Traveler 3 rd Traveler S.F & W.F. S.F & W.F. 1 0 Charge 1 0 Charge 2 0 Charge 2 0 Charge 3 0 Charge 3 0 Charge Board of Trustees Christian Eddleman, Chair (2014) Doug Ismail (2015) Edmond M. Lim, PM (2014) Richard J. Modolo, PM (2016) Gary D. Newton (2016) Charity and Masonic Homes Master Senior Warden Junior Warden Memorial Service Ben Ruhs, PM Richard J. Modolo, PM Child ID Program Alan Doulphus Delinquent Dues Sean Cassidy Finance Review Sean Cassidy, Chairman Christian Eddleman