Clermont Lodge No. 226 Free and Accepted Masons TRESTLE BOARD December 2018 Chartered January 21, 1914 Stated Communications 1st & 3rd Mondays, 7:30pm 865 West DeSoto Street Clermont, Florida 34712
Clermont Lodge #226 December 2018 Calendar December 2nd at 4.00pm..Past Masters & Widows Recognition Dinner Party Family Welcome 4pm 8pm December 3rd at 7:30pm.....Stated Meeting Officers Meeting at 6:00PM (Dinner at 6:30pm by OES) December 17th at 7:30pm......Stated Meeting (Dinner at 6:30pm by OES) 15th Masonic District School of Instruction December 12th at 6:00pm.. Peninsular Lodge # 85 (Open Books at 6:00pm) Masters & Wardens Meeting December 19th at 7:30pm...Clermont Lodge # 226 (Dinner at 6:30pm) Order of the Eastern Star No. 118 December 11th 7:30pm... Stated Meeting *Job s Daughters Bethel No. 19* Rescheduled for January 13, 2019 See info on next page. 2
Special Announcements Past Masters & Widows Recognition Christmas Dinner Party Sunday December 2 4pm 8pm Family is invited. Everything is provided!! Nothing to Bring except yourselves!! Masonic Leadership Training December 15th - 9am 1pm Peninsular Masonic Lodge #85 Modules 11-15 will be covered (See Page 10) Job s Daughters Bethel No. 19 Sunday, January 13, 2019 2:00pm Institution, followed by Council Installation, then initiation This is a Closed Meeting. A short break will follow with Snacks and Finger Food. Immediately following with be the Open Installation of Clermont Bethel #19. Approximate time 5pm. Clermont is excited to be an active part of Job's Daughters Florida, and we look forward to great things coming from Clermont Bethel #19! 3
FROM THE EAST Brethren, It has been a fantastic year sitting in the East. With the help of the craft we have made many positive improvements to the building. I am truly grateful that I was given the privilege of serving you this year as I was able to celebrate my 20th year in Masonry, holding the highest position a Brother can have in his blue lodge. I look forward to working with all the new brothers in the future, and enjoying my time watching them grow. Congratulations to our SW being elected to serve as your next Master. I know he will do a wonderful job. As always if needed I will be available for any degrees because I truly think we have made great strides in the past few years and hope to help in any way I m needed. God Bless and I hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas. Fraternally Yours, Garrett L. Paquette Worshipful Master 4
FROM THE WEST Greetings from the West! A lot of great things are happening at your Lodge! Last month we had the honor of Raising Brother Philips, and Brother Rudy Zsanto from Groveland to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason. Brother Phillips will give back his Master Mason Catechism at one of our next Stated Communications. We have 3 Candidates that have been elected to receive the Entered Apprentice Degree on 11/26/2018. Please come out and support our new Candidates. We have been enjoying great meals prepared by the Eastern Star at every meeting, and everyone goes into the Lodge full and happy! Come out and be a part of the great things happening at your Lodge! Get back into it, we're having a great time enjoying the fellowship. Fraternally, Gary J. Gamache Senior Warden 5
Masonry at Christmas Time Among the core values of Freemasonry, are brotherly love, compassion and charity. There is one additional value that one does not get so easily recognized in this, Hope. Those with little or no Hope often act in desperate ways. When there is no other avenue they will make a financial or personal decision that leads to more difficulties and the further loss of Hope. The current climate in the World can be viewed as a loss of Hope. For many there is a desperation to their situation, they see no way out. For many just looking at social media can cause this same reaction. People, often on both sides of political arguments, feel there is little or no hope, and they begin desperately lashing out. All seems dark and confusing. This should remind us of this time of year. We are literally at the darkest part of the year, there is seemingly no hope from the darkness, when suddenly a light appears in the sky giving hope to all that a child is born in Bethlehem. To make the miracle of Christ's birth become the true beacon of Hope that it is, we must step forward and encourage that Hope. In our lodges and in our communities. We can step up to help that beacon of Hope shine brighter. We can help to bring Hope to the hopeless and perhaps lend a hand to that brother in our life who needs a boost of Hope to get him through the dark times. 6
December 2-Dec William Grant Siegenthaler 4-Dec William James Farrer 12-Dec Gary J. Gamache 17-Dec Clayton Arthur Padgett 23-Dec Lawrence Bruce McClure 27-Dec Gary Don Mitchell Chaplain s Corner Please call an officer or email prayers and concerns for any and all Brethren in need. All will brought to the craft at the following lodge meeting. Meanwhile, we pray for those in need, especially: Sickness or Distress Brother Jeff Powell, PM Charles Lovette, PM Larry McClure, PM We are sorry if we missed anyone, If you know of someone in our Masonic family that is sick or distressed, please call the Chaplain or the WM. 7
2018-2019 Florida Grand Lodge Officers M W John Karroum Grand Master R W John Westerman Deputy Grand Master R W Thomas L. Turlington, Jr. Senior Grand Warden R W Jeff Foster Junior Grand Warden R W Rudin J. Boatwright Grand Treasurer M W Richard E. Lynn Grand Secretary 2018-2019 15th District Officers R W John Haas District Deputy Grand Master R Larry Kent District Instructor 2018 Clermont Lodge Officers W Garrett L. Paquette Worshipful Master Bro. Gary J. Gamache, Sr. Senior Warden Bro. Anthony C. Stanley Junior Warden Bro. James R. Hicks Treasurer W James P. Carroll, PM Secretary Bro. John Dale Doucet Senior Deacon Bro. Lee F. Mueller Junior Deacon Bro. Fred Browning Senior Steward Bro. Hans Bentzon Junior Steward R W Alan E. Heist, PDDGM Chaplain W Edmund Hemenway, Jr., PM Marshal W Lawrence B. McClure, PM Tyler EMERGENCY PHONE NUMBERS Garrett L. Paquette, WM - - - - - - - - - - - - - -407-948-8597 Gary J. Gamache, Sr., SW - - - - - - - - - - - - 732-500-8434 Anthony C. Stanley, JW - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 407-883-9694 8
LODGE COMMITTEES FOR 2018 FINANCE & BUDGET W James P. Carroll, PM Br. Michael Blankinship Br. Lee F. Mueller VIGILANCE Br. Anthony C. Stanley Br. Lee F. Mueller W Lawrence B. McClure ED. & PRIMARY SCHOOLS Br. Gary J. Gamache, Sr. Br. Anthony C. Stanley Br. Fred Browning LODGE PROPERTY Br. Br. Gary J. Gamache, Sr. W James P. Carroll Br. Anthony C. Stanley MASONIC EDUCATION Br. John Dale Doucet Br. Anthony C. Stanley R W Alan E. Heist, PDDGM Br. Gary J. Gamache, Sr. W Lawrence B. McClure PETITIONS R W Alan E. Heist, PDDGM Br. John Dale Doucet Br. Gary J. Gamache, Sr. W Edmund J. Hemenway Jr BOARD OF RELIEF W Br. Gary J. Gamache, Sr. Br. Anthony C. Stanley Br. Lee F. Mueller CHARITY Br. Anthony C Stanley W Lawrence B. McClure Br. Gary J. Gamache, Sr. INVESTIGATION W Edmund J. Hemenway Jr R W Alan E. Heist, PDDGM W James T. Gasque LODGE MENTOR R W Alan E. Heist, PDDGM TRESTLE BOARD Br. Lee F. Mueller Attention Brothers Would you like a Masonic Funeral after you go to meet the Great Architect of the Universe? Two things need to happen. One, your wishes should be made known to your family or those in charge of funeral arrangements and preferably be in writing. Two, a funeral can only be performed on a Mason in good standing (your dues must be current). Don t make assumptions. Plan ahead today!! 9
In November, Most Worshipful Dale I. Goehrig, Celebrated his 80th Birthday at Clermont Lodge with a Chocolate Cake. His favorite of course!! Must be what keeps him so fit! Congratulations!! 10
Clermont Officers for 2019 stepped up a chair early to present an EA Degree for 3 new members (above). Below, newly initiated EAs Andrew Paul Borish, Josee Miguel Vasquez and David Avery Freiberg are joined by Gary J. Gamache, Sr.. Special thank you to R.W. Goolsby for presenting the Lecture. 11
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LIVING PAST MASTERS 1958 John York 2002 Jerry T. Little 1960 Werner Heinrich 2003 Charles W. McIntire, Sr. 1975 James P. Carroll 2004 Charles D. Lovette 1979 James P. Carroll 2005 William J. Farrer 1981 Leigh F. Davidson 2006 William G. Siegenthaler, PDI 1983 Eugene Croyle, PDDGM 2007 William G. Siegenthaler, PDI 1989 William C. Eyerly 2008 Lawrence B. McClure 1990 Charles D. Lovette 2009 David Tannehill 1991 R. Daniel Bray 2010 Michael L. Martin 1992 Phillip D. Blackwell, PDDGM, PDI 2011 Alan E. Heist, PDI, PDDGM 1993 Donald A. Simmons 2012 Vaughn M. Roberts 1994 W. Endel Raulerson 2013 Lawrence B. McClure 1995 Robert D. Eyerly 2014 Robert Jeffrey Powell 1998 David J. Kennie, Sr. 2015 William C. Eyerly 1999 Brent Alan Faulkner 2016 James T. Gasque III 2000 Craig Forrest Lake 2017 Edmund J. Hemenway, Jr. 2001 Jerry T. Little 2018 Trestle Board Sponsor List Bill & Barbara Eyerly Jim & Celeste Hicks Lee & Cyndi Mueller Tony & Aimee Stanley Hans Bentzon James P. Carroll Gary & Jacqueline Gamache Dale Doucet Douglas Gordon Endel & Jean Raulerson If you would like to become a sponsor and have your name appear on the TRESTLE BOARD SPONSOR LIST FOR the remainder of 2018, send your donation of $15.00 to Clermont Lodge No 226. Business Card Ads for 2018 - donation of $45.00 Please feel free to contact me with content, additions, corrections, suggestions or to be added to the list to receive the Trestle Board via Email. All content must be received by the 15th of each month to be included in the next month. Lee F. Mueller - 609-922-5445 - Leefmueller@verizon.net 15
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