Winter 2017 Volume 6, Issue 2 We will strive to be a fraternity that fulfills our Masonic obligation to care for our members. Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Valley of Nashua Special points of interest: SR Day 2016 P 2 Valley of Nashua Scottish Rite News Scholarships P 4 Info Night P 5 Reunions PP 8-9 Fathers and Sons at Scottish Rite Day 2016 Anthony J Tuttle, 32, Dennis A Tuttle, Sr., 32, and Dennis A Tuttle, Jr., 32 James C Allard, 32 and Jason D Allard, 32 Plenty of candidates were family members at this fall s Scottish Rite Day. Together, father and son James C Allard and Jason D Allard, from the Valley of Keene, were conferred the 32. The Valley of Concord had three family members as candidates. Dennis A Tuttle, Sr. witnessed the 32 with his son, Dennis A Tuttle, Jr., and with his son, Anthony J Tuttle. And Portsmouth-Dover had two fathers, John Bartoszak and Albert J Henson, see their sons, Francis J Bartoszak and Laurance R Henson, knighted as Sublime Princes of the Royal Secret. Right: John Bartoszak, 32, NH Consistory Class of 2014, with his son, Francis J Bartoszak, as he is knighted.
Page 2 Valley of Nashua Scottish Rite News Scottish Rite News, Vol. 6, Issue 2, is published quarterly by NH Consistory, 196 Main St., Nashua, NH 03060 Telephone: 603-882-4931 office@nhconsistory.com www.nh32degreemason.org Editor Robert M. Porter SCOTTISH RITE DAY 2016 The Bodies of the Scottish Rite, sitting in the Valley of Nashua, State of New Hampshire, acknowledge and yield allegiance to the Supreme Council, 33, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction of the United States of America whose Grand East is in Lexington, MA, and whose Officers are: Ill John William McNaughton, 33, Sovereign Grand Commander, Ill Mark C. Roth, 33, Deputy for New Hampshire, and whose other Active Members for the State of New Hampshire are: Ill Richard W. Elliot, 33, and Ill Robert E. Hansen, 33, Emeritus Inside this issue: Hospitaler Fund 4 DeMolay LOH 4 By the Numbers 5 T h i rt y - s i x Ne w Hamp s h i r e M a s o n s r e c e i v e t h e 3 2 a t M e r rimac k V a l l e y Hig h S c h o o l i n Penac o o k o n Sco t t i s h Rite D a y, Satu rd a y, No v e m b e r 1 2, 2 0 1 6 Class of 2016 6-7 Milestones 10 In Memoriam 10 From the Museum 11 Cand i d a t e s a r e k n i g h t e d Subli m e P r i n c e s a s t h e i r L a d i e s l o o k o n. Wi v e s, m o t h e rs, a n d s i g n i f i c a n t o t h e rs a t t e n d e d t h e d a y s l a d i e s p ro g ram, k n i g h t i n g, a n d b a n q u e t.
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Valley of Nashua Scottish Rite News Page 4 Scholarship Application Deadline is April 1 The Scottish Rite awards scholarships to the children and grandchildren of Scottish Rite Masons, and to members of the Masonic Youth Organizations DeMolay and Rainbow. The New Hampshire Consistory s William E. Bryant Scholarships are awarded to any of these, while Supreme Council s Abbott Scholarships are open to all but the grandchildren of Scottish Rite Masons. Applicants must be currently enrolled as a freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior at an accredited college or university, and have a minimum Grade Point Average of 2.75 on a 4.0 scale. (Freshman scholarships will be distributed after an acceptable GPA is submitted, following the first semester.) Scottish Rite scholarship aid is a gift, not a loan, and can be based on academic achievement, participation in worthwhile activities, financial need, and self help. Applications are available beginning January 1, and must be submitted to your Valley Secretary no later than April 1. Applications for both scholarships can be filled out online at www.nh32degreemason.org. Hospitaler Fund Do you know of a Brother in need? The Valley is here to help. The Hospitaler Fund is for brethren in financial need. Contact the Valley s Hospitaler or a presiding officer. For the Valley of Nashua, including Consistory, C. Wayne Libby, Jr. is the Hospitaler. He can be reached MonFri, 9 am-5 pm, by phone at (603) 882-4931, or by email at office@nhconsistory.com. Caring For Our Members 12:00 pm Esoteric Obligation (DeMolay Legionnaires Only) 1:00 pm The Chinon Parchment Play, DeMolay s trial before the Church Fathers 2:00 pm DeMolay Legion of Honor Observance and Bektash Shrine Center Legion of Honor Degree for the following Brothers: Concord, NH Michael G. Athanasopolus, Russell S. Bell, Sunday, March 19, 2017 Herbert S. Carpenter, IV. Active LOH, Senior DeMolays NH Council of Deliberation Scott M. Ayen, Thomas X. Tsirmokos. HLOH Introductions and Brief Remarks, to be followed by a Roast Pork Dinner with presents The Chinon Parchment all the fixings. $15.00 Adults; $7.00 Active DeMolays and Rainbows Reservations to eo@nhdemolay.net DEMOLAY Legion of Honor
Page 5 Volume 6, Issue 2 Information Night March 22 Scottish Rite Can Help Complete Your Masonic Puzzle Master Masons and their ladies are invited to a Scottish Rite Information Night Wednesday, March 22, 2017. This is the Valley s second year to hold it, and let Masons get to know us. It will be at the Nashua Masonic Temple. Use the 200A Main Street entrance, and take the elevator to the dining room on the fourth floor. 6:30 p.m. Social 7:15 p.m. Dinner Following dinner, the Scottish Rite public play, December s Rose, will be performed by members of the Valley. Attire is business casual. This is a semi-public event. Potential candidates for Masonry are welcome to attend, also. To RSVP, or for more information, contact the Valley Secretary, Bob Porter, by email, at secretary@nhconsistory.com, or by phone, (603) 882-4931. Freemasonry By The Numbers Does membership in the Rites take a Brother away from his Blue Lodge? Quite the opposite! The more active the Mason, the more likely he s a member of a Rite. Here are the numbers. Scottish Rite Masons know that Lodges must do well for the Rites to do well. 29% - Percentage of New Hampshire Masons who belong to Scottish Rite 39% - Percentage of Masters of NH Blue Lodges that belong to Scottish Rite 63% - Percentage of Grand Lodge Officers that belong to Scottish Rite (District Officers: 52%; Other Appointed Officers; 67%: Elected Officers: 86%) (Percentages based on member counts for January 2016) Scottish Rite Mission Provide Inspiration for our members through meaningful programs and degrees. Provide Convenient opportunities for our members to enhance their lives. Provide Enjoyable programs and fellowship activities for our members. Scottish Rite Core Values Devotion to Country Integrity Justice Reverence for God Service Toleration
Page 6 Valley of Nashua Scottish Rite News New Hampshire Consistory James C Allard Kevin A Bailey Jason D Allard Francis J Bartoszak Shawn A Cooney Sean R Becker Jonathan M Coutu Norbert W Sonny Fetzer Douglas F Fletcher Gregg W Annis James F Cameron Jason J DeStasio Jonathan B Hanson Douglas R Archambault Eric L Connor Joseph N Donisi Laurence R Henson Eric C Jackson
Page 7 Volume 6, Issue 2 Class of November 12, 2016 Neil L Kenny Dax A Pellegrin Stephen E Phillips Anthony J Tuttle Ronald J Vincent Lance E Miller Royce N Rankin, Jr. Dennis A Tuttle, Jr. Frederick J Williams Wilmer J Nemchick Glenn A Ruhl Dennis A Tuttle, Sr. H Stephen Wood Carl Nichols, Jr. Dale R Sprague John E Veeser John C Woodrow Robert B Yonaitis
Page 8 Valley of Nashua Scottish Rite News Valley of Nashua Aaron P. Hughes Lodge of Perfection present the 4, 6, & 9 Thursday, March 30, 2017 Masonic Temple, 200A Main St, Nashua, NH Schedule 6:00 pm - Registration 6:15 pm - Candidates report to Marshal 6:30 pm - Dinner 7:15 pm - 4, Master Traveler (Cinematic Presentation) 7:45 pm - 6, Master of the Brazen Serpent (Cinematic Version) 8:15 pm - 9, Master of the Temple 9:00 pm - Close Following each degree, there will be a brief discussion period. Share the Light Help someone you know unlock the journey into Scottish Rite Freemasonry
Page 9 Volume 6, Issue 2 Valley Reunions All times are subject to change. Check with the Valley Secretary for any changes. Valley of Portsmouth-Dover 351 Middle St, Portsmouth, NH Saturday, February 25, 2017 Ineffable Lodge of Perfection presents the 4 & 7 9:45 am Candidates report 10:00 am Open, 4, Master Traveler and 7, Provost & Judge 12:00 pm Luncheon Saturday, March 25, 2017 Ineffable Lodge of Perfection presents the 9 & 11 10:00 am Open, 9, Master of the Temple and 11, Sublime Master Elected 12:00 pm Luncheon Valley of Keene 525 Washington St, Keene, NH Saturday, March 18, 2017 Keene Lodge of Perfection presents the 4 and Keene Council, Princes of Jerusalem presents the 15 8:30 am Coffee and donuts 9:00 am Candidates obligated 9:30 am 4, Master Traveler (with discussion to follow) 10:30 am 15, Knight of the East (with discussion to follow) 12:00 pm Lunch Valley of Concord 53 Iron Works Rd, Concord, NH Saturday, April 1, 2017 Acacia Chapter of Rose Croix presents the 17 8:30 am Candidates report to Marshal 9:00 am Open 9:30 am 17, Knight of the East and West Monday, April 17, 2017 Acacia Chapter of Rose Croix presents the 18 6:00 pm Candidates report to Marshal 6:30 pm Dinner 7:00 pm 18, Knight of the Rose Croix Saturday, April 22, 2017 New Hampshire Consistory Spring Reunion Merrimack Valley High School 106 Village St, Concord (Penacook), NH Tentative Schedule: Valley of Nashua 200A Main St, Nashua, NH Sunday, April 9, 2017 St George Chapter of Rose Croix presents the Feast of the Paschal Lamb A Memorial Service for Our Departed Brethren 5:00 pm Roast Lamb Dinner 6:00 pm Memorial Service Valley of Nashua 200A Main St, Nashua, NH Thursday, March 30, 2017 Aaron P Hughes Lodge of Perfection presents the 4, 6, & 9 6:15 pm Candidates report to Marshal 6: 30 pm Dinner 7:15 pm Open and 4, Master Traveler (cinematic presentation) 7:45 pm 6, Master of the Brazen Serpent (cinematic version) 8:15 pm 9, Master of the Temple 2:00 pm Registration 3:00 pm Inspirational Video 3:30 pm Ladies depart for Ladies Program NH Consistory Opens 3:35 pm 26, Friend and Brother Eternal 4:15 pm 32, Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret 5:15 pm Knighting Ceremony 5:30 pm Dinner Buffet Valley of Lancaster-Littleton Town Building, 25 Main St, Lancaster, NH Saturday, April 1, 2017 3:00 pm Littleton Chapter of Rose Croix presents The Feast of the Paschal Lamb A Memorial Service
Page 10 Valley of Nashua Scottish Rite News Jerome T Becker MSA James Leslie Mason William Luszey Robert Edward Pelletier Edward Myron Annis Theodore G Bailey Kendall W Chevalier Richard B Chevalier MSA Gerald K Classon David N Erving John C Fanaras Alton Merrill Hopkins Milestones 25 Year Members (in the Valley of Nashua) 60 Year Members 50 Year Members Bruce R Hamilton Charles Stephen Miers George Lincoln Miller Reginald Henshaw Harvey Roland Lang Robert C Mitchell Sr. Frederick A Pettigrew E Chandler Sanborn Jr. Floyd T Smith, 33 Robert C Twombly Jr. George D Van Dyke, 33 MSA Raymond H Boone Robert Brooks Fletcher Winston Rowe Hall Fred Jackson Leonard Delbert Wilson Porter Wayne Bruce Ruggles 65 Year Member Charles Henry Farwell Jr. Birthdays! Celebrating their 90th Birthday are: George J Angelopoulos Stanwood S Brown Robert M Austin Richard G Carter We wish each of you a happy birthday! And celebrating his 95th Birthday is: Reed Stevens Sunday, April 9, 2017 St. George Chapter of Rose Croix Presents The Feast of the Paschal Lamb A Memorial Service remembering our departed brethren 5:00 PM Dinner 6:00 PM Service Masonic Temple 200A Main St, Nashua, NH This Event is Open to the Public RSVP by April 4 to Valley Secretary Called from Labor In Memoriam William B Bradford Philip L Hall, 33 James Robert Leclair Robert Walter Sundeen David A Buttrick Winthrop L Hart Frank Bertil Lindh Milton S Tasker James T Fary John Russell Hilchey Charles C Moore Herbert William Wenzel John Robert Hale Richard Howard Irish Leonard Sy Sousa James Allan Wood
Page 11 Volume 6, Issue 2 Digitized documents from the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library are now online! By Jeffrey Croteau, Director of Library & Archives Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, MA The Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library has recently launched the Van Gorden-Williams Library & Archives Digital Collections website (http://digitalvgw.omeka.net), which was created in order to provide Scottish Rite members access to some of the riches of the Library & Archives collection. The site currently includes around 500 documents from the Library & Archives collection and continues to grow. Among the items that have been digitized so far are a large variety of Masonic certificates, a number of founding documents of the Scottish Rite, and a variety of other materials reflective of the depth and breadth of the Library & Archives collection. One document that may be of interest to those who enjoy seeing where American political history and Scottish Rite history overlap, is the document pictured here. In this letter, President James Madison (1751-1836) requests Connecticut Senator David Daggett's presence at a special session of the Senate held on March 4, 1817. At this session, Vice President elect Daniel D. Tompkins (1774-1825) was sworn into office, just prior to newly elected President James Monroe's official inauguration ceremony. Tompkins was governor of New York from 1807 until 1817 and then served as Vice President under Monroe from 1817 to 1825. Tompkins name may also be familiar to you because of his Scottish Rite connection. He served as the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction s first Sovereign Grand Commander from 1813 until 1825. The Madison letter is among items digitized from the Library & Archives G. Edward Elwell, Jr., Autograph Collection which consists of documents collected by G. Edward Elwell, Jr., 33 (1886-1969) a member of Caldwell Consistory (Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania) and a professional printer. The items in the Elwell Collection, which was generously donated Letter from President James Madison to Senator David Daggett, 1817 January 1, Collection of Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, Lexington, Massachusetts, USM 009. Gift of Caldwell Consistory, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. [Available online at: http://digitalvgw.omeka.net/items/show/91] to the Museum & Library by the Caldwell Consistory, span nearly 500 years of history (1489-1960), and each contains the signature of a well-known figure from American or European history. The Van Gorden-Williams Library & Archives Digital Collections website is built on the Omeka platform, an open source web-publishing platform for the online display of library, museum, archives, and scholarly collections and exhibitions. The Digital Collections website gives users access to high resolution images of each document. Robust cataloging for each document insures that users searching for materials will find them. We hope that you ll explore the Van Gorden-Williams Library & Archives Digital Collections website and take a look at the many wonderful documents that the Library & Archives preserves and makes accessible through the generosity of the Supreme Council, 33, Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, NMJ, USA, and its members. Let us know what you think. We are always happy to receive feedback from users. The Van Gorden-Williams Library & Archives is located just off the main lobby of the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library in Lexington, Massachusetts and is open to the public 10 am to 4 pm, Wednesday-Saturday. Reference assistance is provided in person, by phone, or by e-mail. You may contact us at 781-457-4109 or library@srmml.org.
THE SCOTTISH RITE BODIES 196 Main Street, Suite 16 Nashua, NH 03060-2914 Non Profit Org. US POSTAGE PAID Permit No. 6 Nashua, NH 03061 NOTICE OF REGULAR AND ANNUAL CONVOCATIONS AND RENDEZVOUS A Regular Convocation of Aaron P. Hughes, Lodge of Perfection, Oriental Council, Princes of Jerusalem, and St. George Chapter of Rose Croix, A A S R will be held in the Masonic Temple, 200A Main St, Nashua, New Hampshire on Tuesday, March 21, 2017, at 7:30 o clock p.m. A Regular Rendezvous of New Hampshire Consistory, S P R S, 32 will be held jointly with the Convocations. Business will include any business that may properly come before the bodies. REGULAR CONVOCATIONS AND RENDEZVOUS will also be held Tuesday, May 30, 2017, at 7:30 o clock p.m. (Installation of Officers) Tuesday, November 21, 2017 at 7:30 o clock p.m. ANNUAL AND REGULAR CONVOCATIONS AND RENDEZVOUS will be held Tuesday, September 19, 2017 C Consistory; COD Council of Deliberation; LC Learning Centers; VC Valley of Concord; VK Valley of Keene; VLL Valley of Lancaster-Littleton; VN Valley of Nashua; VPD Valley of Portsmouth-Dover; SC Supreme Council Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite Valley of Nashua 2017 February 25 VPD Reunion, 4, 7, Portsmouth March 2 LC Nashua Board of Governors 6 VC Stated Meeting, Concord 15 VK Stated Meeting, Keene 18 VK Reunion, 4, 15, Keene 19 COD The Chinon Parchment, Concord 20 COD Deputy Rep Meeting, Concord 21 VN & C Stated Meetings, Nashua LC Seacoast Board of Governors 22 VN Information Night, Nashua 25 VPD Reunion, 9, 11, Portsmouth 30 VN Reunion, 4, 6, 9, Nashua April 1 VC Reunion, 17, Concord VLL Feast of the Paschal Lamb, Lancaster 6 LC Nashua Board of Governors 9 VN Feast of the Paschal Lamb, Nashua 17 VC Reunion, 18, Concord VK Stated Meeting (Elections), Keene 18 LC Seacoast Board of Governors 22 C Reunion, TBD & 32, Penacook May 5 LC Nashua Board of Governors 6 VC Annual Meeting; Concord 16 COD Deputy Rep meeting; Concord 17 LC Seacoast LC Board of Governors 31 VN & C Stated Meetings; Nashua June 1 LC Nashua Board of Governors 10 COD Annual Meeting, Charlestown