Sword & Trowel February 2019 Volume 6 No. 09 Page 1

Sword & Trowel February 2019 Volume 6 No. 09 Page 1

Table of Contents Vision Statement... 3 Tic Toc, Tic Toc, Tic Toc.... 4 The Templar Navy?... 5 Happenings in California... 6 Grand Sessions... 6 A little Masonic Trivia... 9 California Council No. 2 Installation... 14 Oakland Council No. 12... 15 Vallejo Council No. 29 Installation... 16 More Happenings at King Solomon Council No. 29 17 Editor Notes..... 19 Scholarships.... 20 Humour...... 21 Contacts... 22 Illustrious Grand Master Cryptic Masons: 22 Grand Secretary/Recorder:... 22 Assistant Secretary/Recorder:... 22 Website...... 22 Officers: Grand Council Cryptic Masons California 23 Sword & Trowel February 2019 Volume 6 No. 09 Page 2

Vision Statement Sword & Trowel February 2019 Volume 6 No. 09 Page 3

Tic Toc, Tic Toc, Tic Toc. Most Illustrious Companion William S. (Bill) Dann, KTCH, KYGCH Grand Master Cryptic Masons California Sword & Trowel February 2019 Volume 6 No. 09 Page 4

The Templar Navy? Sword & Trowel February 2019 Volume 6 No. 09 Page 5

Happenings in California Grand Sessions Sword & Trowel February 2019 Volume 6 No. 09 Page 6

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A little Masonic Trivia Who was King Solomon? He was the son of David and Bathsheba and was born in the year of the world 2871. He lived for 58-years and died in 975 B.C. What year did Solomon ascend the throne? 1015 B.C. When did the construction of the Temple start? About 5-years after Solomon ascended the throne. By what route did Solomon arrive at the middle chamber? By a flight of winding stairs (I Kings, vi-8). Where was the city of David? Jerusalem. Where is the bible do we find the story of Gileadites and the Ephramites at the ford of the river Jordan? In the book of Judges Chapter 12 first seven verses. Who was Tubal Cain? The pioneer craftsman of metals. For how long a period were the Jews held in captivity in Babylon and how far where they from the city of Jerusalem? They were held captive for 72-years and were approximately 475 miles due east from Jerusalem. When did Judas, surnamed Maccabeus, recapture Jerusalem from Antiochus? 166 B.C. he destroyed the army of Antiochus and the city of Jerusalem once again was in Jewish hands. The Temple was rededicated and the interior refurbished. The feasts and sacrifices of dedication lasted eight days and it is now today as: Hanukah, the Festival of light. This information for this little bit of trivia was obtained from The Masonic Quiz Book, edited by Wm O Peterson, PM. 32 degree The Charles T Power Co, Chicago, Illinois the 11th edition copyrighted in 1949,1050. Bill Miklos Grand Orator Sword & Trowel February 2019 Volume 6 No. 09 Page 9

Bakersfield Council No. 28 Installation Team and from left to right Most Excellent Companion Teddy G. Hammack, KYGCH Past Grand Hight Priest Most Illustrious Companion William S. Dann, KTCH, KYGCH, Grand Master Cryptic Masons, Excellent Companion Thomas G. McKinney, Past High Priest Sword & Trowel February 2019 Volume 6 No. 09 Page 10

Bakersfield Council No. 28 Officer s for Cryptic Year 2019 It appears that smiling guy on the left has more pins than Brady has Superbowl s rings. If rumors are true and in his case the rumors are probably true, he has sat in more seats as Master, High Priest, Illustrious Master, Commander than the entire Grand Line of Royal Arch Masons, Grand Line of Cryptic Masons, Grand Line of Knights Templar in total. I also have it on good Authority from an anonymous source that the mileage traveling from Lodge, Chapter, Council, Commandery is more than the Grand Lines. Sword & Trowel February 2019 Volume 6 No. 09 Page 11

Most Illustrious Companion William S. Dann KTCH, KYGCH, Grand Master Cryptic Masons receiving Honorary Life Time Membership from Illustrious Companion Joe Helm, Past Master Crypt Masons Sword & Trowel February 2019 Volume 6 No. 09 Page 12

Bill giving the charge of office to Steve and according to my source, Steve has it memorized. Sword & Trowel February 2019 Volume 6 No. 09 Page 13

California Council No. 2 Installation Sword & Trowel February 2019 Volume 6 No. 09 Page 14

Oakland Council No. 12 Copied off of the Internet Oakland Council No. 12 Installation Sword & Trowel February 2019 Volume 6 No. 09 Page 15

Vallejo Council No. 29 Installation Sword & Trowel February 2019 Volume 6 No. 09 Page 16

More Happenings at King Solomon Council No. 29 Fraternal greetings Companions, I would like to congratulate all of our new Illustrious Masters & their officers. May you all have a successful 2019 Cryptic year. It takes a team effort and a group of good brothers to make any of our endeavors successful. As I've attended, and been part of, installations in the North, I've heard a great deal of renewing our passions for the CMMRF or other programs that will help bring our member's back to the council meetings. A lot of great ideas and time have been put into these plans that Councils have adopted as this year's priorities. While at King Solomon Council No. 29 in Vallejo, Most Illustrious Bill Dann installed Illustrious Master Sam Maffei and his officer's for the 2019 Cryptic year. There was an all-star cast of Installing Officers; the other two being MIPGM Bob Whitfield as Installing Marshal & Installing Chaplain was MIPGM Martin McKeay. Although it was a great event, all in attendance found out some rather sad news. Illustrious Companion, Henry "Hank" Clayton had passed away. He served in our Grand Council line for a time. But we also had the wife of MIPGM Dick Williams, Mrs. Judy Williams in attendance. She is also the Masonic Mother of MIGM Bill Dann. She informed us that her husband, Dick Williamson, is now in a care home. I ask all the companions across the state to please continue to reach out to our Companions who have served before us to see how they are doing. Set up those outreach committees because it's always great to receive a phone call even if certain companions can no longer attend due to age or health. We had the opportunity to visit MIPGM Dick Williams at the care home the following day. I know Mrs. Judy was extremely happy that we were able to visit with Dick even though he could not talk with us. He had his moments when he would recognize us with a squeeze of the hand or that look in his eyes. He is being well cared for by the home and, of course, his loving wife Judy. Sincerely yours, Efren Prado Grand Marshal of the North Sword & Trowel February 2019 Volume 6 No. 09 Page 17

Most Illustrious Grand Master, Bill Dann, Most Illustrious Past Grand Master, Dick Williams, his lovely wife, Judy. And our First Lady Anne Sword & Trowel February 2019 Volume 6 No. 09 Page 18

Editor Notes And now let s talk about the York Rite Men s Club, where we dress up, maybe, sometimes, once a month to attend a gathering in which our major accomplishment is. I was once told by an Inspector, whom I greatly admire and is a Past Grand High Priest, our Ritual makes us a Mason. Well, I agree plus, Ritual and our Community Activities. In another discussion with a Past Grand High Priest, I was asked how many of us, in the Grand Line, are qualified? My honest answer, I did not think you had to qualify for a York Rite Grand Line with the exception of being a Past High Priest, Illustrious Past Master, or Past Commander. I was told that is true, but question restated, how many of us qualified for the position of High Priest and are now in the Grand Line? He went on the state not a single person in the current Grand Line qualified as High Priest. I have read some Grand High minutes where Grand Lectures have stated if you cannot open or close without a book, your charter should be turned in. These Degrees and Orders were written before some of us were born and honestly we should respect them. How many of us can honestly state, I qualified to Open and Close a convocation of Royal Arch Masons, an Assembly of Cryptic Masons, and a Conclave of Knights Templar? We are now a men s club, we give awards out for attendance, we may call them different names, but in reality, the awards are for attendance. Solution, let s roll out Ritual and Community Activities. These are two important activities, learn our Ritual and let s work with our Blue Lodge and become active. Active in our Community or maybe closer to home, aiding our Widows, calling our Widows, both Blue lodge and our York Rite Body-see if they need a sprinkler fixed. Maybe we can begin a Food Bank ; a Community Thanksgiving Dinner; Community Christmas Dinner; or let s work with a local Church or a local Food Bank and support their activities. Let s become active in our Community. Grand Marshal of the North, Efren has a great idea and let s expand on the brilliant, marvelous, idea. Not only would those served in our Grand Line love a call and/or visit but so would the widows of our Councils. Sword & Trowel February 2019 Volume 6 No. 09 Page 19

Scholarships Companions, your children, grandchildren, & for some, great-grandchildren may receive financial help for attending school. After opening up Scholarship Center website, have them go to bottom of page & find the Scholarship Manual in (PDF format 450KB) to download. There they will find instructions for filling out the forms. This is the link which will take you to the public Grand Lodge web page on scholarships. All the information you need should be right there. This is a complete manual that you can download that talk about all of the scholarships available from the California Masonic Foundation as well as the Scottish Rite, York Rite, Eastern Star, High Twelve, DeMolay, Job s Daughters, & Rainbow for Girls. Sword & Trowel February 2019 Volume 6 No. 09 Page 20

Humour Since this Newsletter is serious all the time and we are not allowed to talk about Religion or Politics the decision was to incorporate a little Marine Sexism. You may or may not want your wife to read this Marine joke. As we get older, we sometimes begin to doubt our ability to "make a difference" in the world. It is at these times that our hopes are boosted by the remarkable achievements of other seniors who have found the courage to take on challenges that would make many of us wither. Harold Schlumberg is an example of such a Person...an exemplary inspiration to all of us older folks. HERE IS A QUOTE FROM HAROLD: "I've often been asked,...'what do you old folks do now that you're retired?' Well, I stay active and happy. I'm fortunate to have a chemical engineering background and one of the things I enjoy most is converting beer and scotch into urine. Then I take a jog out to the shed to rid myself of the first batch on a picture of my favorite politicians. I do this several times every day. I really enjoy it and I get my exercise too!" Bill This one is for all the Officers, since I was a PFC (Army Intelligence) A U.S. Marine Colonel was about to start the morning briefing to his staff. While waiting for the coffee machine to finish brewing, the colonel decided to pose a question to all assembled. He explained that his wife had been a bit frisky the night before and he failed to get his usual amount of sound sleep. He posed the question of just how much of sex was "work" and how much of it was "pleasure?" A Major chimed in with 75%-25% in favor of work. A Captain said it was 50%-50%. A Lieutenant responded with 25%-75% in favor of pleasure, depending upon his state of inebriation at the time. There being no consensus, the colonel turned to the PFC who was in charge of making the coffee and asked for his opinion? Without any hesitation, the young PFC responded, "Sir, it has to be 100% pleasure. The colonel was surprised and as you might guess, asked why? "Well, sir, if there was too much work involved, the officers would have me doing it for them." The room fell silent. God Bless the enlisted man. Sword & Trowel February 2019 Volume 6 No. 09 Page 21

Illustrious Grand Master Cryptic Masons: Most Illustrious Companion, William S. Dann, KTCH, KYGCH Pacific Council No. 37 Grand Master Cryptic Masons of California Grand Secretary/Recorder: Philip Hardiman, OSV, KYGCH, PGHP Grand Secretary Grand Chapter Royal Arch Masons California, Grand Recorder, Grand Council Cryptic Masons California, & Grand Recorder, Grand Commandery Knights Templar California 1123 J Street Sacramento, CA 95814 E-mail: sec-rec@yorkriteofcalifornia.org Assistant Secretary/Recorder: Thomas Krummell, KCT, KYCH 1123 J Street Sacramento, CA 95814 e-mail: assistant-sec-rec@yorkriteofcalifornia.org Website: Grand York Rite of California Contacts Note: Hyperlinks or links to other pages or web sites are prevalent throughout the document. Sword & Trowel February 2019 Volume 6 No. 09 Page 22

Officers: Grand Council Cryptic Masons California Most Illustrious Companion William S. Dann, KTCH, KYGCH & Anne 158 th Grand Master Cryptic Masons Pacific Council No. 37 Eduardo Estrada, KYCH & Natasha Deputy Grand Master Omega Council No. 11 Most Illustrious Companion Robert Whitfield, KYGCH, MIPGM & Genie GRAND TREASURER Oakland Council No. 12 Robert A. Morrison, KYCH & Pauline Grand Principal Conductor of the Work Butte Council No. 50 Most Illustrious Companion Philip Hardiman, KYGCH, PGHP & Nancy Grand Recorder Sacramento Council No. 1 Most Illustrious Companion William E. Price, KYGCH, MIPGM & Janet GRAND DIRECTOR OF RITUAL California Council No. 2 Richard E. Thornton, KYCH & Cara GRAND CHAPLAIN (North) Stockton Council No. 5 Peter G. Champion, KYCH & Janice Grand Captain of the Guard San Luis Obispo Council No. 38 Michael T. Sherman, KYCH GRAND STEWARD Helix Council No. 58 William Miklos III, KYCH & Angelica GRAND ORATOR Amador Council No. 31 Efren D. Prado, KYCH GRAND MARSHAL (North) King Solomon's Council No. 29 K. Mark Harris GRAND SOLOIST/MUSICIAN Oakland Council No. 12 Gary Richard Quintrell, KYCH & Heidi GRAND STANDARD BEARER Pacific Council No. 37 John Edward Bickerstaff & Jennifer GRAND CHAPLAIN (SOUTH) H.Edward Barr's Oasis Council No.64 Guy M. Chalmers, KYCH & Jeanne GRAND CONDUCTOR OF THE COUNCIL Redwood Empire Council No. 46 Jeffrey A. White, KYCH & Lisa GRAND SENTINEL Pacific Council No. 37 Thomas A. Krummell, KCT, KYCH & Marcia ASSISTANT GRAND RECORDER Gateway Council No. 13 Ronald W. Alcorn III, KYCH GRAND MARSHAL (South) Alhambra Council No. 25 Andrew B. Pippin, KYCH & Julia GRAND BIBLE BEARER Ventura Council No. 15 Sword & Trowel February 2019 Volume 6 No. 09 Page 23