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The North Carolina Mason
November, 1968
FROM THE
GRAND
SECRETARY
Left to right: Brothers J. Melvin Fordham, James A. Whitfield,
P.M.; J. Randolph Fordham, Wilbur E. Mozingo, and Berl M. Kahn,
Senior Grand Deacon.
Left to right: Brothers Guy Elliott, Robert J. Whitfield, Master,
and Berl M. Kahn, Senior Grand Deacon.
west of the altar where the Master
presented each with an engraved
miniature trowel, as a token of ap
preciation for their fidelity to Ma
sonry, following which the Master
called on Brother Tyson H. Creech
of Lenoir Lodge No. 233 (La-
Grange) who introduced Worship
ful Brother Berl M. Kahn, Grand
Senior Deacon, of Wayne Lodge
No. 112, Goldsboro, as speaker for
the evening.
Night of Nights
St. John’s Lodge No. 4 honored
its Past Masters at a most delight
ful supper in the temple dining hall
on the night of October 28th, 1968
prior to a stated communication
which followed.
Immediately folowing the busi
ness session. Worshipful Master
Brother Robert J. Whitfield wel
comed the Past Masters with much
praise and felicitation.
Brother Robert 1. Faulkner
called the roll of living Past Mas
ters which numbered 28. Sixteen
were present and faced the East,
Our DeMolays
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Past District Deputy Grand Mas
ter and Ambassador of Scottish
Rite Masons; Rufus Cohen, Master
Andrew Jackson Lodge 576; A. R.
Gibbs, Master Spencer Lodge 542;
Judge J- Allen Dunn, Past Ritual
istic Advisor Order of DeMolay.
Rainbow Girls from the Salis
bury Chapter assisted the DeMolay
Mothers’ Circle with registration,
ushering and the reception, which
was held immediately following
the installation ceremony.
First, Brother Kahn presented
twenty-five year certificates to
four present brothers, and in ab
sentia to three who were unable
to be present. He then presented a
fifty-year veteran’s certificate to
Brother Guy Elliot, who had been
escorted to the East. Here Brother
Elliot responded fittingly, with
great dignity, charm and apprecia
tion. Worshipful Brother John E.
Williams was awarded a sixty-year
Diamond Jubilee certificate, in ab
sentia.
Worshipful Brother Kahn then
delivered a most thought provoking
address on Masonry, which talk
left the brethren filled with the
knowing that the rich and lasting
rewards of the wide-wide world of
Masonry are here within our indi
vidual grasp.
Levin K. Jones, P.M., Sec’y
Many Secretaries do not under
stand that a Report of Doings on
Form 49 must be sent to the Grand
Secretary’s office within five days
after each stated communication,
whether or not you have anything
to report under the sixteen items
listed on this report form. See Re
gulation 67-16 (18) of THE Code.
If you have nothing to report, you
should write the word “NONE” at
the top near the name and number
of your lodge.
Election time will soon be coming
up, which will be followed by the
installation of the new Officers of
the lodges, and this sometimes calls
for a search of the minutes to de
termine if a certain member is eli
gible to be installed by having
passed an examination on the cate
chism of the Third Degree. While
I was the Secretary of my lodge I
kept a list in the back of the lodge
ledger of all members eligible to
! hold office under the provisions
I of Regulation 80-08. This saves a
; lot of searching through the min-
I utes to find this information.
The Grand Master has stated
that he hopes to hold 10 area meet
ings over the state early in 1969 in
an effort to be helpful to the new
lodge Officers. It has been suggest
ed that these meetings might af
ford the opportunity of holding a
series of forums for lodge Secre
taries, and we would like to hear
from the lodge Secretaries and get
their reaction to this suggestion.
I suggest that these meetings, if
held, should be on Saturdays, and
that they should start at about
2:00 P.M. and last until about 4:30,
following which we could have
about a half hour for visiting, then
a dinner at about five to five fif
teen, compliments of the Grand
Lodge.
If it is decided to hold these for
ums for our Secretaries, we will
decide on the locations and then
ask the several Secretaries in that
area to help us in the arranging of
these meetings and the dinners.
There appears to be some mis
understanding by some lodge Sec
retaries regarding the proper way
to withdraw from a lodge by mem
bers holding dual membership. The
only way to withdraw from a lodge
is to request a demit in writing, or
by oral request made in open lodge.
A Certificate of Good Standing is
not a withdrawal except in trans
ferring from one North Carolina
lodge to another in this State.
In cases where a member became
a dual member during the organi
zation of a new lodge, and has now
decided that he does not wish to
pay dues in two North Carolina
lodges, he must make a proper re
quest as provided in Regulation
84-04 (1) of THE CODE, and he
must pay all indebtedness to both
lodges before he can withdraw
from either lodge.
Incidentally, a lodge under dis
pensation cannot issue demits nor
First Things First!
Pay your bills on the FIRST!
Get news items in on the FIRST.
Special articles in on the FIRST.
Pictures in on the FIRST. This
makes your Editor happy.
FIRST thing when you think
about moving—send us your OLD
address, and your NEW address.
This makes everyone happy—and
you’ll not miss the next issue of
this publication. (Notify your lodge
secretary too, and don’t owe him
anything.)
We have a NEW mail box—right
in front of the Grand Lodge build
ing—at 2921 Glenwood Avenue,
Raleigh, N. C. 27608. How ’bout
some letters!
Curious items From
Ancient Wisdom
In Hebrew history there are re
corded the acts of great men. Da
vid wrote the Psalms and they are
sung to the glory of God and in
grateful memory of David to this
very day. Solomon coined his Pro
verbs and his minted wisdom has
become a part of the heritage of all
races. He built a great Temple and
is honored and revered among Ma
sons. Both have won their immor
tality by doing the great, the ar
tistic and beautiful.
But there was another of the im
mortals of ancient Isreal who also
established his claim to eternal
gratitude. Jacob dug a well.
The stones that line its walls
were first put in place almost
3,500 years ago. Yet they are still
straight and true and the well has
never gone dry. Throughout 35
centuries, men have come that way
and refreshed their souls, watered
their flocks and herds. The well
has never failed any man.
In India they have a proverb
which says: “He has not lived in
vain who has reared a son, planted
a tree, or dug a well.”
Most of us every day drink from
wells we have not dug. Blessed is
the man who digs a well from
which another soul may draw hope
and faith.
—William Ogden Bissonett, 33°
can it affiliate new members after
receiving its dispensation. It must
wait until the lodge has been char
tered by the Grand Lodge before
issuing demits or affiliating new
members.
At the last meeting of the Board
of General Purposes, the Grand
Master received a request from the
Board that he appoint a special
committee to contact families of de
ceased Masons who were known to
possess valuable Masonic libraries,
in the hope that these families
could be persuaded to present these
libraries to the Grand Lodge. If you
know of any such libraries it will
be appreciated if you will so advise
the Grand Secretary’s office.
PLEASE, Brother Secretary, as
soon as your lodge elects a new
Master and a Secretary, send us the
card promptly giving their names,
addresses, telephone numbers, ete.
This is most important, and we will
appreciate your prompt attention.
Charles A. Harris