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The NORTH CAROLINA MASON Official Publication of The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free & Accepted Masons of North Carolina VOL. XCIV, No. 1 Raleigh, North Carolina 27608, January, 1969 ONE DOLLAR A YEAR Traveling With The Grand Master ROBERT N. BASS, JR. Grand Master On Sunday, December 1st, at 1:30 P.M. I opened the Grand Lodge of North Carolina in an emergent communication for the purpose of conducting Masonic Rites for our beloved Brother Thomas J. Harkins. At 3 P.M. the service was conducted at the Cal vary Episcopal Church in Fletcher, North Carolina, which is about 12 miles southeast of Asheville. This service was attended by a number of brethren in the Asheville Dis trict along with M.'.W.'.Chas. A. Harris, P.G.M. and Grand Secre tary, M.'.W.'.William E. Burrier, P.G.M. who conducted the Masonic service; M.'.W.'.James G. John ston, P.G.M. and Sovereign Grand Inspector General in North Caro lina; M.'.W.'.Maxwell E. Hoff man, P.G.M.; M.'.W.'.Watson N. Sherrod, P.G.M. and W.'.Harry L. Holland, D.D.G.M. of the 26th Ma sonic District. After the Masonic service we returned to the Ashe ville Masonic Temple and closed the Grand Lodge and returned home. On Tuesday, December 3rd, I attended a stated communication (Continued on Page Two) A Pause Between Centuries “OUR GREENVILLE—YOURS WHEN YOU COME” is a Mason ic town, with three lodges current ly lending color to the intensely in teresting and fascinating hundred years of ceaseless involvement in the fraternity of our ancient craft. Greenville Lodge No. 284 has lived in a veritable cauldron of po litical, sectarian and civil fermen tation but in it all has assumed and maintained an insulated air of non-committal aloofness, attending only to those affairs which ad vanced the greater good of Mason ry, and thereby assuring itself un ending Masonic life in enviable pristine repute. On December 8th the mystic cur tain was raised on the second hun dred years of effective labor in the stone quarries and on the temple walls, plumbed, leveled and squared; rising high into the heav ens of man’s ultimate longings. It was a time of rejoicing in our an cient faith, hoping in prayer, and manifesting fraternal Charity—in that bve that passeth understand ing. The program opened with Broth er Wyatt R. Highsmith, Master of Greenville Lodge No. 284 as Di rector of Ceremonies. The invoca tion was by Brother Adrian E. (Continued On Page Thice) $7.50 We believe that any picture worth publishing is worth seven- fifty. Thats what the engraver charges us to ready any picture for publi cation — and thats what we are requesting of those sending pic tures to us. Its actually worth more than that, for when it is historically re corded. It is broadcast throughout our Grand jurisdiction and many areas throughout the world. It is a constant reminder of how young we are. Furthermore — that change of address! Keep us posted — for the Post Office charges us ten cents for each of all your wrong address. Monthly we are paying 10^ X .02 (2%) X 67,000 for your wrong ad dresses. Figure that out! W. J. Morgan, Wm. G. Hill No. 218; R. N. Bass, Jr., Grand Mas ter; J. E. Edwrards, Raleigh No. 500; and Otto Neustadt, Hiram 40. Grand Master Installs Officers For Three Raleigh Lodges The Grand Master of Masons in North Carolina, Robert N. Bass, Jr., was installing officer for a joint installation ceremony by Wil liam G. Hill Lodge No. 218, Raleigh Lodge No. 600, and Hiram I.odge No. 40, Monday evening December 30th 1968 in Raleigh’s Masonic Temple. A musical interlude was provided by Peyton J. Brown at the organ, with soloists Boyd M. Spence and Marvin W. Burke each giving two numbers. R. Gage Smith was Master of Ceremonies, and Frank lin V. Putney, Chaplain. The Grand Master installed the following officers: for William G. Hill Lodge No. 218: Millard S. Morgan, Master; John B. Byrd, Jr., Senior Warden; Arthur W. Jordan, Junior Warden: W. Richard Mabrey, Past Master, Treasurer; R. Gage Smith, Past Master, Secretary; S. G. Peterson, Jr., Senior Deacon; Walter I. Dodd, Jr., Junior Deacon; Edward W. Wilson and John R. Senter, Ste wards; Robert A. Drake, Chaplain, and T. T. Wellons, Tyler. Retiring Master Dee O. Lineberry. Ryan D. Bashford, Past Master, was Mar shal. For Raleigh Lodge No. 500: James E. Edwards, Master; Robert S. Moreland, Senior Warden; Norman C. Miller, Jr., Junior War den; Fred F. Harding, Past Mas ter, Treasurer; D. 0. Smith, Past Master, Secretary; Ray M. Jones, Senior Deacon; Joe P. Harrington, Junior Deacon; A. .1. Early, III, and R. Donald Rhyne, Stewards; S. Ross Turner, Jr., Chaplain, and T. T. Wellons, Tyler. Hiram J. Casebolt, Past Master, was Mar shal, and Robert H. Williams, re tiring Master. Hiram Lodge No. 40 officers: Otto Neustadt, Master; Ralph M. Moore, Jr., Senior Warden; Ken neth G. Halstead, Junior Warden; (Continued On Page Thi'ee)
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