The
NORTH
CAROLINA
MASON
Official Publication of The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free & Accepted Masons of North Carolina
VOL. XCIV, No. 3
Raleigh, North Carolina 27608, March, 1969
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
Traveling With The
Grand Master
ROBERT N. BASS, JR.
Grand Master
On Saturday, February 1st, I
attended the meeting of the Board
of Directors of Oxford Orphan
age, Inc., which began at 10 A. M.
I am pleased to report that every
member was present except Bro
ther Ben Cone and Most Worship
ful Brother Harvey W. Smith. This
was a very informative meeting
and Brother Gray and Brother
Regan gave us a very detailed ac
count of the Orphanage for the last
year and recommended that a com
mittee be appointed to proceed
with the erection of another cot
tage on campus. Also Right Wor
shipful Brother Maurice E. Walsh
gave a very comprehensive report
on the Lincolnton Coca Cola Bott
ling Company which is partly
owned by Oxford Orphanage. Af
ter this meeting, I proceeded to
Troutman and I was accompanied
by Worshipful Brother Hiram J.
Casebolt and Brother Tom McCrea.
I had the privilege of placing the
plaque on the Masonic Temple of
Campbell Lodge No. 374. This cere
mony was well attended by the
brethren of this Lodge and we also
had several visitors which included
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EMMAUS ROAD
Walking home in the night twi
light—fast,
A stranger ’lone—came along
On Emmaus road with me—and
Cleopas. —TRM
Emergent Communication
An Emergent Communication of
the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free
and Accepted Masons of North
Carolina was held in the Hall of
Campbell Lodge No. 374, A. F. &
A. M., in Troutman, North Caro
lina, on Saturday, February 1,
1969, at 4:00 P.M. with the follow
ing present:
Grand Lodge Officers
M.'.W.'.Robert N. Bass, Jr., P.M.
(97), Grand Master; R.'.W.’.LoTi
(?. Shulenberger, P.M. (27), as
Deputy Grand Master; R.'.W.'.
Maurice E. Walsh, P.M. (407),
Senior Grand Warden; R.'.W.’.D.
Ronald Millsaps, P.M. (471), as
Junior Grand Warden; R.'.W.'.
Carl L. Malboeuf, P.M. (374), as
Grand Treasurer; R.'.W.'.Theodore
R. Templeton, Jr., P.M. (374), as
Grand Secretary; also, W.'.Palmer
J. Edwards, (SD-374), as Senior
Grand Deacon; W.'.Houston L.
Johnston, (M-496), as Junior
Grand Deacon ;W.'.Hiram J. Case-
bolt, P.M. (500), as Grand Mar
shal; W.'.R. Dale Rogers, (St-
374), as Grand Steward; W.'.
Stephen B. Hager, (St-374), as
Grand Steward; W.’. Allen C.
Johnston, P.M. (471), as Grand
Tyler; W.'.Denver A. Byrd, P.M.
(364), as Grand Chaplain.
Past Grand Masters
M.'.W.'.Charles A. Harris, P.G.
M. (113).
The Grand Lodge was opened in
Ample Form by Most Worshipful
Brother Robert N. Bass, Jr., Grand
Master of Masons in North Caro
lina, who announced that the pur
pose of this Emergent Communica
tion was to set in place and dedi
cate a Commemorative Stone for
Campbell Lodge No. 374, A. F. &
A. M.
The Grand Lodge then proceeded
to the site of the Commemorative
Stone located in the northeast
corner of the Temple of Campbell
Lodge No. 374, for the ceremony.
The address of welcome was by
W.'.Brother Theodore R. Temple,
Jr., District Deputy Grand Master
of the 52nd Masonic District.
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Vietnam Veteran, Brother Charles H. Kelly, Ft. Bragg Lodge No.
667, Sudan Shrine Temple, being visited by Field Agent William E.
Whitman at Womack Army Hospital, Fort Bragg, N. C.
Smiles And Kindness And Small Obligations
“It is in sickness that we most
feel the need of that sympathy
which shows how much we are de
pendent upon one another for our
comfort, and even necessities."
There are about 350 men hospital
ized in the Veterans Hospital in
Fayetteville, N. C., and even more
men and women in Womack Army
Hospital at Fort Bragg. They prob
ably have come to realize the truth
of that statement made by an
American clergyman, Hosea Ballou,
in the early 1800’s.
Sympathy and comfort are gpven
to these patients at the Fayetteville
V. A. Hospital and at Womack
Army Hospital as your Masonic
Service Association serves each pa
tient through the personal visita
tion of Field Agent W. E. Whit
man. For almost 25 years Mr.
Whitman has visited patients in
Womack Army Hospital two days
each week and at the VA Hospital
three days each week.
Mr. Whitman’s day at the hos
pital begins by going by the Special
Services Office where he picks up
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