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NORTH
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MASON
Official Publication of The Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free & Accepted Masons of North Carolina
VOL. XCIV, No. 8
New Lodge Presented
Gold-Plated Tyler's Sword
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This picture of the presentation was re
enacted after the lodge was closed. The
brethren, Left to Right are: Wiley Dean,
Master, Maurice Baker, Anthony Houser,
Fred Speidel, Hiram Casebolt, and Elmore
Barnes.
The stated communication of the
Charles B. Newcomb Lodge No. 740 of
Raleigh fell on the orient day of June
13 at which time and occasion repre
sentatives from Raleigh Commandery
No. 4, Knights Templar, of Raleigh,
elected to attend in full uniform and
make a presentation of outstanding sig
nificance.
In recent years, this Commandery has
presented a new silver plated Tyler’s
Sword to each new lodge chartered in
the Raleigh area to show it’s interest in,
and support of. Blue Lodge Masonry.
However, an exception was made on
this occasion because our late M.'.W.
Brother Charles Bailey Newcomb was a
Past Grand Commander of N. C., and
since this lodge is named in his memory,
the decision to present a gold plated
sword was most appropriate.
Brother Frederick G. Speidel, Past
Commander, and Grand Warden of the
North Carolina Grand Commandery,
made the presentation, and his remarks
included the attributes of the sword and
the injunctions for its use, followed by:
“A Knight Templar is enjoined to
ever let his honor remain as unsullied as
this glittering blade, and to hold this
sword ever ready to be drawn in the
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Raleigh, North Carolina 27608, August, 1969
Dispensations Granted
To Form Vandora Lodge
Most Worshipful Brother William A.
Hooks, Grand Master of Masons in
North Carolina, granted a dispensation
to 54 brethren to form VANDORA
Lodge, U. D., and at the appointed hour
the Grand Master called the meeting to
order and directed the Grand Secretary
to read the dispensation and then the
list of brethren who had been selected
to serve as Officers of this new lodge.
As their names were called the Officers
took their place.s west of the Altar
where Worshipful Brothers A. C. Hon
eycutt and Harry L. Holland, acting as
Marshals, invested them with the jewels
and aprons of their respective offices
and conducted them to their stations
and places.
The Grand Master then opened a
Master Mason’s lodge with the follow
ing Officers in their stations and plac-
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ONE DOLLAR A YEAR
'The People's Attorney'
Elected To National Position
M. J. Stokes, Secretary and Past Mas
ter of Twin County Masonic Lodge No.
729 of Rocky Mount was elected to the
office of National vice councilor, at the
biennial session of the National Council
of the Junior Order United American
Mechanics held at the Pick Roosevelt
Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Stokes succeeds Paul Campbell of
Springfield, Ohio, who was elevated to
the office of National Councilor.
Stokes served as State Councilor of
the Junior Order in North Carolina in
1963 and was admitted to the National
Council as a delegate from this state
several years ago.
He has held office in the National
Council during the past four years.
Under normal procedure Stokes will ad
vance to the post of National Councilor
in June 1971.
The Junior Order United American
Mechanics is a patriotic fraternal organ-
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Robert Morgan
Return Engagement
In the summer of 1968 a brother who
was seeking a political office was the
guest speaker at one of the “report
meetings’’ of the Oxford Orphanage
Committee of William G. Hill Lodge No.
218, in Raleigh. His non-political talk
was so enthusiastically received by all
who were present that he was finally al
most forced to agree that he would
make a return engagement after the
campaign work was over. This was ful
filled on Wednesday evening, July 30
1969, when Brother Robert Morgan, of
Lillington Lodge No. 302, Attorney Gen
eral of the State of North Carolina, met
with the brethren for a steak dinner in
the dining room of the Masonic Temple.
Hosts for the dinner were Brother
Dee 0. Lineberry, P. M., Curtis W. Lew
is, Allen H. Thompson, 'Thomas H. Wild
er, Sr., and Millard S. (“Jim’’) Morgan,
Master. Special guests in addition to
Brother Morgan, were Brother Tom
McCrea, Editor of The North Carolina
Mason, and Brother Horace Moore,
of Millbrook No. 97. Brother McCrea
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