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September, 1969 The North Carolina Mason Page Three Chadbourn Lodge No. 607 Hosts District Meeting Approximately 100 Master Masons of the 13th Masonic District A.F. & A.M. were present at Chadbourn Lodge No. 607 A.F. & A.M. to welcome M.'. W.‘. William A. Hooks, Grand Master of Ma sons in North Carolina, Wednesday evening August 27, 1969. Folowing a delicious buffet dinner served in the Chadbourn Community Civic Center by the Klondike Chapter No. 190, Order of Eastern Star, the members of Chadbourn Lodge No. 607 A. F. & A. M. assembled in the Lodge Room where they were welcomed by W.‘. Brother G. T. Bullard who opened the Lodge in Due form. W.’. Brother John L. Jones, District Deputy Grand Master of the 13th Ma sonic District was received with private grand honors, and presided over the meeting, receiving the Grand Master with private grand honors. The Grand Master delivered an in spiring and challenging address to the Master Masons assembled as to their dedication, duties, responsibilities, and obligations as Master Masons. He chal lenged them to give as liberally as they could in the support of Oxford Orphan age, and Masonic and Eastern Star Home. He also requested their moral support and time, as advisers for the Order of DeMolay. He said the misconception or misunderstanding of the Masonic Order by Non-Masons as to the tenets of the order should be a continued responsibil ity of all Master Masons. Brother A. D. Leon Gray, Supt. of Oxford Orphanage was recognized, and outlined activities and programs of the orphanage. Brother Troy Robbins, Supt. of The Masonic and Eastern Star Home, Greensboro, N. C. commended the mem bers for their support of the home, and asked for continuing support in or der that the elderly guests could be pro vided with better facilities and care. W.‘. Brother Pete Dudley, Assistant Grand Secretary made appropriate re marks concerning the Grand Lodge, and the work being done by the Grand Mas ter. Other dignitaries present were recog nized ; and The Grand Master closed the Lodge in Ample Form. Fall Reunion Over three hundred members of Sa lem Lodge No. 289 have received the degrees in Scottish Rite Masonry. Fur thermore The Winston-Salem Scottish Rite Bodies are to hold their 1969 Fall Reunion beginning October fourth, and extending through the eighteenth. Its going to be a great reunion—so our agents tell us. Principals in the September meeting of the 13th Masonic District A. F. & A. M. in Chadbourn are; (L. to R.) W.‘. Brother John L. Jones, of Clarkton, Dis trict Deputy Grand Master; M.'.W.'. Brother William A. Hooks Grand Mas ter, and W.'. Brother M. Henderson Rourk, M.D., of Shallotte, District Dep uty Grand Lecturer. Masonry Shares Honors In Historic Trip To Moon Masonry shares in the prestige achieved by the American exploit on the surface of the moon. Lt. Col. Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., USAF, NASA Astronaut, who planted the Stars and Stripes on the moon, is a Ma son, by virtue of membership in Mont clair Lodge No. 144, Montclair, N. J. He was raised February 21, 1956. He be longs to both Scottish Rite, 32°, and York Rite bodies and is a noble in Medi- nah Temple, Chicago. History may or may not record that one of the first astronauts to set foot on the moon’s surface was a Freemason— the fact is significant only to Brother Aldrin and the fraternity, but Brother Aldrin has given us occasion to remem ber that whenever men have reached out for the next higher rung on the ladder . . . whenever men have taken the next faltering step into the unknown in order to advance our civilization, our brothers have been among the pioneers who have dreamed the impossible dream—and reached the unreachable star. His father, Edwin E. Aldrin, Sr., is a veteran Mason having received his 50- year veteran honors in May 1969. He is a member of Morning Star Lodge, Wor cester, Mass., raised in 1918. He is a life member of Aleppo Temple, Boston Mass. He is a retired officer of the USAF, with the rank of colonel, now re siding at Brielle, New Jersey. Col. Aldrin Jr., was born at Mont clair, N. J., January 20, 1930. He grad uated from the Montclair High School, OUR SACRIFICE Just as the altar is predominant in most churches, so in the Masonic Lodg:e it is a most important article of furni ture. It is defined as a structure elevat ed above the ground and set aside for some service or worship, be it sacrifice, oblation, or prayer. Noah, on his emerg ence from the Ark, “builded an altar unto the Lord and offered burnt offer ings” (Gen. 8:20), Abram “builded an altar unto the Lord” (Gen. 12:18) (See also Hebrew 10:18). Primitively they were built of turf or stone, loosely laid up; later of solid masonry, to permit the use of fire. There were two types, for the burning of incense and for the pur pose of sacrifice. For Masons, their al tar is a depository of that Great Light, the Holy Bible, whereon the candidate offers up the thoughts of a pure heart as a fitting incense to the Great Archi tect of the Universe, and a sacrifice of his passions and vices as an oblation to the Deity. The Altar had further significance to the ancients, for before the altar most solemn contracts and treaties were made on penalty of the wrath of the gods; therefore an altar obligation was the most solemn obligation that man could make. Today, before the altar and the Word of God, our candidate makes a solemn obligation and promises that prevails throughout his life henceforth. In all religions of antiquity, it was the custom of the priests and the people to circle the altar while singing hymns of prai'e, following the path of the sun. Thus was born the route of perambula tion and when next the brethren thus circle the altar, let them remember the important religious significance of this act. Thus we see the altar, not as a piece of furniture, but as the central point of the Lodge to which all our thought and attention should be given. Let us, too, lay our sacrifices upon the altar, and re new our pledges each time we attend lodge. Freemasonry cannot be all things to all men, but it car. be a comfort and a support to him who accepts those few basic tenets which all good men are pre pared to entertain. received a Bachelor of Science degree from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N. Y. in 1951 and a Doctor of Science degree in astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Techno logy in 1963. He was awarded an hono rary Doctorate of Science degree from Gustavus Adolphus College in 1967. He and Mrs. Aldrin have three children. He graduated third in his class of 475 at West Point in 1951 and subsequently received his wings at Bryan, Texas in 1952. He is a Boy Scout counselor, an elder in the Presbyterian church and a 32° Scottish Rite member.
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