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Gqe Two THE NORTH CAROLINA MASON June, 1988 I HI NORTH AROLINA MASON” (USPS 598-260) is published , urterly b be G nd Lodge of A. F & A M. of North Carolina, 2921 ienwood Avenue. Raleigh, N. C. 27608. Second-class postage paid at U..lord N. . 27565 POSTMASTER Send address changes to THE NOR 1H CAROLINA MASON, Oxford Orphanage Printing Department, Oxford North Carolina 27565. BOARD OF PUBLICA TION OF THE NORTH CAROLINA MASON H LLOYD WILKERSON SAMUEL A HENNIS, JR. WILLIAM E. FULMER JOHN R. STEGALL WALTER J. KLEIN Published quarterly by The Grand Lodge of A. F. & A. M. of North i arolina Suct essor to "The Orphans Friend and Masonic Journal.” News items, pictures, inquiries, comments and other correspondence should be addressed to Reynold S. Davenport, Interim Editor Oxford Orphanage Printing Department Oxford, North Carolina 27565 1 here is no charge for printing pictures. Pictures should be made in black and white Good quality pictures are essential for suitable reproduction. We reserve the right to reject any picture not suitable for use in The North Carolina Mason. Pictures accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope will be returned to the sender upon request. address changes should be addressed to: THE NORTH CAROLINA MASON Oxford Orphanage Printing Department Oxford, North Carolina 27565 Each member of a North Carolina lod^e is entitled to a free subscription to The North Carolina Mason If you know a North Carolina Member who is not receiving the paper, please send his name, his complete address (with zip code), and the name of his lodge to the above address. Editorial Please Let Me Hear From You Well, Brethren, the old man is back. For a while, at least. While the search goes on foi a capable, permanent . i or 1 will be doing my best to put out a paper that you, me Masons ot North Carolina, will enjoy and appreciate. It, ould be for only a few months, or perhaps longer, but whatever the duration of my second tenure, I promise to be lesponsive to your wishes and suggestions. Beginning with this issue, “Questions and Answers” is back. “Unscramble” is also again a regular feature. And I have persuaded Jimrod Q. Waxpillow to once more favor us with his observations. If you do not care for any or all of these, let me know about it and if the objections are considerable the offending feature/s will be yanked. I plan to run editorials from time to time; there will be historical features, news from the lodges, Grand Lodge news, special features; we will continue the reports from the Home and the Orphanage; we will include such other newsworthy material as may be requested or suggested by you, the owners of this paper. I plan to attend and report on a few of the district meetings—at separate areas of the state—and to attend and report on such other events as funds and time will permit. However, it would not be practical or economical for an editor of the paper to constantly travel the state in search of Masonic news, nor could he come anywhere near an efficient and representative result, the area is too vast and the lodges are too numerous. So I and editors to follow must always rely upon individual lodges and Masons to let us know what is going on. I solicit copies of your lodge publications, from which items of general interest may be used. I ask Masters of lodges that do not have publications to appoint reporters who will inform me of any items of general interest. When I refer to items of general interest, I have reference to any event or circumstance that will be of interest to Masons and lodges miles away, as well as to those on the scene. There is not room in the paper to report the routine conferrel of a degree or the holding of lecture service, for example, as few Masons other than the members of those particular lodges would be interested. But if a lodge, or a Mason, does something or is something that is unique or outstanding, we would like to hear about it. When there is such an event or circumstance of significance, send me a good black-and-white picture of that Mason, along with the account. Do the same with respect to a group of Masons, or a building, or whatever. The average man had rather see his picture in the paper, or the picture of someone he knows, than just about anything else. Masons are no exception. My Brothers, we can make a success of this paper only if I work hard at it and if you will keep me posted. And I ask you to remember this: the paper can be a success even if you or I do not particularly care for some of the material in it. We all have differing tastes, thank the Lord, and something that Tom really enjoys may be uninteresting to Dick, while Harry could take it or leave it. The paper must have something in it for just about every Mason, and our best hope is that most of what is in it will always appeal to a sizeable majority of its readers, and I pledge my best efforts to that end. I wish to express my sincere appreciation to each and every one of you that helped me with the paper so much while I was editor during 1971-1982, and I extend my warmest fraternal regards to every lodge and Mason in this great state. Reynold S. Davenport ACCORDING TO JIMROD We present below this month's poetical offering from that distinguished Mason and philosopher, JIMROD Q WAXPILLOW This equestrian-type Mason named Zeke Galloped his horse to the top of the peak But there the horse stumbled And he and Zeke tumbled All the wav down into the creek OFFICERS OF THE GRAND LODGE OF A. F. & A. M. OL NORTH CAROLINA M.-.W. .L. R. Thomas, Jr. t, C.L. (568) ... Grand Master P. 0. 1467, New Bern 28560 R.-.W.-.Jerry G. Tart t, (542) Deputy Grand Master P. 0. Box 366, Greensboro 27402 R.-.W.-.Bunn T. Phillips, Jr. t, C.L. (495) Senior Grand Warden 310 Lumyer Rd., Rockingham 28379 R.-.W. - .Lester P. Martin, Jr. t, (134) Junior Grand Warden P. 0. Box 822, Mocksville 27028 M.-.W.-.Sam A. Hennis, Jr." C.L (322) Grand Treasurer Drawer 711, Mount Airy 27030 R.-.W. .Robert P. Dudley t. (202) Grand Secretary P. O. Box 6506, Raleigh 27628 W. .Willett R. Tillett t, C.L. (521) Senior Grand Deacon P. O. Box 473, Manteo 27954 W Ray Norris t, (259) Junior Grand Deacon 312 Woodland Trail, Hendersonville 28739 W.-.Richard G. Moore t, (544) Grand Marshal Rt. 2, Box 666, Denver 28037 W. .William B. Brunk t, C.L. (40) Grand Steward 8504 Bournemouth Dr., Raleigh 27609 W.-.Clifton W. Everett, Jr. t, (708) Grand Steward P. O. Box 1220, Greenville 27835 W. .Johnny West t, (568) Grand Tyler Apt 2-C, Ruth’s Lane, Greensboro 27407 W. James H. Coile t, (81) Grand Chaplain Rt. 6, Box 200, Goldsboro 27530 W.-.Marvin R. Waters t, (724) Asst. Grand Chaplain 2413 Brices Creek Rd., New Bern 28560 W. .Reynold S. Davenport t, C.L. (680) Grand Historian P. O. Box 578, Plymouth 27962 W.-.William J. Clark t, (724) Grand Lecturer 402 Edge Hill Rd., New Bern 28562 W.-.H. Lloyd Wilkerson t, (680) Grand Orator 102 Shoreham Dr., Jacksonville 28540 W.-.Otto Neustadt t, (40) Judge Advocate 4120 Camelot Dr., Apt. A-3, Raleigh 27609 What Masons Were Doing... Fifty years ago, in 1938: Harry Thomas Paterson, a Kentucky native, was elected and installed as Grand Master on April 20. W. E. Fleishman was serving as Master of Phoenix No. 8, H. C. Hall was at the helm of Excelsior No. 261 and Snow Creek No. 571 was led by T Ward Guy On April 20, a chatter was granted to ivaa...... . 672 and on Apnl 29, Spindale U D was instituted Twenty-five years ago, in 1963: D.D.G.M. Jesse W. Harris and D.D.G.L. Clifton G. Grant were serving the 20th District, E. Floyd Dunn and Joseph E. Dupree were holding forth in the 26th, while the 56th had Glenn D. Brown and Clarence W. Burrell in those offices. (Some district numbers have since changed.) Grand Master Charles C. Ricker laid the cornerstone for the building of the New Bern York Rite Bodies on February 8. Charles C. Baggett, Master, along with Warden proxies James A. West and Nathan W. Humphrey represented St. John’s No. 1 (the oldest lodge in North Carolina) at the annual communication of the Grand Lodge; Shallotte No. 727 (our youngest chartered lodge on that date) was represented by James M. Hawes, Master, Daniel C. Russ, Senior Warden, and Clarence M. Russ, Proxy for Junior Warden. Ten years ago, in 1978: On April 8, Grand Master J. Earl Watson laid the cornerstone for the new town hall in Apex. Two Past Grand Masters, Grand Treasurer James W. Brewer and Charles A. Harris, Grand Secretary Emeritus, were present, as were three future Grand Masters: Jacob C. Goodman, Jr., A. C. Honeycutt and Eddie P. Stiles. On April 15, a commemorative plaque was set in place and then dedicated by Grand Master Watson at Memorial Hall, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The Air Force ROTC presented the Colors and bugle calls. Wilton Walker, Jr., who later died while serving as Grand Marshal of the Grand Lodge, was D.D.G.M. in the 1st District and G. Gregory Kight was D.D.G.L. there. From The Lodges Charlotte — The Trestle Board of Charles M. Setzer Lodge No. 693 presents a striking and handsome appearance with a beautiful color picture of the lodge building on the cover. The publication also features black and white pictures of the lodge officers. The pictures undoubtedly cause the publication to be more expensive to produce but they also quite definitely enhance its appearance, thus adding something to the prestige of the lodge. (These remarks were not taken from the Setzer Trestle Board, they are my own thoughts. Ed.) Franklin — Past Master Burt Burtaine raps a golf ball the way he once rapped the gavel — firmly and truly. He recently scored a hole-in-one at Milcreek and what makes this somewhat significant, he is approaching the age of ninety-two. Newsletter ot Junaluskee Lodge No. 145. Mebane — Bingham Lodge No. 272 paid special thanks to Conrad Sutton who has been faithfully cleaning the lodge’s aprons for many years. (One of those little services that often go unnoticed. Ed.) Bingham’s News and Views. ***** Charlotte — Past Grand Master James G. Johnston was scheduled to address Excelsior Lodge No. 261 on May 30, reviewing highlights of his half-century in Masonry. Excelsior Newsletter. Kenansville — St. John’s Lodge No. 13 has invited its Masonic widows to have supper with the brethren on August 4. St. John’s (13) Newsletter. Goldsboro — Goldsboro Lodge No. 634 held its annual picnic May 21 at the picnic shelter owned by Wayne Lodge No. 112. Goldsboro Newsletter. Raleigh — Members of Raleigh Lodge No. 500 have decided to begin a photo album containing a pictorial record of various events which they feel will be of interest to members in coming years. It is planned and hoped the album will be added to each year. Raleigh Newsletter. Questions and Answers 1. I attended Grand Lodge this year and 1 remain bewildered as to how a “NO” vote can adopt a proposed amendment or a “YES” vote can defeat one. Can you explain this? Answer: I can explain it, but I cannot promise to ease your bewilderment When a proposed amendment to THE CODE is presented to the Grand Lodge, it is referred to the Committee on Masonic Jurisprudence. There it is considered and debated, and then the committee recommends to the Grand Lodge at the next annual communication that the proposal be approved or rejected (it requires a two-thirds majority of those voting to approve a proposed amendment). So when you vote yes or no, you are in tact voting to approve or disapprove the recommendation of the committee. Therefore, if the committee recommends a proposal be approved and you vote “YES ’ to that recommendation, you are voting for adoption; if the committee recommends against adoption and you vote “NO” to that recommendation, you are still voting for adoption; if the committee recommends against adoption and you vote “YES” to that recommendation, you are then voting against the amendment. If this is not sufficiently confusing, let me know and I’ll try to find someone who can write in double- talk to explain further. 2. Wouldn’t it be easier and less confusing to simply make certain that everyone understood the nature of the committee’s recommendation and then call for a “YES” or “NO” vote on the proposed amendment itself? Answer: It would certainly seem so. 3. Can you explain in detail how a lodge can hold a dinner to raise funds for a new building and be in compliance with the newly-adopted regulations governing such? Answer: No, I cannot. Under the provisions of CHAPTER 36-A (also newly adopted) the newly formed committee is empowered to, among other things, promulgate rules necessary to the proper management of fund raising activities. I would suggest that you not mak- any omm : ts for your fund raiser mtil the it has h ne to adopt rules and sstabiish guidelines so that you may make the prescribed application to it, but you could certainly proceed with general planning which conforms in all particulars to the provisions of the newly-adopted regulation. 4. Why was it specified in these new regulations that a lodge could hold no more than two fund-raisers for charity during a year? Answer: As I recall the explanation given to this question during the regional meetings held to discuss the proposed changes, a lodge that held fund-raisers on a somewhat frequent basis would afford area merchants legitimate cause to complain to the taxing authorities that the lodge was operating a business and should not enjoy tax advantages that they, the merchants, did not. In other words, violations could cost the lodge its tax exempt status, and the adverse decision could extend to the Grand Lodge and all organizations governed by it. (I give this answer based solely upon my recollections. I may have stated this incorrectly and, if so, I will run a correction next month.) 5. What is meant in REG. 95-48 where it requires a lodge to “protect itself against general and specific liabilities? Answer: I cannot speak for the drafters of the regulation, as I do not know what liabilities they had in mind, but a couple of potential liabilities that come readily to mind and which I suspect were among those contemplated are as follows: Purchasers of food products could claim food poisoning; a person falling on the grounds or in the building could clain bodily injury. The most practical method for a lodge to protect itself against these and other liabilities would be, I suppose, to purchase adequate and appropriate liability insurance. 6. When does a change in the law become effective? Answer: At low twelve, Eastern Standard Time, on July 31st following its adoption, unless otherwise provided by the Grand Lodge at the time of its adoption (as was done in the case of some of the changes adopted this year). SEC. 11-01 (4). 7. Why should we go to all the trouble of considering and voting upon these changes, and then adopt a resolution authorizing a committee to revise THE CODE? Answer: That is not what we did. What this resolution does is authorize a committee to review THE CODE and then offer proposed amendments, and to revise only the index of THE CODE. There is no way any committee, however constituted, can revise THE CODE. Revision may be accomplished only by a proper vote of the delegates attending Grand Lodge, and then only according to the methods prescribed in CHAPTER 11 of THE CODE. 8. Just what effect does a resolution in Grand Lodge have? Answer: A resolution, once it is adopted by the Grand Lodge, is effective immediately and remains effective until rescinded or overruled or until a change in the law renders it inoperable. SEC. 7-04. A resolution may not conflict with existing laws. For example: A resolution to make all Past Masters voting members of Grand Lodge could not be considered because it conflicts with CHAPTER 3 of THE CODE, which lists all those who are members of the Grand Lodge and which does not include Past Masters, as such, in that listing. 9. The practice of having a proposed amendment lay over for an entire year before action may be taken on it seems somewhat ponderous. Could not a particularly popular and benign amendment be expedited? Answer: There is a rarely used and rarely successful procedure for acting upon a proposed amendment at the same annual communication at which it is introduced. The circumstances under which this procedure may be applied are very clearly defined in SEC. 11-01 (2) but are too lengthy to enumerate here. It would need to be a most compelling item to prompt forgoing the obvious need for all Masons in the state to have opportunity to study a proposal before it is acted upon. Fayetteville — The publication of Phoenix Lodge No. 8, the Phoenix Bulletin, is another good example of the value of pictures. The Bulletin features pictures of its historical old building and of its three principle officers. Ed. Deaths Reported To The Grand Secretary 668—Franklin William Barlowe 668—Robert Preston Caldwell 669—Kenneth Carvin Wilson 672—Charles Raymond Stafford 672—Fred Benjamin Michael 672—Voyne E. Shope 672—Clifton Williams 672—Fred Harley Ball 674—Walter Casper Huber 675—Paul Bailey 676—William Ray Nunn 676—William Lafayette Nesbit 679—Henry Theodore Schreier 679—Harvey Henry Jacobsen, Jr. 679—Charles Curtis V. Godwin 680—Frederick Franklin Brutsche 685—Clive Peter Deane 687—Edward Thomas Parrish 687—Herbert Eugene Patterson 691—William Ray Tesh 692—Robert James Flinchum 693—Arnold James Shelor 696—Hamilton Courtney, Jr. 698—William Lloyd Scarborough 706—Pender Nolan Smith 709—Thomas Ira Elder 720—Levoid Hampton Hancock 720—Reginald LeGrande Mitchem 721-Wallace Edward Hardwick, Sr 727- - Theodore Ronna Coggeshall 727—Lawrence Odell Moore 733—Ernest Thomas Gurganus 737 Edward Cobb 738-Thurman Burnett Register, Sr 744- Quincy Clarence Rogers 747—Felix Abner Fleig 750—Bobby Jackson Woolard 751—Cari Edward Deal 1—Ferris Lineau Grooms 5 A. J. Cobb 7 Donald Dean Jenson 8—Ernest Albert Townsend 11 Jack Ellis Watson 13—Herbert Stroud 17 William W. Winborne, Jr 31 Robert Glenn Sweet 32 Ray Brown Johnston 40-Roscoe Conklin Barrett 53—Wilson Wright Burgess 81—Lewis Theodore Mallard 87- -Victor Lewis Harper 85—Francis Marion Edgerton 90—Floyd Leamon Moore 98—Ernest Wright Baggett 98 Lewis W. 1 appan 106-John Milton Winslow 115 -Hubert Walter Collins 115—Edward Raymond Belton 129—Thadyus Robert Moore 132—William Earl Lassiter 136—Joe William Sherwood, Sr. 137—Robert Jacob Gilbert 138—Harry Whrewns Williams 138—Warren Hoyle Young 145—Glenn Edward Reid 146—Homer J. Ferguson, Jr. 147—Joseph Daniel McIntyre, Jr. 147—Charles Howard Adams 150—Charles Levi Weathersbee 162—Marvin Clark Brown 167—Thomas Jefferson Revis, Jr. 167—John Gilbert Leach 170—Dan Thomas Henderson 190—David Leo Nance 205—Henry George Flessa, Sr. 230—Hadley Edward Bryan 237—Charles Lloyd Foster 237—Glenn Roswell Kluttz 237—Edgar Wayne Suttles 248—J. L. Bryson, Jr. 259—Kimberly Walter Parham 261—Ralph LaFayette Moose 261—George Fenton Helms, Jr. 261—Henry May Price 262—Roy Eugene Gamble 267—William Ralph Benson 272—Herman Henry Thies 276—Graham Braswell Baker 277—William Horace Horton 299—Calvin Everett Evans 302—Frederick Thomas Sherwood 302—Clifton Roosevelt Ammons 317—Jesse Seldon Brothers 319—Demetrios Patelos 331—Sherrill Gray Campen 339—Herlan Dale Vollbracht 348—Morrison Lee Helms 369—Oscar Edison Barron 401—William Donald Hensley 405—James Armiston Griffin 408—Leonard Hycienth Crumpler 409—Carl King Dowdy 409—John Conway Wilson (Continued on Page Four) Unscramble Rearrange the letters in the following six words to form six new words familiar to Masons: filed, cone, notes, worth, Crete, manor. Now take the first letter of each of your six new words and arrange them to form a six-letter word familiar to Masons. This six-letter final answer means a large growth of trees. It is possible you may arrive at a final answer meaning to nourish, or to bring up, and that would mean that you do have the correct six letters but that you have not arranged them correctly. Answers on Page Four. 10. You refer to the Grand Lodge as doing this and doing that. Just what do you mean and to whom are you referring when you use the term Grand Lodge? Answer: In the Preamble to its Consitution, on page one of THE CODE, the Grand Lodge defines itself as “an absolute sovereign Masonic body.” In SEC. 2-01 it calls itself “the supreme Masonic power and authority in the state of North Carolina.” This leaves little doubt as to what the Grand Lodge is. Among other definitions, Webster says a body is “a group of persons or things collectively.” In this particular instance, the persons in the group are Masons, and those Masons that are members of the group, or body, are enumerated in CHAPTER 3 of THE CODE. They are: The present and past elective officers of the Grand Lodge; its present appointive officers; the Masters and Wardens of its chartered and constituted subordinate lodges (there are presently a total of 1,182 of these in 394 lodges), or their legally appointed proxies; its mandatory elective and appointed boards, committees, and commissions, for the time being, including members of boards of directors named or elected by it; the D.D.G.M.s.of the several Masonic districts (65 at present); and the D.D.G.L.s (also 65). So, a potential of 1,312 voting members come from the quarries of Masonry; they represent well over eighty percent of the total Grand Lodge membership. This is the Grand I cirino that I rofor to
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