Dispensation Granted Monday, January 31, 1820
Chartered Tuesday, December 12, 1820
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MEDINA LODGE NO. 58, F. & A. M.
Dispensation Granted Monday, January 31, 1820
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ELECTED OFFICERS Master Lloyd G. Egbert (330) 225-5883 Sr. Warden William Carl Thompson (330) 723-7310 Jr. Warden Roger A. Thomas (330) 722-7169 Treasurer Dennis L. Lawson (330) 225-2868 Secretary Vaughn H. Cover (419) 853-0048 Sr. Deacon Theodore E. Thomas (330) 225-6643 Jr. Deacon Fred H. Justice 330-722-6005 Tyler Bob J. Askew (330) 225-8444 Trustees Edgar L. Harris David S. Kurtz Larry B. Donovan
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TRESTLEBOARD
FebRuary 2002
News From the East
Brethren:
It has been a very busy start to the New Year. We have had three Inspections and an Officer’s Training session held in Wooster, thus far in the month January.
As you can see, active participation pays off. It is because of you, we have regained and maintained the Traveling Gavel for the 20th Masonic District. What an honor it would be for Medina Lodge to keep this Gavel for another year. For those of you who aren’t aware, our Inspection is in the Entered Apprentice Degree and two of the Inspections we witnessed were in this degree. I feel we benefited from those visitations. Let’s keep up the good work. (By the way, I think I have gained a few pounds from the dinners.)
With February around the corner we have a lot of work ahead of us. There will be five Inspections in February, including ours on 7th. Please check the calendar for upcoming events. Again, I would like to thank all of you who have traveled with me so far this year. If you would like to attend but can’t drive, please let me know and we will work something out.
As you know, Medina Lodge is an active contributor to the Special Olympics and I would like to express my heart felt thanks. For those of you who don’t know, my Grand daughter, Melissa Bailey, is an active Special Olympian. She is currently on the bowling team which has just taken first place! Congratulations, Melissa!
Do you know of anyone who may be interested in the Grand Master’s One-Day Degree Class? Let them know about it now! It will be held on April 27, 2002. Please inform myself or W.B. Vaughn Cover as soon as possible; there is paperwork involved!
See you in lodge,
Lloyd.
News from the Southeast Corner
Did you know?
Grand Master’s one-day classes will be held in 10 cities at exactly the same time Saturday April 27, 2002. The three degrees in symbolic Masonry will be presented in Columbus, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton, Toledo, Canton, Akron, Cambridge, Steubenville and Youngstown beginning at 7 a.m.
Grand Master’s One-Day Class Set For April 27, 2002 At 10 Locations
For the first time in Ohio, candidates can receive all three degrees in Symbolic Masonry in one day, the result of legislation passed by the Grand Lodge in October.
Grand Master Thomas E. Reynolds announced that on Saturday, April 27, 2002, the Grand Master’s One-Day Class will be presented at 10 locations in Ohio.
All three degrees will be conferred. Most regular proficiency requirements will be waived. Teams of exceptional ritualists will be recruited at all locations to portray the work. Each candidate will be assigned a mentor. Normal initiation fees will be paid to Lodges, which must investigate and ballot on their own candidates.
“This is the opportunity,” the Grand Master said, “for men to join the Masonic Fraternity who in the past have not been able to find the time, or who may have been fearful of examinations after each degree. It is the perfect time for servicemen to petition.”
He urged Masons to use this opportunity to encourage their sons and grandsons to join the fraternity. He recommended that a personal contact be made with each individual who has previously taken the Entered Apprentice or Fellow Craft Degrees and offer them the opportunity to complete their work by participating in this Grand Master’s One-Day Class.
The Grand Master’s One-Day Class will take place simultaneously in Akron, Cambridge, Canton, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Steubenville, Toledo, and Youngstown.
A committee is working on the details, and they will be publicized soon.
Ohio Scottish Rite officials have announced that, immediately following the conferral of the three Symbolic Lodge Degrees, candidates also will have the opportunity to become 32nd Degree Masons before leaving for the day.
Did you know?
Every candidate will be obligated on his own Lodge-provided Holy Scripture. Mentors will raise candidates to the sublime degree of Master Mason during the one-day class April 27, 2002.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
2002 INSPECTION SCHEDULE
Feb. 1 - SHELBY #350, Shelby - F. C. Degree - Calland/Debo - Dinner
Feb. 7 - MEDINA #58, Medina - E. A. Degree - Moore/Himmelright - Dinner
Feb. 12 - SEVILLE #74, Seville - F. C. Degree - Calland/Himmelright - Refreshments
Feb. 22 - WEST SALEM #398, West Salem - M. M. Degree - Moore/Himmelright - Dinner
Feb. 27 - WADSWORTH #385, Wadsworth - E. A. Degree - Moore/Debo - Dinner
Mar. 6 - EBENEZER #33, Wooster - E. A. Degree - Moore/Himmelright - Dinner
Mar. 14 - ASHLAND #151, Ashland - F. C. Degree - Moore/Debo - Dinner
Mar. 18 - CEDAR #430, Orrville - F. C. Degree - Moore/Himmelright - Dinner
Mar. 22 - MARQUIS #690, Mansfield - M. M. Degree - Calland/Debo - Dinner
Apr. 3 - HANOVER #115, Loudenville - E. A. Degree - Calland/Debo - Dinner/Refreshments
Apr. 12 - SHILOH #544, Shiloh - M. M. Degree - Calland/Himmelright - Dinner
Apr. 17 - HARRISVILLE #137, Lodi - F. C. Degree - Calland/Debo - Dinner
Apr. 19 - BELLVILLE #376, Bellville - M. M. Degree - Calland/Debo - Dinner
Apr. 24 - LITCHFIELD #381, Medina - M. M. Degree - Moore/Himmelright - Dinner
Apr. 26 - SPARTAN #126, Millersburg - M. M. Degree - Moore/Debo - Dinner
Apr. 30 - SULLIVAN #313, Sullivan - F. C. Degree - Moore/Himmelright - Dinner
STATED MEETINGS
Thursday, February 14th 10th, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, February 28th, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 14th, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 28th, 7:30 p.m.
SPECIAL MEETINGS
ANNUAL INSPECTION
Entered Apprentice Degree
Thursday, February 7th
Open at 6:00 p.m., Dinner at 6:30 p.m., Degree at 7:30 p.m.
Menu: Breaded pork chops, mixed veggies, home fries, salad, pie and the usual beverages
PAST MASTERS' NIGHT
Fellow Craft Degree
Thursday, May 16, 2002
Dinner at 6:30 p.m. - PM's open Lodge & confer degree at 7:30 p.m.
LADIES' NIGHT
Thursday, June 20th, 2002
Dinner at 6:30 p.m. - Entertainment at 7:30 p.m.
SATURDAY MORNING BREAKFASTS
Saturday, February 23rd, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m
Saturday, March 23rd, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m
Medina Masonic Temple Dining Hall
SAINT JOHNS' DAY OBSERVANCE
Sunday, June 23rd, 11:00 A.M.
First Christian Church, The Rev. Michael Cassady, Pastor
3611 Center Road (SR 303), Brunswick
STARS/BLUE LODGE PICNIC
Unscheduled as of Press Time
THE 1723 CONSTITUTION
In 1723 Brother James Anderson's Constitutions of the Freemasons appeared. It was purported to have been compiled from old Manuscripts and Records, many of which have doubtless been lost. Brother R.F. Gould calls attention to "three striking innovations" in the 1723 Constitutions, to-wit: "It discards Christianity as the (only) religion of masonry, forbids the working of the Master's part in private lodges, and arbitrarily imposes on the English craft the use of two compound words, Entered Apprentice and Fellow Craft, which had no previous existence in its terminology." Brother Gould believed that at the formation of the grand lodge in 1717 it inherited from the time immemorial Masons only two degrees, and that the fellow Craft and Master Mason were one.
A SPUR TO STUDY
The question of what is Freemasonry is one for individual interpretation, and calls forth earnest endeavor to construe the lessons taught in each degree. The question of whence it originated must necessarily be answered by facts, and as such are limited, it cannot be fully answered until more historical truths have been recovered. The various theories which have been advanced in regard to its probable origin are of value as they induce the student to verify the data on which they are founded, so as to maintain an intelligent theory of his own.
SYMBOLS IN EGYPT
Ancient Egypt has ever been of interest to the student of Masonry. In ancient Egypt we find the building of temples and the teaching of character building by the use of symbols at an early period. We also find a legend that is of the most fascinating interest to every Mason. Our ancient brother, the great Pythagoras, is reputed to have receive the degrees of Masonry in Egypt. The Greeks borrowed freely from the Egyptians, and the Eleusinian mysteries contain the same allegory of the resurrection to a future life as those of Persia and Egypt, with modified detail. In the foundation of Cleopatra's Needle in 1879 were found a rough ashlar, a perfect ashlar, a square, a trowel, a trestle-board.
