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
March 2002
News From the East
Brethren:
Well, it is finally behind us !! Our Inspection is over and a huge thank you to all who made it a success. We had 19 distinguished masons including 5 PDDGM’s for a total of 94 in attendance. WOW !! What a tremendous turnout. Once again, thanks to our highly trained kitchen staff, we had an outstanding meal.
On Wednesday, February 20th, myself and three other brethren traveled to East Palestine, Ohio. Their Master, Dan Robertson, attended our Inspection so we decided to travel to his. However, Mother Nature wasn’t so kind. We had heavy rains to contend with in both directions.
Once again, brethren hard work and travel pays off. We are still in command of the Traveling Gavel. It was a close call the other night when we traveled to West Salem. Let’s keep Medina Lodge in control of the gavel.
Brethren, Medina Lodge is sponsoring a spaghetti dinner on March 23 to benefit Special Olympics. Your support will be greatly appreciated. The dinner will be at the Temple with open serving from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. with entertainment to follow. Brother Bob Askew will be the Master Chef for the evening, come show your support to your Lodge, Bob, and Special Olympics. The entertainment will be provided by RWB Bob Staight. He will give a presentation on his trip to Alaska in his 1946 single engine aircraft with his wife.
Please check the bulletin for upcoming Inspections. As always, if someone would like to join us, please call me.
Just a note, Brethren, it is important for us to remember our fellow brothers who are in need of assistance both inside and outside the Temple.
See you in lodge,
Lloyd.
News from the Southeast Corner
AMNESTY!
Grand Master Thomas Reynolds has offered a form of "amnesty" for members suspended for non-payment of dues. Beginning now, until July 31, 2002, any Ohio member who has been suspended for non-payment of dues can be reinstated by paying only the current dues, the Grand Master has decreed. All other procedures will remain unchanged.
Did you know?
All candidates still "in progress" are eligible to finish their degree work April 27, 2002, at a Grand Master's class. If a Brother of yours has been unable to finish his degrees in the traditional manner for whatever reason, now is the time to encourage him to sign up for the one-day class. No examinations are required for one-day class degrees.
Did you know?
Candidates attending the one-day Grand Master's class April 27, 2002, must attend all three degrees even if they have already completed one or more degrees. Registration will begin a 7:00 a. m. and degree work will begin at 8:00 a. m. in all 10 cities. Lodge secretaries must file a form with the Grand Secretary for each candidate in order for him to participate, even if they have already petitioned for and/or have received one or more degrees.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
SPAGHETTI DINNER TO BENEFIT OHIO SPECIAL OLYMPICS
5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Saturday, March 23rd.
All-You-Care-to-Eat. Adult - $5.00. Children under 12 - $3.00
Medina Masonic Temple Dining Hall
Entertainment provided by RWB Robert Staight to follow at 7:30 p.m. in Lodge Room
2002 INSPECTION SCHEDULE
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, March 14th, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 28th, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 11th, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, April 25th, 7:30 p.m.
SPECIAL MEETINGS
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, March 23rd, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m
Saturday, April 27th, 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
IMPROVEMENT IN MASONRY
It is desirable that an approximation to Masonic ideals be obtained in its jurisprudence, and to accomplish this result the largest possible number of brethren should be well informed on the facts and theories bearing on the fraternity. If they fail in their duty to improve themselves in Masonry, an Institution will replace a Fraternity. To avoid such a catastrophe, each brother should contribute his best thought, knowing not only what the law is, but why it is so.
THE ANCIENT SECRET
Michelet, in his History of France, says, on the subject of the secret of the mediaeval Masons, that it was geometrical, and consisted of an application of the science of numbers, used in a mystical sense, to the art of building according to the principles of Gothic architecture, which was the characteristic style of the Freemasons, says Dr. Mackey in his History of Freemasonry. He says that this geometry of beauty (as he calls it) is conspicuous in the type of Gothic architecture exhibited in the cathedral of Cologne. This is a regular body which has grown in its appropriate proportions with a regularity equal to that of the formation of crystals. The cross of this church is strictly derived from the figure by which Euclid constructed the equilateral triangle.
NOT A RELIGION
"Freemasonry", says George W. Speth, "is not a religion. It admits men of all religions. The Deputy District Grand Master of Burma wrote to me from Rangoon: 'I have just initiated Moung (i.e. Mr.) Ban Ohm, a Burman, who has so far modified his religious belief as to acknowledge the existence of a personal God.' The W.M. was a Parsi, one Warden a Hindu, or Brahmin, the other an English Christian, and the Deacon a Mohammedan".
OBLONG SQUARE
Dudley in his Naology says that the idea that the earth was a level surface and of a square form may be justly supposed to have prevailed generally in the early ages of the world. The biblical idea was that the earth was square. Isaiah (xll 13) speaks of gathering "the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth," and in the Apocalypse (xx,9) in the vision of "four angels standing on the four corners of the earth." So thoroughly grounded were these beliefs that in ancient times the "square," now the recognized symbol of the lodge, was the recognized symbol of the earth, as the circle was of the sun. In the antiquated expression "Oblong square," we therefore have not only an apt description of the ancient world and evidence that the lodge is symbolic thereof, but also a remarkable evidence of the great age of Freemasonry. (Oliver Day Street in Symbolism of the Three Degrees).
FRATERNITY AND PHILOSOPHY
In considering Freemasonry as a fraternity and a philosophy, there is disclosed a much more complex and diversified field of investigation than exists in its element as an institution. The four old lodges that met and formed the Grand Lodge of England in 1717, were, to a certain extent, both operative and speculative, and it is of first concern to determine the measure of the operative feature then existing, and the extent to which the speculative leaven had entered into the workings of the lodges just prior to the grand lodge era. Several widely quoted historians have held that the era mentioned was "a period of transition" from an operative art to a speculative science. Mackey, devoting the greater part of three volumes to the elucidation of this theory, traces the "builders" through the Roman colleges, and the traveling Masons of the Tenth century to the Steinmetzen of Germany, the Mestrices des Masons in Gaul, the guilds of England, and the lodges of Scotland, to whom were transmitted the secrets of the building craft and the spirit of fraternal cooperation in labor.
R.F. Gould, noted Masonic historian, says: "If we go back to the Ancient Mysteries, we meet with dialogue, ritual, darkness, light, death and reproduction. Many features of the Mysteries were preserved until a comparatively late era, and to me at least it seems a not unreasonable conjecture that some of them may have survived without a break in continuity, and are now a part of Masonry."
Albert Pike says: "I became convinced that in Freemasonry the Ancient Greater Mysteries were revived."
The Philosophies of all ages are of Masonic interest, and a possible cause for some of the obscurity, surrounding Masonic symbolism may be found in the influence wielded by alchemy, astrology and magic in the long distant past.
