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ORANGE PARK LODGE Nr. 267511 Kingsley Ave.

Orange Park, FL 32073-4829904-264-2783

www.orangeparkmasons.org

Stated Communications 7:30PM 1st

& 3rd

MondayOrder of Eastern Star 7:30PM 1

st& 3

rdTuesday

Orange Park Lodge has an active Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. The following are eligible formembership: Affiliated Master Masons in good standing, females related to those Master Masons or if deceased,were in good standing at the time of their death. Contact:Ed Scadden, Secretary for information. 904-406-4796

April AL 6012 April AD 2012

2012 OfficersW.M. Duane Trump312-0590

S.W. - RH Corey Kosciuszko - 535-8428J.W. - DJ Levy 860-6740

Treas. Wayne Williams PM - 272-5487Sec. Charlie Frey, PM 563-3340

([email protected])S.D. - Leif Olsen - 759-0543

J.D. - Richard Bilyard II 982-5273S.S. - Todd Jennings 446-5893

J.S.- Darin Mueller 278-7035Marshal - Joseph Farrell 781-7392Chaplain Mark Balester 215-8400Tyler Bryant Samuelson 514-7547

Notice

Unless otherwise noted in the Trestleboard, DinnerWILL be served prior to all meetings and special

From the East:

From the East

One quarter of the Year already gone by Brothers. Thank yofor everything that we have accomplished as a Lodge up to

this point, and let's continue forward with the momentum thawe have. We have a Master Mason degree this month and anumber of new Brothers, at different stages of their Masonic

journey, that need mentoring. We should each strive to helpour newer Brothers become committed Masons.Grand Lodge is just around the corner. Let us pursue allthings Masonic with enthusiasm and keep Orange ParkLodge at it's rightful place. I am proud to be called a Brotherwith you!

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Calendar of events April 2012

April 2nd

Stated Communication

Dinner 6:30Meeting 7:30

April 9th

Zone 3 Legislative meetingOrange Park Lodge7:00 PM

April 16th

- Stated CommunicationDinner 6:30Meeting 7:30(Fellowcraft proficiency)

April 25th

11th

& 12th

Masonic Association Meeting

Orange Park #267Bloodmobile on site GIVE BLOODDinner 6:30Meeting 7:30

April 28th

Zone 3 School of Instruction Open BooksOrange Park #267

April 30th

Called Communication Master MasonDegreeDinner 6:30Degree 7:30

Secretarys CornerBrothers,

Already four months into 2012 and my records show over50 Brothers who have not paid their dues for this year.Please check your dues card and if it does not say 2012,mail in your check or drop by with cash. If you have aproblem paying your dues please let me know so that wemay work something out before you get suspended fornon-payment.

I sort of reluctantly agreed to stay on as Secretary for2012 but I sure would like to find someone who wouldlike the job. We could start a training program right awayand get you up to speed for next year. Im sure we havea Brother or two who has an affinity for this type of work.Come talk to me.

Notice the Zone 3 Legislative meeting on Monday April9

that the Lodge. Representatives of the Grand Lodge

will be in attendance to review the important upcominglegislation that will be discussed at the GrandCommunication coming up soon. Dont stay uninformed.
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Each month there will be TWO Trestleboards sent out. The regular US Postal mail version will be abbreviated to save costs. If you

would like to receive the full version by email please make sure I have your email address. There is much more information in the

email version so sign up. There will also be copies of the full version available in the Lodge. Charlie

Committees 2012

Sickness and VisitationPhillip Cannon, Bryant Samuelson

WidowsJeff Foster, Bill Stevens,

VigilanceDanny Griffith, Vince Dreyer, DJ Levy

Masonic EducationElmer Coffman, Jeff Foster, Pat Farrell, Rudy Boatright, Jerry Austin, Corey Kosciusko

Finance:

Corey Kosciusko, Bill Walker, Randy RogersCharity

Corey Kosciusko, Bill WalkerBoard of Relief

Corey Kosciusko, DJ Levy, Leif OlsenLodge Property

Corey Kosciuszko, DJ Levy, Wayne Williams, George VanValkenburg, Joe FarrellMemorial

Charlie Frey, Lew Smith

Petitions:Charlie Frey, Jeff Foster, Phillip Cannon, Lew Smith, Arthur Morrison, Tony Cerra

Investigation Committee:Philip Cannon, Leif Olsen, Todd Jennings

Non-payment of Dues

Elmer Coffman, Danny GriffithPublic Education and Primary Schools:

Elmer Coffman, Jeff Foster, Corey KosciuskoPublicity & Scholarship

Randy Rogers, Jack Welkenbach, Dennis Smith,Website

Corey Kosciusko, DJ Levy, James OrnerBlood Bank:

Jack WelkenbachBoard History & ArchivesElmer Coffman, Bill Walker

Mentors:Elmer Coffman, Rudy Boatright, Vince Dreyer

Catechism InstructorsDJ Levy, Richard Bilyard Sr., Richard Bilyard II, Lew Smith, Pat Farrell


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March 2012Sun Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat

1 2Stated

CommunicationDinner 6:30

Meeting 7:30

3 4 5 6 7

8 9Zone 3 Legislative

meetingOrange Park Lodge

7:00 PM

10 11 12 13 14

15 16Stated

CommunicationDinner 6:30

Meeting 7:30Fellowcraft

Proficiency

17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 2511

th& 12

th

MasonicAssociation

MeetingOrange Park

#267Bloodmobile on

site GIVEBLOOD

Dinner 6:30Meeting 7:30

26 17 28Zone 3

School ofInstructionOpen Books

Orange Park#267

Registration9:30 AM

29 30Called

CommunicationMaster Mason

DegreeDinner 6:30Degree 7:30

Congratulations to the Orange Park Lodge Ritual Competition Team for scoring a 985 inthe Zone 3 ritual competition held last week! The Team is peaking at the right time as theState finals are only two months away. Come out and support your lodge team in any waythat you can.


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New Quote From John Paul Jones Should Be Famous

"I have not yet begun to fight."

"I wish to have no connection with a ship that does not sail fast, for I intend to go in harm's way."

These are two famous quotations from naval hero and Freemason John Paul Jones, but Jesse Villarreal, immediate Past Grand Master

of the District of Columbia, believes a third is more impressive.

"Sign on, young man, and sail with me. The stature of our homeland is no more than the measure of ourselves. Our job is to keep her

free. Our will is to keep the torch of freedom burning for all. To this solemn purpose we call on the young, the brave, the strong, and the

free. Heed my call, come to the sea. Come sail with me."

According to M.W. Brother Villarreal, "the references to sailing and the sea touch those with naval connections, but I return to that

second sentence about how the stature of our country is determined by the measure of ourselves -- not by news media commentary, opinion

polls, the size of bank accounts, or political clout, but rather by the simple measure of ourselves.

"It is likewise in Masonry, where the stature of our fraternity in general and our Grand Lodge in particular, is determined by the measure

of our members. It is our good fortune that we have walked and continue to walk among giants," he added.

(Source:The Voice of Freemasonry, published by Grand Lodge of District of Columbia, December, 2011.

Anachronisms in the Masonic Ritual?

The word, "anachronism," means "an error in chronology; especially: a chronological misplacing of persons, events, objects, or customs in

regard to each other . . ."

There are several anachronisms in our ritual. In one of the degrees, an instrument not made until hundreds of years after the time of King

Solomon (the striking clock) is used.

The Celestial and Terrestrial Globes on the tops of the pillars are "out of time" as the world was considered flat during the period of our

ritual setting.

"Print, paint . . . or engrave" is an anachronism because printing and engraving were unknown until after the 14th century.

(Source: The Virginia Masonic Herald


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Orange Park Lodge No. 267 Past Masters & Past Grand Lodge Officers

*James Wylie 1930*Ben Mayes 1931*Louis Martin 1932*William U. Wilson 1933*Joseph B. Cottrel 1934, 35, 42/45*Ray A. Gordon 1936*Stanley D. Morgan 1937-38

*Cebron B. Jackson 1939*Hoyt B. Cotney 1940*Richard C. Irving 1941*Ellis J. Oglesby 1946/47*Chester E. Merrill, Jr. 1948*Ralph C. Rines 1949*Oscar M. Dean 1950*Clarence L. Metcalf 1951*Lee E. Overstreet 1952*William C. Williams 1954*Walter Z. Tarr 1955*William G. Giessen 1956*Anthony H. Oak 1957

*Gilbert Tucker 1958*Ira L. McCormick 1959*Barney L. Price 1960Johnny M. Gentry 1961*Marvin W. Howze 1962*Paul C. Armstrong 1963Marvin E. Whilhite 1964*Louis M. Gill 1965*George Steve Jr. 1966 -DDGM 1976*John L. Leverence 1967*John M. Satterfield, 1968 -DDGM 1972*John A. Hartzog 1969Charles W. Smith 1971

*Thomas L. Metcalf 1972Walter C. Sherrill 1973Ted W. Odle 1975*John D. Rown 1976*H. Gene Grimes 1977*Horace E. Stepler, 1978 - DDGM 1988Donald W. West 1980 - DDGM 1985*Charles R. Wagner 1981

Claude Ben Sebastian 1982Ned L. Hanson 1983Jack L. Welkenbach 1984Arthur I. Morrison 1985Clayton J. Kicklighter 1986*Edward L. Case 1987

Elmer G. Coffman 1988 - DDGM 1992 - GM 2004*Chester L. Fitzpatrick 1989Treasurer Emeritus*James H. Brewton 1990William Walker 1991DDGM 1996Norman J. Magyar 1992Danny R. Griffith 1993DDGM 2001SGW 2011James Emmert 1994Patrick F. Farrell 1995 - DDGM 2005*Edwin T. Austin 1996*William Harvey Jenkins 1997Dan Joseph McNeal 1998Rudin J. Boatright 1999 - DDGM 2007Jerry Austin 2000 - DDGM 2010Charles H. Frey 2001

Wayne M. Williams 2002Mark A. Royal 2003Otho Lew Smith 2004Daniel W. Mitola 2005James V. Vince Dreyer 2006Randall L. Rogers 2007Dennis E. Smith 2008Carl Yochelson 2009Jeffrey Foster 2010Ronald E. Smith 2011

Affiliated Past MastersJames W. Livingston - Belleview 95 - 1998

Milford Durwood Smith Albert J. Russell #126 - 1967George Thomson DC #31 1978Elmer Posick Broward #300 - 1976Robert DeLoatch Albert J. Russell #126 - 1997Henry W. Hart Riverview #306 2005/2006Richard Grondin Webster #164 ME -

*Denotes deceased

Anyone having information to add to this section please let me know.


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Orange Park Lodge No. 267 Perpetual Members

William J. AustinEugene R. BakerMichael C. BennettBarry W. Bett

Charles D. BlakeRudin J. BoatrightAlberto CastielAnthony N. CerraMichael E. CoferElmer G. CoffmanGregory A. CoffmanMaurice A. Cooper, Jr.Robert W. CunninghamRobert W. DeLoatchJames V. DreyerJames EmmertWilliam T. Evans IIIPatrick F. Farrell

Joseph N. FarrellLarry E. FenwickChester L. FitzpatrickKenneth L. FosterJeffrey S. FosterCharles H. FreyRob A. GarrettJohnny M. GentryAntonio T. Gonzalez JrJoseph C. GoodingMack D. GoodingJames D. GravesDanny R. Griffith

Henry W. HartMark E. J. Heilman IVRodney C. HermanRichard T. HicksRobert W. HolmesWilliam M. Hudson IIClayton J. KicklighterJames E. KingCorey D. KosciuszkoWilliam T. LenoirKeith G. LentzJames W. LivingstonRonald E. Mackie

Norman J. MagyarBennie E. MartinDaniel W. MitolaDaniel W. Mitola Jr.Arthur I. MorrisonAaron G. NewmanDavid E. NewtonNoah A. O'Berry III

Ted W. OdleFernando OrtizPhilip A. PottsDarrell G. Quiett

Randall L. RogersMark A. RoyalKeith A. SchertellCharles W. SmithDennis E. SmithOtho L. SmithRonald E. SmithLewis E. SmithBobby D. StroudFrank H. Stubbs IIILeonard R. StuckWilliam P. ThawCraig W. ThompsonRobert D. Trump Jr.

William WalkerJack L. WelkenbachDonald W. WestMarvin E. WilhiteWayne M. WilliamsDennis N. Witt Jr.Joseph H. Wright Jr.Joseph H. Wright Sr.Carl Yochelson

Perpetual (Honorary)

MW George Washington

MW Robert D. TrumpMW J. Dick Martinez

RWWilmer T. AtwellWilliam B. RichJoseph MitolaJoseph Mitola Jr.Ralph V. Dreyer

Perpetual (Memorial)

William H. JenkinsFrank McCance

Perpetual Friend

Mrs. Hollyn Foster


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Happenings

At our Called CommunicationEntered Apprentice degree on March 12, 2012, five new Entered Apprentices were initiated. Left to rightBr. Aaron R. Johnson, Br. Gerald Ward, Br. Diego Aragona, Br. Miguel Codecido and Br. Casey Woods. Congratulations and welcomeaboard.

RH Joseph M. Mark Manuz, District Instructor for the 13 th Masonic District delivered the Entered Apprentice Lecture on March12, 2012.

At our Stated Communication on March 19, Brother Mark Balester was installed as Chaplain of Orange Park Lodge. RW Bill Walker

was Installing Marshal and MW Elmer Coffman was Installing Officer. Br. Erick King who was originally appointed Chaplain for 2012has a cable tow that keeps him on the go too much to fulfill his duties. Congratulations Br. Mark!

At our Stated Communication on March 19, 2012 it was the pleasure of Orange Park Lodge to present a 65 year award to Brother ErwinWyn Samuels of Composite Lodge #819 in New York. Brother Samuels was raised to Master Mason in 1942 by his father. One weeklater he was in the Army and became a pilot in the 476th Bomb Group flying B-17s, B-29s and other aircraft during the war. He also is a

member of the Scottish Rite Valley of Miami where he played bagpipes in the 29th degree. MW Elmer Coffman officiated at thepresentation to this distinguished Mason.

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