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FIDALGO LODGE #77 ANACORTES, WASHINGTON JULY 2014 PAGE 1 TRESTLEBOARD http://www.AnacortesMasons.org rethren , Greetings from the East. For those of you who missed June's stated, you have my sympa thy. You missed Professor Bob Gara’s excellent presentation on his days as a smoke jumper in the Fifties. Brother Bob showed many of his photos taken during the jumps and gave us some education on what the forest firefighting life was like back then. Previous to his presentation,I thought I had worked very hard at various times on my life. I stand corrected. These brave men, after putting out a fire, sometimes had to walk 80 miles to get picked up and flown out. Thanks again Brother Bob; you’re an inspira tion! Fraternally, Stephen Ellis From the East CHARTER In Freemasonry, a document issued by a Grand Lodge, or Chapter, or other grand body, to a certain number of members, empowering them to organize a Lodge or Chapter, etc., and confer degrees. A Lodge can never be opened for labor unless the Charter is present; and it is the right of every visiBng brother to see it before he enters the Lodge. ESOTERIC That which is secret, revealed only to the iniBated. In the secret socieBes of the ancients, the doctrines were di vided into the esoteric and exoteric; the former for the iniB Calendar 7/4/14 (Friday): • Independence Day Parade: 10:30 show for an 11:00 go. 2nd St & Commercial Ave. 7/8/14 (Tuesday): • Temple Board: 5:30 PM • Stated Meeting: 6:30 PM • WB Jimmy Norton on Educational De velopment 7/23/14 (Wednesday): District 9 Leadership Association 7:30 PM 7/27/14 (Sunday): • Annual Picnic: Munks Farm [email protected] Life of a Mason: W.B. Danny Beatty B From the South ~ The Masonic Words of the Month: As I start to write this short essay it is May 14, 2014, my fifty – eighth Masonic Birthday. On May 14, 1956 I was raised to Master Mason in Ferndale Lodge #264 by my father and other masons who I had known most of my life. These Masons were also the fa thers of school friends in the small town where I went to school. I was born in October 1933; a few months after President Roosevelt took the oath of office. My parents were living with my father’s par ents on sixty acres of land which was left from the original Beatty homestead settled in the 1870s by my great grandparents. Dad, being the youngest of three children, fell into the task of taking care of his father who had Parkinson disease and the place was behind in taxes due to granddad’s inability to work. The depression limited dad’s employment to a little local farm work and some weeks on WPA. This arrangement lasted until after I gradu ated High School when my folks finally realized they were never going to have a place of their own unless they made a difficult choice. Granddad had died and Grandmother was somewhat able to look after her self. While we worked hard to do all the farm work it supplied little in the way of cash flow so our way of (See: Beatty, pg. 3) W.B. Jim Norton, President of the Edmonds Chapter of Ritual Riders, past master of Edmonds Lodge #165, and the chief of educational development in District No. 2, will present a program building up Masonic education in our District. July’s Presentation (See: Ragan, pg. 2) Brother Terry Ragan JW

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  • FIDALGO LODGE #77 ANACORTES, WASHINGTON! JULY 2014

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    TRESTLEBOARD

    http://www.AnacortesMasons.org

    rethren  ,

    Greetings  from  the  East.  For  those  of  you  who  missed  

    June's  stated,  you  have  my  sympa-‐thy.    You  missed  Professor  Bob  Gara’s  excellent  presentation  on  his  days  as  a  smoke  jumper  in  the  Fifties.   Brother  Bob  showed  many  of  his  photos  taken  during  the  jumps  and  gave  us  some  education  on  what  the  forest  fire-‐fighting  life  was  like  back  then.   Previous  to  his  presentation,I  thought  I  had  worked  very  hard  at  various  times  on  my  life.  I  stand  corrected.  These  brave  men,  after  putting  out  a  fire,  sometimes  had  to  walk  80  miles  to  get  picked  up  and  flown  out.   Thanks  again  Brother  Bob;  you’re  an  inspira-‐tion!

    Fraternally,  Stephen  Ellis

    From the East

    CHARTER  -‐  In  Freemasonry,  a  document  issued  by  a  Grand  Lodge,  or  Chapter,  or  other  grand  body,  to  a  certain  number  of  members,  empowering  them  to  organize  a  Lodge  or  Chapter,  etc.,  and  confer  degrees.    A  Lodge  can  never  be  opened  for  labor  unless  the  Charter  is  present;  and  it  is  the  right  of  every  visiBng  brother  to  see  it  before  he  enters  the  Lodge.

    ESOTERIC  -‐  That  which  is  secret,  revealed  only  to  the  iniBated.      In  the  secret  socieBes  of  the  ancients,  the  doctrines  were  di-‐vided  into  the  esoteric    and    exoteric;  the  former  for  the  iniB-‐

    Calendar7/4/14  (Friday):

    • Independence  Day  Parade:  10:30  show  for  an  11:00  go.  2nd  St  &  Commercial  Ave.  

    7/8/14  (Tuesday):• Temple  Board:  5:30  PM• Stated  Meeting:  6:30  PM

    • WB  Jimmy  Norton  on  Educational  De-‐velopment

    7/23/14  (Wednesday):•  District  9  Leadership  Association-‐  7:30  PM

    7/27/14  (Sunday):• Annual  Picnic:  Munks  Farm

    [email protected]

    Life  of  a  Mason:  W.B.  Danny  Beatty    

    B

    From the South ~ The Masonic Words of the Month:

      As  I  start  to  write  this  short  essay  it  is  May  14,  2014,  my  fifty  –  eighth  Masonic  Birthday.  On  May  14,  1956  I  was  raised  to  Master  Mason  in  Ferndale  Lodge  #264  by  my  father  and  other  masons  who  I  had  known  most  of  my  life.  These  Masons  were  also  the  fa-‐thers  of  school  friends  in  the  small  town  where  I  went  to  school.     I  was  born  in  October  1933;  a  few  months  after  President  Roosevelt  took  the  oath  of  office.     My  parents  were  living  with  my  father’s  par-‐ents  on  sixty  acres  of  land  which  was  left  from  the  original  Beatty  homestead  settled  in  the  1870s  by  my  great  grandparents.   Dad,  being  the  youngest  of  three  children,  fell  into  the  task  of  taking  care  of  his  father  who  had  Parkinson  disease  and  the  place  was  behind  in  taxes  due  to  granddad’s  inability  to  work.  The  depression  limited  dad’s  employment  to  a  little  local  farm  work  and  some  weeks  on  WPA.     This  arrangement  lasted  until  after  I  gradu-‐ated  High  School  when  my  folks  finally  realized  they  were  never  going  to  have  a  place  of  their  own  unless  they  made  a  difficult  choice.  Granddad  had  died  and  Grandmother  was  somewhat  able  to  look  after  her-‐self.  While  we  worked  hard  to  do  all  the  farm  work  it  supplied  little  in  the  way  of  cash  flow  so  our  way  of  

    (See:  Beatty,  pg.  3)

      W.B.  Jim  Norton,  President  of  the  Edmonds  Chapter  of  Ritual  Riders,  past  master  of  Edmonds  Lodge  #165,  and  the  chief  of  educational  development  in  District  No.  2,  will  present  a  program  building  up  Masonic  education  in  our  District.  

    July’s  Presentation

    (See:  Ragan,  pg.  2)

    Brother  Terry  Ragan  -‐  JW

    http://www.AnacortesMasons.orghttp://www.AnacortesMasons.orgmailto:[email protected]:[email protected]

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    (From:  Ragan,  pg.  1)

    ated,  who  were  permiEed  to  look  upon  the  most  sacred  mysteries  of  the  arcana;  and  the  laEer  for  the  uniniBated,  who  remained  in  the  outer  court.

    ENJOIN  -‐  to  command;  order

    INCULCATE  -‐  to  impress  upon  the  mind,  as  by  insis-‐tent  urging.

    Highlights  of  the  June  2014  Communications

    • Brother  Bob  Gara:  gave  a  multi-‐media  presentation  on  his  life  as  a  smoke  jumper  in  the  1950’s.  This  part  of  the  meeting  was  open  to  the  public.    

    • Posting  Lecture:  Brother  Corey  Stout  gave  a  well-‐stated  recital,  with  VWB  Red  Bell  as  mentor.  

    • The  Origins  of  the  Buckle  Fund:  this  account  at  Skagit  Bank  was  found  to  have  been  opened  under  the  aus-‐pices  of  the  Temple  Board  as  a  building  fund-‐raising  endeavor.  

    • Scholarship  Account:  The  Secretary,  following  the  di-‐rection  of  the  Audit  Committee,  transferred  the  schol-‐arship  liquid  funds  account  from  WA  Federal  Savings  to  the  Fidalgo  Masonic  Scholarship  Foundation  account  (#  3667025787),  with  the  Secretary  and  Marshal  of  the  Lodge  holding  signature  authority.  The  bulk  of  the  Scholarship  Fund  is  in  a  Money  Market  account  at  Wells  Fargo,  with  a  healthy  balance,  available,  at  your  re-‐quest,  from  the  secretary-‐treasurer  of  the  Lodge.  

    • Bills  Paid:    included  $800  to  Skagit  Cycle,  for  Bikes  for  Books.  

    • Communications:  Thank  you  note  from  Tyler  Baker,  scholarship  winner;  a  leEer  from  Aaron  Rasmussen,  Esq.,  re  Alice  Monroe  Trust;  a  thank  you  note  from  Naomie  Robinson  and  the  members  of  Coupeville  Rain-‐bow  Assembly,  and  a  thank  you  note  from  the  gentle-‐men  at  the  N.  Sound  Chapter  of  the  Order  of  DeMolay.

    • Pe00on  for  the  Degrees:  A  peBBon  by  Mr.  Jonathan  Nicholas  Miller  for  the  Degrees  of  Masonry  was  read  and  the  WM  elected  an  invesBgaBng  commiEee:  WB’s  Gerald  Guthrie,  Eric  Johnson,  and  Stephen  Ellis.    

    • Best  Tex-‐Mex  Ou@it  Award  for  2014:  a  Masonic  pocket  watch,  made  by  actual  Chinese  communists,  was  pre-‐sented  to  Brother  Bob  Belli

    • Good  of  the  Order:  WB  Jerry  Myers  walked  as  part  of  Relay  for  Life  effort  of  the  Rainbow  Girls,  which  raised  over  $3000

    • VWB  Paul  Steinsiek  :  This  was  his  last  meeBng  as  Dep-‐uty    of  the  Grand  Master  for  District  No.  9.  His  term  of  office  began  and  ended  in  Fidalgo  Lodge,  where  he  used  to  come  as  a  DeMolay.    He  looks  forward  to  VWB  Jim  Fulton  assuming  the  duty.  

    The  Fidalgo  Lodge  No  77  TrestleboardPublished  close  to  the  1st  Day  of  each  month,  Lord  willing.Eric  Johnson,  P.M.,  Secretary/Treasurer  &  editor

    ............................David  C.  King   07/31/1984................................Bud  Noble   07/28/1987

    July  Masonic  Anniversaries:  Raised  as  a  Master  Mason

    Bikes  for  Books

      W.B.  Ken  Jacot  reports  that    Island  View  has  had  their  reading  assembly  and  two  bikes  were  awarded  in  behalf  of  the  Masons  and  Skagit  Cycle.    

      The  winners  were  both  girls,  2nd  grade  and  4th  grade.    

      The  Island  View  students  read  a  total  of  slightly  more  than  399,200  pages  during  their  reading  month,  a  new  record.

    Kindles  For  Kids  In  MontanaSince  2005,  the  Montana  Masonic  Foundation  has  been  promoting  a  Bikes  for  Books  program  to  encour-‐age  elementary  school  children  to  learn  the  enjoy-‐ment  of  reading.For  every  book  they  read,  they  receive  a  chance  to  earn  a  new  bike  at  the  end  of  the  school  year.    The  more  books  read,  the  better  chance  to  get  a  bike.In  2013,  the  Foundation  began  switching  the  program  reward  from  bikes  to  Kindles  and  the  program  has  been  working  successfully.  (The  Kindle  is  an  electronic  book,  allowing  users  to  download  and  read  e-‐books  and  magazines,  etc.)  Soon  the  Bikes  for  Books  will  be  phased  out  in  favor  of  just  Kindles  for  Books.

    Emessay  Notes  June  2014

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    living  would  better  be  called  a  subsistence  livelihood.   My  first  encounter  to  Masonry  was  when  some  men  came  to  the  house  to  visit  with  dad  about  joining  the  lodge.  A  couple  of  months  later  I  remember  him  tak-‐ing  the  little  black  book  with  him  to  study  when  he  took  a  break  from  fieldwork.  One  time  we  could  not  see  him  and  later  found  out  he  was  lying  on  his  back  in  the  mid-‐dle  of  a  hayfield  studying  the  guide.            After  H.S.  graduation  I  at-‐tended  and  graduated  from  Western  Washington  College  with  a  B.A.  in  Ed.     That  fall  of  1955  I  arrived  in  Ana-‐cortes  for  my  first  teaching  assignment  at  the  Junior  High  which  was  located  in  the  old  Columbia  Building.     During  college  I  had  received  numerous  deferments  from  the  mili-‐tary  draft  so  when  another  draft  notice  arrived  on  February  14,  1956  it  noted  that  there  would  be  no  more  defer-‐ments  though  Superintendent  Henning  did  get  an  extension  to  June  26th.       I  had  talked  to  dad  about  joining  the  Masons  and  when  the  draft  notice  arrived  he  talked  to  the  officers  of  Fern-‐dale  Lodge  and  they  agreed  to  move  rapidly  on  my  ap-‐plication  and  degrees.  In  about  six  weeks  I  did  my  mas-‐ter  mason  degree  prove  up  and  received  my  member-‐ship  card.             Recruits  were  not  allowed  off  base  during  the  first  eight  weeks.  My  next  assignment  was  Fort  Benning  Georgia  and  the  second  weekend  I  found  the  Masonic  lodge  in  Columbus.  A  few  evenings  later  I  went  to  the  hall  and  gained  admittance.  They  did  not  have  much  more  than  formal  opening  and  closing  so  the  officers  did  that  in  a  hurry  so  they  could  take  me  across  the  river  to  a  lodge  in  Alabama  and  witness  a  third  degree.  I  learned  early  on  the  importance  of  the  dialogue  between  the  Master  and  Senior  Warden  in  the  third  degree  opening  and  closing  of  lodge.              From  the  beginning  of  basic  we  knew  we  were  going  to  Germany.  Early  January  1957  we  boarded  a  troop  ship  in  Monterey  Bay  and  left  for  Bremerhaven  and  on  to  Aschaffenburg.  I  checked  for  a  Masonic  lodge  but  was  unsuccessful.  On  leave  to  London  I  did  find  the  main  Masonic  Lodge  Building  and  spent  an  hour  one  after-‐noon  talking  to  the  attendant  who  made  arrangements  

    for  me  to  attend  lodge  that  evening  and  again  watch  the  raising  of  that  lodge’s  only  candidate  for  the  year.  Royal  Naval  Lodge  #16,  one  of  the  oldest  Masonic  Lodges  in  the  world.              Dress  code  was  for  “Morning  Dress”  and  I  was  to  arrive  in  time  for  a  rather  formal  dinner.  The  one  other  brother  guest  was  from  Sheboygan  Michigan.  We  viewed  the  ritual  from  a  balcony  overlooking  the  lodge  floor  after  the  opening  ceremony.  Here  I  was,  

    only  a  year  ago  proved  up,  now  watch-‐ing  the  raising  of  a  Mason  who  had  been  in  the  process  for  over  a  year.            Late  summer  of  1957  I  was  trans-‐ferred  to  Wurzburg  which  did  have  a  Masonic  lodge  and  a  military  lodge.  I  was  soon  in  touch  with  the  Major  who  was  Master  and  attended  the  military  lodge.  The  dispensation  was  from  Oregon  so  again;  I  learned  how  vari-‐ous  jurisdictions  had  somewhat  dif-‐ferent  wording  of  the  ritual.  The  offi-‐cers  often  were  away  on  maneuvers  so  I  filled  in  many  of  the  line  offices  during  the  next  months.  On  two  occa-‐sions  we  had  a  joint  get  together  with  the  German  lodge  and  I  attended.  

      1957  was  twelve  years  after  WWII.  During  the  war  the  lodges  had  to  go  “underground”.  They  were  still  not  well  marked  and  with  small  membership  for  size  of  Wurzburg.     After  discharge  and  returning  to  Anacortes  I  was  not  very  active  because  of  marriage,  children  and  teaching.  I  got  to  know  Ed  Eriks  pretty  well  and  he  invited  me  to  join  the  Royal  Arch.  That  led  to  being  a  chapter  officer  and  district  deputy.  I  learned  that  Ed  and  my  father  knew  each  other  from  the  1950s  when  they  were  Masters  of  their  respective  lodges  the  same  year.  Somewhere  during  this  time  I  transferred  my  membership  from  Ferndale  to  Fidalgo.   In  the  1980s  Bill  Etter  dropped  by  the  house  and  asked  if  I  would  take  a  line  office  in  Fidalgo  Lodge.    Moving  through  the  line  I  was  elected  Master  for  1990,  the  100th  anniversary  of  Fidalgo  Lodge.     A  small  committee,  with  WB  Stanley  Mondhan  as  chairman,  was  in  place  and  some  of  the  prepara-‐tion  was  nicely  underway.  Sidney  Kase,  Most  Wor-‐shipful  Grand  Master,  was  invited  to  convene  a  re-‐

    Beer  Stein  -‐  Wurzburg  LodgeNotice   that  the  stein  has  the   fellow-‐craft   degree   (the   right   point   of   the  compass   is   below   the   square.   The  German   lodge   worked  at   the   fellow-‐craft  level.  I  never  learned  why.  

    (See:  Beatty,  pg.  4)

    (Beatty;  from  pg.  1)

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    dedication  of  the  lodge  building.  The  day  was  bright  and  what  a  sight  to  see  the  grand  lodge  officers,  visiting  lodge  officers  and  members,  and  our  own  Fidalgo  lodge  members  lined  up  on  Eighth  Street  toward  Storvik  Park.  When  all  had  marched  in  there  was  standing  room  only.     Ceremonies  went  along  until  it  was  time  to  close  lodge.  At  that  point,  Grand  Master  Kase  did  not  ask  the  non-‐masons  to  leave  and  proceeded  to  close  in  ample  form.  I,  sitting,  with  the  Grand  Master  in  the  East,  sort  of  held  my  breath  as  we  witnessed  something  that  until  then  had  only  been  thought  of  and  for  most,  not  even  that.  The  next  day,  and  for  a  couple  days  after,  my  phone  was  ringing  pretty  steady  as  Masons  around  the  state  wanted  to  know  what  was  going  on  in  Fidaglo  Lodge.  Our  Fidalgo  member  and  then  Junior  Grand  Warden,  Ken  Robinson,  called  and  told  me  to  refer  future  calls  to  him.  What  a  relief!     Since  my  year  as  Master  my  at-‐tendance  in  lodge  de-‐creased  as  my  hearing  loss  got  worse.  It  finally  got  so  the  only  part  of  lodge  I  understood  was  the  opening  and  closing  which  I,  of  course,  had  memorized  and  could  say  it  to  myself  as  the  officers  said  their  parts.     My  years  as  a  Mason  have  been  well  rewarded.  I  have  traveled  to  many  places  and  received  Masters’  Wages.  Every  Mason  has  a  story  to  tell.  Mine  has  ex-‐tended  from  my  father  to  my  childhood  friends  and  sup-‐porters  to  many  Masons  along  the  road  of  life.  These  men  and  often  with  their  families  have  made  for  a  richer  and  fulfilling  life.     Thank  you.

    (Beatty;  from  pg.  3)

    Jeannette   and   I   often   traveled   to  Montana   where   I   participated   in  the  Fly   Fishing   Fairs.   This   picture   was  taken  in  Glacier  National  Park.

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    MSA  Surpasses  $10  Million  in  Disaster  Aid

    The  Masonic  Service  Association  has  been  distrib-‐uting  disaster  relief  assistance  for  more  than  90  years  and  this  month  has  gone  over  the  $10  million  plateau  in  funds  contributed.

    In  May,  MSA  wired  $42,500  to  the  Grand  Lodge  of  the  Philippines  and  THAT  action  elevated  MSA  above  the  $10  million  mark.    

    The  latest  $42,500  brings  to  $185,000,  the  total  of  relief  that  has  been  given  to  the  Philippines,  fol-‐lowing  the  typhoon,  which  struck  the  island  nation  last  year.    That  appeal  has  now  ended  and  all  the  contributed  donations  have  been  sent  to  help  our  brothers  in  the  Philippines.

    Since  1923,  when  Masonic  Service  Association  is-‐sued  its  first  appeal  to  help  Japan,  the  MSA  has  become  the  recognized  and  credible  Masonic  group  to  which  all  the  Grand  Lodges  trust  in  for-‐warding  disaster  aid  when  it  is  needed.    This  is  one  of  MSA's  key  services.

    Also,  remember  that  this  is  not  MSA  money.    The  funds  are  donations  from  YOU  –  from  individual  Masons,  Lodges  and  Grand  Lodges,  and  not  a  penny  of  it  is  kept  by  MSA  for  administrative  costs.    All  disaster  appeals  are  initiated  by  a  Grand  Lodge,  and  all  money  collected  is  forwarded  to  that  Grand  Lodge  for  local  distribution.

    The  Masonic  Service  Association  of  North  America  is  registered  with  the  Internal  Revenue  Service  as  501(c)  (3)  non-‐profit  organization,  and  all  dona-‐tions  are  tax-‐deductible.

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    The  Supreme  Being.  Masons  believe  that  there  is  one  God  and  that  people  employ  many  different  ways  to  seek,  and  to  express  what  they  know  of  God.  Masonry  primarily  uses  the  appellation,  "Grand  Architect  of  the  Universe,"  and  other  non-‐sectarian  titles,  to  address  the  Deity.  In  this  way,  persons  of  different  faiths  may  join  together  in  prayer,  concentrating  on  God,  rather  than  differences  among  themselves.  Masonry  believes  in  religious  freedom  and  that  the  relationship  between  the  individual  and  God  is  personal,  private,  and  sacred.

    Masonic  Information  Center,  December  1993

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