STATED COMMUNICATIONS

Masonic Temple

105 King Street

St. Augustine, FL

1ST & 3RD Thursdays

Meal – 6:30 p.m.

Stated Communication — 7:30 p.m.

DEGREE WORK AND PRACTICE

2nd & 4th Thursdays

CHARITY OF THE QUARTER

Council on Aging

Ashlar Lodge No. 98 Free and Accepted Masons St. Augustine, FL

Chartered January 18, A.D. 1888, A.L. 5888

904-826-4086

November 2017

dron received his 50 Year Certificate, pin, and card.

The presentation was made by W. Paul Waldron. All

three of W. Harry’s sons were present for the event.

The attendance of 124 Master Masons set a

record for the Grand Lodge of Florida. Ashlar was

presented with a “Traveling Plaque” marking the event.

The plaque notes two previous attempt to bring 100 or

more Master Mason together. The highest previous

total was 116 in 2016.

I hereby express my sincere appreciation to all

members of Ashlar who attended; to the Stewards who

fed this exceptional crowd; to the Brethren from the

Elite 11th Masonic District who joined us; and to all

our Traveling Brethren. Without your support, this

would not have been possible.

Photographs are included below as part of the

digital Trestleboard. They are also posted on our Face-

book page Grand Lodges FB page, and may be seen on

our Lodge bulletin board.

On November 2nd, we will honor three Law

Enforcement Officers. We began this process in Sep-

tember prior to Hurricane Irma with FHP. At this meet-

ing we will recognize member of St. Augustine Police

Department, St. Augustine Beach Police Department,

and St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office. We will also

recognize all member of Ashlar No. 98 who are mili-

tary veterans. Join us as we demonstrate our esteem for

those who sacrifice to make us safe and secure.

Written nomination for officers for 2018 are

due by the fall of the gavel on November 2nd. And on

November 16th we will have a regular Stated Commu-

nication with good Masonic Education.

Thursday, December 7th is the night on which

we will elect officers for 2018. This is your opportuni-

ty to assist in determining the future of your Lodge.

Thursday, December 21st will be Family

Night at Ashlar No. 98 with a Christmas meal and

theme. Bring your loved ones and visitors with you on

that night. There will be some surprises.

Fraternally,

Oscar Patterson III Worshipful Master

FROM THE EAST Brethren:

Thursday, October 12, 2017, Ashlar Lodge

Raised to the Sublime of Master Mason Bros. Kenny

Smith and Christopher Strickland.

Thursday, October 19, 2017, Ashlar Lodge

No. 98. hosted 124 Master Masons in our Lodge

Room . We began the evening with a meal of fried

chicken and “fixings” with every seat in the dining area

filled—and then some.

Our meeting opened with a presentation by

Rainbow Assembly No. 42. Each Rainbow Girl talked

about what Rainbow means to them and why they

joined. At the conclusion of their presentation, a col-

lection was taken to support the Chapter. More than

$900 was donated by the Brethren which was then

matched by the Lodge.

Brothers from eight or the nine Lodges in Dis-

trict 11 were present—Palatka No. 34, Lake No. 72,

Pi8neland No. 86, Melrose No. 89, Cabul No. 116,

Hastings No. 183, and Bunnell No. 200. A number of

visitors from other District were present. One Visiting

Brother is a member of the Grand Lodge of Brazil.

During the Communication, W. Harry Wal-

November 2017

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 Rainbow District In-

struction Bun-

nell 6:30 pm

2 STATED

COMMU-

NICATION

6:30 PM

3 4 LODGE

OFFICER

TRAINING

Ashlar 8 am

5 6

OES 7 8 Open Book

Pineland 6-9

pm

9 10 11

VETER-

ANS DAY

12 13

14

15 Rainbow

District

Assn. Mel-

rose 6:30

16 STAT-

ED COM-

MUNICA

TION 6:30

17 18

Night of

Lights

19 20

OES 21 York Rite

Chapter/

Council 6:30

23 23

Thanksgiv-

ing

24 25

26 27 28 York Rite

Command-

ery 6:30 pm

29 30

Lodge In-

struction TBA

29 30

From the West

Brethren, I commend you all on the success of the 100 Master Mason initiative. 124!!! It makes my heart swell with pride on how you have embraced this program and I sincerely apologize for not being with you. We enjoyed a great Master Mason degree last month and I encourage everyone to continue the great work you do by continuing to aid and welcome our newest members as they become regular attendees at stated communications. I also apologize for my brevity this month but I am going to close by encouraging all of you to continue strong with your efforts to attend our regular meeting as the end of the year gets closer. Please don’t sit by the side and allow others to steer our lodge without your voice at least being heard. The best decisions are made when the most input is interjected into the discussion. S&F Kind Regards, Bo Bozard

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

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3 4

OES

5 6

Rainbow

7 Stated

Comm/

Election

6:30 pm

8 9

10 11

12

13

14 15 16 Master’s

Workshop

Ashlar 9 am

Lights

17 18

OES

19 York Rite

Chapter/

Council

6:30 pm

20 District

Association

Ashlar

6:30 pm

21

Family

Night Ash-

lar 6:30

pm

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24

Christ-

mas Eve

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25

Christmas

Day

26 York

Rite Com-

mandery

6:30 pm

27 Open

Installa-

tion

Ashlar

6:00 pm

28 29 30

December 2017

NOMINATIONS FOR 2018

Written nominations for Worshipful Master, Senior Warden, Junior Warden, Secretary, and

Treasurer for 2018 must be submitted to the Secretary no later than the “fall of the gavel” on

Thursday, November 2, 2017. The nomination form may be found on the Grand Lodge web-

site or obtained from the Lodge Secretary. Before submitting a nomination, make sure that

the person(s) will accept and serve if elected.

LODGE OFFICER NOMINATION FORM

CHAPTER 24 PARTICULAR LODGES--BY-LAWS UNIFORM CODE OF

BY-LAWS PARTICULAR LODGES ELECTION OF OFFICERS 7.02 Man-

ner and Method of Election. – In the election of Officers, nominations shall

be made in writing to the Lodge Secretary no later than the opening of the

first Stated Communication in November and no other nominations will be

accepted thereafter. The nominee shall also make a statement in writing stat-

ing that he will accept the position if elected no later than the opening of the

first Stated Communication in November and no other acceptance letters

will be accepted thereafter. Discussions regarding nominees for office may

take place among Brethren, but not in open Lodge. A majority of all votes

cast, respectively, shall determine. In each succeeding ballot for the same of-

fice, when more than two members are voted for, the name or names of the

Brother or Brethren having the lowest number of votes, shall, by order of the

Master, be dropped; and all votes cast in derogation of said order shall not be

counted. Time of Elections shall be held according to By-Law Section 7.01 of

Regulation 24.05 of the Digest of the Masonic Law of Florida, Uniform Code

of By-Laws. (2017)

NOMINATION FOR ELECTIVE LODGE OFFICE

Ashlar Lodge No. 98 Masonic Year: 2018

NOMINATION FOR: Worshipful Master Senior Warden Junior Warden

Treasurer Secretary (circle one)

NAME OF NOMINEE: ____________________________Member No. _____

RESIDENCE ADDRESS:

__________________________________________________ (Address) (City/

State/Zip) RES. PH: ________________________ BUS. OR MBL. PH:

___________________________

NOMINATION BY BROTHER (Who Must Be A Member of this Lodge):

NAME: _____________________________________________ MEMBER

NO. _______________ I hereby certify that the nominee has agreed to accept

the position if elected.

Signed _____________________________________________Date: _________

The Mother-Lodge by Bro. Joseph Rudyard Kipling

There was Rundle, Station Master, An’ Beazeley of the Rail, An’ ‘Ackman, Commissariat, An’ Donkin’ o’ the Jail; An’ Blake, Conductor-Sargent… Our Master twice was ‘e, With ‘im that kept the Europe-shop, Old Framjee Eduljee.

Outside — “Sergeant! Sir! Salute! Salaam!” Inside — “Brother”, an’ it doesn’t do no ‘arm. We met upon the Level an’ we parted on the Square, An’ I was Junior Deacon in my Mother-Lodge out there!

We’d Bola Nath, Accountant, An’ Saul the Aden Jew, An’ Din Mohammed, draughtsman Of the Survey Office, too; There was Babu Chuckerbutty, An’ Amir Singh the Sikh, An’ Castro from the fittin’-sheds, The Roman Catholick!

We ‘adn’t good regalia, An’ our Lodge was old an’ bare, But we knew the Ancient Landmarks, An’ we kep’ ’em to a hair; An’ lookin’ on it backwards It often strikes me thus, There ain’t such things as infidels, Excep’, per’aps, it’s us.

For monthly, after Labour, We’d all sit down and smoke (We dursn’t give no banquits, Lest a Brother’s caste were broke), An’ man on man got talkin’ Religion an’ the rest,

So man on man got talkin’, An’ not a Brother stirred Till mornin’ waked the parrots An’ that dam’ brain-fever-bird; We’d say ’twas ‘ighly curious, An’ we’d all ride ‘ome to bed, With Mo’ammed, God, an’ Shiva Changin’ pickets in our ‘ead.

Full oft on Guv’ment service This rovin’ foot ‘ath pressed, An’ bore fraternal greetin’s To the Lodges east an’ west, Accordin’ as commanded From Kohat to Singapore, But I wish that I might see them In my Mother-Lodge once more!

I wish that I might see them, My Brethren black an’ brown, With the trichies smellin’ pleasant An’ the hog-darn passin’ down; An’ the old khansamah snorin’ On the bottle-khana floor, Like a Master in good standing With my Mother-Lodge once more!

Outside — “Sergeant! Sir! Salute! Salaam!” Inside — “Brother”, an’ it doesn’t do no ‘arm. We met upon the Level an’ we parted on the Square, An’ I was Junior Deacon in my Mother-Lodge out there!

Bro. Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English author and

poet. Born in Bombay, British India (now Mumbai), he is best known for his works of fiction The

Jungle Book (1894) (a collection of stories which includes Rikki-Tikki-Tavi), Kim (1901) (a tale of

adventure), many short stories, including The Man Who Would Be King (1888); and his poems,

including Mandalay (1890), Gunga Din (1890), and If— (1910). He is regarded as a major

“innovator in the art of the short story”; his children’s books are enduring classics of children’s lit-

erature; and his best works speak to a versatile and luminous narrative gift. Kipling was one of the

most popular writers in English, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

He was also a very active in Freemasonry.

Bro. Kipling, Man and Mason.

The Lodge of Hope and Perseverance, No. 782, English Constitution, in Lahore, Punjab, India was seeking a Secretary. The year was 1885 and there was a new resident in Lahore, a young man, not yet of legal age, employed as an assistant editor of the provincial newspaper. His father was a Freemason and the Curator of the Lahore Museum. Kipling became a member at twenty years and six months, and the Lodge secretary. He wrote: “Here I met Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, members of the Araya and Brahmo Samaj, and a Jewish Tyler, who was a priest and butcher to his little com-munity in the city. So yet another world was opened to me which I needed.”

In 1935 he wrote: “In reply to your letter I was Secretary for some years of the Lodge of Hope and Perseverance No. 782, English Constitution which included Brethren of at least four different creeds. I was entered by a member of the Brahmo Samaj (a Hindu), passed by a Mohammedan, and raised by an Englishman. Our Tyler was an Indian Jew. We met, of course, on the level and the only difference that anyone would notice was that at our banquets some of the Brethren, who were debarred by caste rules from eating food not ceremoniously prepared, sat over empty plates. I had the good fortune to be able to arrange a series of informal lectures by Brethren of various faiths, on baptismal ceremonies of their religions.”

Pictured here are Kipling and his father, both Freemasons.

W. Harry Waldron Receives 50 Year Certificate

W. Harry and W. Paul Waldron

Bro. John Waldron, W. Paul Waldron, W. Harry Waldron, Bro. Keith Waldron

Rainbow Assembly No. 42

On Thursday, October 19th, Ashlar Lodge No. 98 participated in the 100

Master Mason Initiative. Rainbow Assembly No. 42 were our special guest on

that evening. Each Rainbow girl present told the Brethren what Rainbow

means to them and why they became a member. They were assisted in their

presentation by Ms. Sarah Jane Todd, Mother Advisor.

L to R: Sara Jane Todd,; Jesse Durre, Worthy Advisor and Grand Representa-

tive; Reese Warman , Confidential Observer; Myla DeFord, Hope, Grand Rep-

resentative, and Liaison; and Hayley Mastoridis, Drill Leader and Grand Wor-

thy Associate Advisor.

124 Master Masons at Ashlar Lodge

October 19, 2017

Oscar Patterson III is Worshipful Master of Ashlar Lodge No. 98 in St. Augustine, FL.

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