Friendship Lodge and Yel-lowhouse Lodge came to-gether to provide Dental Kits to 3609 First graders in 52 Schools. The Kits will be delivered to 52 Schools by the 16 lodges this month which is Dental Hygiene Month.

Fantaxtic Teeth 2014 By Coke Etgen

What a difference a year makes! Last year 4 lodges in Lubbock served about 1100 first graders in the Fantastic Teeth Fan Club program. This year Aber-nathy Lodge, Crosbyton

Lodge, Emma Lodge, Floydada Lodge, Lemond Lodge, Levelland Lodge, Littlefield Lodge, Lubbock Lodge, Mackenzie Lodge, Matador Lodge, Olton Lodge, Post Lodge, Slaton Lodge, South Plains Day-light Lodge, Wolfforth

Fantastic Teeth 2014!

Masonic Labor

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Programs & Announcements

Ok boys. It’s that time of year again. Valentine’s day is Friday, February 14. The same night as our stat-

ed meeting. If you are reading this, don’t say we didn’t warn you!

We are going to start making plans for the Past Masters

Dinner. If you have ideas and would like to volunteer for that, let us know.

This month is our first anni-versary of our restaurant fund raiser! This month, back to where it all began—On The Border! Wednesday February 12. Vouchers will come in a separate e-mail.

Family Night returns and fea-

tures Support Your Local Sher-iff! - a 1969 comic western film which parodies the often-filmed scenario of an icono-clastic new arrival who tames a lawless frontier town. Star-ring James Garner, Joan Hack-ett, Walter Brennan, Harry Morgan and Jack Elam—Wednesday February 19,

7:00PM.

February 1, 2014 Volume 3 Issue 2

This Month’s Feature Stories Fantastic Teeth

2014! Masonic Labor Sir Arthur Conan

Doyle

Inside this issue:

From the East 2

From the West 2

From the South 2

From the Secre-tary

3

From the Senior Deacon

3

From the Senior Steward

3

Lubbock Lodge 1392 in Action

5

The Quarry: Our Degree Work

8

And God said, "Let there be light"; and there was light. Genesis 1:3

Lubbock’s LightLubbock’s LightLubbock’s Light The Newsletter of Lubbock The Newsletter of Lubbock The Newsletter of Lubbock

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Brethren we are nearing some very important events I would like all brethren to be aware of.

First, remember that at our February stated meeting, we will be discussing the Com-munity Builder Award as well as what we want to do for Public Schools Week, which is

March 3-7. We need to ham-mer out these details and do something for education in our community.

Second, we will be reschedul-ing our fish “Fryday “ to raise funds for our scholarships.

Lastly, remember that our DDGM will be visiting us in March, so please be prepared.

have not been to before and don't know anyone, would you be granted visitation or would you be told you need to get your dues card current.? You need a current dues card. Art. 380. (416). Good Stand-ing. Upon notification to the Worshipful Master, and at his discretion, a member of a Lodge under the jurisdiction of this Grand Lodge may visit any Texas Masonic Lodge working under this jurisdic-tion without the avouchment

Scattershooting, wondering how many people know of the 7P’s?

Let’s talk dues! A topic on the boards of myfreemason-ry.com: When is a brother in arrears automatically sus-pended? January or June? Such a suspension would take effect at midnight, June 23rd. (Art. 319) .

So, if you are under the GLOT and not paid up in February. and visit a lodge in Texas you

and or examination process providing that he is in good standing and presents a re-ceipt from his Lodge showing that his dues are current at the time of said visitation along with a photo identifica-tion; except in cases provided for in Art. 382. Sojourning Masons from other jurisdic-tions must possess a current dues card and shall be vouched for or examined in accordance with Art. 381.

The Charge: A Message From the East Worshipful Master James Urban

From the South — Jurisprudence and Scattershots Junior Warden Kevin Rush

A Message From the West - Endowed Memberships Senior Warden Glenn Fant

ber I want to encourage you to invest that same money in your endowment now. The Lodge needs funds for build-ing and roof repairs , and money for numerous other worthy projects. This invest-ment in your endowment will continue to help the lodge even after you are gone, and they will need the money even more by then. Increase your endowment as much as possible at a rate you can

afford, to help your lodge. If you are considering buying an endowed membership, invest enough to pay your annual dues each year, or plan to increase it every year enough to reach that goal in the fu-ture. The lodge is grateful for all the hard work you do in our fund raising activities, and we hope to see you at our next fish fry.

As you are probably already aware, resolution 12 passed in Grand Lodge, which allows every endowed member to increase the value of his en-dowed membership by incre-ments of $100. Many en-dowed members have been making generous donations to the lodge to make up for the poor interest rate & re-turns our endowment invest-ments earn each year. If you are a current endowed mem-

“The grand object of

Masonry is to

promote the

happiness of the

human race”

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“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more difficult still, to leave unsaid the

wrong thing at the tempting moment.”

JUST A REMINDER THAT IF YOU HAVE NOT PAID

YOUR DUES, THE TIME IS NOW!!!!!!!!! IF YOU NEED

TO MAKE SPECIAL AR-RANGEMENTS TO PAY

YOUR DUES PLEASE CON-TACT ME SO THAT WE

CAN WORK SOMETHING OUT. COST OF THIS

YEARS DUES IS $55.00.

ENDOWED MEMBERSHIPS

For those of you who wish to leave a legacy to the Lodge, you might thing about purchasing an En-dowed Membership. Then-Cost is $500.00. The appli-cation is sent to Grand Lodge and they will process it and send back a certificate which can be displayed along side those that have

already been purchased. An endowment is a way have ensuring that you will not forget to pay your annual dues. So for further details please contact the Secre-tary.

hopes that we will all have full bellies for the program that is planned. Again, I thank you all for the opportunity to serve the lodge as senior warden and look forward to serving the lodge for my remaining time in the position as well as any future positions I may be allotted. I hope to see you all at the stated meeting as we come together in brotherly love!

Brethren, here's to hoping this new year has treated you well and hope you and yours have found many blessings. I want to thank everyone for all the hard work that has gone in to maintaining the lodge and I hope everyone has en-joyed the meals that I have brought for you all. This month we will be enjoy-ing fried chicken and sides in

As always, this poor steward needs your help - Please con-tribute to the cause and put a few dollars in the jar.

From the Secretary Jerry Hendrick Taking Care of Business

From the Senior Steward Brandon Gould Food, Flowers & Frolic

From the Senior Deacon John Rosser Visiting Brothers & Prospects

back at the minutes of Mason-ic Lodge meetings from a hun-dred years ago shows that this is a challenge faced by every generation of Freema-sons. Unfortunately, that same look back shows that what worked in the past will not necessarily work now. Society changes and we have to change along with it if we are to remain pertinent to the members of our Craft.

Start thinking about what you want to do as a leader in the next masonic year. Do you want to be an officer? Let the current wardens know of your desires.

At the Stated meeting in Janu-ary we had the following visi-tors: Bob Clemmons, PM, Rolan Pirtle and James Scott from Yellowhouse Lodge, #841. In Masonry, one question that we as a fraternity are facing is how to maintain the interest of our newer members. This is by no means a new ques-tion or a new problem. A look

Let us endeavor so to

live that when we come

to die even the

undertaker will be

sorry.

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Upcoming Menu for February:

Fried Chicken!

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“Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.”

The kits were put together at the Scottish Rite in Lubbock on January 16, after having Pizza provided by the Mason-ic Home and School. Approxi-mately 58 Lodge members and their wives and friends + 20 of the Lubbock Youth Leadership Association helped put the kits together in about 1 Hour. What a crew!

I would like to take this op-portunity to extend my whole hearted thanks to all who came together to make this happen. Without your help none of this could have been achieved.

I am looking forward to next year, and hopefully add some new lodges and schools. This program makes it possible to provide kids with a good start towards dental health. The great thing about this program is it crosses all eco-nomic lines and provides the kids with everything they need. They are really excited when they receive their kits and know it just for them.

Masonic Labor Brother Benjamin Franklin Masonic labor is purely a la-

bor of love. He who seeks to draw Masonic wages in gold and silver will be disappoint-ed. The wages of a Mason are earned and paid in their deal-ings with one another; sympa-thy that begets sympathy, kindness begets kindness, helpfulness begets helpful-ness, and these are the wages of a Mason."

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was the creator of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson. His stories have inspired over 200 films and 400 fan clubs world-wide. Even people who have never read a Sherlock Holmes story know who Holmes is.

From 1897 to 1907 Doyle and his family lived at a home he named “Undershaw” where he wrote some of his most mem-orable work and celebrated some of his biggest accom-plishments. Undershaw, de-signed by Doyle himself, was an impressive home with a two-story entrance hall, elev-en bedrooms and dressing rooms, a dining room that could seat 30, and it even had a power plant to provide elec-tricity to the house. Bro. Doyle was a member of Phoenix Lodge No. 257 during

part of the time he lived at Undershaw. He received his knighthood while living there, and wrote more than 15 of the 56 Sherlock Holmes stories including the famous Hound of the Baskervilles. J. M. Barrie, who wrote Peter Pan, and Bram Stoker, author of Dracula, were frequent guests. Doyle formed the Un-dershaw Rifle Club for train-ing sessions to make marks-men of English men. Others copied the idea, resulting in the British Army welcoming trained marksmen at the start of WWI.

Undershaw now stands ne-glected and vandalized, owned by a developer whose plans for Undershaw involve destroying the historic value of Sir Conan Doyle’s home and legacy. Sadly, last June permission was granted for this development. The Un-dershaw Preservation Trust was formed to save Under-shaw and perhaps make it into a museum. The Trust hopes to bring public aware-ness to the plight of Under-shaw through their website (www.saveundershaw.com), worldwide representatives, and support from prominent authors and actors, including Mark Gatiss, actor and co-creator of the BBC “Sherlock” TV series, and who is patron and sponsor of the Trust. Visit the website and see how you can help. Source: Jacquelynn Morris/Scottishrite.org

Masonic Labor con’t from Page 1

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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“Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.”

Lubbock 1392 in Action

FANTASTIC TEETH 2014!

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“To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.”

WOW, what an effort!

The brains of the outfit, PM Coke Etgen

See ALL of the pictures from the Fantastic Teeth 2014 Launch Party at our website http://lubbockmasoniclodge.org/news/fantastic-teeth-2014

4539 Brownfield Dr Lubbock, TX 79410-1721

Meetings:

Second Friday of each month, 7:30 p.m.

Meal: 6:30pm

Floor School: Every Tuesday @ 7p.m.

In March of each year, the Masons of Texas pause to celebrate and pay tribute to our public school sys-tem and relish the fact that Freemasonry played a large role in the devel-opment of free public education for all Texans. This year will be no dif-ferent.

In 1845, The Masonic Grand Lodge of Texas passed a resolution set-ting aside ten percent of

its total revenue for edu-cation. The emphasis placed on Public Schools Week each March is in-tended to inform the gen-eral public of the debt of gratitude Masons owe their schools, teachers and administrators.

Many lodges and other Masonic bodies provide scholarships that enable many deserving students to attend college, and these scholarships have no restrictions as to race, color or creed. Texas Ma-sonry is justly proud of its contributions to Texas education and will contin-

The Quarry:

Masonry & Texas

Education

By Bro. Bob Clemmons

Brotherly Love, Relief & Truth

This Month’s Brothers & Birthdays

E-Mail: info@lubbockmasoniclodge.org

Allen Jolly 2/1 Kenneth Luberger 2/2 Baha Tulu Tanju 2/4 Paul Bartlett 2/11

The things a man has to have are hope and confidence in himself against odds, and sometimes he needs somebody, his

pal or his mother or his wife or God, to give him that confidence. He's got to have some inner standards worth fighting

for or there won't be any way to bring him into conflict. And he must be ready to choose death before dishonor without

making too much song and dance about it. That's all there is to it.”

This Month’s Sickness & Distress

Please take the time to visit our sick and distressed; send them cards or call them on the phone, and be sure to keep them in your prayers.

If you know of sickness or distress with a brother or his family, please let us know.

Glenn Fant

lubbockmasoniclodge.org

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ue to be a major force in public education in gen-eral.

Join in the preparations this month with Lubbock Masonic Lodge for this year’s celebration of Ma-sonry and Texas Educa-tion March 3-7

Heath Morgan 2/15 William Boone 2/16 Toby Calhoun 2/17 Jerry Moen 2/22

John Rosser 2/23 Alton W. Herring 2/24 Jerry Hendrick 2/28