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==THE LELAND W. SIDWELL 20th WESTERN DISTRICT SCHOOL WILL BE ADDED AS I GET IT, FOR THE YEAR OF 2001===7 to 9:00 PM.==ONLY TWO DISTRICTS THIS YEAR 19th AND 20th=========2001===================================

Brother Robert Lee Cunningham Birthday was March 9, 2000
PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 10, 2000 AT
GREENWOOD MANOR NURSING HOME
410 FLETCHER STREET
JERSEYVILLE, IL. 62052
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RWB.ROBERT T. IMHOFF IS A NEW GRAND LECTURE (2001) HE IS A MEMBER OF BLUEVILLE LODGE #647 (MASTER) AND A PLURAL MEMBER OF SHIPMAN LODGE #212 (SD) WERE ARE VERY PROUD OF THIS BROTHER, AS HE HAS BEEN A MASTER MASON LESS THAN 3 1/2 YEARS.

ALSO BROTHER ROBERT GOLDIE GOLDTRAP....he is a new CLI.....SEND HIM A CARD......OR......CALL HIM....ATABOY GOLDIE....AND SO DID PAUL M. LONG OF JERSEYVILLE LODGE #394, PAST MASTER AND SECRETARY and D.D.G.M. of the 19th WESTERN.

RWB HOMER R. HERINK IS AT HOME, HE NEEDS OUR PRAYERS AND CARDS.

RAY.C. BLANFORD AND HIS WIFE JEAN, OUR PAST MASTER NEEDS OUR PRAYERS.

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T.J. LEATHERBY AND HIS WIFE JENNY, BOTH NEED OUR PRAYERS.......

Merl Bottrell,OF KEDRON LODGE #340 ..BROTHER MERL PASSED AWAY (2001)

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2000 PLAINVIEW LODGE #461 IS NOW ON LINE.. THANKS TO WB. JEFF L. LASSWELL.........

AS OF AUGUST 27th, 2000..BUNKER HILL LODGE #151 IS NOW ON LINE, THEY BE #5 TO DO SO....A BIG THANKS TO WOR.BRO. JEFF L. LASSWELL WHO GOT THIS LODGE ON LINE..
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HEY LOOK AT WALSHVILLE LODGES WEB PAGE=THEY ARE NOW ON LINE= THANKS TO BROTHER LARRY E. NAYLOR SECRETARY AND NEW D.D.G.M.(2001) of the 20th WESTERN=1/3/2000 2:31 PM

GILLESPIE LODGE #214 IS NOW ON THE WEB. AS OF MAY 8, 2000.....8:05 AM........SO WE NOW HAVE LITCHFIELD AND SHIPMAN ON LINE also...............................NOW WE HAVE ALL LODGES IN THE 20th WESTERN ON LINE..
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AS OF JUNE 26, 2000 BLUEVILLE LODGE #647 IS NOW ON THE WEB........BROTHER ROBERT T .IMHOFF..IS THE WEB MASTER..AND PLURAL MEMBER OF SHIPMAN LODGE #212...AND A NEW GRAND LECTURE....AS OF APRIL 28, 2001 AT MATTOON. AND HE IS SHIPMAN ONLY GL.....EVER....ATABOY BOB. AND AS OF JUNE 2, 2001. RWB ROBERT T. IMHOFF IS NOW MASTER OF BLUEVILLE LODGE # 647....

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color="red">http://members.tripod.com/blueville647/webpage.html GOOD JOB..BOB. ON JULY 4, 2000.....THE ROBERTS T. IMHOFF'S HAVE A NEW DAUGHTER....Bethany Anne...GROWING LIKE A WEED...ARE SO I HAVE BEEN TOLD...NEED "NEW" PICTURES......BOBjr..

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SHRINERS HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN:

SHRINERS BURNS HOSPITAL

3229 BURNET AVENUE

CINCINNATI, OHIO 45229

(513)872-6000

1-800-875-8580

FOR YOUR INFO. SHOULD YOU EVER NEED THIS FOR ANY CHILD.

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PIASA LODGE (DOWN TOWN ALTON)WILL HAVE SCHOOL EVERY TUESDAY 7-9 (1st TUESDAY IS STATED MEETING. YOU WANT TO LEARN, COME ON DOWN. TEACHER...P.D.D.G.M. WARREN H. HOWARD AND WARREN HAYES GL.

MARCH 13,2000 WAS WORSHIPFUL MASTERS NIGHT........AT SHIPMAN LODGE #212 ......APRIL MEETING 2001, WE DIDNT HAVE ONE.(PAST MASTER NIGHT)

APRIL 10, 2000 PAST MASTERS NIGHT. AND THE SPEAKER RT.WOR.BRO.HOMER HERINK A.D.G.M. GIVE A SHORT ( 10 min....Ha Ha) BROTHER HOMER IS A GOOD SPEAKER... AT SHIPMAN LODGE. WE HAD A GOOD TURN OUT AND A GOOD TIME...ALSO WERE A.A.D.M.'S JAMES O. SHRUM AND F. RICHARD CARLSON AND THE MAN (BROTHER) WHO HAS PUT THE WEB SITE FOR THE WESTERN AREA, RT.WOR.BRO. JEFF L.LASSWELL WE THANK HIM FOR THE PICTURES HE TOOK AND GETTING US ON LINE.. BROTHER LASSWELL CAN HELP YOU TOO GET YOUR LODGE ON LINE.

MAY (SECOND MONDAY NIGHT), WHITE APRON NIGHT.(MAY.... 2nd MONDAY, IT'S WHITE APRON NIGHT) and BRING "your" OWN APRON. DO YOU KNOW WHERE IT'S AT.??? WELL GET IT OUT AND COME TO SHIPMAN LODGE #212..LAST YEAR (1999) WE HAD A BROTHER COME 60 MILES TO WEAR HIS......
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MAY 14th, 2001 FIELDON LODGE HELD THE FIRST MEETING IN THE NEW LODGE, ABOUT 40 BRETHERN CAME OUT.

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JAN. 8, 2002 BROTHER DAVE ELLIS WAS 92 YEARS YOUNG, ATABOY DAVE. DAVE IS FROM FLINT LODGE #23 AT FLINT, MI. an HONORARY MEMBER OF SEVERAL LODGES IN OUR AREA......"Mr Tyler".........
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GET OUT AND GO TO LODGE, YES YOUR OWN AND TAKE IN TWO OTHERS IN YOUR AREA, HAVE FUN, MEET YOUR BROTHERS
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WB KENNY E. HARRIS PASSED AWAY FEBRUARY 25, 2001 AT CARLINVILLE, HE BELONG TO MT. NEBO LODGE #76. HE WAS THE TYLER.

RWB ROBERT LEE. CUNNINGHAM PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 10, 2000....SUPER MASON..GL AND PAST MASTER...I AM GLAD I GOT TO TRAVEL WITH BROTHER BOB..HE BELONG TO BETHALTO LODGE #406 AND CALHOUN LODGE # 792.......GOD SPEED BOTHER BOB

W.B. BEAUFORD D. BLAIR PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 15, 2000..PAST MASTER OF HIBBARD LODGE #249 IN BRIGHTON.

W.B. HUBERT EARL MOURNING PAST MASTER OF KING SOLOMAN LODGE IN KANE PASSED AWAY DECEMBER 16th 2000. HE WAS SECRETARY OF THAT LODGE FOR 20 YEARS.

BROTHER ALTONE NELSON CORBIN WAS CALLED FROM LABOR TO ETERNAL REST ON SEPTEMBER 11, 2000. BRO. CORBIN PETITIONED ROSE HILL LODGE #550 IN CREVE COEUR MO. HE PETITIONED BUNKER HILL LODGE #151 IN JUNE 8, 1971. AND SEREVED AS MASTER IN 1977. SERVICES WERE HELD SEPT. 17, 2000 AT 7:00 PM. AT LANDERS FUNERAL HOME IN BUNKER HILL.

BROTHER JOEL W. KEMP OF A MEMBER OF ARK & ANCHOR LODGE # 354 WAS CALLED HOME SEPTEMBER 9, 2000, GODS SPEED DEAR BROTHER.

BOYD B. DUNCAN OF BUNKER HILL #151 PASSED AWAY AUGUST 26, 2000. HE WAS A 53 YEAR MEMBER.

Louis Wesley Brackman of Bunker Hill Lodge #151,Passed away 16 August 2000, born 29 May 1923 in Bunker Hill, IL. Took his E.A. Degree on 2 April 1970 Passed to F.C. 16 April 1970 and Raised to the Degree of M.M. 28, May 1970. Enter now into the joys of thy Lord. Gods speed dear friend and Brother.

BROTHER ALBERT BLY OF GILLESPIE LODGE #214 HAS PASSED AWAY. HE WAS THE WEB SITE MAN FOR GILLESPIE LODGE #214, AT THIS TIME THATS ALL I HAVE.

WILLIAM AMOS "FRENCHY" LAURENT

Initiated at Pike Lodge #355 in Kenosha, Wisc. affiliated with LITCHFIELD LODGE #236 on January 18, 1974, HE WAS SUMMON HOME JULY 21, 2000

PAUL RUEDIN, BROTHER OF ROGER RUEDIN PASSED AWAY FRIDAY JULY 7, 2000, HE WAS A MEMBER OF FRANKLIN LODGE #25

NELSON H. MILNER OF FIDELITY LODGE #152 (MEDORA) PASSED AWAY JUNE 4, 2000 OWNER OF MILNER GROCERY STORE, AND A PAST MASTER OF THE LODGE. HIS SON KEITH IS MASTER OF THE LODGE.

ROGER RICHARD RUIDEN OF SHIPMAN LODGE #212.. PASSED AWAY, FEB,17,2000, A 49 YEAR MEMBER.

AUGUEST 25, 1999 THE MASTER OF FIELDON LODGE PASS AWAY..AND HE TOO TRAVELED, W.M. JAMES N."DUKE" SCHNEIDER......WE MISS YOU BROTHER JIM..HE GOT THE NEW LODGE STARTED FOR FIELDON.

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NOVEMBER 14,1999 WOR.BRO. LOREN EUGENE "GENE" CROWDER PASSED AWAY, CALLED HOME TO BE WITH HIS MAKER, WE ALL WILL MISS YOU BROTHER CROWDER (WHITE HALL LODGE)

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NOVEMBER 20, 1998 WOR.BRO. LEE.SIDWELL PASSED AWAY, BUNKER HILL LODGE....ANOTHER BROTHER WHO WE TO ALOT OF LODGES......

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.17th Western District MEETS THE LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH AT THE-Brass Door IN CARROLLTON... at 6:00 PM, come early, to get a seat....IF YOU LIKE TO EAT.........AND I DO..........

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...................................... MARCH 29, 2000.. PROSTATE CANCER PROGRAM AT GILLESPIE LODGE #214..(SHIPMAN #212 & GILLESPIE #214 LODGES) AND IT WAS A WAS A GOOD ONE. THANKS TO BROTHER TOM LUCCHESI HEAD OF THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY IN SPRINGFIELD. AND DOCTOR DURWOOD NEAL GAVE A NICE TALK AND ANSWERED ALL QUESTIONS PUT TO HIM..WE THANK YOU DOCTOR NEAL. AND I AM SURE THAT ALL WHO WERE AT THIS MEETING WILL NOW GO AND ASK THERE DOCTOR TO RUN A TEST TO SEE IF THEY TOO ARE CLEAR OF PROSTATE CANCER...THIS IS A MUST...

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I'LL PUT IT IN HERE AS SOON AS I KNOW IT.. john, ...or if you hear, call me. i dont care what, just call me.OR HEY...................... E-MAIL ME, I GOT ONE OF THEM THINGS....AT bwilson@mtsinet.com....

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Fieldon Lodge #592 Have Gotten Under Way on THE NEW LODGE. and It's on Rt. 16.-due West (JUST WEST OF THE FIRE HOUSE) of Jerseyville, Illinois..I cant wait until they get it open I HEAR THEY HAVE SOLD THE OLD LODGE HALL.SO NOW THEY CAN GET TO WORK ON THE NEW ONE.....they plan to be in it this fall (2000) WELL AS OF MAY 14, 2001 THEY BE IN IT.....


....Maybe I do need a spell Checker, or at lest have some one here when I type it in, Then they can ask questions as to what I am doing. anyone, my wife says noway. I guess that is to say it wont be her.

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NOVEMBER 20th 2001 WOR.BRO LEE SIDWELL WILL HAVE BEEN GONE THREE YEARS, BROTHER LEE TRAVELED A LOT, WE MISS YOU BROTHER LEE.

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========================================================================================= -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------WOOD RIVER LODGE #1062, THE RAY GUNDERMAN MASONIC SCHOOL IS HELD EVERY MONDAY & TUESDAY...from 8:30 AM to 11:00 or ?????? IF YOU WANT TO LEARN, COME ON DOWN...RT.WOR.Brother Ben, will teach you.
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RT.WOR.BRO.JAMES DALE WOOD PUTS OUR NEWSPAPER OUT, AND DOES A GOOD JOB TOO, WE THANK YOU BROTHER JIM. THESE LODGES ARE BUNHER HILL,SHIPMAN,PLAINVIEW AND WALSHVILLE...ALL IN THE 20th WESTERN DISTRICT...AND, AND WE WILL ROAST HIM SEPT. 24th (SUNDAY) AT GILLESPIE LODGE...1:00 P.M. SO ALL COME ON OUT AND LETS BROTHER JIM OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT AS HE ENDS HIS 9th YEAR AS D.D.G.M. OF THE 20th WESTERN...........I GUESS THIS WILL MAKE YOU A HAS BEEN, BROTHER JIM...as in P.D.D.G.M.

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BLUEVILLE LODGE #647 (16th EASTERN DISTRICT.) HAS A NEW PAPER....THE BEE HIVE, IT'S PUT OUT BY BROTHER ROBERT T. IMHOFF......AND HE IS DOING A GOOD JOB.........TOOO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK....if you would like a copy of the bee hive or the one jim wood puts out let me know....E_MAIL ME AT bwilson@mtsinet.com ..........

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THANKS TO BROTHER JEFF LASSWELL.....HE DOES GREAT WORK

THIS PAGE WAS CREATED BY WOR.BRO. JEFF L.LASSWELL FOR SHIPMAN LODGE AND THE 20th WESTERN AREA THANK YOU Brother JEFF
 
 
 

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