Saint George Lodge A.F. & A.M.
Lodge Telephone: 508-586-1515
Lodge website: www.saintgeorgelodge.org
Grand Master of Masons in Massachusetts
M.W. Jeffrey B. Hodgdon
District Deputy Grand Master
R.W. Richard O. Cusick
District Awareness Officer
Wor. David P. Maraglia
District Service Representative
Bro. James M. Hardy
St. George Lodge Chief Instructor
R.W. Demetrios J. Sarantopoulos
St. George Lodge Ambassador
Bro. Michael J. Weydt
508-587-8305 (liteweydt@hotmail.com)
Brethren, a regular
communication of St. George Lodge A.F. & A.M. will be held at the Brockton
Masonic Building,
279 Prospect St., Brockton
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
7:30 PM
Business meeting - to
transact any business that may regularly come before the Lodge.
6:30 PM
Dinner by Chef Gary, a surprise dinner you won’t want to miss. Cost for the
meal will be a donation to assist the toy drive mentioned in the next column.
Reservations by November 3rd to the Master.
Social time following the meeting.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Happy Thanksgiving
Seventeenth Lodge of Instruction
November
Thursday: November 29, 2007
Host: Puritan Lodge Tri-Town Masonic Building
Subject: “Masonry for “NON-Masons ”
Speaker: R.W. Eugene B. Nichols
December
Happy
Holidays from the officers of the 17th Lodge of Instruction. See you in 2008.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
TOY DRIVE
MESSAGE
We are collecting toys for the children of needy families in
Brockton for the holiday season. The donations will be split between Main
Spring and the David Jon Louison Child Center in Brockton. Both facilities have
children ranging in age from newborn up to 18 years. They usually have plenty
of toys donated for the younger children but lack for the older children
(pre-teen and teens). Since this group is tougher to buy for, and often
overlooked, the shelter requested gift cards to stores such as Bestbuy, Circuit
City, Dick’s Sporting Goods and the like for the pre-teen and teen children of
needy families.
Of course, any donation of a toy for any age group will go to good
use in the shelters. The cost of admission to the Dinner at the November
meeting will be a donation of a toy or gift card for this cause. Any
member that cannot make the meeting but would like to make a donation can call
me at home (508)-947-7755 and I will arrange to pick up the donation from the
member.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Main Spring House
November 8th is our next turn at Main Spring
House. This is not the regular 3rd Thursday. We were asked to switch
and we did. If you can assist, call Jim Sarantopoulos at 508-588-6436. Thanks
to Brothers Tom O’Brien, Adam Mitchell and Bill Qualglia for helping serve on
October 18th.
17th
Masonic District Events
Official Visits
|
Nov. 2nd |
Wampatuck Lodge |
Installations
|
Nov. 10th |
Satucket Lodge (Open) |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
November Masonic Anniversaries
|
Roger A. Bump |
57 years |
|
Burton L. Tibbetts, Jr. |
57 years |
|
John E. Bates |
55 years |
|
Edward K. Samuelson |
45 years |
|
Demetrios J. Sarantopoulos |
42 years |
|
Robert W. Bamford |
27 years |
|
Paul F. Gillis |
19 years |
|
Theodore R. Haskell |
19 years |
|
James Fotopoulos |
13 years |
|
Ronald R. Livolsi |
12 years |
|
Mark A. Franklin |
4 years |
|
Thomas A. Fisher |
4 years |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Scholarship Committee
Brethren, we
want to thank you for your donations last year. Although they were not as much
as we would have liked them to be, and they never will be enough, we were able
to award SEVEN (7) scholarships to be presented in February. Along
with the money donated by you, the members, and money from our Charity funds,
we are able to assist these fine young men and women pursue their dreams of a
higher education. The Scholarship Committee wants to let you know that this is
where your donations go. If you would like to see us award more, then consider
a donation. It does not only have to come in once a year with the dues. You can
send a check to the Secretary anytime.
The 2008
Scholarship applications for Grand Lodge and St. George are now available.
Please contact the Secretary if you have a child or grandchild that would like
to apply. He will get them right out to you.
From the East
Brethren,
My Brothers, I would like to thank you for having the confidence in me to lead St. George Lodge for another year. I am looking forward to a great year with a young line that is willing to do whatever it takes to make our Lodge the best it can be. If you have not been to Lodge over the last few months, you have missed some of the best work I have ever seen. We are looking forward to seeing you at a meeting soon and we will do whatever it takes to get you there. Is it a ride, Rusty Brother training, or just an invitation? Whatever it is, call me at 508-944-9552 and let me know what it will take, and I will see it is done.
In November, we will again be having a super dinner by Br. Gary King at 6:30. The cost of the meal will be a new toy, unwrapped, to be given to children in the Brockton area at Christmas time. See the Toy Drive Message.
On December 5th, we will be having an early Christmas party. We will be having entertainment for the ladies while we are having a short meeting. We will then join the ladies downstairs for dinner, followed by entertainment that’s out of this world! There will be gifts for the ladies and a fun night for all. The cost will be another unwrapped toy per person.
VA turnouts have been super by St. George Lodge. We still need all the help we can get. Our next turn is December 2nd. Even if you can’t make a meeting, we would love to see you at the VA.
I would like to take this opportunity to wish Wor. Douglas Massey the best of luck in his new endeavors and to thank him for all he has contributed to the Masonic lives of his Brothers in the Brockton District. He will be sorely missed by all in the 17th District, especially his Brothers at St. George Lodge.
Fraternally Yours
Wor. George F. Hebert
|
R.W. James C. Holmes,
Secretary |
Wor. George F. Hebert |
|
PO Box 126 |
112 West St. |
|
Whitman, MA 02382-0126 |
W. Bridgewater, MA 02379 |
|
Home: 781 982-6088 Cell: 508-631-1265 |
Home: 508-588-6282 Cell: 508-944-9552 |
|
E-mail: Semlohmij@aol.com |
E-mail: GFHebert1@msn.com |