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Brethren,
Let me
start by thanking the Lodge for allowing me to represent all of you at
Grand Lodge. Grand Lodge this year was very productive, and your
Lodge benefited greatly by participating in Grand Lodge. To see the
results of the voting at Grand Lodge (there are just too many to list
here), I encourage all of you to visit the Grand Lodge website at
www.freemason.org.
My thanks to Worshipful Gil Buck and all the others who
helped with the Annual Barbeque. The Barbeque went well and exceeded
my expectations. We raised over $2,500.00, which will go into the Joe
Gonzales Scholarship Fund. On top of this everyone involved had a
great time, the food was wonderful, and our members showed up in huge
numbers to support this effort. Again, my thanks to all those that
helped to put the Barbeque on, and to those that attended.
My thanks also to Worshipful Frank and Mary Jo Gillespie
for all their great work toward the evening at the Downey Civic Light
Opera. The dinner at Mimi’s was delicious and the presentation of My
Fair Lady was worthy of a Broadway Play. The evening was a huge
success, everyone had a lot of fun, and (again) the performance of My
Fair Lady was superb. My thanks to all that attended.
Another round of thanks from me goes out to Worshipful
Frank and Mary Jo Gillespie for their work in putting together the
trip to Laughlin. As I write this we are a few days from leaving, but
I am sure we will all have a great time.
Last month your Lodge also elected Worshipful Roy Pool and
Worshipful Steve Zastouphil for affiliation into our Lodge, we all
voted to reinstate Brother Randall Gossett back into the Lodge, and we
elected Mr. Kevin McAfee to receive the degrees of Masonry in our
Lodge. We also have about three more potential members under
consideration. With all that is going on, I can’t see how anyone can
say that Masonry is in decline. From where I sit I see Masonry, and
our Lodge in particular, on a rapid rise. We should all be proud of
our Lodge. I am.
As Worshipful Benjamin Franklin said after one Continental
Congress meetings - I looked at the chair the President of the
Congress and there I saw a sun. I couldn’t tell if the sun was rising
or falling. After this meeting I can now see that the sun is rising
for a brighter future. As I look to the east of our Lodge room I see
a similar sun.
I also can see that the sun is rising with the prospects of a bright
future for Freemasonry, and for your Golden Trowel Norwalk Lodge.
Gary Iverson -
Master
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