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2200 West Mesquite Ave. (Rancho & US-95) Las Vegas, Nevada 89106

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A FREE PUBLICATION TO MEMBERS & FRIENDS OF NELLIS LODGE 46

Dispensation: November 10, 1962

Chartered November 12, 1963

Volume 48 Issue No. 6 NELLIS LODGE NO. 46 F. & A.M. Printed 9 times a year

June, July &

August 2011

TABLE LODGE— JUNE 14th

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Most Worshipful

Reed R. Moseley

Grand Master of Masons in Nevada

PAST GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Most Worshipful Donald G. Hines

Past Grand Master of Masons in Nevada

Most Worshipful William B. Berk

Past Grand Master of Masons in Nevada

Right Worshipful Dale K. Dean Sr.

Past Junior Grand Warden, Grand Lodge of Nevada

3 Year

Arcangelo O. Cocco, P.M.

2 Year

Gerald McCorkle, P.M.

1 Year

Terry Robertson, P.M.

2011 Nellis Lodge Trustees

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2011 Officer Line

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Nellis Lodge Past Masters

Albert Schouten

Donald G. Hines

Albert W. Cutler*

Joseph Bureski*

Virgil M. Babbs*

Ivan H. Joyce, Sr.*

Herbert T. Edgar*

Robert P. Braner*

Woodrow W. Thompson*

William B. Berk

Robert E. Broughton

Donald L. Vines

Stuart E. Pirie*

Richard C. Ehrensing*

Walter T. Jones*

Charles R. Rinehart*

William J. Schoenholzer*

Gerald H. McCorkle

Robert B. Riggs

Dale K. Dean Sr.

Stephen M. Thompson

Billy R. Huffman*

John C. Richardson

Theodore M. West*

1963

1964

1965

1966

1967

1968

1969

1970

1971

1972

1973

1974

1975

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

1985

1986

John W. Startt, III

Alan J. Clark

Harold R. Hamilton

John Kiehlbaugh

Gerry Cunningham*

Bart Bonar

Michael Holmstrom

Craig Johnson

Fred Barr

Jeff Byrne

Scutter Newton

John Messana

Andrew D. Craig

Terry Robertson

David Swallow

John Feustel

Sam Ruiz

Franklin E. Merica

Ray Troche

James T. Greely

John Gjonola

Michael J. Clark

Bjorn E. Sundquist

Arcangelo O. Cocco

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1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

Past Masters by Affiliation

Grover White*

Albert Fischer

Franklin E. Merica

James Pavey*

Shibli Sawalha

Frank Fiedler

Carl Vetter

David Cohen*

David Lublin

Frank Heyer

* Signifies a Deceased Brother

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Brethren,

I am working on the trip to Virginia City Lodge. It will happen before we come back from our summer break. For those of you who signed up, expect a call from me sometime in August. Anyone who didn‟t sign up and wants to go, I will find a way to make it happen. So far I have 11 Travelers on board. The date for our excursion is September 3rd, we will leave on Friday the 2nd from the MMT around 4pm. We return on Sunday the 4

th, We will also have a car along to get

around and for back up just in case.

I have had quite a few personnel issues and wish to thank the Line for stepping up and carrying the ball. Great Job my Brothers, I am certainly proud of Nellis Lodge #46, even though we had a few hiccups we are still one of the most active and best in the state and looks like we will be for years to come. Let‟s not lose the momentum and keep it going.

Over the summer we have beer and brats night once a month come and enjoy the fellowship and fun. Check out the web-site for the dates as well as in the trestle board. Will see what hot movies are out and show that if we can.

Have a great summer and see you all in the fall.

Remember God, Family and Job before the Lodge.

Fraternally Mike

Michael J. Clark, P.M.

Worshipful Master 2011

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Its June my brothers, and I have to say that I'm very much looking forward to table lodge, It think we are going to have a lot of fun.

I promised a brother that I would make sure that I mentioned the something for our veterans. For all our veterans who may be having health issues, especially cancer, the V.A. takes cancer especially serious and does quit a bit for our veterans that do or may have cancer. If you are not sure how to get help from V.A. or have lost your DD214 go to the nearest recruiter of the branch of service you belonged to and they will get it for you. Then take your DD214 to the V.A. God Bless.

I also want to mention the fireworks booth. We still need brothers to volunteer some time to work the fireworks booth. There must be two in the booth at all times. Our budget is based almost entirely on the booth for the following year, so it is very important. Our Junior Warden Chuck Worth has the schedule, so please contact him.

I know that I usually write a book, but for the last trestle before of the summer break just be safe, be cool, and most of all enjoy it.

Hope to see all of you at table lodge.

S.W. Scott

Scott Keiser

Senior Warden

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Brethren,

Our fireworks booth is in desperate

need of volunteers, especially to

transport the fireworks to and from

the storage lot. If you have a vehicle

with a trailer hitch and can possibly

lend a hand we would really

appreciate it.

As your Junior Warden it is my year

to put the Table Lodge meal

together. We are going to have;

BACON WRAPPED FILET MIGNON

BONELESS SKINLESS CHICKEN BREAST FILET

BAKED POTATOES

A VEGETABLE

SALAD & ROLLS

CHOCOLATE CAKE

Have a fun and safe summer break—Study your rituals!!

Fraternally

Chuck

Charles Wirth

Junior Warden

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Hi-Twelve

The following outline of a regular “Hi-Twelve Committee” is

from page 36 of the Officers’ Manual of Lodge Organization

and Operation, authorized by the Grand Lodge of Nevada,

1978, written by Larry E. Gafney, Deputy Grand Master:

Not enough can be said in pointing out the importance of a

well-trained and well-organized team for the conferring of the

second section of the Third Degree. This is the culmination of

the work in the Symbolic Lodge and the portion that makes a

lasting impression on the Mason, especially if properly

conferred.

Humiliation and embarrassment of candidates during the

conferring of the ritual have lost to the Fraternity many

potentially fine members who were thus prevented from

catching and thrilling to the beauty and spirit of Masonic

allegory and symbolism from an otherwise competent

rendition.

A candidate cannot be reached effectively when he is

embarrassed or humiliated, or feels the necessity of staying on

guard against any form of hazing, however slight, which has

no place in Masonry.

Let us therefore always strive to make our rendition of the

ceremony "effective in the inner life of the candidate, a

genuine moral and spiritual experience by which he truly

enters a new kind of life."

This Committee, when functioning properly, not only relieves

the Worshipful Master of a great direct responsibility but also

provides important duties for those who are not Lodge officers.

It also develops a reserve of dedicated brothers who have

proven their ability and dedication from which the Master

Elect can, if he so desires, select capable brothers to serve as

appointed officers. A properly organized Hi-Twelve

From the Sidelines By Brian Higgins

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Committee should consist of a Chairman, a Vice Chairman,

and a sufficient number of ritualists to provide two complete

teams. The assignments should be alternated so all may partici-

pate and yet have enough work to-maintain a high degree of pro-

ficiency without imposing on anyone. The original makeup of the

Committee would of necessity be composed of those who are fa-

miliar with the work; however, as time pass additional members

should be drawn from new members added to the roll.

Additionally, we are admonished to remember that the degrees of

Masonry are for the communication of some of the most impor-

tant and fundamental principles in life, and that our behavior

during the degrees should complement the solemn nature of the

instruction.

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After the labors of the Lodge have been completed, Freemasons frequently meet at tables to enjoy a repast in common. In England and America, this repast is generally called a banquet, and the Lodge is said to be, during its continuance, at refreshment. The Master, of course, presides, assisted by the Wardens, and it is consid-ered most proper that no profanes should be present. But with these excep-tions, there are no rules specially laid down for the government of Masonic banquets. It will be seen, by an inspection of the article Refreshment in this work, that during a the eighteenth century, and even at the commencement of the nineteenth, refreshments in a English Lodges were taken during the ses-sions of the Lodge and in the Lodge room, and then, of course, a rigid rules were in existence for the government of the Fraternity, and for the regulation of the forms in which the refreshments should be partaken. But this system has long grown obsolete, and the Masonic banquets of the present day differ very little from those of other societies, except, perhaps, in a more Strict ob-servance of the rules of order, and in the exclusion of all non-Masonic visi-tors. But French Freemasons have prescribed a very formal system of rules for what they call a Loge de Table, or Table Lodge. The room in which the ban-quet takes place is as much protected by its isolation from observation as the Lodge-room itself. Table Lodges are always held in the Apprentice's Degree, and none but Freemasons are permitted to be present. Even the attendants are taken from the class known as Serving Brethren, that is to say, waiters who have received the First Degree for the special purpose of entitling them to be present on such occasions. The table is in the form of a horseshoe or elongated semicircle. The Master sits at the head, the Senior Warden at the northwest extremity, and the Junior Warden at the southwest The Deacons or equivalent officers sit between the two Wardens. The Brethren are placed around the exterior margin of the ta-ble, facing each other; and the void space between the sides is occupied by the serving Brethren or attendants. It is probable that the form of the table was really adopted at first from motives of convenience. But M. Hermitte (Bulletin, Grand Orient, 1869, page 83) assigns for it a symbolism. He says that as the entire circle represents the year, or the complete revolution of the earth around the sun, the semicircle represents the half of that revolution, or a period of six months, and therefore refers to each the two solstitial points of summer and winter, or the two great festivals of the Order in June and De-cember, when the most important Table Lodges are held.

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The Table Lodge is formally opened with an invocation to the Grand Ar-chitect. During the banquet seven toasts are given. These are called Santes d' Obligation, or obligatory toasts. They are drunk with certain ceremonies which are prescribed by the ritual, and from which no depar-ture is permitted. These toasts are:

The health of the Sovereign or Chief Magistrate of the State. Grand Master and the Supreme power of the Order, that is, th Grand Orient or the Grand Lodge. Master of the Lodge; this is offered by the Senior Warden. The two Wardens. Visiting Brethren. The other officers of the Lodge, and the new initiates or affiliates I there be any. All Freemasons wheresoever spread over the face of the globe.

Ragon (Tuileur General, page 17) refers these seven toasts of obligation to the seven libations made by the ancients in their banquets in honor of the seven planets, the Sun, Moon, Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn, and the seven days of the week which are named after them; and he assigns some striking reasons for the reference. But this symbolism, although very beautiful, is evidently very modern. The Table Lodge is then closed with the fraternal kiss, which is passed from the Master around the table, and with the usual forms. One of the most curious things about these Table Lodges is the vocabu-lary used. The instant that the Lodge is opened, a change takes place in the names of things, and no person is permitted to call a plate a plate, or a knife a knife, or anything else by the appellation by which it is known in ordinary conversation. Such a custom formerly prevailed in England, if we may judge from a passage in Doctor Oliver's Revelations of a Square (page 215), where an instance is given of its use in 1780, when the French vocabulary was employed. It would seem, from the same author-ity, that the custom was introduced into England from France by Captain George Smith, the author of the Use and Abuse of Freemasonry, who was initiated in a Continental Lodge. - Source: Mackey's Encyclopedia of Freemasonry

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Nellis Lodge No. 46

F. & A.M.

Annual Table Lodge

June 14, 2011

6:30pm

in the Garden Room at the

Masonic Memorial Temple.

$15.00

This is a Tyled event

Entered Apprentices & Fellowcrafts are

welcome.

Bacon wrapped filet,

boneless BBQ chicken breasts,

Baked Potatoes & Vegetables

salad, hot rolls and cake for dessert.

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June 2011

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2

SCOTTISH RITE

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4

V.A. Golf

Tournament in

Boulder City (Call Mike Clark for

details)

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6

Daylite 44—12:00

Oasis 41—7:00

Stated

Communications

Degree Practice

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Stated

Communication

Hawaiian Shirt

Night

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Nellis Picnic

Floyd Lamb Park at

Tule Springs

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Table Lodge

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Grand Master‟s

Ladies Appreciation

Banquet at Zelzah

Shrine

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Grand Lodge Training

Secession at

Vegas 32

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Dark—Zelzah

Shrine

FIREWORK

Booth Begins

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FIREWORKS

MMT BOARD

6:30

MMT Library

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FIREWORKS

Masters & Wardens

6:30pm

At MMT

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FIREWORKS JULY 1

FIREWORKS

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FIREWORKS

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FIREWORKS

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FIREWORKS For further events while we are dark during the summer check the website

nellislodge46.org

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June 2011

Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 2

SCOTTISH RITE

3

4

V.A. Golf

Tournament in

Boulder City (Call Mike Clark for

details)

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6

Daylite 44—12:00

Oasis 41—7:00

Stated

Communications

Degree Practice

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Stated

Communication

Hawaiian Shirt

Night

8

9

10

11

12

Nellis Picnic

Floyd Lamb Park at

Tule Springs

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14

Table Lodge

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Grand Master‟s

Ladies Appreciation

Banquet at Zelzah

Shrine

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Grand Lodge Training

Secession at

Vegas 32

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Dark—Zelzah

Shrine

FIREWORK

Booth Begins

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FIREWORKS

MMT BOARD

6:30

MMT Library

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FIREWORKS

Masters & Wardens

6:30pm

At MMT

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FIREWORKS JULY 1

FIREWORKS

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FIREWORKS

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FIREWORKS

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FIREWORKS For further events while we are dark during the summer check the website

nellislodge46.org

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Join The

Brethren a few years ago we started a century club to raise money to support Lodge functions and events. We‟ve decided to bring it back! Donate $100 to the Lodge under “Century Club” an your name will appear on a 2011 Century Club plaque that will be prominently displayed. Your name will also appear in the Trestleboard.

THE MASONIC MEMORIAL TEMPLE IS

NOW OFFERING RENTAL STORAGE

SPACE!!

Conveniently located at the MMT this will be a first come first

served opportunity for any Mason that needs a storage unit.

Time is limited because when they‟re gone THEY‟RE GONE!

Remember there is limited availability.

If you are interested contact: TERRY ROBERTSON at

702-499-2242

10‟ X 13‟ $60 per month

7‟ X 13‟ $45 per month

7‟ X 16‟ $100 per month

14‟ X 13‟ $120 per month

Other units also available

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The 2nd Annual Nellis Picnic.

June 12, 2011 Floyd Lamb Park at Tule Springs

Fun

Food & Drink

Games for the kids

Potluck

More details to come……………...

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Masonic baseball caps One size fits all * Show your sup-

port for Nellis Lodge or the Square & Compasses alone

Available in Black or White with a gold Square & Com-

passes Order yours today!! You can get yours by mail or

at the Lodge. $15.00 at the Lodge or $20.00 by mail

____________________________________________

Name

____________________________________________

Address

____________________________________________

City, State, Zip Make $20 checks payable to Nellis Lodge 46.

Please allow 2 weeks for delivery.

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Nellis Lodge No. 46

Bikes for Books

Program

Help encourage elementary school children to

read!

For more information contact

W. Michael Clark, P.M.

Pay your dues with

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Nellis Lodge

Annual

Fireworks

Booth June 28th through

July 4th

Silverado Ranch & Maryland Parkway

in the Albertsons parking lot

Sign up to help

or buy your fireworks early

See Scott Keiser

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2011 COMMITTEES COGNIZANCE

W. Bro. David Swallow, W. Bro. Jeff Byrne & W. Bro. John Gjonola

EDUCATION & INVESTIGATIONS

Bro. Robert Kinniburgh, Bro. Charles Wirth, Bro. Christopher Rothwell,

W. Bro. Jerry McCorkle, Bro. Kevin Smith, Bro. Frank Joseph,

Bro. Nelson Sardelli, W. Bro. Shibli Sawalha. Bro. Brian Higgins

and New Master Masons

TRESTLEBOARD

Bro. Harold Scalzo, Jr., W. Bro. James Greely, W. Bro. Michael Clark,

W. Bro. Frank Heyer, Bro. Charles Wirth, Bro. Scott Keiser,

W. Bro. Arcangelo Cocco, Bro. Brian Higgins.

TELEPHONE

W. Bro Mike Clark All Line Officers

DELINQUENCY

W. Bro. James Greely, W. Bro. Frank Heyer, W. Bro. Shibli Sawalha,

W. Bro. Sam. Ruiz & W. Bro. Mike Clark.

FUNDRAISING

Bro. Scott Keiser, W. Bro. David Lublin, Bro. Charles Wirth,

Bro. Harold Scalzo, Jr.

LONG RANGE PLANNING

Bro. Charles Wirth, Bro. Christopher Lee, W. Bro. John Feustel and all Line

Officers.

Dues Relief Fund

Help a Brother by contributing to the

dues relief fund. Your contribution will

assist a brother that has fallen on hard

times.

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Scott Bernard 6/20

Steve Cardin 6/15

Michael Clark, W.M., P.M. 6/24

Jerry Eitel 6/4

Paul Gamble 6/16

Donald Hines, P.G.M. 6/17

Daniel Kaelin 6/26

Alex Löser 6/7

Scutter Newton, P.M. 6/3

Jim Porter 6/4

Robert Ripley 6/11

Michael Sanchez 6/7

Ryan Sanshuck 6/24

Ray Smith 6/10

Jason Turner 6/25

Charles White 6/15

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Russell Allen 7/16

Dustin Casey 7/15

Hugh Coffman 7/22

Frank Cordier 7/7

Jason Davis 7/4

Richard Domnitz 7/24

Anthony Francisco 7/8

John Gjonola, P.M. 7/12

Chet Hayes 7/11

Mike Holmstrom, P.M. 7/5

Scott Keiser 7/25

J.C. Lester 7/12

Carl Martin 7/7

Mark Miller 7/18

Harold Newbold 7/20

Mike Olson 7/5

Michael Passanante 7/22

Murlen Perdue 7/16

Willie Perez 7/28

Roy Plumlee 7/23

Jack Richardson, P.M. 7/21

Chris Rothwell 7/16

Don Sherman 7/15

Richard Tribett 7/1

Vern Wilcox 7/7

Chuck Wirth 7/14

Eliot Workman 7/10

Bennie A. Brewer 7/23

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Kelly Allen 8/17

Cam Ashby 8/18

James Bassett 8/9

Steven Beattie 8/10

Ryan Brunty 8/7

Jeff Byrne 8/21

John Coulson 8/17

Melvin Downum 8/11

Jeff Gordon 8/9

Bob Kinniburgh 8/12

Kevin Lopez 8/4

Larry McCandless 8/24

Frank Merica, P.M. 8/14

Sanjay Narasimhalu 8/11

Adam Papacs 8/4

Scott Ponder 8/4

Robert Riggs 8/28

James Royce 8/8

George Tsacoyeanes 8/25

Don White 8/2

John Williams 8/27

Robert Woodsford 8/24

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Old Masters Wages

I Met a Dear Old Man Today Who Wore a Masonic Pin

It Was Old and Faded like the Man It„s Edges Were Worn and Thin

I Approached the Park Bench Where He Sat to Give the Old Brother

His Due

I Said, "I See You„ve Traveled East He Said, "I Have, Have You"?

I Said, I Have and in My Day Before the All Seeing Sun

I Played in the Rubble with Jubala, Jubilo and Jubalum.

He Shouted, Don't Laugh at the Work My Son It„s Good and Sweet

and True

And If You„ve Traveled as You Said You Should Give These Things a

Due.

The Work, the Sign, the Token, the Sweet Masonic Prayer.

The Vow That You Have Taken You Have Climbed the Inner Stair.

The Wages of a Mason Are Never Paid in Gold

But the Gain Comes from Contentment When You're Weak and

Growing Old.

You See I've Carried My Obligations for Almost 50 Years

It Has Helped Me Through the Hardships and the Failures Full of

Tears.

Now I„m Losing My Mind and Body - Death Is near but I Don't Despair

I've Lived My Life upon the Level and I„m Dying on the Square

Sometimes the Greatest Lessons Are Those That Are Learned Anew

And the Old Man in the Park Today Has Changed My Point of View

To All My Masonic Brothers the Only Secret Is to Care

May You Live upon the Level and Part upon the Square.

Submitted by Gene Fabac

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Days End In The coolness of the evening...

When the sun is going down,

The shadows of the stately trees...

Are long upon the ground.

A gentle breeze comes blowing.

Blue skies begin to gray,

Sunset's rays are glowing

All mark the end of day.

The birds have ceased their singing,

And seek their nightly place,

The stars begin appearing...

And till the darkening space.

The toils of this day are over.

Now is the time for rest...

With comfort in the knowledge

That I have done my best.

The dawn will come tomorrow,

And bring a brighter day,

And all the disappointments

Should surely pass away.

The noon-day sun, high in the sky...

Will warm my heart and soul,

And be a source of strength...

To help me reach my goal.

When the day is finished...

And the sun sets in the west,

I can say within my heart…

"Today, I did my best!"