ORANGE PARK LODGE Nr.

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511 Kingsley Ave. Orange Park, FL 32073-4829 904-264-2783

www.orangeparkmasons.org
Stated Communications 7:30PM 1st & 3rd Monday Order of Eastern Star 7:30PM 1 & 3 Tuesday
Orange Park Lodge has an active Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. The following are eligible for membership: Affiliated Master Masons in good standing, females related to those Master Masons or if deceased, were in good standing at the time of their death. Contact: Carol Davis, Secretary for information. 904-813-6764
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January AD 2012
From the East: As we start another year at Orange Park Lodge, I would like to thank you, the Brethren, for your vote of confidence and trust in electing me as your Worshipful Master for this upcoming year. We have the finest Lodge in the state, and I fully intend to continue on the path that the Past Masters of this Lodge have set before us. I will be contacting many of you this month about committees and responsibilities that I would like some assistance with. I plan on keeping the Month of January a light one as we begin this year, but I plan on having a full slate of meetings in February. We will be dark on the 2 and will have a Stated th Communication on the 16 . We will open the Funeral Lodge at 5:30 pm on the 16th, have Dinner at 6:30 pm, and have the meeting at 7:30 pm. Together we will continue the traditions that Orange Park Lodge has set in place.
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2012 Officers
W.M. Duane Trump 312-0590 S.W. - RH Corey Kosciuszko - 535-8428 J.W. - DJ Levy 860-6740 Treas. Wayne Williams PM - 272-5487 Sec. Charlie Frey, PM 563-3340 (chasam69@gmail.com) S.D. - Leif Olsen - 759-0543 J.D. - Richard Bilyard II 982-5273 S.S. - Todd Jennings 446-5893 J.S.- Darin Mueller 278-7035 Marshal - Joseph Farrell 781-7392 Chaplain Eric King 465-2054 Tyler Bryant Samuelson 514-7547 Notice Unless otherwise noted in the Trestleboard, Dinner WILL be served prior to all meetings and special events. Secretarys Corner
Brothers, thank you again for electing me your Secretary for 2012. I humbly accept this position and ask for your continued support through the coming year. Im in the process of doing two Trestleboards each month instead of just one. One Trestleboard will be more or less abbreviated to save on costs of mailing and processing. The other version will be the email version and will contain additional information about the Lodge and hopefully articles, photos and maybe even advertising to help offset some of the costs. All vital information will be in both versions such as the lists of officers and contact numbers, our committees and the monthly schedule. Also any Grand Lodge required information will be contained in both. I will be seeking your inputs for the email version and I hope that will cause more of our members who have email to sign up for that version and continue to reduce our mailing costs. I am open to any other suggestions as to how we can make the Trestleboard more informative and useful to our membership. Thanks again. Charlie

Calendar of events January 2012

January 2 Lodge is DARK HAPPY NEW YEAR January 16 Stated Communication 5:30 Open Funeral Lodge for 2012 6:30 Dinner 7:30 Stated Meeting January 23 Called Communication Master Mason Degree 5:30 open for Fellowcraft catechism 6:30 Dinner 7:30 Degree January 25 11 & 12 Masonic Association Ribault Lodge No. 272 6:30 Dinner 7:30 - Meeting
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Committees 2012 Sickness and Visitation Phillip Cannon, Widows Jeff Foster, Bill Stevens, Vigilance Corey Kosciusko, Danny Griffith & Vince Dreyer Masonic Education Elmer Coffman, Jeff Foster, Pat Farrell, Rudy Boatright, Jerry Austin, Corey Kosciusko Finance: Corey Kosciusko, Bill Walker, Randy Rogers Charity Corey Kosciusko, Bill Walker Board of Relief Duane Trump, Corey Kosciusko, DJ Levy Lodge Property Duane Trump, Corey Kosciuszko, DJ Levy, Wayne Williams, George VanValkenburg Memorial Charlie Frey, Lew Smith Petitions: Charlie Frey, Jeff Foster, Phillip Cannon, Lew Smith, Arthur Morrison, Tony Cerra Investigation Committee: Stephen Baker, Philip Cannon Non-payment of Dues Elmer Coffman, Danny Griffith Public Education and Primary Schools: Elmer Coffman, Jeff Foster, Duane Trump, Corey Kosciusko Publicity & Scholarship Randy Rogers, Jack Welkenbach, Dennis Smith, Website Corey Kosciusko, DJ Levy, James Orner Blood Bank: Jack Welkenbach Board History & Archives Elmer Coffman, Bill Walker Mentors: Vince Dreyer Catechism Instructors DJ Levy, Richard Bilyard Sr., Richard Bilyard II, Lew Smith,

Starting this month there will be TWO Trestleboards sent out. The regular US Postal mail version will be abbreviated to save costs. If you would like to receive the full version by email please make sure I have your email address. There will also be copies of the full version available in the Lodge. Charlie

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Freemasonry and Brotherhood

The fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons has members from every ethnic group and every continent in the world. Brotherhood is a primary teaching of Masonry--that each person must be judged as an individual, on his own merits, and that such factors as race, national origin, religious creed, social status, or wealth are incidental to the person's character. Freemasonry was brought to North America in the 1700s, a time when racial attitudes were very different from today. As happened with many churches and social organizations, these attitudes caused Freemasonry for African-American men to develop independently. In 1776 a group of African-American Masons in Boston began meeting as a Lodge; they were formally chartered by England in 1784 as African Lodge #459. African Lodge and its descendants developed a separate Grand Lodge system, known as Prince Hall Masonry (after the first Master of African Lodge). Prince Hall Grand Lodges ascribe to the same beliefs and rituals of Freemasonry as do all regular Masonic Lodges throughout the world. Since a petition for membership in Masonry does not ask a petitioner's race, statistics on ethnic breakdowns are not kept by any Grand Lodge. Collecting such information is considered as inappropriate as collecting information about a Brother's financial standing. A lodge is not permitted to accept or exclude a candidate on the basis of his race or national origin. To petition for membership, the petitioner must be "a man of legal age, good reputation, and possess a belief in God." While election to membership in the fraternity is a matter for the local lodge to decide, the qualifications for membership are standard, and all Masons are required to observe them.

Orange Park Lodge No. 267 Past Masters & Past Grand Lodge Officers
James Wylie 1930 Ben Mayes 1931 Louis Martin 1932 William U. Wilson 1933 Joseph B. Cottrel 1934, 35, 42/45 Ray A. Gordon 1936 Stanley D. Morgan 1937-38 Cebron B. Jackson 1939 Hoyt B. Cotney 1940 Richard C. Irving 1941 Ellis J. Oglesby 1946/47 Chester E. Merrill, Jr. 1948 Ralph C. Rines 1949 Oscar M. Dean 1950 Clarence L. Metcalf 1951 Lee E. Overstreet 1952 William C. Williams 1954 Walter Z. Tarr 1955 William G. Giessen 1956 Anthony H. Oak 1957 Gilbert Tucker 1958 Ira L. McCormick 1959 Barney L. Price 1960 Johnny M. Gentry 1961 Marvin W. Howze 1962 Paul C. Armstrong 1963 Marvin E. Whilhite 1964 Louis M. Gill 1965 George Steve Jr. 1966 - DDGM 1976 John L. Leverence 1967 John M. Satterfield, 1968 - DDGM 1972 John A. Hartzog 1969 Charles W. Smith 1971 Thomas L. Metcalf 1972 Walter C. Sherrill 1973 Ted W. Odle 1975 John D. Rown 1976 H. Gene Grimes 1977 Horace E. Stepler, 1978 - DDGM 1988 Donald W. West 1980 - DDGM 1985 Charles R. Wagner 1981 Claude Ben Sebastian 1982 Note: Deceased members are in italics Ned L. Hanson 1983 Jack L. Welkenbach 1984 Arthur I. Morrison 1985 Clayton J. Kicklighter 1986 Edward L. Case 1987 Elmer G. Coffman 1988 - DDGM 1992 - GM 2004 Chester L. Fitzpatrick 1989 James H. Brewton 1990 William Walker 1991 DDGM 1996 Norman J. Magyar 1992 Danny R. Griffith 1993 James Emmert 1994 Patrick F. Farrell 1995 - DDGM 2005 Edwin T. Austin 1996 William Harvey Jenkins 1997 Dan Joseph McNeal 1998 Rudin J. Boatright 1999 - DDGM 2009 W. Jerry Austin 2000 - DDGM 2010 Charles H. Frey 2001 Wayne M. Williams 2002 Mark A. Royal 2003 Otho Lew Smith 2004 Daniel W. Mitola 2005 James V. Vince Dreyer 2006 Randall L. Rogers 2007 Dennis E. Smith 2008 Carl Yochelson 2009 Jeffrey Foster 2010 Ronald E. Smith 2011

Affiliated Past Masters

James W. Livingston - Belleview 95 - 1998 Milford Durwood Smith Albert J. Russell #126 - 1967 George Thomson DC #31 1978 Elmer Posick Broward #300 - 1976 Jeffrey A. May Marion-Dunn #19 - 1994 Robert DeLoatch Albert J. Russell #126 - 1997 Henry W. Hart Riverview #306 2005/2006 Richard Grondin Webster #164 ME -

I think I may have missed some of the Past District Deputies from the deceased members but just count the number of Orange Park Lodge members who have served, and/or continue to serve, in some sort of Grand Lodge office. I havent even listed the appointed Grand Lodge Offices or Grand Lodge committees. Is this a record for a single Florida Lodge? Inquiring minds want to know. Anyone having information to add to this section please let me know.

Orange Park Lodge No. 267 Perpetual Members

William J. Austin Eugene R. Baker Michael C. Bennett Barry W. Bett Charles D. Blake Rudin J. Boatright Alberto Castiel Anthony N. Cerra Michael E. Cofer Elmer G. Coffman Gregory A. Coffman Maurice A. Cooper, Jr. Robert W. Cunningham Robert W. DeLoatch James V. Dreyer James Emmert William T. Evans III Patrick F. Farrell Joseph N. Farrell Larry E. Fenwick Chester L. Fitzpatrick Kenneth L. Foster Jeffrey S. Foster Charles H. Frey Rob A. Garrett Johnny M. Gentry Antonio T. Gonzalez Jr Joseph C. Gooding Mack D. Gooding James D. Graves Danny R. Griffith Henry W. Hart Mark E. J. Heilman IV Rodney C. Herman Richard T. Hicks Robert W. Holmes William M. Hudson II Clayton J. Kicklighter James E. King Corey D. Kosciuszko William T. Lenoir Keith G. Lentz James W. Livingston Ronald E. Mackie Norman J. Magyar Bennie E. Martin Daniel W. Mitola Daniel W. Mitola Jr. Arthur I. Morrison Aaron G. Newman David E. Newton Noah A. O'Berry III Ted W. Odle Fernando Ortiz Philip A. Potts Darrell G. Quiett Randall L. Rogers Mark A. Royal Keith A. Schertell Charles W. Smith Dennis E. Smith Otho L. Smith Ronald E. Smith Lewis E. Smith Bobby D. Stroud Frank H. Stubbs III Leonard R. Stuck William P. Thaw Craig W. Thompson Robert D. Trump Jr. William Walker Jack L. Welkenbach Donald W. West Marvin E. Wilhite Wayne M. Williams Dennis N. Witt Jr. Joseph H. Wright Jr. Joseph H. Wright Sr. Carl Yochelson

Perpetual (Honorary)
George Washington Wilmer T. Atwell William B. Rich Joseph Mitola Joseph Mitola Jr.

Perpetual (Memorial)
William H. Jenkins Frank McCance

Perpetual Friend
Mrs. Hollyn Foster