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Lodge No. 115 A.F. & A.M e-Trestle Board, November, 2008 Greetings Brethren, At our November meeting, we
will enjoy a turkey dinner. At our
October meeting, Eastern Star put on a great meal of lamb stew and hot biscuits.
At the stated meeting on the first Monday of November, we will initiate a new
candidate and will likely vote on two more applications. Consequently, we will have plenty of degree
work in the upcoming months. At our last
meeting, Bro. Chad Poitras gave an interesting talk about his profession and
end-of-life-issues. Bro Poitras is the
funeral director at the local Dennett, Craig and Pate funeral home. There were
many questions from the sidelines. Bro.
Chad did a great job, and we received some very useful
information. At the prodding of the
Building Committee saying "Let us not
wait. Get it done now," the roof leak problem was undertaken by Bro. Butch
Gannett, Bro. Ron Moore and me. On a
recent beautiful October day, I climbed out on the Lodge roof and fixed the
leaks on the front of the building. Brothers Butch and Ron tightly held on to
the tether hooked to my safety harness.
Those slate shingles can be slippery, but I had full faith that my
Brothers would not let go of the rope as I scampered along the roof. The snow rake on the back of the building
will also be repaired soon. Bro. Rob Roy
changed the lights in the kitchen and Lodge room. He also lent a hand with the
roof crew. Thank you for everyone that lent a hand. We held an open house at
the Lodge on October 18. Several Masons,
Rainbow, DeMolay and Star members participated.
We enjoyed refreshments especially pastries from Tony’s Bakery donated by
Bro. Jason (or was it Bro. Jamie?) Grant.
A few folks showed up, but it was somewhat disappointing that more people
from the community didn’t participate. The Eastern Star is holding
a Master Mason night on November 10, 2008, with dinner at 6:00 p.m. Rainbow and DeMolay are performing the work
for the evening. Lets all support this event.
All Master Masons are invited. Brethren, it warrants repeating that it costs over $60
to mail the 100 or so copies of the trestle board every month or over $600 per
year! Trestles boards that are e-mailed
however cost the Lodge nothing. So if
you are an active or even a casual
e-mail user, or if your e-mail address has changed, please provide the
Secretary at buxton115@roadrunner.com with your e-mail address if you haven’t
already done so.
The proposal to change
our by-laws, Article 7, section 4, to suspend Brothers for non-payment of dues
from three years in the arrears to two years in the arrears has
been approved by Grand Lodge. If you
currently have dues amounting to two years in the arrears, you will have until
the date of our Annual Meeting, December 7, 2009, to pay your dues, when at that
time you will be three years in the arrears.
All others will be suspended according to the accepted change and will be
suspended if their dues are two years in the arrears on December 7,
2009. If you are currently two or
three years in the arrears, please consider at least paying a portion of your
dues now. We realize that three year’s
dues amounts to $150 which is a considerable amount of money, and is a major reason that we are considering changing
our by-laws. Matthew Brooker Master, Buxton Lodge
Buxton
Lodge No. 115 A.F. & A.M e-Trestle
Board, September 2008
Greetings
Brethren, Its time to get back to Masonic business and friends. I hope everyone is well and survived this very wet summer.
Chain Saw
Winner Robert Pettinicco and Bro. Matt Brooker Bro. Butch
Gannett had a summer get together at his home for the Masons and Eastern
Star. Mostly O E. Star folks attended
and the weather cooperated. I was sorry
I was not able to attend. Our September Stated
meeting is on the 15th. I hope to see many of you
there. I am having a
pot luck dinner, hay ride and games at my home at 37 Ashley Way, Waterboro Fraternally
yours, Matthew Brooker Master, Buxton
Lodge SCHEDULE OF UPCOMING MEETINGS
Monday, Sept 15 Buxton Lodge Stated Meeting, Business Mtg, 6:30 supper, 7:30 mtg. Monday, Oct 6 Buxton Lodge Stated Meeting, Business Mtg, 6:30 suppr, 7:30 mtg
Tuesday, Sept 23 Masters &
Wardens, Dunlap Lodge, Biddeford, 6:30 supper, 7:30 mtg. Monday, Oct 20 October 20, 2008, Special 6:30 super, 7:30 meeting. Brethren, the October trestle board will not be sent out in time for our next meeting. However, as usual, we are meeting the first Moday of the month, October 6, 2008, 6:30 super, 7:30 meeting. We will be holding a regular business meeting and voting on three candidates for degrees. Hopefully, based on this Monday's meeting and the candidates availability, we be having a special meeting on October 20 to do the EA degree. I will follow up with another e-mail notice as we firm up our schedule.
Fraternally yours, Matthew Brooker Master, Buxton Lodge
Officers
of Buxton Lodge, 2008
Matthew H. Brooker.................. Master.........................
247-8027
Donald R. Ross ....................... Senior
Warden..............
727-3010
Lincoln L. Turner....................... Junior
Warden..............
591-5577
Derrick K Desjardins.................. Senior Deacon..............
282-0516
Richard J. Chaisson.................. Junior Deacon...............
929-6616
Nicholas P. Pinkham................. Senior Steward.............
929-6204
Richard M Pinkham .................. Junior Steward..............
929-6267
William P.
Plummer.................. Tyler ..........................
221-2805
Chad E. Poitras........................ Chaplin........................
590-0537
Robert A. Roy........................... Organist.......................
929-6024
Jason s.
Grant..........................
Marshal........................
727-4122
Donald A. Warren..................... Treasurer......................
929-4462
Ronald B. Moore....................... Secretary.....................
727-3815
31 Pleasant Hill Rd, Hollis,
Maine 04042
e-mail: buxton115@roadrunner.com
Lodge Hall....................................................................
727-5521
Front row, L to R: SS Nick Pinkham, Wor. Guy Plummer, Bill Plummer, Guy Plummer III, RW Barry Plummer, RW Butch Gannett. Back row, L to R: JS Richard Pinkham, SW Don Ross, WM Matt Brooker, SD Derrick Desjardins, JD Rick Chaisson
Buxton
Lodge #115 Communications This
schedule of Lodge activities for 2008 is provided for your convenience and is
subject to change.
Saturday, December 6 Installation of officers * Supper's are at 6:30pm Meetings open at 7:30
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