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Congratulations to new Master Masons.
Front row: Keith Dickison (AGL), Robert Root, Richard Transue (Master for the evening), Richard Boyd II, Mario Sierra (Master), Mauro Doria, Robert Hunt DSA (Exemplar)

Second degree
Photos by Bruce L. Van Buren DSA

MW Richard Thomas' Grand Master Apron mounted below his plaque in the second floor hallway.

Born 06/02/1932 in Yugoslavia. Died 03/18/2019.
He last resided at his wing of the Masonic Care Community.

The parking lot has been paved in time for our Awards dinner on Monday June 26.

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R∴W∴Edward Newsham and W∴Bruce Van Buren presented W∴Howard A Stapley Jr with his 50 Year Service Award. Howard was Master in 1972.

Howard,

Howard & Bruce

Bruce, Howard & Betty

We had a great Communication with 15 members, 1 EA, and 3 visitors present; 19 total. Highlights:

• Rick Ranc lost his wedding ring for a few days; found it on the ball field.
• Ron Ranc jumped out of a perfectly good airplane.
• Last Monday Oneonta Chapter 277, Royal Arch Masons, received the DDGHP. Delaware Chapter is meeting with them until Delhi Lodge is repaired. There were 21 in attendance.
• 3 attended Northstar Project training.
• W∴ Bruce L. Van Buren appointed the district webmaster.
• Fred Hickein had a heart valve repaired and feels like he'll live to be 100.
• Annual Awards Dinner. Fred Hickein received special recognition and James St John received his 70 Year Service Award.
• Past Master need to make appointments at Costa Photography for pictures in our gallery. Please were tuxedo.

Yorktown Clock

Formerly the property of Yorktown Lodge, Virginia, this clock stood in the lodge rooms when George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette visited in October 1783., and at the Masonic Banquet held following the surrender of Cornwallis which signaled the end of the American Revolution.

Freemasons fought on both sides of the Revolution, although most Americans are familiar with those Founding Fathers were also Freemasons: Washington; Benjamin Franklin; Paul Revere; John Hancock; Lafayette; Ethan Allen; Baron von Steuben; together with none signers of the Declaration of Independence, nine signers of the Articles of Confederation, and thirteen signers of the United States Constitution. Many Freemasons saw the establishment of the American Republic as the culmination of the Masonic ideals of liberty, equality, and fraternity.

R∴W∴ Alexander Brannan, R∴W∴ David Stoy, and W∴ Bruce L. Van Buren had the honor to present R∴W∴ James R. Forbes with his appointment as Grand Representative of the Sovereign Grand Lodge of Malta near the Grand Lodge of the State of New York.