January/February 2013
The North Carolina Mason
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INSTALL, from page 1
to repair and restore the building. On the night of installation,
many members of the community got to look around the newly
refreshed historic building during conducted tours.
While the joint installation was Tom Dolinger���s dream, it was
made possible by a few men who did not listen to the negativity
and drove ahead with their own time and labor to remake Greensboro���s Masonic home. Those men were recognized with a plaque
to be placed in the Temple. The plaque salutes Gene Godsoe, Arthur Marshal, Greg Woodard, and Dan Rice for the ���countless
hours of their time in restoring��� the Temple.
Ric Carter
photos
RAINBOW, from page 8
The camping season commences June 17 and runs through
July 31. Each one week segment costs $280. The kids, sponsored by Masonic lodges or Eastern Star chapters, enjoy
swimming, crafts, hiking, the ropes course, and other activities. They may see ���The Horn in the West,��� explore Grandfather Mountain, and enjoy other age appropriate activities as
time and weather permit.
The $280 camping fee covers all meals, crafts, and lodging
for the camp week which runs from Sunday afternoon until
Saturday morning. Contributions to defer cost of maintaining
Camp Rainbow are welcomed.
Reservations for kids should be sent to Camp Rainbow
no later than May 1, 2013. This allows planning and suitable
staffing of the camp. All checks should be made payable to
Camp Rainbow, Inc. Please share Camp Rainbow���s story with
your lodge.
Camp Rainbow is not just for girls and boys. The facilities
are available to all Masons and Eastern Stars for camping, weddings, family reunions, meetings, retreats, and more. Cabins and
hookups for campers are available from April through October,
except during the kids��� camping season.
A craft fair is held each fall to raise funds to defray some of
the cost of operating Camp Rainbow. The craft fair has a variety
of foods and crafts, an auction, and entertainment. It is open to
the public.
You can get details and more information by calling Dean
Cheek, chairman of the Camp���s Board of Directors at (336)
more
668-7395 or . If you���d like to visit on
Fun Day, let Cheek know by April 15. Cheek and other staffers
are also available to do programs in your lodge about the camp.
Operative Lodge No. 150 in Aberdeen, Scotland is unusual
in that it is only open to operative stonemasons.
��� ���From To Light��� by Larry Jacobson,
The Nebraska Mason, Spring 2012
Antique apron gift
HERTFORD ��� Francis Pugh and Charles Eley visited Perquimans 106 on November 20. They presented the lodge with a
framed 100-year-old Masonic apron. The apron had belonged to
Luther Wood Parker who was raised by Perquimans Lodge on
September 13, 1910. Seen here, from left, are Pugh, then Perquimans Lodge Master Jeff Perry, and Eley.
��� Paul Gregory
Mileposts
NEW BERN ��� Grantham 725 presents a scholarship each year. They
use it to honor a member, past or present, at the same time they help a student get to college.The 2012 $1,000 award, this year named for PM William
O. Hale, went to East Carolina bound Allison Cuthrell. Cuthrell is the daughter of Robert and Melisa Cuthrell and granddaughter of George Herring.
Robert and George are both members of Grantham Lodge. ��� Jim White
WILMINGTON ��� On December 8, Eddie
Gaskins, long-time secretary of Wilmington 319
was presented the Secretary of Distinction award.
The award may be given by lodges to lodge secretaries who have rendered distinguished service for
five or more years.
GARNER ��� Vandora 745���s Jarvis Lawrence turned 100
years old on November 22. The lodge celebrated his birthday
a few days early, November 3, so they could honor him at the
lodge. Master Steven Annis presented Jarvis a plaque for his
outstanding service and reaching 100 years. Jarvis��is a charter
member of Vandora Lodge and served as master in 1998. Annis
is seen here giving Lawrence a birthday cake, thankfully without
100 candles.
��� Nick Harrison
SWANSBORO ���
On October 8, Seaside
429 held their Past Masters��� and Awards Night.
Crafton Yancey was presented his Veteran���s Emblem for 50 years Masonic membership. His
wife is seen here affixing
his new lapel pin.
��� Walter Norris
ATKINSON ��� Alfred Gray Arnett, second from left, of Atkinson
612, was awarded the Secretary of Distinction title on October 22.
Past Grand Master William Mathis presented the honor. Seen here,
from left, are Senior Deacon Donald R. Hufham, Arnett, Mathis, and
Master Allen F. Squires.
��� Donald R. Hufham
