The North Carolina Mason

Page 12 The North Carolina Mason November/December 2019 Mileposts 144 Ernest F Albritton, Grifton #243 Edward Wayne Futrell, American George #17 Kenneth R. Rouse, Grifton #243 * As reported to The Mason Congratulations to our 50-year members*: GREENSBORO Greensboro #76 honored local first responders and veterans at a special luncheon in October. Brothers served about 140 guests. Each year, the event has grown in popularity and meaning. This year, guests received small gift bags with coupons and discounts donated by local businesses, which also donated several gifts to raffle off. Each guest was giving a free raffle ticket and the chance to win gifts such as massages or meals at Triad businesses. Entertainment was provided by a local band, "Lost At Sea," one of whom is a brother of Old '76. GREENSBORO – Dozens of brothers and friends, including six members of Semper Fidelis #680, traveled to the Greensboro Masonic Center to honor Brother H. Lloyd Wilkerson on the occasion of his 100th birthday. General Wilkerson is a member and Past Master of Semper Fidelis. On hand, from left, were WB Stephen Smith, WB William Fitzpatrick KCCH, Brother Tom Wilkerson; WB Joe Reyes, Lloyd Wilkerson, Brother Howard Kahn and Brother Ron Sortino. CHAPEL HILL – Brother M.C. Russell has been named Mason of the Year by University #408. M.C., who currently serves as Junior Warden, was instru- mental in the rehabilitation of the north wall of the lodge, which had endured severe water damage. Many photographs of past masters had been ruined; the paint was buckling and peeling. Russell coordi- nated contractors and oversaw work crews as they repainted the interior of the lodge; installed new lights; corrected exterior roof issues; and installed larger drainpipes below-ground. Damaged photo- graphs of past masters were restored and hung back in place this month, after being down for more than a year. He also sat in the South for a First Degree and, as junior warden, coordinated fellowship din- ners before every stated. CONOVER – Grand Master Dwight "Mack" Sigmon, left, and Wor- shipful Brother Herman Lester Reeves, Master of Carthage #181, right, present a 70-year service award to the Rev. Brother Thornton Dixon Adams. Raised in September 1949, Adams is a retired Methodist minister who now lives in Conover. This presen- tation was made at his home, with his fam- ily members on hand. Brother Dixon was an active member of the Oasis Shriners Clown unit for many years. OXFORD – A fund honoring longtime Masonic Home for Children Admissions Director Donald Sizemore was dedicated at a special Homecoming 2019 ceremo- ny on campus. Brother Sizemore's family and friends gathered to remember their friend, who joined the staff of the then-Oxford Orphanage in 1964 as a cottage counselor and worked his way up – through almost every job available – to admis- sions director. He would work under seven superintendents before retiring in 2004. He passed away in 2016. A gift from this fund will annually be given to the greatest needs of the Home's children in the name and memory of Donald L. Sizemore. On hand for the dedication were, from left, MHCO Administrator Kevin Otis; Alumni Association President Charlene Matthews; Donald Sizemore Jr.; Cindy Farthing, one of Sizemore's daughters; and Past Grand Master Dan Rice, a graduate of the home.

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