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March/April 2021

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March/April 2021 The North Carolina Mason Page 11 GREENSBORO – WhiteStone: A Masonic and Eastern Star Community reported in March that 100 percent of its residents had been vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus. "I have been waiting a long time to write those words and I am grateful to everyone, including our residents, who made it possible," Administrator Mark Lewis said in a letter to the community. WhiteStone has set up a vaccine maintenance program through the onsite pharmacy that will continue to vaccinate new residents and employees as they join our community. WhiteStone reopened to masked, socially dis- tanced visits with family in mid-March – reuniting residents with family they had not seen in person for almost a year. At presstime, there were no active COVID-19 cases at the home. Meanwhile, progress continues to be made on the campus expansion and renovation project in the health center. OXFORD – Do you know a family in need of help? During these challenging times families have experienced health, domestic and financial hardships that create a need for a safe haven for their children. If you know a family in need, please contact the Masonic Home for Children at Oxford or consider connecting MHCO to your church, council of ministers, social service programs, or other groups who might know of families MHCO can help. MHCO staff can talk by phone, provide Zoom presentations, and even visit groups to share information and answer questions. Groups that might be interested should visit www.mhc-oxford. org and watch the Keep the Promise! video to see the im- pact on a child's life. Contact Administrator Kevin Otis at kotis@mhc-oxford.org or call 919-603-3938. Reagan, Jack Devereaux ................... 8 .......................... Phoenix Anthony, Christopher Hugh ............. 27 ....................... Statesville Falco, Paul Joseph ........................... 40 ............................. Hiram Mull Jr, James Blair ......................... 85 .................. Morning Star Stanford, Brian Dylan .................... 118 .................... Mt. Hermon Guffey, Stacy J ................................ 145 ......................Junaluskee Jones, Brandon Lee ....................... 145 ......................Junaluskee Landers, Mark Edward .................. 202 ........................Cleveland Thornton, Anthony Scott ................ 206 ............................. Mingo Brauman, Steven Richard .............. 218 ................ William G. Hill DiBenedetto, Peter William ........... 218 ................ William G. Hill Wollersheim, Mason Lee ................ 218 ................ William G. Hill Arrington Jr, Howard Parker ......... 231 ............... William T. Bain Gilliam, James Michael ................. 271 ........................... Tabasco Luck, Mark Alan............................. 271 ........................... Tabasco Grady, Kenneth Allen ..................... 304 ................... Pleasant Hill Wright, William Grainger .............. 319 .....................Wilmington Mink, Richard Dean ....................... 359 ................. Mount Vernon Henson, William Blake .................. 381 .......................Forest City Hastings, Todd Loren ..................... 391 ......................... Lebanon Amerson, Phillip J ......................... 391 ......................... Lebanon Nelson, Kevin Andrew .................... 391 ......................... Lebanon Condy, Daniel Iver ......................... 403 ......................... Siler City Nobel, Nathaniel Robert ................ 479 ..........................Rainbow Wise, Charles Gregory ................... 491 ........................... Hominy Carney, Christopher Shawn ............ 496 ..................... Mooresville Saulnier, Daniel Henry .................. 496 ..................... Mooresville Sawyer, Thomas Brett .................... 496 ..................... Mooresville Revels III, John Wesley .................. 501 .................... Red Springs Yelton, William Lance .................... 535 .............................. Hollis Huber, Grant Andrew ..................... 562 .......................... Waxhaw Worley, Daniel Scott ....................... 562 .......................... Waxhaw Lawson, Charles Richard ................ 576 .............. Andrew Jackson Yount, Robert James ...................... 576 .............. Andrew Jackson Davis, Raymond Leo ...................... 626 ........... Cannon Memorial McKee, Justin P .............................. 626 ........... Cannon Memorial Smith, Zachary Douglas ................. 699 ........................ Asheboro Canter, Dalton Scott ....................... 735 .............. James B. Green Rhodes, James Dylan..................... 739 .............................Newell Stefanescu, Sebastian Constantin .. 739 .............................Newell Carter, Randall Scott ...................... 749 ............................... Truth Fair, Eric Scott ................................ 756 .................. Clifford Duell WelCome our new Brothers THE PRAYER CORNER By the Rev. Mark M. Vickers Past Grand Chaplain As a United Methodist pastor, one who loves the scriptures both Old and New Testaments, I don't think that Psalm 133 has ever meant more to me than on Tuesday, Feb. 2, when I stepped foot back into my home lodge's Blue Lodge Room. As we socially distanced, took temperatures, recorded names for contact tracing, and elbow bumped each other, those opening words of the Psalm came racing back into my mind, "How very good and pleasant it is when brethren live together in unity." I know that this text is expanded on throughout our Masonic work, but for that simple moment in time, I genuinely felt the "good and pleasant" of being back with my brothers! As I entered the lodge room, I was firmly reminded that I had just presented a 50-year pin to a Brother Mason who I knew would never set foot inside a lodge on this celestial earth again. is, in fact, took me to another level. I had greeted that brother, dined with that brother, and had served in the chairs with this brother and I realized he would never have that earthly feeling of "good and pleasant" here on earth again. Brethren, I come to you in this edition, moving toward the mid-way of the year, asking you to care for one another! We have long been away from our fellow brethren and now we are coming back, slow as it is, we are coming back. Take special note of what it means to enjoy and relish in the fact that the Grand Architect of the Universe has made it known "how good and pleasant it is" when we gather together and share in that bond of brotherhood. Be mindful of those who will struggle to get back to lodge, reach out safely to them and let them know that the lodge is there for them. Do the same for your widows, let them know the lodge has not forgotten them and they are vital to our existence. Again brethren, be safe, in order that Psalm 133 doesn't need to be so "earth shattering" as it was for me on Feb. 2. May we take great pleasure in being in "good and pleasant unity together" for the remainder of our life on this celestial ball. PRAYER: Grand Architect of the Universe, sustain us with health, wisdom, and compas- sion as we move throughout Masonry. May we be conscious of those around us, caring for them, in order that we may live and love and find our being in the unity and bond of brotherhood. SMIB AMEN. 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