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grand master; Ramon T. Tompson, senior grand warden; Larry L. Stroud, junior grand warden; W. Phillip Keller, grand trea- surer; Joseph P. Link, grand secretary; Brian S. Nichols, senior grand deacon; Albert E. Gaylord, junior grand deacon; Ronald H. Smith, grand marshal; Mark Alan Carr, grand steward; Doyle E. Shoemake, grand steward; Ralph B. Webster, grand tyler; and Rickey T. Matthews, grand chaplain. On the day before the installation, the Board of General Pur- poses met for the last time with Grand Master Billy Dill. A din- ner honoring the incoming grand master was held at the Cardinal Club on Friday night. A reception in the Capitol rotunda fol- lowed the installation.
The North Carolina Mason INSTALL, from page 1
January/February 2011
Our Grand Lodge officers for 2011 are, front from left, Grand Secretary T. Walton Clapp III, Senior Grand Warden Dewey R. Preslar Jr., Grand Master Lewis R. Ledford, Junior Grand Warden Dalton W. Mayo, and Grand Treasurer Clifton W. Everett Jr. Back, Grand Steward Jimmie B. Hicks Jr., Bryant D. Webster, Grand Mar- shal A. Gene Cobb Jr., Deputy Grand Master Robert E. Gresham Jr., Grand Steward C. Speed Hallman, Senior Grand Deacon Douglas L. Caudle, Grand Tyler Larry B. Thompson Jr., and Grand Chaplain Paul F. Kelly.
Clockwise from far right: Grand Steward Hicks sits at his station; GM Ledford and PGM Everett talk before the installation; officers get instruction from Johnny Surles; Erin Munnelly plays the flute; Joey Transou offers the opening prayer at the altar which holds the officer jewels; Ms. Hall- man, Cobb, Preslar, and Gresham prepare for the ceremony; viewers in the gallery.
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community efforts to advance music including co-founding Preservation Jazz Company and the Community Music School in Raleigh. A nerve problem in 2007 resulted in Gibson
largely losing use of his left hand, a disaster for anyone, but especially devastating to a pianist. Surgical intervention was necessary. Gibson says, “for over a year and a half after the operation, I struggled to regain my sense of touch and feel, a successful struggle that was blessed by skillful medical care, physical therapy, much effort, and
Raleigh
North Carolina’s oldest Masons. He celebrated his 107th
Hiram 40 member Macon Woodard is one of birthday July 8. He was raised a Master
Mason in 1936. —Mac Barham Masters 754 has moved their meeting place
from the Raleigh Masonic Temple to Millbrook 97. Tey held their officer move up night in No- — Te Trowel
vember. Gastonia
Gastonia 369 sold 64 Boston butts in their October fundraiser. Te also sold 13 bottles of barbecue sauce to flavor them up. Gastonia Lodge member Gene Best was re-
cently given his Veteran’s Emblem for 50 years Masonic membership.
Long Beach
Oak Island 758 was selling barbecue lunches and whole Boston butts during the December 4 Oak Island Christmas Parade.
—Newsletter Hookerton Jerusalem 95’s Awards and Ladies’ Night was
set for January 15. Tey were holding it in the Methodist Church fellowship hall. — Te Jerusalem Journal
Conover
Conover 709 has raised their dues to $82 and their initiation fees to $200. Tey have also dropped first Tursday meetings in November and December.
— Conover Lodge
One of Peter Gower’s craftsmen asked, “Master, you teach us to meditate on the symbols, allegories and myth of Masonry, your own mysterious aphorisms, and even upon silence itself. Is there one meditation that is truer than all others?” “Yes,” Peter Gower replied. “Will you give it to us?” asked the craftsman.
— Trestleboard
a healthy dollop of good fortune.” “All the Seasons,” a solo piano collection, was
Gibson’s celebration of his return to health. To combine his joy with his passion for Masonry, Gibson pledged a portion of sales from the CD to a Masonic cause. He recently made his first donation, $1,000 toward the restoration of the Grand Lodge headquarters. You can buy a copy of All the Seasons by visiting his website .
STATE, from page 3 Snow Hill Radiance 132 was holding their pancake and
sausage supper November 5. — Te Jerusalem Journal
Benson
On November 19–20, Relief 431 held their annual turkey shoot fundraiser. — Grover Dees
Warsaw Te Annual Veterans’ Day Parade Pancake
and Sausage Breakfast for Warsaw 677 was set for November 7. Money raised with the event was set to go to local charities. Teir Ladies’ and Awards Night was sched- uled for December 7.
— Warsaw Lodge Cary
On December 11, O’Charley’s Restaurant hosted a fundraiser for Cary 198. Te lodge sold breakfast tickets for six dollars, served plates, and bussed tables. All proceeds went to the lodge’s charities.
— Trestle Board Murphy Cherokee 146 held their Christmas dinner
on December 16. Families and Eastern Stars were all invited to Main Street USA to enjoy the turkey dinner.
Spruce Pine
Vesper 554 had ten of their 32 living past masters attend their November 4 Past Mas- ter’s Night.
— The Beacon One single question Peter Gower said: “It is to make breathing, eating,
working, resting, motion and repose, words, thoughts, feelings, good and evil, wealth and poverty, right and wrong, everything, into one single question.” The craftsman asked: “What is that question?” Peter Gower was silent.
— zenmasonry.wordpress.com — Derek Cheek LEDFORD, from page 1
natural landmarks Chimney Rock and Grandfa- ther Mountain into the Parks system. He has ad- vanced “green” construction in Parks facilities. Ledford serves in leadership positions with
many national recreational and park professional organizations including the boards of directors for National Recreation and Parks Association, National Association of State Park Directors, and National Association of State Outdoor Recreation Liaison Officers. He has been recipi- ent of major honors from organizations includ- ing the NC Audubon Society and Red Cross. In 2007, he received the William Penn Mott Jr. Award for Excellence from the National Associ- ation of Park Resources for “outstanding service to the field.” Te College of Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation and Tourism Manage- ment Department, at NC State University re- cently presented him their Lifetime Achieve- ment Award. He was featured in the October 2010 edition of the national Governing maga- zine for his successful management of parks. In 2009 he was named Tarheel of the Week by the Raleigh News and Observer. Ledford joined Masonry at Statesville 27 in 1986 and served that lodge as master in 1992. He was coordinator of the Masonic Commu- nity Blood Drive based in Statesville, growing it to the largest one-day blood drive in Red Cross Carolinas Region collecting in Statesville,
and communications, with positions in the College of Arts and Sciences, the University development office, and the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He directed communications for UNC’s $2.3 billion Carolina First Campaign. He is currently associate dean for development and alumni affairs for the UNC School of Jour- nalism and Mass Communication. His respon- sibilities include fundraising for major gifts and overseeing the annual fund and alumni functions. Hallman was raised in Eagle 19, Hillsbor-
ough in 1999. He was master in 2004 and helped create the Historic Eagle Lodge Foundation, a tax-exempt organization chartered to support renovations and restoration of the lodge’s 1823 building. He led efforts to preserve Eagle’s his- toric documents and open the lodge for com- munity activities and events. He is also a charter member of Mosaic 762 in Chapel Hill. Grand Lodge assignments for Hallman have
included the Board of General Purposes, as well as the Masonic Ceremonies and Miscellaneous Publications and the Grand Lodge Scholarship
Mooresville, Hickory, Catawba, Taylorsville, and Boone. Over the years, he has served in many Grand Lodge positions and was appointed to the Grand Lodge line by Grand Master Charles A. Lewis in 2002. He is a member and has been recognized for
service in a number of affiliated Masonic or- ganizations. Also active in his community and civic organizations, he has received the Gover- nor’s Award for Volunteerism, and has served as a deacon and trustee chair of one of Raleigh old- est churches, Tabernacle Baptist Church. He was elected to be grand master at our
September Annual Communication. When he was appointed to the Grand Lodge line, he said in his acceptance speech, “My first memories of this fraternity go back to a very young age in accompanying my father to a Masonic picnic atop Roan Mountain. And indeed my reason for joining this gentle craft was the favorable opin- ions that I began to form as an 11-year-old as I watched the Freemasons of a small mountain lodge, Bakersville 357, come to visit and sit with my father during his bout with terminal cancer — men that I later came to know to be the re- spected men of the community, and men that always seemed to have an especially kind word or pat on the shoulder for me as a kid growing up there. Obviously, I later came to better un- derstand why.”
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committees, and the Board of the Masonic and Eastern Star Home. He is an instructor in Wilk- erson College. He is a member of the Greens- boro Valley of the Scottish Rite and received his KCCH in 2009. He is currently on UNC’s University His-
tory Council and chairs the board of nonprofit Eno Publishers. In the past he has served on the boards of the Chapel Hill Historical Society, the State Employees Credit Union Chapel Hill Advisory Board, the Blue Ridge Group of the Sierra Club, and the Watauga County Hunger Coalition. He participated in a Rotary Interna- tional Group Study Exchange to East Africa. He has been married 23 years to Susan Wal-
ters Hallman, a Wadesboro native and UNC graduate. Tey live in Hillsborough. Teir son Jason is a freshman at UNC, and son Tomas is a junior at Orange High School. Hallman enjoys exploring our state’s parks and historic sites, reading and writing history, following Tar Heel athletics, and eating North Carolina barbecue.
