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Manteo
Bryan Edwards was named Teacher of the
Year for College of the Albemarle in Elizabeth
City. e Manteo 521 member teaches history
at the college. It puts him in the running the
state award in community colleges, but it also
gets him an engraved crystal apple trophy and
an Apple iPad.
Franklin
Junaluskee 145 was having their annual pan-
cake breakfast March 29. — Brian Rau
Hope Mills
Lebanon 391 has a new newsletter.
— Ken Wical
Jacksonville
Semper Fidelis 680 is assembling a list of
members who can attend Masonic funerals on
short notice. — Trestle Board
Trenton
Zion 81 was planning an outdoor degree on
the Trent River near Pollocksville in May.
— Jerry Eubanks
Asheville
Grand Master Dalton W. Mayo was re-
cently elected an honorary member of Mount
Hermon 118. — Trestle Board
Plymouth
Perseverance 59 was holding a motorcycle ride
May 24. ere were to be prizes and live music.
— Keith Phelps
Fayetteville
Phoenix 8 has reestablished their ursday
Coaching Nights.
On March 11, Mike Klack was awarded the
Legion of Honor by the Order of DeMolay.
— Ken Wical
out to help," noted immediate Past Master Donald Clayton as
he lugged sacks of hush puppy batter mix to the station he has
manned for the last two years. "We get donations of propane, ser-
vice to the cookers and burners, near-cost prices on disposable
goods, use of commercial freezer space, and discounts on the cole
slaw and drinks served with every meal."
By the end of the day, advertised as "until 7:00 p.m. or the fish
runs out," Person Lodge had served 1,468 plates of fried flounder,
cole slaw, fresh hush puppies, and drinks. "It's too early to know
our final receipts and the cost of all our supplies, but we estimate
we will be able to maintain our current level of giving to the Ma-
sonic charities," was the consensus of the organizers.
In honor of the 50
th
Annual Fish Fry, Person Lodge commis-
sioned a commemorative coin which was on sale during the Fish
Fry. Coins will continue to be available from members or by mail
via the lodge website . Coins sell for ten
dollars and are packaged in clear plastic sleeves. Acrylic coin cap-
sules and clamshell boxes are available for one dollar to collectors
who wish to preserve the coins untouched.
In addition to the Fish Fry, the lodge is raffling a Henry rifle.
e drawing will take place on Tuesday, June 24, at 6:00 p.m. —
just before dinner at a stated communication. Proceeds from the
five dollars a ticket raffle go directly to the Masonic charities.
More about the raffle and ticket sales information are available
at the lodge website.
Andy White is secretary of Person 113.
Ric Carter
photos
OXFORD — e Masonic Home for Chil-
dren at Oxford welcomes back family, new
friends and our Masonic Family for the Fourth
Annual Masonic Homecoming Festival, Octo-
ber 10–11. is annual celebration welcomes
you, and your family, and friends to come and
visit the Home and see for yourself the good
work still being done for families and children
after 140 years. e weekend of remembrance
and celebration has plenty for everyone, includ-
ing those new to the Home or for those who
call it home. Take this opportunity to see your
charity at work while commemorating another
year of service for children.
is year's celebration will feature activities on
Friday and Saturday, including a charity golf tour-
nament, barbecue cook-off (Teams are needed –
please call or email us now!), music at both Friday
night's Yard Party, a special entertainer soon to be
announced for Saturday's main stage, and a num-
ber of traditional Homecoming activities such as
the crowning of the Masonic Home for Chil-
dren at Oxford Homecoming Queen, a museum
open house, and cottage tours. It's an opportunity
to see one of our obligations and our history at
work. It's a chance to bring your family, friends,
or those who simply care about helping a child to
our Home to see the value of our work and our
charity. It's a fun weekend to relax and gather as a
fraternity and a family. Look for an updated web
page soon at
or call (888) 505-4357 for the latest information
on this year's festival at our Children's Home. A
detailed schedule of events and specifics on this
year's entertainment will appear in the next issue
of e North Carolina Mason.
Homecoming coming in October
A large study has recently shown that it is
now possible to detect lung cancer before it has
spread, allowing better treatment. e National
Lung Screening Trial showed a 20% decrease
in deaths from lung cancer among people who
were screened.
Who is eligible for screening? People who
are 55 or older, who are current smokers or
have quit within the last 15 years, and who
have at least a 30 pack-year history of smoking.
(Pack-years are the number of years of smok-
ing multiplied by the number of packs per day
smoked. So, 30 pack-years could be a two-
pack-per-day habit for 15 years, or a one pack-
per-day habit for 30 years.)
What does the screening consist of ? A CT
scan, done without IV contrast, using special
settings on the CT machine which lower the
radiation dose to a fraction of that from a reg-
ular CT scan.
Who is paying for this? Many insurance plans
are already paying for lung cancer screening CT,
and plans in the Affordable Care Act exchang-
es are now required to pay for it. Medicare has
not yet decided whether to pay for lung cancer
screening. A decision is expected soon, which
will affect Medicare coverage starting in 2015.
Read the new guidelines at and discuss it with your doctor to see
whether lung cancer screening would be ben-
eficial for you.
Dr. Michael Brooks is a member of Piedmont-
Pioneer 685.
From the Medical Committee
Finding Lung Cancer Early
By Michael Brooks
Revolution
smokes butts
GREENSBORO — Revolu-
tion 552 held their Boston Butt
Sale on Saturday, April 12. While
working for charitable causes
is admirable, many will tell you
that the true reward is in the
camaraderie while doing the
good work. — Revolution 552
RALEIGH — Card Turk is here! If you've
wanted to be part of a major Masonic project that
is both historic and historical, now's your chance!
Back around the turn of the last century,
the Grand Lodge began tracking state-wide
membership on three-by-five-inch index cards.
About the same time, a passion for our his-
tory led to combing all the annual returns of
the lodges back to the beginnings of the Grand
Lodge in 1787. For each person found in those
records, a card was created with as much infor-
mation as could be culled from the early records.
It was only in 1995 that records moved to a digi-
tal database format. Only Masons active at the
time had their record digitized. e members
of more distant history, about 200,000 of them,
were left tracked only on the index cards.
Talks of a dream project began with En-
able Labs, the same company which builds and
maintains MORI, the database web application
the Grand Lodge and your lodge secretary use
for membership records. e dream was to be
able to search all the members in the history of
our Grand Lodge.
Step one was completed a couple of years
ago with the scanning of the entire card cata-
log. Two pictures of each card were made, one
front, one back.
Step two was the creation of crowd sourcing
application that could gather enough informa-
tion from each card to make them searchable.
at application, Card Turk, is now running.
Step three will be a searchable database.
You type in a name and a date, and you are re-
turned pictures of all the cards matching that
search. e data will also be integrated into
MORI allow lodges to have access to every
member ever in their lodge.
You can find instructions and tips on the
Card Turk Facebook page . at will be our rally
area to discuss ideas, problems, and solutions.
You'll find sign up instructions there. Join us,
be part of history.
By Ric Carter
Join us in Card Turk
