November/December 2015 The North Carolina Mason Page 3
kept the beach fans smiling and sway-
ing and dancing under the oaks.
A couple of hours later, as the final
notes of the band echoed on campus
and a cool breeze started to grow, Sat-
urday's outdoor activities concluded,
and streams of traffic exited as quickly
as they had arrived in morning.
Evening Homecoming activities
continued with the Annual Roast,
this year honoring Oxford Orphan-
age Alumnus and former Masonic and
Eastern Star Home Administrator
Tommy Jones, in the Home's cafete-
ria. Sunday brought the annual alumni
church service and business meeting
of the Oxford Orphanage/Masonic
Home for Children Alumni Asso-
ciation. e weekend's final event, the
Sunday Lunch Under the Oaks, hosted
alumni and their families as well as the
current family of residents at the Ma-
sonic Home for Children.
With the Fifth Annual Homecom-
ing Festival a wonderful memory, we
thank all those in our fraternity, our
Shrine temples, and our Masonic fam-
ily of volunteers who made this week-
end possible. We turn our thoughts and
planning to next year's event, October
7–9, 2016, and what memories will be
made then.
We'll see you there!
Chris Richardson is director of Finan-
cial Development/Marketing for the Ma-
sonic Home for Children at Oxford.
Craig Woolard delivers for the Embers.
Fleets of little cars assembled in Oxford for Homecoming Parade.
Steve Bowman performs on calliope.
Homecoming makes for a dancing good time.
Lots of bands paraded.
Interaction between kids and parades are fun.
Ric Carter photos
