North Carolina Mason
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Page 2 The North Carolina Mason July/August 2016
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Feed the Needy
Each Mason should bring ten dollars or ten cans of food
for admission to Annual Communication in September.
By Ric Carter
WINSTON-SALEM — e 229
th
annual meeting of the Grand Lodge of
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of
North Carolina is scheduled for Sep-
tember 23–24. When Grand Master
Bryant D. Webster presides at our 2016
Annual Communication in Winston-
Salem, bring food. Webster is pushing
support for food banks across the state
this year. You are asked to bring at least
ten cans of food (or ten dollars if you
must) which will be collected by Food
Bank trucks at the meeting.
e communication will be at the
Twin City Quarter here, the same hotel
we have used the last few years. It will
be the headquarters hotel, the site of all
committee meetings, and Grand Lodge
business sessions.
While every Mason in the state is
invited, only the master and wardens of
your lodge, or their official proxies, may
vote during business sessions. ey'll
join the same officers of the other lodg-
es around the state. Other voters are
the committeemen and officers of the
Grand Lodge and its districts.
Workshops and committee meetings
held before the official sessions will be
at the Twin City Quarter on ursday,
September 22. e Lodge Secretary's
Workshops will be held there at 10:00
a.m. and 2:00 p.m. ursday.
All voting sessions will be held in
the Twin City Quarter's Grand Pavil-
ion Friday and Saturday, September
23–24. Lodge officers are asked to bring
and wear their aprons for all business
sessions. All Masons must present their
dues card and give the password to en-
ter business sessions.
Credentials have already been sent
to your lodge. Please do not mail your
credentials to the Grand Lodge office.
You must present them at the registra-
tion desk to receive ballots and other
essential information and materials.
You may register in the main lobby on
ursday and outside the Grand Pa-
vilion on Friday and Saturday morn-
ings. In order to vote, you must have
your credentials, and you must register.
Again, do not return your credentials to
the Grand Lodge office.
Grand Master Webster will open
Coming September 23–24 to Winston-Salem
Annual Communication on the horizon
the first session at 10:00 a.m. on Friday
morning. at's when you'll see the for-
mal opening and welcoming of special
guests. Grand Orator David B. Sentelle,
a member of Excelsior 261 in Charlotte,
will make the keynote address. Sentelle
is a Senior United States Circuit Judge
of the United States Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia Circuit.
e rest of the morning, a number of
reports will be read and others submit-
ted for the record without reading. Dur-
ing the day-and-a-half of the session,
we will also recognize several members
for special service. Grand Master Web-
ster will name a third Montfort Med-
alist for his year. It is expected that a
Foundation development director will
be introduced.
Downtown Winston-Salem has lots
of restaurants, so you can find a place
you like for the lunch break within easy
walking distance of the hall.
A memorial service for those Ma-
sons who died in the past year will fol-
low the call from refreshment to labor.
e Grand Master's Report is next.
Other reports will also be received.
Some voting will take place on Friday
afternoon. We usually break about 4:30
p.m. on Friday.
For you late-night types, there are
several restaurants and night spots
along the streets around the hotel for
you to spend your evening with friends
and brothers.
Business resumes on Saturday
morning at 9:00 a.m. when the last day
of the session opens. Prestonian Lec-
turer Richard Berman will speak during
the morning. e budget for 2017 will
be debated, honed, and adopted. More
proposed amendments and resolutions
will be considered during the session.
An analysis of those proposals starts
on page four of this issue of e North
Carolina Mason. We will also adopt a
budget for the year. We will elect Grand
Lodge officers. Business is generally
concluded around noon.
e Twin City Quarter is located at
301 West Fifth Street, Winston-Salem,
NC 27101. e hotel is taking reserva-
tions now. You may reach them at (800)
320-0934 or