September/October 2016 The North Carolina Mason Page 3
RALEIGH — Raleigh 500's Annual Masonic Pig
Jig attracts hundreds each year at the Got to Be NC Fes-
tival at the North Carolina State Fairgrounds. e 11
th
annual event was again a big success in raising money
for Masonic charities. It is also one of the most success-
ful fellowship opportunities held in the state. irty or
so teams from various Masonic bodies in several states
enjoy a night of fun with each other as they cook to take
the bragging rights to the best barbecue in the state.
Pig Jig 2016 champions
Grand Champion Doric 30
People's Choice Rhamkatte 827
Despite bad weather forecasts, the event this year
enjoyed beautiful weather and a great turnout. ey
raised more than $11,000 for the kids at the Central
Children's Home and Masonic Home for Children,
both in Oxford.
is year's awards went to:
Grand Champion – Doric 30 (from Delaware)
People's Choice award – Rhamkatte 827 (PHA)
Team Spirit award – Widow's Son 4 (PHA)
Best Pork
First – Doric 30 (Delaware)
Second – Rhamkatte 827 (PHA)
ird – Branch Water BBQ
Best Chicken
First – Lenoir York Rite Bodies
Second – Branch Water BBQ
ird – Doric 30
Best Sauce
First – Holly Springs 115
Second – Doric 30 (Delaware)
ird – Mentor 55 (PHA)
A special plate with a gold ring was presented to
multi-year Grand Champion Branch Water BBQ.
e next Carolina Masonic Pig Jig will be held May
20, 2017. Visit
to learn more about being part of the fun. You can even
earn money for your lodge charities. — Sean Rollman
OXFORD — On March 19, the Masonic Home
for Children held their Fifth Annual Great Landscape
Day on the Home's campus. Volunteers from around
the state grabbed their yard tools and came to lend
a hand on that Saturday morning. ey started with
breakfast and ended with lunch on campus.
In between, they took care of a number of yard
projects including the erection of a new shed.
Grand Master Webster was among the day labor
spiffing up the Home.
Lodges in the 21
st
Masonic District collected the
money to buy a garden shed for the home in 2015.
CertainTeed donated shingles for it, and Masons
from the 13
th
Masonic District assembled it during
Great Landscape Day.
— Scott Sholar, Rich Weaver, and Campus Tracks
Landscape Day
By Richard Spivey
GREENSBORO — Family Day has long been
WhiteStone's largest event of each year. e focus on
this event is in no small part due to the fraternal values
of family and friendship which founded our communi-
ty so many years ago. ose values are so embroidered
into our community fabric that this event continues to
grow each year. 2016 Family Day (the 15
th
) was a great
success. Loved ones gathered, residents came out, staff
stepped up, and fraternal connections came through to
make it a fun filled family affair.
is year's beach theme set the tone for a super sum-
mer. Beach umbrellas, beach balls, and snow cones re-
minded us to have plenty of family fun time through
the season. Bands were playing, folks were dancing, kids
played corn hole with their grandparents, and the smell
of popcorn and cotton candy painted the air. ere was
face painting and farm animals for petting. Gate City 694
and Revolution 552 cooked up some awesome barbecue.
ey also dedicated the newly renovated Care & Well-
ness Center courtyards which were funded by Greensboro
76's Louis M. Sirota and his wife Meryl B. Sheppard.
Richard Spivey is a member of Gate City 694 and
marketing coordinator at WhiteStone.
Family Day at WhiteStone
SELMA — Grover Dees recently presented a
portrait of Richard Noble, a master of Selma 320 who
went on to become a member of Fellowship 84 in
Smithfield and North Carolina's grand master in 1899.
Dees presented the picture in honor of Harry Greene,
seen here with the portrait. Dees said he wanted to
honor "Brother Harry's love for Masonry and all he
has done for Selma Lodge over the past 45 years."
