The North Carolina Mason

Page 12 The North Carolina Mason July/August 2017 TraveLinG the tar heeL state CHARLOTTE – Brothers of Charles M. Setzer #693 make it a point to spend some time helping their com- munity. Recently, they teamed up to help out at the Sec- ond Harvest Food Bank.Treasurer Alan Simpson (left), PM Jeff McEwen (center) and WM Hanns Braun help sort juice packets, getting them ready for distribution. DENVER – For the third straight year, Denver #757 has hosted the Carolina Amateur Radio Club for Annual Ham Radio Field Day. Every June, more than 40,000 hams throughout North America set up tem- porary transmitting stations in public places to demonstrate ham radio's science, skill and service to our communities and our nation. It combines public service, emergency preparedness, community outreach, and technical skills all in a single event. Field Day has been an annual event since 1933, and remains the most popular event in ham radio. Brothers Bill Baker and Ken Carnley are members of Denver #757 and are licensed ham radio operators. Denver #757 has been pleased to share its lodge site for this event. On hand for the event this year were (L-R): Jackson Saine; NC state Rep. Jason Saine (also a member of Denver lodge); 34th District DDGM Randy Sharpe and Logan Rodgers of Denver lodge. RALEIGH – Descendants of Simmons Jones Baker present an $1,800 check to fund restoration of an oil portrait of the man who served North Carolina Freemasons as Grand Master in 1832 and 1840. The family, all members of the Bakers of Buckland Society Inc. of Fayetteville, contacted Grand Secretary Walt Clapp after reading in a Wikipedia entry that a portrait of their patriarch hangs in a "Masonic Lodge in Halifax." The portrait was actually in Raleigh, safely tucked away in a storage area of the Grand Lodge. Once the portrait was unearthed by Assistant to the Grand Secretary Jonathan Underwood, the family happily offered to pay to have it restored. The restoration is part of Grand Secretary Clapp's efforts to secure our Masonic treasures in a safe, welcoming environment where they can be displayed and enjoyed by brothers and their families. The family also donated a smaller replica to the Gates County Historical Society. GM Baker was born in Gates County in 1775. Print or online? Whi do you oose? If you're reading this, you are more than likely reading it on the paper version of the Mason that arrives in your mail every other month. But we know there are many brothers who are reading this via the online version, which is posted bright and early on the first day of each month we publish. First off – thanks for reading e Mason – in any form! We are happy to bring it to all in both forms for as long as there are brothers out there who read the paper. But for those who prefer online reading and don't want to get a paper version in the mail, we're offering you the chance to save a tree and some postage. To stop the mailed paper, send an email to ncmason@glnc.com with your name, lodge and the words: "OPT OUT." at's all you need to do. Again, thanks for reading e Mason!

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