The North Carolina Mason

January/February 2018 The North Carolina Mason Page 15 Welcome our neW Brothers Cardenas, Sebastian 1 St John's Hord, Harris Allen 1 St John's Blackburn, Graham Hugh 13 St. John's Kennedy, Joseph Lyle 13 St. John's Parrish, Benjamin Lucas 13 St. John's Parrish, Timothy Lester 76 Greensboro Slyter, Aaron David 76 Greensboro Forsberg, Carl Jay 109 Franklin Struempf, Michael Erich 109 Franklin Cargill, William Preston 115 Holly Springs Hensley, Jason Matthew 127 Blackmer Page, Thomas Branson 206 Mingo Edwards, Bradley Sean 207 Lebanon Mannion, Sean Joseph 207 Lebanon McNeil, Timothy Doyle 214 Thomasville Wiles, Jem Michael 214 Thomasville Bailey, Chad Brenton 237 Mystic Tie Pasciuto, Chase Andrew 244 Monroe Bevel, Ellis Walter 249 Pythagoras Arthur, Shawn Anthony 261 Excelsior Hupp III, Charles T 265 Farmington Powers, Timothy Allen 267 Dunn's Rock Smith III, Elmer Bryan 304 Pleasant Hill Briggs, Jeffery Charles 343 Hickory Madren, Rodney Lee 409 Bula Bellion, Arthur Howard 461 Matthews Shafer, Pat Geary 461 Matthews Watson, Christopher Shea 461 Matthews Standridge, James Samuel 495 Rockingham Craddock, Christopher Scott 496 Mooresville Vanderlick, Jeffery Matthew 496 Mooresville Wallace, James Lloyd 496 Mooresville Jones III, Julius Troy 502 Cookville Merillat Jr, Lowell Edwin 502 Cookville Smith, Logan Mitchell 532 Hamlet Haven, Robert Anthony 542 Corinthian Veit, Johnny Michael 550 Roman Eagle Greene, Michael Wayne 554 Vesper Hipp, Kenneth Neal 576 Andrew Jackson Shelton, Dakota James 579 Casar Christenbury, Kenneth 590 Lowell Horrell, Travis Lee 612 Atkinson Dixon, Brian Eugene 626 Cannon Memorial Goodman, Larry Lee 626 Cannon Memorial Schiedenhelm, Troy Lance 626 Cannon Memorial Wansley, Benjamin Mishoe 674 Acacia Martin, Shawn Alan 680 Semper Fidelis Martin, Dean 692 East Gate Dull, Robert Austin 693 Charles M. Setzer Fite, Anthony Shane 695 Allen Graham Garver, Timothy Blake 695 Allen Graham Gray Jr, Donald Anderson 695 Allen Graham Hendrix, Chance Anthony 695 Allen Graham Bolick, Brandon O'Neal 699 Asheboro Wheless, Michael Edward 699 Asheboro Drye, Wilbur Allen 703 Albemarle Poplin, Daniel Wayne 703 Albemarle Ray, William Eugene 710 Advance Gaskin, Thomas Ray 724 Berne Gaskins, Brandon Lester 724 Berne Huffstetler III, George Reese 724 Berne Smith, Ashley Moore 724 Berne Stilley, Gary Leon 724 Berne Kinlaw, Justin Clay 727 Shallotte McDowell, Benjamin Lewis 727 Shallotte St. George, Michael Patrick 727 Shallotte Byrd, Aaron Nicholas 730 Stedman Ray, Sean Christopher 735 James B. Green Kurzawa, John David 737 Steele Creek Sinclair, Jordan Thomas 741 Crissie Wright Capps, Jonathan William 759 James K. Polk LONGER LIFE from page 14 William Osler, considered one of the founding fathers of modern medicine, had it right: "e only way to treat the common cold is with contempt." Just as there's no cure for the common cold, there is no guaranteed way to avoid coming down with one in the first place. Catch a cold and you're down for the count. Catch the flu, and you're out of the game for a good, long while. As we begin our annual district meetings, we'll be sharing close space and shaking a lot of hands. While we battle through the heat of flu and cold season, there are some steps we can take to avoid catching anything – or being a carrier. Dr. Billy L. Price Jr. of Conover #709, shared some tips for brothers and others heading to the meetings this year: 1. First things first – it's not too late to get a flu shot. 2. Try to avoid contact with sick people. 3. While sick, limit contact with others as much as possible. If you have a flu-like illness, the Centers for Disease Control recommend you stay home for at least 24 hours after your fever is gone. 4. When in doubt, stay home! 5. Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when sneezing or coughing. row the tissue away after you have used it. 6. Wash your hands with soap and water. Use an alcohol-based hand rub if available. 7. Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth, as they are portals for infection to gain access to your respiratory tree. Clean and disinfect surfaces and objects that may be contaminated. 8. is is a hard one – avoid handshakes, hugs or close contact. Objects such as door handles, books, pamphlets, etc., are on the list as items for poten- tial spread. If you do catch a cold – head home and take care of yourself. Always be careful to use medicines in recommended doses. Just ask our old friend Dr. Osler, who had some- thing to say about that: "e person who takes medicine must recover twice, once from the disease and once from the medicine." Catch a meeting, but don't bring the f lu with you elastic, and in the best ones anyway, Masons across all age groups work together, govern each other, mentor and assist each other, seek spiritual awakening, and socialize. e broader definition of the Masonic family has enough varia- tion and sub-interests within it to appeal to just about anyone, as long as they satisfy the most general requirements of a good character, a belief in a Supreme Being of their personal conceptualization, and the agreement to tolerate their fellow Masons' beliefs. at is a message that perhaps the onrushing mob of 75 million baby boomers in the U.S. who have, or will soon, reach their retirement years may have missed in their younger days (statistically, they certainly did). Even though we live in tough economic times, most retirees won't be working into their 70s to make ends meet, unless they really want to. ey will, as a group, have plenty of spare time, along with having enough spendable money to be comfortable. And as Robert Putnam's groundbreaking sociolog- ical study, Bowling Alone demon- strated, socializing actually makes your life last longer. So, it could just be that joining a Masonic lodge might turn out to be the very best thing that could happen to the Baby Boom genera- tion. Consider that the next time your grand lodge magazine arrives with some myopic concentration on appealing to Millennials and Gen-Xers. And while you're at it, pick up the phone and check on your existing older members. Offer to drive them to lodge next month.

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