November/December 2012
The North Carolina Mason
Page 7
Liberty
scores big
for Homes
LIBERTY ��� In November
2011, Liberty 714 Master Richard Clapp had the idea of holding a gun raffle to raise money
for charities. Clapp and B & B
Arms came up with 34 guns to
raffle. Tickets were $100 each,
and a maximum of 600 were to
be sold. Average value of each
gun was $600.
One gun was awarded each day in April.
To encourage early sales, an earlybird drawing
awarding a total four guns was held at February
and March stated meetings.
To make things better for the charities, other area lodges were enlisted to sell tickets also.
Lodge Master Jeff Lawver says, ���We could not
have done it without the help of these lodges.���
Together, they were able to sell 426 of the 600
Fleming gets award on birthday
tickets. After paying for the guns, the net for the
Masonic Home for Children and WhiteStone
totaled nearly $21,000.
They plan to repeat the raffle in 2013. They
expect to sell even more tickets, approaching
the 600 ticket limit. Last year���s buyers will be
reminded about the 2013 raffle. If you would
like to be notified about the drawing next year,
contact Liberty Lodge Master Jeff Lawver at
.
��� Jeff Lawver
SALISBURY ��� Ed Fleming got lots of special attention when St. Paul���s Episcopal Church
celebrated its homecoming September 16. The
full house celebrated Brother Fleming���s 95th
birthday. As his health prevents his getting out a
lot these days, church Vicar Rick Williams encouraged Andrew Jackson 576 to present Fleming���s recently earned Veteran���s Emblem during
the homecoming. The Veteran���s Emblem is given
for 50 years Masonic membership.
Andrew Jackson Lodge Master John Hud-
son presented the award. Then Deputy Grand
Master Dewey Preslar Jr., a member of the same
church and lodge, was there for the awarding as
was 28th DDGM Bill Safrit.
Seen here from left are Hudson, Williams,
Fleming, and Fleming���s daughter Jewel Kaye
Troxler.
Vicar Williams was initiated in Andrew
Jackson Lodge in early October. Williams is a
US Navy retired Captain/Chaplain.
��� Dewey Preslar Jr.
Photo by Barna Wilder
Mileposts
MURPHY ��� When Clinton Lonnie Payne���s Veteran���s Emblem came
due in September, he was not well enough to travel to lodge. So, the lodge
went to him.After presenting the 50-year member his award, his daughter
cried. According to DDGM Derek Cheek said, ���She told us how proud
her dad was of his lodge and how proud he was to be a Mason. It was an
emotional afternoon to say the least.���
���Derek Cheek
ZEBULON ��� Jimmy Wilson Spivey, left, and Narvil Ruic
Gill, right, received their Diamond Jubilee Awards recently. The
award celebrates 60 years of membership for these Zebulon
609 Masons. Lodge Master Robert Barron, center, made the
presentations.
��� Barna Wilder
WARSAW ��� Earl Davis, right, recently received his
Diamond Jubilee for 60 years Masonic membership. The
Warsaw 677 member is seen here getting the award
from his grandson, Owen Davis, master of the lodge. ��Ten
years ago, Davis��� son, Bizzell was master and presented
his Veteran���s Award.
��� L. C. Jones
CHERRY POINT ��� October 20 was the date for Cherry
Point 688���s Annual Past Masters��� and Widows��� Night. They presented the first Stacy Lupton Award for dedication and service to the lodge to James A. Muse, left. Master Glen Carpenter
made the presentation. The award is named for Cherry Point
Lodge���s first master.
��� D. K. Lewis
SWANSBORO ��� In August, David C. Holland,
right, was honored with Seaside 429���s Master���s Award.
Master Alex Gardner, left, recognized Holland for
���contributing greatly to the welfare of the lodge and
happiness of the brethren.���
��� Paul T. Mull Jr.
ASHEBORO ��� At their
October 20 banquet, Balfour
188 recognized their past masters and honored their widows. John Randolph Ingram,
left, received his Diamond Jubilee for 60 years membership.
Grand Master Robert Gresham made the presentation.
Ingram, raised in 1952, served
as Balfour Lodge���s master in
1965 and was North Carolina���s insurance commissioner
from 1973 to 1985.
��� Jason Strucinski
WEAVERVILLE ��� Vance 293 held Past Masters Appreciation Night on September 17. All
chairs for the meeting were filled by past masters. Past masters present were Earl Kuykendall,
Craig Wilde, Bill Shook, Bill Gillis, Boyd Black, Russ Matheson, D. L. Whitt, Keith Kuykendall, Edward Hamlin, Jeter Cantrell, and Jeff Austin.
��� Edward L Hamlin
COLUMBUS ��� Marty Fischer, center, past master of Horse
Creek 719, had a distinct pleasure September 29. That���s when
he got to raise his grandson Drew Ward, left. Marty���s son, Michael Fischer, right, is Drew���s coach. Michael is currently senior
warden of Kernersville 669.
��� Marty Fischer
WILSON ��� Wilson 712 held its annual T. Bruce Boyette Scholarship Banquet on June 26 to honor the 2012 award recipients. The four
recipients of a $1,000 scholarships were: ECU bound Ashley Elizabeth
Warren from Beddingfield High, Shelby Lynne Koenig from Fike High
headed to UNC-Wilmington, Ethan Thomas Page of Hunt High will attend Barton College, and Rachel Cameron Brown of Fike High attending
ECU. Seen, from left, are Senior Warden Davis Wheeler, Koenig, Warren,
Page, and Master Logan Liles.
��� Bill Fardy
RAMSEUR ��� Marietta 444 recognized four members for their service to Masonry on October
20. Diamond Jubilees for 60 years membership went to Victor Wilson Reid and Horace Clenon
Coleman. William Joseph Allred and David Mack Webb got their Veteran���s Emblems for 50 years.
Past Grand Master William L. Dill was made an honorary member. Seen here, from left, are Marietta
Master Alan Gatewood, Reid, Coleman, Allred, Webb, and Dill.
��� Alan Gatewood
