The North Carolina Mason

Page 10 The North Carolina Mason March/April 2020 travelinG the tar heel state neWs From our lodGes GREENVILLE – The brethren of Greenville #284 in early March hosted WB Steven Campbell, Past Grand Historian, for a lecture titled "Rebel- lious and Resolute: Brother Freemasons during the Revolutionary War." The crowd included a number of lodges from the 6th Masonic District. Attendees learned that North Carolina's three signers of the Declaration of Independence were all brother Freemasons: Joseph Hewes; John Penn; and William Hooper. He said that many places in North Carolina get their names from brothers who fought during the Revolution, including Bun- combe, Caswell, Harnett, Johnston, Lenoir, Martin, Stokes and many more. The Craft provided an important forum for early colonists to come to- gether in brotherly love and fellowship both dur- ing the run up to the American Revolution, and while the War was being prosecuted, he said. GREENVILLE -- The inaugural meeting of the Crown Point #708 Masonic book club in February was a success! Worshipful Master Chris Uhas and Senior Deacon Jake Rose started the club to instill Masonic ideals and principles and encourage new and younger members to share ideas and converse about such topics with more tenured Masons. The first book chosen was Laudable Pursuit by the Knights of the North. The meeting was opened up to the entire Greenville Masonic Temple, which includes four Craft Lodges, and to the Greenville York Rite bodies that meet in the Temple. Attendees ranged from a Mason who had been raised for only a month to a former District Six DDGM and a 48-year Mason. The idea and group was such a hit with the brethren, that they selected another book for a future discussion – The Traditional Observance Lodge by Cliff Porter. Each book to be read (one book every other month) will be released at each meeting and also posted on the Crown Point Face- book page. The brethren of the club invite all interested Masons to join. SALISBURY – The 63rd annual Brunswick Stew sale filled hundreds of bellies and raised thousands for our Masonic chari- ties. The sale is held each year by Andrew Jackson #576, which invests hundreds of hours in prep, cooking and selling the stew that has garnered countless fans over the years. The event annually raises tens of thousands for the Masonic Home for Children at Oxford and WhiteStone: A Masonic and Eastern Star Community. The event was dedicated this year to 100-year-old brother Floyd Burton, who founded the event.

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