The North Carolina Mason

Page 10 The North Carolina Mason September/October 2016 If your lodge has a newsletter for its members, make sure The North Carolina Mason is on your mailing list. Lodge newsletters are a major source of news from Masons around the state. If you don't have one, think about starting one. Newsletters are a good way to keep your members active, happy, and informed. By Ric Carter traveling the tarheel state news From our lodges Kenly ey are working on their 150 th an- niversary celebrations at Kenly 257. ey found the old lodge altar from the early 1900s in storage at the local news- paper. ey are refinishing it to make it ready for the upcoming party. Kenly Lodge awarded three $750 scholarships this year. ey honored the recipients at a special dinner June 7. Awards went to Ashley Bell (Mer- edith College bound), Bre Wood- ruff (headed to Barton College), and Hunter Lassiter (going to Johnston Community College). e lodge was raffling three guns in September. Tickets were $50 each and limited to 100 sold. Money raised was bound for several Masonic charities. eir April barbecued chicken fund- raiser sold nearly 400 plates. Kenly Lodge member Jimmy Bailey recently got his Veterans' Emblem for their 50 years as a Mason. In November, they are presenting Glen Rains his 50- year recognition. — Past Meridian Wendell On August 13, Wendell 565 and their Eastern Star chapter were hav- ing a yard sale and selling barbecue. e barbecue was ten dollars-a-pound or $3.50 for a sandwich. Proceeds are for our elderly Masons and their families at WhiteStone in Greensboro. eir next fundraiser is November 4 when they will hold their spaghetti din- ner at five dollars per meal. at one is to make money for the Masonic Home for Children. — Raymond Burch Weaverville Blackmer 170 held their barbecue fundraiser September 10. ey served pulled pork and baked beans. — Terry Gevedon Candler Hominy 491 presented their Ed Bailey Mathematic Scholarship Award to Vivi Santana. She is a graduate of Enka High School. Hominy Lodge has had two fund- raisers this year. ey made $1,557 on a pancake breakfast on April 2. On April 30, they held the drawing for a Ruger 50 th Edition they raffled. ey raised $1,445 with that one. at gave them a record amount for their lodge to divide among our Masonic Homes and Foun- dation this year. ey had enough success with the gun raffle, they are repeating the theme raffling five guns in five days beginning November 1 or whenever the 400 tick- ets are sold. e lodge held their Mother's Day Dinner on May 7. More than 50 mem- bers and guests attended. — Richard Pinkerton Wilmington Orient 395 enjoys a casual dress meeting every summer. eir stated meeting nearest Independence Day features loose clothes, hamburgers, and hot dogs. — Harry Steele Spruce Pine David Greene was a central pillar of Vesper 554. He was an award winning editor of the lodge newsletter and a past district deputy grand master. He also wrote a history of the lodge. After his recent death, his widow (Kathy) hon- ored a request Greene made for her to host a lodge dinner to express his love of the lodge and the fraternity. Fifty Masons from seven lodges attended the meal. Grand Master Bryant Webster and Grand Chaplain Hank Hilliard were there, and Webster saluted Greene and taught the men about the impor- tance of planning to protect their fami- lies at their demise. Grand Master Webster presented Dale Bost his Veteran's Emblem for his 50 years membership. Ron Lough appointed himself to wash all the second floor windows and wash their curtains. — Newsletter Mocksville e 136 th Annual Mocksville Ma- sonic Picnic was held here August 13. It's the longest running Masonic char- ity event in North Carolina. Meals were eight dollars, or only one dollar if you bring a basket of food. ey were hon- oring George Martin this year. Speak- ers included local officials as well as the masters of Mocksville 134, Advance 710, and Farmington 265. ey featured free ice cream and jump castles for the kids. Music of the Hazy Ridge Bluegrass Band followed the meal. All proceeds are for the Masonic Home for Children. — Mocksville Lodge High Point High Point lodges were setting up a bowling team for the fall season at the High Point Bowling Center. e fall league is for co-ed, four-member teams. It'll run every Tuesday night for about 30 weeks. e league actually pays out cash at the end of the season, so the lodge hopes to send a tidy donation to the Masonic Home for Children. ey enjoyed playing in the summer league. ey brought in about $100 for the Home for Children and had a great time playing. — Matt Ashby Numa F. Reid 344 planned a July 16 trip to the Masonic Home for Children to deliver a check for $2,000 raised at their Spring Chicken Barbe- cue. ey were also taking a supply of hygiene items collected for the Home's residents. —Michael Rinehardt Raleigh William T. Bain 231 members are a sucker for punishment. For the third straight year, they ventured to the Ma- sonic Home for Children to challenge the lady residents of Master Mason Cottage to a game of basketball. e "game" was July 17. — Ben Hart James B. Green 735 is famous for ice cream socials. ey hold several of them each summer. It's a family event meant to include wives, kids, and friends in the activities of the lodge. It's always summer fun with hamburg- ers and hot dogs and several flavors of home-made ice cream. Summer is fun time at Green Lodge. — Scott Sholar

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