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Bellevue Lodge #51 AF & AM |
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Meetings 3rd Monday of each month at 7:30 PM Bellevue Lodge #51 Email: bellevue51@iowatelecom.net Meetings 3rd Monday of each month at 7:30 PM
At our last meeting we discussed the need to help some of our brothers in the flooded areas of Iowa. The Grand Master has set up an emergency fund for that purpose and he will be in touch with the lodges that need help. I don’t have anything more important to say than the Grand Master so here is his letter.
Fraternally,
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June 2008 Newsletter Meetings 3rd Monday of each month at 7:30 PM Bellevue Lodge #51 Email: bellevue51@iowatelecom.net Meetings 3rd Monday of each month at 7:30 PM Greetings Brothers, More good news. We will be voting on the petition of a new member for the degrees after the visitation committees report. Hopefully we will have more this year but this is a start. If you have someone in mind I think we still have time to get them into the one day class on August 23 in Iowa City. The scholarship program for members has gone to committee and they will report to the lodge when they have finished their review. At this meeting I would like to bring up two items for your consideration. The first would be the purchase of a flag pole and flag for our courtyard. The second, moving the oyster supper night to November 17th when the weather might be better for traveling and the oysters are bigger. This would also benefit our members who go south for the winter. Think about these things before the meeting and bring your comments, for or against. See you there June 16th . For those of you who don’t receive the Bellevue paper check out the backside. Again thanks to those who helped with the breakfast. Thanks to John Pitlo for taking care of the memorial flags at the cemetery in Bellevue. Fraternally, Charles Struckman, WM
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April 21, 2008 We will be discussing our plans for the teachers breakfast and teacher of the year award at our April 21st meeting. I hope all of you will participate in serving the teachers, this is our chance to show our support of our local teachers and school systems. This is a project to be proud of. I will also be offering two suggestions at the meeting. I would like you to have time to consider before then. Number one, in addition to the teacher of the year award certificate that we also give the teacher a monetary reward to be used for his/her classroom. Number two, that the Lodge create one and maybe two new scholarships. These new scholarships would be named the P.L. Lake and/or Dr. Moulton Scholarships. These are the guidelines used by Mt Hermon Lodge #263 Cedar Rapids, IA for their scholarship program. I will have a copy of the Mt Hermon application at the meeting for you to review. For those of you with internet access go to iowamasons.com and scroll down to Mt Hermon Lodge. They have everything online. Arnie Jackson, Don Felderman, Bob Baugh and I went to Cammanche IA for a neighborhood meeting on March 31st . There is a lot going on in some of the lodges. Some seem to be making better use of their lodges for things other than just stated meetings. Any ideas bring them to the meeting Aril 21st. Fraternally,
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Greetings Brothers, Well where were You last month? Eight of us, including our two newest members, Darren Berthel and Bob Baugh, had a lot of oysters to eat. Once again the weather stopped us from having a full house. I am glad that no one tried to come from any distance to the meeting it was just too dangerous on the roads. Even Calvin Keil missed the oysters; he called in from Whitewater WI. to let us know he wouldn’t be coming. It was mentioned that we might want to change the date of the oyster supper to the November meeting. The oysters are bigger in November and the weather might be better. We did work on the by-laws and we will be voting on them this meeting. We came up with following changes: 1. Delete the reference to Holiday scheduling and keep the 7:30 PM starting time. 2. The Lodge shall place $_______ in the Charity Fund each year until a maximum of $_________ is reached. 3. Change the Secretary and Treasurer’s wages. 4. Addition of the heading Committees: A minimum of two members of any and all committees must be present in order to transact any business of that committee. 5. Under Maintenance: The addition of the words: including all rental properties, after grounds. These changes and any others will be voted on at this meeting and if approved will take effect immediately. As many of you know Mike Blitgen’s daughter has been diagnosed with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia (ALL). Mike wrote us a letter and I would like to quote a part of it here. Mike wrote, “I would like to ask you all for your prayers that Melissa has a complete recovery from all this and she can get back to a normal 22 year old’s routine of finishing school and enjoying life again!”. I would ask that you include Melissa in your prayers. Please let us know if you know of any Brother or family member who is not in good health so that we can include them. This month I hope to have a Junior Warden, Richard Rossmann, sworn in. If the weather permits. I have a little space here so I’m going to give you something to think about. From Christopher Hodapp’s book Freemason’s for Dummies. The Number Three: “Everywhere you look in a lodge and among its rituals, you come across the number three. There are three degrees, three principle officers, three candles, three primary orders of architecture, three knocks on the door, three steps leading to the Worshipful Master’s chair, three principle tenets, three stages of life- the list goes on and on. In non-English-speaking countries, the universal symbol for the Great Architect of the Universe is an equilateral triangle, often with the all-seeing eye in it.” With that I hope you all can make it to the stated meeting Monday March 17, at 7:30 PM
Arnie Jackson, Delbert Jackson, and I attended a secretaries conference held in Colesburg, January 10th . At the meeting it was suggested that we update our bylaws. We were given a guide to use. I have written a revised version and we will be discussing it at our February meeting. Some of the items to be discussed are: MEETING TIMES, HOLIDAY SCHEDULE, COMPENSATION OF OFFICERS, and OTHER Now for the rest of the story. Arnie drove to the conference and Delbert and I rode along. Just as we were leaving Colesburg it started to snow and the closer we got to home the worse it got. Arnie let Delbert and me off and he headed for home. He almost made it! He went into a ditch and totaled out his van. Could be the reason he didn’t want to drive in another snow storm two weeks later. Remember, this is our ANNUAL OYSTER STEW & CHILI SUPPER NIGHT, February 18.
Fraternally, Bellevue Lodge #51 AF& AM 206 North Riverview Bellevue, Iowa 52031 563-872-3337 Worshipful Master---Charles E. Struckman---563-872-5032 Secretary---Arnie Jackson, PM --- 563-682-7198
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