Master Masons

Punta Gorda Lodge No.115

Chartered January 21, 1890

Newsletter Date : February 2019 Volume 129, Issue 2

Trestleboard

• Special points of interest:

• Monthly Birthdays

• Blue Slipper

• Circumscribe

• 50 Year Recognition

• Mason of the year

Inside this issue:

From the East 2

From the West 2

From the South 2

Secretary's Desk 3

Chaplin’s Corner 4

Officers Installation 4

Surrounding

Area Lodges

5

P unta Gorda 115 welcomes our newly raise Master Masons, Brothers Chris Williamson and David Holloway, it is has been

a long journey for these Brothers. They are excited and are looking forward to being very active members of the Lodge. W.M. David Summers had the pleasure of conferring a bible presenta-tion to the newly raised Brothers. If you have yet to meet these new Master Ma-sons, please congratulate and welcome on their beginning of their masonic journey.

From left to right: W.M. David Summers,

Bro. Chris Williamson, Bro. David Holloway,

R.W..D.D.G.M. Douglas Dobbs

B rother Senior Stewart

Roger McCallum was

presented his white

leather apron by Wor-

shipful Master David Summers.

Brother Roger had demonstrated

his proficiency in providing his

Master Mason catechism. Congrat-

ulations to our Brother Senior

Stewart for a job well done.

From left to right: R.W.D.D.G.M. Douglas Dobbs,

Senior Stewart Roger McCallum, W. M. David Summers

M y brethren, What can I say, WOW; what a start of the

year! A roller coaster of excite-ment and hitting the bricks full throttle. I hope that all of you are as excited as I am to contin-ue moving forward as we grow at Punta Gorda #115. First things first; Thank you for be-stowing upon me the honor of serving you as the Worshipful Master, the Brethren of Punta Gorda 115 have worked very hard with face lift and so many needed repairs. I hope and cross my fingers that we will not have these expenses this ensuing year. We have so much work to do and many petitions and Brothers in the process of the three degrees. First congratula-tions goes out to Brother Roger

McCallum as he gave back the Master Mason catechism flaw-lessly. That being said, we will have an apron presentation very soon. Next on the congratulato-ry progress goes out to brothers David Holloway and Christo-pher Williamson for making it through the master mason de-gree and we look forward to them giving back their cate-chism soon to follow. A huge thank you to our brother SW Sean Williamson for facilitating all the contacts and arraign-ments necessary for the master mason degree for said Brothers. Sean, I thank you for making the lodge look very honorable by taking the wheel and raising the sails for our first degree of 2019; Awesome job Broth-er! This is exciting as we will also have two bible presenta-tions this month as well. All the proper administrative duties are

being completed on time and Grand Lodge will be pleased, which by the way is good for Punta Gorda #115, but this comes with a great thank you to our secretary Brother Ron George and much assistance from Brother PM Jonas Seda. On February 16, 2018 we will be having our Blue Slipper Event at the Punta Gorda Lodge. Tickets are $35.00 per person; please seek out any of the officers for your tickets. This event is to honor our wives for all the sacrifices they make for all the time we are away from home doing masonic du-ties and travel. The meaning of the Blue Slipper will be thor-oughly explained at the time of the event. The cutoff date will be the 9th of February as we need to order food; there will no tickets sold at the door, so

us. Hope to see many of our

Brothers in attendance.

Junior Warden

Chris DePass P.M.

W hen was the last

time you ate din-

ner while some-

one played the harp? Brothers

The Blue Slipper is Febru-

ary 16. This event should not

be missed. This event is to

show our appreciation for the

special ladies in our lives and

thank them for all they do for

From the South

From the East

From the West funeral to our dear departed Brother Jerry Gordon his place-able presence will be sorely missed. My prayers of healing go out to his family and friends. The funeral was well attended by the Brothers of our Lodge which shows how much he was loved. Lastly, I leave you with a quote for thought by one of my favor-ite masonic writers W.I. Willmhurst on our “ROYAL ART" (masonry) proclaims the fact that there exists a higher and more secret path of life than that which we normally tread, and that when the outer world and its pursuits and re-

wards lose their attractiveness for us and proves insufficient to our deeper needs, as sooner or later they will, we are compelled to turn back upon ourselves, to seek and knock at the door of the world with in; and it is upon this inner world, and the path to and through it, that masonry promises light, charts the way and indi-cates the qualifications and con-ditions of progress." Fraternally yours, Senior Warden Sean Williamson

M y Brothers, I would like to begin by telling

you what an honor it was to have raised my cousin Chris Williamson to the sublime degree of Master Mason Janu-ary 26th. Please congratulate him and Brother David Hol-loway on earning that privilege, they put in a lot of work. Also, I would like to congratulate our Brother Senior Stewart Roger McCallum on an excellent catechism return, he earned his white apron. On that subject our lodge has had the somber duty of providing a masonic

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“Remembering

our obligations in

all walks of life”

Continued on page 3..

G reetings Brothers, Hope those of you who made it to Florida before

the deep freeze set in up north are doing o.k. and are planning on making a few meetings at the Lodge. For those of you who are still up north, stay warm and don't take any unnecessary chanc-es when you do have to go outside. Brothers, I hate to keep harping on the subject of dues, but it seems that it seems that it is necessary on occasions. I mailed out the due’s notices back in De-cember for 2019, to date I have received maybe one fourth of the notices re-turned with a check for pay-ment of dues. At this rate I'll still be getting dues no-tice returns up into Novem-

ber. Like I've said before, this should not be a year-round job. I should receive everyone's dues payment by March. On another note, as you may know when you pay your dues you should receive a plastic dues card. If you have yet to receive yours, I'll have an E-Mail address for you next month so you can contact this Brother for your card. Or you can call me at: H: 941-625-8364 C:941-286-2646 With that said, I hope all is well with you' Fraternally Secretary Ron George

Secretary’s Desk

Chaplin’s Corner

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G reetings my Brothers, it’s hard to believe that February is

upon us. The lodge has been a very busy place, we practiced every Monday and performed a “Master Ma-son” degree on the 26th and now have two freshly minted Master Masons, congratulations Chris and David. We thank God that all our “Snowbird Brothers” made it safely to Florida and they are now roosting in the South at our regular meetings, welcome back. We have started practice on our “Blue Slipper” event, which is on the 16th of February, Brothers if

you only take your wife, mother, sister, daughter or significant other to one event this year make it this one she will be very grateful. We still have a lot of work to accomplish as we have candi-dates ready for EA degrees and will soon have several brothers ready for their FC degree. Last, but not least congratula-tions to Roger McCallum who has given back his Master Masons cate-chism. Our thoughts and prayers go out to all victims of gun vio-lence especially to our neighbors in Sebring. David Naples Chaplin

please get them before-hand. I will do one more reminder at the next meet-ing. Now at this time, I would like to thank Broth-er Ernie Rose PM for organizing the funeral services for Brother W. David Harris Jr. on Thurs-day January 31 at Char-lotte Memorial Gardens & Funeral home. Brother Dave Naples, our Chaplin did a beautiful arraign-ment of prayers for the family and the service with many Brothers in attendance. For this next segment Brothers, it comes from me with a heavy heart that we have lost our brother Jerry Gor-don at approximately 4:45 p.m. January 31, 2019 after a long battle with his illness. Our prayers go out to the Gordon family dur-

ing these times of tribula-tion. Fraternally, David Summers Worshipful Master

..Continued from the East

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Traveling Brothers

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Cape Coral No. 367 244 Santa Barbara Blvd, Cape Coral, FL 33991 2nd and 4th Thursdays 7:30 Englewood No. 360 265 Pine Street Englewood, FL 34223 1st and 3rd Tuesdays 7:30 Lehigh Acres No. 344 1110 Ashlar Ave Lehigh Acres, FL 33936 2nd and 4th Mondays 7:30 Liberty Lodge No. 412 (Daylight) 402 15th Street East Bradenton, Florida 34208

2nd Saturday at 9:00 am at Manatee Masonic Lodge No. 31

Labelle No. 379 180 Jaycee/Lions Dr. Labelle, FL 33935 2nd and 4th Tuesdays 7:30

Manatee No. 31 402 15th Street East Bradenton, Florida 34208

1st & 3rd Monday 7:30 Moore Haven No. 61 2nd Str. Moore Haven, FL 33471 2nd and 4th Thursdays 7:30 Noah No. 357 41 Willis Road North Ft. Myers, FL 33917 2nd and 4th Mondays 7:30 Peace River No. 66 909 North Oak Arcadia, FL 34266 2nd and 4th Tuesdays 7:30 Phoenix No. 346

240 S. Tuttle Ave. Sarasota, Florida 34237 1st & 3rd Tuesdays 7:30

Sarasota Lodge No. 147

2160 Main Street Sarasota, FL

34237

2nd and 4th Tuesday 7:30

Sugarland No. 281 524 E. Sugarland Hwy Clewis-ton, FL 33440 1st and 3rd Thursdays 7:30 Tropical No. 56 10868 Metro Pkwy Ft. Myers, FL 33966 1st and 3rd Tuesdays 7:30 Venice No. 301 118 East Venice Ave, Venice, FL 34284 1st and 3rd Mondays 7:30 West Coast Masonic Lodge No. 409 520 30th Avenue West Bradenton, Florida 34205 2nd & 4th Mondays 7:30

50 Year Award Recognition

Brother Carl Flohrer was presented

a 50 year Award Recognition along

with a 50 year pin for this dedicated

services to the Fraternity. Worship-

ful Master David Summers had the

distinct honor of presenting the cer-

tificate and pin from the Grand

Lodge of Florida.

From left to right: Bro. S.W. Sean Williamson,

W.M. David Summers, Bro. Carl Floher,

Bro. Chaplin David Naples

February Birthdays

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Punta Gorda 115 wishes our

Brothers A HAPPY Birthday

Brother Adam Saucier was the grand prize win-

ner of a beautiful humidor at a fellowship event

that was hosted by our Brother Joe Ravid at

Havana Tranquility. Brother Fouad Kashouty is

the founder of Hiram & Solomon Cigars. He

had shared an interesting story about how the

cigars came into existence. We thank all those

that came to join in some fellowship as many

Brothers were present. Thank you Brother Joe

for this gathering.

William W Burrows

John M Deaton II

Richard L Holt

Carlos D McDaniel

Richard B Purington Jr

James D Quick

Stephen M Rabinowitz

Edward D Stepp

Jeffrey J Taube

Robert M West II

Master Mason of the Year 2018

This past year our Brother Treasurer P.M. Paul Heavener

was awarded Mason of the Year for 2018. P.M. Heavener

has been treasurer for many years in the lodge. He is also

very involved with our ritual degree teams in the Lodge.

Punta Gorda 115 congratulates and thanks you for your

continual dedicated service to the Craft.

Proud Supporters of our Lodge

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Proudly Supporting Punta Gorda 115

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941.235.4466

Masonic ART Scottish Rite Club

The Scottish Rite Club welcomes all Scottish

Rite Masons to come and join us.

Come and join us every 1st Tuesday of the month

Dinner begins at 6:00 pm

Meeting at 6:30 pm

We encourage you to support our members of the valley

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Seeking further light?

The journey that few travel

Brothers if you have any

interest in participating in

any of the committees as

a chair person please in-

form the chairman of your

desired interest.

Committee’s and Chairmen

Sickness & Distress

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Board of Relief Chairman: W. Steve Rizza Charity Chairman: Bro. Rick O’ Donnell Child ID Chairman: Bro. Charlie Mooney Dining & Refreshment Chairman: Bro. Sean Wil-liamson Finance Chairman: Bro. Da-vid Summers Funeral Chairman: P.M. Ernie Rose

Investigation Chairman: Bro. Micky Helbig Lodge Coach: Bro. David Naples Lodge Mentor: Bro. Sean Williamson Masonic Education Chair-man: W. Steve Rizza Petitions Chairman: P.M. Jonas Seda Property/Maintenance Chairman: Bro. Seam Wil-liamson

Sickness/Distress Chairman: Bro. David Naples

Vigilance Chairman: Bro.

Sean Williamson

R∴W∴ Richard Bayly (wife)

P.M. John Bittner recovering from injuries

Gordon Family please keep them in your prayers for their current lost

P.M. Ray Rubin please keep in your prayers

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P.O. Box 511303

25349 Airport Rd.

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Stated Meetings:

Every 1st and 3rd Thursday

at 7:30 PM

Dinner Served at 6:30 PM

Punta Gorda Lodge No.115

1884-1885 George Anderson 1889-1892 M.S. Lee 1893 JR Hector 1896 Albert W. Gilchrist 1897-1902 J.M. Samuel 1903 J. Johnson 1904 TJ Purdue 1905 J. Mezell 1906 R. I. Earnest 1907-1908 F.M. Cooper 1909 D.M. McQueen 1910 Arthur C. Jordan 1911-1913 C.W. Shaw 1914 S.E. Johnson 1915-1916 CW Shaw 1917-1918 R.W. Roundtree 1919 T.A. Stevens 1920-1921 J.M. Lipscomb 1922 L.E. Robinson 1923 Albert Hatch 1924 R. Deloach 1925 L.E. Mizey 1926 W.E. Guthrie 1927 Charles Curry 1928-1929 Cleaveland 1930 Henry Payne 1931 Arthur S. Taylor 1932 TJ Briggs 1933 D. F. Gibbons 1934 C. F. Cerny 1935 RJ Hyatt 1936 Arthur B Johnson 1937 W.L. Rose 1938 T. I. Kennedy 1939 M. E. Ingraham 1940 EJ McCann 1941 RB Shepard

Lodge Officers Contact

Punta Gorda Past Masters Page 11

1942 M. C. Giesey 1943Lamson A. Welherley 1944 Leo Wotitzky 1945 F.T. Gardener 1946 Albert S. Cleaveland 1947 C.W. White 1948 Joseph T. Manning 1949 John T. Rose 1950 Harry B. Curran 1951 E.W. Blanton 1952 Joyce L. Hindman 1953 Gerald D. Fetch 1954 JT Lawthorne 1955 W. A. Smith Sr 1956 George L. Minx 1957 Howard L. Mills 1958 EL Gorson 1959 Hugh C McGibbson 1960 C. T. Daniels 1961 George Bryant Jr 1962 James C. Bailey 1963 Fobian F. Johnson 1964 A.J. Jetson 1965 Emery M Collins 1966 Louis Quinlen 1967 David G. Howie 1968 Walter Monson 1969 John M. Mattews 1970 M. Lee Oldham 1971 Robert Norton 1972 Ray Gugui 1973 Donald P. Baer 1974 Melvin W. Byers 1975 William C. Monson 1976 Oscar P. Sisk 1977 Carl Peden 1978 M. Rich Cunningham 1979 Robert H Russel

1980 Emery Addison 1981 Charles Lewis Sr 1982 W.E. Driggers 1983 Ed Falada 1984 Edsel Morrison 1985 Jerry Powell 1986 Carl Powell 1987 Richard Chase 1988 H. Russell Davis 1989 Paul Heavener 1989 Wayne Engbrecht 1990 Bernard J. Haines 1991 Raymond Evans 1992 Arthur Shepard 1993 Douglas Jewell 1994 Joseph Lezark 1995 Robert Newell 1996 Donal Sutter 1997 Michael Schneider 1998 John Bittner Jr. 1999 Trent Lewis 2000 Eric McKee 2001 Mike Cullen 2002 Edward Stepp 2003 Thomas Yonts 2004 John Brake 2005 Mackinley Mayes 2006 Ernie Rose 2007 Duncan MacDougall 2008 John Degnan 2009-2010 Richard Bayly 2011 Ernie Rose 2012 Raymond Rubin 2013 Christopher DePass 2014 Glen Purdy 2015 Raymond Rubin 2016 Stefan Antochi 2017 Jonas Seda 2018 Steve Rizza

Thank you for your

years of service to

the Craft

Worshipful Master: David Summers 941-457-3536

Senior Warden: Sean Williamson 407-402-4290

Junior Warden: P.M. Chris Depass 941-234-3909

Treasurer: P. M. Paul Heavener 941-255-9435

Secretary: Ronald George 941-286-2646

Senior Deacon: John Zimmer 941-487-0451

Junior Deacon: Charlie Mooney 941-623-3790

Chaplin: David Naples 586-530-5862

Senior Stewart: Roger McCallum 517-763-6045

Marshall: P.M. Steve Rizza 941-204-9634

Richard Bayly P.D.D.G.M. Hank Beaudoin P.D.D.G.M. John Bittner P.M. John Brake P.M. Phillip Burgess Stefan Antochi P.M. Michael Cullen P.M. Jerry Gordin Ronald Hewlette Willi Hoffer

Thomas Howell Hamdy Ibrahim Walter Jones Charles Lewis Jr. P.M. Michael Tirpak Scott Mathias McKinley Mayes P.M. Julio Miranda Tommy Yonts P.M. Carl Powell P.M.

Richard Purington Raymond Rubin P.M. Donald Sutter P.M. Charlie Williford P.D.I. Sean Wilson P.D.D.G.M. Ed Lanham P.D.D.G.M.

Paul Heavener P.M.

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