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Waukegan Lodge #78 AF&AM February, 2016
The Master’s Message Brethren,
The first month of 2016 has been quite busy here atthe lodge, as expected. We have conferred a 1̊ and 3rd˚,had our official visit and held our first family day in severalyears!
The DDGM official visit was successful! Our lodge isnow on firmer financial ground and we are working hard tomaintain and improve that position. We are now working toupgrade the lodge records, to have the latest contactinformation for each of our brothers. It is important so wemay keep all brothers updated on lodge activities in realtime. (If you have not updated your address, phone numberor email information in the past year please contact WBRobert Johnson so he can update your information.) We areclose to filling all lodge committees as per our bylaws (anybrother interested joining a committee please contact thelodge)
The degree work went very well! The turnout for eachdegree was good and the energy was high. It was awesome towelcome a new brother into the fraternity, especially intoour lodge! We almost accomplished all the work in house. Itwill be great to be able to confer all our degrees in house inthe near future! (If any brother is interested in taking on a
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Did you know?
NON!MASON
DISCOVERS RARE
MASONIC
DOCUMENT
James O. Halliwell-Phillips, and English
antiquarian and librarian,
was not a Mason. While
engaged in his work, he
came across a manuscript
in the British Museum
catalogued as A Poem of
Moral Duty.
It was really a statementof the "Old Charges" in
poetic form. It is believed
to have been prepared in
1390, thus making it the
oldest known Masonic
document. Now called
the Regius Poem, or the
Halliwell Manuscript , it
was published in 1840 ina brochure entitled On
the Introduction of
Freemasonry into
England.
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part please contact the lodge). I want to thank all thebrothers who put so much time and effort into putting onthese two wonderful degrees.
Family Day turned out spectacular! We had a niceturnout of brothers and their families. There was great
socializing and conversation had by all! The food wasfantastic and the movie, riveting! I want to thank WBPatterson, WB Lang, SW Duran and everyone else who madethis a wonderful time for all! I’m looking forward to our nextevent.
The Waukegan Main Street Assn. held their annual fundraiser on Saturday, February 6, 2016 at the Bonnie BrookeCountry Club. This was the Association’s main fund raiser.Waukegan Masonic Lodge 78 and the Scottish Rite Valley ofChicago were both named as Sponsors of the event thanks toa Monetary contribution made on behalf of the Valley andLodge, by Brothers John Quinn of Rising Sun Lodge andCommander in Chief Oriental Consistory and Frank WinansWaukegan 78 and Most Wise Master Gourgas Chapter of RoseCroix ,Scottish Rite Valley of Chicago . The donations weremade from their Charitable funds. We want to thank you foryour work with the Waukegan Main Street Assn. and keepingour lodge involved in community events.
Moving forward this month we are planning to do somelodge repair and maintenance. We are calling for allbrothers to come down and lend a hand so we can clean,repair and update our lodge building. Remember the morehands the lighter the load.
Of all the things we have done as a lodge this pastmonth, nothing has bought more joy and excitement to methan having several brothers return to lodge! Welcome back!
Worshipful Master,Erik Solomon
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Freemasonry in the news
Welsh Freemasons
Deal With New WitchHunt
Our brethren in Great
Britain are under fire once
again. UK laws requiring
Masons involved in the
police and judiciary to
publicly declare their
Masonic membership were
struck down as beingdiscriminatory by the
European Union Court of
Human Rights back in
2009 " see this article from
the Guardian about the UK
rescinding their rules about
it in the wake of the Court's
decision #.
According to the article,
there are 13,000 Masons in
Wales alone.
Source: http://
freemasonsfordummies.blo
gspot.com
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Town Hall Meeting coming to Waukegan 78!
Frequently, the Grand Master of the state of Illinois will have “Town Hall” styled meetings at local
lodges around the state. The Grand Master has chosen Waukegan lodge No. 78 to host one of thesecoming up very soon. How soon? How about May 2nd! It’s right around the corner and this is one reason
we need all hands on deck for some lodge maintenance.
The town hall meetings are used to discuss many things, including; Grand Lodge happenings,
budgets, per capita, programs and even some training for o$cers if they choose to have it. We are
anticipating many Brothers in attendance. As this is an Area event and not just a district event, there
could be representatives fro up to 53 di% erent lodges present, however unlikely, it is possible. Rest assured,
a good time will be had. We look forward to the event and to the fellowship!
Secretaries Note*
With the new email service in e% ect, if you want to stay on the forefront of what is happening with
Waukegan 78, please make sure you get your email address and phone number to the Secretary. He can be
reached at [email protected]
The Secretary's Masonic Cipher
Rules ! Open to any member of Waukegan 78 or Anchor and Ark 1027. Be the first person to email the
secretary with your answer. Include the subject line "Secretary Cipher Answer", your name and lodge
number. Good luck!
*Last month: This person is arguably the ONE and ONLY person who has been made a Mason "at sight" posthumously.
Who was it?.
Answer: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
This months Cipher...
This man is often said to have been a Freemason. He was not. He opened an exclusive
club called “Club 33”. Who was this man?
R.H. Johnson, PM
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Secretary, W78
Lodge Happenings
Waukegan #78
February 15th -Stated Meeting
February 22nd - Lodge Maintenance Night
February 29th - Instruction Club @ WaukeganLodge - Officers required
March 7th - TBD
March 14th - TBD
March 21st - Stated Meeting
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*Just a note, the schedule isdependent on the return of
catechisms. We will post updatesto the schedule as needed onour website as well as weeklyannouncements through our
call ’em all phone system and
Facebook page.
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Waukegan Lodge #78
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