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Waukegan Lodge #78 AF&AM November, 2015

The Masters MessageBrethren,

I want to say thank you for electing me Worshipful Master for

the ensuing Masonic year. I feel honored by your trust, the

weight of the responsibility of the o"ce, excited by the

challenges that lie ahead and humbled by the thought of being in

the long line of Worshipful Masters that have made this lodge

such a wonderful place.

As I set out in this year, I have a few goals. First, I plan to

continue the work that we had started over the past few years;

such as fixing up our lodge to make it a better experience.We

have put in new cabinets to display Waukegan 78s proud history.

We have stared a lodge store. We adjusted the bylaws to make ourlodge fiscally solvent into the future. We have also been

committed to increasing membership.

Second, I am committed to fill our committees with brothers

who want to do the work that this lodge needs to have done in

order to continue our success. We will be using the ritual

committee to fill our slates with brothers so all of our degrees and

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Did you know?

MOON LODGES

A century ago thee were

more than 3,000

Masonic lodges which

can be described as"Moon Lodges"; in

1954 there were fewer

than 500.

These lodges meet

on the day of the full

moon for practical

reasons; the brethren

had light to travel by at

night. There may have

been some symbolic

meaning also.

The advent of

electricity, street lights,

and the automobile

made the reason for

meeting on such nights

antiquated throughunique. Many Grand

Lodges now require

lodges to meet on fixed

days of the week.
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lectures will be done in house. Though the education committee

we will be expanding our education programs, which is truly what

masonry is about. Through the events committee, we look

forward to creating more lodge events and functions for us to

take part in and share fellowship.

Third, the membership committee will work to find new

members and make them welcome to our lodge. We also want to

bring current brothers back to the lodge and become active

again.We look to grow our lodge with good quality men. To do

that we need to make all of our brothers and guests feel

welcomed, appreciated and that this lodge is their home.

Fourth, we plan to visit other lodges and invite other lodges to

visit us. I believe it is very important to build good relations with

the brothers in our area, we are after all the oldest lodge in

northeastern Illinois.

I promise that I will work hard to continue to grow and make our

lodge the best it can be. I look to make Waukegan #78 the lodge

good men want to join and the lodge other lodges want to

emulate. I believe with all the help of brothers working hard

together these goals will be accomplished.

Fraternally,

Erik Solomon

Worshipful Master

Annual Installation of Officers

This years installation was nothing short of spectacular. All of the

o"cers were able to attend except one. The food, the cake, the

fellowship were all on par. Some Changes took place outside of

the usual o"cer line. RWB Carl B. Donahue retired as Secretary

and is succeeded by WB Robert Johnson. The transition will besmooth. The lodge is excited to have two of it's newest brothers

join the o"cer line. A hearty congratulations is in order!


Lodge Happenings

Waukegan 78 has

been very busy

closing out the

previous year, but

that doesn't mean

we've taken a break

from our work in

making good men,

better. Since the last

trestleboard, we

have passed a

brother to

Fellowcraft and

Raised a new

Master Mason. As

the work continues,

Waukegan 78 is

rededicating itself

to Value and raising

the standards.

Thank you to all

who assist us in ourgreat mission. We

are changing the

world one man at a

time.


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2015!2016 O"cers

Erik Solomon $Worshipful

Master

Carlos Duran $Sr. Warden

Luis Albarracin $Jr. Warden

Michael Patterson $Treasurer

Robert Johnson $Secretary

Richard VanderHoef $Chaplain

Cory Connar $Sr. Deacon


Adding Value

Waukegan 78 is committed to it's members and because of that we take ti

to recognize achievement by its members. Whether you've just joined the

Scottish Rite, York Rite, Shrine, archived your O"cial Proficiency, Wauke78 celebrates you. This month, Waukegan is making a large e%ort to increa

membership recognition. To that end we would like to congratulate those

brothers who have been recognized in achieving their O"cial 3rd degree

Proficiency and received their certificates and wallet cards!

At the Masters request we will also have some other items to bestow on o

members. What are they? Well, come on out to the meetings to find out! I

going to be another great year with work, fellowship, events and more. We

look forward to having you come out!

From the Secretary

Greetings from the South/East corner! I just wanted to take a minute to t

you all I will be diligently keeping on top of my duties as Secretary as well

working to get your profiles in our Mori system up to date with email

addresses, service records and more. A friendly reminder that if you have

email address, please make sure I have it. We will be trying some new thin

including a monthly email which will include a digital version of this

correspondence. It is also the Masters wish to shorten the amount of timespend on reading minutes. To that end, there will be a point in the future

where the minutes will be emailed out and a copy or two will be placed in

dining room for member review. If that catches on, we can entertain a mo

to "accept the minutes as electronically submitted and posted". This will g

us additional time to focus on more pressing issues.

At your service,

R.H.Johnson, pm

714$615$7809

[email protected]

Robert Lang $Jr. Deacon

Mark Corbet $Sr. Deacon

Richard Perez $Marshal

Leonard Sigfried $Tyler


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Lodge Happenings

Waukegan #78

November 16th-Stated / Annual Meeting

November 23rd -TBD ________________

November 30th- Dark

December 7th- Practice or 1st Degree

December 13th- Lodge Christmas Party 12-4 pm

December 14th - Practice

December 15th- Royal Arch Holiday Party (RSVPrequired)

December 21st- Stated Meeting withRecognitions


*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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www.1stneil.com- 1st NEDistrict Calendar

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pot.com- Instruction Club
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