Volume XXIX No. 7, March 2012

Grand Master’s Message: Greetings from the East he Lewis and Clark Expedition, economically. As most of you know, and to assist him with the tasks of Tor “Corps of Discovery Expe- both of these men were Masons. mapping and documenting the new dition” (1804–1806), was the first Lewis, at 23, joined the Masonic territory. Clark accepted the invita- transcontinental expedition to the Fraternity in 1797, and received his tion and the two men and their crew Pacific degrees from Door to Virtue Lodge set out in 1804 to explore the un- Coast No. 44, Albemarle County, Va. Three known. After two years of arduous and the years later, he was appointed Presi- traveling and adventure, the Corps Oregon dent Jefferson’s private secretary. triumphantly returned to St. Louis Territory In 1803, at Jefferson’s insistence, among rumors of their demise and by the he was chosen to command the downfall. United expedition exploring the newly Perhaps longing for the fraternal States. acquired Louisiana Purchase. Lewis companionship he had experienced Commis- asked William Clark, a 33-year-old in his youth, around 1808 Lewis and sioned lieutenant, under whom Lewis had several of his acquaintances began by Pres- served at the battle of Fallen Tim- discussing the need for a Masonic ident bers (1794), to serve as the principal Lodge in St. Louis. Thomas military director of the expedition Continued on page 2 Jefferson, and led M.W.B. Richard A. Martin, Grand Master by two Quarterly Trustee report — Hunt M. Compton, Deputy Grand Master Virginia- born veterans of indian wars in the his updates the “Trustee’s Re- Long Range Planning, gave a brief Ohio Valley, Meriwether Lewis and Tport” printed in the OMN De- update on the Tri-Met marketing William Clark, the expedition had cember 2011 and covers November campaign. Response has been good several goals. Their objectives were 2011 through January 2012. and the campaign was extended for both scientific and commercial: to The detailed Financial Statements two additional months. study the area’s plants, animal life, were reviewed. Some significant Approval was granted to make and geography, and to discover annual expenses reported included many publications how the region could be exploited $170,000 in property taxes and electronically available through the $220,621 in insurance premiums. Grand Lodge website. It has been very interesting fol- It was noted that not all Lodges IN THIS lowing the Grand Lodge investment had complied with Section 204 Issue fund over the past few years. Follow- Election of Officers as required by ing the “crash” of 2008 the Grand the Code. 1 Grand Master’s Message Lodge suffered a loss in Investment Educational Assistance Awards of 1 Trustees Quarterly Report Market Value of about 28 percent. $74,000 were fully allocated by No- 3 Grand Master’s Calendar Today, the Investment Market vember for the current school year. 3 Chaplain’s Corner Value has recovered what was lost Unfortunately, applications exceed- 4 Blue Lodge Training and has gained approximately 10 ed availability of funds, so many 5 News From Our Lodges percent over the pre-crash value. applications had to be denied. Keep 7 Contributions Things are improving. in mind that application approval is 7 Assistant Grand Secretary R.W.B. Mike Wick, chairman of Continued on page 2 Trustee report, Grand Master’s Message, continued from page 1 Continued from page 1 on a first come, first served basis. Lewis and his friends drew up and ment was erected over his grave. We hope that with an improved signed an application for dispensa- The connection to Oregon Free- economy there will be an increase tion and submitted it to the Grand masonry is obvious: Oregon was in availability of funds to allocate in Lodge of Pennsylvania. In the chartered from the Grand Lodge future years. petition dated Aug. 2, 1808, Lewis of Missouri. Lewis and Clark were The Trustees approved the imple- was nominated and recommended among the earliest of the pioneers mentation of the so-called “Lewis to serve as the first Master of the to travel to the Oregon Territory. Jewel.” This is available to the son proposed Lodge. The Territory, and the entire North- of a Master Mason whose father The Grand Master of Pennsyl- west, promised “free land” to those was in good standing at the time he vania, James Milnor, granted the who would make the arduous trek. was raised. See the January Oregon Brothers’ request and a warrant for The discovery of gold lured many Masonic News. Saint Louis Lodge No. 111 was is- more. Among them were Freema- A discussion was held regarding sued on Sept. 16, 1808. sons, and among the Freemasons the “Property Rights” of those au- Conceivably at the urging of were the distinguished men who be- thors whose articles appear in the Lewis, William Clark petitioned for came the first Territorial Governors, Oregon Masonic News. Henceforth, membership and was accepted by and the first governors of the state. the articles cannot be reproduced Saint Louis Lodge No. 111. Unfortu- These men were pioneers, the first without the express permission of nately the records of his initiation to settle in this beautiful land after the Grand Secretary. do not exist, but on Sept. 18, 1809 the Native Americans. They brought The Grand Secretary reported on (only one month prior to Lewis’ with them the ideals and philoso- the poor condition of some of the death on October 8, 1809), Saint phy of Masons, which has carried earliest volumes of the Annual Pro- Louis Lodge No. 111 issued a travel- on to our present time. Those ide- ceedings of the Grand Lodge held ing certificate for Clark. It is interest- ologies work just as well today as in the library’s museum. A quote ing to note, that since Saint Louis they did in the early years. was obtained and approval granted Lodge No. 111 was warranted under Masons continue to improve their to convert the proceedings into a the authority knowledge and Portable Document Format (PDF). of the Grand • • • • • • • • • • • • • • become better The Grand Secretary also reported Lodge of Penn- “Think of a way you can make your fathers, better and proposed adoption of a new sylvania, that Lodge a place where all who attend workers, better format for the Grand Lodge in-state Clark, for all are happy to be there.” husbands, bet- Certificate of Good Standing forms technical intents ter citizens and for Dual Membership in-state, and and purposes, better Brothers. for transferring membership in- was a Pennsylvania Mason. We owe a great deal to those early state. The approved new format Clark’s Masonic involvement con- settlers; they gave us all we need to will provide additional pertinent tinued after Lewis’ death, perhaps know to become better men. information to the benefit of the exemplified in his public acts more How would you like to be a pio- receiving Lodge and will also be in so than actual attendance of Lodge neer? It’s possible. All it takes is electronic format. meetings. Clark permitted Missouri some thought, followed by some The Grand Lodge received a thank Lodge No. 12 (to which his member- action. Think of a way you can make you letter from M.W.B. George O. ship transferred when Saint Louis your Lodge a place where all who Braatz, the new executive secretary Lodge No. 111 returned its warrant attend are happy to be there. Where of the Masonic Service Association, to the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania all your members anticipate the for the $2,000 contribution gifted by in 1815) to meet for several years on meeting with great excitement, and this Jurisdiction to provide assis- the second floor of a house that he can’t wait to be there. Where ev- tance needed following hurricanes had built. Upon his death on Sept. eryone shows up early to help and Irene and Lee in New York and 1, 1838, Clark was buried with Ma- to meet the other Brothers. Where Louisiana in late 2011. sonic honors and a Masonic monu- conversations are still going on in — fraternally, Hunt M. Compton, DGM Continued on page 4

Page 2 GRAND MASTER’S TENTATIVE ITINERARY The Chaplain’s March 2012 Corner 1 — Pendleton No. 52, Official Visit; dinner, 6 p.m.; Lodge, 7 p.m. - U, L - by R.W.B. William C. Phillips Jr. 2 — District 21 Dinner, Hermiston; 6 p.m. - U, L 3 — DeMolay, Job’s Daughters, Rainbow; Salem, Youth Groups - U, L was blessed with being able to 4 — DeMolay Table Lodge, Beaverton; dinner, 3 p.m. - U, L Iattend the Entered Apprentice 6 — Union No. 3, McMinnville, Official Visit; dinner, 6 p.m.; degree conferred on my nephew Lodge, 7:30 p.m. - U, L 7 — Rickreall No. 110, Official Visit; 6:30 p.m. - Bib overalls, L last month. Although I have at- 8 — Amaranth Grand Court, Red Lion Inn, Salem; Opening, 7 p.m. - T, L tended many degrees, never have I 10 — MESH, Forest Grove; 7:30 a.m. - S experienced one of my own family Amaranth Grand Court, Installation, Red Lion Inn, Salem, 7 p.m. - T, L members taking a degree. I can not 14 — Eugene No. 11, Official Visit; dinner, 6 p.m.; Lodge, 7:30 p.m. - U, L express how proud I was of him. 15 — Scio No. 39, Official Visit; dinner, 6 p.m.; Lodge, 7:30 p.m. - U, L Frankly, I was never so moved. It 18 — Nile Installation, Wilsonville; dinner, 2 p.m. - U, L was knowing that I was there to see 21 — Molalla Lodge No. 178, Official Visit; corned beef and cabbage the fourth generation of Masons in dinner, 6:30 p.m. - U, L my own family continue. 23 — District 15 Dinner, Laurel No. 13, Roseburg; dinner, 6 p.m. - U, L I have always wondered what 24 — Cornerstone Lodge No. 157, 60-year Jewel to Frank Springer, 1 p.m.; it would feel like to be able to sit 100th birthday, at 3400 SE 8th Ave., Portland. in Lodge with my own brother or District 12 Dinner, St. Johns No. 17, Albany; dinner, 6 p.m. - U, L 26 — Seaport No. 7, 7 p.m. - U, L father; the pride they must feel. And 29 — Masonic Family Night, Salem; dinner, 6 p.m. - U, L by the grace of God, my nephew’s 30 — District 20 Dinner, Arlington No. 88, Arlington; dinner, 6 p.m. - U, L son will also follow us in this spiri- 31 — District 19 Dinner, Redmond No. 154, Redmond; dinner, 6 p.m. - U, L tual journey that is Masonry. I pray that all my Brothers in Ma- April 2012 sonry can just once experience what 5 — Medford No. 103, Medford, Official Visit; dinner, 6 p.m.; Lodge, I have, whether it be with a family 7:30 p.m. - U, L 6-7 — Grand Annual Session, Canyonville - U, T, L member or friend. “Just once.” 9 — Klamath No. 77, Klamath Falls, Official Visit; dinner, 6 p.m.; Lodge, 4 7:30 p.m. - U, L 10 — Myrtle No. 78, Myrtle Point, Official Visit; dinner, 5:30 p.m.; Lodge, 6:30 p.m. - U, L 11 — Sheridan-Dayton No. 64, Sheridan, Official Visit; dinner, 6 p.m.; Lodge, 7:30 p.m. - U, L 12-14 — DeMolay Conclave 13 — Leadership Meeting, Forest Grove, 2 p.m. - S 14 — MESH Meeting, Forest Grove, 7:30 a.m. - S 19-21 — Grand Lodge of Hawaii, Waikiki - U, T, S, L 21 — Blue Lodge Training, six locations for Masonic Education - U (Open to all Master Masons) 28 — Benefit Concert, Kenton No. 145 U = Uniform; L = Ladies; T = Tuxedo; S = Summer Uniform; O.V. = Official Visit W.B. Loren F. Newkirk, Junior War- hip In - at the 9th Annual Student Assistance den of Pearl Lodge No. 66, received his 60-year jewel and certificate Feb. 4 at CGolf Tournament - July 19, 2012 the Lodge. Left to right are R.W.B. Dun- To benefit kids at-risk — through the Model Student Assistance can Tucker, District Deputy No. 11; W.B. Program, the Oregon Youth Transition Program and Masonic Child ID — Newkirk; and W.B. Robert Oppedisano, the Oregon Masonic Charitable Foundation plans a great day of golfing Worshipful Master. Bro. Newkirk is now at Stone Creek Golf Club, Oregon City. For information, contact Larry offically one of the “Jewels” of Pearl Weaver, chairman, at 503/518-9129, or [email protected]. Lodge, The Jewel of the Valley.

Page 3 BLT deadline is April 1 — no fooling Grand Master’s Message, Continued from page 2 lue Lodge Training for 2012 will be agement, publications available to Boffered at six locations through- members from Grand Lodge and the the parking lot long after Lodge is out the state: Tigard, at Tigard-Ore- Masonic Service Association, and a closed. The trick is coming up with nomah Lodge No. 207; Salem, at the final True and False question session ideas that will accomplish that. Temple; Cove, at Cove based on topics that were discussed A pioneer is: “One who is first or Lodge No. 91; Bend, at Bend Lodge throughout the day. Reading for a among the earliest in any field of No. 139; Medford, at Medford Lodge Basic or Intermediate Card will also No. 103; and Coos Bay, at Blanco be available at 3 p.m. inquiry, enterprise, or progress.” Lodge No. 48. All activities will take Reservations should be made by You can be that pioneer. You can place on Saturday, April 21, and start individual Lodges and sent to Grand be the one who has that one, simple at 9 a.m. The schedule will include a Lodge before April 1. The cost is idea that will bring your Brothers brief Lodge in Disarray and a Con- $12.50 per member; late registrations back to Lodge. Or the one who densed School of Instruction. will be $20. Please use the registra- figures out how you can get more Lunch will be served at noon, and tion form on this page. It is also avail- men to join; men who are already will include a brief talk concerning able online at oregon-masonic.com. Masons in their hearts. the Lodge Proficiency Awards. The Fraternally, W.B. Don Stapleton, Think about it! What is it that will remainder of the day will be devoted Senior Grand Deacon entice the Brothers to come? What to topics on etiquette, Lodge man- and Masonic Education & is it that would make you come, Information Committee Chairman if you’re not attending now. The answers are there, and if you know - PLEASE PRINT LEGIBLY - what they are it is your responsibil- BLUE LODGE TRAINING REGISTRATION ity to inform the Master and Officers For April 21 of the Lodge. (Deadline April 1, 2012) Our common bond, my Brothers, is faith. We all professed faith in We are from Lodge Name & No. ______a Supreme Being before we were We wish to attend: Tigard-Orenomah Lodge ___ Salem Scottish Rite ___ initiated. If your faith is true, you Bend ___ Medford ___ Blanco ___ Cove ___ want the best for our Fraternity. NAME OFFICE But you must take that faith a little further, and couple it with action. ______You don’t need to take a journey of ______2,000 miles, like Lewis and Clark, to be a pioneer. You can be a pioneer ______in your Lodge; a pioneer who makes ______Lodge a place of great enjoyment and great purpose. ______Yes, my Brother, the future of Masonry is bright, and can become Cost is $12.50 per person ($20 per person for late registration). Please enclose brighter through your faith. Always a check payable to: The Grand Lodge of AF & AM of Oregon. Mail to Masonic remember, however, that “Faith Grand Lodge of Oregon, 2150 Masonic Way, Forest Grove, OR 97116. To pay by Without Works is dead.” credit card, call the Grand Lodge at 503/357-3158 or 1-800-970-9920. Questions? Contact Don Stapleton, 503/669-0866 or [email protected]. — M.W.B. Richard A. Martin, Grand Master

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Page 4 NEWS FROM OUR LODGES•••

Portland - Gateway Lodge No. 227 members (at right, left to right: 175 (Warrenton) presented life W.B. Dale Palileo, W.M. Tom Binkerd member Clarence E. Colbert with and Matt Turcotte) visited Sister his 50-year jewel on Jan. 28 at his Lodge Esoterika No. 216 in Seattle. home in Portland. On Saturday, March 17, Eso- Bro. Colbert is a retired shop terika Lodge will host W.B. Eric L. foreman with the California High- Arneson (145) who will be giving a way Dept. He and his wife, Vernola, presentation entitled “The Memory have been married 71 years. Lodge: Practicing the Art of Mem- He received his Master Mason ory.” He will discuss the history presentation at 6, and the Stated Degree Dec. 10, 1956, in Los Ange- of the Art of Memory, its possible Meeting at 7. The presentation, les Harbor, San Pedro, Calif. He af- connections to , and open to Masons and non-Masons, filiated some Renaissance techniques will be in the lower dining room of with that were used in conjunction with the Portland Scottish Rite Center. Gate- Freemasonry. The event will feature W.B. Arneson will elaborate on way in light refreshments at 5:30 p.m., the the Masonic components during 1991 the Tyled portion and of the Stated Meet- the ing. Lodge For more, contact plans the Lodge secre- to tary, Dan Gray, at order [email protected], Bro. Colbert and his wife Bro. or Worshipful Mas- Vernola hold his Oregon 50- Col- ter, Tom Binkerd, year certificate. bert’s tombinkerd@com- 60- cast.net. year jewel in 2015, since it will be Left to right are Milwaukie’s Bro. David Anderson, WB Joe due in 2016. Bradshaw, WM Heath Brandenburg and Bro. Robert Anderson. Milwaukie - On Jan. 7, at Mil- waukie Lodge No. 109, Bro. Rob- ert Anderson was raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason. What makes this event stand out is that he was raised by his grandfa- ther, Joe Bradshaw, a Past Master 2 Send your of Redwood City No. 168 (now Lodge news Peninsula No. 168) in California. items and W.B. Bradshaw, who came up from pictures to California, also presented Bro. ptemple@ Anderson with a Masonic lapel masonic- pin that had belonged to the new oregon.com. WM Alexander Ben-Israel (above, third from left), Waluga Lodge Mason’s great-grandfather. Bro. Include the #181, received MWB Richard A. Martin, Grand Master, and his Anderson’s brother, Bro. David who, what, entourage in January. Left to right are WB Gary Ball, Grand Anderson, Milwaukie No. 109, was when, where Organist; MWB Martin; WM Ben-Israel; WB Ken Hall, Grand also in attendance. and why. Sword Bearer; RWB Hunt M. Compton, Deputy Grand Master; Esoterika Lodge No. 2 Portland - and RWB Ron Eggers, District Deputy No. 7.

Page 5 ‘Tracing Board’ tie offered as fundraiser Final secretary seminar — By M.W.B. Richard A. Martin is March 17 hile traveling throughout tie of the finest quality. ue to significant changes in Wthe jurisdictions in North The artist has given me Dfiling your Lodge’s 990N, America, I have had many requests permission to sell the Lodge injury reporting forms and to purchase the Oregon Grand ties, so I am making them to learn about reporting tools for Master’s Masonic tie. available to you. They can the new Grand Lodge database, The tie is emblematic of the first be ordered on the form it is important secretaries attend three degrees of Masonry, and cap- below, at a price of $35 this seminar. Three have taken tures the artwork of Brother Greg that includes shipping to place and this is the last one — Stewart, of California. your jurisdiction. Saturday, March 17, 9 a.m. at La It represents “modern Tracing Any profit made will go Grande Lodge No. 41. The seminar Boards,” crafted after the Trac- to the Home Endowment will conclude by 5 p.m, with lunch ing Boards used in Europe and Fund of Oregon. provided. The Grand Secretary will the early days of Freemasonry in be available before and after each America. It is truly a beautiful silk seminar for additional questions and answers that are pertinent to the individual Lodge Secretary’s Please mail _____ Masonic tie(s) to: membership issues. Please have your registration Name: form in the Grand Secretary’s of- ______fice no later than one week prior to the seminar. There is no fee for Address ______attending; simply bring a current copy of the Oregon Masonic Code and your Secretary’s Handbook City, State, Zip ______with you. Internet will be available, so please feel free to bring your Return this Order Form and your check (made payable to Grand laptop computer as well. Lodge of Oregon) to: 2150 Masonic Way, Forest Grove, OR 97116- Print, fill out and mail the regis- 2020. You may use your credit card by calling the Grand Lodge tration form found on the Grand at 503-357-3158. Lodge website.

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Page 6 Support your Blazers — and Masonic & Eastern Star Home he Portland Trail Blazers are Cornerstone Club Tteaming with the Al Kader Members of the Grand Chapter of Oregon, O.E.S. - pin money Shriners for their 2nd annual Trail Master’s Club Blazers fundraising event on March Lawrence N. Christian TUA (57) – 29, when the New Orleans Hornets in memory of Lawrence, Hiram and Helen Christian visit Portland. A portion of each Petitioner Club ticket purchased through this pro- Friendship No. 160 gram goes back to support Al Kader Joseph Lodge No. 81 – in memory of Miklos Vali Shriners. Albert M. Crowder Jr (46) Ed Bousquet, IPGM (139) Order online at http://tickets.trail- Judy Bousquet Robert B. Reutlinger (76) blazers.com/deals with the pass- Thomas S. Dixon (76) Brothers of Sheridan-Dayton Lodge No. 64 word “shriners.” Tickets are $24, Brothers of Clatskanie Lodge No. 133 Charles Richard Castle (195) with a processing fee of $5. This is Gerald Shultz (3) Kenneth Myers (3) Thomas T. Lanman Jr (17) a fraternal fundraiser. The funds are Arthur & Viola Dickson Memorial Fund (77) for the benefit of Al Kader Shriners OMCF/MSAP and are not tax deductible. Petitioner Club The game is Thursday, March 29, Friendship Masonic Lodge No. 160 John O. Coulter (18) at 7 p.m., with seating in the “purple Albert M. Crowder Jr (46) Michael R. Stanton (7) 300-level” of the Rose Garden. Brothers of Sheridan-Dayton Lodge No. 64 For more information contact Greg Charles Richard Castle (195) Ray P. McCord (3) Melvin Holst (3) Bauman, 503/963-3947, or greg.bau- Your donation, no matter what size, helps Oregon Masonry achieve [email protected]. its goals and fulfill its mission. Built upon Masonry Assistant Grand Secretary Appointment The Board of Governors at Shri- ners Hospitals for Children - North- ern California added the Masonic n compliance with the require- Microsoft Office Suite symbol of the Square and Com- Iments beset within Section 128- (Word, Excel, Power- passes to the hospital sign in 2011 25; Section 112; and Section 160-2 Point); to show the link between Shriners of the Oregon Masonic Code, the • Bookkeeping and and Masons. Trustees of the Grand Lodge of A.F. accounting experience All Shriners are & A.M. of Oregon desire to ap- required; Masons, thereby point an Assistant Grand Secretary • Must be able to lift 50 pounds members of the which will be a parttime to fulltime without assistance, and stand and world’s oldest and paid position. Those who meet the sit for extended periods; and largest fraternity. following requirements are encour- • Must be able to travel as re- In 1870, a group aged to apply for the position of quired. of Masons in New Assistant Grand Secretary: Wage is dependent upon experi- York City decided •Must be a Past Master of a Con- ence. to expand their fra- stituent Lodge in Oregon; Submit resumes to the Grand Sec- ternity to include • Has a thorough working knowl- retary Paul Temple, 2150 Masonic a special club de- edge of the ancient customs and Way, Forest Grove, OR 97116-2020. voted to fun and philanthropy. That traditions of our Craft; No further resumes will be accept- group is now known as the Shriners. • Basic Proficiency, at a minimum; ed after March 31, 2012. The “Silent Messenger,” carrying a child, • Office skills - at least three years stands above the Square & Compasses. office experience with proficiency in

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