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Fall 2015 Summer 2015 SUMMERFALL 2015 2015 From the Grand East MW WILLIAM J. THOMAS Grand Master [email protected] 407-927-8400 Masonic Families Rededication Breakfast What Would George Washington Do? Marina del Rey Catering, March 8, 2015 As a teenager, I grew fond of reading the histories of famous Richard Brookhiser, in his book on Washington, wrote that people, especially our country’s founders and earliest leaders. “all modern manners in the western world were originally DeWitt Clinton was among them and another was George aristocratic. Courtesy meant behavior appropriate to a court; Washington. Even today, I see the value of studying our past chivalry comes from chevalier – a knight. Yet Washington was as a guide for our future. We learn from past mistakes and to dedicate himself to freeing America from a court’s control. benefit from our past successes. Could manners survive? February 22, 1732 was the birthday of President and Brother Without realizing it, Washington was outlining and George Washington. His home in Mt. Vernon, Virginia is a absorbing a system of courtesy appropriate to all mankind. testament to his leadership, in both our Country and in our When the company for whom the decent behavior was to be personal lives. performed expanded to the nation, Washington was ready. When George was sixteen years of age, he was given a writing Parson Weems got it right, when he wrote about Washington exercise and he wrote his 101 Rules of Civility. Here are a few, that, it was ‘no wonder everybody honored him, who honored and I read them in the language and phraseology of that era: everybody.’” • Every action done in Company ought to be with Some Civility in our daily lives is not just something that is nice to Sign of Respect, to those that are Present. do. Civility is politeness and courtesies in our behavior and our • Let your Conversation be without Malice or Envy …. speech. Yet Civility seems to be something we remark upon by And in all Causes of Passion, admit Reason to Govern. exception rather than by the rule. How often we see road rage! • Shew Nothing to your Friend that may affright him. How frequently do we see rude behavior around us? We see • Reprehend not the imperfections of others … . people yelling and using profanity to resolve differences; along • Never express anything unbecoming … . with careless and unkind characterizations behind their backs. • Associate yourself with Men of good Quality, … for ‘tis By civil behavior we learn to disagree without being better to be alone than in bad Company. disagreeable. Civility is the hard work of staying pleasant, even Today, many, if not all, of these rules sound a little fussy, with those with whom we have profound and deep-rooted if not downright silly. It would be easy to dismiss them as disagreements. Civility is the external fabric of humanity. It is outdated and appropriate to a time of powdered wigs and how we interact with respect among our many stations in life. quills. But they reflect a focus that is increasingly difficult to As Masons we obligate ourselves in our three Degrees to find. George’s rules have in common a focus on other people, good manners and fair dealings with our Brother Masons in rather than the narrow focus of our own self-interests that we the Lodge. But these generous principles extend further, and find so prevalent today. are to be applied outside the Lodge, as well. Every human Fussy or not, they represent more than just good manners. being has a claim upon your civility in your relationships. Do They are the small sacrifices that we should all be willing to good unto all, and perhaps … just perhaps … it might inspire make for the good of all and for the sake of living together. others to act likewise. These rules proclaim our respect for others, and in turn give us Live in peace, my friends; live in peace. And may the God of the gift of self-respect and heightened self-esteem. Love and Peace delight to dwell with and to bless you. 2 THE EMPIRE STATE MASON MAGAZINE T–E–A–M: Together Everybody Achieves More SUMMER 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS Volume 64 / Number 2 / SUMMER 2015 IN THIS ISSUE Officers and cOmmittees: featured HigHligHts: Grand East . 2 Grand Secretary - Be It Known . 4 Deputy Grand Master . 8, 11 Citation . 22 Senior Grand Warden . 9 St. John’s Day . 24 Junior Grand Warden . 10 Committee on Youth - Totton Essay Recipient . 29 Grand Treasurer. 10 Grand Secretary . 12 Masonic Care Community. 14 Webmaster . 16 SUMMERFALL 2015 2015 Masonic Care Community Ambassador Program. 21 DeMolay . 26 Organization of Triangle, Inc. 27 Law Enforcement Committee . 28 Awards Committee . 30 Grand Historian. 31 Grand Lodge Educational Assistance Program (EAP). 32 Acacia Village . 34 Gand Master’s Family Day at West Point. 35 Years of Service. 36-42 Grand Chaplain’s Corner . 43 Masonic Medical Research Laboratory . 44 Dates to Remember and Submission Guidelines. 45 Grand Lecturer . 46 Masonic Rings . .47 Photos from Camp Turk Camp Turk . 48 TRUSTEES OF THE MASONIC HALL AND ASYLUM FUND Publisher THE EMPIRE State MASON is an Official Publication of the Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund. 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All others must obtain written permission. Published quarterly in Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter months by the Trustees of the Masonic Hall and Asylum Fund, 71 West 23rd Street, NY, NY 10010-4149. THE EMPIRE STATE MASON (ISSN 0013-6794 Published at 71 West 23rd Street, NY, NY 10010-4149). Periodicals postage paid at New York, NY and additional mailing offices. Grand Secretary RW PAUL M. ROSEN, Grand secretary Masonic Hall Be It Known 71 West 23rd Street May 18, 2015 New York, NY 10010 212-337-6644 \ \ TO: THE OFFICERS OF THE GRAND LINE, ALL Henry Kniesel, term expired; R W David P. Spencer, for PERMANENT MEMBERS, DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND three years in place of R\W\ Griffith Jones III, term expired; MASTERS, GRAND SWORD BEARERS, GRAND R\W\ Griffith Jones III for Trustee Emeritus; and R\W\ DIRECTORS OF CEREMONIES, GRAND STEWARDS, Werner Henry Kniesel for Trustee Emeritus. 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Continuing in unexpired terms are: R W Arnold Auerbach (2017); R\W\ Michael A. Chaplin (2017); M\W\ William J. Thomas Grand Master R\W\ Amado J. David (2016); R\W\ Paul A. Guerrero, R\W\ Jeffrey M. Williamson Deputy Grand Master (Secretary),(2017); R\W\ H. Joseph Heath (2016); R\W\ R\W\ Charles P. Uhle Senior Grand Warden Alvaro F. Quiroga, (Vice President), (2016); R\W\ Sheldon R\W\ Richard S. Morley Junior Grand Warden B. Richman (2017); R\W\ Sheldon D. Stachel (2016); and R\W\ Charles Catapano Grand Treasurer R\W\ Victor G.
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