vot. xul March
No. 3 1966
Published monthly by rhe Cabletow, tnc. in th€ inlerest of the Grand Lodge of the Philippines at l44O San illarcelino, Manila. Re-entered as second class mail maller al the Manila Post Office on June 16,1962, Subsoiption Rate - ?3.00 a year
BOARD OF EDITORS, oFFlcERS, THE CABIETOW, tNC. CABI.ETOW THE RAYMOND E. WILMARTH Chairman MW SERAFIN t. TEVES Editorial Consultant IV1ACARIO C. NAVIA Vice-Chairman RW RAYMOND E. WITMARTH Editor JUAN C. NABONG, JR. Secrelary WB NESTORIO B. MELOCOTON Managing Editor ALFREDO ORTIZ Treasurer
STATF MEIIABERS NESTORIO B. MELOCOTON Business Manager WB OSCAR L. FUNG WB JUAN,C. NABONG, JR. WB ALFREDO ORTIZ DIRECTORS: VWB MACARIO C. NAVIA JOSE E.'RACELA WB JOSE E. RACELA OSCAR t. FUNG
IN THIS ISSUE Page
GRAND MASTER'S MESSAGE I
EDITORIAL 2
COUNSEL TO THE YOUNG . . . . . MWB pedro Gimenez, pGM
FIFTIETH ANNUAT GRAND LODGE COMMUNICATION 4
THE LONE EAGLE . . .'. Guorg. Burch, Jr. 5
THE BROTHERHOOD OF FREE MEN ...... WB Alberto de la Cruz 7
QUESTIONS & ANSWERS ...... WB Aurelio Corcuera lO
GRAVEL AND SAND . . . . . WB Oscar L. Fung 20
A TRIBUTE TO THE PHILIPPINE FLAG ...... wB Manuel M. Crvdo 22
WITH OUR YOUNG ONES . . pablo Maraquin, Jr. 25
THIRTY-FOURYEARSWITHPLARTDEL ...... NBM 2z Qaand ?llaoted o TTileaoa2e :
This month being the eleventh in my stewardship of the Grand Oriental Chair, I wish to tell the brethren about some of the things they have done or planned to do in the way of "making Masons manifest more Masonry". There has been a growing inierest among brethren in a community to organize Square and Compass Clubs. These clubs are primarily for social purposes, meeling at least once a month io have lunch or dinner together where they have speakers on Masonic subiects. They have one in JUSMAG with a fair-sized membership. There is one in the Proiects 6,7,8 and Pag-asa area and one in Proiect 4 in Quezon City. While lheir meetings are for fellowship, they may grow inlo organized lodges later. There used lo be one Square and Compass Club in Saigon. Now they have lwo, with the one iust organized in the Bien Hoa Air Base. Their organization was led mainly by brethren lhere, many of whom dr€ trrem' bers of our Biak na Bato lodge No. 7. I have signed dispensations for the organization of lodges in Proiec 4 and in Seoul, South Korea. We are glad of the one being organized in Seoul because this again slresses the fact that the Grand Lodge of the Philippines has been insirumental in spreading Masonry in the Far East. I will be recalled that lodges in China and Japan, before they organized lheir own Grand Lodges, were organized under the aegis of our Grand Lodge. h is our hope lhar from this one lodge in South Korea, many more wil! grow such that somelime in the future they will have lheir own Grand lodge also. The physical improvements in Plaridel Masonic Temple, home of our Grand Lodge, are in their final slages at this time. The airconditioning sysiem for Abad Sanios Hall has been doubled in capacity to thirty tons. Brelhren attending the Grand Lodge Communication from April 26-28, 1966 wilt be pleased that they will no longer be warmed, but cooled. The ceiling of the balcony has been archileclurally improved. lt is more dignified- looking now. The twelve slore spaces fronting San Marcelino street are finished. Some slores are now operating. I wish to remind the brethren aboul our Grand lodge Communication. We hope every lodge will be represenled and that every delegate will share the responsibility of talking rhings over and planning things for the en- suing Grand lodge year. Please make your plans early and make this a good Communication.
(sgd.) SEMFIN t. TEVES Grand Masler
March 1966 I
-/ tdetaatal:
ON NOT BEING LATE
Back in our teaching days, we used to chide our students who came late by saying: 'fou are not lale today; you iust did not come on lime." the response was as lo be expecied; rhey did not like lo hear lhose sitly words again, so ihey came on lime. lr is with trepidation that we would say these same words to the breihren who are 'enlrurled wifh llre duty of making those reports required by fhe Grand lodge. Since tate last year, we had thoughi of printing lhe names of newly-raised brethren, stating the dates of raising, lodges and locations, etc. This informalion can be found in the monthly reports, but since Jan- .uary this year, no more lhan three dozen reports have come into the hands .of the Grand Secretary. , Normally, 134 such reports should be in the Grand lodge at the end of each month. Anyway, we are beginning with the list this month. We will see if we can continue with it. The tist of officers of rhe todges for the currenl year are by regutatlon due on January 15 of each year. Today, March 15, twenty-;ive lodges still have to be heard from. We might say some reports are nol late; they are not here. Last month we promised we would put an inserl in the 'March issue containing lhe names of lodges, districts, locarions, officers, 'meeting days and addresses of secretaries. we have to postpone this until nexf rnonth hoping rhar by then the twenty-five lodges wilt have been 'heard fr'om. No, fhose lodges are noi all overseas lodges; most are within the ierrirorial limits of rhe Philippines, nine of them in Manita! Breihren of our blue lodges wani lo know as early as possibte what iaclions were taken in the annuat Grand lodge communicalions. lt is irn- porianl that they know the new rules and regutalions so that they can govern themselves accordingly. There is somefhing admirabte in rhis desire. We congratulate them for it.
All right, thbre is norhirig wrong wirh ow belly. Not aching. We are merely saying that tardiness is nol a virtue; but promptness is. iro.pt-. ness is tike pbrfume. one doEs not spray it on himsetf wiihout rhe otherc not getling it. NBA/t
2 The Cabletoqr Yuu too' cqfl, serl)e.
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MWB PEDRO M. G|MENEZ, Pc,l
In the seclusion of my retirement, crimes tvithout the people themselves I thought I could idohte- myself from cooperating lvith our authorities. the outside world and enjoy the But the situation is not yet hope- beauties of natufe and inhale the cool less. While a number of our people and invigorating air that penetrates ignore the larvs in their tlesire to acirr- the ever green leaves. I\[en of my nrulate wealth throush all means, fair age, after having rendered more thaa or foul, there is still a great majority 45 years of service to our country rvho are law-abiding, conscious of and people, may probably be excusecl their duties to God and country. If from getting involved in the drud- only \\ie consider honor as above geries of life and allowed a life of se- everything, if we are still inibued with renity free frorn cares ancl u,orries. a sense of patriotism, these crimes The problems facing our countrv committed by our countrymen against today are so vast, so tremendous, if their own country lvould not happen. not grave, that I feel it is the duty These acts arc equivalent to subver- every Filipino of citizen to lend a sion u'hich in other forms of govern- helping hand tou,ards solution. their tnent is ptrnishable by death. Indeed, the most dangerous of these To the youth of our land, appeal problems is smuggling. It is gratify- I to you to observe the larvs oI our ing that no less than our President country. Love Philippines has taken immediate steps to curb it. our not only in words but good deeds. I am in full accord with the attitude in he has taken toward this particular Help our President and other author- ities restore peace problem because smuggling,-not only to and order and of blue seal cigarettes but also of nar- thus strengthen the stability of our cotics, undermines the stabilitv and nation.. In you, the youth of our the health of our nation. Collections land, who, no less than our patriot, of the treasury are on a downward Dr. Jose P. Rizal, called "the hope trend mainly due to this nefarious of the Fatherland," lies the future scherne. Considering also 'the appa- of our country. The Philippines is the rent apathy of our people to pay their only patrimony that God has given taxes on time, if they pay at all, the you to love, to cherish, to preserve threat to the financial stability of our and to clie for if necessary. We of nation is by all means serious. This the older generation are fading arvay. seeming conspiracy to shake the very We can only give you words of foundation of our goveinment through guidance: help our country to be the commission of crinres and flount- great so that no people be_vond our ing of our laws should caution the shores rvill ever aspire to dominate citizenry to be alert and vigilant. No us nor atternpt to obliterate 'the amount of lalvs can eradicate these Filipitlo raqe. A ,rUbrct'1966
-/ Fiftieth Annual Communication, Grand Lodge ol the Philippines
April 26-28, 1966 - Plaridel Masonic Temple AGENDA 1. Opening of the Crand Lodge by the Deputy Grand Master. and other officers of the Grand Lodge. 2- Admission of Master Masons. 3. Reception of the Most Worshipful Grand Master. 4. Reception of Past Grand Masters. 5. Flag Ceremony. 6. Invocation. Roll Call of Grand Lodge Officers, Past Grand Masters, and Past Grand Officers. 8. Report of the Committee on Credentials o Roll Call of lodges, report on quorum, 10. Recess for corporation rneeting. 11. 1!Iessages. 10 Welcome address by the Most Worshipful Gr.and Master. 13. Roll Call and reception of Grand Representatives. L4. Presentation of the Crand Representatives to the Grand Master by the Grand l\(arshal. 15. Welcome address to the Grand Representatives by the Grand l\[aster. 16. Response on behalf of the Grand Bepresentatives. 77. Introduction of the Cuest Speaker by M. W. Antonio Gonzalez, PGIII 18. Address WB Donald Dale Boudeman,- Most Puissant General Grand Master, General- Grand Council, RSM International and Grand Inspector General, 33o, AASR, Northern Jurisdiction- 19. Reading and approval of the minutes of the Forty-Ninth Annual Com- munication, unless dispensed with, 20, Report of the Most Worshipful Grand lVlaster and reference thereof. 2L. Report of the Grand Treasurer and reference thereof. 22. Report of the Grand Secretary and reference thereof. 29. Report of the Grand Lecturer and reference thereof. 24. Appointment of Regular Committees on Charter, By-Laws, and Special Com- mittees on Grand Lodse Officers' reports. 25- Grand Oration, 26. Presentation of petitions, motions and resolutionsl reference or other disposi- tion of the same. 27. Reports of Regular, Standing, and Special Committees; action; thereon. 28. Report of the President of the Masonic Hospital for-crippled chiidren, Inc. 29- Report of the Qhairman, Building Committee. 30. Report of the President, Acacia Mutual Aid Society, Inc. 31. Report of the Chairman on School Books. !.) Report of the Chairman, Filipinas Savings and Loan Assn. 33. Report of the Chairman, Cabletow, Inc. 34. Presentation of Accounts and Budget of the Grand Lodge. 35. Miscellaneous business, if any. 86. Appointment of election tellers and clerks. 87. Election of Grand Lodge Officers, and members of the Board 'of General Purposes. 38. Announcement of Appointed Officers of the Grand Lodge. 39. Resumption of the Grand Lodge business. 40. Recess for Corporation Meeting. 4L. Installation of the Grand Lodge Officers.
The Cabletow Fq,scinl,ting o,nl, irLspiratioml. . ?no y'o,oe tofk: y'ded4oz?l
By GEORGE BURCH, JR.
Almost impossible to capture now is that kind of magic which Lind- bergh and his legend exerted upon those of us who retnember him in the greatest years of his heroism and triumph in the late 1920's. Numerous newspapers and maga- zines, as lvell as books, including "The Spirit of St. Louis," which he authored, have been written about Lindbergh, the man, rvhom few men intimately knew and fewer under- stood. In his book, "The Spirit of St. Louis," he describes the planning and execution of the first non-stop airplane flight between the continents of America and Europe. It was four- teen years in the writing. CHARTES A. TINDBERGH The phenomenon, known as "hero," bearing his name, which had May, 7927, he was transferred from lororned immensely over the Amer- an everyday life of an average Amer- ican scene for thirteen years, had ican into a national legendary figure. ceased to exist by the end of 1941. His exploits converted aviation from He, of course, continued to be ad- airplane spectacles put on by stunt admired by many and worshipped by daredevil flyers in country fairs into a small minority of Americans, yet the rnost advanced and modern the man survived his heroism, con- source of transportation of the 20th tinued intensely alive, and active, Century, both for passengers and even today. freight. lVlen even today have dif- Lindbergh, partly as a result of his ficulty in giving it proper place in the own acts and character, partly as the dynamic development of peoples and result of forces beyond his control, nations, and it remains for future was worshipped, mobbed, photo- history to read the effe-cts of airplanes graphed, vilified, as perhaps no on civilization. other private citizen in the 20th Cen- LINDBERGH'S YOUTH tury, and perhaps in all American In 1901, his father, Charles A. history. Lindbergh, following the untimely By flying solo from New York to death of his wife, Mary, whom he Paris in the "Spirit of St. Louis," in Turn io pagc ll
ItAarch 1966
/ Boudeman to Speak Supreme Guardian WB Donald Dale Boudeman, Gen- Visits Bethels eral Grand Master, General Grand Council, Royal and Select Masters _ Mrs. Mary Etta Wright, Supreme fnternational and Sovereign Grand Guardian of the International Order Inspector General, 33u, Northern of Job's Daughters, rvill be in the Jrrrisdiction, U.S.A., rvill be the I'hilippines from March 28 to April guest speaker at the Fiftieth Annual 11, 7966 to visit bethels of the Order Grand Lodge Communication, April during her stay here. She will be rvith 26-28, 1966, at Plaridel Masonic Bethel No. 1 in Olongapo, Zam- bales from March Ternple. This lvas annorrnced hy 28 to April 2, rvith Bethel No. 3 in Dumaguete Cit1, I,{\,VB Teves, Grand Master orr,l RWB from Al>ril 3 to April 6, and rvitlr Wilnarth, Deputy Grancl Iletl-rel No. 2 in \{anila from April Master, who was reponsible for irr- 7 to 11, spending the Holy Week in viting \,VB Boudeman. the city.
WB Boudeman is a merrber and In the evening of April 11. sh,' Past Master of Anchor Lodge of flies to Australia to visit the Grancl Strict Observance No. 87 in Kalama- Ilcthel there. Her trip outside the zoo, Michigan and is active in both continental United States has taken the York and Scottish Rites, having her thrrs far to Harvaii and Guam be- attained the pinnacle degrees in both fore her Philippine visit. A{ter a orclers and serving in nrany offices u'eek or so in Australia, she will flv therein. He is an active urer.nber of bacl< to the United States and eir the Supreme Council of the Interna- route rvill touch tr4anila, Hong Kong, tional Order of Del{olav ancl holcls Tol The Cirbierow ?fe Sucl.etlood o/ Toee ?lten WB ATBERTO DE tA CR,UZ, WM Magat Lodge No. 65 Distinguished, Guest Honor, is policy of - It a borne out of necessity Ofticers of the Grand Lodge, Digni- that the right to carry the Nlasonic taries of the East, Fellow Masons, symbol, the right to be a Freemason Ladies and Gentlemen: is a mere privilege granted only to those deserving antl We are again here assembled to- worthy of'the Craft. It is not a natural night observe w'ith profound sol- right rvhich to all nren can detrrand. 'fo enrnity the traditional investiture of belong to the fold is a great privilege IVlasonic mantle upon those rvho shall beciuso to be accepted to the Fraternity in the year to pass, shoulder tl're task is evi- dence that the Petitioner of spreading the tenets of the Anctctrt is possessed rvith spiritual and rnoral traits of the Craft oJ Frcentasonry so that those highest order. heretofore, have labored in the dark Only those rvorthy, those whose breeding as to its true message and purpose and character can best exerrrplify shall no longer u'alk in the dim path ltreemasonry are extended of ignorance. the privilege of rvearing the Nlasonic emblern. 'fhe Ancient Crajt or Preenr,asonry And it is because r.rot has, thru centuries of its noble exist- all can enter the portals of Ma- ence, been the subject of so nruch riri- sonic Lodge, not all rnen can have icule, criticism, constructive or other- tlre privilege of joining this frater- u,ise, sorne meant to clebase anrl de- nity that lve are thus charged of being grade the Cro/f rvhile others songht some sort of a secrct society whose to destrov the institution itself. In- principles ntust necessarily contra- deecl, there are countless people in- vene the accepterl nonns of social or- cluding Petitioners to the fold who der. have no conception of rvhat Freema- It behooves therefore upon us sonry is or seeks to do and who use Freenrasons not to remain complacent it only as a springboard frorn which rtnd indifferent to the accusations to gain a prestige symbol. and hencefort strive to cnlighten the pub- There are those rvho claim that lic rrf tlre real pliilosophy of. Free- secretive ours is too a society which llt(tsortr)t. no one can just penetrate to under- stand the innelrvorkings of the or- It is a pity that so nla-ny of those ganization anrl thereby lead io rvho do not belong to the fold have charges of heresv, anti-religion, an found fault with an organization association corr-rprised of Godless whose funclanrental principie is the heathcns rvhose everv guiding princi- prouroticn of fraternal brotherhood of ple contraciicts religious dogura anJ n1crl the F-clloarltilt that sweet teachings. and precious- jervel rvhich- rvc ought A11 these imputations are obviously to share lvith our fellowmen so that, a case of r.nisinforrnation, a lack of in the rvords of a great Grand X{as- proper unclerstanding of the workings ter, rve can stand together in times of Freemasonry. furn io nexl page March 1966 of adversity, rejoice in prosperity, do events where we find the greatest things together.- But Always To- need for all people to understan 8 The Cabletow I shall take it as a challenge evcr hood tvithout nrutual regard, gr)od conscious of the fact that I anr here opinion and esteem, ntutuzri charity, to serve and not to be served by rry and mutual allorvance for faults and fellou,men. This office surely can failings." It is those only rvho learn Iend me u'hat the rvorld calls Farne, habitually to think better of each but for nrvself I seek not the fame other, to look habitually for the good because to paraphrase a writer, I that is in each other and expect, al- shall alu'ay,s look upon farne as some- lon' for, ancl overlook, the evil, rvho thing to be used in accomplishing can be Brethren one of the other, in good. any true sense of the rvord. Those But it is not only the performance u'ho gloat over the failings of one of charitable deeds or acts of rnercy another. who think each other to be that rve ought to concern ourselves naturally base anrl lorv, of a natrrre rvithin the limits of our Masonic in which the evil preclominates anrl ex- Lodge. We shall likervise try to pre- cellence is not to be looked for, ca:r- serve and see to it that Freernasonry not even be friencls, and n,uch less is ever a Pearl of Great Price, "worth Brctlren. a great deal of effort, a great deal of Ancl to you my brethren let nre sacrifice, a great deal of rvaiting," in give this pleclge that in plarin.q this the words of the Past Grancl Master hood of officc upon r:ry shoulders I of the Grand Lodge of Indiana. 'fhe shall ahvays place mv heart and rnind The fellorvship of Freemasonry ca,o- to the tenets of Freernasonry ever not be achieved if rve shall take lightly rnindful of zvhot is written that fraternal unity alnong brothers. "For .a,here you.r treosu,'tr -is, tltare "There can be no genuine brother- r,uill y6vv heort be also." A A L\ A IIST OF NEW BRETHREN FOR JANUAR,Y I966 Natne Lodge Address Date Raised 1. Robert Samuel Adams Loo Choo Lodge No. 172; Koza, Okinawa L/6166 2. Jerry Lynn Larsen Loo Choo Lodge No. 172; Koza, Okinawa 1/6166 3. Amos Ray Fields Pilar Lodge No. 15; Imus, Cavite l/8/66 4. George H. Jones Pilar Lodge No. 15; Imus, Cavite 1/8166 5. Daniel B. Sta. Ana C. Norte Lodge No. 107; Daet, C. Norte t/8166 6. Harvey Horita L. Wood Lodge No. 105; Clark Air Base L/14166 7. Willard Shockley L. Wood Lodge No. 105; Clark Air Base l/14166 8. Robert Peig Abra Lodge No. 86; Bangued, Abra 7/15/66 9. Manuel Severo Abra Lodge No. 86; Bangued, Abra l/16166 10. Roberto C. Alarcon Pintong Bato Lodge No.51 ; Bacoor, CaviteT/22166 11. Dante Z. Evangelista Pintong Bato Lodge No. 51 ; Bacoor, Cavite l/22166 12, Horace Theodore Cole Kanto Lodge No. 143; Tokyo, Japan l/26166 13. Florentino C. Concepcion Kasilawan Lodge No. 77; Manila 1/29t66 14. Martin G. Espina Kasilawan Lodge No. 7?; Manila r/29166 March 1965 9 Vtac Zae&daro a,eod l*ooueao . , , WB AURELIO I.. CORCUERA (4) PM 126. Mackey (Au. Encycloftedia of FreemasmrV, 1919, vol. 1, p. 306) defines a Grand Lodge as the "dogmatie and administrative authority of Ancient Craft Masonry, or the three symbolic degrees." What justification is there for des- cribing it as democratic? In the early part of the 18th century when the first Grand Lodges were organized, a Grand Lodge as a matter of expediency had to have power and authoritg over all the Craft within its jurisdiction, exercising legislative, execu- tive, and judicial functions. Its ordinances and edicts, until repealed, are to be obeyed by the Lodges under its jurisdiction and their members. Its judicial decrees are final. It is thus autocratic and despotic. But since the Irodges composing it ate represente(l by their Masters and 'Wardens, and, in some cases, by their Past Masters also in its communications and since all propo- sitions presented have to be approved by the votes of a majority of those present, a quorum being present, it is democratic a representative democracy. - 72i. ln the Philippines who are the members of the Grand Lodge? According to Par. 3 (Chapter I, Article II, Section 1 of the Constitu- tion, revised in 1962) the members of the Grand Lodge are: the Grand Lodge Officers; the Past (elective) Grand Officers; the Masters and 'Wardens, and the Past Masters of the Lodges under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge. 128. What is meant by the term "exclusive jurisdiction"? A Grand Lodge has exclusive jurisdiction over the territory in rvhich it is established because no other Grand Lodge can charter a Lodge within its jurisdiction usithout its eapressed permission. A Lodge has exclusive juris. diction in the place mentioned in its charter, and resideuts within the limits of its jurisdiction can not petition for the degrees of Masonry in any other Lodge without first obtaining a waiver of jurisdiction from it. 129. \{ho requests the waiver: the petitioner or the Lodge to rvhich he desires to apply? According to Par. 159 of the Constitution (rev. 1962) the Lodge to which the applicant desires to present his petition, upon his writ'ten reguesf, should ask for the waiver of jurisdiction from the Lodge which has (exclusive) juris. diction over the prospective candidate. 130. Is the granting of a waiver of jurisdiction mandatory on the Lodge from which it is requested? No, it is entirely discretionary. The requesting Lodge can not act on the petition unless the waiver is granted. IO The Cabletow THE IONE EAGTE . From page 5 In his early youth, he recalled see- ing two airplanes which were oblong had married in 1887, and to whom boxes and were without solid side were born two daughters, Eva and walls and whose tops and bottoms Lillian, was married to Evangeline were held together by forest of Lodgc I-and, rvho like her husband, a strttts, a network of wires. He had graduated from the University of a boyhood dream to fly, even though X{ichigan, he in law and she from the it rvas a dangerous pastime, but as school of education. His father was flying rvas very expensive, he put a successful attorney, who became a aside his yearning to fly, although man of extensive affairs, building and to his mother's consternation he prac- selling houses, aqquiring farms, a ticed jumping from tree limbs, and District Attorney, and finally, a nrenrber on one occasion dropped the family of Congress from Minneso- cat ta's Sixth District. from a second floor so he could check whether or not it u'ould land Charles A. Lindbergh, It., was on four feet (it did). born in Minnesota, February 4, 1902, and during his early years lived EDUCATION qlection on a ranch located on one hundred The in 1906 of his father and ten acres of primeval pines and to the United States Congress, fol- hardrvoods, stretching along the Mis- lowed by four subsequent re-elections, srsslppl. u,'as but the first of many drastic changes Lindbergh's life. His father and mother evidently in During those years, while he lvas were too much alike to make a suc- growing into adolescence, Lindbergh cessful n.rarriage and while they were ,!vas so moved about the country, di- separatecl, they never were divorced. viding his time between Little Falls, Lindbergh continued to live with his Minnesota, Washington, Detroit, mother, but he spent a great deal of with extended trips to the West time his father. with Coast and elsewhere about the coun- His early environment made an try, that he never completed a full irnpression, as a half century later ternr in any one school. His mother I-indbergh $'rote of his early youth tried to fill the gaps with private as having been spent in an idyllic tutoring, but deficiencies in his for- landscape of field and rvood, river mal education became inevitable. zrnd lake. Notwithstanding his lack of book Lindbergh's fatlter rvas a great be- learning, his experiences became more Iiever in self-reliance, a truly rugged educative than that to rvhich most individual and these characteristics )'ouths were then exposed to. were impressed upon Lindbergh at The lessons taught him by his fa- an early age, who being an only son ther, encouraged Lindbergh never to lvhose tlvo half sisters rvere much too sholv fear, and to rnake his way in old for him to play with, played the world with a minimum of de- alone much of the time, and he found pendence upon other people. With solitude in hunting and fishing. He the passing of years and the accu- even built a flat bottom boat otl mulation of hurts, he became in- which, with his dog as his only com- creasingly reticent. panion, he frequently made trips along Lindbergh, when he was five years the muddy banks of 'the Mississippi old, stood by his father's side while river, which was lined with oJki, the latter was sworn in as a Congress- elms and rustling cottonwoods. Turn lo D.xt paga March 1966 il TINDBERGH MASONIC RECORD On April 7, 1926, Keysfone lodge. No. 243, St. Louis, Missouri, of the Masonic Grand Jurisdiction of Missouri, received a petition for the degrees from a tatl, slender, diffident youth. Brother lindbergh first saw the light of Freemasonry on June 6. 1926. He was made a Fellowcraft in october and a Master Mason on December 15. the same year. During his progress through the degrees he displayed keen inrerest in rhe degreo work and in the lectures. All degree work was done and lectures delivered with one exception by mem- bers of ihe Lodge. The Entered apprentice and /V\aster Mason "curtain lectures', (corresponds wilh our Master's lectures) was delivered by James M. Bradford, pasl Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. Shortly after receiving ihe degrees came his famous ilight ending at paris, France, an event which will ever remain first in the minds of his Masonic brethren, es- pecially in the minds of the membels of Keystone Lodge, No. 243. ln recognition of his achievemenf and lhe honor which he had brought to him- self, his country, the Masonic Fraiernity and to Keystone Lodge, he was made a life member by the lodge. ln so doing, Keystone Lodge conferred upon him an honor which no other Mason:c Body could give him. ln 1928 he made his trip to South America where he was accorded every Masonic recognition: Lodge Libertad 2O Santo Domingo, RD, invested him with the honor of Honorary Member of rheir l-odge. He is a member of St. Louis Chapter No. 33 Na- tional Soiourners, On his history-making flighr from New York to Paris he wore the square and com. pass on his iackel. Years later when a movie was made telling the story of the flight lhe producers in their inimitable way turned ihis into a Sr, Christopher medal. man on the Horrse of Chamber; fre- the press, freedom of speech and as- quently was with his father on the sembly, freedom of thought in mat- House floor; and he listened to his ters of conscience. and the principle father's speeches in Congress, thouglr of separation of Chtlrch and State. for the nlost part, uncolnprehend- Neeclless to say, this legislation tvas ingly. killed in committee. When Worl March 1966 t3 Lindbergh, solitary and unknown, He was hired by the Robertson moved from place to place by sud- corporation as its Chief mail pilot, den impulses and sheer restlessness, on the run between Chicago and St. barnstonning through the middte Louis. The worse the weather, the west and the south, barely making better he seemed to like it. expenses some weeks, but showing on Current nelvs did not interest the whole a modest profit. Lindbergh. There was, however, Lindbergh realized that commer- one strand of nervs lacing through cial aviation ll'as still several years the whole of the age in which his in- off and that any flyer who wished to terest became great, indeed. It was grow up rvith it would do well, in the continuing story of the Orteig the meantime, to gain the prestige Prize and of the inen competing for and technical proficiency resulting it. He read it with increasing fas- from army training. March. 15, 1924, cination as it unfolded from the he was inducted at Brook's Field, spring through the summer into the San Antonio, Texas, as an Air Serv- fall of 1926, until in November, he ice Cadet, and for the first time he himself became a part of it, though flew the most modern planes. at first obscurely. His father died in 1924. At his The story had begun some ten request, his son took his ashes aloft years before, in the mind of a in an airplane, and circling the woods Frenchman named Raymond Orteig, and meadows, spread them upon the rvho operated hotels in New York. wind. He resolved, following the conclu- Of the original class who became sion of World War I, to encourage air corps cadets with Lindbergh, flights betrveen United States aud only eighteen remained to receive France, and in such a way to bind their wings in March of 1925. Lind- his native land more closely to the bergh was graduated number One United States. He agreed to au.ard among them. The following week $25,000.00 "to the first aviator rvho most of the graduates resigned from shall cross the Atlantic in a land or active service in order to retain their lvater aircraft (heavier than air) freedom as rnembers of the Air Corps from Paris or the shores of France Reserve Corps, and Lindbergh with to New York, or from New York to no definite plans for his future in Paris or the shores of France, with- mind, boarded a train for St. Louis. out stop." He stipulated that the The army had enlarged his circle flight be made within five years after of casually friendly acquaintances and the offer was announced. But rvhen had given him, evidently for the first the five years were up, the prize re- time in his life, a sense of belonging, mained unwon and in fact there had or being a member. not even been an attempt to win it, such a flight in the early 1920's THE AIR MAIL PILOT seemed utterly im'possible, and fail- In 1925 the Congress passed legis- ure would most certainly result in Iation transferring the air mail serv- death. ice, rvhich the Post Office Depart- By 7926, Orteig renerved his prize ment had inaugurated in 1918, using offer for another five vears (he army planes and personnel, to pri- had by this time returned to Paris to vate industry. Certainly the hazard Iive). Airplane motors and design of flying the mail lvas great enough had sufficiently improved to make a to challenge him. non-stop flight of 3600 miles seem t4 The Cablerow possible but without any margin for plane after passing Ireland was never error. seen again. In less than nine months, The possibility of a transatlantic the Paris-New York project had flight had become an obsession with claimed the lives of six men, as well Lindbergh, and he concluded that as injury to three others. since the limiting factor on long dis- By midday of May 10, 1927, the tance flying was the load of gasoline Spirit of St. Louis, with Lindbergh a plane could lift, any plane rvhiclr at the controls, lifted at the airfield set out to break the distance record at San Diego. The non-stop flight rnust be stripped of every ounce of to St. Louis had begun, and on May excess weight, including the cutting 11, 1927, the Spirit of St. Louis of the crew to ono. landed at Lambert Field, St. Louis- There seemed to him many reasons He had flown i,550 miles in fourteen why St. Louis businessmen who hours and twenty-five minutes; this knew him and respected his profes- was farther than any solo pilot had sional competence, would finance his ever flown non-stop before. proposed flight, Nerv York to Paris. The next day he took off for New and after considerable negotiations York and as he landed in Roosevelt his proposed flight was underwritten. field he learned that the number of He selected the Ryan Aircraft Co. transatlantic planes poised on Long of San Diego to manufacture his island was increased florn one to plane, rvhich was to be equipped with three. a Wright Engine, and late in Feb- THE FLIGHT 7927, company, under the ruary, this Early rnorning, on May 20, 1927, strict supervision of Lindbergh, built the Spirit of St. Louis, in a blinding the Spirit of St. Louis. He directecl rain storm, with rnud soaked run- every detail, even the most minute. rvays, raised gently forlvard toward he of the plane's construction and did the point of no return, Paris. not leave San Diego until he was ab- Abruptly, across America, the peo- solutely sure that the smallest part, ple focused their minds on a- single the weakest link in the mechanism of lonely youth of trventy-five years, his ship, was strong enough to with- rvho carrying the hopes and prayers stand strain before which other planes of his fellorn, countrymen, with only had succumbed. a sandrvich in his pocket to sustair He trained for his flight as boxers him. for a ring battle, but his train- train Rain, sleet, snorv and ice added to was to defeat the "sandman," for he the cornplexities of his flight prob- lvas solo, and as result of to fly a lerns and in the twenty-eight hours training, he was able remain this to of his flight, he for the first time sas, awake and at rvork for as manv as land, Ireland. He had accomplished 40 hours, with no tirne out or sleep a masterpiece of navigation, one or relaxation. worthy of the genius of dead reckon- Lindbergh rvas not the only poten- ing, Christopher Colun-rbus. He was race from New tial entry for the now only 600 miles from Paris. York to Paris, or from Paris to Neu' York, as several well-known pilots PARIS filed forrnal entries for the Orteig France, rvhich had not forgotten its prize, Lindbergh being the second to emotion of jov, when, in 1917, it file a formal entry. One plane actual- saw the first American regiments on Iy left Paris for New York, but the Torn lo nex, p.go March 1966 I5 the streets, was so taken by the au- small boats, then came the roar of dacity of Lindbergh's solitary at- nrighty canrlolls. tempt, that as a nation they yearned When the }{emphis docked, :r for the triumph of this "lone boy" as very touching scene took place, the An.rericans clicl. I{any articles have Admiral of the ship descended to the l>een rvritten about his triumph and gangplank first, and rvhen he rvenl reception in Paris on his arrival, sub- back up the plank, as he promptlv sequently follo*'ed by his tour of the did, thousands cheered and hun- \Vestern capitals of Europe. N,'Ian1' dreds s'ept; he had upon his arm the flambol'ant congratulations \vere rc- hero's mother. leased by various heacls of govern- His government, headed by the nrents throughclrt the worl(I, but per- President of the United States, Cat- haps the nearest approach to the vin Coolidge, paid homage to its dis- flight's essential meaning, as felt tinguishecl citizen, rvho by this time rather than thorrght by the millions. hacl been elevated to the rank of Col- rvas nrade bv Dr. Borvie of Grace onel in the Officers Reserve Corps. Episcopal Church in a scrnron enti- The reception given him in Wash- tlecl "The Lrrre of the Lupossible." ington rvas probably greater than an1' He saicl in speaking of Nungesser, given a private citizen in all history Coli, the1, lost their lives in attenlpt- until then. But it was promptly ex- ceecled ing the flight t'hich Lindbergh macle, by that given him in Nerv York. saying: "The chances are over- His wheln'ring aainst success. In thesc tour of the Unitecl States only added his stature nlen we see rnanifested that in- to such rl,as his modesty and selfless - domitable heroisrn rvhich whether idealism. On his good will trip to l\4exico, . in victory or defeat, has made his host in Mexico rvas the American possible the progress of the human Arnbassador, Dlvight Nlorrolv and race torvard mastery the the of rvhose daughter, Anne, later became u,orkl." his rvife. His triumphal tour of The Presirlent of the Unitecl Statcs \{exico rvas such as the Mexicans placed the flagship of the Comrnander had not accorded another man. .of the European fleet at Lindbergh's Lindbergh rvas not happy at being l6 The Cebletow TIII' LONE EAGLE AND cade in this errdeavor. A rnedical ANNE breal<-through in rnedical science was scored, with the successful develop- Anne Lindbergh in many ways re- ment of a mechanical heart, open- inforced Lindbergh's qualities; her ing up unlin'rited medical fr.rttrre de- basic sh1'ness u'as akin his own; to velopments. she sliared his desire for privacy and need for solitude, rvhile in other lvays, EUROPEAN YEARS she n as his con.rplen.rent, as she carerl Following the completion the rnore than he for the opinion of other of Ilauptmann rnurcler trial and his lreople. rvork mechanical- the Came on the heart, June 22, 1930, Anne's Lindberghs moved to a quiet village tu,enty-fourth birthday, in the home in England, rvhere they could live of her parents, she gave birth to a private sol1, Charles Augustus completely lives. lVhile in Lindbergh, E,urope a third son was born to .Tr. them, u'horn they narned Land Mor- I3y February of 1932 the Lind- fow. bergh's hacl moved into their nerv \\Ihile thus living Europe the1, secludecl home ; for the first time in sarv unfolding future history: sincc tl.reir marriage they had estab- the of lished their on'n horne. Mussolini, the renegade socialist, hacl come to power in Rome; Lenin had Orr the e.\,ening of NIarch l, 1932, seized porver in St. Petersburg, fol- the Linclberghs looked in their on lorved by Stalin representing blind sick son Charles, only to find he that reaction in its purest form; Hitler was not in his crib and they quickly and Nazi Germanv, rvith Sadism, the realized that their balty .rvas stolen. principal arm of the Third Reich, N{an,v of us are familiar with the nourished by a ruthless egotism, nation-rvicle search for the kidnap- pers which had longer been evident in of Baby Charles, the nation- German philosophy than in that of wide grief s1,'mpathy and for the any other land. All through this pe- suffering of the Lindberghs, discov- ery riod, Soviet Russia struggled with of the murdered baby and the increasing disposition to shape witl: subsequent capture in the fall of 193.1 Britain and France a strategy of col- and the conviction and execution of Iective security, whereby the deci- Bruno Richard Hauptmann. The de- sions of the League of Nations could tails of the kidnapping are indelibly be irnplemented rvith effective sanc- rvritten in history, and it would adcl tions. economic ancl political. de- nothing A to this articles were we to go cisive importance had become at- into any of its details. tached in London and Paris to esti- So great rvas the grief of the Lincl- mates of the relative strengths of the berghs on the finding of the body of Axis Powers, the Democracies and their murdered child, that ihey the Soviet Union. moved from their Nerv Jersey home, This, then, is the historic context never to return again. in rvhich we must judge the general Later a second son, Jon I\[orrou,. idea Lindbergh was shaping, and rvas born to the Lindbergh's followed these are the circumstances in which by another son and a daughter. rve must vierv the political role Lind- Lindbergh then becarne interested, bergh chose to play in the lurid with others, in the clevelopment of a tragic scenes rvhich impended. mechanical heart, and he spent a de- Tum to nexl ptgo Xtarch 1965 l7 In the sumrner of 1936, Lindbergh slovakia; Hitler's Nazi gangsters be- spent several weeks in Nazi Germany gan at once the round-up of Jervs. hobnobbing with Nazi bigwigs; cer- intellectuals, anti-Fascists. Tu,'o weeks tainly, this did not increase his pop- later, Mussolini sent his troops into ularity, but neither was it notably A1bania, rvhich became the spring- decreased. Whatever "bad" public- board for his imrninent invasion of ity he received from his Nazi asso- Greece. F'rance rvas prepared to fight ciation was immediately offset by the only a defensive rvar, hrrddled behind favorable publicity accorded to hirr her tr'Iaginot Line ; Britain seemed in Copenhagen. unprepared for ar.ry war at all, save Certain it is that Lindbergh was upon the high seas; and with this impressed to the point of arve by the state of affairs, Russia felt that the air power rvhich he rvitnessed in clemocracies could give it little as- Germany. He reported his observa- sistance against a German attack, tions to Prin.re Minister Baldwin of and it turnecl more and rnore to ef- England, lvho was entirely indiffer- fecting an alliance rvith Germany, and ent. However, other officials, parti- as u,e knolr', these ttro nations event- cularly those of Arnerica's State ancl ually entered into an alliance, which War Departments, continued to Iater broke when he invaded Rttssia. evince great interest in what Lind- Then the explosion: in April 1936, bergh had to say. Contrary to lvhat f)enn.rark rvas occupied, Norlvay in- certain politicians had to say con- vaclecl and conquered; followed in cerning Lindbergh's syrnpathies, he NIay by the conqnering of Belgium, rvas entirely sympathetic to the Brit the Netherlands, Lrtxemburg and ish, but he felt tl.rat our only sound Iirance, thus leaving Iinglancl stand- policy w'as to avoid rvar nolv at al- ing alone, following tl.re alnrost ntiracu- most any cost, clue to the lack of lous evacuation of 340,000 troops at rnilitary prepare t8 The Cablelow serve his country to the best of his could not be a party to permitting a ability as a private citizen. civilian to fly in combat, but they On Sunday, December 7, 1941, solved the problem for him by placing Japanese bombs rained down or1 an extra plane on the line when a Pearl Harbor, and our readers know tnission was being staged, and into of the holocaust of World War II. it Lindbergh would climb just before \\iith the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the take off. After a few combat mis- the story which this article set out to sions on one island base he would tell was brought to a conclusion. \,Ve move to another so as not to cause have attempted to show how Lind- any military problems for their com- bergh, a great popular hero, was manders. created and tvas uirdone in Twen- Altogether, he flew fifty missions, tieth Century America. thoroughly convincing younger pilots The government afforded him no that he was a valuable asset to their official standing, but few men served hazardous enterprises despite his ad- their country as valiantly and effec- vanced years, being then 42, and 30 tively as did he during World War years was 'bld" for a fighter pilot. II. He did everything he personally Tw'ice, at least, he shot down -|a- could to prove though he may have panese Zeroes. been a bad historical prophet, mis- He made manv contributions to- taken in his estimates of the power u'ard the more effective use of planes potential in the Western democra- in combat, not the least of which was cies, that he lvas devoted to his coun- to extend the combat try. flying range of planes by as much as 500 miles. He became a key figure at Ford's Willow Run plant in the spring of In 1953, when the Eisenbower ad- ministration took office, steps were 7942, in the production of B-24's; he also engaged in high altitude igni- taken to correct the political injustices that had been tion-breakdown tests of a Thunder- done to him. The President nominated ap- bolt fighter plane; in the fall of. 1943, him for pointment he transferred from Ford to United to the rank of Brigadier General United States Air Aircraft corporation, which was in the producing Corsair fighter planes for Force Reserve, a nomination u,hich the Naw and Marine Corps; in the was confirmed in 1954. spring of. 1944, he went into the Pa- To his old buddies, Lindbergh is cific as a technical representative of "Slirn," to his business associates, United States, authorized to "study" newer friends and his wife, he is under combat conditions the planes Charles; to recent acquaintances, he helped to make and test. Lind- "General"; to the public, he is merely bergh's definition of "study" meant the ghost of "The Lone Eagle." To flying planes in combat. The military the Masons he is Brother Lindbergh. AAA If we are to be a really great people, w,e lnu.st strive in good faith to flay a great part in the woild. -Theodore Roosevelt March 1966 l9 GRAVEL AND SAND WB OSCAR L. FUNG (7) PM. 4 Reptzt on ?laoandc t4cteailao Ilrothers Clovce Buckert, Ilorace tioned the Grancl Lodge to fon.n a \Vest, ancl Clarence Sanders plarred nerv Lodge. in frorn Vietnam to take their Blue I-odgc Degrees in Biali-Na-Bato Capt. Gerarclo-a- Tarnayo, \'IPD I-odge No. 7 last Nlarch 3, 1966. Traffic Control Bureau Chief, will be They rvere acconrpanied by Brother the exer.nplar at the exemplification Richard \\rilliamson. Brother Wil- of the 'fhird Degree to be held dur- liarnson belongs to a Lodge in Weis- ing the Convention of Lodges uncler baden, Gerrnany. N{asonic District No. 1 on }{arch n_ 26, 1966. Brother Gerry is a Fellorv- We have reccivecl information craft of Biak-Na-Bato Lodge No. 7. Irom Brother Donald Thornas that a new Square and Contpass Cltrir As of this -a-u'riting, the info sheet rvas organized in the Bien Hoa Air on lodges is ready to print but tlventy- Base in Vietnatn. During the or- five lodges still have to be heard ganizational meeting held in one of fror.n. Trvo hundred dotted lines on the firess halls in the ]lase, lrorc the sheet don't make it good to looli than sixty X,taster Masons l\'ere pres- at, so \\'e u'ilI wait a ferv more days. ent. Ilost probably the info sl.reet u'ill be inserted in the April issue. ,,\ Loclge rvill-a- soon be constituted _n_ in Seoul, Korea, under the jurisdic- In the Grand Lodge of South Ca- tion of the Grand Lodge of the Phil- rolina, Lodge Secretaries are re- ippines. quired to subrr-rit their annual reports on or before February 1. Failure on Hiram Lodge-a- No. 88, is nor'v busy their part makes their lodges liable rnaking plans for the celebration of lor 709b penalty on all fees due the the Lodge forty-fourth anniversary. Grand Lodge. _n_ Brother Juan-a- C. Nabong, Jr. was On NIarch 5, 1966, MWB Serafirr elected Secretary of the Cabletow Teves, GM; MWB Esteban Munar- Iloard of Trustees. We can not hold riz, Grand Secretary; VWB Hermo- this position due to a technicality in genes Oliveros, Grand Lecturer: the rnles of the Securities and Ex- WB Domingo F. M. Domingo an 20 The Cabletow Ou l{arch 11, VWB Oliveros flerv to ulccl. At noor.r. a fraternal banquet. Gen. Santos, Cotabato to conduct a u'ill be held at the banquet hall of thc Lodge of Instruction for the officers Scottish Rite Temple after rvhich the j\,Iatutum and members of N{t. Lodge convention rvill be resurnecl at Pla- No. 156. The following day, I,IWB ridel Ternple. The afternoon rvill be Munarriz flerv there to represent the confinecl to a ltusiness meeting to pass Grand Nlaster in dedicating the nes' on the resolutions to be submitted to tenrple of the loclge. the group. _n_ The convention-a- of lodges under NIa- \\,'e are grate{ul to thc brethreu sonic District No. !. of which RWB rvho have called our attention to typo- \Vilmarth is District Deputy, u.ill be graphical errors in the last issue of held at the Plaridel },Iasonic Tenrplc Thc Cabletozr,. \\re pronrise not to on October 26. In the morning a r.nake the same mistakes. It is grati- Lodge of Instruction with denior:- fying to note that brethren reaci our stration in the third degree is sched- nragazine including the errors. SECRETARIES - WHERE ARE YOUR MONTHLY II,IEMBERSHIP REPORTS? Your Cabletow tcould l;ike to publish, the name and persstl- al data of eaer?l neu memberht eaclt Lodge. But ue co/tl onw do this if each Secretary will promptly foruard the Monthltt Memberslip Report fw" his Lodge i,mmediately after each Stated Meeting, as required in. paragraph 363 on page 59 of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge, F. & A.M. of the Ph.il6p- 'plnes. The Grand, Sea'etary joins usitlt zts in requ,esti,ng 11ou,t assi.stance i,n tltis im1tortont ma,tte?". R. E. WILMARTH THE CABLETOW, INC. 1440 San Marcelino, Manila T o Sub scribers / M emb et's : Notice is hereby giaen that th,e Subscribets/Members of tltis Corporation will assemble at Plaridel Temple, 1ll0 San Matcelino, Monila, at t+:00 PM, A,pril 28, 19OO for its anrutal rteeting for tlte pm'pose of electi,ng the Board, of Directors und acbing o,tt, sucll other business ds nur?J propeily come before it. JUAN C. NABONG, JR. Corpwate Secretary March 1966 2l 4 Gribute to th,e Fhilippine fllogt MANUET M. CRUDO, PM Bagumbayan lodge No.4 WB. CrurIo is Past Master of Ba' Evangelista, that brilliant Filipino gumbayan Lodga No, l, F. & A. ll. Engineer who had studied in Ghent, and, Sectetary, Board f or General fought and died. Purpoees of the M. W. Grand, Lod.ge of the Philippines. He spoke the fol- On March 3, 7897, we saw our na- lowing linas at the 33rd, Annual Con- tional flag at the Battle of Pasong umtion of the Cavite Masonic Lod,ges, Santol, Bacoor, Cavite where Gene- Masonic Disffict No. 7O, held at ral Flaviano Yengko fought an 22 The Cebletow pine National FIag. For twelve lone- son, indicating that at long last the ly years, we existed as a nation with- Philippines had regained her most out seeing our national ernblem. On coveted Inclependence, while another October 22, l9l9 Act No. 1696 was Nlaster Nlason, Brother Paul Vorries repealed and once again our national McNutt was hauling down the Stars flag rvas allorved to fly in the air, bnt and Stripes announcing that the this time side by side rvith the Stars American regir.ne in the Philippines and Stripes. had come to an end. There, in mid- On tr{arch 26, 1929 Act No. 2928 air, by a twist of Fate, the two flags rvas passed declaring this beautiful nret and got entagled as if embracing nationai emblem as the official svmbol eech other and shouting to the four of the Philippine Government both u'inds: "LONG LIVE THE PHIL- (,n Sezl ancl on lancl. IPPINE INDEPENDENCtr! Durirrg the last global rvar, we salv LONG LIVtr DEN{OCRACY! our flag, side by side with the Arner- LONG LIVE FREEMASONRY ! ican lilag, defending Dernocracy on Thus, for more than half a century, the rocks of Corregidor, in the dug- frorrr Nlay 28, 1896 to July 4, 1946, outs of Bataan, and in the foxholes Freer.nasonry pleyed a stellar role in of Zatnbales. the shaping of the political destiny On l\{ay 2, 7942, we saw our flag of our belove March 1966 29 and duty. \\'hite synrbolizes light. preserve the principle of the separa- purity and happiness the desire of tion of the church and state, be- our people to live in- peace and har- cause without FREEDOM OF mony rvith the people of the other THOUGHT, the blessings of De- nations of the rvorld. Red signifies nlocracy and the principles of Free- bravery the bravery of Lapulapu, masonry might perish from this Leon Kilat,- Diego Silang, Dagohoy, Pearl of the Orient Seas ! A Plaridel, the Thirteen i\fartyrs of Cavite and many others rvho died in the defense of ottr country. ORDER YOUR PAST MASTER.S' Brethren ancl Friencls: Let us JEWETS AND APRONS NOTY. salute our beloved national flag. 10 I(t. Gold . . .. ?150.00 (May I request everybody to rise). Gold Filled 75.A0 It is the personification of all P.M. Aprons .... 33.00 things Masonic, the apotheosis of all things patriotic. It is the symbol of Now on Sale: FREEDOII for which countless "Elementary Course of thousands fought and died. Masonic Study" .. 0.2r Let us cherish u,ith a clevoted love "The Candidate" 0.25 "The Entered our countrv's national flag. And on this auspicious occasion, our 33rd An- Apprentice 0.25 "The Fellorv conjunction with Craft 0.25 nual Convention, in "The l\{aster our National Heroes Day celebration. Mason 0.25 it is fitting that rve rededicate ourselves to the same cardinal principles for These pamphlets were prepared by the Committee on Masonic u'hich the Thirteen l\{artyrs of Ca- Fducation to help Lodges in giv- vite, Generals Manuel Tinio, 1\4ariano ing effective instructions to their Llanera, Pantaleou Garcia, Vicente candidates and brethren going up Lim and rnany other brethren fought the ladder. and bled so that Freemasonry might Otlter books lor Sale live. Under the protective folds of ottr l\{asonic Law Book P3.50 beloved national emblern, let us reit- Quantity orders of ten or more erate our solernn pledge: To protect copres per order . . ?3.20 the Constitution of the Philippines, because it is the repository of our Tlre Builders by Joseph civil liberties. Fort Neu'ton .. ft+.OO During the recerlt national elec- Masonic Bible 23.00 tions, the issue of compulsory reli- Altar Masonic gious instruction in the public schools Bible 80.00 becarne so explosive that it nearly PTACE YOUR ORDER NO}I' threatened the rvall that separated the wlTH THE . church ancl the state. Irrespective of party affiliations, irrespective of our PIARIDEI individual political leanings, as SERVICE 'T,IASONICSUPNY Brother-Masons all, let us forget petty c/o The Office of the Grand clifferences and close ranks as before. Secretory Let us join hands and pool our re- 1440 San ltarcelino, Manila sources together. Let us guard an,l 24 The Cabletow WITH OUR YOUNG ONES Edired by PABLO MATATeUIN, JR. & A DEMOLAY RAINEOW JOB'S DAUGHIENS Teodoro R. Yangco Chapter, Or- Salvador del Rosario, Sixth Precep- der of Del\lolay, Olongapo City, held tor; Antonieto Meneses, Seventh a public installation of its officers on Preceptor; and Standard Bearers February 13, at the Lincoln Lodge Wilson Manglicmot and Arthur Na- Hall. valta. The irnpressive DeX'Iolay installa- Following a universal DeMolay in- tion ceremony proclaimed Aquilino stallation tradition, Miss Frances B. Arquero, Master Councilor; Jr. Collins was crowned Chapter Sweet- Oscar \{oreno, Senior Councilor; and heart. Also chosen to charm the Enrique B. Arquero, Junior Coun- cilor. present term are Miss Josefirn Ca- bal, sponsor in the West, and Miss Likervise installed to assist the E,speranza Torres, sponsor in the councilors rvere: Tony Chan, Jr., Senior Deacon; Rodolfo Gamboa, South. The installation occa- Junior Deacon; Benjarnin Macaraeg, lvas also an sion that extolled another woman, Senior Stervard; Jose de Leon, Jr., Junior Stervard; Danilo Rarnos, the N'Iother of the DeNlolay. Wil- Orator and Almoner; Ernesto Ocam- liam de Leon, PMC, rendered the po, Chaplain; Gary l\{orford, Mar- F'lower Talk expressing the virtue of shall; Antonio Ramos, Sentinel. Filial Love. Warmed by the protes- Ely Ramos, First Preceptor; Ceiso tation of filial devotion, the officers Donato, .Second Preceptor; Enrma- of the Chapter's Mothers Club lvere nuel Rarnos, 'Ihird Preceptor; Ro- installed by iVlrs. Agatha Bishop, the meo Ranros, Fourth Preceptor; Fer- club's past president' nando NIanglicn-rot, Fifth Preceptor; rurn io nexr pagc For betier service and special prices SHOP & SAVE ar TOYAT TRADING & DEPARTMENT STORE 553 Bizal Avenue, Manila-between Raon & Ronquillo Sts. Tel. 3-34-21 Contaci Bro. Hotchand N. Muriani, Proprietor March 1966 25 Dad Nestor N. Nigui 2A The Cabletow e,h;rty-9on, [rort w;tl, Plaril"l I-iro. Garcia recalls that when the Plaridel X,Iasonic Club of N{anila took over thc property, it partitionecl the l-ruilding for a couplc of lodge halls and offices. At tlut tirne a few lo On Christmas Day 7965, the WM, of ficers a.nd membcrs of Cosmos Lodge No. 8 sent a cake to the child,ren at the Masonic Hospital lor Cdppled, Childretz. *_::_ r___._:_-r t-: .-1 PKUSLNT'AT'ION OF "TEACHERS OT' THE YEAR" AWARDS fOT 1961-05 at tlrc Teoch.ers lllemorial Euilding, Jan, 13, 1966. The atoardees toere lllr, Bernardo G. Reamon (elemcntary leael), On the stage abor-e are from, left to right: lVlrs. Bonifacio M. Calaero, asst. principal, Pogo-l,asic el.ementary school; nlr. Emilio Quinto, president ol teacir.ers association; fuIr. Bernardo G. Rearnon, autarclee (partly hidtten),. j\fi.cs ll[adrono, Estruda. au;ar.C-ee; Councilor Alejan.dro Decano; Diu.' Supt. of schools Eduarclo Edralin; WB Victorino C. Dnroya, past master Da- g_!p_d,n_City Lod.ge No, 158; WB Juan Saingan of Lodge No. 56; and. WB Jacinto R. Abad, secretary of Dagupan CitA Lodge 1i8. 28 The Cabletow .I} {r. DeMolays welcom.e Nile Shriners' Potentate. Ill. Dad William E. Patket', LOH (with fez) poses toitb DeMolaus (l to r) Pablo Matatquin, Jr.; Jin- mie Mat'zo; Lysander Canlas; Laturence Esguerua; Iraing Malahay; Vtc- tor Apostol; and EmiLiano de Guzman ol LoAaltA Chaptet', ManiLa, at the Man.ila Inter-nntional Airport lotmge'when the ditsan of the Nile Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S. fleu: ittto Manila last Oct.21 to confer the Shtine degrees. ANOTHER PARTIAL VIEW of the aurlience cluring the presentatrcn ol ausards to the "teachers of the Year" for 196!r-65, on Jo,n. 73, 7966, at the Teachers Memorial Buililing, Dagupan CitU. WB Victorino C. Daroya, patt master ptresented, the atoards in. the name of the Grand Loilge atnil aleo handed, auitable gilts to the awardees. March 1966 29 !ANNOANCING! Now Being PRINTED - FUNDAMENTAL MASONTC EDUCATTON A Fitting Text Book for - Elementary Course ln Masonic Study. Very Rich Reference for - Students, Lecturers On Masonic Education. Prepared as per Course of Study By: WB AGUSTIN L. GALANG. p.M. Edited and Commented upon By: MWB EMILIO P. VIRATA, PGM, Member, Committee, Masonic Education, Grand Lodge. Foreword By: VWB APOLONIO PlSlG, DDGM, District No. 10. Theme Subjects Couered I. HISTORY Sketch of Freemasonry, Origin and FIis- -Historicaltory of Freemasonry, History of tr'reemasonry in the Philippines, Achievements of Freemasonry, etc. II. LECISLATION Laws, Gen. Regulations, Ancient Landmarks, -MasonicAncient Charges, Usages and Procedures, etc. III. PHILOSOPHY of Freemasonry, Purpose of Freemason- -Philosophyry, Doctrines of our Great Men, Religion, Politics, Education, The State, The Bible and Masonry, etc. IV. LITURCY Division of Masonry, History of Royal -Definition,Arch Masonry, York and Scottish Rites Masonry, Symbolism of: The First, The Fellowcraft, The Master Mason's Degree, The Thild Ashlar, etc. V. SYMBOLISM in Masonry, Symbolic Masonry, Symbolism -Syrnbolsof : All Seeing Eye, Letter "G", Saints .Iohn, Pil- lals, Blue, Beehive, The Ruffians, Old-Time Em- blems, etc. VI. PROVOKING THOUGHTS About l\[asonry, Living Our Vows, Free{om -Truthof the Mind, Master Thyself, Mind Over Mastet, The Second Temple, Masonry in a Continuous Search, What Do We Get From Masonry?, The Value of the Ritual, Masonry is an Exemplary In- stitution, etc. The Book is 6 x 9 Inches To be r:eady during the April 26-28, 1966 380 Pages more or less Annual Communication. THANK YOU, BUT PTEASE . There are so many nice people indeed! Soon afler the January issue came ouf, Brethren senl in their requesls lo conlinue receiving the Cabletow and the Masonic Data Sheet. A couple of Lodge Secetaries had the data sheet mimeographed, dislributed and rollected to send lo us. A lodge Seoetary we know put out the records of his lodge for his brelhren io copy the dates of initiation, passing and raising. Many, many thanks to these nice and gentle people. Still, a big percentage of the brethren have not senl in iheirs. For the lasi tirne this monlh, we are reprinting the sheet opposile this box. We trusl that if you have nol done so yet, you will be so kind as to fill in ihe blanks and send the sheet lo us. Please state the correcl dates of your initiation, passing and raising. They are indeed importanl. ,30 Thg Cablerow THE CABTETOW TNCORPORATED Dear Brother: .Now that_your cabletow has been incorporated, it is essential that our otttce_have complete records for each subscriber. Therefore, we hereby notify each Brother and each L9!se under the jurisdiction of the M. w. Grand Lodgl of F. & A. M. in the Philippines that the subscription urant telow and t6e Personal Data Form on tlii reverse side be accomplished and forwarded without delay to: The Cabletow, Incorporated P. O. Box 990 Manila, Philippines shall we continue mailing- the cabletorv for JJanuary, i l.ebruary, and March 1966 according to our previot,s recorrls. ' HOWEVER, BEGINNING WITH THE APIUL 1966 ISSUE NEW ADDRESS PLATtrS WILL BE ]\{ADE AND T//E CABLETOW FOR APRIL 1966 AND THERDAFTDR I,VILL BE IUIAILED ONLY TO THOSE WHO HAVE SUBT,IIT'TED UP TO DATE PERSONAL DATA FORMS. Please cut out this whole sheet, fill out the blanks belorv and the data forms on the reverse side and rnail it at once so vou will not be inconvenienced by having your delivery of the Cabletow interruptecl. Fraternally, N. B. MELOCOTON Managing Editor AAA Date The Cabletorl,, Inc. P. O. Box 990, Manila I rvish to receive The cabletorv for the rest of the year. I am a nrember in good standing of Lodge |r[e. F. & A. M. Please send it to me at the follorving address: -, I I I I I I I I Signed: I I I Name in Print I t..Merch,1966 ,_3,r I I i NAME (r,Asr) (rrnsr) (MTDDLE) Ilome address Postal Address ------.. ------P. O. Box No. Where employed Tcl. No. Address Date of of birth Place of birth Name of nearest kin - Relation Address BIUE TODGE MEMBERSHIP Remarks: OTHER MASONIC MEMBERSHIPS York Rite Bod;iee Location Honors Commandery ------.----- No. Saott;i.sh Ri.te Bodies Location Honore KCCH Date invested Lodge - IGH Date coroneted Chapter - SGIG Date crowned Council - Consistory A.A.O.N.M.S Templc Location OTHER ORGANTZATIONS O.E.S. ------.-.... Chapter No. ------.- Location 32 The Geliletow GRAND TODGE OFFICERS r965-t966 Granil Mar*er Serafin L. Teves (91) D"Wty Cnai.d Masta Raymond E. Wilmarth (7) Senior Gnnil Warden Mariano Q. Tinio (53-167) Junior Gtmd Wmden Joseph E. Schon 0l) Grcnd Tteayrer Macario M. Ofilada (12) Grcnil Seoeary Esteban Munarriz (l+136) Granil Cluplain ESrrique C. Sobrepefia (4) Grand, annt ..:..../...... Jor. M. Cajucom (12-95) Manuel T. Paz (4) Grand Snndard Bemet Candido Perez (59) Grand Suoil Burq Francisco Song Heng (ll) Grand Biblc Bearet Antonio Gor:r,ale4 h. (n) Senior Gwtd l*cunet Hermogenes P. Oliveros (8?'26) Juniot Ctanil l*cturer Marcelino P. Dysangco (4&148) Seniq Ctanil Deasn Eulogio Sta. Maria (73) Junior Gtanil Dustt Homer L. Willes (123) Seniu Granil Stewad Amable Aguiluz (79) Juni.or Granil Stsvtmil Ricardo Rubin (1164) Grand Puryivant Jose L. Araneta (45) Grand Otgcnist Angel Montes (27) Granil Tylp, . Victorino Hernandez (17) 'r* .r*o* s. cERVANTEs, " oF'AD& o) pcm, vrcr PRESIDENT; WB ,llANUE[ iIL"fill,H""i:if;#ffi:lo CRT DO (4), SECRETARY; RW RAYMOND ^ E WlU AfrH (/] DGjS, Rw ,llARlANO Q. TlNlo (53), SGW Rw JoSEPH E. SCHON (91), JGw; l w ESTEBAN l UNAntZ (11) Pcrti" G. SEC.; l W VICENTE OROSA (53), PGM; MW wltllArl/l H. QUASHA (8O), FGnt, l W EMltlO P. VIRATA (17), Pcrvt', WB AUREUO L. CORCUERA (4), PrtL REGIONAT GRAND TODGE OF THE RYUKYU ISTANDS Regionnl Grand Mastet Will K. Prestidge, Jr. (ll8) Deputy Regional Granil Master . . .. . William P. Schwager (142) Regional Senirn Grand Wardcn . .... Kenneth A. Rotness (ll8) Regional Junior Grand Wmden . . . . . Glen A. Strong (175) Regional Gran.d Trcasurer Andrew H. Buckley (142) Regional Grand Secretary Wallace H. Morris-(ll8) DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS District No. I Raymond E. Wilmarth (7) District No. l2 Severo Olivercs (37 l72J Districl No. 2 Jvl,o Laceda (39) District No. 13 Eustaquio de Guzman rl04 Districf No. 3 Epifanio Q. Quiiano (68) Distrio No. l4 Remigio Abello (64) Dislrict Teodorico (164) No. 4 D. Ayson District No. l5 Fidel Fernandez (4D District No. 5 Jack E. Gessner (67) District No. l6 Augusto P. Santos (30) District No. 6 Doroieo M. Joson (53) Districl No. 7 Jimmie Pfeffer (105) District No. l7 Eduardo C. Ralloma (130) - Disrrict No. 8 Desiderio Hebron (34) Dislrict No. l8 Ruben Feliciano (50) Dislrict No. 9 Amand6 D. Ylagan (122) Dislrict No. 19 Angel Mendoza (45)' Dislrict No. I0 Apolonio Pisig (2) District No. 20 Hugh C. Donaldson (123) Dislrict N6. ll Cecilio M. Biruin (26) Diitrict No. 22 Walter Doerr, Jr. (143) WHAT THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES THOUGHT OF THE BIBTE The Holy Bible is truly the Great Light of Masonry and the com,ments of great merr in history indicate their reverence for it and their reliance on it in their daily lives. "It is impossible to govern the world rvithout the Bible." Washington -George A "The Bible is the cornerstone crf liberty." Jefferson -Thomas A "The Bible is the best book in the world." -John Ad,ams A "It was for the love of truths in this great and good book tha"t our fathers aban- doned their native shores for the wilder- ness." Taylor -Zacharg A "The Bible-the rock upon which our republic rests." Jackson -Andrew A "The best book which God has given to man." Lincoln -.4braham