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3 FROM THE EDITOR 4 EXCERPT: History of Freemasonry In New Jersey 8 POEM: If — by Rudyard Kipling (redux) 9 MASONIC PROFILE: George B. McClellan 12 SCHEDULE: DDGM’s 2020 Official Visits 13 SCHEDULE: 18th District Lodge Communications 14 SCHEDULE: 2020 Masonic Village Visits 15 SCHEDULE: 2020 DLIs/GLI

DEPARTMENTS 16 Monthly Calendar of Meetings & Events 17 This Month’s 18th District Event Flyers 26 Looking Forward / Upcoming Events 28 G. L. & Appendant Bodies 37 Entertainment Pages

18th District Light - Journal of the 18th Masonic District Editor: WB David A. Frankel — [email protected]

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Welcome to February Brethren! As I write this in early THE January, the winter is still mild by winter’s standards. TRAVELING GAVEL Let’s hope it has stayed that way. Possession of the Traveling Gavel is the 18th District’s symbol of It’s a busy month for Masonry and its appendant bodies, honor for Lodges that fulfill the spirit of Masonic Travel. The as our calendar will reveal. The month kicks off on the 1st Gavel, along with its accompanying logbook, remains with the with a Saturday morning FC Degree at Lazarus! And Lodge last able to capture it until claimed by another Lodge under there’s lots more to attend in February, including the first these rules. several Official Visits of our District Deputy Grand Mas- A Worshipful Master and any other four (or more) Master Masons from ter, our 18th District Blood Drive, a District Bingo Night his Lodge may claim the Gavel by visiting the current Gavel-holders Fundraiser, a couple of Master Mason Nights at our two for any regular or emergent communication. The claimants must all OES Chapters. And still more, including the first 2020 be present from the Opening through the Closing of the Lodge. meeting of WB Tim Boyle’s STOA, a discussion group for In the case of competing claims, the Gavel shall go to the visiting Masons interested in the more academic, esoteric, and lit- Lodge with the largest contingent. If still tied on that basis, the Master erary facets of our gentle Craft. of the host Lodge shall decide the tie by coin flip.

PLEASE NOTE — There was no room to fit the event Once claimed the new Gavel holders should record their claim in the into the monthly calendar for February, but Mozart’s An- logbook, and report it to the Dep- uty and the 18th District Light at nual Chili Cook-off is on March 3rd, and RSVPs are due the first opportunity. The Gavel should be prominently displayed by FEBRUARY 28th! See the flyer with more details in in the East during all communications until claimed by another the UPCOMING EVENTS section. Lodge. See you around the District! HAPPY TRAVELING! Dave

The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. — Thomas Paine

THE 18TH DISTRICT BLUEBOOK CAN BE FOUND AT: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tQMIPxzmFirdAeFlXabMTZMMB1Sz-ZJk 3 Chapter I Antecedents (1682-1786) The early history of Freemasonry in New Jersey is obscure because of the absence of any local references concerning the matter, and of the dependence on the records of lodges warranted in Scotland and in England. Masons may have assembled, but did so informally for there were no lodges organized in the Colony until 1761. New Jersey, however, claims the distinction of having as a citizen the first known Freemason in America, namely Brother John Skene who was a member of Aberdeen Lodge No. 1, of Ab- erdeen, Scotland. Brother Skene settled in Burlington County in October 1682 and in 1685 was appointed Deputy Governor of the Province of West Jersey, serving to 1687. He died in 1690. Other early Masonic settlers who followed John Skene included Andrew Robeson who settled in Greenwich Township, Gloucester County, and John Cockburne, a stonemason, who resided in Perth Amboy. There is no record, however, that these early Masons met as such, or did any Masonic work. The first native born American known to have been made a Freemason was Brother Jonathan Belcher, who was initiated in 1704 in an old “Guilde Lodge” while sojourning in London, Eng- land as an agent for the Province of New England. He later joined St. John's Lodge at Boston in 1736. Brother Belcher served as Governor of New Hampshire, and of Massachusetts, and later as Governor of the Province of New Jersey from 1747 until his death in 1757. He is remembered as the chief promoter and patron of The College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) and for granting a new and expanded charter to that school in 1748, under which Princeton University continues to operate. The appointment in 1730 of Colonel Daniel Coxe of Burlington to serve as the first Provincial Grand Master in America, of the Province of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, pro- vides further evidence of the increasing number of Freemasons resident in the colonies, including New Jersey. Born in London, England in 1673, he was a physician as was his father, Dr. Daniel Coxe, and he appears to have also been trained in the law. He was a member of Lodge No. 8, London, England. Appointed Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, Brother Coxe was politically active, and was active in the economic development of colonial New Jersey. He later became a principal, with his brother-in-law William Trent, in the development of the town of Trenton.

4 Although lodges were known to be active in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and New York during the 1730's no lodge is known to be constituted by Right Worshipful Brother Coxe during his tenure as Provincial Grand Master. He died in 1739 and is buried in front of the chancel of old St. Mary's Church in Burlington. A memorial tablet was installed on the wall of that church by the Grand Lodge of New Jersey in 1906. In recognition of his outstanding services as a citizen, and of his pre-eminence as Provincial Grand Master, the Grand Lodge of New Jersey es- tablished the Daniel Coxe Medal in 1959. The medal is awarded to Masons of this and other Masonic jurisdictions for distinguished service to Freemasonry. The first lodge of record in New Jersey was St. John's Lodge No. 1, constituted at Newark by Right Worshipful George Harrison, Provincial Grand Master of New York, on May 13, 1761. This lodge was alternately active and dormant and was represented at the establishment of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey at New Brunswick in 1786. In 1762 the second lodge, Temple Lodge No. 1, was constituted at Elizabethtown (Elizabeth) by Right Worshipful Jeremy Grid- ley, Provincial Grand Master of New England. In 1763 Temple Lodge sponsored a horse race, and trophy known as "The Free Mason's Plate," as a feature of the Elizabethtown Fair. Little else is known of the activities of Temple Lodge No. 1, which expired shortly before the Revo- lutionary War. A second St. John's Lodge was warranted at Prince Town (Princeton) in 1765 by Right Wor- shipful Jeremy Gridley, Provincial Grand Master. The first Master of that lodge was Richard Stockton, a signer of The Declaration of Independence. That lodge expired prior to the Revolu- tionary War and no records are known to exist to inform us of what work it accomplished or how long it functioned. The increasing interest in Freemasonry in New Jersey is seen in the formation of one of the most noted of all lodges in New Jersey, Baskin Ridge Lodge No. 10, warranted in 1767 by the Provincial Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. The lodge met from time to time throughout the Revolutionary War, and was the first to re-form at the conclusion of that war. It was this lodge, and its Master, Doctor William McKissack, M.D., that conceived of and called for the formation of a Grand Lodge of New Jersey in 1786. During the Revolutionary War, the Masonic spirit continued to flourish. Warrants were granted to at least ten American military lodges by various jurisdictions. A celebration of The Feast of St. John the Evangelist was held on December 27, 1779 at Morristown. Brother and General George Washington, as well as other distinguished brother Masons and military leaders, sat in attendance at that meeting. On December 20, 1779, Lodge No. 23, at Middletown Point, Monmouth County, was warranted by the Provincial Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. No records are known to exist to prove

5 that the lodge ever met or worked, but the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania reported in 1787 that it had "joined the Grand Lodge of New Jersey." The constitution of (old) Burlington Lodge No. 32 by the Provincial Grand Lodge of Pennsyl- vania on March 26, 1781 marked the first time that that Grand Lodge had been opened out- side of Philadelphia, and was the first occasion on which a lodge in New Jersey was formally constituted by officers of an organized Grand Lodge. Records reveal that the lodge paid the sum of $2,160.00 in Continental currency to the Provincial Grand Lodge for the granting of the warrant. (Unrestricted printing of Continental currency by Congress had brought about a budget deficit, and an accompanying inflation rate in excess of 3,000 percent. Conversion re- flects a warrant cost of, about $72.00.) The lodge expired 1784-1786, but was represented by former members at the establishment of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey in 1786. Despite the coincidence in name and number there is no historic connection between that lodge and the present Burlington Lodge No. 32, which was constituted in 1855. A military lodge, No. 36, attached to the New Jersey Line, Continental Army, was warranted by the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania on December 11, 1782. Its warrant was surrendered in 1784. In the twenty-year period 1761-1781, six lodges had been formed in New Jersey, one each in the present counties of Essex, Union, Mercer, Somerset, Monmouth, and Burlington. During that period there arose some feeling that the Colony of New Jersey should have a Grand Mas- ter or a Grand Lodge of its own. In 1762, Brother Jonathan Hampton, a New York Mason re- siding in Elizabethtown, approached the brethren of St. John's Lodge No. 1 of Newark and requested their support and endorsement for his proposed deputation as Grand Master of New Jersey. Brother Hampton's request was rejected by them, and by the Grand Lodge of New England. At that time other Masons at Prince Town petitioned the Grand Master of Massachusetts for the authority and the power to grant warrants for the constitution of lodges in New Jersey. That request was denied by that Grand Master who lacked the authority to grant that commission. Chapter II The Foundation of the Grand Lodge (1786-1790) With independence from Great Britain secured, a renewed desire emerged among New Jersey

6 Masons to unite under their own governing body, namely a Grand Lodge. In 1786, Baskin Ridge Lodge No. 10, Dr. William McKissack, Worshipful Master, called for a convention of Masons to be held on December 18, 1786, at the White Hall Tavern at New Brunswick. The purpose of the convention was to establish a Grand Lodge and to elect the appropriate officers. Twenty-six brethren attended that convention, and seven others arrived later that day, repre- senting lodges from Bedminister, Newark, Burlington, and elsewhere. These dedicated brethren travelled in wintry weather over poor roads-some on foot, others on horseback or by oxcart or coach-but all with one purpose, the forming of a Grand Lodge for New Jersey. This first, regular convention of New Jersey Masons agreed unanimously to establish a Grand Lodge of New Jersey and drafted the instrument, an "Association", to form, and to nominate and elect a Right Worshipful Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master, Senior Grand Warden, Junior Grand Warden, Grand Secretary, Deputy Grand Secretary, and Grand Treas- urer, all to continue in office until the anniversary of St. John, The Evangelist, in the Masonic year 5787 (1787). The following officers were elected to exercise their duties in full and ample form: Grand Master David Brearley Chief Justice of New Jersey Deputy Grand Master Robert L. Hooper Councilman, Vice President of New Jersey Senior Grand Warden William Leddle High Sheriff of Morris County Junior Grand Warden Daniel Marsh Representative, Assembly of New Jersey Grand Secretary John Noble Cumming Colonel, Army of the United States Deputy Grand Secretary Maskell Ewing Clerk, Assembly of New Jersey Grand Treasurer Joshua Corshon High Sheriff of Hunterdon County Those officers were installed at the communication of the Grand Lodge held at New Bruns- wick on January 30, 1787, which was attended by seventeen additional Masons, and which was conducted by Worshipful Brother William McKissack, the oldest Mason present then sit- ting as Master of a Lodge, at age 31!

Editor: The foregoing article is a direct excerpt of Chapter I and the beginning of Chapter II from the History of Freemasonry in New Jersey, a book prepared to com- memorate the 200th anniversary of the Grand Lodge of New Jersey by a committee consisting of RW Edward Y. Smith, Jr., Grand Historian, Covenant No. 161; RW Earl G. Gieser, Past Junior Grand Deacon, Wilkins-Eureka No. 39; WB George J. Goss, Solomon's No. 46; RW Frank Z. Kovach, Past Grand Chaplain, Keystone No. 153; RW R. Stanford Lanterman, Past District Deputy Grand Master, Cincinnati No. 3. In addition to the narrative history, the book contains a wealth of data on NJ Freema- sonry, including a comprehensive table of lodges warranted in New Jersey, a list of famous New Jersey Freemasons, and a complete list of the Elective Grand Lodge Officers through 1986. The book can still be found for purchase via the internet and is a “must have” reference for anyone interested the Masonic history of our state.

If you can keep your head when all about you Are losing theirs and blaming it on you, If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you, Rudyard But make allowance for their doubting too; Kipling If you can wait and not be tired by waiting, 1865-1936 Or being lied about, don’t deal in lies, Or being hated, don’t give way to hating, And yet don’t look too good, nor talk too wise: Editor: If If looks suspiciously famil- If you can dream—and not make dreams your master; iar, it is because we printed If only a few months ago. We present it again If you can think—and not make thoughts your aim; as a courtesy to WB Tim Boyle, If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster whose STOA resumes this month, And treat those two impostors just the same; on Thursday, February 20th, with If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken brother Kipling’s If as the kickoff topic of discussion. See the flyer in Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools, the “This Month’s 18th District Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken, Events” section for all the details. And stoop and build ’em up with worn-out tools:

Kipling became a Mason in 1885 by dis- If you can make one heap of all your winnings pensation (being under age) in The Lodge And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss, of Hope and Perserverance 782 E.C. And lose, and start again at your beginnings If was first published in 1910 in Rewards And never breathe a word about your loss; and Fairies, a collection of Kipling's po- etry and short-stories. In the posthumously If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew published autobiography Something of My- To serve your turn long after they are gone, self (1937), Kipling said that his poetic And so hold on when there is nothing in you inspiration for the poem was the military actions of Leander Starr Jameson, leader of Except the Will which says to them: “Hold on!” the failed Jameson Raid against the Trans- vaal Republic in the First Boer War. If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, The poem is a paean to British masculine Or walk with Kings—nor lose the common touch, rectitude and stoicism, structured as a se- ries of conditionals which, if met, lead to If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you, the goal of being a man. Written ostensibly If all men count with you, but none too much; as advice to the poet’s son, Joh, If is actu- If you can fill the unforgiving minute ally directed to the reader or listener not only as an instructional, but also to inspire With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run, belief in oneself, with the knowledge that Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it, meeting the challenges posed will lead to every tangible and intangible element that And—which is more—you’ll be a Man, my son. Earth offers.

8 Ed. Note: General McClellan is a major figure in U.S. History, and the 18th District Light cannot hope to present a comprehensive view of his life story. We present here some of the highlights and most relevant parts of his storied career, and urge the reader to pursue more about him. eorge Brinton McClellan, born: December 3, 1826; died: October 29, 1885, is primarily G remembered as a Union General in the American Civil War. He was also a civil engineer, railroad executive, and politician. A graduate of West Point, McClellan served with distinction during the Mexican–American War and later left the Army to work in railroads until the outbreak of the Civil War. Early in that conflict, McClellan was appointed to the rank of major general and is often credited as the principal recruiter and organizer of the well- trained Army of the Potomac. From November 1861 to March 1862 he served as general-in-chief of the Union Army. He devised the McClellan Cavalry Saddle, which was adopted by the U.S. Army, served as Governor of the State of New Jersey from 1878 to 1881, and was, of course, a Freemason, a member of Williamette #2 Lodge, in Oregon. Alterna- tively nicknamed Willamette #2 Lodge, A.F. & A.M., was organized July 17, “Young Napoleon” 1850, by Benjamin Stark, S.H. and “Little Mac,” Tyron and Berryman Jennings. McClellan was im- mensely popular with the men who served under him. But his military command style put him in conflict with President Lincoln, an unfortunate fact that would ultimately upset both his military and political fortunes. cClellan was born in Philadelphia, the middle child of five, to prominent surgeon, M Dr. George McClellan, the founder of Jefferson Medical College, and Elizabeth Brinton McClellan. McClellan was the great-grandson of Revolutionary War general Samuel McClellan. George attended the University of Pennsylvania in 1840 at age 12, planning to study law, but changed his goal to military service. At the age of 14, on the strength of a letter from his father to President John Tyler, and the waiver of the Academy’s minimal entry age of 16, he was ac- cepted at the United States Military Academy in 1842. At West Point, he was a model cadet, and graduated in 1846, second in his class of 59.

9 Upon graduation, McClellan was commissioned a brevet second lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, serving under General Winfield Scott during the Mexican-American War. Receiving promotions first to first lieutenant and subse- quently to captain, he returned to West Point after the war as an in- structor. During this time, he also served as an engineer at Fort Delaware, was assigned to expeditions to explore the Red River, and to explore possible routes for the transcontinental railroad. He was a military observer during the Crimean War. n 1857, McClellan resigned from the military to take a posi- I tion with the Illinois Central Railroad. But upon the outbreak of the Civil War, on April 23, 1861, the Governor of Ohio appointed McClellan major general of the Ohio Volunteers. This encouraged President Lincoln to commission McClellan a major general in the Regular Army, making him one of the highest ranked individuals in the service under only Winfield Scott. McClellan began his work swiftly, ensuring that Kentucky would not secede from the Union. He then commanded forces during the Rich Mountain campaign in what is now West Virginia to ensure that a portion of the state would not be fully taken by Confeder- ates. This success, combined with the defeat of the Confederates at the first battle of Bull Run, led McClellan to become commander of the Army of the Potomac and, upon the retirement of General Winfield Scott, General-in-Chief of all Federal ar- mies in November 1861. In the spring of 1862, McClellan was removed as General-in-Chief, though he retained command of the Potomac Army. Facing great pressure from Lincoln, he launched a campaign against the Con- federate capital along the Virginia Peninsula, known as the Peninsula Campaign. McClellan’s perceived over-cautiousness in his conduct of the Peninsula Campaign, along with the rise of Robert E. Lee, resulted in total failure of the campaign and McClellan’s removal as commander of the Army of the Potomac. Following the army’s failure to capture Richmond under its new commander, and the subsequent Union defeat at the battle of Second Manassas, McClellan once again took command. Now the Army of the Potomac moved successfully to counter Lee's 1862 invasion of

10 Maryland, leading up to the bloodiest day of conflict in the war, the Battle at Antietam on Sep- tember 17, 1862. Battle weary and bloodied, the Confederate Army retreated back into Vir- ginia. Despite his success, McClellan's trademark caution once again denied the Northern cause a de- cisive victory, and led a disappointed Lincoln to relieve McClellan of command for the last time. He was ordered back to Trenton, New Jersey to await further orders that never came. cClellan was M nominated as the Democratic candi- date for president in 1864 against his former commander-in- chief, Abraham Lin- coln. McClellan ran on an anti-war platform, President Lincoln, General George B. McClellan, but by November of and Union Troops at Antietam 1864, the war appeared to many to be nearing its end. McClellan resigned his commission on Election Day. Lincoln was elected to his second term. McClellan then served as an administrator for a number of engineering firms and in 1878 was elected the 24th Governor of New Jersey, a post he held from 1878 to 1881. Most classic histories have presented McClellan as a poor battlefield general. In recent dec- ades, however, this view has been challenged. Some historians view him as a highly capable commander whose reputation suffered unfairly at the hands of pro-Lincoln partisans who made him a scapegoat for the Union's military setbacks. In particular, McClellan's role in the Mary- land Campaign has undergone a positive reassessment. Notably, after the war, subsequent com- manding general and 18th President Ulysses S. Grant was asked for his opinion of McClellan as a general; he replied, “McClellan is to me one of the mysteries of the war.” At age 58, McClellan died unexpectedly of a heart attack in Orange, New Jersey. He was buried at Riverview Cemetery in Trenton.

11 Date Lodge February 5 Rising Sun No. 15 (@ Haddonfield Temple)

February 11 Collingswood-Cloud No. 101 (@ Audubon Temple)

February 17 Audubon-Parkside No. 218 (@ Audubon Temple)

February 21 Laurel No. 237 (@ Laurel Temple)

March 2 Lazarus No. 303 (@ Haddonfield Temple)

March 3 Mozart No. 212 (@ Audubon Temple)

March 13 Merchantville No. 119 (@ Merchantville Temple)

March 16 USS New Jersey No. 62 (@ Merchantville Temple)

March 24 Campana de Libertad No. 376 (@ Merchantville Temple)

12 AUDUBON-PARKSIDE No. 218 3rd Monday @ Audubon Temple 305 East Atlantic Avenue Audubon, NJ 08106

CAMPANA DE LIBERTAD No. 376 RECENT TRAVELS 4th Tuesday @ Merchantville 6926 Park Avenue OF THE Merchantville, NJ 08109 TRAVELINGRECENT TRAVELS GAVEL OF THE COLLINGSWOOD-CLOUD No. 101 TRAVELINGMoved toGAVEL 2nd Tuesday @ Audubon Temple LAUREL on 305 East Atlantic Avenue NovemberMoved 10, to 2017 Audubon, NJ 08106 LAUREL on NovemberNEW RULES 10, 2017 LAUREL No. 237 TOOK EFFECT 1st & 3rd Friday @ Laurel Temple JanuaryNEW RULES 1, 2019 Atlantic Avenue and Stone Road TOOK EFFECT Laurel Springs, NJ 08021 JanuaryMoved 1, to2019 LAZARUS No. 303 MERCHANTVILLE on 1st Monday @ Haddonfield Temple JanuaryMoved 4, to2019 16 East Kings Highway MERCHANTVILLE on Haddonfield, NJ 08033 JanuaryMoved 4, to2019 RISING SUN on MERCHANTVILLE No. 119 JanuaryMoved 18, to 2019 2nd & 3rd Friday @ Merchantville Temple RISING SUN on 6926 Park Avenue JanuaryMoved 18, to 2019 Merchantville, NJ 08109 USS NEW JERSEY on FebruaryMoved 6, to 2019 MOZART No. 121 1st Tuesday @ Audubon Temple USS NEW JERSEY on 305 East Atlantic Avenue FebruaryMoved 6, to 2019 Audubon, NJ 08106 MERCHANTVILLE on WHO’SMarch 18, NEXT? 2019 RISING SUN No. 15 1st & 3rd Wednesday @ Haddonfield Temple WHO’S NEXT? 16 East Kings Highway Haddonfield, NJ 08033

USS NEW JERSEY No. 62 3rd Monday @ Merchantville Temple 6926 Park Avenue Merchantville, NJ 08109

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January 5 USS New Jersey January 19 Lazarus February 2 Collingswood-Cloud February 9 Laurel February 16 Audubon-Parkside, Campana de Libertad & Merchantville February 23 Mozart March 1 Rising Sun March 15 USS New Jersey March 29 Lazarus April 12 Collingswood-Cloud & Laurel April 19 Campana de Libertad & Merchantville April 26 Audubon-Parkside & Mozart May 3 Rising Sun May 17 USS New Jersey May 31 Lazarus June 21 Collingswood-Cloud & Laurel June 28 Campana de Libertad & Merchantville July 5 Audubon-Parkside & Mozart July 12 Rising Sun July 26 USS New Jersey August 9 Lazarus August 30 Collingswood-Cloud & Laurel September 6 Campana de Libertad & Merchantville September 13 Audubon-Parkside & Mozart September 20 Rising Sun October 4 USS New Jersey October 18 Lazarus November 1 Laurel November 8 Campana de Libertad, Collingswood- Cloud & Merchantville November 15 Mozart November 22 Audubon-Parkside & Rising Sun December 6 USS New Jersey

14 18th District MW&PM Association at 6:45pm before DLI at 7:30pm Wednesday Lodge/Location January 8 Audubon-Parkside No. 218 (@ Audubon Temple)

February 12 Collingswood-Cloud No. 101 (@ Audubon Temple)

March 11 Laurel No. 237 (@ Laurel Temple)

April 8 Lazarus No. 303 (@ Haddonfield Temple)

May 13 Mozart No. 121 (@ Audubon Temple)

June 11 GLI @ Beverly-Riverside #107 (Thursday) (621 S. Chester Ave., Beverly, NJ 08075)

September 9 Rising Sun No. 15 (@ Haddonfield Temple)

October 14 USS New Jersey No. 62 (@ Merchantville Temple)

November 11 Qualification Teams (@ Merchantville Temple)

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n a world too often I seen through a screen, DeMolay and Rainbow remind us there are other choices.

embers of DeMolay M (men ages 12 through 21) and Rainbow (women ages 11 through 20): Develop civic awareness through community service projects Learn personal responsibility by planning and execut- ing their own activities Gain self-confidence through leadership and public speaking or more informa- F tion on these or- ganizations for your son, daughter, grand- child, niece, nephew or neighbor, please call or email:

RW Rick LaBaw (609-902-7516) [email protected] Are you an “Information Mason”? Are you looking for more “light” in Masonry? Do you seek the challenges of Masonic scholarship? Do you enjoy crafting and presenting your own work? Do you appreciate the fellowship of like-minded brothers? If so, you are already an “Information Mason” in your heart, so . . . Why not make it official?!  Join the New Jersey Lodge of Masonic Research and Education No. 1786 and add a new dimension to your Masonic activities. The purpose of the New Jersey Lodge of Masonic Research and Education is to foster the education of the Craft at large through prepared research and open discussion of topics concerning Masonic history, symbolism, philosophy, and current events. Our lodge meets on the second Saturdays of March, June, September and December at Hightstown-Apollo Lodge No. 41, 535 North Main Street, Hightstown.

To learn more, visit our website at http://njlore1786.org or contact Bro. Martin Bogardus at [email protected]

All Master Masons are welcome at our meetings! 37 It’s that time of year again — with officers advancing to new chairs. So once again we offer our whimsical take on scrambled names. Can you decipher the following 18th District Worshipful Masters and Senior Wardens?

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38 B T E H F J L A O E P E P S O L A E H W L A E R N H T E P H T A J D D J L H W P G H S H J D L J Z A H T A H T G P M T A G R, H T A C L A E F H T E H G P R D G L A R T G F, H T A Z G R G J P H T E H K A E C R T G F J P? — F E P K S D. T E K K

Puzzle Solutions

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EL DONALDO VID AL JIM BOULGER

MARK FRIEDRICH JOE BUONO LEADS THAT VISION THE HIM, JORGE MARTINEZ WILLIAM ROCHE INSPIRES THAT DREAM THE

MIKE MATTES SHAWN ROBERTS TO PROVE THE THING HE IS, IS, HE THING THE PROVE TO

TERRANCE RAY CRAIG WOODRUFF

MIKE SUPNICK FRED SHINDLE OPPORTUNITY THE THAN ASK ENRIQUE ROSARIO ALEX ORBE CREATURE ANY CAN MORE WHAT

CASEY HOUSTON JOHN DIOSZEGHY