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Volume 37, Number 8 Sarasota, August 2018

In this issue: Potentate’s Message ...... 3 Stated Meetings: August 8 and September 6 ...... 4 Birthday & Anniversary Dinner Dance ...... 6 Meet Imperial Potentate Jim Cain ...... 7 Cajun Low Boil Dinner ...... 8 Box Office Changes ...... 14 Official Philanthropy of Shriners International Shriners Hospital for Children – Tampa Report...... 19 In Memoriam / Black Camel ...... 24 August Birthdays ...... 29 Calendars: August & September ...... 45 2 SAHIB REPORTER August 2018

TABLE OF CONTENTS Potentate’s Message ...... 3 Stated Meetings ...... 4 Recorder’s Report ...... 5 Volunteerism and Shriners Hospitals for Children ...... 5 The Official Publication of Birthday & Anniversary Dinner Dance ...... 6 Sahib Shriners Meet Imperial Potentate Jim Cain ...... 7 600 N Beneva Road, Sarasota, FL 34232 Cajun Low Boil Dinner ...... 8 Ph: (941) 366-4449 Fax: (941) 366-8578 www.SarasotaShrineCenter.com Chaplain’s Notes ...... 9 www.HometownHeroesBarGrill.com Hospital Transportation Notes ...... 10 www.SahibShrine.org Hospital Transportation Report ...... 10 Publisher Potentate’s Cruise ...... 11 Sahib Shriners – Del Rawlinson, Potentate Editor Sahib Club Directory ...... 12 Rebecca Zeissler Motor Corps Notes ...... 13 Phone: (941) 366-3890 Cajun Low Boil Event ...... 14 e-mail: [email protected] Box Office Changes ...... 14 Photographer Joel Furman Event Cancellations ...... 14 e-mail: [email protected] 2018 Flu Vaccinations ...... 15 The Reporter is dedicated to promoting the interests Photo: July Birthday & Anniversary Dinner Dance ...... 16 of Sahib Shriners, Shriners Hospitals for Children, Shriners Hospitals for Children specializing in burn Manatee Shrine Club Notes ...... 17 care, the Sahib Shrine Clubs and Units and Shriners Hospital Report ...... 19 Freemasonry. DEADLINE Hometown Heroes Sunday Brunch ...... 20 All materials for publication must be submitted to the Sahib Unit Directory ...... 21 editor no later than the date listed on the monthly calendars published in this newsletter. Dates are Parade Schedule ...... 22 subject to change, but generally three (3) weeks prior Past Masters Notes ...... 23 to publication date which is the first of each month. Donations ...... 24 Electronic submissions of text, photos and ads are preferred and may be submitted via email, thumb In Memoriam / Black Camel ...... 24 drive or via a file hosting service. Oriental Band Notes ...... 25 Sahib Shriners disclaim any liability from any loss or damages resulting from articles, opinions, statements B-I-N-G-O Needs H-E-L-P ...... 25 or representations expressed or implied in this Venice Shrine Club’s Spaghetti Dinner ...... 26 publication. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any August Birthdays ...... 29 form without written permission from the publisher, Masonic Digest ...... 30 except by other officially recognized Shriners Reporter Boosters ...... 32 publications. In the event of approved reproduction, credit must be given in the publication to Sahib Sar-I Court Notes ...... 33 Shriners. Requests for reproduction should be Nyla Temple Notes ...... 35 addressed to Sahib Shriners. SHRINERS HOSPITAL INFORMATION Event: Dance Party Last Saturday of Each Month ...... 35 For information or assistance in contacting the Fundraisers: Pull Tabs and Donation Boxes ...... 39 Shriners Hospitals for Children call: Sahib Shrine “Walk of Honor” Fundraiser ...... 41-42 National: (800) 237-5055 Florida: (888) 665-KIDS (5437) Poem: “Dark August” by Derek Walcott ...... 42 Sarasota: (941) 955-2494 Officers Pages ...... 43-44 e-mail: [email protected] The Reporter is a monthly (except for July) digital Index of Advertisers ...... 44 publication for members of the Sahib Shrine. Printed Calendar ...... 45 copies can be obtained at the office for a fee. Annual membership dues are $125, payable to the Sahib ON THE COVER: Illustrious Sir Del Rawlinson is flanked by Noble Joe Humphreys Shrine Temple, Inc., 600 N Beneva Road, Sarasota, FL (front) and Chief Rabban Bruce Porter (rear) at a June Tampa Bay Rays’ game on 34232. “Shriners Day.” Photo provided by Noble Charley Hamilton Vol. 37, No. 8 SAHIB REPORTER 3

Notes from your Divan

Potentate’s Message

Greetings Nobles,

The first seven months of 2018 are now history. We have had so many activities at Sahib during that time span. Time is flying and we have so much still to accomplish! Activities will slow down for the next few months, but we are planning a busy Fall season for all of you Sahib Nobles. Watch the calendar and you won’t miss our activities.

Our October ceremonial will be on October 12 and 13; please try to attend if you can, and help make this a memorable occasion for the candidates. Many thanks to our First Ceremonial Master Konstantin Chelnokov and Oriental Guide Keith Curtis for all the work that they are doing, and of course, their ladies. On Friday evening, under the direction of Ritual Team Director Ed Firquin, the cast will present an outstanding performance for us. On Saturday, we will have our parade at the temple. Almost all of the units and clubs will be represented. We want to thank everyone in advance for being supportive of your temple. Let us not forget the Moslem feast put on by our Cabiri, and the ladies luncheon hosted by our Divan ladies with help from our Sahib kitchen. Last, but not least, thanks to all who will make this a memorable day.

The Imperial Session in Daytona Beach was successful and is being reported elsewhere in the Reporter. This Imperial Session was very important, as discussions about the future of our hospitals was decided.

I want to personally thank all of the unit and club heads, committee heads, and our Cabiri for helping make the first half of 2018 a success; and a special thank you to all you dedicated nobles who are behind the scenes helping to make things happen. Our entire Divan is excited and planning our second half of the year. Come and enjoy our great Sahib Shriner activities. During the second half of 2018, let’s work diligently at establishing a sound membership program. It is vital for the long-term success for Sahib that we do!

Until next month, be kind to one another.

Yours faithfully,

Delbert Rawlinson Sahib Shriners Potentate 2018

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Official Call STATED MEETING Wednesday August 8, 2018 7:30 p.m.

2018 Dues Card and Fez Required No Short Pants

Official Call STATED MEETING Thursday September 6, 2018

• 11:00 a.m. Fun & Fellowship • 12:00 p.m. Lunch • 12:45 p.m. Meeting Opens

2018 Dues Card and Fez Required No Short Pants

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Volunteerism and Shriners Hospitals for Children By Newton C. McCollough, III, MD, past Director of Medical Affairs for Shriners Hospitals, 2002 (abridged)

Shriners Hospitals for Children exemplifies the spirit of volunteerism and the remarkable effectiveness of this spirit in providing orthopedic and burn care to thousands of children around the world. The voluntary efforts of Shriners have included fundraising, hospital planning and development, governance, identification of patients in need, and patient transportation. Until the 1980s, orthopedic surgeons received little or no remuneration for their work in caring for children in Shriners hospitals. Subsequently, numerous factors have caused a conversion of a part-time voluntary medical staff to full-time and contracted part-time staff. Even so, many Shriners hospitals’ medical staff members continue to volunteer their own time in caring for children in less fortunate countries, and as a greatest philanthropy. Although this may or may not be corporation, Shriners Hospitals for Children has true, there is no doubt that the success that Shriners provided volunteer medical teams during times of Hospitals for Children has had in treating thousands of major international disasters. children since 1922 with absolutely no cost to their In a previous publication, I suggested that Shriners families largely is attributable to the spirit of Hospitals for Children might well be the world’s Volunteerism continued on page 37

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Meet Your New Imperial Potentate Jim Cain From https://www.shrinersinternational.org and https://www.facebook.com/shrinersinternational/ Jim Cain of Nashville, Tennessee, is currently serving his 11th year as a member of the Board of Directors for Shriners International and Shriners Hospitals for Children. Cain was elected Imperial Potentate, part of the 12- member body that helps govern the Shriners fraternity, during the Shriners’ 2018 Imperial Session—held in Daytona Beach, Florida July 15-19. During his years as a member of the Board of Directors, he has served as chairman of the following committees: Salary, Personnel & Retirement; Imperial Potentate Jim Cain speaks about himself and Shriners International in this Oversight; Special Purpose YouTube video. You’ll also meet and hear from many friends and family members Funds/Fundraising Evaluation; Time including First Lady Patsy, his children and grandchildren. Simply click the image to and Place; Emblems, Regalia and view this video biography. Jewels. He has also served on the Public Relations; Corporate Compliance; Budget; Shriners in Nashville since 1995, and served as Investments; Masonic Relations; DeMolay; Mileage Potentate in 2006. and Per Diem; and Protocol and Resolutions Cain has held several positions within his temple, committees. In addition, he has been the Liaison including Captain of the Motor Corps, Membership Officer to the Boston, Cincinnati, Shreveport, Committee Divan Liaison, and Chairman of both the Springfield and Tampa Boards of Governors for Ringmasters Club and the Business Owners Group. Shriners Hospitals for Children. Cain was a member of Al Menah’s Shriners Cain was raised a Master Mason in John B. Leadership Team from 2002-2006 and assisted in Garrett Lodge #711 in Nashville, and is a member of raising more than $5 million for Shriners Hospitals for the Scottish Rite, York Rite, Quetzalcoatl and Royal Children. He was also a charter member of the Order of Scotland. He has been a member of Al Menah Imperial Potentate continued on page 34

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Chaplain’s Notes Lou Ortt, PM, Chaplain, [email protected]

I Chronicles 12:1-12 Throughout the volumes of Sacred Law, we read about the account of Kings of Israel, Judah. In the books of Samuel, Kings, and Chronicles we are informed that good leaders are to the Laws of Moses. However, we frequently observe that during times when all was going well, or at least appeared to be going well, the leaders seemed to drift away from those laws. The results were almost always the same, the loss of autonomy. It is no secret that many of our bodies within the fraternity are not only aging, but also shrinking, which decreases our effectiveness. Part of this decline is probably related to our current culture with its social activities. At least another major reason for the King Solomon decline is in the leadership of our fraternity.

By leadership, I am not just talking about schools and community food programs and those holding offices or employed by the other outreach. fraternity, but rather by every member of the We have the opportunity to guide our fraternity. Everyone has a job to do, whether fraternity the way it was designed to go, but it is coming out to greet people when they we must all pull together and proceed walk into the building, or being there to pat a joyfully and with honor and integrity toward brother on the back for doing a good job. that promised land and to let go of all that Then there is the duty of telling people keeps us from achieving success. Go back what we do and why we do it. In this day and and listen to what Masonry planted in our age, it is necessary to toot our own horn by hearts. Paraphrasing a prayer by Solomon letting people know that we are part of a may help us: fraternity that gives about $3 million a day to “Give thy servants, therefore, an charity that has provided special care for over understanding mind to lead thy people, that one and a quarter million children; and they may discern between good and evil for supporting clinics for those with speech or who is able to guide this great group of learning disabilities as well as helping with brothers. Amen.”

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Hospital Transportation Notes Dick Schmidt, Chairman, [email protected] One of the more enjoyable times of downsize with their bar and restaurant being a Hospital Transportation driver is becoming private clubs. A few have decided meeting and socializing with the drivers from to do nothing different and will try to survive the other Shrines servicing Tampa Hospital. by subsidizing from their treasury. The There are usually two to three hours of drivers’ chatter will give us an idea of what downtime between dropping off a patient and is working and what isn’t. The temple bringing them back and it becomes a clearing membership numbers vary from 500 to house of information. That time is spent 1,500. Those with the lesser numbers are talking with the other drivers, the Green trying to survive using their membership as Coats (tour guides), and hospital staff. the income source with a smaller facility. Subjects cover fraternal information, Comparisons of equipment is always a comparing driving notes, telling war stories, topic—window vans versus mini vans, some politics, finding out what is going on at turnover intervals and who donates and who the hospital, telling the latest jokes and pays. what’s happening at the temples. A typical subject is how the temples There is currently a particular interest in differ in patient contact by whether the how each temple is adjusting to the decreased drivers pick up the patient at their homes or membership situation. We are one of the few the patients meet the vans at certain pre- temples that have taken a proactive pro- arranged locations. The drivers with longer business direction in reinventing ourselves. trips prefer the location pickups, whereas the A number of other temples have chosen to other drivers prefer the home pickup based on “show or no show.” It is always a good experience to be with Masonic and Shrine brothers. They’ll usually give you the benefit of the doubt with your almost-truthful tales.

Found on the web: this unidentified man obviously has a dream to be a Shriner. We hope he finds his way to a temple soon.

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Motor Corps Shrine Club Giles Light (G-man), Secretary, [email protected]

It’s summertime in Florida and or tea. The price is $20 per person. There’s frequently this time of year it’s difficult also something else worthy of note. No coats keeping our Harley-Davidson motorcycles or ties for this event! Preferred dress for men cool. Last thing any of us wants is to get stuck is Hawaiian or Guayabera shirts and slacks or in traffic where the bike is standing still and dressy summer casual; for women, the dress no air moving over the motor. But it won’t be is commensurate attire. A number of the too much longer before Fall arrives and Motor Corps members will be wearing our everyone, including the bikes, will be more black Guayabera shirts. But do plan to wear comfortable. your fez. We will have one of our Shrine Traditionally, the Motor Corps has white bikes in the lobby to welcome you that hosted the August Birthday & Anniversary evening. As reported last month, we’ll also Dinner Dance (BADD). This year’s theme is be having a 50-50 drawing and a silent “Summertime Cruzin.” The date is August auction on some neat items. So make your 14, but cutoff for reservations is the previous reservations now. See you there! Thursday, August 9. We’d like to encourage The Most Worshipful Grand Master of all readers to mark their calendars. Musical Masons in Florida visited Masonic District entertainment is by Peter Mueller. And we’ve 23 on Friday, July 20. At least five members got two great choices of meal entrees: of the Motor Corps attended the dinner and Chicken Almondine or Maple Glazed several were involved in the preparations. Salmon with Garden Rice Pilaf, Roasted The dinner, held at Sahib Shrine, was well Medley of Vegetables, rolls and butter, and attended and surely a success. strawberry shortcake for dessert, plus coffee Motor Corps continued on page 14

John Hubbard (Hotrod) with members of the Araba Shriners. They finished second in the trike competition. Photo provided by Noble Giles Light.

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Motor Corps continued from page 13 Cajun Low Boil Event We do have some other interesting news to report. What’s dat you say cher? At the Shrine Imperial Session in Daytona Beach back Coming Friday, September 14, in mid-July, the International Association of Shrine Potentate Del Rawlinson and Motor Corps (IASMC) competitions were held. Our his Lady Juanita are bringing own John Hubbard (Hotrod) attended and participated some Cajun “Low Boil” to with the Araba Shriners from Ft. Myers in the trike Sahib as a fundraising event. competition. Their efforts were rewarded with a For those who don’t know, a second-place finish. “low boil” (aka a “lowcountry The Florida Association of Shrine Motor Corps boil” or even “Frogmore stew”) will be meeting in Cocoa Beach from Wednesday, is a mess of shrimp, sausage, corn, potatoes and onions August 8 through Saturday, August 11. Several of our boiled together with spices into an aromatic members will be attending. We’ll have more details feast…often eaten off newspapers. next month. According to an article for Coastal Living, “This The annual Pioneer Days Parade in Englewood is one-pot wonder was created by a National Guardsman scheduled for Monday, September 3. Although this when he needed to cook a meal for 100 soldiers. parade is listed in the Reporter, Sahib participation at Richard Gay, who learned the recipe from his family, this time is unconfirmed. If the Shrine does participate had everyone remembering his stew. The dish was later and the Motor Corps is a part of the parade, we will named “Frogmore,” where Richard was from, by the have more information and photos next month. This is guards who teased him about home. The postal service the only day parade for the remainder of 2018. eliminated the name Frogmore, which changed this Our treasurer, Barry Hart (Policyman), was guest popular dish to Lowcountry Boil.” speaker at the Shrine luncheon on July 19. The mere Whatever you call it, with Chef Mizell working his mention that he was speaking brought out some magic, you know it’ll be good eaten off newspapers or additional members of the Motor Corps and Past plates. Get your tickets now! Price is $25 per person, Masters of Masonic District 23. Barry spoke about his and tickets must be purchased no later than September Masonic life and provided information on a number of 6 from the Sahib Box Office. See ad on page eight of Mason resources which he has found useful over the this publication for details. years. He received a Shrine certificate for his program and a lot of thanks from his fellow Masons and Shriners. Box Office Changes Somehow our birthdays and anniversaries for July Starting Thursday, August 2, 2018 the Sahib got dropped off last month’s article [editor’s note: Shrine Box Office hours will change. The Box Office apologies for that mistake!]. So we begin with four will be open Thursdays from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. birthdays in July: Darren Bracken (Schmoozer) on the When you call the Box Office at (941) 366-4449 5th, John Hubbard (Hotrod) on the 7th, Lady Kathy extension 320 and leave a message, know that the Galanti on the 14th, and Wally Lacey (Red Dog) on the voicemail messages will be monitored, so please leave 28th. There were two anniversaries in July: Don Brown your name and phone number, and the event you are (Honey Brown) and Lady Beverly on the 15th and calling about. Your call will be returned. Tony Galanti (G) and Lady Kathy on the 31st. Finally, Sahib has a new policy that all reservations must in August, we have four birthdays: Lady Sharon be made by the deadline date. No reservation refunds Thornsberry on the 7th, George Mitchell (Mitch) on the or changes can be made except for emergencies after 11th, Lady Christine Hernandez on the 16th, and the deadline. This September, increased hours at the Hampton Crimi (Monk) on the 20th. August Box Office will resume. anniversary is George Mitchell (Mitch) and Lady Peggy Sue on the 3rd. Event Cancellations Please note that both the Biloxi bus trip and the Potentate’s Ball have been cancelled. Refunds are being processed.

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Birthday & Anniversary Dinner Dance

I reckon everyone had a grand ol’ time at the July jamboree July 10, 2018 doin’ the boot-scoot boogie and moppin’ up some fine chow. Photo provided by Noble Charley Hamilton.

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Manatee Shrine Club Paul Kline, President, [email protected]

Friday, 12:00 noon, September 7, our

first meeting of the second half of 2018, is

rapidly approaching. As it approaches we can clearly see the 2018 summer season is coming to a conclusion. Hopefully it has been one of good health and happiness for each of you. The September 7 luncheon meeting will be held at our Sahib Temple. On our agenda for that meeting are four major items that will be addressed: First, we will begin planning and “Authorized personnel only, Dr. Sexton!” We don’t organizing for a fundraiser targeted for think anyone at bought Russ’ story that he’ll March 2019, which is preliminarily titled be next season’s top Pirate rookie prospect. Photo “The Manatee Shrine Club Astronomical provided by Noble Paul Kline. Gastronomical.” The fundraiser (which will in essence be a food tasting party) will be the Third, we will finalize our 2018-2019 first of what we are hoping will develop into mailing list, have it approved, and then an annual event. Regarding the questions of implemented. “who, what, when, and where,” you will be Fourth, having made the necessary receiving additional updates in the coming updates, we will publish our e-Club months. Membership Directory. Second, we are accepting nominations During the past month, we were pleased for a first vice president…aka the 2019 to learn that immediate past president, Dr. Manatee Shrine Club president. Russ Sexton, has agreed to assume the responsibilities of club secretary. The program for our September 7 luncheon-meeting will be a presentation by our Potentate, Imperial Sir Del Rawlinson and Chief Executive Aide, Charley Hamilton, on the topic of “Our Sahib Temple: An Update On Its Status.” The entrees for this meeting will be announced later, as will plans for our September “social.” Again, please note that our September 7 meeting will NOT be at Peridia Country Club, but instead will be at the Sahib Shrine. As always, we wholeheartedly and enthusiastically welcome all Shriners at our monthly luncheon-meetings and social events. If you haven’t joined us yet this year, we hope that you will visit and honor us with Welcoming our MSC to Pirate City is Chuck Knapp, our Pirates your presence. Your lunch will be “on the liaison (second from left). Accepting that welcome are (left to right) house.” Nobles Paul Kline, Bob Lohr and Joe Dolis. Photo provided by Noble MSC continued on page 18 Paul Kline.

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MSC continued from page 17

As a result of currently being “dark” with no actions or activities to report, it provides us with another opportunity to look back to this past May where our MSC monthly social took us to 27th Street East in Bradenton for a visit to Pirate City, referring, of course, to the headquarters. For those who were unable to join us for that visit, we can only say that they missed an opportunity to see the “business of professional ” first hand. We again thank our Pirates contact, Mr. Chuck Knapp, for making that opportunity Taking a sneak peek into the World Series Conference Room are the available for us. Hasting sisters, Jeanette and Beth. Don’t we wonder to ourselves what Very briefly, as most in the Sahib Temple they might have seen in that room? Maybe a secret strategy for being family are well aware, for many years our world champs? All photos on this page provided by Noble Paul Kline.

MSC’s annual financial contributions to our temple and our Shriners Hospital in Tampa have come as a result of the volunteerism of our members at LECOM Park (formerly McKechnie Field), where our members and friends worked at the concession stands. In lieu of compensating us individually, the Pirates organization compensates our MSC, thus enabling us to make those contributions. Returning to the topic of “Pirate City,” as a part of seeing and touching the modern, state-of-the-art baseball operation in motion during our tour, we visited players’ dorms, the coaches’ suites and offices (for staff and top management personnel), four full-sized Viewing one of the suites available to the players are (left to right) Ladies baseball fields, enormous indoor weight Carol Brooks, Beth Hastings, Jeanette Hastings, and Nobles Bob Lohr and Russ Sexton. In the foreground is our host, Pirates executive Spencer room and batting cage facilities, a huge Fogel, who provided us with 90 minutes of knowledge about his team. cafeteria (where only healthy food is served), and the list goes on and on. Pirate City is active year-around for players in various stages of development, as well as, of course, for conducting day-to-day business affairs. We also toured the physical plant and In the batting cage complex, received a fascinating history lesson. For Lady Jan Sexton (left) and Anita example, we learned that Bradenton has been Dolis found in the the home of the Pittsburgh Pirates since 1969 small, hand-held rack with and that in 2008 an infusion of $20 million each given a number: 1, 2, 3, 4. was made into the Pirate City complex, thus Do you know what those making it the remarkable facility it is today. numbers mean? Ask either, The Pittsburgh Pirates were founded in 1887 we’re sure they will tell as the Pittsburgh Alleghanians and were you…and yes, the numbers relate to an instructional renamed the Pirates in 1891. hitting technique.

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September 3 Pioneer Days Englewood October 20 Sun Fiesta Parade Venice November 24 Holiday Parade Venice December 1 Holiday Parade Sarasota December 8 Poinsettia Parade North Port

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Past Masters Notes Gary Wonning, President, [email protected]

On July 20 we welcomed the Grand We have a table at the Thursday Master of Florida, M. W. John Elias Karroum luncheon, located in the northeast corner of at Sahib Shrine for his official visit to the the main hall. Come early and enjoy good district. It was an enjoyable and informative camaraderie and a drink. Lunch is at 12:00 evening hosted by the Past Masters of p.m. Camaraderie begins at 11:00 a.m. District 23. The Past Masters meet every fourth A delicious dinner was enjoyed and Monday of the month, except December, at remarks were given by the Most Worshipful the Sahib Shrine at 7:00 p.m. If you are a Past Grand Master following the dinner. Master of any Masonic lodge, from any state As we move into the month of August, or country, come early, enjoy some good food, libations, and fraternal camaraderie. we begin to realize it won’t be too long before our snow bird brothers once again join The restaurant has been refurbished and

us as they begin their yearly migration to the the menu has been enhanced. Come out and

sunny south. see what you have been missing. If you are a Past Master, please join us. Join us in making this a better world to We can always use the help and advice. live in.

“As we work to create light for others, we naturally light our own way.”

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Thank You for these June Donations:

Hospital Fund Roy’s Automotive Clinic, Inc. Laurence & Patricia Linton (IMO) Richard & Anita Cervi (IMO) Mary Anne Rhodes (IMO) Bruce & Pamela Monson (IMO) Alan & Doris Huether

Temple Operation Fund Anonymous

Building Fund Steve Ellis & Colm Human Kenneth & Betty Terryberry (IMO) Hospital Transportation Fund Leslie S. Hogel

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Oriental Band Notes Noble Robert E. Stihler, [email protected]

Editor’s note: Noble Stihler is out of

town, but reminds us that the band will

resume practices/meetings starting Wednesday, August 8.

B-I-N-G-O Needs H-E-L-P! Our Tuesday morning Bingo game is truly in need of volunteers. This weekly event helps to keep the doors open, but lately there’s a noticeable lack of workers. The Sahib Shriners and Ladies who do faithfully work each Tuesday (thank you!) would gratefully welcome you and any help you could provide. Contact Bingo Chairman Jack Ivins for details on how you can lend a hand.

Flu shots will be given Thursday, October 11 from 5 to 7 p.m.

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“Volunteers do not necessarily have the time; they have the heart.”

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Masonic Digest / Scottish Rite Casey A. Fletcher, 32° KCCH, [email protected]

Freemasons dwell in the realm of philosophy concentrated on finding good

philosophy; searching for Light, Truth and theories, on addressing societal or political Wisdom. To appreciate the relationship of matters. philosophy and Freemasonry, some history Advancing a couple of centuries, may be helpful. philosophy’s aim changed, because the world The earliest philosophers appear in the changed. Alexander the Great, Aristotle’s fifth and fourth century BCE. Many are pupil, conquered much of the world. Rome recognizable, even today: Socrates, Plato, took over and replaced its republic with an Aristotle and Xenophon. While their pursuit empire. The city-state no longer existed. of knowledge and wisdom covered much Philosophers could argue until they were territory, there is a theme common to each of blue in the face, they could write, them. They searched for an ideal form of contemplate and pontificate all they wanted government, for the best political theory of about political theory and the proper form of how society should be organized and how it government—but nothing was going to should operate. change. The world was ruled by an emperor and a big centralized government. So, the nature of philosophy changed. This change helps us understand the relationship of philosophy and the origins of Masonic thought. Philosophy turned its focus from theory to therapy. Therapy in this sense: philosophy began to focus on the individual. It began to focus on issues like what it means to be a good human being. What is virtue? How should one live? What are our duties? What is duty? What does “just” behavior look like? This is an important transition. Theory involves study, thought and argument. But therapy requires personal action and personal transformation. In the period from the first century BCE to about the third century CE are found “The Thinker” by sculptor Auguste Rodin entirely different kinds of philosophers: Cicero, Marconius Rufus (Rome’s Socrates), The books the Republic and the Laws, Seneca, Plutarch and Epictetus. Four schools from Plato and Socrates, contemplate a of thought evolved: Platonic, Aristotelian, political theory for the best form for a Stoic and Epicurean. The object of these government for a city-state. Aristotle, Plato’s schools was different than before—their student, wrote the book Politics; he refuted focus was the individual, not society. Their his teacher’s ideas and offered alternatives. object was therapy, not theory; personal Xenophon, also a student of Plato, examined action, not debate. King Cyrus’ Persian empire and offered The wisdom of each school is found entirely different political theories. These scattered throughout Masonic ritual. They philosophers, and others, had differing ideas, are examined, though unnamed, in the lecture but their topic was similar—Theory. Ancient Masonic Digest continued on page 34

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Sar -I Court No. 79 - LOSNA Kay Neary, High Priestess, [email protected]

Summer is half over so it is time to get We had a great time at the hospital busy planning the meetings and activities playing putt-putt golf. It was a great, fun time starting in September. We will have our first even for those of us who don’t know how to court meeting September 14 and we will have play golf. To have fun while raising money a ceremonial at the October meeting. for the hospital is so rewarding. Sar-I Court #79 will be 50 years in “Christmas in July” was fantastic. We October. We will celebrate with a special received an incredible amount of toys, cash, luncheon October 26 at the Venezia Hotel gift cards and even a complete desktop and Resort. computer setup for the teen room. Many November 10 will be a big project for us, thanks to Lady Judy Harris and Lady Martha as we will host a Gift Market at the Scottish Crabb. Rite on Tuttle. We will finish the month with If you know any lady interested in our the Venice Parade. The Sarasota Parade will great organization, please have them contact be December 1, and the Grand High Visit any of us. We love to talk about the Ladies will be December 10 and 11. That is always Oriental Shrine of North America and are a special time. And then we have 2019! always looking for new members.

Above: Lady Carol Hart demonstrates good sportsmanship by assisting a fellow teammate with her shot. At right: Lady Carol Hart shows good form at the putt-putt golf fundraiser at the Shriners Hospital – Tampa. Photos provided by Lady Kay Neary.

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Imperial Potentate continued from page 7 Tennessee East-West Football Classic Committee. the region. Cain served as President of the Tennessee Shrine The youngest of four Association in 2006, is a past Rabban of Hillbilly Clan children, Patsy laughingly #151, and a life-member of the Cabiri Association. He says she was “the spoiled is an associate member of Rizpah Shriners in rotten baby” of the family. Madisonville, Kentucky; El Hasa Shriners in Ashland, That may be, but she also Kentucky; and Jericho Shriners in Kingsport, learned the importance Tennessee. Cain was awarded the Honorary DeMolay and value of hard work Legion of Honor. early in life, and that trait A former locomotive engineer, Cain worked for has served her well. Her CSX Transportation for more than 42 years. He was a father was a warehouse Community Affairs and Safety Officer, and a board manager for Bi-Rite member of the Tennessee Railroad Association. Cain Foods in Nashville for 30 First Lady Patsy Cain spent three years as state coordinator of Tennessee years, and her mother Operation Lifesaver Inc., a nationally recognized worked at a dry-cleaners. program that educates the public about dangers at While in high school, Patsy met the man who railroad grade crossings and around railroad properties. would quickly become the love of her life, Jim Cain, at He also served as chairman of the board for Alabama a Teen Town dance. She was 15, he was 16. Within two Operation Lifesaver Inc. and Tennessee Operation years, they were married and settled down to build a Lifesaver Inc. life together. The couple celebrated 50 incredible years Cain and his wife, Patsy, celebrated their 50th together in August of 2017. wedding anniversary in August 2017. They have two Once they were married, Patsy went straight to children, Janice and Jim Jr., and two grandchildren, work as a switchboard operator for an insurance Oakley and Paxton. Cain attends Forest Hills Baptist company. Later, Patsy worked for various trucking Church in Nashville. companies for 25 years, and for the Internal Revenue Service for 20 years. When her two children, Janice and FIRST LADY PATSY CAIN Jim Jr., were born she took time off to be home to care A native and lifelong resident of Nashville, for and enjoy them; and later, to babysit her Tennessee, Patsy Cain is a true Southerner—complete grandchildren, Oakley and Paxton. The grandchildren with the distinctive accent, charm, graciousness and are now 19 and 24. The entire Cain family lives in the independent spirit that is often found in the people of Nashville area and enjoys spending time together.

Masonic Digest continued from page 30 elimination of personal vice, the development of virtue, to the 27th degree, Knight of the Sun. the practice of good habits, the performance of duty. For example, Cicero developed the ideas of Cicero would approve. Aristotle about the four cardinal virtues to write a book Freemasonry’s “system of morality,” it can be called On Moral Duties. But the book was not about argued, is philosophical, personal therapy. We need it. political theory and its audience was neither the And our society needs the men we aspire to become. emperor nor the empire. The book was about individual The Scottish Rite’s degrees will next be conferred behavior and the audience was his son. Cicero’s words October 20 and October 27. Petitions are available are prominent in the Entered Apprentice lecture and in online by clicking this link: http://tampascottishrite.org Morals and Dogma. Freemasons are now Cicero’s audience. Thus, the connection between Freemasonry and “therapeutic” philosophy begins to appear. The writer is the Worshipful Master of Tuscan Freemasonry deals very little with theory, it focuses on Lodge No. 6 in Bartow, Florida. He figures Masonry is pers onal action and behavior, the correction and called Labor and Work for a reason.

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Nyla Temple No. 152 Donna Kay Duffy, Queen, [email protected] Hello to all! I am the Queen at Nyla We attended Supreme Session last week, temple. I have been a member of Daughters and again donations to the hospitals for the of the Nile for over 30 years. I am a charter year were over $4 million dollars in cash and member of Aretas temple in Michigan City, like-kind donations. Indiana (Orak Shrine), as well as a member We are not meeting during the summer of Nyla. months, but will start again the first Thursday I am very proud of the support that in September, which is the 6th. We meet at Daughters of the Nile gives to the Shriners the Scottish Rite building on Tuttle Avenue. Hospitals. This year Nyla temple contributed We have sweets and coffee at 10:30 a.m. and over $10,000 in cash donations and like-kind meet at 11:00. A light lunch follows the donations. We send toys, blankets, meeting. We hope to have a get-together in underwear, gift cards and other needs to five August, just to keep in touch. of the hospitals. We also send hygiene packages to the hospital for parents who have Donna Kay Duffy, Queen extended stays with their children.

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Please consider making a donation to the Sahib Shriner’s Capital Asset Addition Replacement Trust Fund. Use the form at left.

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Volunteerism continued from page 5 Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children to the annual volunteerism. Shriners’ business meeting. It was Forrest Adair, who The Shrine fraternity, known as the Ancient by his very eloquent and moving speech on the floor of Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, was the Session, secured a unanimous vote for the proposal. formed in New York City in 1872 as an outgrowth of The following year, Dr. William Mayo of Rochester, Masonry. Before the establishment of the hospitals in Minnesota, co-founder of the Mayo Clinic and also a 1922, Shriners had volunteered their time and money Shriner, recommended to the special committee for site to numerous charitable causes, most notably in relation location that more than one such hospital be to the flood in Johnstown, Pennsylvania; and the undertaken. At the 1921 Imperial Session in Des yellow fever epidemic in Jacksonville, Florida. In the Moines, Iowa, this recommendation also passed. The early 1900s, Dr. Michael Hoke, a well-known first Shriners Hospital was built in Shreveport, orthopedic surgeon in Atlanta, interested Forrest Adair, Louisiana, in 1922, and during the next four years, 13 a prominent local Shriner and Scottish Rite Mason, in additional Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children the plight of the crippled child. Through Mr. Adair’s were opened across North America. efforts, the Scottish Rite Hospital of Atlanta was SHRINERS HOSPITALS TODAY opened in 1915 to care for children with poliomyelitis and other crippling diseases. Today there are 22 Shriners Hospitals for Children (Shriners Hospitals for Crippled Children changed their name in 1996) including 18 orthopedic hospitals, three hospitals for treating burn patients, and one hospital in Sacramento, California that treats children with orthopedic problems, burn injury, and spinal cord injury. Two other orthopedic hospitals also have spinal cord injury programs (Philadelphia and Chicago) and five hospitals have programs for the treatment of cleft lip and palate. The annual budget for Shriners Hospitals for Children in 2001 [was] $567 million, which [included] $460 million for operating expenses, $25 million for research, and $82 million for capital expenditures. This budget [was] funded entirely from the endowment fund and from the $5 annual assessment paid by every Shriner. No private or third party pay ever has been accepted for care rendered in Shriners Hospitals. Today, [2002] the endowment fund is approximately $8 billion dollars. More than $200 million from wills, bequests, and gifts is received annually to support this fund. YOU MAKE THIS HAPPEN Scottish Rite Hospital, circa 1920. How, one may ask, has this remarkable charity Photo from www.georgiaencyclopedia.org been so successful in its mission without any income

This hospital probably served as a model for what from patients, insurance, or the government? The eventually would become a system of children’s answer lies in an exceptional record of volunteerism by orthopedic hospitals known as the Shriners Hospitals the Shriners at nearly every level of hospital activity. for Crippled Children. For example, it is the Shriners as volunteers who In 1920, Freeland Kendrick, mayor of are responsible for the majority of fundraising to Philadelphia, and then Imperial Potentate of the Shrine support the hospitals through a national Endowment, of North America, proposed the establishment of a Volunteerism continued on page 38

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Wills, and Gifts Committee. Additionally, each hospital has a 21-member Board of Governors composed entirely of Shriners. These men come from all walks of life. They are doctors, lawyers, accountants, businessmen, contractors, and bankers, and they provide the needed expertise for governing the hospitals. Each member gives hundreds of hours of Sahib Past Potentate Bill Balkwill (left) is a voting member of the Shriners Hospital – Tampa Board of Governors. Assistant Rabban time and effort annually to the governance activities of Gene Marinelli (center) and Noble Paul Zeissler (right) are the hospital. They are not compensated for their time currently serving on the Board as associate members. and receive no reimbursement for their expenses of the monthly board meetings and committee meetings, even transportation funds are raised by the temples through though many must travel hundreds of miles to the various Shrine functions. Each temple may spend as hospital for this purpose each month. The national much as $300,000 to $500,000 per year on patient Boards of Directors and Trustees, which provide transportation, and collectively, raise more than oversight to the hospital corporation, are composed $12,000,000 annually for this purpose. solely of Shriners. They, too, receive no compensation The Shrine temples supporting each hospital are for their many duties that include board meetings, responsible for identifying children in their local area committee meetings, hospital site visits, and business who may benefit from care by the hospital. To on behalf of the hospitals. accomplish this, they organize and conduct numerous Each hospital is supported by 12 to 20 Shrine screening clinics each year using local physicians and temples (similar to fraternity lodges) in their healthcare providers who also volunteer their time. geographic catchment area. These temples provide Each patient referred to a Shriners hospital has an members to the hospital Boards of Governors, but they individual Shriner as his or her sponsor who serves as also provide transportation to and from the hospitals for a local contact to facilitate care. all patients who need it. Shriners from supporting temples also volunteer their time at the hospital in many capacities, making families and patients comfortable in their surroundings. They also serve as tour guides and as assistants to hospital departments in various ways. Shrine clown units frequently entertain the children. One hospital may have as many as 500 volunteer Shriners, many of whom provide service to the hospital two to three days per week. It is difficult to estimate the value of the hours volunteered by the Shriners in support of Shriners Hospitals for Children. Through their collective efforts, the administrative costs for operating the hospitals has been held to 4% or less of the annual budget and the Sahib Transportation Unit’s vans for driving children to and from endowment fund has grown to $8 billion in 2001. their hospital appointments in Tampa or to the airport. VOLUNTEERISM BY SHRINERS PHYSICIANS Photo by Noble Gary Schweinshaupt

This involves the purchase and use of vans and Few other medical specialties or subspecialties can buses driven by volunteer Shriners on a daily basis, and match the volunteerism exhibited by orthopedists in the the funding of commercial air transportation for field of pediatric orthopedics over the years. In this children who live more than 200 miles away. In the regard, Shriners Hospitals for Children set an early case of burn victims, the temples are responsible for the example because all of the hospital medical staff cost of air ambulance flights, which may be as initially were composed of voluntary, part-time expensive as $10,000 to $15,000 per incident. These Volunteerism continued on page 40 Vol. 37, No. 8 SAHIB REPORTER 39

If you're a Noble of the Shrine searching for brother- hood and camaraderie, remember that Sahib Shrine is yours.

Find your way and enjoy your membership.

Sahib is always in need of assistance with duties. There are many activities to become involved with for your pleasure.

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Volunteerism continued from page 38 physicians besides the Chief Surgeon who was paid a small amount equivalent to an honorarium. When Title V of the Social Security Act was enacted in 1935 (United States Social Security Act of 1935, Title V: Grants to States for Maternal and Child Welfare) the federal government began providing block grants to the states to fund care for crippled children. Originally, almost all of these children by definition had orthopedic problems, mostly from poliomyelitis. Most required expensive long-term care, which families could ill afford. As was the case in Shriners hospitals, orthopedists across the country President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing the Social Security Act on donated their time and expertise to the care of these August 14, 1935, which included Title V to aid children with unfortunate children, under the auspices of the crippled disabilities. Photo: Franklin D. Roosevelt Library. children’s programs in each state, which today are known as programs for Children with Special Health This is not to say that volunteerism among the Care Needs. This practice continued through the 1960s Shriners hospitals’ medical staff is dead. Many when the definition of “crippled” expanded beyond the Shriners hospitals continue to have some volunteer musculoskeletal system. Specialists recruited to treat nonpaid staff who continue to contribute to the mission other disorders under the new definition (such as heart of the hospitals. problems, eye problems, and cleft lip and palate) were Many Shriners physicians give freely of their own paid by the states for their time. Eventually orthopedic vacation time to provide care to children in third world surgeons also demanded to be paid, although the countries. There they conduct clinics, educational amount of remuneration was small in comparison with seminars for local physicians, do surgery, and identify their usual and customary fees. some patients who eventually are cared for in Shriners Orthopedists historically have volunteered their hospitals. time to many other children’s organizations and clinics, SHRINERS HOSPITALS WORLDWIDE such as United Cerebral Palsy, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Easter Seal Rehabilitation Centers, the Although the primary mission of Shriners Hemophilia Foundation, and the Elks Children’s Hospitals for Children is dedicated to the children of programs. North America, many children from countries around In the case of Shriners Hospitals for Children, the the world have received care in Shriners hospitals free majority of patient care was provided by part-time of charge. Shriners who live abroad form Shrine Clubs volunteer orthopedists receiving little or no dedicated to identifying children who may be helped remuneration for their services until the 1980s. No by the hospitals, and they also help to provide funds for doubt the remarkable example of volunteerism set by their transportation. the Shriners was a factor in stimulating Shrine surgeons Shriners Hospitals for Children as a corporation to continue this charitable practice. During the past 20 also has responded to worldwide disasters by years, numerous factors have caused the gradual volunteering teams of physicians to provide emergency conversion of Shriners medical staffs from part-time care. An example is the gas line explosion in Ufa, voluntary staff to a combination of full-time salaried Russia, during the late 1980s in which approximately staff and part-time paid staff. These factors have 2,000 children being transported by train were burned. included higher levels of inpatient activity from higher A six-member medical team was dispatched from the risk patients and more complex surgery, greater Shriners Burns Hospitals to assist in the care of these professional liability concerns, diminished practice children for several weeks. Other gas explosions in income, and the increased time demands of private Mexico and Central and South America also have practice which have competed with time available for resulted in many children being sent to our burn charitable community activities. Volunteerism continued on page 45

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Dark August: from a poem

by Derek Walcott So much rain, so much life from the swollen sky Of this black August. My sister, the sun, Broods in her yellow room and won’t come out.

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hospitals. Shriners medical teams also were sent abroad to volunteer their services during the severe earthquake AUGUST in El Salvador in 1986 and the Armenian earthquake in Thursday, Aug 2 Men’s Luncheon the early 1990s. Volunteerism has been the bedrock upon which Tuesday, Aug 7 Bingo – Main Hall Shriners Hospitals for Children has been built. The Wednesday, Aug 8 Stated Meeting continued vitality of the hospitals and their commitment to excellence are attributable in large Thursday, Aug 9 Men’s Luncheon measure to the ongoing spirit of volunteerism of Friday, Aug 10 Scottish Rite Shriners around the globe and of the professional staffs Tuesday, Aug 14 Bingo – Main Hall of its hospitals. Birthday & Anniversary Dinner/Dance Thursday, Aug 16 Men’s Luncheon Tuesday, Aug 21 Bingo – Main Hall Thursday, Aug 23 Men’s Luncheon Saturday, Aug 25 Dance Party Monday, Aug 27 Past Masters Meet 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, Aug 28 Bingo – Main Hall Thursday, Aug 30 Men’s Luncheon SEPTEMBER Monday, Sep 3 Pioneer Days Parade Tuesday, Sep 4 Bingo – Main Hall Thursday, Sep 6 Stated Meeting Men’s Luncheon Tuesday, Sep 11 Bingo – Main Hall Birthday & Anniversary Dinner/Dance Thursday, Sep 13 Men’s Luncheon Friday, Sep 14 Fall Ceremonial Scottish Rite Cajun Low Boil Dinner Saturday, Sep 15 Fall Ceremonial Tuesday, Sep 18 Bingo – Main Hall Thursday, Sep 20 Men’s Luncheon Sep 21 through 28 Potentate’s Cruise Monday, Sep 24 Past Masters Meet 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, Sep 25 Bingo – Main Hall Thursday, Sep 27 Men’s Luncheon

Saturday, Sep 29 Dance Party

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