LAKE COUNTRY FREEMASONS LODGE NO. 42 F. & A. M. OF WISCONSIN
March Home 2018 Edition
Stated Communications: 7:30 PM 1st & 3rd Wednesdays September through June 3rd Wednesdays July and August Meeting at: 375 Highway 67, Dousman, WI 53118 Mail to: P. O. Box 284, Hartland, WI 53029-0284 Secretary’s Phone: 262.367.2309 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.lodge42.net
Worshipful Master Bruce Boland 262.354.4394 Senior Warden Timothy Behling 414.254.3060 Junior Warden Tim Zellner, PM 414.588.5169 Treasurer Frank McKenna, PM 262.893.1106 Secretary Gary Pilgrim, PM 262.367.2309 Chaplain Craig Wiggins 267.416-0788 Senior Deacon James Lukas 262.370.4356 Junior Deacon Robert Staley 262.309.9111 Senior Steward Scott Millikin 262.490.6023 Junior Steward Aaron Marjala 414.975.9770 Counselor Henry Pynakker, PM 262.370.2665 Organist Tyler Robert Jewell 262.212.4616
Trustees Daniel Bast, PM 414.333.1412 James A. Johnson, PM 414.651.2072 Charles Gastrow, PM 262.370.1149 Thomas Ewald 414.429.5904 Frank McKenna, PM 262.893.1106
Sickness & Distress: Please notify the Senior Warden of Brothers in Sickness or Distress.
Page 1 of 7 Breaking News!
Announcing Our New Web Site
Lake Country Freemasons Lodge No. 42 is now vibrant and functional in the world of web. The site know as “lakecountryfreemasonslodge42.org” is operational. For those of us that can’t type that many letters all together and get them rite, we can use lcfm42.org and get to the same place. This addition to our visibility joins our active Facebook presence.
Most of you will go immediately to the Member Sign In and be faced with the ‘opportunity’ to enter your User Name and Password. That is currently a secret. It will remain a secret until you, as a member with a valid email address, receives an email that provides it along with information about our Member Services capability. See pages 6 &7
Operation Freedom and Open House Master's Message Our chaplain did not make the necessary arrangements for February event. Either it was his fault or the fault of Wisconsin Winter Weather. The Brothers combination of Winter Storm Warnings and the As I write this message, it is raining and the back concern of transportation of our veterans from the roads are flooding and all is gray. The first hints of nursing facility combined to postpone the spring and renewal are teasing us Yankees. I celebration. believe in Florida, they look forward to the first We will hold the same event on Monday, March 5. cold wave in September, bringing relief from the Would Brother Chaplain file the proper papework heat. as required? The celebration will begin at 4:30 PM We as a lodge made it through another winter, and in the Learning Center and Lounge area of Village we as members and Brothers have made it as well. on the Square. We are the host and food and Many of us bruised and beat up, but still fighting. beverages will be served. Since our lodge is Think about your fellow brothers, and take time to hosting the event, that means you are officially reflect on triumphs and challenges they have faced considered a host. So come and enjoy. this past year. It is a reunion for several of our brothers that have We all recently received a members directory, more traveled on the Honor Flight and for the guardians evidence of hard work and dedication. I ask all that accompanied them. We look forward to Brothers to reach out to the brother listed just before hearing of their travels. Operation Freedom and just after their name and correspond. Might be continues this year and the first flight is Saturday, an old time snail letter, those are rare and April 14 followed by flights on May 5 and June 2. appreciated. Perhaps a telephone call, email, test. The Operation Freedom goal is to provide flights Maybe share a thought, an update on something that for all eligible veterans at Three Pillars. This year, affected you and your family this past year. It Mason Woods joins the program. might mean a lot to a brother that is feeling a bit Please come and join us. Enjoy the celebration. alone or facing issues. I have yet to meet a person Our veterans from the Health Care unit will be who does not feel that way at some point. returning to their quarters about 5:30. The Continued on page 3 celebration will continue until 6:30.
Page 2 of 7 And now! Back to our regular broadcast! felt good for about a day until I received a couple of
So let’s get cracking and embrace each day as a other changes and correction, so an errata is being prepared for release in June. gift. The Stars & Stripes Honor Flight motto, “Every Day is a Bonus”, is what we need to Ballot Results - February 21 stated meeting: follow. Warm weather and rebirth is close and who The Ballot (paper) to amend our By-Laws knows what the next months will bring. We have was passed and was affirmed unanimously. had some good events, and some degree work The ballot to accept the resolution amending already, with a plethora of events on the docket. our dues structure was passed and accepted The most imminent is our Table Lodge dinner, with by 18 of the 20 voting members present. Brother Kris sharing his wisdom and RWDGM Please review your notification letter before Brother Scott Pedley attending. submitting questions to your officers.
One more request, Dousman and LCFL, recently Dues, Current Status: We have twenty-three met with the Bethel ladies. The girls meet the same brothers who have yet to pay their 2018 dues and nights as our lodge from 7:00 - 8:00 so I am asking eight in arrears, two of which are on quarterly for volunteers to attend their meeting and come and payment plans. The outstanding total is over report toward the end of our meeting. Br Dave $4000.00 Renly has done this in the past, so it is important to keep in contact with the Bethel. These are good Payment by check can be made to our mailing kids that help us out on a regular basis. address, P. O. Box 284, Hartland WI 53029-0284. We are in process with our name change, we ask I look forward to helping current Brothers face that your check be made payable to the current challenges, prosper, and grow, and am also name on the checking account, Oconomowoc- optimistic about unknown good men who will Hartland Lodge No. 42. become good brothers among us. We have a couple of them in the pipeline already. For those of you who wish to pay their dues electronically, you can use PayPal Me. The link is Keep the Faith, practice our Tenets, and you cannot https://www.paypal.me/WILodge42Dues Yes, go wrong. Might not always get the answer you you are allowed to make partial payments, but want, but as the song says, sometimes you get what please notify the Secretary that you are doing so. you need. Lodge mailing address: Lake Country Freemasons Lodge No. 42, F & A M S & F WM Boland P. O. Box 284 [email protected] or 262.354.4394 Hartland, WI 53029
Happy Birthday Brothers
03/01 BRIAN J. EWALD 03/04 ROBERT W. JEWELL III 03/08 BRIAN DONALDSON 03/08 BRETT J. EWALD 03/11 THOMAS E. EWALD 03/15 WAYNE R. KOEHLER 03/15 LOUIS R. GASTROW 03/16 JEFFREY A. HALVERSON 03/16 JEFFERY D. ELLENBECKER From the Secretary’s Desk 03/17 KEVIN A. EWALD
Last month we declared “Victory’ in that the long 03/19 MICHAEL A. DRAEGER 03/20 KHRISTIAN E. KAY awaited Membership directory was complete, printed and would soon be in your hands. Well that Masonic Anniversaries Page 3 of 7 Godfrey De Boullion Chapter of 68 W. WAYNE R. KOEHLER DeMolay 62 EMIL EWALD
37 W. ROBERT L. SILVIS On Sunday, March 18, 2018 the Godfrey De 25 GEOFFREY T. HOGAN Boullion Chapter of DeMolay will install Brother 19 ROBERT “RD”. BULLE Ryan Ferguson as Master Councilor along with his 18 EDWARD R. SMITH corps of officers. The ceremony begins at 3 PM at 13 BENJAMIN D. JARVIS Dousman Masonic Lodge, 214 N. Main, Dousman, 13 MATTHEW A. SCHROEDER WI 53118. Refreshments will follow the ceremony. 10 ROBERT L. ROHLOFF 9 SCOTT A. MILLIKIN Our lodge supports and participates in the chapter. 7 W. TIMOTHY T. BEHLING Those that attended the Posting Dinner are familiar 6 W. BRUCE G. BOLAND with the help of these young men assisting us 4 ZACHARY J. SCHMIDT during the meal. Those that will attend the Lodge at the Table will find them again helping us. Members OES Chapter 13 of the chapter have served as State Officers of
Our members gathered at Maxims in Oconomowoc DeMolay in Wisconsin. The junior Past State Depot on Tuesday, February 27 for dinner and Master Councilor is an active member of the fellowship. There were sixteen on the list. In the last chapter. couple of years our non-official meet and eat has become Please consider taking a bit of your time on a a standard during our meeting recess period. Sunday afternoon to invest in the support of these The recess is coming to an end. March begins our young men. You will find it to be a worthwhile season of meetings. The first meeting in the area is the investment. Dousman Rob Morris Chapter No. 257 in the Humphrey Community Room at Village on the Square. The gavel Bethel No. 35, IOJD will sound at 7. The agenda includes the vote on our request to consolidate with that chapter. Approval Job’s Daughter’s Bethel No. 35 also meets at would result in our chapter having one more meeting, on Dousman Masonic Lodge. The meetings are on the Tuesday, March 27, in the Humphrey Community first and third Wednesday of non-Summer months. Room. That gavel will sound at 7:30 PM. We will move Since our Stated Meetings are on the same night at from the adjacent room to the meeting room after having about the same time, we have not been very visible enjoyed a pot luck dinner. participants. While we are not proposing a change
Approval of the consolidation will also bring the sound in our stated meeting night, we are seeking to of quill pens quilling away as the paperwork forms itself support the Bethel. to complete the consolidation under the supervision of That was the agenda of a recent meeting of Junior our Worthy Grand Matron Mary Barnett, on Thursday, April 5. Warden’s. Worshipful Master Bruce Boland has granted permission for Junior Warden Tim Zellner In the meantime, we continue with our festivities. th to be excused from the second stated meeting of Sunday, March 4 will find us celebrating in the March. He will attend the Bethel Meeting instead. Humphrey Community Room as we honor the Brother There he will find our brother Dave Renly, Ian Watts, the Grand Sentinel of Wisconsin. As a Grand Chapter officer Brother Watts is really going places. A Associate Bethel Guardian and work with the lot of places. He will be attending installations and Bethel to improve our linkage with the Bethel. making visits to all of the chapters in the state as well as Calendar - March 2018 official visits to other states.
With Star love and warm wishes, Mon 05 4:30 PM Operation Freedom Rita Ludyjan Reunion and Open House. Village Worthy Matron on the Square Learning and Lounge Ian Watts area. Worthy Patron Wed 07 6:30 PM Lodge at the Table Youth Group News No. 42 Stated Meeting. MASTER MASONS ONLY Contact Br. Gary Pilgrim, (262) 367.2309 to Page 4 of 7 make your REQUIRED Reservations please consider it. The Reunion is the once a year Clear machine message okay. opportunity to see the degrees that are put on by Wed 07 7:00 PM Bethel No. 35 at Dousman allegory. Scottish Rite Masonry has been compared No. 315. as the “college of freemasonry” because members Sun 11 Daylight Savings Time Begins are exposed to the lessons taught in the 4th through Wed 14 7:00 PM GBD Chapter at Dousman 32nd degrees. All Lodge members in good standing No. 315. are eligible to join a Valley and the Milwaukee Mon 19 Operation Iraqi Freedom begins Valley serves all of Southeast Wisconsin- there are Tue 20 First Day of Spring probably many Scottish Rite Masons you already Wed 21 7:30 PM No. 42 Stated Meeting know. Attached is a petition for your Wed 21 7:00 PM Bethel No. 35 at Dousman consideration. If you have any questions about Sat 24 8:30 AM Officers and Trustees Scottish Rite Masonry feel free to reach out to Tom Meeting at Compass Point. Ewald (414-429-5904) for more information. Sun 25 Palm Sunday Tue 27 7:30 PM OES Stated Meeting Web Committee Report Wed 28 7:00 PM GBD Chapter at Dousman Brothers,
No. 315. Based on feedback from our member survey a year Fri 30 Good Friday. ago many of you asked to have better Passover begins at sundown. communication and a better means to stay in touch *VOS Represents Village on the Square, Glenn L. Humphrey No. with Lodge activities. In recent months your 364, Dousman Facility. Hereafter known as VOS. officers and trustees have been working to address Important Planning dates: this. We are pleased to announce that an all new website platform is now live Apr 04 7:30PM No 42 Stated Meeting at www.lakecountryfreemasonslodge42.org We Apr 13 Scottish Rite Reunion See Article encourage you to visit the website and get yourself Apr 14 Scottish Rite Reunion See Article acquainted with its features. On the surface the Apr 18 7:30PM No 42 Stated Meeting intent of the new website was to talk to the public Apr 28 8:30AM Officers and Trustee and showcase the things that we stand for as Meeting Compass Point (stc) Masons and a Lodge in the area we serve. There is an exclusive member login area that will open a Special Notice – Scottish Rite Reunion secure page designed for “tiled” discussion and Our Brother, Emil Ewald to be honored. other private fraternal matters. Additionally we
Brothers, have completely updated our Facebook page with our new Lodge name and have formatted the page We have some exciting First time news for the more appropriately for a non profit organization. Lodge. If you are a member of Scottish Rite you You will be happy to know we have almost 1400 may be aware, but our very own Emil Ewald has followers that “Like” us on Facebook. We been named the 2018 Class Honoree for the encourage you to “Like” your Lodge page and ask Milwaukee Valley of Scottish Rite Masons for the other family members and friends to do the same. Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. As a member of the Through Facebook we will be able to make faster rd Lodge, Emil Ewald is the first 33 degree Scottish real-time updates on our happening so all members Rite Mason to be coroneted in our Lodge history. and friends know what we’ve been doing near and The Reunion will be Friday evening April 13th and th far. As we move ahead we encourage any feedback all day Saturday April 14 . All members of our about the website or Facebook page. Feel free to Lodge are encouraged to attend the celebration email [email protected] any time with comments or banquet Saturday evening 5:30 PM at the Embassy suggestions. On behalf of the officers and trustees Suites on Moreland Blvd. in Brookfield (near thank you for your trust and confidence as we move Brookfield Square) our Lodge forward.
Even better, if you are interested in joining the nd Fraternally, Tom Ewald PM/Trustee Scottish Rite Masons to obtain your 32 degree
Page 5 of 7 Your Upcoming Masonic Events Many of you, , have received an email early Saturday morning with the subject being the words above. If you are surprised that you are not receiving the email, there is an issue. Please let us know. In various meetings and communications over the years you have likely seen or heard the word, MORI. MORI is the name of the Masonic Online Registry Interface a product of Enable Labs that is adopted by the Grand Lodge of Wisconsin to support our membership records and services. All lodges in our Jurisdiction maintain membership records in MORI. Your dues notices are generated from MORI. You received the email event notice because you are a member and you have a valid email address. Your Saturday morning email is segmented into blocks of information. This is the notice of the Stated Meeting for March 21
Mar 21 Stated Lodge Meeting
7:30pm 375 Highway State Road 67, Dousman, WI 53118
Attending? Stated Meeting, fellowship and refreshment to follow. Listed by: Lake Country Freemasons Lodge #42 F. & A.M.
The Attending?button is an electronic RSVP. Accessing it allows you to respond with a yes or no. It also permits you to report the number of guests that are coming with you. What happens when you click Attending? You are transferred to https://42-wi.ourlodgepage.com/calendar_events/. You can respond to the all-important question of yes or no. However, responses are only accepted from members of the fraternity that have an active User Account with the Our Lodge Page site. We will assume that this is your first visit ever and you want to establish yourself, so you can respond. In the upper right-hand section of the screen are the words Sign In. That brings us to creating an account in Our Lodge Page. You will need your Member Number and your birthdate to proceed. Your Member Number is found on the upper right of your Membership Card. Remembering your birthdate is up to you. If your real birthdate is not accepted, there is the possibility that it is incorrectly recorded in our records. Please contact Brother Secretary to address the issue. The instructions are provided and there is a HELP button at the bottom of the screen. Establishing your account will require validation via Email or a cell phone number. The validating communication will be sent to the Email Address or the Cell Phone Number in your membership profile, only. Unless you have contacted Brother Secretary and changed either of the values, it is what appears in the member directory you received in early February. Now that you have an account established and validated you can proceed with the Yes or No Response. You can also indicate how many guests will be attending with you. Your name and your number of guests will appear if the others attending. How do I manage what is sent to me? More specifically, how do I ‘opt out’ of getting the notices? I am getting notices from other lodges that I don’t want? The email that you received on Saturday, has important small print at the end of it.
Our Lodge Page is a service of Enable Labs - 415 River St., Troy NY 12180
Page 6 of 7 Click here to manage your OLP email preferences.
The here is what you want. The example below is of a member belonging to lodges in District 9 and District 12. The example shows the full configuration of the Lodge, Area, District, and Grand Lodge and allows the choice of preferences of what to receive via email. The configuration is associated with the email address. It is important to note that you do not need to have an account established to establish your email preferences.
In the sample, selections have been made to not receive email notifications from four of the choices. The first line is for All Emails. Changing that value to No removes all of the choices below it. Since the only way we know at the moment to get to the configuration is from the here in the email received, be careful and make no mistake. The primary Lake Country Freemason Lodge 42 web site is now active. The OLP product was adapted to work with the primary site to support Member Services. It has features (such as the Upcoming Masonic Events capability) that would have required substantial development and continued maintenance of a secondary set of profile records. Even though it is efficient and reduces errors, we did it anyway. Please address question, concerns, and comments to Brother Frank McKenna. Email is preferred as the question may require forwarding to the support department of Enable Lab. The email is [email protected]. To scream and yell, call (262) 893-1106. Since approved hand rails have not been installed, OSHA has a posted limit of how many can be on my back at one time. Please take due notice and govern yourself accordingly.
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