freemasonrySPRING 2011 ISSUE 128 The Longevity Project extract By Howard Friedman victoria & Leslie R. Martin Life on the land FMV catches up with a rural Freemason Freemasons & their beloved WHEELS Our Principles Make a Difference Freemasons Victoria Merchandise The Freemasons Victoria E-store can be accessed at: www.freemasonsvic.net.au via the member’s log-in area. If you do not have access to a computer, you can place an order over the phone: (03) 9411 0111 or email: [email protected] Freemasons Victoria In this issue: 2 From the Grand Master 22 'Just doing their bit’: Young Freemasons Bro. 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Copyrighted content from this publication may not be reproduced without express written consent of the owner of the copyright. Design: Think Productions Website: www.thinkproductions.com.au Letters to the Editor Dear Editor, I have just read the feature article in the Autumn 2011 edition of Freemasonry Victoria where the financial assistance to Melbourne Youth Music by Victorian Freemasons is reported. From the other side of the world (France) this article goes right to my heart. In the late 1970s I was heavily involved in the administration of the Melbourne Youth Choir conducted by Faye Dumont. In February and March 1978 we took the choir on a world tour to Japan, Great Britain and France. Highlights were master classes in London conducted by Sir Colin Davis, a concert in Chartres Cathedral and being hosted by families of a French youth orchestra in Orléans. I also appreciated the article on page 18 concerning Q&A French Goldfields Lodge, Ballarat. I have forwarded it to with Charlie Bezzina my French brother-in-law, a member of the “irregular” Grand Orient of France and currently Worshipful Master of the only Lodge in that Obedience that labours under the Memphis Misraïm Rite. We have often spoken of the How would you describe yourself? I would describe Eureka connection with Garibaldi via Raffaello Carboni. myself as a compassionate man with high integrity who achieved great job satisfaction in providing victims’ My family has a long history of Freemasonry in families with answers. I would thrive on team work and Victoria. My great grandfather, buried in White Hills ensured that my team’s needs were met both emotionally cemetery in Bendigo, has the square and compasses and physically given the harrowing investigations we dealt on his tombstone. My maternal grandfather’s brother, with. I like to fight for what is right and just, and above all Hugh Roche, always had the square and compasses things, patience and thoroughness. prominently displayed over the fireplace in his Coburg home and two of my uncles, Tony Menagh and Dr Paul How long were you in the police force? I served with Pincus, were members of the United Grand Lodge of Vic Police for 37 years and 10 months as an operational Victoria. The Masonic Bible given to Tony Menagh when uniform member and Detective in the western suburbs he was initiated into Warringal Lodge (now defunct) is up to the rank of Senior Sergeant. The remainder was 1 opened at our Lodge meetings at La Pierre Bleue. year in the Bureau of Internal Investigations, 3 years in the Drug Squad as Team leader and undercover operative, 17 Now that I have discovered Freemasonry Victoria I’ll be years as team leader Homicide Squad and 6 months in a regular reader. charge of the Embona Armed Robbery Unit Footscray. Kindest fraternal regards, What was your most memorable case and why? Most Allan Sanders memorable was Serial Killer, Paul Charles Denyer, the taking of three innocent lives because he had the urge to Dear Editor, kill and the frustration with Denyer being given a 30 year minimum, 10 years per life and the unlikely outcome of Devastation can come quickly and with little warning. For Denyer not overcoming his urge to kill but only time will the town of Carisbrook near Maryborough with a population tell. Look where we are currently with Julian Knight and of around 800 residents that is exactly what happened. No his impending release and the dilemma for the State one was prepared for the extent of devastation the January Government. Floods caused. Only a few houses escaped inundation and water was seen in streets which the 100 Year Flood Plan What do you miss about being a police officer? What I had not envisaged. Houses and furniture were ruined, the miss about not being a police officer is the interaction stinking mud and polluted water was everywhere. with the community and making a difference and the camaraderie all police have worldwide. The co-ordinated response and recovery effort with so many volunteers assisting was magnificent. The efforts Why did you write The Job? I wrote The Job after I was of Freemasons Victoria to raise so much money is a approached by the Slattery Media Group. I wanted to show wonderful tribute to such a fine organisation which what is involved with the investigation of the most horrific does so much for our wider community. On behalf of crime we all face. Also to keep alive in the memory of us my Council and Community I extend our very deep all the consequences of losing loved ones and unsolved appreciation for the assistance extended.