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On the Masonic Road Highway 105 Runs Northwest from La Grange, Through Graham, to Navasota – Over 60 Miles and 175 Years of Texas Masonic History Page 10 Official Publication of The Grand Lodge of Texas | Summer 2021 FREEMASONTEXAS FEATURE On the Masonic Road Highway 105 runs northwest from La Grange, through Graham, to Navasota – Over 60 miles and 175 years of Texas Masonic History Page 10 Officer Leadership Training Page 14 Pioneer Park Cemetery Page 18 The Oldest Mason Page 21 CONTENTS SUMMER 2021 Maintaining a home for Texas Freemasons PAGE 6 The Texas Freemason Magazine is an official publication of the Grand Lodge of Texas A. F. & A. M. It is published four times a year for GRAND LODGE EDUCATION the members of Texas Lodges and subscribers. Spring and winter issues are available in print. Summer and fall issues are available in 3 A Word from AND COMMITMENT PDF format at https://grandlodgeoftexas.org. Opinions expressed by the Editors and contributing writers do not necessarily reflect official the Grand Master positions of the Grand Lodge of Texas Copyright 2020, by the Trustees 16 A Look Back of the Grand Lodge of Texas. All rights reserved. Publisher 4 A Word from 20 Texas Lodge of Research The Trustees of The Grand Lodge of Texas the Grand Secretary Contributing Writers Eric Stuyvesant, Christian D. Moore, Jeremy Hogan 21 The Oldest Mason Image Credits 5 Tranquility Lodge, the Grand Bruce Mercer, Jeff Haven, Hubert Pralitz Master and Relevancy 22 Masonic Children and Editor Larry FitzPatrick Family Services Associate Editor 6 How Important is it to You That Bruce W. Hammond We Maintain a Visible Home for Staff Writers Ruben Bazan III, Bill Crow, jim hoffpauir, Jerome Weilmuenster, Texas Freemasons? IN EVERY ISSUE James C. “Chris” Williams IV The Texas Freemason Magazine encourages submission of articles 15 The Profound Pontifications and photographs of general interest to Masons in Texas, reserving 14 Officer Leadership the right to edit and use the articles and pictures as needs and policies dictate. Training of Brother John Deacon News and articles from around the state will continue to be published in a web-based format on the Grand Lodge of Texas 17 Grand Lodge website The Grand Lodge website is accessible at http://www.grandlodgeoftexas.org FEATURE Committee Profile Please continue to send your articles and Lodge events and news to the Editors of The Texas Freemason Magazine. 23 Merchandise Order Form The preferred method of submission is via email with an attached 10 On the Masonic Road Microsoft Word document. Pictures should be separately submitted in JPEG format to [email protected]. If you do not have email, submissions may be sent to the Grand Lodge of Texas, Attn.: The Editor of The Texas Freemason Magazine, PO Box 446, Waco, Texas 76703. All materials become property of the magazine ACROSS THE STATE ON THE COVER and cannot be returned. Black eyed susan flowers on roadside near Submissions 8 A Short History of Highway 105. Brenham, Texas, May 6, 2012. [email protected] Garland Masonry Subscriptions Photo courtesy of Alexey Sergeev. $12.50 per year U.S. and Canada, $31.25 for three years; http://www.asergeev.com/index.htm $20.00 per year in foreign countries, $50.00 for three years 18 Pioneer Park Cemetery Permission to Reprint Permission to reprint original articles appearing in The Texas Mason Magazine is granted to all recognized Masonic publications, provided that credit is given to the author and attribution to The Texas Freemason Magazine. Archives https://grandlodgeoftexas.org/texas-mason-magazine-archives/ 2 The Grand Lodge of Texas GRAND LODGE A WORD FROM THE Grand Master that means enough to a missing Brother for him beliefs with the elected Grand Lodge officers to want to be active? Some suggestions offered and those who are making themselves available. were weekend coffee clubs, quarterly dinners at Influence them and you influence Grand Lodge. restaurants with and without spouses, couples’ Visit with them and help them evolve as they Saturday out for Brothers with young children, move through the line or attempt to explain lodge picnics, Saturday fishing trips, open to you why they want to be in the line. If you and close lodge then go to a restaurant for the like a program or idea, tell them. If you do not monthly stated meeting dinner, and educational like a program or idea, tell them. Explain your programs away from the lodge’s stated meeting. reasoning and thought process. Our Fraternity No one suggested more business meetings, is in a crisis. The more time you spend with degree work, or floor school as a strategy to those in the grand officer line or those trying bring back a missing Brother. Each Lodge must to get there, the greater likelihood they will be decide for itself what will work. effective leaders with whom you will be proud to share our Craft. FELLOWSHIP AND COMRADESHIP. At the Grand Master Conferences, attendees In closing, thank you again for all you do for My Brothers, were repeatedly asked what they needed from Texas Masonry. Bring back a Brother and our our Fraternity. No one wanted to answer that Fraternity will prosper in the coming year. I pray that this message finds you and yours question; but when they were pushed nine safe and sound. I appreciate each of you and all times out of ten the response was “I need that you do for Texas Masonry. Thank you for fellowship and comradeship.” The second most your guidance and prayers. common response was “I need good men with good values around me.” If you asked the The summer is upon us! It is time for picnics, Brothers active in your lodge what they cookouts, camping, trips, and many other fun personally need from Masonry, they will say things. As our nation continues to reopen, stay I do not need anything from the Lodge. If you Ken Curry safe in your journeys, and enjoy the Blessings pushed for an answer, they would most likely Grand Master 2021 that are bestowed upon us as citizens of the say “fellowship and comradeship.” How does United States of America. your lodge provide fellowship and comrade- GRAND MASTER CONFERENCES. ship? Is the only fellowship in your lodge the We completed the Grand Master Conference monthly stated meeting and degree work? If schedule on April 10, 2021 with conferences that is the case, then your lodge is missing a in Garland at Hella Shrine, Dallas at Dallas vital essence of our Craft. Brotherly love and Scottish Rite Cathedral and McKinney at Saint affection mean more than just passing by each John’s Lodge No. 51. In each of the twenty-eight other once or twice a month. conferences Brothers participated openly and EVOLUTION OF A GRAND freely. There was a great exchange of ideas and LODGE OFFICER. When I made myself thoughts. The two overriding themes of the available for Grand Lodge office four years conferences were “Spreading the Cement of ago, I had my thoughts about the issues facing Brotherly Love and Affection” and “Bring Back our Grand Lodge and how we should respond. a Brother.” Over two thousand Brothers As the years passed and I prepared to become attended the conferences, and many offered Grand Master, those thoughts evolved, changed, their thoughts about Brotherly Love and and matured. This evolution was driven by Bringing Back our missing Brothers. my experiences with you and the questions WANTED – MISSING BROTHERS. A topic you asked me. Just like the Entered Apprentice of discussion at each conference was what with his instructor, my interaction with you Lodges could do to bring back those missing caused me to stop and think. This is a round Brothers who choose not to be involved in their about way to say to you, if you wish to have an lodges. The question was what can a Lodge do impact on Grand Lodge share your visions and Texas Freemason | Summer 2021 3 GRAND LODGE A WORD FROM THE Grand Secretary Brethren, What an exciting few months we have had! Grand Master Curry’s conferences were a huge success. If you were unable to attend a conference Grand Master Curry introduced the Bring a Brother Back program. A link to the program materials can be found here: https://grandlodgeoftexas.org/bring-a-brother- back-program/ I encourage you all to look at the program and consider implementing it at your Lodge. Registration for the Officer Leadership training There is no cost for the one-day training the overall service you receive from my office. conferences will open soon. If your Lodge session, but we do need an RSVP from you We have made good progress, but there is already participates in the program, we thank to ensure we have enough space at the venue. still much left to do. I want to thank my entire you for your support! If your Lodge does not Please RSVP through the member portal staff for their hard work and dedication. currently participate, I would encourage you to under the events tab. The day-to-day activities of the Grand consider sending your officers to the training. Secretary’s Office would not take place The information presented at the conference The new Grand Lodge of Texas online store is without their efforts. will give your upcoming officers the tools they open and ready for orders. You can find all the will need to be successful in their roles as 2021 and 2020 merchandise, as well as select Fraternally, leaders. The weekend conferences are also an items from previous years. Many of the items excellent opportunity to network with other from previous years will be available for sale Justin B. Duty brothers advancing through the various at a significant discount.
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