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.