The Oldest Continuously Published Masonic Newspaper In The United States MASONIC HOME, KENTUCKY 40041 131 ST Year of Publication February, 2015 Number 5 Loving Lodge 323 – Receives February & March District Meetings “Secretary of the Year Award 2014” DISTRICT 1 DISTRICT 5 —— ––– — —— ––– — Robert Bradley Thomas Oldham D.D.G.M. 1 D.D.G.M. 5 —— ––– — —— ––– — The annual meet - The annual meet - ing for District 1 ing for District 5 will be held on will be held on Fri - Friday, February 20, 2015 at day, February 27, at Henderson Grahamville Lodge No. 707, Lodge No. 958, 461 Klutz Park 5755 Metropolis Lake Rd., West Plaza, Henderson, KY 42419. Paducah, KY 42086. Dinner will be served at 6:00 p.m. Dinner will be served at 6:00 p.m., for Master Masons and their fam - and the meeting to follow for Mas - ilies. Meeting will follow at 7:00 ter Masons only at 7:00 p.m. p.m. Lodge is located across from Directions: from Exit 4 on I-24 go the YMCA building. West on Hwy. 60 approx. 7 DISTRICT 6 miles; turn right on State Road —— ––– — On November 11, 2014, Past Grand Master Richard Nation (right) 996 (Metropolis Lake Rd.); North Nicholas Bailey D.D.G.M. 6 presented Brother Joe Cornwell (left) with the “Secretary of the Year 3 miles; Lodge is on the left. —— ––– — Award.” Brother Cornwell has been Lodge Secretary since 1980 and has been a member of Loving Lodge since 1977. He is an asset to the The annual meeting harmony and peace of one of Kentucky’s smaller Lodges. DISTRICT 2 for District 6 will be —— ––– — held on Saturday, William Vinson, Jr. February 28, 2015 at the Rizpah D.D.G.M. 2 District #28 Masonic Light Shines —— ––– — Shriners Temple, 3300 Hanson, Rd., Madisonville, KY 42431. Bright for a Special Brother The annual meet - ing for District 2 Lunch will be served at 12:00 Noon will be held on (CST ), and the meeting to follow at Saturday, February 21, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. for Master Masons only. Mayfield Lodge No. 369, 205 Directions: North: Breathitt (Pen - West Willow Dr., Mayfield, KY nyrile) Pkwy., South to Exit 49; 42066. turn right; continue to Hwy. 41; Lunch will be served at 12:00 turn left at the light; remain on Noon, and the meeting to follow Hwy. 41; Temple will be on left. at 1:00 p.m. for Master Masons East, West or South: Breathitt only. (Pennyrile) Pkwy., North to Exit 45; turn left onto Hwy. 41; Tem - ple will be on right. Parking will DISTRICT 3 be at the rear of the building. —— ––– — William Perry D.D.G.M. 3 —— ––– — INSIDE THIS ISSUE... District Meetings 1, 2 District #28 Masonic Light was shining bright on January 3, 2015. The annual meet - Grand Masters Message 2 DDGM Douglas A. Harvey arranged a courtesy presentation to a special ing for District 3 Brother that resides in a nursing home in Pikeville, Kentucky. Most will be held on Memorial Spring Reunion 3 Worshipful Grand Master Wilson K. Wilder presented Brother Saturday, February 21, 2015 at Grand Secretary 3 Woodrow Parrish with a gold 50 year service pin, and his 60 and 65 year Clinton Lodge No. 82, 110 Ma - Community Outreach 4 service pins and certificates. Brother Parrish is a 67 year Mason and a sonic Drive, Princeton, KY 42445. Service Awards 4 three time Past Master of Lockport Lodge No. 772 located in Lockport, Dinner will be served at 5:00 2015 Lodge Officers 5, 6, 7 Kentucky, in Henry County. Also present were several Grand Lodge p.m., and the meeting to follow Officers, Officers and Brothers of his home Lodge, Lockport No. 772, for Master Masons only at Masonic News 8, 10, 11 along with Brother Brad Steverson DDGM in his District #17. Several 6:00 p.m. Masonic Homes 9 of the "Alley Cats" from James W. Alley Lodge #869 and many friends Notices / By-Laws 12 and family were also present to recognize Brother Parrish’s impressive – DISTRICT MEETINGS ON PAGE 2 – accomplishment in Masonry. Bulletin Board 13 Page 2 MASONIC HOME JOURNAL February, 2015 Grand Master’s Message – DISTRICT MEETINGS CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 – DISTRICT 4 DISTRICT 9 Mason in Fredericksburg Lodge in —— ––– — —— ––– — Virginia in 1752 and later became Chad Collins Richard Riddle the Charter Master of Alexandria D.D.G.M. 4 D.D.G.M. 9 —— ––– — —— ––– — Lodge in Alexandria, Virginia, which was later renamed Alexan - The annual meet - The annual meet - dria-Washington Lodge number ing for District 4 ing for District 9 22 in his honor. After he was will be held on will be held on elected President of The United Saturday, February 28, at Logan Saturday, March 7, 2015 at Mor - States he took the oath of office County Extension Services, 255 rison Lodge No. 76, 125 N. Mul - using the Bible from St. Johns John Paul Rd., Russellville, KY berry St., Elizabethtown, KY Lodge in New York. During his life he performed many Masonic 42276. 42701. ceremonies including laying the Dinner will be served at 6:00 Dinner will be served at 5 p.m. in cornerstone for the United States p.m., for Master Masons and the Riasok Shrine, behind the Capitol in 1793. When having their ladies and the meeting will Lodge for Master Masons only. completed the designs on his tres - follow at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will follow at 6 p.m. tle board and was called to the Ce - WILSON K. WILDER Parking is available in the city Grand Master lestial Lodge above, he was given Masonic Rites by the Brothers of parking lot behind the Lodge and With the month of January Alexandria-Washington Lodge as Shrine buildings. and the shortest days of Winter part of his burial at Mount Ver - behind us, we now enter the non. DISTRICT 10 DISTRICT 7 Two months after his death, a —— ––– — —— ––– — month of February. We notice the Robert L. Stanford Ben Boarman days getting a little longer and see eulogy was performed before the D.D.G.M. 10 D.D.G.M. 7 a few ducks and geese starting Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, —— ––– — —— ––– — their migration back north, and Timothy Bigalow spoke in part of are encouraged that Winter will Washington with these words: The annual meet - The annual meet - soon be behind us and start turn - “The information received from ing for District 10 ing for District 7 ing our sights to the Spring. Feb - our Brethren who had the hap - will be held on will be held on Fri - ruary is also a month we celebrate piness to be members of the Friday, March 6, at Warren Cen - day, March 13, 2015 at the the birth of two of our most fa - Lodge over which he presided tral High School, 559 Morgan - Pangea Cafe, 1320 Carter Rd., mous Presidents, George Wash - for many years, and of which he town Rd., Bowling Green, KY Owensboro, KY 42302. ington and Abraham Lincoln. We died the Master, furnishes 42101. Dinner will be served at 6 p.m. for Kentuckians consider Lincoln one abundant proof of his persever - Dinner will be served at 5:30 Master Masons only. The meeting ing zeal for the prosperity of the of our own, even though he moved p.m., and the meeting will begin will follow at 7 p.m. to Illinois at a young age, we are institution. Constant and punc - at 6:30 p.m. for Master Masons still proud of the fact he was born tual in his attendance, scrupu - and raised here in the Bluegrass. lous in his observance of the and their ladies. We Masons are proud of the fact regulations of the Lodge, and so - that George Washington was a licitous, at all times, to commu - Brother Mason in addition to nicate light and instruction, he DISTRICT 8 DISTRICT 22 being the Father of our country, discharged the duties of the —— ––– — —— ––– — Danny Hudson Mark Upchurch our first President, along with all Chair with uncommon dignity D.D.G.M. 8 D.D.G.M. 22 his other accomplishments. and intelligence in all the mys - —— ––– — —— ––– — When we engage in conversa - teries of our art.” tion with anyone about Freema - So I say to you current Mas - The annual meet - The annual meet - sonry we often declare that ters, Past Masters and future ing for District 8 ing for District 22 George Washington was one of Masters if we could rule and gov - will be held on will be held on America’s best known Master ern our Lodges with such convic - Saturday, March 7, 2015 at Saturday, March 14, 2015 at Co - Masons. He was raised a Master tion as George Washington, then Grayson County Middle School, lumbia Lodge No. 96, 411 it truly would be with credit to 726 John Hill Taylor Drive, Burkesville St., Columbia, KY yourself and advantage to its Leitchfield, KY 42754-1599. 42728. members. The Oldest Continuously Part one in a series: Broth - Lunch will be served at 12:00 Dinner will be served at 5 p.m. for Published Masonic Newspaper ers this month I will start a sev - Noon, the meeting will begin at Master Masons only. The meeting In The United States eral part series to shed a little 1:00 p.m. for Master Masons and will follow at 6 p.m. with George their ladies. Pennington, Guest Speaker. OFFICIAL ORGAN OF light on the process an Initiate THE GRAND LODGE OF KENTUCKY goes through from the investiga - Directions: Western Ky.