Ann Arbor Masonic News
FEBRUARY 2012
A Monthly Electronic Publication
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Masonic Fraternal Community
Community Publication of Washtenaw County
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Mehr Licht – More Light
Number 336 – December 09, 2011
Old LEO Letters -- By Ed Halpaus
One of the things the anti-Masons seem to like to do is to
vilify Brother Albert Pike: In particular they like to tell anyone
and everyone who will listen that Pike was a devil worshiper, and
along with that they also want to convince the uninformed that
Pike and all Masons in general worship a Masonic god whose
name is The Great Architect of the Universe. What they may or
may not realize, and what they don’t want to accept is the truth,
and the truth is that Pike was a Christian, and ‘The Great
Architect of the Universe’ is a interfaith name coined by the
Christian theologian John Calvin (he coined a number of names
he used for God), and that Freemasonry adopted his name or term
(The Great Architect of the Universe) for use in Lodges where
Masons of more than one religion may sit in Lodge together.
Using an interfaith name, when Deity is referred to, is a good
way to not promote one religion over another among friends and
Brothers; it allows each man to accept the prayer as his own to
the Deity of his religion when it is given by one Mason on behalf
of all of us. The prayer is ended with the traditional word
“Amen” to which all Masons can truthfully reply ‘so may it be,’
by using an archaic word to say “So Mote It Be.”
Anti-Masons love to proof-text Brother Pike in his book
Morals and Dogma. Sometimes they will quote him, but most of
the time they will misquote him by proof-texting portions of
Morals and Dogma to make it look like Pike wrote something he
didn’t write. One portion the enemies of Masonry never quote
from Pike is found on page 134U (meaning page 134 upper
portion of the page). Page 134 is a part of the 8th Degree of the
Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry; reading the 8th
degree will capture the attention of any Mason who would read
it, and I think, anyone who reads will want to study that degree
and others to learn more. Here is what Pike wrote on page 134U:
“Speak kindly to your erring Brother! God pities him; Christ has
died for him. Providence waits for him: Heaven’s mercy yearns
towards him; and Heaven’s spirits are ready to welcome him
back with joy. Let your voice be in unison with all those powers
that God is using for his recovery!”
Those words from Brother Pike on page 134U of Morals and
Dogma don’t sound like the words someone would use if they
didn’t believe in God and in Pike’s case his Christian religion.
Don’t believe for one moment the lies and untruths the antiMasons of the world – the enemies of Masonry – want everyone
to believe. What is true is that the malarkey and falsities of these
anti-Masons cannot stand up to investigation, but what Masonry
is, and stands for, can stand up to investigation and study. So if
you hear something that makes you wonder – check it out; you’ll
enjoy the process – or ask one of your Brothers who likes to do
research and study to help you check it out, you’ll still enjoy
Brian Cors, Web Master
[email protected]
734-262-4148
the process as well as the learning that results.
Also don’t believe that Morals and Dogma is a hard or difficult
book to read – it isn’t – any Mason is capable of reading and
understanding what Pike wrote in it; although speed reading and
understanding it, doesn’t seem to work. One can read the book
slowly and deliberately with a pen and paper to take notes etc. and
thus enjoy what Pike had to say.
Sadly, it has been reported that one Masonic library has been
disposing of excess copies of Morals and Dogma by destroying them
or tossing them into dumpsters. If you can get one of those copies
others no longer want – get it – and begin to read the book: There’s
good information in it. (or Check with Harold Davidson at
[email protected] for a good used copy, or on-line for an e-copy of
the book.
One final comment: The anti-Masons want everyone to believe
that Pike wrote for all of Freemasonry – that he was and is “The”
authority, and all Masons adhere to his writings; he wasn’t, isn’t, and
we don’t. But still his book, Morals and Dogma, does contain some
good information and is a pleasure to read. When you read it pay
particular attention to page ivm (Page iv of the preface in the middle
of the page): “Every one is entirely free to reject and dissent from
whatsoever herein may seem to him to be untrue or unsound.” Albert
Pike, just like the rest of us, wrote for himself only, not for our entire
fraternity; this is another truth the anti-Masons – the enemies of
Masonry – don’t want to accept.
"The belief in a God All Powerful wise and good, is so
essential to the moral order of the world and to the happiness of
man, that arguments which enforce it cannot be drawn from too
many sources nor adapted with too much solicitude to the
different characters and capacities impressed with it." --James
Madison, letter to Frederick Beasley, 1825
James Madison is the 4th President of the United States; he is
thought to be a Mason, but no documentation or proof of his being
initiated has been found. A good book for research into questions
like this is “Masonic Membership of the Founding Fathers” by Ronal
Heaton and available from the Masonic Service Association of North
America.
Words to Live by: "It is the duty of all men in society,
publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the SUPREME
BEING, the great Creator and Preserver of the universe. And no
subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person,
liberty, or estate, for worshipping GOD in the manner most
agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience; or for his
religious profession or sentiments; provided he doth not disturb
the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship." -John Adams, Thoughts on Government, 1776 – President John
Adams was not a Mason, and even though he is closely linked with
other Founding Fathers who were Masons he was an anti-Mason who
wrote letters as such, and he son John Quincy Adams was a devout
anti-Mason.
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109 West Michigan Ave,
Saline 48176
1st TUESDAY, 7:30 PM
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Worshipful Master
12151 Bunton Rd.,
Willis 18191
(734) 461-6019
WILLIAM E. HOLIFIELD, JR. Secretary
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Barry Allen, Junior Warden
James K. Schook, PM, Treasurer
GUY GILBERT …………….………Secretary
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John Church, PM, Chaplain
Patrick Walz, Senior Deacon
Jim Emery, Junior Deacon
Allan, Carson, Rich Jones, Rory Swan
& Mike Cole – Stewards
George Taylor, Tiler
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Water and heart attacks
Why do I and other people urinate so much at night time.
Answer from my Cardiac Doctor... gravity holds water in the lower part
of your body when you are upright. When you lie down and the lower
body (legs and other things) seeks level with the kidneys, it is then that
the kidneys remove the water because it is easier. I know you need your
minimum water to help flush the toxins out of your body, but this was
news to me.
Drinking water at a certain time maximizes its effectiveness on the body:
2 glasses of water after waking up - helps activate internal organs
1 glass of water 30 minutes before a meal - helps digestion
1 glass of water before taking a bath - helps lower blood pressure
1 glass of water before going to bed - avoids stroke or heart attack
My Physician told me that water at bed time will also help prevent night
time leg cramps.
Your leg muscles are seeking hydration when they cramp and wake you
up.
Interesting stuff to know!
OLIVE LODGE N0. 156
113 W. Middle St., Chelsea 48118
2nd MONDAY, 7:30 PM
(734) 475-8920
LYNN M. HELDT, PM
Worshipful Master
13301 Pleasant Lake Rd.,
Manchester 48158
734 428-0763 C:734 428-0763
[email protected]
Thane Domrase Senior Warden
James Scheffer, Junior Warden
Richard Clark, PM, Treasurer
JASON MIFSUD, PM……………. Secretary
11865 Bethel Church, Manchester 48158
734 428.7215
[email protected]
Loren Winn, PM, Chaplain
Scott Platt, Senior Deacon
Michael Tohlman, Junior Deacon
Edwin Pearen, PM, Marshall
Robin Wright, Lawrence Davies, PM, Keith
O’Neil, Stewards
William Schwartz, Tyler
From the Quarries
Greetings Brothers:
We have completed FC degree and
have the Master Mason degree scheduled
for Saturday, February 4th at 9:00am.
Brothers Richard and Jim are working
on getting some Texas Holdem dates for
2012. This will help offset the winter
heating bills. And bank some money for
chimney repair.
Brother Thane is again working with
the Chelsea Library on their “Books for
Bikes” and prizes for the summer reading
program.
Brother Thane has done some research
and found some very nice shirts and has a
nice sample with our Lodge number and
square and compass. The colors are dark
blue with some yellow highlights. These
are a wicking type shirt so they are going
to be great for the summer. Let him know
if you are interested in one of the shirts and
he will get it ordered.
The Installation of Officers with
Stockbridge Lodge was a great time with a
great turn out. There were a lot of families,
friends and relatives along the side lines.
We even had to get out additional chairs to
accommodate all of the visitors. WB
Kenney Lenfestey PM and his Installing
Team did a great job. We had the Knights
Templar present for an honor guard.
Thanks to all. There was plenty of good
food and fellowship to be shared, after the
Installation.
If anyone needs petitions please call
we will be glad to help. We need to reach
out to those qualified men to join our
fraternity.
We are trying to grow our email list,
so
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Clinton Bartholomew,
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W. Scott Graf, Junior Warden
James Lakin
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ROBERT BLACKBURN, PM .….Secretary
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George A. Lucero, Senior Deacon
Robert Hospadaruk, Junior Deacon
Elias Samuels, Tiler
Douglas Rottmann – Sr. Steward
Peter Cole, Lewis Donofrio, Steven Moazami
Oscar Ortiz, Peter Scott, Stewards
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English?
We’ll begin with a box, and the
plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox becomes oxen,
not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but two are
called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should
never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a
nest full of mice,
Yet the plural of house is houses,
not hice.
If the plural of man is always
called men,
Why shouldn’t the plural of pan be
called pen”
If I speak of my foot and show you
my feet,
And I give you a boot, would a pair
be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are
teeth,
Why shouldn’t the plural of boot
be called beeth?
Then one may be that, and there
would be those,
Yet hat in the plural would never
be hose,
And the plural of cat is cats, not
cose.
We speak of a brother and also of
brethren,
But though we say mother, we
never say methren,
Continued Page 6
FEBRUARY
FEBRUARY 2012
Washtenaw County Masonic News
Monthly Calendar of Events
Sunday
Wednesday
January 29
February 1
Thursday
Saturday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
February 2
February 4
February 6
February 7
February 8
Thursday
Friday
February 9
February 10
Ypsilanti OES serving AL-ANON
6:30 AM
Spaghetti Supper – Grotto
6:00 PM
Milan 323 – Regular Communication
7:30 PM
Golden Rule 159 – Regular Communication
7:00 PM
MASTER MASON DEGREE – Olive Lodge 156
9:00 AM
Manchester 148 – Regular Communication
7:30 PM
Saline 133 – Regular Communication
7:30 PM
Grotto House & Board Meeting
6:30 PM
Ann Arbor-Fraternity 262 – Regular Communication 7:00 PM
Ladies Auxilary – Grotto
7:00 PM
Grotto – Regular Meeting
7:30 PM
York Chapter 150 – Milan – Regular Convocation
7:30 PM
Golden Rule 159 - Book Club
7:00 PM
Friday Fry – Grotto
6:00 – 7:30 PM
Sunday
February 12
Lincoln’s Birthday
Monday
February 13
Olive 156 – Chelsea – Regular Communication
Ypsilanti OES 119 – Regular Meeting
Tuesday
February 14
VALENTINES DAY
Thursday
Sunday
Monday
February 16
February 19
February 20
Golden Rule 159 – FC Degree
Breakfast Buffet – Grotto
Ann Arbor Joint York Rite Meeting
7:30 PM
7:30 PM
7:00 PM
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
7:00 PM
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**Monday February 20
Masonic News Articles Due N.L.T. 12 midnight (EST)!!!!
Wednesday
Masters Table Dinner | Location TBA
February 22
Washington’s Birthday
Friday
February 24
Friday Fry – Grotto
6 – 7:30 PM
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Washtenaw County Area about the activities of their bodies and education about the
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Donelda Hughes, PM, …………….Secretary
2859 Marshall St., Ann Arbor 48108
(734) 929-2044 [email protected]
Matron’s Memos
Happy Valentine’s Day Sisters and
Brothers,
Ypsilanti Chapter hosted a luncheon and
Euchre Tournament on January 14 and I am
very happy to say that the tournament
earned over $6,000 for the Service Dog
Project. It is now hoped that by November
2012 Order of Eastern Stars of Michigan
will raise enough money to pay for two
dogs to be trained as service dogs. The goal
is to raise $60,000 and we are more than
half way there. Everyone who participated
either by playing, buying raffles or serving
the lunch should be very proud of
themselves. It was a fun afternoon with
friends and all went to a wonderful cause.
The Grand Family’s year has started and
the visits have begun. The Grand Officers
have had their first Grand Officers
Exemplification (GOEX). If you get a
chance to see a GOEX or a Grand
Committee Program you will be pleasantly
surprised at how well our sisters and
brothers perform their work. Go out and
support the Grand Family and enjoy an
evening with your sisters and brothers.
The Order of Eastern Star can only survive
if the members are willing to support their
chapters, help with the fund raising both for
the chapter and for charity. The charities
this year are Abuse Shelters, Infant Apparel
Project and the Cancer Project. Remember
we will only survive with everyone’s
support.
If you want to stay closer to home come to
the Ypsilanti Temple on Monday,
February 13 at 7:30 and attend our
business meeting and social time after.
Sisterly Love,
English? Continued Page 5
The masculine pronouns are he, his
and him,
But imagine the femine, she, shis,
and shim!
Let’s face it – English is a crazy
language.
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham
in hamburger;
Neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English muffins weren’t invented in
England.
We take English for granted, but if
we explore its paradoxes,
We find that quicksand can work
slowly, boxing rings are square,
And a guinea pig is neither from
Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write, but
fingers don’t fing.
Grocers don’t groce and hammers
don’t ham?
Doesn’t it seem crazy that you can
make amends but not one amend?
If you have a bunch of odds and
ends and get rid of all but one of
them,
What do you call it?
If a teachers taught, why didn’t
preachers proght?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what
does a humanitarianb eat?
Sometime I think all the folks who
grew up speaking English
Should be committed to an asylum
for the verbally insane.
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Friday, February 10th & 24th
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Ann Arbor, MI 48104
(In the Lamp Post Plaza)
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WHEN YOU THOUGHT I WASN'T
LOOKING…
A message every adult should read
because children are watching you
and doing as you do, not as you say.
When you thought I wasn't looking
I saw you hang my first painting on
the refrigerator, and I immediately
wanted to paint another one.
When you thought I wasn't
looking I saw you feed a stray cat,
and I learned that it was good to be
kind to animals.
When you thought I wasn't looking
I saw you make my favorite cake for
me, and I learned that the little things
can be the special things in life.
When you thought I wasn't looking
I heard you say a prayer, and I knew
that there is a God I could always talk
to, and I learned to trust in Him.
When you thought I wasn't looking
I saw you make a meal and take it to
a friend who was sick, and I learned
that we all have to help take care of
each other.
When you thought I wasn't
looking I saw you take care of our
house and everyone in it, and I
learned we have to take care of what
we are given.
When you thought I wasn't looking
I saw how you handled your
responsibilities, even when you didn't
feel good, and I learned that I would
have to be responsible when I grow
up.
When you thought I wasn't looking
I saw tears come from your eyes,
and I learned that sometimes things
hurt, but it's all right to cry.
When you thought I wasn't looking
I saw that you cared, and I wanted to
be everything that I could be.
When you thought I wasn't
looking I learned most of life's
lessons that I need to know to be a
good and productive person when I
grow up.
When you thought I wasn't looking
I looked at you and wanted to say,’
Thanks for all the things I saw when
you thought I wasn't looking.'
Olive Lodge 156 Continued
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drop us an email. Please make sure that
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for you to use. Also if you have an email
address and would like to receive the
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If you have any suggestions or
comments please contact me I would love
to hear from you.
Our next regular meeting will
February 13, 2012 at 7:30pm, Brothers
please attend if you are able, and we need
your support and would like to see your
smiling faces.
Fraternally, Lynn Heldt WM
Feb. 4, Master Mason Degre
Feb. 13, Regular Communication
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In what other language do people recite
at a play and play at a recital?
We ship by truck but send cargo by
ship…
We have noses that run and feet that
smell.
We park in a driveway and drive in a
parkway.
And how can a slim chance and a fat
chance be the same,
While a wise man and a wise guy are
opposites?
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy
of a language
In which your house can burn up as it
burns down,
In which you fill in a form by filling it
out,
And in which an alarm goes off by
going on.
And in closing …
If Father is Pop, how come Mother’
not Mop.???
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Thought for the Day. Feb 16th
MY DAILY PRAYER
If I can do some good today,
If I can serve along life’s way,
If I can something helpful say,
Lord, show me how.
If I can right a human wrong,
If I can help to make one strong,
If I can cheer with smile or song,
Lord, show me how.
If I can aid one in distress,
If I can make a burden less,
If I can spread more happiness,
Lord, show me how.
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Opinions in Freemasonry are like
armpits – everybody has at least two
of them on any given topic. Few
subjects apart from religion and
political punditry have motivated so
many people to write as much as has
been written about Freemasonry. Its
rituals and practices vary from one
country or state to the next. Its
symbolism is wide open to
interpretation. Detractors can make
up nonsense out of thin air, because
Grand Lodge spokesmen rarely, if
Because there are so few “official”
reference materials published by Grand
Lodges, individual authors have
stepped up to the plate to weigh in on
the topic. And because no one can
officially speak for Freemasonry, lots
of individuals try it on their own –
myself included.
Although they are not technically
appendant bodies, research groups
provide Masons with some of the most
up-to-date academic studies on
Freemasonry.
There are several
Masonic research societies that
encourage scholarly work and original
study of Masonic subjects. The one I
cover I cover are the most prominent
ones in Britain and North America.
See Pages 254 – 256, Freemasons
for Dummies by Christopher Hodapp.
24–inch gauge and the common gavel
The ruler and hammer … are known
as the 24-inch gauge (a ruler) and the
common gavel (a hammer), and are
more tools of the stonemasons.
Obviously, the gauge is used to
measure work, while the gavel is used
to break off the corners and edges of
rough stone. Speculative Freemasons
use them for more symbolic reasons.
The 24-inch gauge is representative of
the 24 ours of the day, and Masons are
taught to divide their day into three
equal parts: 8 hours for work, 8 hours
to serve God and their fellow men, and
8 hours for rest and sleep.
The gavel is to remind Masons to
endeavor to remove the rough edges
from their own character, to become
more like the perfect ashlar.
Page 151, Freemasons for Dummies
by Christopher Hodapp