GREEN VALLEY MASONIC LODGE #71-JAN 2013 - VOL XV, ISSUE 1
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Brethren,
Jason Miller,
Worshipful Master
Greetings from the East and Happy New Year to all. I wanted to take
this opportunity to thank everyone that has given me help leading into
this year and hopefully we all can make it a memorable one. I would
also like to thank WB Don Watt for all he has done over the past year.
This year we will be having the installation ceremony on January 12,
2013. I expect the ceremony to begin at 10:00 a.m. I hope to see you
all there. For those of you that are not very familiar with me, I am a
very family oriented person. One of my main goals for this year is to
have more activities for not only the brethren, but their families as well.
I also look to continue with the gun raffles as a means to support our
activities. Hopefully we can earn enough from these raffles to improve
our dining hall and bring in some entertainment resources as well. If we
can accomplish this task, I am hoping to have some form of family
activity monthly at the lodge by the end of the year. Even if it is simply
a movie night for the brethren and their spouses. I know I am young to
the fraternity and as such I may be overwhelmed from time to time, but
with your support I feel that we can accomplish great things. I will cut
it short for now and look forward to a new year and the opportunity to
serve the brethren well.
Sincerely,
Jason R. Miller
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Greetings Brethren,
First off let me say how happy I am to be back in action. For those of
you who don’t know, I had to take a year off due to a divorce. I can
honestly say that without the help of my Masonic brothers, I would have
had a much harder time getting through that transition. And that is what
brotherhood and fellowship is all about, helping each other through the
bad times, and being there when needed. Whether it is an invitation to
dinner, a phone call, or a card in the mail (yes, some people still do that.)
I think from time to time we all feel alone, but let me remind you and
assure you, that your brothers will always be here for you. I was
reminded of this on a regular basis. I want to send a big thanks to all the
brothers who helped me out and made sure I was doing ok.
So let’s start the New Year with a reminder that we are not alone and that
we are all here for each other. Not only this year, but for every year to
come.
Bert Hemperley, Senior
Warden
Fraternally,
Bert Hemperley SW
Greetings from the South,
Brethren, first and foremost I want to start by commending WB Don
Watt for his great work in the East last year. I have certainly learned a
great deal from you Don. Secondly, I want to say that I am thrilled to
have been voted into the South. I am looking forward to a great year with
our new Master.
As some of you may already know, I have recently started an exciting
new career with the Tucson Police Department so I'm both a rookie cop
and a rookie Junior Warden but I'm up for the challenge.
Fraternally,
Joe S. Valles
Joe Valles, Junior Warden
FREEMASONRY AND DEMOCRACY Its Evolution in North America
By: Allen E. Roberts
Just prior to his death Allen E. Roberts completed Part I of his book entitled "Freemasonry and Democracy. " Part II has been written by a
Canadian Mason, Wallace McLeod.
This digest traces the evolution of Democracy in both the United States and Canada and will be available in June of 1997. Freemasons
played prominent roles in helping to form democratic governments in both countries, a legacy of which every Freemason should be proud!
This STB is a prelude to the digest and describes the events leading up to the American Revolution which set in motion the chain of events
leading to Democracy!
What the world knows as "The Constitutional Convention" of the United States had a long prelude. Much of this was tragic. It
was made possible by events long forgotten, if ever really considered. It took brave and unselfish men and women to bring it to
reality.
A national holiday commemorates the discovery in 1492 of a "new Land." What isn't celebrated are the early attempts to
colonize this new world. The first known attempt was in 1585 when Sir Walter Raleigh founded a colony at Roanoke Island.
What happened to the settlers is still unknown. In May 1607, 105 passengers of four ships from England landed at what
became known as "Jamestown" in a colony called "Virginia." These colonists were led by Captain John Smith. Their luck
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proved better than their predecessors'. They survived and prospered. So much so that on July 30,1619, representatives from
each of the eleven settlements met in the first representative assembly in the new world. It adopted statutes based on English
common law. Later in 1619 they and their progeny celebrated a day of Thanksgiving at Berkeley Plantations along the James
River.
With this success another group of settlers set out from England for Virginia in 1620. They missed their destination and landed
in what became known as "Plymouth" in what would become the colony of "Massachusetts." For over 150 years these settlers
continued their close ties with England. They even adopted and followed laws they had considered repressive when they fled
their mother country. Actually, some of their leaders became even more audacious than were those they had left behind. (This
continues to the present day!) Many more empathic leaders took those who would follow them to other areas and formed new
colonies. One of the most notable of these was Roger Williams who founded the colony of Rhode Island. This became the first
colony to keep the political forces in a state from determining which religion should be practiced.
Even as the thirteen original colonies came into being, England kept a firm grip on them. The citizens of this new world
appeared to be evenly divided in their allegiance to the government overseas and to their leaders who were advocating more
freedom from England's rule. In spite of their feelings, however, the colonists fought along side the British during the French
and Indian Wars. It was during this period, 1670-1759, that Freemasonry seriously came to North America. English, Irish and
Scottish Military Lodges brought it with them. Its concepts slowly caught on with the thinking men in the colonies. Its firm belief
in the brotherhood of man under the fatherhood of God found fertile ground in those who believed in the freedom of man. This
would become evident within the next several years. The philosophies of the various colonies and their leadership became
more varied as the years went by. In each of them there was a faction that considered the acts of the King and Parliament in
England repressive. This group argued for independence; the other wanted things to continue as they were.
This loyalty to England was particularly true of many in the New England colonies. They had become an important and
prosperous trading center. The ports in New England thrived because all shipping had to be handled in English vessels. In
addition, the colonists were forbidden by England to do any manufacturing. Raw goods had to be shipped to Britain for this
purpose. These restrictive acts were accepted, although in many cases, reluctantly, by the colonies. But, England, deeply in
debt, demanded more and more from the struggling colonists. The restraints on manufacturing were tightened, and taxes were
increased.
When a "Writ of Assistance" was enacted by Parliament in 1761, rebellion was imminent. This writ gave the Crown the "right"
to search any home or business in the colonies. James Otis, the General Advocate of Massachusetts, a member of St. John's
Lodge, refused to enforce the Writ. In Faneuil Hall in Boston, he encouraged the colonists to "breast any storm of ministerial
vengeance that their resistance might cause." He concluded his five-hour speech by saying: "To my dying day will I oppose
with all the power and faculties God has given me, all such instruments of slavery on the one hand, and villainy on the other."
He then handed the General Advocate his resignation. British troops were sent to Massachusetts to enforce the taxes. Along
with them came a "Quartering Act," forcing the inhabitants to provide housing for the soldiers. Then came the "Stamp Act" in
1765. This caused several reactions. The group known as the "Sons Liberty" was born; many ladies in Rhode Island
determined to ignore the intentions of any man supporting the Stamp Act; Virginia adopted the "Virginia Resolves." The
circulation of the "Resolves" brought mixed reactions. New Yorkers considered them too treasonous to publish; New
Englanders were pleasantly surprised because they had considered Virginia the most loyal of the Loyalist colonies. Parliament
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2013 Lodge Officers
Worshipful Master
Senior Deacon
Marshall
Jason Miller
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James Davis
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Richard Snow PM
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Junior Deacon
Tyler
Bert Hemperley
Justin St John
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Chuck Soderling
Junior Warden
Senior Steward
Armando Acuna
Past Master
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Senior Warden
Joe Valles
360-4464 (Sonia)
[email protected]
Treasurer
Junior Steward
Harry Lyons PM
625-5458 (Carol)
[email protected]
John Bates
Donald Watt PM
207-9368 (Angela)
[email protected]
Organist
Jack Rider
648-7304 (Kathy)
Secretary
Chaplain
Jay St. John PM
648-3339 (June)
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Steven Garn PM
625-6313 (Melanie)
[email protected]
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Investigation Committee - Jason Miller
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Masonic Anniversaries
Birthdays in January
The Worshipful Master, Officers, and Brethren of
Green Valley Lodge #71 congratulate these Lodge
members on the anniversary of their being raised
to the sublime degree of Master Mason in January.
These Brothers are celebrating their birthdays
this month.
Arthur Cline
Fred J. Kucera PM
Robert B. Bender
20 - 1964
21 - 1964
13 - 1967
quickly dissolved the Stamp Act, not because of sympathy for
the colonists, but because of the English merchants. Their
Samuel C. Weber
Carl S. Landis
George E. Carson
Aaron Traiger
Norman A. Bernatsky
Scott H. Lewis
Jay C. St John P.M.
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business declined drastically. The King fired the Prime Minister, and through a series of events Charles Townshend became the
power in the government. The acts he forced into enactment in 1767 enraged the colonists. His action in forcing through these
laws along with previous suppressive acts, and others that would follow, would be vividly recalled twenty years later in
Philadelphia.
All the soldiers from Britain weren't advocates of the acts of their politicians. In 1768 Dr. Joseph Warren, Master of St. Andrew's
Lodge in Boston, worked with three Military Lodges in the British forces to form a Grand Lodge for the "Antients" in
Massachusetts. Warren was appointed Provincial Grand Master by the Grand Lodge of Scotland on May 30, 1769. The
Townshend Acts were partially abolished in 1770. The crisis was diminished Then in June 1772 the British custom schooner
Gaspee ran aground near Providence. About 150 Rhode Islanders board her and burned her to the water line. It would no longer
interfere with the smuggling trade. But taxes and repression grew worse; among them was a threepenny tax placed on tea by
the short-sighted Crown. Tempers flared, especially in Boston. They reached a crescendo on the night of December 16,1773.
From the Green Dragon Tavern, home of St. Andrews Masonic Lodge, and the Sons of Liberty, and other places, "Mohawk
Indians" tramped. They boarded the East India ships, tossing 342 chests overboard, turning the harbor into a giant teapot.
(It has been highly publicized that the minutes of St. Andrew's Lodge ended with a large 'T', and it didn't hold a meeting because
not enough members were present. Actually, the minutes ended with a scroll mark, in no way distinguishable as any letter of a
known alphabet.) The port of Boston was closed by the British. The news of "the Boston Tea Party" and the repression by
England spread throughout the colonies. They began to train for war in earnest. A group of volunteers called the "Minute Men"
was born. Men were chosen to meet in what would be called the "First Continental Congress." This Congress began its
meetings in Philadelphia on September 5, 1774, with Peyton Randolph, a Virginia Freemason, as its president. In England,
Edmund Burke, a Freemason, pleaded with the Parliament to stop its repressive taxation, and work for a peaceful settlement. He
was ignored. Lord Dunsmore suspended the Virginia Assembly and it moved to Richmond where it met in St. John's Church on
March 23, 1775. There Patrick Henry (not a Freemason) made his "give me liberty, or give me death" speech. A provincial
congress in Massachusetts adopted 53 articles of war on April 5,1775. The British General Thomas Gage marched on Concord
to destroy what his spies informed him was a large store of military supplies. Bostonians were expecting some such move.
When it was made a signal was flashed from the Old North Church by a Freemason. This sent Paul Revere, a member of St.
Andrew's Lodge, and others, to warn the citizens. At dawn on April 19, 1775, the British force of 700 troops arrived at Lexington
where they found a band of militia blocking their passage. Someone fired, but who is still unknown. Ten Minute Men were killed;
the British marched to Concord. War had begun. Volunteers arrived in Boston to form a ring around the town. Ethan Allen and
Benedict Arnold, a Freemason, with a force of militia seized the British forts at Ticonderoga and Crown Point. The Second
Continental Congress began meeting on May 10, 1775, in Philadelphia. On July 15, George Washington, a Freemason from
Virginia, was elected Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Forces. Without question, he was the logical man for the position.
Events would prove this beyond a doubt. He immediately left for Boston, where the Battle of Bunker Hill (really Breed's Hill) was
fought, and where Joseph Warren was killed fighting for the Patriots. What happened next has been covered at length. But
problems with the Congresses had, and have, often been glossed over. The Articles of Confederation proved ineffective. It was
clear that these had to be revised if the United States was to survive. Wisely, for a change, the Congress called for a convention
to propose necessary changes.
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