June 2015
WA‘HA ALOHA Newsletter
Aloha Shriners International of Honolulu, Hawaii
(808) 536-9333 fax (808) 528-2384 email: [email protected]
1611 Kewalo Street, Suite 201, Honolulu, HI 96822
www.alohashriners.org
Lee David Gordon
Chief Rabban
Aloha fellow Nobles,
We, as Shriners and their Ladies, are a unique and special group of people, one in which we
should take immense pride but with great humility. As Nobles, we are all Masons. We have all
taken the same Masonic obligation and learned the first lesson of Masonry, i.e., charity. As
Nobles, we translate that obligation and lesson into action through our support of Shriners
Hospitals for Children and through our friendship and support of each other.
All Shriners make a difference; not just to the children we treat in our hospitals, but to the
families, moms, dads, sisters, brothers, aunts and uncles and on and on. Shriners make a difference to all of them, but how many Shriners does it take, to keep making that difference?
Year aer year the Aloha Shrine loses more members than it gains and no one seems to get it,
and that is, we need to grow and to that, we need to plant Shriner seeds every place we go, to
show how big a difference we, and they will make in our world. We need all of you to join us
in the effort to build our Temple for future Nobles and the never ending need for us to provide
medical services for the children of the Pacific Rim. Your participation is critical to our success
as the only supporting Temple for the Honolulu Shriners Hospital.
e year is now half over and our intended actions have been less than energetic with respect
to event participation. Please take time out to mark your calendars for the remaining events
for the year and take full advantage of the chance to spend quality fun time with your fellow
Nobles. Make plans to attend our meetings, get out there in the community and plant a seed
or two. Hopefully I’ll see more of you at the Waimanalo Beach House and or the Hospital this
summer. Would you like a tour of the Hospital? Give me a call.
Noble Lee Gordon
Tokyo Shrine Club
President
Atsushi Takigami
Tokyo shrine club is an affiliate of the Japan Torii Oasis, and the Shrine Club was established on the first January
2011.
We have 14 members (7 nobles, 5 officers and 2 supporting members)
Officers
President
Vice President
Director
Treasurer
Secretary
Atsushi Takigami
Yoshitaka Kato
Anand J Murti
Shinichiro Arashida
Hiroshi Ichinose
Meeting
Our stated meeting is open every third Saturday of the month starting at twelve o`clock followed by a luncheon.
Our activities
We have three committees for activities.
(Club Committee, Charity Committee, and Inspection Committee.)
We are helping orphanage in charity and also supporting Japan Gland Lodge Children’s Festival.
We have a plan to have a charity event in 2015
Our, hope and dreams
We’d like to have a shrine hospital in Japan in future, so we think we need more and more strong connection
with Aloha Shriners.
So, please help us and cooperate.
e Honolulu City Council recently honored the 2015 Aloha Shriners officers for their continued contribution
to the Shriners cause and the City & County of Honolulu. Council chair Ernie Martin mentioned that his
father has been a Shriner for 50 years. Above L – R, Lee Gordon, Mark Leo, Ill. Lee Skinner, Ill. Gerardo “Jun” Biala
Potentate, Ill. Terrance Derby, Chris Acosta, Guy Hess, David Florendo, Nestor Muyot
Guam Shrine Club
is Spring has been a busy period for the Guam Shrine
Club. On the 25th of April, Rotaract Club of the Marianas
held a 5K run that benefitted the Children's Transportation
Fund (CTF). On the 6th of June, a golf tournament was held
at Starts Golf Resort that benefitted the Guam Shriner CTF
and the Make-A-Wish Foundations, and a new bingo game
was started that benefits the CTF.
Also, our members commemorated the passing of a
Mason and former president of the Guam Shrine Club, Noble
Fred Dumlao, with Masonic Funeral Rites.
On the 19th of June, our President, Alfred Leon Guerrero
and other members were helping to kick off Hafa Adai Bingo,
while Secretary was receiving a $4000 check from the Rotaract Club at their quarterly meeting.
We are suffering economically like everyone else, therefore
we have had to cut back on our "fun" activities and work all
the harder to raise money for the CTF. is is more necessary
now as the hospital's capacity has increased and the number
of kids that need help on Guam has increased. e hospital
has said to expect as much as a 50% increase in the number
of kids traveling. Even with a good deal we get from United
Airlines, it still costs about $1500 per round trip, and some
kids need more than one trip to complete their treatment. In
any case, helping kids is our main fun.
Le to Right.
Ill. Karvel Rose, Stanton Pa, John Gill
ALOHA SHRINERS
PETITION FOR MEMBERSHIP/AFFILIATION
1611 Kewalo Street, Suite 201
Honolulu, Hawaii 96822
Phone: (808) 536-9333 Fax (808) 528-384
Email: [email protected]
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TO THE ILLUSTRIOUS POTENTATE, OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF ALOHA SHRINERS, OASIS OF THE PACIFIC, I,
THE UNDERSIGNED, HEREBY DECLARE THAT I AM A MASTER MASON IN GOOD STANDING OF:
LODGE OF
I FURTHERMORE REPRESENT THAT I HAVE NEVER APPLIED FOR SAID ORDER, NOR HAVE I, TO THE BEST OF MY
KNOWLEDGE, BEEN REJECTED BY ANY OTHER SHRINE OASIS. IF I BE FOUND WORTHY AND MY REQUEST
GRANTED, I PROMISE TO CONFORM TO ALL THE CEREMONIES, ENGAGEMENTS, CONSTITUTION,
REGULATIONS AND EDICTS OF THE IMPERIAL COUNCIL TOGETHER WITH THOSE OF ALOHA SHRINERS.
Full Signature and Date:
Recommended and vouched for on the honor of:
First Sponsor
Lee Skinner
Second Sponsor
Sponsor's Unit
Petition Fee and Current Year Dues:
Jeweled Fez:
$130.00
TOTAL PAID:
$290.00
Paid by:
CASH
Account No.
CHECK
VISA
Member #
Member #
Shrine Club
8618
$160.00
Fez Size:
MASTERCARD
Exp. Date:
Moana Surfrider HotelÊs 114th Anniversary
e Aloha Shriners recently attended the Moana Surfrider Hotel’s 114th anniversary, where General
Manager Craig Anderson presented Shriners Hospitals for Children – Honolulu with a check on behalf of
the historic Hotel. e Aloha Shriners and the Moana Surfrider Hotel have quite a history together; a
relationship that has existed for 114 years and continues to this day. “Waikiki was once a quiet backwater area dotted with the summer residences of Hawaiian royalty and
wealthy residents. By the late 1890s, with additional steamship lines to Honolulu, the arrival of visitors to
Oahu was increasing. In 1896, Walter Chamberlain Peacock, a wealthy Waikiki home owner at the time,
proposed to build Waikiki’s first resort to provide a solution to the area’s main drawback—the lack of
suitable accommodations on the beach. His corporation, e Moana Hotel Company, Ltd., commissioned
architect Oliver G. Traphagen to draw up a plan for the hotel. e Lucas Brothers, who also built the
Iolani Palace, were the prime contractors.
With money given to Walter Peacock by his sister Annie, e Moana Hotel Company, Ltd., began
construction with capital of $100,000, which was later increased to $150,000.
e Moana Hotel officially opened on March 11, 1901, ushering in the birth of tourism for the islands.
Designed in the old colonial style architecture of the
period, it boasted 75 rooms and was the costliest, most
elaborate and modern hotel building in the Hawaiian
Magic of Praise
Islands at the time. Each room on the three upper floors
A lady we know said ythat she has a
had a bathroom and a telephone – innovations for any
“jewel”
of a maid “but” she said,
hotel of the times. e hotel also had its own ice plant and
I
am
careful
not to let her know it;
electric generators. e first floor had a billiard parlor,
it
might
go
to
her head.” This lady has
saloon, main parlor, library, office, and reception area.
her directions mixed. It would more
e Moana, which from Hawaiian is translated to “broad
likely go to her heart.
expanse of ocean,” lived up to its name with the crowning
Why is it that so many people fail
achievement of a rooop observatory 120 feet off the
To understand that other people like
ground, lit by more than 300 lamps. e hotel’s first guests
Praise as much as they do? Not only
in 1901 were a group of 114 Shriners hosted by the local
Maids and other employees but everybody – your friends , the members of
Aloha Shriners. ey paid a costly $1.50 per night for their
your
family, your business associates,
rooms.”
“important” people as well as the rest
*History courtesy of the Moana Surfrider Hotel
Of us – all like praise.
L-R Laeh Cain,
Jocelyn Fernandez,
Supreme Queen
Marsha Sowers,
Queen Eileen Skinner,
Diana and
Estrella Gomez
e Egyptian Temple No. 33, Daughters of the Nile recently visited
Shriners Hospitals for Children – Honolulu to present a $10,000
check! A large group of Shriners, ladies, hospital staff and guests
were present for the presentation and tour of the hospital.
Praise works miracles – not only
For the person praised but for the fellow
doing the praising. Somehow you
can’t praise others without becoming a
better person yourself. It makes all
concerned stand taller inside.
It is astonishing how many things
About people you can discover to
praise if you if you open your eyes – and
and your heart. Make it a little secret policy
to find something to praise somebody
about everyday. Learn for yourself the
magic pf praise! See what it will do for
you within a month.
Exchange
Inspiring Alumni, Jadelyn Baniqued-Russell,
from Hawaii, 2014
Jadelyn Baniqued-Russell was Grand Worthy Advisor, IORG, in 2003 in Hawaii. She held several offices in Leilehua Assembly
#3 before attaining this highest office. She graduated from high school in 2001 as Magna Cum Laude. She received several
scholarships from community and business organizations, as well as Lei Aloha Chapter N. 3, Order of the Eastern Star (OES).
As a gesture of her gratitude, she joined and was initiated into Lei Aloha Chapter No. 3 OES. Most notably, she received a
four-year Army ROTC scholarship which financed her college education at the University of San Francisco where she earned
a Bachelors of Science degree in Nursing in 2005. Aer graduation from college she was commissioned as an officer in the
U.S. Army and served in Iraq in 2011. At present she's working on her Doctorate Degree in Nurse Practitioner. She was recently promoted to Major and is currently stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.
Jadelyn is married to Major Casey Russell (Army), and is mother to 17 month old Kamaile.
Her involvement in Rainbow helped develop her ability to successfully manage her duties as an Officer, Student, Wife and
Mother.
ank you Jadelyn for inspiring us!
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Fraternity
Submitted by: Ill. Billy Biala, P.P.
In the late 1800 up to the early part of 1900, the popularity of fraternities are at their peak, the golden era of fraternalism,
and big groups such as the Modern Woodsmen, Sons of Norway, the Foresters, Knights of Columbus, enjoyed popularity
and significant gains in membership. Today, these same groups are typically insurance companies. Masonry is believed
by its members to have existed during the popularity of ancient builders of Gothic buildings and art, even the temple of
King Solomon was built by Freemasons. In those days, members of Masonry are all operative Masons, meaning that they
are masons by profession. ey classed themselves into three categories, the Entered Apprentice, called the first degree,
then the Fellow Cra, called the second degree and lastly, the Master Mason, called the third degree. Advancement was
based on giving your proficiency of your current degree, being able to do and assume the duties and responsibilities of
that degree. By becoming Master Mason, you have the privilege to travel and work in any cities or town you choose, thus
the word Freemason. is “free-pass” sort of made the Master mason well known and quite well off. Today, Freemasonry
is universal and you can find a mason in every corner of the World, yes even in Russia, China and Korea. Membership
does not require you to be operative mason. We are now all speculative masons, meaning you don’t have to be a mason
by profession. We no longer build buildings, instead we build our character, based on civil laws and morality. As members
we are brothers and as such, are obligated to each other. We believe and practice charity. We have in our Masonic Family,
the Scottish Rites degree, the York rites degree, and the Shriners International. For our Ladies, we have the Eastern Star,
the Ladies of the Shrine, and for our youths, the Rainbow girls and the DeMolay boys. Our philanthropy includes clinics
for language difficulties or speech impediment run by the Scottish Rite, the eye clinics run by the York rite, and 22
hospitals for children treating spinal injury, orthopedic illness, skin problems and burns run by the Shriners, for children
18 years and below, from all around the globe. Services from these clinics and hospitals are all free of charge.
What is it that attracts most men to join fraternities? A fraternity (Latin ‘frater’: ‘brother’) is a brotherhood, though the
term usually connotes a distinct or formal organization. e only true distinction between a fraternity and any other
form of social organization is the implication that the members freely associate as equals for a mutually beneficial purpose.
e ability to organize freely, apart from the institution of government and religion, was a fundamental part of
establishment of the modern world. e development of Freemasonry in the early 1700s became a watershed moment
in fraternal organization and there have been thousands of closely parallel organizations since then. Fraternities have a
long history in colleges and universities, and form a major subsection of the whole range of fraternities. In Europe,
students are organized in nations and corporations since the beginnings of the modern universities in the late medieval
period, but the situation can differ greatly by country. In the United States, fraternities in colleges date back to the 1770s,
but did not fully assume an established pattern until the 1840s. ey were strongly influenced by the patterns set by
Freemasons , meaning it virtually always include initiations, the formal use of symbolism, and organizational structure
(chapters, etc) derived from Freemasonry.
Some of well known personalities who were members of Freemasonry;
Fieen of our United States of America Presidents were members of Freemasonry. Our first President, George
Washington was a Grandmaster.
Benjamin Franklin, Paul Revere, original signers of the declaration of Independence, Prince Hall.
Davy Crockett (remember the Alamo) Winston Churchill, Edgar Hoover
Dr. Jose Rizal, General Aguinaldo, Andres Bonifacio, President Manuel Quezon.
General McArthur, General Bradley, Philipp de Souza composer of marching music, Amadeus Mozart .
John Wayne, Ernest Borgnine, Roy Rogers, Audie Murphy, Red Skelton, Colonel (Kentucky Fried Chicken) Sanders,
Dave Wayne (Wendy’s).
King George the fourth, Prince Lot Kamehameha, King David Kalakaua
Robert Burns (a poet) , just to name a few.
e movie “National Treasures” really give Freemasonry national exposure and a positive image, but most of the story,
are Dan Brown’s (the author) fictional accounts aimed to entertain fans. e movie casts, certainly, did an outstanding
performance.
Contrary to popular belief, Freemasonry is not a secret society. We are proud to belong to this fraternity and we show
it by wearing Masonic rings or placing Masonic decals in our cars,homes and even tombs. Our Lodges are open to anyone
who desires to visit. We join community parades where we wear our Masonic costumes and regalia. Being a fraternity
by nature, our rituals and modes of recognition are secret, open only to members. However, our fraternity does not
solicit membership, thus the saying “to be one, ask one”. To become a member, one must do three preliminary steps;
1) Must be of your own free will and desire,
2) Must believe in one Supreme Being (God),
3) Must be recommended by a member.