Editorial Comment September 2016 - It has certainly been a very successful month for the Northland District once again with a good turn out to the Second Degree for Bro Stephen Johnson at Lodge Kororareka No 304 which was worked by the officers of District Grand Lodge. While it is not uncommon for a Lodge to offer another Lodge the opportunity to work a Second Degree.
From The District Grand Master - Notes.
From The Lodges and Other Orders.
Lodge Mangonui Kaitaia No 78 Passes Brother from Lodge Kerikeri No 402.
Lodge Hokianga No 69 - As published in earlier newsletters this Lodge is celebrating its 125th Jubilee on the 29th October this year.
Coromandel Lodge No 17 - History.
Freemasonry is Benevolent - From the very beginnings of Freemasonry, benevolence has been a landmark of our Craft.
Old Fashioned Etiquette. Have We Lost It? - Let’s start this off with that wonderful old phrase “Once upon a Time”.
Once, when you entered a Lodge property you dropped the use of Christian name, Surname, and Title, and immediately resorted to addressing every Brother by his Masonic Rank and Surname only either when addressing him or referring to him.
This was done in accordance with the charge in the first degree where we are taught that in a Freemasons Lodge all are equal, meeting on the level and parting on the square.
Some Famous Freemasons - Ford, Gerald Rudolph (1913-2006), Ford, Henry (1863-1947), Franklin, Benjamin ‘Ben’ (1706-1790), Franco y Bahamonde Salgado Pardo de Andrade, Ramón (1896-1938), Frederick II ‘The Great’ (1712-1786), French, John Denton Pinkstone – Field Marshal, 1st Earl of Ypres (1852-1925), Gable, Clark (1901-1960), Garfield, James Abram (1831-1881), Garibaldi, Giuseppi (1807-1882).
Why Our Grandparents Were So Much Happier. They Bought Legal Cocaine, Heroin, and Marijuana from the Chemist Instead of Aspirin.
Now Here is a Did You Know That? - Consecrated in 1725, the Grand Lodge of Ireland is the second oldest Grand Lodge of Freemasonry in the world. The first evidence for its existence comes from ‘The Dublin Weekly Journal’ newspaper of 26 June 1725.
SOME THOUGHTS TO SHARE IN THE REFECTORY.
GREAT TRUTHS THAT LITTLE CHILDREN HAVE LEARNED.
GREAT TRUTHS THAT ADULTS HAVE LEARNED.
GREAT TRUTHS ABOUT GROWING OLD.
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2016 - 8 - North Talk Newsletter - September - October.
