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Masonic Birthdays this Month
GERMANIA #46 BREAKS 100 MEMBERS!
And some thought it would never happen again, we are now at 102 members and still actively growing! The actual 100 th member was Bro. Jeff Alloway because he was the first out of two raised on March 16. That would make Bro Wilson Revelle #101 and Bro. Jack Zollinger P.M., elected to plural at the April 27 th meeting, number 102. Bro. Jack comes to us from Louisiana Lodge #102 and Lee E. Thomas Lodge #421. Bro. Jack said he wants to be active in lodges that are progressing in the right direction and that is one of the reasons he picked Germania (I think he also likes Germanfest). We still have nine other outstanding candidates in various stages and more petitions coming in! I don’t think we have had 100 members since the late 70’s or early 80’s. I’m talking about college students, military personal, musicians, computer techs, business owners, seamen and others, it’s just an outstanding class of young men. Masonry takes good men and makes them better, what a delight when the rough ashlar you start with is already quite smooth for the builders use! Also, at the April 27 th meeting, we had four EA’s passed to the more honorable degree of Fellowcraft Masons. All are extremely enthused and excited about their quest for more light and hope to be Master Masons soon.
OTHER LODGE NEWS
Well, just when you see a little possibility of winning the Traveling Gavel it gets doused by the great fellowship emanating from Albert Pike Lodge. There was a fantastic turn out of brothers at the district meeting hosted by Germania on March 31. Fifty-five brothers showed up, fortunately for Albert Pike 23 were from their lodge, Germania had 12, taking 2 nd place. All the district lodges were represented except two. Grey Godeau of Goudeau Heyd and Associated gave a talk about the many aspects of donating to non-profit organizations. He also talked about long term care. He graciously provided the delicious meal for the night which was prepared by his wife. Thanks Mr. Godeau for enlightening us. Peace and harmony prevailing.
Crawfish Boil
If you are planning on being at the crawfish boil on May 7 you should have already notified W.M. Holmes or myself. However, it’s not too late if you call before May 2. Some will always show up without calling and nobody will be turned away but please help by calling in advance so we can order the correct amount of crawfish. The tickets are $10 per person children under 12 half price. This is a much anticipated fun event and always a good time so don’t miss it! Please call!
Relay Runners
For the 4 th year the Grand Masters relay runners for Special Olympics will conclude their run across Louisiana with a stop at Germania . They are anticipating being at our lodge around 11 am on Sat. May 28. We will have finger food and drinks. Come meet these brothers from the Lake Charles area who take their own money and vacation to raise money for Special Olympics.
PAST MASTERS NIGHT
Next meeting on May 11 we will celebrate 161 years of Masonry in New Orleans by having a Fellowcraft degree put on by Past Masters. Let’s get a good turnout for our candidate and if you are a P.M. call W. Reed Holmes @ 454-6666 and let him know you want to participate in the degree.
TRESTLE BOARD
♦Saturday, May 7 – Crawfish Boil – 4:00 p.m. - $10 per person (please RSVP so we can order the correct amount of crawfish)
♦Wednesday, May 11 – 7:00 p.m. PAST MASTERS NIGHT – Fellowcraft Degree
♦Wednesday, May 25 – 7:00 p.m. regular meeting EA degree
♦Saturday, May 28, 11:00 a.m. – Grandmasters Relay Runners at Germania
♦Wednesday, June 8 – 7:30 p.m. Joint meeting with/at Level Lodge 1801 Clearview.
♦Wednesday, June 22 – 7:00 p.m. Joint meeting with Level Lodge at Germania degree night
♦Thursday, June 30 – 7:30 p.m. 16 th District meeting hosted by Galilieo-Mazzini @ Germania .
♦Wednesday, July 13, 7:30 p.m. Joint meeting with/at Indivisible Friends Lodge, Gretna La.
Wednesday, July 27, 7:00 p.m. Joint meeting with Indivivible Friends Lodge at Germania . Degree night.
♦Wednesday, September 28 – 7:00 official visit Worthy Grand Matron
♦Saturday, Nov. 12 - Germanfest
Heaven & Hell by: Craig Broers - sent in by Bro. Wilson Revelle
A man was once offered a wish by a genie. As he had everything he wanted in life he only had one question, “What is the difference between Heaven & Hell?” This seemed like a reasonable request so the genie took him down to the gates of Hell. He looked in and saw a massive table filled with fine foods and drink as far as the eye could see. There were tall grand chairs in which the people sat that kept them well out of reach of the food. The people seated in the chairs were given chopsticks to eat the food. These chopsticks were over 3 foot in length so that it was actually impossible for them to eat the food once it was picked up. This was very upsetting to the people sitting at the table and truly was Hell. The genie then took the man to the gates of Heaven. He looked in the gates and saw much the same sight, truly wonderful food, tall chairs, and people sitting in the chairs each with a set of 3 foot long chopsticks. The only difference here was that all of the people were talking and having a great time and full of the wonderful food because they did the one thing that the people in Hell did not….. They fed each other.
QUOTES
♦Happiness: It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.– Agnes Repplier, 1855 - 1950
♦Happiness is not a matter of events, it depends upon the tides of the mind.– Alice Meynell, 1847 - 1922
♦Charles Lamb, 1775 – 1834:
* Here cometh April again, and as far as I can see the world hath more fools in it than ever.
* This is my motto: Contented with little, yet wishing for more.
* Pain is life – the sharper, the more evidence of life.
♦I fully subscribe to the judgment of those writers who maintain that of all the differences between man and the lower animals, the moral sense of conscience is by far the most important... It is the most noble of all the attributes of man.– Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882), The Descent of Man [1871]
♦Every man is said to have his peculiar ambition. Whether it be true or not, I can say for one that I have no other so great as that of being truly esteemed of my fellow men, by rendering myself worthy of their esteem.–Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) (Said at age 23, while a candidate for the state legislature, "To the People of Sangamo County" [March 9, 1832])
♦Dreams come true; without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them.–John Updike
♦The true measure of a life is not its duration, but its donation.– Corrie Ten Boom
♦The direction of your mind is more important than its progress.– Joseph Joubert
♦How exciting are your dreams? Most people don’t aim too high and miss, they aim too low and hit!– Bob Moawad
♦Have no fear of change as such, and on the other hand, no liking for it merely for its own sake.– Robert Moses
♦A vacuum is a hell of a lot better than some of the stuff that nature replaces it with.– Tennessee Williams
♦Accuse not Nature, she hath done her part; Do thou but thine.– John Milton
♦It is already possible to imagine a society in which the majority of the population, that is to say, the laborers, will have almost as much leisure as in earlier times was enjoyed by the aristocracy. When one recalls how aristocracies in the past actually behaved, the prospect is not cheerful.– W. H. Auden
♦If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.– J. R. R. Tolkien
♦Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present. – Albert Camus
USELESS TRIVIA
32 Strange Things You Likely Didn't Know
1. A rat can last longer without water than a camel.
2. Your stomach has to produce a new layer of mucus every two weeks or it will digest itself.
3. The dot over the letter "i" is called a tittle.
4. A raisin dropped in a glass of fresh champagne will bounce up and down continuously from the bottom of the glass to the top.
5. A female ferret will die if it goes into heat and cannot find a mate.
6. A duck's quack doesn't echo. No one knows why.
7. A 2 X 4 is really 1-1/2" by 3-1/2".
8. During the chariot scene in "Ben Hur," a small red car can be seen in the distance (and Heston's wearing a watch).
9. On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily!(That explains a few mysteries....)
10. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants.
11. Because metal was scarce, the Oscars given out during World War II were made of wood.
12. The number of possible ways of playing the first four moves per side in a game of chess is 318,979,564,000.
13. There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.
14. The name Wendy was made up for the book Peter Pan. There was never a recorded Wendy before.
15. The very first bomb dropped by the Allies on Berlin in World War II killed the only elephant in the Berlin Zoo.
16. If one places a tiny amount of liquor on a scorpion, it will instantly go mad and sting itself to death. (Who was the sadist who discovered this??)
17. Bruce Lee was so fast that they actually had to s-l-o-w film down so you could see his moves. That's the opposite of the norm.
18. The first CD pressed in the US was Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA ."
19. The original name for butterfly was flutterby.
20. The phrase "rule of thumb" is derived from an old English law which stated that you couldn't beat your wife with anything wider than your thumb.
21. The first product Motorola started to develop was a record player for automobiles. At that time, the most known player on the market was Victrola, so they called themselves Motorola.
22. Roses may be red, but violets are indeed violet.
23. By raising your legs slowly and lying on your back, you cannot sink into quicksand.
24. Celery has negative calories. It takes more calories to eat a piece of celery than the celery has in it to begin with.
25. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike con test .
26. Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying.
27. Sherlock Holmes NEVER said, "Elementary, my dear Watson."
28. An old law in Bellingham , Washington , made it illegal for a woman to take more than three steps backwards while dancing!
29. The glue on Israeli postage is certified kosher.
30. The Guinness Book of Records holds the record for being the book most often stolen from public libraries.
31. Astronauts are not allowed to eat beans before they go into space because passing wind in a spacesuit damages them.
32. Bats always turn left when exiting a cave! SO NOW YOU KNOW... |
