January Birthdays

Happy Birthday to our Sojourners who will celebrating their birthdays in January:

Soj. Shirley Davis on Jan. 17
Soj. Audrey Krikorian on Jan. 20
Soj. Loretta Looney on Jan. 4

Again, if your birthday is in January and you are not listed, please contact me so the information may get updated.

Posted by Soj. Pam Noyes, WHP

Joys and Concerns for December 20, 2009

Joys and Concerns:

Joy for Soj. Faun Olson. She recently went to CA for heart bypass surgery. She has returned home and is doing well. Please keep her in prayer for continued recovery.

Concern for Soj. Chris DiGuilio (also, happy birthday today to you, Chris!). Chris will be undergoing surgery soon in January (the week after our Supreme Visit). Please keep her in prayer that all goes well and she has a speedy recovery.

Joy for Soj. Camille Wegner who has returned to work.

Posted by Soj. Pam Noyes, WHP

Starlight Shrine December 2009 Ceremonial

Congratulations to our newest members from our December 5, 2009, Ceremonial meeting!

Shown in the photo from left to right: Soj. Kathleen Bell, Soj. Wendy Welch, Soj. Pam Noyes, WHP, and Soj. Barbara Henderson.

December 2009 Ceremonial and Birthdays

December 2009 Ceremonial Meeting

Hello Sojourners,

Please remember that there will be a rehearsal for escorting (for the Supreme visitation meeting on 01-02-10), that starts at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, 12-05-09, for those involved with Supreme escorting duties. If you are not involved in escorting duties, then please plan on being at the rehearsal for the Ceremonial that follows and will begin at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, 12-05-09. The December Ceremonial meeting will open promptly at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, 12-05-09.

Please review your ritual and floor work prior to the rehearsals. Soj. Jada Kubic, our prompter, said that she will only prompt if you look at her for help. Otherwise, she will be giving you a chance to remember what the next line to say should be.

December Birthdays

Happy, Happy Birthday to our wonderful Sojourners, and many, many more! (Again, a note that if you have a birthday in December and are not listed below, please be sure to contact myself or Soj. Joan Arasmith so that the records may be updated. Thanks!)

Soj. Joan Arasmith - Dec. 18
Soj. Dottie Bollinger - Dec. 10
Soj. Chris DiGuilio - Dec. 20
Soj. Anna Mae Gaunter - Dec. 9
Soj. Donna Mehlhaff - Dec. 14

Joys and Concerns:

Joy -- Soj. Roger Noyes continues to improve and hopes to be home for a couple of days for New Year Holiday.

Concern -- Please continue to keep Soj. Betty (& Soj. Joe) Dolosich in prayer about Soj. Betty's recent hospitalization.

Posted by Pam Noyes, WHP

OES Help Request

OES Help Request
(forwarded from a message received from Herb & Kit Trochtenberg)

Saw this in the OES new group.... Can someone Help?

Mon Nov 30, 2009 8:01 pm (PST)

I'm hoping some wonderful people from this list living in the Las Vegas
area will help one of our elderly members that could use some company;
our Chapter is in Idaho so we are unable to assist with personal visits.

Lorraine is 91 years old and blind. Due to health problems she has
been hospitalized and most likely will not be able to return to her
home. She has no family or old friends in the area; they have all pre-
deceased her. The only relative she has, that I know of, is a step-
daughter who lives in Texas. I was contacted by a neighbor/friend of
Lorraine's who has been assisting her this winter and visiting with her
but he is a snowbird who will fly home shortly. Also, this friend is
not Eastern Star and he says most of Lorraine's conversations are about
Eastern Star and her many happy memories of our organization. His hope
is that we can find some kind and friendly Eastern Star members who
will visit with her on a regular basis.

If there are some members willing to provide some company and comfort
to our Lorraine, please contact me off list and I will provide the
contact information.

Thank you in advance for any kindness and help.

Cyndie Bollar, PM
Meridian Chapter # 66
Meridian, ID, GGC

November meeting info and birthdays

Hello, Sojourners and Friends,

Happy Nevada Day and Halloween (Oct. 31st)!

The Starlight Shrine #1 regularly stated meeting will be held on Saturday, November 7, 2009, beginning at 3 p.m. Our "Grateful for Our Blessings" potluck dinner will occur after the meeting.

And, a quick reminder that there will be a Ceremonial meeting on Saturday, December 5, 2007!

Words to the music for the 11/07/09 meeting:

Opening Ode

“Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee” (Psalm 71:23)

Verse 1 only:

Joyful, joyful we adore Thee, God of glory, Lord of love,

Hearts unfold like flow’rs before Thee, Opening to the sun above

Melt the clouds of sin and sadness, Drive the dark of doubt away,

Giver of immortal gladness, Fill us with the light of day!

Closing Ode

“Just a Closer Walk With Thee” (Philippians 4:13)

Refrain only:

Just a closer walk with Thee, Grant it, Jesus, is my plea.

Daily walking close to Thee, Let it be, dear Lord, let it be.

“Come, Ye Thankful People, Come” (Psalm 65:11)

Verse 1:

Come, ye thankful people, come; raise the song of harvest home;

All is safely gathered in, ere the winter storms begin.

God, our Maker, doth provide for our wants to be supplied.

Come to God’s own temple, come; raise the song of harvest home.

Verse 2:

All the world is God’s own field, fruit unto His praise to yield;

Wheat and tares together sown, unto joy or sorrow grown.

First the blade, and then the ear, then the full corn shall appear;

Lord of harvest, grant that we wholesome grain and pure may be.

Verse 3:

For the Lord our God shall come, and shall take His harvest home;

From His field shall in that day all offenses purge away.

Give His angels charge at last in the fire the tares to cast,

But the fruitful ears to store in His garner evermore.

Verse 4:

Even so, Lord, quickly come to thy final harvest home;

Gather Thou thy people in, free from sorrow, free from sin.

There forever purified, in Thy presence to abide.

Come, with all Thine angels come; raise the glorious harvest home.

Below are the November birthdays. Again, if you have a birthday in November, or know one of our member's birthday is in November and you or they are not listed below, please notify Soj. Joan Arasmith and/or myself so we can update the records. Thanks.

Happy, Happy Birthday (and many more) to:

Castro	John	11/1
Davis	Ben	11/18
Gilberg	Bill	11/18
Harrison	La Ree	11/1
Peterson	Pete	11/20
Robbins	Toby	11/9
Weddle	Carole	11/19

posted by Pam Noyes, WHP

The Meeting of the Famous Masons

Dear Sojourners and Friends,

Here's another great story to share with you that comes from David Hunter of Hiramhunter Masonic Supply.

Posted by Pam Noyes, WHP

October 24, 2009

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The Meeting of the Famous Masons

(A bit of Imagination is required)

INSTALLATION NIGHT AT THE CELESTIAL LODGE

As we are all well aware, and as is pointed out in the North East Angle Lecture in the Canadian Rite Ritual, it cannot be denied that we always had many members of rank and affluence.

Over the centuries many well known men have been members of our Noble Craft.

For a few moments, please allow your imaginations to run wild and consider what may take place at the Installation of The Celestial Lodge, otherwise known as the Grand Lodge Above.

Even though it was late fall, there was a warm breeze blowing and the sun was setting behind the Lodge Hall.

Gathered in the parking lot filled with their works were Bros Henry Ford, Ransom Olds, Walter Chrysler, John Willys and Andre Citroen. The only vehicle missing was Bro Hart Massey's tractor.

Greeting members in the entrance hall was Bro Cliff Arquette of Charley Weaver fame and Bro Ed Wynn.

In the boardroom, a group of senior DeMolays were gathered including Bros Walter Disney, Chet Huntley, Wendell Corey, Van Johnson, Robert Cummings, John Steinbeck, Fred McMurray and John Cameron Swayze.

King Gillette, razor in hand, passed the lodge caretaker who was having a minor problem with his vacuum cleaner, which was quickly cleared up with the help of its inventor, Bro Frank Hoover, while at the other end of the hallway Bros Emmett Kelly, Clyde Beatty and all seven of the Ringling Bros were discussing the Shrine Circus.

Taking a quick look into the Banquet Hall, Bros John Molson, Frederick Pabst and Joseph Schlitz were busy rolling in some kegs of beer for Bros Sam Bronfman, late President of Seagrams Distillers, who was setting up the bar for the Festive Board to follow the Ceremony.

Bro Colonel Harland Sanders was cooking up a storm in the kitchen and it was an easy guess as to what the evening meal would consist of.

The orchestra members for the dance to follow the Banquet were tuning.

Members of this All-Star group included leader Paul Whiteman, WC Hardy, Nat King Cole, Irving Berlin, George M Cohan, Cyril Stapleton, Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie and Al Jolson.

Tonight's performance would be M.C.ed by Bros Arthur Godfrey and Danny Thomas.

Magical Bros Harry Houdini and Harry Blackstone were setting up their props while Bros WC Fields, Oliver Hardy, Bud Abbott, Harpo Marx, and Foster Brooks were fine tuning their comedy routines for tonight's show which was being produced by Bros Cecil B DeMille, Flo Ziegfeld, Louis B Mayer, Hall Wallis and DW Griffiths.

A number of sports celebrities were gathering together, including Bros Abe Saperstein, creator of the Harlem Globetrotters, who was explaining his version of the game to Bro James Naismith, the inventor of the game.

They were joined by baseballers Bros Charles Ebbetts, Ty Cobb, Branch Rickey and Cy Young, the first pitcher to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

A little further along the hall was an array of masons dressed in knee breeches, lace cuffs and powdered wigs, others in tuxedos, including Bros Kit Carson, Davey Crockett and Buffalo Bill Cody, clad in their familiar buckskins, Chiefs Crazy Bull, Tecumseh and Joseph Brant in their native attire.

Most colorful are the military uniforms of Lord Nelson, Lord Cornwallis, Captain James Cook, the Duke of Wellington and John Paul Jones.

I was gazing in awe at these members of Celestial Lodge, when the Grand Master, MW Bro Harry Truman, appeared from the preparation room accompanied by Bros John Jacob Astor, Luther Burbank, JC Penney, Adlai Stevenson and Jennings Bryan.

Bro John Diefenbaker had just signed the Tyler's Register with one of Bro John Shaeffer's pens.

He was accompanied by Bros Robert Borden and RB Bennett. fellow Canadian Prime Ministers, and by Bro Joe Smallwood of Newfoundland.

At this time, the Tyler, Bro J Edgar Hoover, informed the brethren that the meeting was about to come to order.

On entering the lodge room the brethren were greeted by the Inner Guard, Bro Paul Revere.

Seated already were polar explorers, Robert F Scott of England and Bro Richard E Bird of the United States, together with Matthew G Perky and Canada's Henry Larsen.

Bro Charles Lindbergh could be seen in deep conversation with Bros Hap Arnold, Gus Grissom, Eddie Rickenbaker and Charles Kingsford-smith.

From the Junior Warden's station came a burst of laughter. Bro Will Rogers had brought broad smiles to the faces of the Royal personages gathered around him, including George 1, Frederick the Great, Gustav V of Sweden and George VI.

To the right of the Junior Warden's chair, architect Sir Christopher Wren was joined by Statue of Liberty sculptor, Frederic Bartholdi.

Bros Norman Vincent Peale and Peter Marshall, who would assume the Chaplain's duties this evening, were in conversation with the DuPonts, Peter and Victor, and the Rothschilds, James and Nathan.

Gathered around the Secretary's desk, Bro Rudyard Kipling was discussing the evening's proceedings with Bro Robert Burns, who was to give one of the Charges assisted by Bro Mark Twain.

Also taking part were Bros Conan Doyle, Walter Scott, Samuel Johnson, Alexander Pope and Robert Service.

The Grand Organist, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, was discussing last minute changes with Bros Gilbert and Sullivan.

Bros Clark Gable, Peter Sellers, Wallace Beery, Douglas Fairbanks and Brian Donleavy were discussing boxing with champions Jack Dempsey, Jack Johnson and Sugar Ray Robinson.

Another small group, in the persons of Bros John Wayne, Hoot Gibson and Tom Mix, were listening to Bro William Thaddeus Phillips, also known as Butch Cassidy.

The founding members, Bros George Washington, Sir John A MacDonald, Guiseppe Garibaldi, Benito Jaurez, John Hancock and Ben Franklin were seated in the East.

They have been joined by Sir Stamford Raffles, founder of Singapore.

The Generals, Omar Bradley, Jimmy Doolittle, George C Marshall, John Pershing and Douglas McArthur, take their seats next to Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill.

The Lodge Treasurer, Bro Henry Knox was busy collecting dues from Bros Thomas E Dewey and William McKinley.

The Master, MW Bro HRH The Duke of Connaught, has rapped the gavel to call the Lodge to order and it is now time for us to depart.

With one last took at this brilliant assembly, one wonders what the public's perception of Freemasonry might be if they were able to visit such a lodge.

IN GOD WE TRUST

The Masonic Blue Slipper

From an email received from David Hunter of Hiramhunter Masonic Supply. Thanks, David, for sharing.

Posted by Pam Noyes, WHP


October 21, 2009

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Many of my customers have inquired about the history of the Masonic Slipper Pin. I ran across a wonder article written by Brother Magee and I would like to pass his research along to you.

I have taken the liberty to share this with you, hope he does not mind.

If anyone else has another view on the history of this pin, please e mail me.
Thanks David

http://www.hiramhunter.com

(This article first appeared in the July 1986 issue of the Scottish Rite Journal.)
The Masonic Blue Slipper

by Clyde H. Magee, 32°

Are you familiar with the Masonic blue slipper?

It is a small lapel pin in the shape of a blue slipper.

Over the years it has been my habit to ask my wife and my daughters to wear one of these slippers on a coat or dress when traveling alone away from home.

What is the meaning of this blue slipper and why should female relatives of Masons wear one?

Some 50 or 60 years ago, while I was still living at home, a widowed lady who was a cousin of my Dad's came to visit our home. She vacationed with us for several weeks every summer. She always wore this blue slipper pin. Her late husband was a Mason. The pin that she wore made a lasting impression on me. Through my curiosity and questioning, she told me it was a Masonic pin and served to identify her as a Masonic widow. She declared that Masonic men gave her extra attention while traveling, especially on the railroad (conductors, etc.).

To find out the meaning of this pin, let us go back in history to Boaz' time - the Book of Ruth. It will be remembered that Elimelech, his wife, Naomi, and their two sons, Mahlon and Chilon, fled to the land of Moab to escape the famine in their homeland of Bethlehem-judah. Things went well for a while. Then life fell apart for them. Elimelech died. The two sons married Moabite girls-Orpha and Ruth. Again tragedy struck. Mahlon and Chilon died. This left Naomi a widow in a foreign land with two widowed daughters-in-law from the land of Moab.

In time of trouble, people think of home and more importantly of God. Naomi found out that the famine back home had subsided, and there was grain and food again. So she confided with Orpha and Ruth that she would journey back home and be among her kinsmen.

Certain laws, rules, or customs governed her thinking at this time. Of first consideration was the fact that Naomi was too old to bear a son for her daughters-in-law to marry. Even if she could, the daughters-in-law would not wait for the son to grow up. So the girls should remain among their own people. The girls resisted and started to go with Naomi. Orpha was finally convinced she should stay in Moab. But Ruth remained steadfast and went with Naomi to her homeland.

Naomi and Ruth arrived back in Bethlehem-judah at harvest time. The Scripture passage on which this is based is well-known. "And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried: the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part thee and me." This passage of Scripture is unsurpassed as a declaration of love and devotion of one person for another. It has been said that it would made a good marriage vow. But, to me it is a different type of devotion.

Naomi also had to take into consideration another law. When Elimelech died, his next of kin was duty bound to redeem his possessions and take care of his widow and her family. Since Naomi was getting old, Ruth tried to earn a livelihood. While gleaning in the fields, she was seen by Boaz. And when he found out about her (that she was Naomi's daughter-in-law, etc.), he arranged special treatment for her. She could work with his girls in the field, and the young men were warned not to bother her. Since Boaz was not married and was kin to Naomi, Naomi decided that she should somehow make Boaz understand his duty to Elimelech's family. So Naomi advised Ruth to bathe and anoint herself and go to the threshing floor after dark and lay at the feet of Boaz. Boaz awoke at midnight and discovered her there. So as not to create a scandal, he gave her some barley and asked her to leave before dawn so that watching eyes would not recognize her.

Business among the tribe of Bethlehem-judah took place at the gate of the city. So Boaz sat down at the gate the next day because he knew there was a kinsman more closely related to Elimelech than he. So when the kinsman came by, Boaz called him aside and asked 10 men of the elders of the city to sit with them. Boaz bargained with his kinsman. The kinsman said he would redeem Elimelech's property. But, when he found out that he would have to take care of Naomi and Ruth, he reneged and told Boaz he would not redeem or protect Elimelech's interest. He would leave it to Boaz.

The passage from Scripture for these events is the following: "And the kinsman said, I cannot redeem it for myself, lest I mar mine own inheritance: redeem thou my right to thyself; for I cannot redeem it. Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbor: and this was a testimony in Israel."

So the kinsman drew off his shoe and gave it to Boaz. Boaz held it up for all in the gate to see. He asked them to be witnesses that he became Naomi's protector, Ruth's husband, and a redeemer of Elimelech's property.

Thus, today we have the little blue slipper as an emblem of the protective influence of Masons for their wives, widows and daughters.

Concerns and Prayer Requests for October 7th

Please keep Soj. Sharene Parini, PWHP and current Worthy Shepherdess of Starlight Shrine #1, in prayer this week as she undergoes medical testing on October 12th.

Also, Soj. Dale Iness has been under the weather recently. Please keep him in your prayers.

Posted by Pam Noyes, WHP

Charlene Curtis 2004-05 WHP Trinity Shrine #35

Charlene Curtis, 2004-05 WHP at Trinity Shrine No. 35, Burbank, has just spent a week at Hollywood Presbyterian Hospital and has now been moved to Sunrise, 1640 No. Fair Oaks Ave., Pasadena, CA 91103-1807. She has had a stroke and can't stand or walk. She has also been told that she has an inoperable tumor, so now is on hospice care. There is no phone in her room, but cards and visits would be welcome.

Charlene is also a member of Fremont Court No. 49, and a PHQ of the IOJD in Burbank.

Posted on behalf of Dorcas Aunger.

Old Ed and the Bucket of Shrimp

From an email from David Hunter of Hirimhunter Masonic Supply online store. Thank you, David for continuing to share the stories. Posted by Pam Noyes, WHP

October 8, 2009

Old Ed and the Bucket of Shrimp -Good Story

It happened every Friday evening, almost without fail, when the sun
resembled a giant orange and was starting to dip into the blue ocean.

Old Ed came strolling along the beach to his favorite pier. Clutched in his
bony hand was a bucket of shrimp. Ed walks out to the end of the pier, where
It seems he almost has the world to himself. The glow of the sun is a golden
bronze now.

Everybody's gone, except for a few joggers on the beach. Standing out on
the end of the pier, Ed is alone with his thoughts...and his bucket of
shrimp.

Before long, however, he is no longer alone. Up in the sky a thousand white
dots come screeching and squawking, winging their way toward that lanky
frame standing there on the end of the pier.

Before long, dozens of seagulls have enveloped him, their wings fluttering
and flapping wildly. Ed stands there tossing shrimp to the hungry birds. As
he does, if you listen closely, you can hear him say with a smile, 'Thank
you. Thank you.'

In a few short minutes the bucket is empty. But Ed doesn't leave.

He stands there lost in thought, as though transported to another time and
place. Invariably, one of the gulls lands on his sea-bleached,
weather-beaten hat - an old military hat he's been wearing for years.

When he finally turns around and begins to walk back toward the beach, a few
of the birds hop along the pier with him until he gets to the stairs, and
then they, too, fly away. And old Ed quietly makes his way down to the end
of the beach and on home.

If you were sitting there on the pier with your fishing line in the water,
Ed might seem like 'a funny old duck,' as my dad used to say.. Or, 'a guy
that's a sandwich shy of a picnic,' as my kids might say.. To onlookers,
he's just another old codger, lost in his own weird world, feeding the
seagulls with a bucket full of shrimp.

To the onlooker, rituals can look either very strange or very empty. They
can seem altogether unimportant ....maybe even a lot of nonsense.

Old folks often do strange things, at least in the eyes of Boomers and
Busters.

Most of them would probably write Old Ed off, down there in Florida . That's
too bad. They'd do well to know him better.

His full name: Eddie Rickenbacker. He was a famous hero back in World War
II. On one of his flying missions across the Pacific, he and his
Seven-member crew went down. Miraculously, all of the men survived, crawled
out of their plane, and climbed into a life raft.

Captain Rickenbacker and his crew floated for days on the rough waters of
the Pacific. They fought the sun. They fought sharks. Most of all, they
fought hunger. By the eighth day their rations ran out. No food. No water.
They were hundreds of miles from land and no one knew where they were.

They needed a miracle. That afternoon they had a simple devotional service
and prayed for a miracle. They tried to nap.. Eddie leaned back and pulled
his military cap over his nose. Time dragged. All he could hear was the
slap of the waves against the raft.

Suddenly, Eddie felt something land on the top of his cap. It was a
seagull!

Old Ed would later describe how he sat perfectly still, planning his next
move. With a flash of his hand and a squawk from the gull, he managed to
grab it and wring its neck. He tore the feathers off, and he and his
starving crew made a meal - a very slight meal for eight men - of it. Then
they used the intestines for bait.. With it, they caught fish, which gave
them food and more bait......and the cycle continued. With that simple
survival technique, they were able to endure the rigors of the sea until
they were found and rescued (after 24 days at sea...).

Eddie Rickenbacker lived many years beyond that ordeal, but he never forgot
the sacrifice of that first lifesaving seagull. And he never stopped
saying, 'Thank you.' That's why almost every Friday night he would walk to
the end of the pier with a bucket full of shrimp and a heart full of
gratitude.

Reference: (Max Lucado, In The Eye of the Storm, PP..221, 225-226)

PS: Eddie was also an Ace in WW I and started Eastern Airlines!

PPS: BROTHER EDDIE RICKENBACKER LAID DOWN HIS WORKING TOOLS IN 1973

He became a Master mason in 1922 in Kilwinning Lodge No. 297 of Michigan

Joys and Concerns and October Birthdays

Concerns:

Soj. Wanieta Iness had some surgery a few days ago. She is now recovering at home. Please keep her in prayer for her continued recovery.

Please keep all our Sojourners who will be traveling northwards for OES Grand Chapter (and thus will be excused from the WSOJ Starlight Shrine #1 meeting on Saturday, October 4) in prayer for their safe journey and may they safely return home!

----- Forwarded Message -----

Sent: Sunday, September 27, 2009 6:36:40 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: Supreme Family Sadness

Dear Sojourners:

Just heard from Soj. Anna Rhoads, SMOB, that her mother passed away this morning. She had been very ill for the past 4 weeks. I know no funeral details except that she is to be taken to Liberty, Indiana for services and burial. Please remember Anna and Dusty in your thoughts and prayers and do send a word of sympathy. This has been a very sad year for them.

Supreme State of the Order Committee
Rogene Rogers-Sunshine Chairman

Joy:

Soj. Roger Noyes has been released from the long-term acute care facility and he and his wife, Leigh, have now moved into an assisted living facility near Portland, Oregon. Please contact Soj. Pam Noyes, WHP, for the address and phone number of the facility.

Soj. Roger will be celebrating his 75th birthday on Saturday, October 17, 2009, with dinner beginning at 5:00 p.m. in the private dining room at the facility. Soj. Camille Wegner, Soj. Wendy Jackson and myself will be there, along with our two step-brothers and their wives, and various friends.

Below are our members with October birthdays -- Happy, happy birthday to our Sojourners, and many, many more! Again, if you (or a member you know) has a birthday in October and are not listed below, please be sure to contact either myself or Soj. Joan Arasmith to update the records. Thanks.

Soj. Richard Bryant, Oct. 3
Soj. Rosalee Carfield, Oct. 17
Soj. Dale Iness, Oct. 21
Soj. Jada Kubic, Oct. 25
Soj. Lucille Kubic, Oct. 25
Soj. Monie Mendoza, Oct. 16
Soj. Roger Noyes, Oct. 14
Soj. Carolyn Prather, Oct. 20

See you Saturday, October 4, 2009, at 3:00 p.m. for our regularly stated meeting.

Posted by Soj. Pam Noyes, WHP

Concern for Soj. Sharene Parini on Sept. 8, 2009

Please hold Soj. Sharene Parini in prayer, particularly on Sept. 8th when she will be undergoing shots in her back.

Posted by Soj. Pam Noyes, WHP

Concern for Soj. Kit Trochtenberg on Sept. 1, 2009

Please hold Soj. Kit Trochtenberg in prayer. She is home from surgery, but she has had complications. Her husband, Herb reports, "She is doing well now and is feeling a lot better now she is home. Still a lot of pain in her foot and that's going to be a while...

It's going to be fun around here being a 2 story house and she will have to be off that foot for about 2 to 3 months..."

More Later.

Herb T

Joys for September 1, 2009

Please add Soj. Norma Petterson to the September birthday list as her birthday is on the 16th. Happy Birthday, Norma!

Joy!!!

Soj. Roger Noyes is still very medically fragile; however, he has regained his will to live. He is currently in a Long-Term Acute Care facility in Portland, OR. He will remain there for an undetermined amount of time and then from there he and his wife, Leigh, will be moving to an assisted living facility that is literally right next door to a local hospital where he will be able to continue his dialysis treatments. It was one of the facilities that I had an opportunity to visit while in Portland a couple of weeks ago. They were so nice that while we were there, they even fed us (Leigh, Soj. Wendy Jackson and myself) breakfast so we could see the quality of their food. We had waffles with fresh strawberries, eggs, bacon and various beverages.

Posted by Soj. Pam Noyes, WHP

Starlight Shrine September Birthdays

Wow! It's time for everything to start up again with our next meeting on Saturday, September 5th. With our meeting theme being "Back to School", please remember that we have a Supreme Instruction that will begin at 1:00 p.m. that day. The regular meeting will start at 3:00 p.m.

Below is the birthday list for our members celebrating their birthday in September. If you have a birthday in September and your name is not on this list, please be sure and contact either myself or Soj. Joan Arasmith so we can update our records. Thank you.

Happy, happy birthday, with many, many more to:

Soj. Dorothy Bryant, Sept. 6
Soj. Jerrilyn Bishop, Sept. 9
Soj. Pam Noyes, Sept. 9
Soj. Thelma Howell, Sept. 16
Soj. Kit Trochtenberg, Sept. 22
Soj. Jean Castro, Sept. 23
Soj. Del Clark, Sept. 27
Soj. Sharene Parini, Sept. 28
Soj. Jerry Cook, Sept. 29

Posted by Soj. Pam Noyes, WHP

Interesting Masonic Information-Part 3

Received in an email from David Hunter of Hiramhunter Masonic Supply and posted by Soj. Pam Noyes, WHP:

August 30, 2009

I would love to send him a Birthday Card when he turns 113 !

Walter was born September 21, 1896

Worshipful Brother Walter Breuning
Rainbow Retirement Community

20 3rd St N
Great Falls, MT 59401-3152

CLICK THIS LINK TO VIEW A GREAT NEWS VIDEO

CBS story regarding Walter

He will celebrate his 113th birthday in September.

This is a work in progress, if you see any corrections or additions please e mail me hiram@hiramhunter.com FAMOUS MASONS IN AMERICA Abbot, Bud - Comedian Abbott, Robert Sengstacke - Founder/publisher Chicago Defender Abbott, Sir John J.C. - Prime Minister of Canada 1891-92 Acuff, Roy - Singer Adams, Sherman - Governor of New Hampshire and US Congressman Aguinaldo, Emilio - President of the Philippines, he declared their independence in 1898 Aldrin, Edwin E. - Astronaut Aldrich, Nelson Wilmarth - U. S. Senator Alfond, Harold - Owned Dexter Shoe Company Allen, Charles H. - First Governor of Puerto Rico Allen, Ira - Known as the 'Father of Vermont' Allen, Richard - Founder/first bishop AME Church Althouse, Monroe - Director, Ringgold Band of Pennsylvania Armstrong, Louis - Jazz Musician Arnold, Benedict - Revolutionary War Genera Arnold, Eddie- Singer Arnold, General Henry "Hap" - Commander of the Army Air Force Ashbrook, John M -Politician Ashburn, Richie - Sports Philadelphia Phillies Austin, Stephen F. - Father of Texas Autry, Gene - Actor Bach, Johann Sebastian - Composer Bach, Karl Phillip Emanuel - court organist for Friedrich the Great Badyna,Keith R.- International Martial Arts Hall of Fame Baldwin, Henry - Supreme Court Justice Ballatine, Carl - McHale's Navy comic Balfour, Lloyd - Jewelry Bartholdi, Frederic A. - Designed the Statue of Liberty Barty, Billy - Actor Basie, William "Count" - Orchestra leader/composer Baylor, Robert E. B. - Founder Baylor UniversityBeard, Bell, Lawrence - Bell Aircraft Corp. Bennett, Viscount R.B. - Prime Minister of Canada 1930-35 Berlin, Irving - Entertainer Black, Hugo L. - Supreme Court Justice Blair, Jr., John - Supreme Court Justice Blake, James Herbert Eubie -composer/pianist Blatchford, Samuel - Supreme Court Justice Bolivar, Simon -revolutionary Borden, Sir Robert L. - Prime Minister of Canada 1911-1920 Borglum, Gutzon & Lincoln - Father and Son who carved Mt. Rushmore Borgnine, Ernest - Actor Bowell, Sir Mackenzie - Prime Minister of Canada 1894-96 Bowie, James - Alamo Bradley, Omar N. - Military leader Bradley, Thomas - Mayor of Las Angeles, CA Brant, Joseph - Chief of the Mohawks 1742 - 1807 Bricker, John -Politician Brooks, Foster - Comedian Brown, Joe E. - Actor Brown, Judge Joseph -(lawyer judge) TV Bruening, Walter Oldest Living Man in America 1896 - Current Buchanan, James - President of the U.S. Bunche, Ralphe -worked for United Nations, initiated peace accord Middle East Burnett, David G. - 1st President of the Republic of Texas Burns, Robert - The National Poet of Scotland Burton, Harold H. - Supreme Court Justice Butala ,Anthony -Singer Byrd, Admiral Richard E. - Flew over North Pole Byrd, Robert - Senator from WV Byrnes, James F. - Supreme Court Justice Caey, Harry - Actor Calvo, Father Francisco - Catholic Priest who started Freemasonry in Costa Rica 1865 Canute, Yakima - Cowboy, Stuntman Carson, Christopher "Kit" - Frontiersman, scout and explorer Carter, Daniel - Founder Boy Scouts Casanova - Italian Adventurer, writer and entertainer Catton, John - Supreme Court Justice Chennault, Maj. General Claire E. - Flying Tigers leader, WWII General Chagrin, Jean François - Designer of The Arc De Triomphe in Paris, France Christenson,Larry -Sports Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Chrysler, Walter P. - Automotive fame Churchill, Winston - British Leader Citroen, Andre - French Engineer and motor car manufacture Clark, James -explorer Clark, Mark - American WWII Airborne General Clark, Roy - Country Western Star Clark, Thomas C. - Supreme Court Justice Clark, William - Explorer Clarke, John H. - Supreme Court Justice Clemens, Samuel L. - Mark Twain - writer Clinton, Dewitt-governor New York Clower, Jerry - Late Comedian Cobb, Ty - Baseball Player Cody, "Buffalo Bill" William - Indian fighter, Wild West Show Cohan, George M. - Broadway star Cole, Nat 'King' - Great ballad singer Collodi, Carlo - Writer of Pinocchio Colt, Samuel - Firearms inventor Combs, Earle Bryan - Baseball Hall of Fame Cosby, William H -entertainer, actor, philanthropist Craig ,John -Ambassador Crockett, David - American Frontiersman and Alamo fame Crosby, Norm - Comedian and entertainer Cushing, William - Supreme Court Justice Davis, Jefferson - President CSA Davis, Ossie - Actor, Director and Playwright DeMille, Cecil - Movie Producer Dempsey, Jack - Sports Desaguliers, John Theophilus - Inventor of the planetarium Devanter, Willis Van - Supreme Court Justice Dewey, Thomas - Presidential Candidate Diefenbaker, John G. - Prime Minister of Canada 1957-63 Dickens, Little Jimmy- Singer Dirkson, Everett -Politician Dole, Robert - Former Senator from Kansas Doolittle, General James - Famous Air Force Pilot Douglas, William O. - Supreme Court Justice Dow, William H. - Dow Chemical Co. Doyle, Sir Author Conan - Writer - Sherlock Holmes Drake, Edwin L - American Pioneer of the Oil industry Dubois, W.E.B. - Educator/author/historian Dunant, Jean Henri - Founder of the Red Cross Ebsen, Charles (Buddy) Jr - Actor Edward VII - King of England Edward VIII - King of England who abdicated the throne in less than 1 year Ellington, Duke - Composer, Arranger and Stylist Ellington, Edward K. "Duke" - Orchestra Leader/composer Ellsworth, Oliver - Supreme Court Justice Elway, John - former quarterback for the Denver Broncos Evanko, Col. Paul J Commissioner Pa. State Police 1994-2002 Ervin Jr, Samuel J. - Headed "Watergate" committee Evers, Medger Wiley - Civil Rights Leader Faber, Eberhard - Head of the famous Eberhard Fabor Pencil Company Fairbanks, Douglas - Silent film actor Field, Stephen J. - Supreme Court Justice Fields, W.C. - Actor Fisher, Geoffrey - Archbishop of Canterbury 1945 - 1961 Fitch, John - Inventor of the Steamboat Fleming, Sir Alexander - Invented Penicillin Ford, Gerald R. - President of the U.S. Ford, Glen - Actor Ford, Henry - Pioneer Automobile Manufacturer Ford, John - Director Forten, James - Abolitionist/manufacturer Fortune, Timothy Thomas - Journalist Franklin, Benjamin - 1 of 13 Masonic signers of Constitution of the U.S. Fulton, Robert - Inventor of 1st Submarine and Steam powered warship Gable, Clark - Actor Garfield, James A. - President of the U.S. Garvey, Marcus - Community Leader, founder of the Black Star shipping line Gatling, Richard J. - Built the "Gatling Gun" Gentry, Teddy -the bass player and singer for the country group "ALABAMA" George VI - King of England during W.W. II Gibbon, Edward - Writer - Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Gibson, Hoot - Actor Gidron, Richard - president, Dick Gidron Cadillac Gilbert, Sir William S. - Was the librettis for "Pirates of Penzance" Gillett, King C. - Gillett Razor Co. Gleason, Jackie - Actor Glenn, John H. - First American to orbit the earth in a space craft Godfrey, Arthur - Actor Goldwater, Barry - Former Senator from Arizona, Presidential Candidate Gray, Harold Lincoln - Creator of "Little Orphan Annie Green, Rev. Al- Minister/ Singer Grissom, Virgil - Astronaut Grock - Swiss Circus Clown Guillotin, Joseph Ignace - Inventor of the "Guillotine" Hall, Prince--First black American freemason Hampton, Lionel--Orchestra leader/composer Hancock, John - 1of9 Masonic signers of Declaration of Independence Harding, Warren G. - President of the U.S. Hardy, Oliver - Actor - Comedian Harlan, John M. - Supreme Court Justice Hawkins, Augustus F. - US Congressman from California Hayden, Josef - Composer Hayden, Lewis - Abolitionist, Community Leader Hayes, Woodrow "Woody" - Coach Ohio State Hearns, T. P. -Comedian Hedges, Cornelius - "Father" of Yellowstone National Park Helms, Jesse, -. Senator Henry, Patrick - Patriot Henson, Josiah - Inspired the novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Henson, Matthew - explorer Herbert, James - "Eubie" Blake, composer/pianist Hilton, Charles C. - American Hotelier Hoban, James - Architect for the U.S. Capital Hoe, Richard M. - Invented the rotary press, revolutionizing newspaper printing Holden, William - Actor Hooks, Benjamin L- past President of NAACP Hoover, J. Edgar - Director of FBI Hornish, Sam Jr.-- Indy Racing League Driver (IRL Champ) Hornsby, Rogers - An original member of the Baseball Hall of Fame Houdini, Harry - Magician Houston, Sam - 2nd&4th President of the Republic of Texas Howard, Morris "Moe" & "Curley" Howard - Comedians Husky, Ferlin - Country Music Performer Hutton, Timothy - Actor Ives, Burl - Singer Jackson, Andrew - President of the U.S. Jackson, Reverend Jesse - Minister Jackson, Robert H. - Supreme Court Justice James, Daniel "Chappie" --General U S Air Force Jenner, Edward - Inventor - Vaccination Johnson, Andrew - President of the U.S. Johnson, Ben - Actor, Johnson, James -founder Jet magazine Johnson, John A "Jack"--Heavyweight boxing title holder, 1908-1915 Johnson, John H.--Publisher EBONY and JET magazines Jolson, Al - Fame as the first 'talking picture' the Jazz Singer Jones, Absalom -founder AME church Jones, Anson - 5th President of the Republic of Texas Jones, John Paul - Naval Commander Jones, Melvin - One of the founders of the Lions International Juarez, Benito - First Native-American President of Mexico Just, Ernest - Co-founder of Omega Psi Phi fraternity Kemp, Jack - Former Congressman, Quarterback for Buffalo Bills Kerner, Otto - Former Gov. Illinois Key, Francis Scott - Wrote U.S. National Anthem Khan III, Aga - Statesman King, Don (boxing promoter) King Kalakauna- King of Hawaii circa 1875 King Kamekame'a IV, Hawai'ian King, consolidated the islands to one kingdom Kipling, Rudyard - Writer Kirchmayer, Johannes (John) - wood carver La Guardia, Fiorella H. - La Guardia Airport, Mayor of New York 1930's & 40's Lafayette, Marquis de - Supporter of American Freedom Laird, Ill:. Melvin, longtime Congressman & Sec of Defense Lake, Simon - Built first submarine successful in open sea. Lamar, Joseph E. - Supreme Court Justice Lamar, Mirabeau B. - 3rd President of the Republic of Texas Land, Frank S. - Founder Order of DeMolay Leazer, Gary - Investigated Freemasonry for Southern Baptist Convention and later joined Lee,Gen. Robert E. - Military Lee,Lighthorse Harry - Revolutionary War General Lejune,Maj. Gen.John A. honorary president of the Third Army Masonic Club and Rhode Island Overseas Lodge in post-WWI Germany Lemay, Curtis - GeneralLewis, Meriwether - Explorer Levy, Uriah, Military, Shipping magnate and fiancier of American Revolution Lincoln, Elmo - First actor to play Tarzan of the Apes (1918) Lindbergh, Charles - Aviator Lipton, Sir Thomas - Founder Lipton Tea Company Liszt, Franz -musician Livingston, Robert - Co-Negotiator for purchase of Louisiana Territory Lloyd, Harold C. - Entertainer Lott, Trent -Politician Macadam, John - Invented "blacktop pavement" MacArthur, General Douglas - Commander of Armed Forces in Philippines MacDonald, Sir John A. - Prime Minister of Canada 1867-73 & 1878-91 Mandrell, Irby - father of the Mandrell Sisters - Country Entertainers Marciano, Rocky (boxer) Marshall, George C. - US Military Leader Marshall, James W. - Discovered Gold at Sutter's Mill California 1848 Marshall, John - Chief Justice U.S. Supreme Court 1801 - 1835 Marshall, Thurgood - Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court Mathews, Stanley - Supreme Court Justice Mattus, Reuben- the founder of Haagen-Dazs ice cream. Mayer, Louis B. - Film producer who merged to form Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Mayo, Dr. William and Charles - Founded the Mayo Clinic Mays, Benjamin - educator/former president Atlanta University Maytag, Fredrick - Maytag McKinley, William - President of the U.S. Mecherle, George Jacob - Founder, State Farm Insurance Menninger, Karl A. - Psychiatrist famous for treating mental illness Mesmer, Franz Anton - practiced Mesmerism which led to Hypnotism Metcalfe, Ralph H. - Olympic Champion Mfume, Kweisi -President of the NAACP Michelson, Albert Abraham - Successfully measured the speed of light in 1882 Minton, Sherman - Supreme Court Justice Mix, Tom - U.S. Marshal turned actor. Stared in over 400 western films Monroe, James - President of the U.S. Montgolfier, Jacques Etienne - Co-developer first practical hot-air balloon Moody, William H. - Supreme Court Justice Morgan, Garrett -invented gas mask, traffic light, "third rail" for modern subway Morris, Dr. Robert - Poet and Founder of the Order of Eastern Star Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Composer Muhammad, Elijah -Nation of Islam Murphy, Audie - Most decorated American Soldier of WWII. Naismith, James - Inventor of Basketball Nelson, Samuel - Supreme Court Justice New, Harry S. - Postmaster General who established Airmail Newton, Joseph Fort - Christian Minister Nitschke, Ray -Sports Green Bay Packer defense Nunn, Sam - U.S. Senator Olds, Ransom E. - American automobile pioneer Otis, James - Famous for "Taxations without Representation is Tyranny" Paisley, Brad - Country Singer Palmer, Arnold - Golf Pro Papst, Charles F. - Coined the term "Athletes Foot" Paterson, William - Supreme Court Justice Peale, Norman Vincent - Founder of "Guidepost" and Minister Peary, Robert E. - First man to reach the North Pole (1909) Penny, James C. - Retailer Pershing, John Joseph - Decorated American Soldier Peters, Steven A. - Leader of the Wampanoag Community Pijper,Willem -foremost 20th century Dutch composer Pike, Albert - Confederate General and Masonic Historian, Pike, Zebulon - Pike's Peak named after him Pinchot,Bronson -Actor Pippen, Scottie - Sports NBA Pitney, Mahlon - Supreme Court Justice Poinsett, Joel R. - U.S. Minister to Mexico who developed the flower: Poinsettia Polk, James Knox - President of the U.S. Potier, Sidney-Actor, director Powell, Adam Clayton -politician, reverend Pryor, Richard -Comedian Pullman, George - Built first sleeping car on train. Pushkin, Aleksander - Russian Poet Randolph, Asa Philip -international brotherhood of sleeping car porters Rangal, Charles B. - U.S. Congressman from New York Reed, Stanley F. - Supreme Court Justice Rendell, Edward G. - Current Governor of Penna Revere, Paul - Famous American Richards, Michael - Actor, Kramer on Seinfeld Rickenbacker, Eddie - Great American Air Force Ace Ridgeway, Matthew - US Military Leader Ringling Brothers - All 7 brothers and their father were Masons. Roebling, John - architect Brooklyn Bridge and Frederick Olmsted, & Central Park. Robinson, Sugar Ray - American Boxer Rogers, Roy - American cowboy and screen star Rogers, Will - Actor Roosevelt, Franklin D. - President of the U.S. Roosevelt, Theodore - President of the U.S. Ross, Lawrence Sullivan- Brigadier General Confederate Army, President of Texas A&M Rutledge, Wiley B. - Supreme Court Justice Salieri, Antonio-musician Salten, Felix - Creator of Bambi Sanders, Bishop Carl J. - United Methodist Church Sanders, Harland - founder KFC Santa Anna, Antonio Lopez de General of the Mexican Army Sarnoff, David - Father of T.V. Savitt, Bill - Hartford jeweler Sax, Antoine Joseph - Invented the Saxophone (1846) Schomburg, Arthur - Historian, Founder of the Schomburg Collection. Schoonover, George - Founder of "The Builder" Scott, Randolph- Actor Scott, Sir Walter - Writer Sellers, Peter - Actor Sexson, Mark - Minister & Founder: Intl. Order of Rainbow for Girls Shakespeare, William - Writer Shire, Harold - Former Deputy District Atty. of Los Angeles County, CEO of Shire Aeronautical Corp., Presidential advisor to Reagan & Bush administrations Sharpton, Reverend Al -politician Sibelius, Jean - Composer (Finland) Sitting Bull _American Indian Skelton, Red - Entertainer real name was Richard Bernard Smith, John Stafford - Wrote the music that became the US National Anthem. Smith, Joseph founder of the Mormon Church Smith, Wesley (Masonic researcher) Sousa, John Philip - Led the U.S. Marine Band from 1880 - 1892 Schatz, Jerry - Child Actor, stage name Jerry Tucker, Our Gang, Hi Neighbor Stanford, Leland - Drove the gold spike linking the intercontinental railroad & Founded Stanford University Starr, Bart- Sports Packer Quarterback Stetson, John B, Founder of Stetson Hats Stevenson, Robert Louis - Author Stewart, Potter - Supreme Court Justice Steward, Redd - Country Music Performer Steele, Bob - famous radio broadcaster for 50 years on WTIC Radio Still, Andrew T. - American Physician who devised treatment of Osteopathy Stokes, Carl B. - First Black elected Mayor, Cleveland, Ohio Stokes, Louis - U.S. Congressman from Ohio Stone, W. Clemment - Insurance Magnate Stratton, Charles "Tom Thumb" - Entertainer Sutton, Percy - Banker Swayne, Noah H. - Supreme Court Justice Swift, Johathan - Wrote Gulliver's Travels Switzer, Carl - "Alfalfa" Our Gang Comedies Taft, William Howard - President of the U.S. Taylor, Dub - Actor Teets, John W. - Chairman and President of Dial Corporation Thomas, Danny - Actor, Entertainer Thomas, Dave - Founder of Wendy's Restaurant Thomas, Lowell - Brought Lawrence of Arabia to public notice Thurmond, Strom -Politician Thurston, Howard - Last of the great vaudeville magicians. Tillis, Mel - Country Singer Tirpitz, Alfred Von - German Naval officer responsible for submarine warfare Todd, Thomas - Supreme Court JusticeT ower, John -Politician Towns, Edolphus - Congressman Travis, Colonel William B. - Alamo Trimble, Robert - Supreme Court Justice Truman, Harry S. - President of the U.S. Vinson, Frederick M. - Supreme Court Justice Voltaire - French writer and philosopher Wadlow, Robert Pershing - Tallest human on record being almost 9 feet tall Wainwright, Jonathan Meyhew - General U. S. Army, Hero of Battan Waldon, Alton - Former Congressman Wallace, Governor George C. - Presidential Candidate who was nearly assassinated Wallace, Lewis - Wrote "Ben Hur" Warderick, Al-Tareik rapper "Lords of the Underground Warner, Jack - Warner Brothers Fame Warren, Earl - Supreme Court JusticeWashington, Booker T. - Educator/Founder Tuskegee Institute Washington, George - President of US, 1st Wayne, John - Actor Webb, Matthew - First man to swim the English Channel (1875) Wesberry, Dr. James P. - Former Exec. Dir./Editor Southern Baptist Publication Sunday Whiteman, Paul - "King of Jazz" Williams, Bert - Actor, Comedian Williams, Rev. Hosea- Civil rights Activist Williams, Tex- Country singer Williamson, Harry A -author/Masonic historian Wilde, Oscar - Writer Woodbury, Levi - Supreme Court Justice Woods, William B. - Supreme Court Justice Wootton MD, Percy - President American Medical Association (1997- ) Wright, Orville & Wilber - Inventors of flight Wyler, William - Director of "Ben Hur" Young, Andrew - Former Mayor of Atlanta Young, Cy - Cy Young Award Zanuck, Darryl F. - Co-founder of 20th Century Productions in 1933 Ziegfeld, Florenz - His Ziegfeld's Follies began in 1907