Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem: August 2009

Sunday, August 30, 2009

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.

Brother Bruening

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

Interesting Masonic Information-Part 2

From an email message from David Hunter of Hiramhunter Masonic Supply, posted by Soj. Pam Noyes, WHP:

August 26, 2009

After last weeks message regarding the Meridian, I received several comments and confimation of that tragic event but more so the events of the return of the ring.

I was encouraged by Brother Patrick Higgins to feature an article regarding Walter Breuning, from Great Falls, Mont., where 112-year-old proudly stands as the oldest man currently living in the nation.

Thanks to Brothers Higgins and Macgilivary for helping with research and they believe Walter is a 33rd also and are 99% sure he belongs to Cascade Lodge #34 in Great Falls, MT.

If you know Brother Walter, and have his address let me know.

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

CLICK THIS LINK TO VIEW A GREAT NEWS VIDEO

CBS story regarding Walter

I also found this article:

Walter Breuning, in addition to inheriting the title of Oldest Living Man in the World, has been recognized for yet another title: the world's oldest Mason and Shriner.
Members of the organization came from all over the state - and country - to honor the legend, including the Imperial Potentate of Shriners International and the highest ranking Shriner in the world, Jack Jones.
Walter was given a plaque and pin for his seven-plus decades of dedication to the cause during a Sunday ceremony at the Rainbow Assisted Living Center in Great Falls.
"There's many men who are interested in these organizations, but when it comes to commitment, Walter is the man," explained Grand Warden Tom Duffy, Jr. "He's had years of commitment, 75 plus in Masonry and Shrinedom. Boy, if Webster had a definition behind it, wouldn't it be Walter right behind 'commitment'?"
It was just about a week ago the oldest man in the world died, allowing the title to be passed to Walter, and it's been a busy week since then for Walter, including fielding calls from around the country and visits from well-wishers, including one from Governor Schweitzer.
(from July 22, 2009) The title of "Montana Governor" is pretty exclusive, but Governor Brian Schweitzer met a man that's in line for an even more exclusive title.
Schweitzer chatted today with 112-year old Walter Breuning, who is believed to be the oldest living man in the world now. The previous holder of the title, Henry Allingham of England, passed away over the weekend, which leaves Breuning as the new record-holder.
Schweitzer and Breuning talked about various things including the economy; Breuning says these days don't even compare to the Great Depression. He and the governor agreed that Montana's economy is faring better than much of the rest of the nation.
Breuning noted, "That's why Montana is in such good shape. We got a lot of good salaries going to everybody. The state highway, hell, what do you get? 21 dollars an hour? Sure! That's good wages."
The governor also presented Breuning with a basket of fruit.
Breuning says eating well and keeping your mind active is the key to a long life. He will celebrate his 113th birthday in September.

Interesting Masonic Information-Part 1

I have been receiving emails from an online Masonic supply store that I had purchased a few things from for my installation. Below and in the next couple of posts I am sharing the contents of a couple of those messages.

Posted by Soj. Pam Noyes, WHP

Quoted from the email message received from David Hunter of Hiramhunter Masonic Supply:

I received this story from one of my customers and thought I would share it with you too.

Thanks Wor Bro Harry A. Bruno!

The Meridian
A Masonic "Sign, Token or Word" Brings Comfort after a Tragedy

We learn of certain "signs, tokens and words, whereby one Mason may know another in the darkness as well as at noonday". But what about a sign from beyond.... from the eternal Lodge above... that all is OK? On Monday, January 31, 2000, Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashed into the Santa Barbara Channel off the California coast. On board that flight were two couples from Poulsbo, Washington. The men, Bob Williams and Bob Thorgrimson, were friends and Brothers. Both were Past Masters of Warren G.Harding Lodge. A tragic crash, the plane broken into bits, and its precious contents scattered to the four winds of heaven. Most plane pieces settled into the sea in water 700 feet deep. Other pieces, like the seat cushions, floated to the surface, there to be picked up by fishermen and others providing assistance after the crash. Two fishermen on a small boat, the Meridian, worked for hours hauling wreckage and personal effects on board. They dutifully turned everything over to the Coast Guard, as evidence to help reconstruct the crash and determine its cause. Or at least they thought everything had been turned over to the authorities. On the day after the crash, two squid fishermen were washing their boat of the jet fuel that contaminated the debris picked up the day before. Stuck in a recess under the handle of the deck hatch, was a gold and red Masonic ring. Word got out that the fishermen had this Masonic ring. The local Sheriff came to the house of one of the fishermen demanding the ring be turned over to him as evidence. The fisherman's wife was threatened with arrest. She refused! The ring was going to be returned to the family of its owner. "She wasn't giving it up -- she was that strong in her convictions" The two fishermen, one a native of Poulsbo, spent twenty hours contacting Masonic Lodges trying to identify to whom the beautiful ring belonged. They finally determined that the ring belonged to Wor. Bob Williams, given to him by his wife Patty. The ring, worn by the passenger flying thousands of feet above the ocean, in a plane that falls to the ocean's depths; the ring that mysteriously appeared within hours of the crash on the deck of a boat being worked by a fisherman hailing from that small fishing town of Poulsbo, 1100 miles from the crash site. Who can possible explain how something so small would curiously be found by these two fishermen who would make every effort possible to see that the ring would bring peace and light, after death, to the loved ones of the deceased? Bob Williams' daughter feels she knows the answer. Tracy Wnizek struggled to accept the death of her parents, but the Masonic ring was a sign from her father. The father and his small daughter had long ago made a pact that the first to die would send a signal to the other that all was well in the hereafter. Only a year before the accident, after her grandfather died, she reminded her father of their old pact. A message would be sent from beyond "to let the other person know if it's OK, like we think it's going to be". The Masonic ring was her signal... a message from her father. The "Meridian" truly was a divine ark, sailing in the tempestuous sea of troubles off the coast of California last January. Bob William's Masonic ring was a sign to a troubled daughter that her parents had found rest in the Lodge not built with hands, eternal in the heavens. On February 13, 2000, more than 300 people gathered at the Bremerton Masonic Temple in memory of their four friends and Masonic Brethren. The Bremerton Scottish Rite and Warren G. Harding Lodge conducted memorial services. Hearts were feeling the loss of loved ones and a few minds had to be wondering, that the Grand Architect of the Universe used a Masonic ring as a sign to a grieving daughter, in the darkness of her grief, that her parents were in a far better place and wanted her to know that "all is OK"? Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers are extended to the families of these two couples and to the Brethren of Warren G. Harding Lodge.

Saturday, August 15, 2009

Other Shrines Sickness and Distress Prayer Requests

Dear Sojourners,

From email notices I received, please pray for the following Sojourners (and their family members) from other Shrines as shown below. I am once again heading to Oregon to visit Soj. Roger Noyes of Starlight Shrine #1.

Posted by Soj. Pam Noyes, WHP Starlight Shrine #1

H. JoAnn Painter, SWC mother passed away yesterday -8/11. No further details at this time.

Ken, PSWOS and Gretchen, SWT Sayres' granddaughters Josie-7 and Haley-12 lost their mother on Aug. 1 as the result of a motor accident.

Soj Barbara Brooks (SWO) for Patricia & Pat) mother passed away this morning (8/12) Visitation 5-8 Thursday and Funeral at 10:00 Friday at Wellman Funeral Home in Circlesville, OH.

Hilda Weber- Hope Shrine, Oak Lawn (Barbara Eagan's traveling companion for many years and also her SWH) is very ill. She is now under Hospice and is responding only to voices.

Oh and please remember them with cards!

Rogene R. Rogers
Supreme State of the Order Comm.

Alchor Shrine Member May Mew took our Heavenly Father's Hand August 12. No news yet on the Memorial.

Catharine Borst, WHP, Alchor Shrine

Re: May Mew – there will be family services only. A dinner in celebration of her life will be towards the end of September. Donations to Mastick Senior Center, 1155 Santa Clara Avenue, Alameda, 94501.

Thursday, August 6, 2009

Concerns for August 6, 2009

CONCERNS:

It was reported today that Soj. Bert Maitland is at home recovering from open heart surgery. Soj. Del Clark is helping care for him.

Soj. Roger Noyes was re-admitted yesterday to the ICU at OHSU and is currently receiving treatment for a blood clot and undergoing dialysis.

Please lift both our beloved Sojourners in prayer. Thank you.

Posted by Soj. Pam Noyes, WHP

Saturday, August 1, 2009

Bunco Party held on August 1, 2009

W. Shep. Sharene Parini and W. Guide Chris DiGuilio did a fantastic job with the Bunco Party annual fundraiser. Everyone was laughing and enjoying themselves (or very intensly concentrating on those dice), as you can see in the photos in the other two posts below.

Thank you to everyone who helped with food donations, door prize donations, drawing prize donations, set up and clean up. Also a big thank you to everyone who came and participated in the event!

Posted by Pam Noyes, WHP