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Stated Communication: 3rd Wed. of every Month Dinner: 6:30pm Lodge Opens: 7:30pm Last updated: January 8th, 2008 |
Congratulations Derek - December 11th had a Special meeting for Derek's 3rd Degree.
Out going Master - Among the usual business at the stated meeting on Wednesday November 21st the Lodge members gave out going Master WB Tedd Hanson a standing ovation for his fine work in 2007.
Installation of Officers - November 17th had a public installation for our new Master and his officers. WB Pat Stanton was installed as Master of the Lodge for 2008. It's going to be a good year.
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Master elect Pat Stanton taking his obligation. Promising to do a good job. |
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Installing Marshall Charlie Chapman, Ellensburgs new Master Pat Stanton, and Installing Master Pat's friend Rabi Peifer, member of and Past Master of Maritime Lodge #239 in Seattle. |
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New officers for 2008 from left to right: VWB Nicholas Henderson - Junior Deacon, B Nathan Hill - Senior Warden, WB Pat Stanton - Worshipful Master, WB Gregory Maes - Junior Warden, WB C. William Elkins - Secretary, WB Robert Johnston - Chaplain, B Christopher Thompson - Senior Deacon, and WB Charlie Chapman - Installing Marshal. |
3rd Degree - October 20th had a Special meeting for Marco's 3rd Degree. Congratulations Brother.
3rd Degree - September 11th had a Special meeting for Sean's 3rd Degree. Congratulations Brother.
125th Anniversary - July 2007
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The Lodge celebrated its 125th Anniversary on July 28, 2007 with an open house and program for the community. Master Tedd Hansen gave a summary of the Lodge's history, using the North wall as a timeline to portray where various events fell between the founding of the Lodge in 1882 and the present day. Tedd is nearing the mid-point of the wall that marked both the end of World War II and the approximate time our longest standing member, W.B. Bob Johnston, joined in 1948. |
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Our first distinguished guest speaker was Washington's Grand Master, M.W.B. Wayne I. Smith. MWB Smith spoke to the Lodge and its guests about the importance of the Masonic Fraternity in modern times. |
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Our second distinguished guest speaker was R.W. Brother Lonnie Traylor, Grand Lecturer of Prince Hall Masons of Washington. RWB Traylor regaled us with several amusing stories and reminded us that we're all working toward the same goals and ideals. |
New Brother - The Stated meeting of June had an Entered Apprentice Degree for Jacob Smith. Congratulations!
2nd Degree - Brother Derek received his Fellowcraft degree in May. Congratulations Brother.
Three New Masons - April had Entered Apprentice Degrees for Brothers Marco Thompson, Andrew Lewin and Willy Garrow. Congratulations Brothers.
A hearty and sincere THANK YOU to Yakima Compass Lodge #24 for their generous gift of eight gorgeous benches! They gifted four 10' and four 12' benches all of which fit our Lodge beautifully and look as if they were made for us. Thank you Brothers. Click on an image for a large picture. On some computers these may be slow to load.
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In preparation for our 125th Anniversary we had decided that the lodge room walls needed a face lift. It had been quite some time. Because of the numerous wrinkles in previous layers of wallpaper we thought it best to remove them and give it a clean start. When we got started we discovered nine layers of wallpaper.
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| We started with the Northern wall of the Lodge. The process of removing the old wallpaper is easier than many of us thought (except for the height). Note the blue strip along the top edge. Details below. | ||||
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| This photo is a close-up of decorative wallpaper trim hidden under several layers. It must have been spectacular when it was new. | ||||
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| More of the old trim revealed. | ||||
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| Some flocked old trim found under a movie screen support. | ||||
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| It appears that the two West wall doors use to be taller and narrower. It also turns out that the wallpaper was holding up part of the plaster. |
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| Wallboard goes up. | Some wallboard comes down. |
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| More plaster came loose than we planned and hoped. |
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| Scraped, cleaned, patched and ready for paint. | ||||
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| First coat! Hurray! | ||||
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| Second coat! Hurray! Hurray! Next, clean up! Hurray! No wait... |
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| Next, drapery and pictures. | ||||
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Under all the layers of wallpaper we found some graffiti, one piece has a date of "1904" on it. So, we're guessing that was the year of
the first layer of wallpaper, or there about's. We, the "Ellensburg Masonic Lodge" didn't occupy the building for a number of years a hundred years ago,
so we're pretty certain that none our past Lodge Brothers contributed to the art. Nate was working on this section of wall and all of a sudden we heard "Hey guys! Check this out!" |
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We found this lovely lady a few weeks later on the South wall. |
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A number of pieces of graffiti are hard to see. This "Ellensburg Washington" has some style to the lettering. |
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An interesting character seeing light for the first time in 103 years. |
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| Tedd scrapping up high. | Nate and his "Good Dog" Angus. |
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| The back of the Wall Crew. Pat, Nick, Tedd, Nate, & Greg. |
Pat and Greg (pictured) take a break on the roof. |
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| Considering there were nine layers of wallpaper, some with paint on them, there had to have been
many wall improvement teams. The current Wall Crew is Brothers Nate Hill, Dog - Angus Hill, Pat Stanton, Tedd Hansen, Dogs - Grace and Mattie
Waters-Hansen, Greg Maes, not pictured (taking the picture) Nick Henderson, and with generous help from Bob Johnston. The Dogs, by the way, were real
good help if we accidentally dropped or threw a tennis ball while we were working. The Lodge wouldn't be standing, or at least in as good of shape if it wasn't for Bob Johnston, Bill Elkins, Al Taylor, Neil Leibly, Bob Crosier, and many others including numerous past generations of Ellensburg Masonic Lodge Brothers. |
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More pictures are coming soon!
Our 2006 High School Scholarship Winners!
Presented to the recipients by Master Nick Henderson.
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| Kittitas High School recipient Jamie Hudson. | Thorp High School recipient Charlotte Glaves. | Ellensburg High School recipient Jackson Beach. |
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