Installation of Officers - November 18th, 2009 was the date for installation for our new Master and his officers. WB Gregory Maes was installed as Master of the Lodge.
Royal Arch Degree - Congratulations to Companion Christopher Marco Thompson who received his Royal Arch degree on September 26th, 2009.
Congratulations to Ellensburg Council #26 who received their Charter September 24th, 2009. The first Charter given to a Council in Washington State in a little over twenty-five years.
Ellensburg Council - Officers Installed
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Ellensburg Council #26 Officers and Installing Master, July 23rd, 2009.
Front row left to right: Installing Master MIC Floyd Synder, Al Taylor, Jeff Bartow, Bob Johnston, & Phil Tillman.
Back row left to right: Pat Stanton, Greg Maes, Nick Henderson, Bob Crosier, & Jack Purcell. |
Royal & Select Masters Degrees - May 16th, 2009. Companions Richard Kelly, Frank Grunert, Rudolph Schade and as a courtesy for Companions Albert Bledsoe, Daniel Marsh, and Matthew Walter. Busy day for the new Ellensburg Council #26. Congratulations Companions.
Ellensburg Council - holds its first Royal Master & Select Master degree, March 26th, 2009.
Congratulations to Fred Noyes for further light in Masonry.
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1st Degree - Congratulations to Brother Matt Ballantyne who received his Entered Apprentice degree on March 25th, 2009.
Ellensburg Council - Ellensburg is forming a Council of Royal & Select Masters. We are currently under dispensation and our first meeting was January 22nd, 2009.
Installation of Officers - November 14th, 2008 had a public installation for our new Master and his officers. It going to be a good 2009 as WB Nathan Hill was installed as Master of the Lodge.
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Nathan Hill - Master for 2009. |
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WB Pat Stanton our new Secretary and B Marco Thompson our new Junior Warden taking their obligation. |
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New officers for 2009 from left to right: B Marco Thompson - Junior Warden, WB Greg Maes - Senior Warden, WB Jeff Barton - Senior Deacon, WB Nate Hill - Worshipful Master, WB Tedd Hansen - Tyler, WB Al Taylor - Installing Marshall, WB Bob Johnston - Chaplain, WB Pat Stanton - Secretary, VWB Nick Henderson - Marshall. |
1st Degree - Congratulations to Brother Brennen Lee who received his Entered Apprentice degree on November 12th, 2008.
Mark Master Degree - Congratulations to Brothers Marco Thompson and Matt Walters received their Mark Master degree on September 30th, 2008.
Rainbow Girls - September 13th, 2008 had a two district meeting and installation. Girls, parents, Worthy Advisors, Worth Matrons, etc. from all over the state were in attendance.
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A colorful array of dresses were present. |
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3rd Degree - Congratulations to Brother Derek Knudson who received his Master Mason degree on December 11th, 2007.
Out going Master - Among the usual business at the stated meeting on Wednesday November 21st, 2007 the Lodge members gave out going Master WB Tedd Hanson a standing ovation for his fine work in 2007.
Installation of Officers - November 17th, 2007 had a public installation for our new Master and his officers. WB Pat Stanton was installed as Master of the Lodge for 2008.
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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 - Congratulations to Brother Marco Thompson who received his Master Mason degree on October 20th, 2007.
3rd Degree - Congratulations to Brother Sean Turpin who received his Master Mason degree on September 11th, 2007.
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. |
1st Degree - Congratulations to Brother Jacob Smith who received his Entered Apprentice degree on June 20th, 2007.
2nd Degree - Congratulations to Brother Derek Knudson who received his Fellowcraft degree on May 16th, 2007.
1st Degree - Congratulations to Brothers Marco Thompson, Andrew Lewin and Willy Garrow who received the Entered Apprentice degree in April, 2007.
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.
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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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. |
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Nate and his
"Good Dog" Angus. |
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The back of the Wall Crew.
Pat, Nick, Tedd, Nate, & Greg. |
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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, and Nick Henderson (taking the picture). We estimated 800 man hours to clean up the Lodge this go around. A special thank you to Bob Johnston for lending a generous helping hand. 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. |
