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Officer Installation 2013

1/17/2013

 
Brothers and Candidates
 Last Monday night was a special night for your Lodge. Your Officers were Installed by two Past Grand Masters as well as our Deputy Grand Master and our Area Administrator. It was well attended and if I may be so bold, it was done the "right way". Very formal and by the book. A reception was held afterwords and the evening was special.

Of special notice was our Installing Officers Past Grand Master A.D. Anderson (1973), Past Grand Master Jack Allord (1996) and Right Worshipful Deputy Grand Master Daniel Slavik. Grand Master Anderson is 94 years old and delivered a wonderful Installation of your Master and Deputy Grand Master Slavik (next years Grand Master) installed all the other Officers.

 We are especially proud of the fact that Past Grand Master Allord is also a plural member of our Lodge and we are so blessed to have his wisdom and experience.

 It is not often that a Past Grand Master of 94 years of age does the Installation and it was honor that will last a life time. I would also like to than Brother Paul Tourville, our Area Adminstator for his usual fine work as Installing Marshal. 

 It is my hope that all in attendance realized how special the night was.
Your Officers for the 2013 Masonic Year are:
WM Tom Walton
SW Chad Snyder
JW Rob Hanson
Scry/Tr Larry Preston
Chap Dale Anderson
SD Jeff Lichtfuss
JD John Meek
SS Jerry Thompson
JS Matt Baumgartner
Cnsl Lloyd Laskowski
Tyler Ken Stricker

Also installed were two new Trustees, Dale Anderson and Chad Snyder.

This truly is a dream team of Officers. The line is extremely strong and capable with a great mix of youth and age, excitement and experience. What is also special is that we have the Officers of last year who have left the line, still active and participating. 

Especially Brother Norm Burns who has so much experience and knowledge of the building and our history. We will be asking much of him as we involve and "teach" the younger newer members.

Sincerely and Fraternally,
Tom
WM
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Front row l-r RWDGM Daniel Slavik, PMWGM A.D. Anderson, PMWGM Jack Allord Second row: Ken Stricker, Sentinel; Lloyd Laskowski, Counselor; John Meek, Jr. Deacon; Tom Walton, Master; Jeff LIchtfuss, Sr. Deacon; Jerry Thompson, Sr. Steward; Paul Tourville, Area Administrator; Matt Baumgartner, Jr. Steward; Rob Hanson, JW: Chad Snyder, SW; Larry Preston, S/T; Dale Anderson, Chaplain.

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Installing Officer Past Grand Master A. D. Anderson, Tom Walton Master

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Installation Team: Right Worshipful Deputy Grand Master Daniel Slavik, Master Tom Walton, Past Grand Master A.D. Anderson, Past Grand Master Jack Allord, Area Administrator Paul Tourville.

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Past Grand Master A.D. Anderson

The loss of Milton Krueger, and the friendship​s of Freemasonr​y

1/12/2013

 
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Brothers,

This week we buried a gentle and most revered Freemason, Brother Milt Krueger. Brother Milt was a good friend and I will miss him. As we were getting prepared to enter for his Masonic Service, I was talking to the Commander of Janesville Commandery #2, Past Master Fran Prusansky, as we were reflecting on Milt's life and how we will miss him.

I mentioned to Fran that as I have gotten older and have been to so many Masonic Services of my good friends that I felt I was starting to move into what the Master Mason Degree is all about it. In the book Freemasons for Dummies, I found the following:

"The Entered Apprentice degree represents youth because it teaches the most basic lessons of belief in God, the necessity of charity to mankind, the importance of truth, and the value of keeping one’s word.

The second degree is the Fellow Craft, which represents manhood, the middle period of life. During this degree, the importance of education and work, and the awesome power of God, are taught to the Mason.

The Master Mason degree represents age. The brother is encouraged to reflect on his deeds and make peace with his God because death is a strong theme during this degree. How a man lives and dies is the most important message the degrees of Masonry convey."

I feel myself getting more tired as years go by and accepting more and more the inevitable loss of my good Brothers and friends and yes, even myself. When I was young and learning about Masonry, I was excited (and still am) but knew so little regarding the awess of its teachings. As I became more involved and developed my own sphere of Masonic Brothers through "working for the craft", I found my best friends. I have learned that the Brothers I have "grown up with" are so special and so vital to my being that I hate the thought of loosing any one of them.

Then the inevitable happens and you find yourself a little easier to deal with the loss because of what we have been taught and the promise of the acacia and life eternal. I would ask each of you to cherish your friendships, if you are new to the Fraternity, grow your friendships and be close, you will need and support each other as you move along your peaceful journey.

You will spend a lifetime with them and when you are near the inevitable, you will be with each other and you will have had a life time of togetherness. During your Entered Apprentice of youth and the Fellowcraft of your working years and into the peacefulness of being with your cherished friends as you find age, you will know what it means to be a Freemason, you will feel it . It is not the pins, not the perfect ritual, not the accolades and not the awards; it is the tears, smiles, laughs, hugs, phone calls and memories of life with your good friends and Brothers.

I will miss my good friend and Brother, Companion, Sir Knight, Sublime Prince and Knight of Honor; Milt Krueger.

Tom
WM

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