CHICO-LELAND STANFORD Masonic LODGE № 111 BLOG
Lodge and Other Masonic News
New series on Netflix: Inside the Freemasons
/The BBC and SKY TV networks created a five episode series of documentary interviews and film footage of the British masonry system last year for the 300th anniversary of Freemasonry. This series is now available on Netflix. Each episode is 45 minutes long. Offers a fascinating view of British masonry.
Definitely worth a viewing and discussion in lodge or at a Working Tools Group meeting.
Rescheduled: Bro. Clarence Wonacott's 50th Year Presentation
/Brother Clarence “Red” Wonacott
Will be receiving his Gold Veterans Award for 50 years in Freemasonry
November 13, 2018
Dinner at 6:30pm with public presentation to follow at 7:30pm.
Please mark your calendar and come celebrate his achievement.
Passing of Bro. Stuart Spencer Wade
/Brother Stuart Spencer Wade
Was Called to the Celestial Lodge Above on
September 21, 2018
Services to be held at:
Glen Oaks Memorial Park
On
Saturday
October 6 at 10:00am
Help Us Reach Our Goal: Lodge Chair Repair
/We are so close to meeting our goal to repair the South, West and North chairs in the lodge room. They have done their job since 1994, but now they need some repairs to be used comfortably by all the organizations that use the lodge room.
Please contribute if you can to reaching our goal of $2,600 to begin the repairs. We have so far been gifted $1,995 by 13 gracious individuals, as little as $20 helps.
Consider donating by contacting either the lodge secretary or the building manager, John Gilha.
Thank you to all those that have gifted in this campaign so far!
Join us for a 3rd Degree Raising, Tuesday August 28th
/When: Tuesday, August 28th @ 7:00pm
Note: degree only no proficiency.
Light snacks and desert afterwards.
Do you remember your 3rd degree?
Please make time to come out to support this young brother and help raise him to the sublime degree of Master Mason.
Contact Sid Crane (893-3171 or 111secretary@sbcglobal.net) in the Lodge secretaries office if you need assistance with transportation. Lodge officers and others can help get you to the degree and home again.
Chico Veterans Labor Day BBQ
/To All Lodge Brothers,
Veterans Resource Center of Chico is having a rib cook-off on September 1st at the Bambi Inn, Butte Meadows. They are looking for volunteers and people to participate in the cook-off.
Bro. Glenn Story would like to get a group from our lodge to either volunteer or participate. Are you ready to flex those BBQ muscles and bring forward those secret rib recipes? It's just a good way to get involved with the community, display Masonic brotherhood principles to others, and have some access to some really great food. Contact Glenn if you are interested via the lodge secretary, Bro. Sid Crane:
This could be your teams apron!
Degree Initiation, 1st Degree
/Join us in initiating Mr. Spencer McNairn into our Fraternity.
When: Tuesday, July 3rd @ 7:00pm
Light snacks and desert afterwards.
Remember your 1st degree? Please make time to come out to support and welcome both this new brother into our lodge.
Update: Masonic Service for Bro. Ryan Hyland
/This message comes to us from Bro. Dave Anderson of the Sacramento Scottish Rite:
"Brothers, we are finalizing Ryan's funeral arrangements and subsequently his life celebration. Thus far we know that we will be doing a full Masonic service graveside on Friday July 6 at 3 p.m. in Novato. MW John Cooper, Past Grand Master will be the funeral Master. It will be at:
Valley Memorial Park
650 Bugeia Lane
Novato CA 94945
415 897-9609
Ryan’s celebration of life will be scheduled in about a month. When details are known they will be shared with everyone.
Dave Anderson, 33°
General Secretary
Sacramento Bodies
Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry
Scottish Rite Masonic Center
6151 H Street
Sacramento, CA 95819
916-452-5881
Passing of Bro. Ryan Patrick Hyland
/Brother Ryan P. Hyland
Ryan on the 2016 Scottish Rite Tough Mudder team in Lake Tahoe.
Ryan's obituary: https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/chicoer/obituary.aspx?n=ryan-hyland&pid=189454380&f=portal
Was Called to the Celestial Lodge Above on June 25, 2018.
Services to be held at:
Madison Bear Garden
316 W. 2nd street, Chico, CA
On
Saturday
July 7, 2018 at 4:00pm
Join us for 3rd Degree Raising - Tuesday May 22nd
/When: Tuesday, May 22nd @ 7:00pm
Light snacks and desert afterwards.
Do you remember your 3rd degree?
Please make time to come out to support this young brother and help raise him to the sublime degree of Master Mason.
Contact Sid Crane (893-3171 or 111secretary@sbcglobal.net) in the Lodge secretaries office if you need assistance with transportation. Lodge officers and others can help get you to the degree and home again.
Golden Veterans Award: Bro. Warren Brusie
/Come Celebrate 50 Years of Masonry
Come join with us in celebrating
Brother Warren Brusie
Who has spent the last 50 years tirelessly working within the craft to better himself and spread the light
Tuesday, May 8th
Dinner 6:30pm - Stated Meeting & Ceremony begins at 7:30pm
Please RSVP for dinner with the lodge secretary 111secretary@sbcglobal.net or 530-893-3171
The Chico-Leland Stanford Lodge of Free & Accepted Masons No. 111 presented its Golden Veteran Award for 50 years of membership to Warren Brusie on May 8. Pictured from left are Warren Brusie and Darrel Deatherage, who is grand marshal of the Grand Lodge of California, an inspector of Masonic District 216 and a member of the Chico lodge.
Warren was born and raised in Chico. He graduated from the San Francisco College of Mortuary Science. Warren was a member of the Army National Guard and was a Platoon Sergeant. He started working at Brusie Funeral Home in 1958. Warren enjoys volunteering in the community. His memberships include, Chico Rotary Club, Chico Elks Lodge #423, Chico Aerie #218 Fraternal Order of Eagles, Josephine-Chico Chapter #104 Order of Eastern Star, Chico-Leland Stanford Lodge #111 F. & A.M. Masons (member since 1967), Butte Creek Country Club, Comanche Riders Assoc. Warren sits on the Enloe Medical Center Board of Trustees.
Chico Shrine Club: Hamburger Bean Feed MAY 5th!!
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Brothers, families and friends of the lodge. Come on down to the lodge Saturday May 5th for burgers and beans. If you can lend a hand to the Chico Shrine Club, your offer of help will not be turned away! Come support the dedicated work at the Shriner Hospital in Sacramento.
Saint John's Celebration at the Los Molinos Masonic Family Center
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Saint John's Celebration/Dinner - to honor Saint John the Baptist (one of Masonry's Patron SaintS)
Date: Saturday, June 30th
Time: Starts at 2 pm
Hosted by: The Tehama County Shrine Club, Vesper Lodge and Los Molino Lodge
The celebration starts at 2 pm with a no-host bar, followed by a seven course dinner (interspersed after each course with a toast and a shot of wine). Toasts are to various dignitaries such as the POTUS, Grand Master, Potentate and others. After each toast the shot glass is slammed to the table in a symbolic firing of the cannon. After the dinner, WM Mark Smith (Vesper Lodge) will provide cigars to those who wish to join him outside for a cigar. This is a fun event and will be a great time for Masons and their Ladies to mix and enjoy fellowship.
Cost: $35 per person
Tickets: May be obtained by contacting Mark Smith (530) 215-8864; or, Dean Cofer (530) 736-1832; or, John Gumm (530) 526-1301.
Proceeds will be sent to the Sacramento Shrine Hospital for Children.
Fraternally,
Dean Cofer
Secretary Molino 150; President Tehama Co. Shrine Club
April Schools Month: Help a Classroom in Chico
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We are partnering with the Adult Community Classrooms at Chico and Pleasant Valley High Schools. Their purpose is to provide an environment in which young special needs adults, aged 18 to 22, can continue to learn and develop independent life skills that will help them in their personal development outside of a classroom setting.
The lodge secretary working with Bro. Glenn Story, is accepting the following donations for these classes based on their needs:
- Clorox Wipes
- Hand Sanitizer
- Kleenex’s
- Fruit Snacks
Please consider purchasing these items (the Dollar Store is a good place) and bringing them to the lodge for donation. The lodge has also donated $50 to each classroom to help them in their efforts.
Every April, the Masons of California and communities throughout the state celebrate Public Schools Month. This year, the theme is “Together we make a profound difference for public education.”
Gift card presentation to Pleasant Valley Adult Day Class by WM Darrel Hunter with Bro. Glenn Story who started the classroom adoption project. Also picture of the community garden the kids build and use and maintain.
Special Lodge Dinner & Stated Meeting
/April 10 Dinner and Stated Meeting Events
Dinner Talk "Sacred Geometry in the World"
Bro. Dean Fairbanks will be giving a graphical and colorful account of what sacred geometry is and how it comes about in the natural world and our human built environments. Dean is a professor of geography and planning at Chico State University.
Time: 7:00-7:20pm
Masonic Education Night in our STATED MEETING!
At April’s stated meeting we will host a short video, slides and a talk about aspects of the first degree in the Lodge Room. While we focus much time and energy on the third degree, it is the first degree that provides much of our values, principles and esoteric aspects that are often over-looked but require us to look again and be amazed at how many groups more than 300 years ago helped influence the development of our blue lodge degrees. This presentation will only happen in the stated meeting, where it needs to happen.
Working Tools Group: Showing movie Thursday April 5th
/When: Thursday, April 5th
Time: 6:30-8:30
Where: Lodge Library
We will be showing the new documentary "33 & Beyond: The Royal Art of Freemasonry". Its a beautiful documentary celebrating Freemasonry and was created for the 300th Anniversary of Freemasonry.
Come join us for special movie night. Come share some snacks and a cool beverage with your brothers. You will not want to miss seeing this Masonic documentary.
Please let brothers know in other local lodges: Paradise, Orland, Gridley, and Oroville
Join us for a 3rd Degree Raising - April 3rd
/When: Tuesday, April 3rd @ 7:00pm
Light snacks and desert afterwards.
Do you remember your 3rd degree?
Please make time to come out to support this young brother and help raise him to the sublime degree of Master Mason.
Contact Sid Crane (893-3171 or 111secretary@sbcglobal.net) in the Lodge secretaries office if you need assistance with transportation. Lodge officers and others can help get you to the degree and home again.
