A new year has begun and a new corps of officers has been installed to lead the lodge this year. We have a new secretary and treasurer as well. Please make sure you set aside at least a few third Saturday evenings this year to come to lodge and enjoy the company of your brethren.
Edenton #332 Lodge Hall
Welcome to our site. Stated meetings are the third Saturday of every month at 7:00 PM
January, 2023
October 2022
This month's meeting was a disappointment. If it hadn't been for two visitors we would not have had enough to open lodge. That hasn't happened for quite some time. It especially does not bode well for next month, when we will have our annual election. Please plan to attend this special night.
August, 2022
I apologize for skipping a couple of months but I am now back on track. Here are a few tidbits from our August meeting. We completed the first of two Master Mason degrees toward satisfying our code requirements for the year. Our other degrees are in the books. We had a pancake breakfast at Stonelick Lake on July 6 and donations surpassed any we've done before. The folks in the campground are always very generous. We did have some damage to the lodge from a fallen tree last month but insurance is going to cover repairs which should start this week. We have two sets of four each of red seats from the old Cinergy field (Riverfront Stadium) that are for sale, the proceeds of which will go into our relief fund. Other than that it has been a quiet summer. We are still having dinner at 6 PM before our stated meetings, which start at 7 PM. Come out and join us.
May, 2022
Our May stated meeting was fairly well attended with 11 in attendance. We had a dinner of grilled hotdogs and metts, with potato chips, and potato and macaroni salads. Going forward, we will have dinners before our stated meetings at 6 PM so we won't be at lodge so late in the future. Besides the regular business we voted to donate $100 to the Job's Daughters mini golf outing, and we will have a pancake breakfast at the Stonelick Lake campground on July 16 from 8 to 11:30. We also had 2 sets of 4 seats from the old Riverfront stadium to hopefully sell to make some money for our relief fund. We will also have a Fellowcraft degree at our June stated meeting to help satisfy our degree requirement for this year. I hope to see more of you at our next meeting.
April, 2022
Greetings, brethren. Our April stated meeting was well attended with some brethren who haven't visited for a while. We had a brother complete his degree work at the one day class in Cincinnati on March 26. We have two more who are interested in completing their degree work at the one day class scheduled for April 30 at Russellville lodge. The lodge recently formed a visitation committee to visit our shut-ins and widows to let them know that the lodge is thinking of them and can provide help if necessary. The Master set April 28 at 7:00 PM to do a Fellowcraft degree so we can get moving on our degree requirements for this year. We may also be the recipients of a couple of 4 seat sections from Riverfront stadium that we can use to raise funds for our relief fund. More on that later. I hope to see you at the May stated meeting on the twenty first.
December, 2021
What a year, right? It has been a while since this blog was updated and that is going to be corrected now. The lodge had its annual election of officers and they were installed on December 17. See at right for the list. Covid has put a damper on lodge activities but, if all goes well, things will pick up. We just voted on a new petition and we will confer an Entered Apprentice degree at our January stated meeting. Also, John McCollum received his 80-year service award on November 16. The Grand Master made the presentation.
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| John McCollum receiving his 80-year service award from MWB Timothy Wheeland |
July, 2021
The summer is a slow time at lodge usually. We do have one candidate receiving his degrees. Also, you will be receiving your dues notices shortly. Those of you who have them will be receiving them through your email addresses. Those who don't will receive them through the mail. Both will be sent out by Grand Lodge as a way to help the lodges with dues collection. There will also be an online method of paying your dues. Rest assured that the lodge receives all money paid by you. Donations will be given as you direct. So, have a good summer and since we don't go dark come to lodge if you can.
Inspection
Our inspection is now in the books and the pandemic seems to be letting up some, so now it is time to get to work on the rest of the year. This month we will be voting on a new petition so there should be degree work to do soon. So, if you feel well and comfortable enough, come to the lodge at 7 PM on March 20.
Inspection announcement - updated 1/30/2021
Edenton Lodge's inspection has been rescheduled for March 8 at 7:00 PM. The lodge is having issues in getting enough members to help with the Master Mason degree. Due to the pandemic and the uncertainty around what is safe and when it will be safe to associate with others again, this is understandable. If you can help please rest assured the lodge is taking precautions to keep it's members safe. Still, if you don't feel well and/or don't feel safe coming to lodge, please stay home.
January 2021
We were able to have a stated meeting January 16. Time will tell whether we will have a February meeting. Please note that meetings are for members only for the foreseeable future. We had one brother return his Master Mason exam in a fine manner and we installed the officers for this year. The list of officers is on the right side of this page. We discussed our upcoming inspection on January 29 at 7:00 PM. Since we will be doing the Master Mason degree we will need a few more parts filled. Any help will be appreciated. See Special Meetings for practice dates and times. If you have not done it yet please register on the Grand Lodge's database, Grandview. The instructions are listed in the previous post. You can update your information and see correspondence from Grand Lodge. We were given a rundown on Sixth District events scheduled for the coming year, subject to Covid restrictions, of course, which included a family picnic, golf outing, and other activities. I will list them in future posts when the new officers are elected and installed. The Lodge Education Officer presented a program on Benjamin Franklin, an American founding father and active Freemason, whose birthday is January 17. Pray for your lodge brethren and our country.
Connect with the Grand Lodge database
If you have not registered on Grandview yet, these are the steps to follow. This is for the Grand Lodge's member and lodge administration database. Once you sign up you will have access to Grand Lodge's resources and can make changes to your information. If you have any questions or run into any issues please contact the lodge secretary at (513) 675-3934.
Steps to Register as a Grand View user:
· Access the Ohio Grand View platform URL: https://oh.grandview.systems
· Upper right corner of the page, click-on Member Portal
· The Membership Registration screen should now appear. Fill-in the requested information.
o Lodge Number: Do not enter leading zeros. Example: If your Lodge Number is 4, just enter the number 4 and not 004, etc.
o Member ID: Enter your current member number from your dues card. DO NOT ENTER THE LETTER “M” OR LEADING ZEROS. If your dues card indicates M004321, enter 4321.
o Last Name: Enter your last name as it exactly appears on your dues card
o Click-on the Membership Status button
o A second page will be displayed. Enter your email address and a minimum 8-character password. (Remember your password as only you will know what it is.)
o Click-on to submit your information
· You should now be registered.
November, 2020
I know it has been a while since our last post but this has been a highly unusual year. First, with the covid 19 pandemic, Grand Lodge issued an edict on March 16, 2020, to cancel all meetings until May 10. This meant we missed our March, April and, as it turned out, our May meetings. This included our inspection. This caused a disruption to our scheduled events and activities as well. We had our election of officers November 21 and they are on the updated Officers 2021 page. Unfortunately, with Ohio's rising covid rate, the new Grand Master, MWB Richard Dickerscheid, has issued an edict cancelling all Blue Lodge in-person meetings and activities until January 1, 2021. We will see what happens beyond that. In the meantime, if you have not paid your dues yet, please do so as soon as possible. You can send them to WB Bell. RWB George West was elected secretary again and will take over that office's duties as soon as we can install the officers, which may be virtually, using Zoom or some other platform. And if you have not registered in Grandview yet, you can do so anytime. I will post instructions on how to do it in another post. It will allow you to make changes to your information online so you can be kept up-to-date on lodge happenings.
August, 2019
We were honored that RWB Welch visited with us. We were also glad to welcome our newest Master Mason. He completed his degree work at the Grand Master's class earlier in the day. We also exemplified the Fellowcraft degree to help fulfill our code requirements for the year. Our pancake breakfast this morning was well attended and we were able to make a little money through donations. We voted on a petition and the gentleman was elected to receive the degrees. His Entered Apprentice degree will be on August 22 at 7:00 PM. We also discussed our annual outdoor raising and found that the usual site needs a lot of work to get it back in shape, which we will do. But next month our Senior Warden said we could use a spot on his property to hold the outdoor degree. We will request the dispensation and hopefully be outside next month. If the weather turns bad we will meet at the lodge. Invite other brethren who might want to come and be with us.
July, 2019
The major thing from our July meeting is that we received a petition. The lodge is also going to have another pancake breakfast at Stonelick Lake August 17 from 8 - 11 AM. It will be at the campground. This is also the day of the Grand Master's one day class at CNE middle school.
June, 2019
I am really late with this update and I apologize. There are just a couple of items I would like to mention. We had an awards and widows night at the lodge on July 13, a pancake breakfast at Stonelick Lake on July 6, and we will hold an EA degree at 6 PM before our stated meeting in July. We also plan on having another pancake breakfast on August 17 at Stonelick.
May, 2019
The officers exemplified a Fellowcraft degree at our stated meeting. We will be doing degrees at stated meetings whether we have a candidate or not so we can meet Grand Lodge code requirements. On July 6 we will be at Stonelick Lake for our first pancake breakfast of the year. We will serve from 8:30 to 10. We are again going to support the Ohio Special Olympics by donating some money. We also have a widow and brother in need so we are going to do our best to help them, too. Work is going to start on repairing the lodge roof. It is in need of some repair after ti was damaged by a fallen tree this year. The damage could have been much worse. At our next stated meeting we will be doing a Master Mason degree so please come out and support your lodge.
April, 2019
Our meeting was not well attended. We had enough to open, but that was all. Gary Conn, of Amelia #590, donated to the lodge a set of altar lights to the lodge in memory of WB Al Cloke. They need to be finished and wired for lights and they will be ready for use. We have some issues with the lodge hall that the trustees are in the process of addressing. To make sure we meet all code requirements this year we will be starting to do some degree work. We will be doing the Fellowcraft degree at our stated meeting in May. July 6 we will behaving another pancake breakfast at Stonelick Lake. I hope we can see more of you at our next meeting.
March, 2019
Now that the inspection is over it is time to concentrate on other degrees and activities for the year. Our Worshipful Master has several activities planned and we will announce them as soon as they are scheduled. One thing on our agenda is we are going to have a pancake breakfast at the Stonelick Lake campground on July 6 from 8 - 11 AM. If you want to help that would be great but definitely make plans to come out and eat some pancakes. Any money we make will go into the general fund for charitable purposes. It is with sadness that we report the death of RWB Darvin Rudd. He was a very active Mason, not only in our district, but in others as well. He will be missed by everyone who knew him. I look forward to seeing our brethren at the April meeting.
February, 2019
Our inspection has come and gone and the officers did a good job. It was unfortunate some of our officers could not be there but we were able to cover for them. The inspection report was mostly favorable and with the worst of the rain holding off until the meeting was under way parking was not as big an issue as it could have been. Now that the inspection is behind us for the year we can concentrate on having an active year. Remember, we meet at 7 PM now instead of 8. Hope to see you at lodge.
December, 2018
We held the installation of officers at our stated meeting in December. The new officers are ready to have a good year in 2019. The lodge floor is almost finished with just the baseboards and some other finishing touches to be completed. Other than that we had very little business come up. Everyone have a merry Christmas and a happy new year.
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