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Trestleboard: September 2020
Mountain City Lodge No. 67 - Lexington, Virginia

From the East

Brethren,

As we move into Labor Day weekend I hope everyone enjoys some refreshment. (See what I did there?). Joking aside, I want to remind everyone that our stated meeting is Tuesday, not Monday as that is Labor Day. On Tuesday, we are having a Joint Communication with Buena Vista Lodge as the calendar aligns both of our Stated Meetings.

The Grand Lodge has scheduled One Day Conferrals across the state. Mountain City will be hosting for the District on Saturday, October 3. I am happy to report that we have seven candidates and Buena Vista has three. There are strict guidelines for the conferral and we are limited to only having members attend that have assigned roles.

Attendance has been good at our Stated Meetings in July and August as we continue to meet the guidelines set forth by the Grand Lodge. Consider joining us for dinner in the Palms restaurant at 6pm as we are not allowed to serve meals in the Lodge dining hall. We will save a spot for you! Check out our ongoing renovations, the Lodge looks amazing!

Hope you all have a wonderful Labor Day weekend and I look forward to seeing everyone Tuesday!

Fraternally,

Lodge Renovations

As many of you know, Mountain City was fortunate to utilize our time of absence due to COVID-19 to complete some renovations in the Lodge and Fellowship Hall. Here are a few sneak-peak photos, but we hope you are excited to see them in person.

One-Day Conferral

Saturday, October 3rd
Attendance limited to only those directly involved.

With COVID-19 preventing new brothers from being brought to Light in our current process, the Grand Master has approved for one-day conferrals of all three degrees throughout the Commonwealth, but with strict safety and educational requirements. Mountain City will host the one-day conferral for our district on Saturday, October 3rd with nearly a dozen candidates from multiple lodges. DDGM Lyons and RW Boatwright have been working to coordinate the conferral. While attendance is limited to those directly involved, we hope you are excited to add more brothers to the roll of the Craft.

York Rite Updates

Moomaw Commandery of Knights Templar No. 27
Rockbridge Royal Arch Chapter No. 44

The Companions of Rockbridge Chapter No. 44 and the Sir Knights of Moomaw Commandery No. 27 are returning to holding meetings on our regular schedule with our first meeting back on Monday, September 21st.

Please contact the Secretary for both groups, Brent Buswell, if you are interested in these organizations.

Joke from Jack

The Little Girl and the Wittle Wabbit

A little girl walks into a pet shop and asks in the sweetest little lisp: "Excuthe me, mithter, do you keep wittle wabbits?"

And the shopkeeper gets down on his knees, so that he's on her level, and asks: "Do you want a wittle white wabby or a soft and fuwwy bwack wabby or maybe one like that cute wittle bwown wabby over there?"

The little girl puts her hands on her knees, leans forward and says in a quiet voice: "I don't fink my pyfon really giveths a thit."

Masonic Birthdates

Eric William Osborne
September 27, 2017

Kane Galen Mulligan
September 18, 2014

Jesse Samuel Lyons
September 25, 2010

Michael Ray Frost
September 24, 2009

Danny Lee Campbell
September 15, 2007

Paul Jung Estabrook
September 15, 2007

Brent Wade Fellows
September 15, 2007

Gary Keith Butler
September 12, 2005

Mark Edward Riley
September 27, 2005

Larry Stanton Wiese
September 26, 1998

Steve Alan Garrett
September 13, 1995

O. Dee Owens
September 5, 1966

Frederick Cherrington Vaughan, Sr.
September 16, 1954

John Robert Lewis
September 23, 1952

Calendar

Visit our website for dates of all entities and add to your personal calendar for reminders!

Tuesday, September 8th
Joint Mountain City and Buena Vista Stated Communication
6:30 pm Dinner @ The Palms
7:30 Stated @ Mountain City

Thursday, September 10th
Glasgow Stated
7:30 pm @ Glasgow

Millboro Stated
7:30 pm @ Millboro

Tuesday, September 15th
MM Degree Practice - 1st Half
7:00 pm @ Buena Vista
One-Day Conferral Degree Team Only

Monday, September 21st
Chapter & Commandery
6:15 pm Dinner @ The Palms
7:00 pm Royal Arch Chapter @ Mountain City
7:00 pm Commandery Conclave @ Mountain City

Tuesday, September 22nd
MM Degree Practice - 2nd Half
7:00 pm @ Mountain City
One-Day Conferral Degree Team Only

Monday, September 28th
Shenandoah Valley Shrine Club Meeting
7:30 pm @ Mountain City

Thursday, October 1st
Covington Stated
7:30 pm @ Covington

2020 Officers

Master - Wor. Brent W. Fellows

S.W. - Br. Steve McNeil
J.W. - Br. Brent E. Buswell
Secretary - R.W. Jesse S. Lyons
Treasurer - Br. John D. Brandt
S.D. - Br. Adam J. Gross
J.D. - Br. Bruce Lillegard
S.S. - Br. Jonathan R. Vance
J.S. - Br. David James Cartwright
Chaplain - Br. Jimmy Southers
Tiler - Wor. John Morman
Marshal - R.W. Jackson Glisson

Trustees

Trustee - R.W. John Dester

Trustee - R.W. Jesse Lyons
Trustee - Wor. John Mulligan
Trustee - R.W. Torben Pedersen
Trustee - R.W. Fred Vaughan
Trustee Emeritus - R.W. Gerry Locher
Advisor - R.W. Warren Schmid

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If you have submissions for the Trestleboard, please email them to Br. Brent Buswell at brentbuswell@gmail.com.

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