Trestleboard, July 2017

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Email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. Trestleboard, July 2017 Mountain City Lodge No. 67 / Lexington, VA From the East Brethren,    Hello, and Happy Summer and July 4th. Have a great time with your family and friends: be safe, eat too much, play too much, and laugh too much!!! :). This month we have slowed down. Enjoy it: we will be picking things up again in August. This month’s Stated will be on July 10th due to the holiday;  the program will be with Dr. Wilder on the Rockbridge Fair in September. Practice will be Wed July 9th, 7:00 pm, and Wed. July 26th 7:00 p.m.   There are no degrees this month at this time.   Thanks and God Bless. Fraternally,  John J. Mulligan WM  From the West Brethren,   There has been, apparently, some discussion about the impact of my business travel on my ability to serve as WM next year, (if elected).   Please let me explain how our travel works, and hopefully that will allay some concerns.    We attend a great many festivals up and down the East Coast and a little further West. These festivals are always, obviously, over the weekend – some Saturday only, some Saturday and Sunday.    Depending on the location, a festival ending on a Sunday could conceivably impact my returning in time for a Stated Communication. Similarly, the location will impact our departure dates for the Festivals – some will require Thursday travel and a very few will require a Wednesday departure from Lexington.    This year we also have two personal trips scheduled – one in July and another in August.  We haven’t seen our kids or grandkids in 7 years – including a grandson we’ve never met – so I hope nobody will begrudge me these two trips which won’t be repeated next year.   Now – the festivals are set on specific weekends, i.e. the first Saturday, or the third weekend, of a particular month. As we know from our Lodge Calendar, this arrangement is subject to the fixed calendar, so the first Monday of the month can be the day before the second Tuesday. Some months may have five weekends, so scheduling these festivals and associated travel can be somewhat confusing. This year has been a little more so than most. In any event, please be assured that I will make every effort to be home for Stated Communications, Practice nights and Degree work, and I trust if any Brother has any questions about my schedule he knows he can speak to me at any time.   Fraternally,  John Morman SW  Officers   Master - Wor. John J. Mulligan S.W. - Br. John William Morman J.W. - Br. Roger Arlyn Jarrell II S.D. - Br. Brent W. Fellows PT J.D. - Br. Ian Huyett Secretary - Rt. Wor. Warren Schmid Treasurer - Br. Bradley Hastings S.S. - Wor. Lyle Scott Cassell J.S. – Br. Tullis Beasley Marshall - Rt. Wor. Jackson Glisson Chaplain - Br. James Southers Tiler - Br. Thomas Duff Trustee - Rt. Wor. Warren Schmid Trustee - Rt. Wor. Frederick Vaughan Sr. Trustee - Rt. Wor. Baldwin Gerard Locher Jr.   Calendar of Events   Monday, July 10th: Dinner @ 6:30 pm, Stated @ 7:30 PM. Wednesday, July 19th: F.C. degree practice @ 7:00 PM. Thursday, July 20th: F.C. degree at Buena Vista Lodge @ 7:00 PM. Wednesday, July 26th: Practice @ 7:00 PM. Submissions   If you have submissions for the Trestleboard, please email them to Br. Ian Huyett at Huyett.I@law.wlu.edu. Copyright © 2016, Mountain City Lodge, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: 103 W Nelson St, Lexington, VA 24450 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list

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