Monthly Digest
Published in the interest of

DeSoto Lodge No. 299

F. & A.M.
Masonic
Temple
  272 Court Avenue
Memphis, Tennessee 38103
Phone (901) 529-4025


Volume 146March 2008            Issue 3

Worshipful Master  Secretary
Michael Ray Harber  Elbert E. Martz, PM
901-221-9095 (hm)  901-837-4579 (hm)
    901-849-0218 (cell)

A MESSAGE FROM...
OUR WORSHIPFUL MASTER...

Brethren,
          I wish to thank each one who took the time coming to our Valentines Banquet this year.   Thanks go to everyone who made our banquet this year a success.   Although we did not break our attendance record we all had a good time.   A BIG THANKS goes to Brother Buddy Malone who called our BINGO Numbers and also the Rainbow Assembly # 1.   Soon we will plan another dinner for our 50-year members and Past Masters.   We will have several (5) Masters Degrees very soon and will be announced by email or be calling the master or secretary.

                                                                                Faternally,
                                                                                Mickey Harber, WM

 


 
Craftsman Club News

Well another month has passed with the Lodge activity is going strong.   Five Brothers were passed to the degree of Fellow Craft.   I would like to encourage all Brothers to come to the Craftsmen Club on Tuesday nights to assist these Brothers in the completion of their degree work, so that we might look for all five to be raised to Master Masons in March.   We also have the Grand Lodge coming up on March 26 and 27.   I hope we will have a good member representation at this event.   I look forward to seeing all of you on Tuesday nights.
                                                                                                    Bill Brooks, SW 2008
                                                                                                    wbrooks0@gmail.com
                                                                                                    (901) 872-8422

 


March Birthdays

Happy Birthday to the following members:   John Thomas Moyes 03/03, James Leon Nichols, Sr., P.M. 03/05, John Ronald Walker 03/07, James Franklin Gibson, Jr. 03/08, William Donald Rose 03/09, Harold Lee Herl, P.M. 03/11, James Preston Whitt 03/11, Calvin Hurst Youngblood 03/14, Eugene Robert Johnston 03/15, Melvin Malcom Jerkins 03/17, Donnie Ray Maxwell 03/17, Jimmy Lloyd Tuck 03/18, James Allen Mills 03/19, Donald Paul Spahr 03/19, Robert Russell Crossno, P.M. 03/20, Earl Woodroe Allen 03/22, Milton Edward Armstrong, Jr., P.M. 03/22, Elwood Lee Qualls 03/24, William Edward Jackson 03/25, James David Pickens, Jr., P.M. 03/25, Charles Arthur William 03/26, and Elvin Ladell Breland 03/27.

If it's your birthday and it is not listed here we would like to wish you a Happy Birthday also, and urge you to send us your information card completed with your current information for our new database.

 


 
Sick and Visitation

Brother Tim Cook is home recuperating from surgery.   He had two discs removed from his neck.   Brother Harold Herl and his wife, Vonnie are ill.

Please keep these Brothers and their families in your prayers.

If you know of any please contact the lodge or secretary.
 

 


Winners of Stated Meeting Drawings

Brother name was drawn for the $50.00 cash prize.   Brother was not present to receive the $50.00.   The money will be place in the Pappy Warner Memorial Fund.   Brother won the $50.00 gift certificate.   Brother   and Brother   won the consolation prizes.

 

 


 
From the Secretary's Desk

We still have a few brothers who have not paid their dues for 2008.   Please mail your dues in and save the lodge the expense of mailing a second notice.

We will be attending Grand Lodge soon and voting on several proposals.   I have a copy of them in my office.   If you want to read them and let your lodge representatives know what you think, come to lodge on Tuesday night or one of the degree nights.

Congratulations to the five (5) brothers who received their Fellow Craft degree in February.   We will be busy this next month preparing for these five Master Mason degrees.   We sure could use some help.   Come and assist and support the lodge as we confer these degrees.
 

 


Special Note - In Memory

Brother William Forrest Mabry entered the Celestial Lodge Above on February 15, 2008.   He was a fifty- year (50) Member.   Please keep his family in your prayers.

 

- Food for Thought and Jokes you can tell even in church -

Attending a wedding for the first time, a little girl whispered to her mother, "Why is the bride dressed in white?"   Because white is the color of happiness, and today is the happiest day of her life.   "The child thought about this for a moment, then said, "So why is the groom wearing black?"

A little girl, dressed in her Sunday best, was running as fast as she could, trying not to be late for Bible class.   As she ran she prayed, "Dear Lord, please don't let me be late!   Dear Lord, please don't let me be late!"   While she was running and praying, she tripped on a curb and fell, getting her clothes dirty and tearing her dress.   She got up, brushed herself off, and started running again.   As she ran she once again began to pray, "Dear Lord, please don't let me be late...But please don't shove me either!"

 


Calendar of Events

Craftsman Club will meet every Tuesday night at 7 PM for study and Ritual work.

TuesdayMarch 4, 20087:00 PM Craftsman Club
ThursdayMarch 6, 20087:00 PM Stated Meeting/Dinner 6:00 PM
TuesdayMarch 11, 20087:00 PM Craftsman Club
TuesdayMarch 18, 20087:00 PM Craftsman Club
TuesdayMarch 25, 20087:00 PM Dark/Grand Lodge
TuesdayApril 1, 20087:00 PM Craftsman Club
ThursdayApril 3, 20087:00 PM Stated Meeting/Dinner 6:00 PM
TuesdayApril 8, 20087:00 PM Craftsman Club
TuesdayApril 15, 20087:00 PM Craftsman Club
TuesdayApril 22, 20087:00 PM Craftsman Club
TuesdayApril 29, 20087:00 PM Craftsman Club
 

 

 
WE HAVE ONE OBJECT IN MIND - TO IMPROVE AND MAKE WIDESPREAD OUR MASONIC TRADITIONS.

 
 
 
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