Hello, from your new Senior Warden in the West I would like to start by saying I'm proud to be here and I will try and continue to do what's best for the Lodge.   I welcome any suggestions on what needs to done or doesn't need to be done in the Craftsman Club.   I hope to see you all at the Lodge functions.
                                                                                                    Bill Brooks ,SW
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Happy Birthday to the following members:   Jack Edward Downs 01/01, Jerry Wayne Sage 02/01, Henry Rew Sloan, Sr., P.M. 02/01, Ronald Paul Wyse 02/02, Newbern Ray, Jr. 02/07, Yorel Hale Sneed 02/07, Daniel Lowe Dean 02/08, E. M. Austein 02/02, Amel Clarence Peterson, Jr. 02/13, Harvey Stanford Sanders 02/13, Jimmy Joe Willis 02/13, Raymond Spencer Clift, Jr. 02/14, William Roland Jennings 02/14, William Stephen Crossnoe 02/15, Earl Eugene Major, P.M. 02/16, Harvey Lofton Gipson 02/18, Walter Frank Mullen 02/18, Marvin Posner 02/18, Charles George Ewerling 02/19, Kenneth Wade Higginbotham, P.M. 02/19, Lazzar Huniu 02/20, Cleo McCarty, Jr. 02/20, Billy Jack Evans 02/21, Eugene Lee Milner 02/21, Newell Sterling Garrett 02/22, Franklin Austin Bogard, P.M. 02/23, Russell Saunders Vaiden, Sr. 02/23, Fred Joseph Warner, P.M. 02/23, Danny Ray Renshaw 02/24, Hugh Miller Surratt 02/27, William Martin Willis, Jr. 02/27, and David Albert Davidson 02/29,

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.

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.
 

Brother David Lamar King name was drawn for the $50.00 cash prize.   Brother King was not present to receive the $50.00.   The money will be place in the Pappy Warner Memorial Fund.   Brother Amel Peterson won the $50.00 gift certificate.   Brother Elbert Martz, P.M. and Brother Byron Wilkinson, P.M. won the consolation prizes.

If you missed the Valentine's Dinner, you missed a great meal and a good time.   Start planning for our next event, a dinner to honor our Fifty-year Members and Past Masters.   Watch the digest for the time and place.

A big Thank You!!!   To the ones who contributed to the H.C. "Pappy" Warner Fund.   This fund assist Brothers of our Lodge only and their families.
 

From the Master's plans our faithful brothers made the foundation for our Lodge.   The materials came from our mother earth and hands formed the building using the Master's design.   Today we still have the foundation, though the bricks are faded with age many are still strong and useful.   The sand that was mixed with the cement is still present however what happened to the cement?   Something must have gone wrong with the cement for we see the results of the sand.   The sand is in small piles and the cement is no longer visible.   From our mother earth we came and thus we must go.   Like the deep-rooted shrub that came loose with just a small pull, Is the hope of starting again still visible?   It is now time to look for more bricks to replace the ones that are now old and crumbly.   As the search continues to find strong bricks hope is always there but results are low.   What will happen when there are "No More Bricks?"   Our Master gave us the plans to plant the seeds.   He sent the water to nourish the seeds and the ground for the foundation and gave us the tools to work the land.   He gave us everything needed for a good crop.   What have we given back to him?   Nothing!   Who will take the challenge to plant those seeds again if YOU are not there?   Is it too late for you to help again with the cement?   Many Lodges today have plenty of sand and no cement.   Will you become a Brick?   The challenge is present and your lodge needs your presence to be a Brick.   Will you come and answer this call?   If not then sit back and continue to see the effects of the drought we are all in together.

If you have questions on how to serve please call the secretary.  

As UNCLE SAM SAID "I WANT YOU!"

Mickey Harber, Master 2008