Harmony Lodge, # 22, A.F.M.

Charles Gary Spears WM

Brethren, ,

As our Worshipful Master has been called away on personal business, our Senior Warden is buried under many hundreds of pounds of local shrimp and our Secretary is on vacation in Canada, your Senior Deacon has assembled this newsletter for August.

The following information comes from a rare jewel in our Masonic collection. PM Millard Morgan of Port Royal Lodge 242 has researched and offered this interesting website. Cast your bread upon these waters and view a special video about the silversmith Paul Revere and his workmanship:

Brother Junior Warden, Paul Griffin, was the presiding Master for the work part of the Entered Apprentice Degree. Brother Paul did this with grace and dignity. RWB Mayfield remarked on our degree work having dignity within the Lodge out of respect for the candidates. Our pro-tem Tiler, Brother Matt Jordan, looked good in his new suit.

In July, we will start with our regular communication on 8 July, followed by a Third Degree on 10 July, Saturday, at 8:00 am, with a breakfast of shrimp and grits, followed by the degree work. We expect four to five candidates. Come one come all. 17 July will find us enjoying a “Summer Bash” at Harmony Lodge, designed by Darleen Dopson as a Family Fun Day, starting at noon. Please call Sandy Spears at 522-3502 or Mrs. Darleen Dopson at 838-3281 for body count on food by 12 July 2010. Our Lodge will host a Second Degree put on by the Masters & Wardens Club of the Fourth Masonic District on 22 July, 6:30 pm to eat, 7:30 pm to open Lodge and start the degree work. This should be a great time to catch up with long-time friends and see work done as a composite Lodge.

Fraternally,

Charles Spears

Worshipful Master

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From the Northeast

Brethren, ,

The following email message was received on June 19 from Theodore John (Ted) Garbera, who was initiated, passed and raised in Harmony Lodge and who many of us may remember as one big Marine who was a perfect example of an enthusiastic Mason:

Brother, things here have been crazy. Claire is Pregnant! She’s about 10 weeks along now. I told her I wanted to wait until the baby was born to find out the sex, but things are happening pretty quickly!

I have about a month left at the Police Academy. We just shot on the pistol range, and I shot three perfect scores in a row, so now I get a plaque on graduation day. After that, I start working at my Department (Darien, CT) where I will have about three months of Field Training Officer time. I ride around with another officer to learn the ropes and how things work.

We are throwing a Fourth of July party here at the house. It’s going to be both a housewarming and Fourth of July celebration. I will be roasting my first whole pig, so we’ll see how this works out. The new house is coming along great; we purchased in Norwalk, CT. It’s about 10 minutes north of Stamford (my hometown) on I-95. It’s in a great neighborhood and the neighbors are real friendly. And best of all, the guy across the street is a retired Norwalk Cop, so he and I have a lot to talk about. The best part about the house is the previous owners built an addition off the garage that was a studio for the father. I think he was a photographer, but I have turned it into my own personal rec room. My old boss gave me a really great old slate pool table and I have a bar in there. I put all my Marine Corps stuff on the walls and everyone who sees it is impressed. It’s a great spot to hang out with the boys.

Other than that, the yard was pretty neglected over the years, so I’m playing catch up on that to make it ship-shape for the party. I contacted one of the lodges up here, but I haven’t decided which one I want to get involved with, Darien or Norwalk. They know a South Carolina Mason is in the area and are excited to meet me.

I’m going to graduate the academy before I get my fingers in any other pots, though. Give my best to all the brothers at the Lodge. I miss Harmony a lot, and I will try to make a trip down there to visit you guys as soon as I get some free time!

Keep in touch, Ted

An educational offering from WB Moe Morgan: original source is WM W. Vickers, The Canadian Craftsman, June, 1898.

“The cable tow is thus a symbol for the cord or bond of love, which should unite the whole fraternity. Its length or the length of your cable tow is the sacrifice you are willing to make on behalf of your brethren. It is in your heart, not to be measured by miles. It is not gauged by distances, but by the deed. It should correspond to immensity of the monitorial Lodge, and to do so should span the earth, touching wherever there is sorrow or distress. This is only a small part. I hope to have this available on our website in full. Please look for it, as you read our By Laws at www.AFM22.org.”

Fraternally,

Howard R. Harris

Senior Deacon & Newsletter Editor

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Dear Brethern,

Here is the calendar for August 2010.

(A copy in Adobe PDF form is here for easy printing and reading) PUT THIS CALENDAR ON YOUR REFRIGERATOR AS A REMINDER.

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Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday Dear Brothers, Happy Birthday to you!

7/02 Robert Bringle Anderson	7/12 Richard Brian Bruce
7/18 Charles Anthony Bush	7/26 Robert Dysart Cathey
7/23 Henry Carroll Chambers	7/28 Matthew Samuel Dickens
7/20 Denver Gerald Gulledge Jr.	7/05 John Howard Hogue
7/18 James Seaborn Locke	7/25 Homer Kelly Stewart Jr.
7/9 Martin Len Thomas	7/04 Roger Warren Ward

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Wit & Wisdom

“Courage is resistance to fear, master of fear - not absence of fear.”

-- Mark Twain

“A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.”

-- Author Saki

“Defeat may serve as well as victory to shake the soul and let the glory out.”

-- Poet Edwin Markham

“Doing nothing is very hard to do ... you never know when you're finished.”

-- Actor Leslie Nielsen

“Better to be without logic than without feeling.”

-- Charlotte Bronte

“Wine is bottled poetry.”

-- Robert Louis Stevenson

“Finding a way to live the simple life today is a man's most complicated task.”

-- Henry A. Courtney

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Harmony Lodge pictures.

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South Carolina Grand Lodge Official Web Site.

South Carolina Masonic Research Society Official Web Site.

Harmony Lodge history, 1756 to 1983.

Update to Harmony Lodge history from 1983 to 2000.

Most current Update to Harmony Lodge history from 1984 to 2009. - Under construction

Masonic information, "What's A Mason?"

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Trestleboard Articles and Lodge News Letters 2010

June 2010 Harmony Masonic Lodge No.22 A.F.M. News Letter.

May 2010 Harmony Masonic Lodge No.22 A.F.M. News Letter.

April 2010 Harmony Masonic Lodge No.22 A.F.M. News Letter.

March 2010 Harmony Masonic Lodge No.22 A.F.M. News Letter.

February 2010 Harmony Masonic Lodge No.22 A.F.M. News Letter.

Sorry, January 2010 newsletter was not published Harmony Masonic Lodge No.22 A.F.M. News Letter.

Trestleboard Articles and Lodge News Letters 2009

December 2009 Harmony Masonic Lodge No.22 A.F.M. News Letter.

November 2009 Harmony Masonic Lodge No.22 A.F.M. News Letter.

October 2009 Harmony Masonic Lodge No.22 A.F.M. News Letter.

July 2009 Harmony Masonic Lodge No.22 A.F.M. News Letter.

June 2009 Harmony Masonic Lodge No.22 A.F.M. News Letter.

May 2009 Harmony Masonic Lodge No.22 A.F.M. News Letter.

Trestleboard Articles and Lodge News Letters 2008

Trestleboard Articles for 2008.

Trestleboard Articles and Lodge News Letters 2007

Trestleboard Articles for 2007.

Trestleboard Articles and Lodge News Letters 2006

Trestleboard Articles for 2006.

Trestleboard Articles and Lodge News Letters 2005

Trestleboard Articles for 2005.

Trestleboard Articles and Lodge News Letters 2004

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Trestleboard and Lodge News Letters 2003

Trestleboard Articles for 2003.

Trestleboard Articles 2002

Trestleboard Articles for 2002.

Trestleboard Articles 2001

Trestleboard Articles for 2001.

Trestleboard Articles 2000

Trestleboard Articles for 2000.

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Dear Brethren,

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