Brethren

Another weekly heads-up from the Semi-official Charleston Masonic Town Crier on what's coming up that I know about - please let me know of any functions your Lodge has going (other than regular stated meetings) you want passed around and I'll put the word out. I've been hearing about and seeing a lot of visitation going on in the 1st and 2nd districts, and if this email is helping that to happen then it's doing what it was intended to do. Thank you to the brothers who sent me word this week of upcoming events for inclusion in this edition, and thanks for the help and kind words I've received from so many of you on this project. A couple of things changed from last week's blurb so be aware!

Here's this week's scoop...

Ft Moultrie #428 (Island Club, Sullivan's Island SC) Will be putting on a MM Degree on Thursday 18June09. Dinner @1830, meeting @1930.
Hudson Lodge #373 (14385 Snieders Highway Islandton - will be putting on a FC Degree on Thursday June 18th.
There will be a DeMolay meeting at the Goose Creek Masonic Building (145 St. James Avenue) Thursday 18June2009 @1900. There will also be a meeting of the Goose Creek Rainbow Advisory Board also at 1900
The GA/SC Joint Meeting this year is Friday 19June09 in Augusta GA at the Augusta Scottish Rite (2553 Washington Rd). RWB Noel Rogers is putting together a carpool - $25ea pays for gas and rental of a vehicle. Contact RWB Noel for more info or to sign up - nrogers@knology.net
James Island Lodge #396 ( 1613 Fort Johnson Road James Island) will be having their monthly breakfast fund raiser Saturday 20June09 from 0700 to 0900AM. Come hungry - leave happy.

The Grand Master is scheduled to visit Mariner #2 (1285 Orange Grove Road) for a Master Mason Degree on Monday 22June 2009.( Bring cards/gifts for RWB Blackwood's birthday, and any sure-fire cures for stage fright for Br Tom Lewis.) A candidate from Goose Creek #401 will be raised along with two Mariner candidates. Collation @1845, Degree @1930. SW Tom Lewis is scheduled to put on the degree with WB Bobby Pennington III as King Solomon. There is also planned to be a presentation to Landmark #76 of the Andrew Buist Murray Past Masters Jewel. WB Murray was a millionaire philanthropist who was Master of Landmark in the 1880s and his jewel was found earlier this year by Br.Don Burbage of Union Kilwinning #4.

There will be a Order of Rainbow for Girls meeting at the Goose Creek Masonic Building (145 St. James Avenue) Tuesday 23June2009 @1930.
St Andrews 367 (819 Wappoo Road Charleston SC) will have an E.A. degree on Wednesday June 24th. Coalition at 6:30pm with the degree starting at 7:30pm.
Old Fort 420 will be having a fireworks booth at Tomlinson's Warehouse on Dorchester Rd in the Oakbrook Shopping Center from 25June to 5July 12 to 12.
MacArthur Lodge #427 (145 St. James Avenue) will be having an EA degree on Thursday 25Jun2009, Collation at 1845 and Degree work begins at 19:30. JW Bro. Bill Simpson, will be conferring the degree
Jacksonboro Lodge #206 (6085 Hwy 165 Ravenel) has scheduled a EA degree on Thursday the 25th of June, and may need some help but more importantly support & fellowship.
Orange - Charles Towne #14 (1285 Orange Grove Road) will be holding a Fellow Craft on Thursday June 25th eat @ 6:45 and meeting 7:30.
The Rainbow Girls will be attending their Grand Assembly at the Scottish Rite Center in Columbia from 25 - 28 June.
Jacksonboro #206 (6085 Hwy 165 Ravenel) will be having their monthly breakfast fund raiser Saturday 27June09 from 0700 to 900AM. All are welcome. Come hungry - leave happy.
Ridgeville #361 (119 Academy Street Ridgeville) will be holding a MM degree on June 27th. 8AM breakfast/9AM degree put on by Past Masters Unit from Charleston.

Etiwan #95 (338 Whilden Street in Mt. Pleasant) will be having their monthly breakfast fund raiser Saturday 27June09 from 0700 to 900AM. All are welcome. Come hungry - leave happy. Although Etiwan is going dark in July and August, they will continue doing the breakfast on the 4th Saturday through the summer.Also check them out on the web (GL approved) at etiwan95.org.

The South Carolina Masonic Research Society will hold their quarterly meeting at James Island Lodge #396 ( 1613 Fort Johnson Road James Island) on Saturday 27June09 @1100. The meetings are open, always interesting and they are always looking for new members. Come learn something new about Masonry and amaze your brothers who went to the beach in stead. Scheduled program includes the Charleston Masonic Walk. http://www.scmrs.org/news/news.htm
Fidelity# 304 (2827 Maybank Highway Johns Island) will be having a Spaghetti Dinner fund raiser Saturday 27July09 from 14:00 to 18:00. $6.00/plate eat in or take out. Come to think of it, you can make a Masonic day of it - Breakfast at Jacksonboro or Etiwan, do the Masonic Walk with the SCMRS to work up an appetite and then get spaghetti at Fidelity.
Hammerton Lodge #332 (1085 East Montague Avenue N. Charleston) will have a Fellowcraft Degree for 4 candidates on Tuesday, June 30. (This moved from the prior week.) Supper at 6:30, and the degree will start at 7:30.
JULY - (A lot of Lodges go dark this month so pickins are slim)
Fidelity# 304 (2827 Maybank Highway Johns Island) will be having their monthly breakfast fund raiser Saturday 04July09 from 7:00 to 9:00AM. All are welcome. Come hungry - leave happy.
Scottish Rite (1051Sam Rittenburg Blvd) will be having their monthly breakfast fund raiser Saturday 11July09 from 0700 to 1000AM. $6.00/person buffet style. All are welcome. Come hungry - leave happy. See you there.
The Grand Master MWB Barry Rickman is scheduled to visit Union-Kilwinning #4 (1285 Orange Grove Road)
for their regular Stated Meeting on Thursday 16July09. Collation at 1830, meeting at 1930. They will be dark in August.
James Island Lodge #396 ( 1613 Fort Johnson Road James Island) will be having their monthly breakfast fund raiser Saturday 18July09 from 0700 to 0900AM. Come hungry - leave happy.
Goose Creek #401 (145 St. James Avenue) will be putting on an EA Degree on 20July09 , collation at 1830, degree work at 1930.
Mariner #2 (1285 Orange Grove Road) will be putting on a Master Mason Degree on Monday 20July 2009. Collation @1845, Degree @1930.
Orange - Charles Towne #14 (1285 Orange Grove Road) will be holding a Master Mason Degree On July 23 eat @ 6:45 and meeting 7:30. Jacksonboro #206 (6085 Hwy 165 Ravenel) will be having their monthly breakfast fund raiser Saturday 25July09 from 0700 to 900AM. All are welcome. Come hungry - leave happy.

Etiwan #95 (338 Whilden Street in Mt. Pleasant) will be having their monthly breakfast fund raiser Saturday 25July09 from 0700 to 900AM. All are welcome. Come hungry - leave happy. Although Etiwan is going dark in July and August, they will continue doing the breakfast on the 4th Saturday through the summer.Also check them out on the web (GL approved) at www.etiwan95.org.

Goose Creek #401 (145 St. James Avenue) will be putting on a FC Degree on 27July09, collation at 1830, degree at 1930.
Mariner #2 (1285 Orange Grove Road) will be putting on an EA Degree on Monday
27July2009. Collation @1845, Degree @1930.

That's all I know about for now, stay tuned for further developments.
You may have noticed I generally don't announce regular stated meetings unless there is a degree involved. For those who are unaware of it, Grand Lodge has a Lodge Locater button on the website that tells you where the Lodge is and when they hold their Stated Meetings. It will search by city, county, district, Lodge name, Lodge number, or even meeting night. Word to the wise - a lot of Lodges go dark in July and August so it might be a good idea after you find the business meeting on the locator to contact someone in that Lodge and make sure they're not dark before you go. http://www.scgrandlodgeafm.org/LodgeLocator.htm

Please pass the word to your Lodge Brothers and forward this email to other brothers as you see fit - it's cheaper and faster (and possibly more accurate) than the newspaper. Everyone has a few email addresses that I don't have, and if they get it twice it only takes 1 second to punch "delete". A lot of Lodges go dark in the summer, so if you don't make that visit you've been meaning to this month you may have to wait until September.

Please remember I'm dependent on the rest of you for what's going on in your Lodges - don't assume because you know about it that "someone" will let me know. "Brother Someone" hasn't been getting the word out, you need to do it. And please be proactive and don't wait until right after you just got the weekly announcements to remember to send me something that should've been in there, I'm keeping this down to 1/week so I don't flood everyone's mailbox. Send me what you're doing as soon as you know so I can get you as much exposure as possible for as long as possible. I can't guarantee everyone who knows about your function will come to it, but I will guarantee everyone who doesn't know about it won't be there.We can support each other by visiting each other's Lodges, it's the Masonic thing to do.

If you talk to a brother who has email but didn't get this and wants to be included, get his email address to me and I'll plug him in. It's best to email me both with new addresses as well as new functions so I don't hose it up. This mailing is an evolving thing as is the list of people I have addresses for. If you got this and would rather not be in the e-mailings also let me know and I'll take you off the list. I promise not to send you chain letters or other junk email unless you send me some first.

"It's amazing how much good you can accomplish if you don't care who gets the credit." Harry S. Truman - US President, PGM of Missouri.

Respectfully and Fraternally
Tom Lewis, Jr 32° KTSW Mariner Lodge #2 Charleston, SC
Life Member Jackson Lodge #45, Jackson TN

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