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Lodge Events Now & Then
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Vision 20/20 Conference, Saturday, January
21st … Grand
Senior Warden, R:. Rick Reichert, presented a seminar hosted by Wyandotte Lodge No. 3. Vision 20/20 is a program initiated
by the Grand Lodge to help lodges come up with a plan or vision of where they want to be or what they plan on accomplishing
by year 2020. R:. Rick gave a very informative presentation
on the purpose and execution of how planning can be made easier by proceeding by small steps to reach your final goal. We broke into study groups to discuss ideas among the various lodges, after which
we enjoyed a lunch of soup and sandwiches.
Grand Masters visit, January 6th... Most Worshipful Grand Master of Kansas Masons, Tracy L. Bloom made
his official visit to Wyandotte Lodge No. 3 on Friday, January 6th. A delicious dinner was prepared by our Junior Deacon's
wife, Carla, and was enjoyed by all. After which, W:.M:. Terry Miles opended lodge and formally received the Grand
Master and his party. The lodge meeting was called from
labor to refreshment for the purpose of presenting awards and the ladies and non-mason guests were invited in. M:.W:. Tracy Bloom presented Br. Ed Hatfield with a Perpetual Life Membership and as a courtesy
to Wellington Lodge No. 150 presented a Sixty-year Membership Award to R:. David Aday. R:.W:. David, a Lecturer Emeritus,
kept the audience entertained with many stories of his days as a Grand Lodge Lecturer. Our congratulations to both
these Brothers. Worshipful Master Terry Miles presented M:.W:.
Tracy Bloom with a placque that thanked him for all the help he had given Wyandotte #3 during the past year as Grand Master.
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| SW Mike Kupsch & W:. Warren Arnold |
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| Br. Ed Hatfield & M:.W:. Tracy Bloom |
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| Grand Master, M:.W:. Tracy Bloom & Sec. W:. Bob Babbitt |
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| R:.W:. David Aday & M:.W:. Tracy Bloom |
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| SW Mike Kupsch & W:. Warren Arnold |
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| W:. Charlie Stephenson & wife Judy |
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| M:.W:. Tracy Bloom & W:.M:. Terry Miles |
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| R:.W:. David Aday and Family |
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| Our Grand Master and Worshipful Master |
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| M:.W:. Tracy Bloom and W:.M:. Terry Miles |
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Installation of 2012 Officers, December
3rd, 2011... The Installation
of 2012 officers was held on Saturday, December 2nd following a delicious meal of smoked brisket and herb baked pork
loin. We had a nice large crowd who enjoyed the ceremony
of installation of our Worshipful Master for the year 2012, W:.B:. Terry C. Miles and his officers. R:.W:.
Bob Schroeder was the Installing Master and was assisted by Installing Marshall, W:.B:. Allen Webber and Installing Chaplain,
W:.B:. Jim Rumsey. The Job's Daughters of Bethel No. 2 presented their Bible Ceremony prior to the installation and
also were our escorts. Help in serving, picking up dirty dishes and cleaning the kitchen was provided by Boy Scout Troop
No. 160. Our thanks go to these two groups of fine young people for their help. The whole evening was very relaxed and enjoyable. As requested by our new Master, we collected nonperishable items for donation to Cross Lines Cooperative
Food Kitchen. We had five or six boxes of food plus a $500.00 check from the lodge. Thank you Masons, charity
is a large part of our teachings. Finally, the Brethren want to thank W:.B:. Warren Arnold, his wife Jody and the officers
that served with him for the really good year we had in 2011. We got a lot of things done and started a lot of
new programs that hopefully will become the traditions of the future.
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| M:.W:. Glen Means, Past Grand Master of Missouri |
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| M:.W:. Glen Means & wife Mary Jane |
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| W:.M:. Terry Miles and wife Jill |
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| W:.M:. Terry Miles & Installing Master R:. Bob Schroeder |
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| Our officers and their ladies. |
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Family Dinner Meeting, November 4th... A Family Dinner Meeting was held on November 4th with many attending.
We enjoyed traditional turkey and dressing with an array of desserts. Thanks to all who provided the desserts. This was W:.B:. Warren Arnold's last Dinner Meeting as Worshipful Master
and everyone acknowledged him and his wife Jody for all they have done during the past year. We had a visitor, 'Buzzy' the Balloon Clown (W:. Earl Genter,
Past Master of Hancock Lodge #311 at Ft. Leavenworth) who entertained the kids and those not in our meeting. The
ladies enjoyed watching the kids with the clown, and the kids,of course, had a great time. Our thanks to W:. Earl
for getting dressed up and driving from Ft. Leavenworth, although I think he enjoys entertaining maybe more than
those being entertained. Good food,
good entertainment and a lodge room full of Masons made for a very nice evening.
Family Dinner Meeting, October 7th... A Family Dinner Meetingwas held on Friday, October 7th with a
very good attendance of Brother Masons their families and friends. After a delicious roast beef dinner, everyone
adjourned to the lodge room for a presentation by Mr. Doug Spangler, legal representative of the Wyandotte Nation. Doug held everyone's interest with history stories of how the Wyandot Indians moved from
Ohio to 'Indian Terrotory' land at the fork of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers they had purchased from the Delawares.
He also related the influence early members of Wyandotte Lodge #3 had, not only in Kansas but in Washington, D.C., prior
to and during the civil war. We thank Doug Spangler for a very interesting evening and I think everyone could have
listened to more. A short business meeting was
held afterwords. The evening was very entertaining and enlightening.
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| Mr. Doug Spangler, legal representative of the Wyandotte Nation |
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