Camden Lodge 159

Brethren, Our last Lodge meeting we had our District Education Officer in attendance for his annual program. During his presentation he mentioned the name of an unusual Lodge named, Arts & Sciences Lodge (Ohio). I thought I would put something together on Lodge names. Did U Know? Lodges are named for a number of different [...]

Brethren, This story was written in 2009 and sent to me in 2010 by W. Bro. Ed Halpaus. It makes some really great points and raises some questions, at least for me. Did the Lodge try to contact the suspended Brother anytime during his 30 years of suspension for non payment of dues? I will [...]

Brethren, I did a short series of Masonic Texas Rangers. I thought you should know the who, what, when, where and why of them. This was taken from three or four different websites. Did U Know? It was Stephen Fuller Austin, a Freemason, who had the fervent wish to organize a group of hardy men [...]

Brethren, Continuing with our Masonic Texas Rangers. Did U Know? Leander Harvey McNelly was born March 12, 1844 near Follansbee, Brooke County, Virginia. Leander spent two years in Missouri with the family of his older brother Peter, before returning to Virginia. By the later 1850s, Peter McNelly had settled in Washington County, Texas, bringing Leander [...]

Brethren, Did U Know? Back in the fall of 2005, the Chicago Bulls decided to honor their former All-Star forward Scottie Pippen by retiring the six-time champion’s jersey number. As time moved along — and as Pippen’s role in the Bulls organization increased — the franchise eventually decided this wasn’t enough. So on Thursday night [...]

Brethren, I apologize for not having sent a DUK for a couple weeks. My computer has been giving me fits not to mention Time Warner cable receiving my wrath. But, I am good to go again and I appreciate your patience. Now back to the quarries for me. I had three current event Masonic stories [...]

Brethren, We lost another well known member of our great Fraternity this week. I got the majority of this info from Wikipedia. W. Bro. Norm Lincoln furnished me with his Lodge affiliation. Did U Know? Ferlin Eugene Husky was born December 3, 1925 and passed away March 17, 2011. He was an early American Country [...]

Brethren, Did U Know? By an overwhelming vote at their Annual Communication in Waco, Texas, the Texas Masonic Grand Lodge (2010) approved the Major John B. Jones Masonic Rangering Company, part of the Former Texas Rangers Foundation, as one of the authorized organizations to which Texas Masons may belong.  Grand Lodge of Texas law Article [...]