2012 Installation of Officers for North Star Lodge

The Installation of Officers for North Star Lodge for 2012 was held on Sunday Feb. 05, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. Lunch was served by members of Olive Branch Chapter No. 1, O.E.S. an hour before the ceremony.

I had the opportunity to welcome the guests and say thanks to the Officers and visitors before turning the Installation over to RW DDGM Bro. Darrell A. Louis. Following, the Officers vacated the room and returned wearing the proper aprons for the incoming administration.

RW Bro. Louis then proceeded to install the officers in due form with the assistance of W. District Education Officer Brother David A. Rich, RW Wayne P. Golden, PDDGM as Installing Chaplain, and myself as Installing Marshal.

The Ceremony was performed with dignity and decorum. Newly Installed Worshipful
Master Brother Jeremy William Allin now has the privilege of governing the Lodge.

I was pleased to serve North Star Lodge as Master for the last 2 years, but I look forward to someone else holding the reins for now. I will continue to act as Lodge Reporter so you will still hear from me in that capacity.

Here’s to a good year for the 2012 Officers of North Star Lodge.

Fraternally,
Dennis A. Sheridan, Past Master

A time for renewal at Gideon Lodge for WM Jerry Parziale

It was best said by RW Stew Aronson, “Installations are not just the time we change the Lodge Officers but are a time for Lodge renewal. Certainly the leadership changes but this is the time we “renew” our commitment to the Lodge, the community and the Craft in general.”

The new incoming Master, Jerry Parziale has been one of the most active and faithful members of the Lodge but for various reasons it was not his time to take the Oriental Chair.

Today it was.

With the assistance of RW’s Stew Aronson, Dave Spiller, Bill Sawyer, Mike Pettengill, Bob Sutherland, Wor. Don Willoughby and MW’s David Lamprey and Jerry Sawyer the new Master assumed his position.

Gideon Lodge like so many, ran into situations common to all; do we sell the building; do we merge with another Lodge; how do we attract new Brethren; how do we keep them active, etc. Working together they have found the secret and raised eight new Masons in the last two years, many of whom have taken Officer positions. The renewal of spirit has caught on in Kingston and was evident to the many family and friends who witnessed this ancient ceremony.

Shown are RW Aronson and the new Master, Worshipful Gerald Parziale.

Well done, Gideon Lodge. You have a bright future.

Tucker Lodge #99 Holds Annual Installation.

The lodge of Freemasons located in Raymond, NH, held its annual installation of officers on Sunday, January 15. The ceremony was witnessed by family and friends. The officers who performed the ceremony included two past grand masters of the NH Grand Lodge and two past First District deputy grand masters. Notably, three of the lodge’s newest master masons are beginning their journey through the officer stations. The ceremony was followed by presentation of the first annual Edward W. Moulton award for masonic service in Tucker Lodge #99, and then concluded with a luncheon. For information about Tucker Lodge #99 contact Steven Welch, and concerning its 100+ years of history contact John Stewart.

- Roger F. Retzke

It Was A Family Event At The Installation Of Vincent R. Puleo At Moses Paul Lodge In Dover

Masonry runs in the Puleo family and that was evident “over in Dover” for the installation of the Lodges 70th Master recently. The family history dates back to Grandfather Richard J. Puleo, Sr. who was the Potentate at Bektash Temple in the early 1990’s. This continued with Rick Puleo, Jr. who is a Past Master of Mt. Lebanon Lodge #32, in Laconia and concluded recently with the installation of Wor.
Vincent R. Puleo. (since the new Master is engaged, who knows when the next generation might be added)

WM “Vincent” Puleo had his Jewel and Charge given by Wor. “Dad” Puleo and witnessed by many friends and family in a packed Lodge of standing room only.

Assisting in the installation was MW C. Wayne Libby, Jr., RW’s William S. Sawyer, John F. Gordon, Michael V. Pettengill, and Worshipful’s Michael R. Steward, Donald S. Meserve, Richard J. Puleo, Jr. and Brothers John T. Pond, Jr. and John Moulton, Grand Organist from our neighboring state of Maine.

The Lodge is named after MW Moses Paul who was Grand Master in 1858 and 1859. During his term GM Paul instituted the office of Grand Lecturer and set the stage for the semi-annual GL Communications.

The first picture is with the new Master, his fiancé Rachel Clennon, his mom Ruth Puleo and Grandmom Priscilla Puleo.

The second picture shows that all new Masters need the Tile adjusted and the third is the Gavel given by WM Puleo’s fiancé and Wor. “Dad” Paleo.

And a good time was had by all.

A Different Kind of Installation Ceremony

On the date noted above, the Officers of St. Marks Lodge No. 44 in Derry, NH were installed into office by a Guest Degree team. Worshipful Master George B. Chapman invited the Profile York Rite College Degree Team is do the Installation ceremony dressed in Grand Royal Arch Chapter regalia.

This was a semi-public Installation Ceremony and the Installing members of the team were considered guests of the Worshipful Master. With that decision in mind, we arranged a Team to meet the criteria.

RW Brother Richard F. Cole, Jr. Past District Deputy Grand Master, Most Excellent Past Grand High Priest and the present Grand Governor of New Hampshire for the York Rite Sovereign College of North America, was the Installing Officer. Joining him were Worshipful Brother Robert D. Steel, PM, MEPGHP, and Past Governor for Profile York Rite College of N.H. as Installing Chaplain, W. Brother R. Bradley Alderfer, PM, Grand Scribe of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of NH and present Governor of Profile Y.R. College as Assistant Marshal, W. Brother John S. Geas, P.M., MEPGHP, and Past Governor of Profile Y.R. College as Installing Secretary and RW Brother Dennis A. Sheridan, PDDGM, MEPGHP, Past Grand Governor of YRSCNA as Installing Marshal.

The Installing Officers were dressed in the red color of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter, with Grand Officer Aprons, Collars and Jewels as in the picture shown. The ceremony went very well, with solemn dignified ritual with only a small amount of humor displayed. We thanked the brethren and their guests and were treated to a delicious Roast Beef Dinner served by the OES and Rainbow Girls. An excellent time for all!

Submitted by:

Dennis A. Sheridan, RW PDDGM District Five of NH
Worshipful Master of North Star Lodge No. 8, F & AM of Lancaster, NH

St. James Lodge #102 Hosts Annual Installation

Three’s were wild at Saint James Lodge #102 for the installation of Alan E. Jones.

1. Three scholarships
2. Three Gavels to the incoming Master, and
3. Three Grand Masters who were raised in this Lodge

At the afternoon session held on Saturday, more than 85 Masons, family and friends gathered to
celebrate the installation of Wor. Alan E. Jones, during this 50th year of the Lodges founding.

The afternoon started by presenting scholarships to three deserving students from Winnacunnet
High School in Hampton. This has been a long standing tradition and is part of the Lodges community
involvement. During the presentation, a show of hands indicated about half of those present had been
associated with the local School (including the Supreme GM, Maggie Leary)

The installation ceremony was conducted by a “gold crew” made up of Saint James alumni including,
MW Jeremy Sawyer, MW David Lamprey, Roger Clark, Manfred Muscara, Harold Fernald, Richard
Chevalier and David Williams. During the ceremony Wor. Alan E. Jones received three Gavel’s; one
from the installing officer, one from his lovely wife Cindy and a home-made gavel from his father-in-law.
Maybe he can alternate their use during the meetings.

At picture time we had the opportunity to see three Grand Masters who were raised at Saint James
Lodge, PGM Jeremy J. Sawyer, PGM David J. Lamprey and our Presiding Grand Master Paul M. Leary.
Also interesting to note was that PGM Lamprey was Master at the time GM Paul Leary was raised. How
many times have you raised a Brother and wondered what his Masonic future would be ?

The afternoon concluded with words of thanks from Wor. Alan E. Jones, who introduced many family
members including his mom. The afternoon was capped off with a great ham and bean supper.

Quite a day,
-Bill Sawyer

3 Generations of Fallers Share The Lewis Award

It was a joyous occasion at Chocorua Lodge #83, Holderness, NH, on the evening of December 21, 201l. With our Grand Master, Paul Leary, on hand to present the Lewis Jewels, the Lodge had the occasion to recognize the prolific Faller family of Freemasons. Covering three generations, all Members of Chocorua Lodge, they made a double triple – three generations and three Lewis Awards. Br. Ted Faller, the “Grandfather”, the patriarch, though not a recipient himself, was the “anchor” in the Lewis Award. Next receiving the Award were his sons, Michael and Andy, the “second generation”. And last but not least was Andy’s son David, the “third generation”.

The Lewis Jewel, new to the NH Grand Jurisdiction, recognizes Master Masons, who, at the time of their raising, had a father, grandfather, or great grandfather who is/was a Master Mason in good standing. For details please contact the NH Grand Lodge Office.

(left to right: Mike Faller, Ted Faller, Chris Faller, Grand Master Paul Leary, Lisa Faller, Andy Faller, and David Faller)

Article and Photo by Bruce Kominz, DEO #8

Grand Lodge Donates $10,000 to NH DARE Program

On December 7, 2011 The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the state of New Hampshire donated a check in the amount of $10,000 to the New Hampshire DARE program. The NH Masons have been donating to the DARE program since 1986 and have contributed upwards of $300,000. These funds have been raised through local lodges and on the state level.

Present at today’s ceremony were Colonel Robert Quinn, Captain Scott Carr, Sergeant Kevin Oxford, Grand Master Paul Leary, and members of the Grand Lodge DARE Committee; Lloyd Doughty, Richard Tuck and Mark Langis.

Colonel Quinn thanked thanked the Grand Lodge for their continued support of the DARE program.

Gilbert Hugh Palmer installed as WM of St. John’s #1

Gilbert Hugh Palmer was installed as Worshipful Master of St. John’s Lodge #1 in a continuous line of
Masons that started in 1736 and continues to present.

WM Palmer’s family Masonic history goes all the way back to his Great-grandfather in an unbroken line.

An interesting point from WM Palmer is that from the Marshal, to the four Stewards, both of the
Deacons and both Wardens are all “newbies” and have not served as Past Masters. This will put the
Lodge in a great position for many years. He noted that we rely on Past Masters for advice but having
the line full of fairly new Brethren is a plus. New ideas coupled with the old traditions, make a valuable
mixture.

Members of the installation team included, RW William S. Sawyer, RW John F. Gordon, RW Michael V.
Pettengill, Wor. Michael L. Steward, Wor. Glen R. Gordon, RW Robert L. Sutherland, Jr., RW Ronald E.
Metcalf and Bro. Nelson K. Ward. Also present was Robert E. Buffum, the dean of Past Masters of the
Lodge having served in 1965.

After the installation, the collation was provided by “master chef” PM Phil Fraser of the Sister Lodge St.
Andrews who also meet at the Portsmouth Temple

In the program was a statement that sets the tone: “Freemasonry and St. John’s Lodge have a rich
and valued history to which our Officers will look for inspiration and guidance as we move through
the coming year, being ever mindful that we are but the stewards of our venerable institution for a
short time. With the ongoing commitment to brotherhood, friendship and community, we hope to
strengthen our Lodges for those that will follow us in the years to come.”

Shown here are WM Palmer, along with his wife Helen and their lovely daughters.

After the installation, the collation was provided by “master chef” PM Phil Fraser of the Sister Lodge St. Andrews who also meet at the Portsmouth Temple with the assistance of brothers from The Scythe of Time Chapter of The Widow’s Sons – Dennis A. Tuttle, Noah Blanchard, Sean Fogarty, Michael Hagman and AJ Hopey.

North Star – Master’s report December 2011

Report from North Star Lodge.

Lancaster held their Annual Olde Tyme Christmas Celebration on Thursday December 01, 2011, and the members of North Star Lodge again persevered through the reception of an excellent amount of guests who toured our Lodge. Several of my fellow Lodge Officers kept taking turns offering private tours around the quarters. These fellows would return to the main door tired and winded, but jumped back up to take the next group through a private tour. Worshipful Brother John B. Nay, a 60 year Veteran and Past Master, was seen everywhere offering his help when needed and obviously enjoyed the ordeal. The first request made to guests would be–would you sign our guest register? After that they toured, joined the Ladies in the dining area and enjoyed some of our pot luck dinner. Many were there for the food, but some actually showed some interest in the Lodge. A few actually asked for information on how to join. They were handed proper materials and given contact information. After the main rush was over, we closed the Lodge doors and held an hour long meeting. All business was completed, surprisingly. The Chaplain counted 90 names on our guests register for the evening. And that didn’t count the ones that ran by too fast to catch. We were pleased with such a turnout for the little Town. December seems to be the month for us to strike gold with the Open House theme. It has been going on for 6 years now, I believe. At least Freemasonry is coming visible in the public’s eye.

To view some pictures of the event go to http://s1203.photobucket.com/albums/bb399/ dasheridan49/Open%20House%20December%202011/#!cpZZ2QQtppZZ24 Submitted by: Dennis A. Sheridan, RW PDDGM District Five of NH Worshipful Master of North Star Lodge No. 8, F & AM of Lancaster, NH