Every lodge room that I have been in (Kentucky) has a chair in the North. Don't know why. Never thought to ask.Perhaps the chair in the North are lodges who share a room with Eastern Star - while I'm not a member of ES I have observed such a chair in these shared lodge rooms, in addition to the normal JW's station in the South.
Perhaps the chair in the North are lodges who share a room with Eastern Star - while I'm not a member of ES I have observed such a chair in these shared lodge rooms, in addition to the normal JW's station in the South.
Every lodge room that I have been in (Kentucky) has a chair in the North. Don't know why. Never thought to ask.
Good reasoning. I'll ask some of the other members as I am now curious.said that when the OES stopped meeting in our lodge room, they removed the chair. So it could be for OES or Rainbow if they also use the lodge room.
While OES may have departed our building, they left the OES dishes in the kitchen. Boy, did they have dishes. We've got cabinets full of OES decorated china. I've washed them a few thousand times in my Masonic career, too
Wow! I can kind of see their point of view however.the GL won't let us sell it, give it away or get rid of it in any manner other than destroying it as they don't want "Masonic China" out and about outside the control of a lodge, so we keep it because destroying it just rubs everyone the wrong way!
Funny!
We have dishes from both lodges that merged to form our current lodge - Shiloh Lodge 558 and MacCalla Lodge 596 and there was recently talk of getting NEW china that has Shiloh - MacCalla Lodge 558 on it, as if two enormous sets of china were not enough! We hold onto it however, because the GL won't let us sell it, give it away or get rid of it in any manner other than destroying it as they don't want "Masonic China" out and about outside the control of a lodge, so we keep it because destroying it just rubs everyone the wrong way!
Better you ask 4 forgiveness then permissionFunny!
We have dishes from both lodges that merged to form our current lodge - Shiloh Lodge 558 and MacCalla Lodge 596 and there was recently talk of getting NEW china that has Shiloh - MacCalla Lodge 558 on it, as if two enormous sets of china were not enough! We hold onto it however, because the GL won't let us sell it, give it away or get rid of it in any manner other than destroying it as they don't want "Masonic China" out and about outside the control of a lodge, so we keep it because destroying it just rubs everyone the wrong way!
You need to come visit a nj Lodge if you're close enough to the border. I think it would blow your mind. I'm sure it would do the same to me if I ever made a trip to paHere in PA, the Treasurer, with the Chaplain between the two but one step down.
You need to come visit a nj Lodge if you're close enough to the border. I think it would blow your mind. I'm sure it would do the same to me if I ever made a trip to pa
I'm a PA mason. From what I was told by my mentor New Jersey and New York we're different specially with the 1st°. I for one would love to see this. I live 20 miles from the border NJ outside of Allentown.
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