Missouri Lodge of Research (MLR)

Meeting at GL in Columbia

September 24, 2012

RWB Larry R. Houge

ANNUAL MLR MEETING

This year’s Annual Meeting of the Missouri

Lodge of Research will be held at the “Holiday Inn

Select”, located at the I-70 South Outer Rd on the

West side of Stadium Blvd in Columbia, Missouri.

This will be held during the Annual Session of the

Grand Lodge of Missouri. This Session will be

from September the 23rd

through the 25th

when

Grand Lodge closes and holds its annual open

installation of officers for 2012-2013.

The Missouri Lodge of Research Annual

Meeting also includes the election of officers for the

insuing year and will be held during the meeting

beginning at 4:15 PM on Monday afternoon, the

24th

, in the Windsor IV Room in the Holiday Inn

Select unless everyone be notified otherwise. There

will definitely be a lot of interesting business to

come before the MLR membership in attendance

this year.

Also, do not forget our Annual Breakfast will be

held Tuesday morning at 7:00AM, our outstanding

MISSOURI

Lodge of research

OFFICERS Worshipful Master – Larry R. Houge

Senior Warden – Nicholas R. Ciechielo

Junior Warden - Steven L. Harrison

Secy-Treas - Ronald D. Miller

6033 Masonic Dr Suite B

COLUMBIA MO 65202

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Truman Lecture Series will continue and this year

our honored guest speaker will be Brother Clifton

Truman Daniel, the Grandson of our Past Grand

Master and President Harry S Truman, who was

Raised to the Sublime Degree of Master Mason in

Illinois and surely this will be a “don’t miss”

presentation. Plan on being there at our Annual

MLR Breakfast for sure this year!

Bro Clifton Truman Daniel

Tickets will be available at the Lodge of Research table in the hotel lobby on Sunday and Monday, however, seating is limited and since your ladies are also invited to attend this function, reservations should be made NOW! www.momason.org/LodgeofResearch When: Tuesday Morning, September 27th Time: 7:00 AM Price: $20.00 per ticket (May be ordered through and received from the Grand Lodge office, make checks payable to: Missouri Lodge of Research. Enclose self addressed, stamped envelope for faster turn around.)

Father Time and the Virgin Stands Tall in California

In the tourist community of Mendocino, California, a traditional Masonic emblem soars above the community for all to see. According to Wikipedia, the free, online encyclopedia, the Masonic Hall in Mendocino was built in 1866 of local redwood by Eric Albertson and John Gschwend. Wikipedia states: "Eric Albertson, who was the first Worshipful Master of Mendocino Lodge No. 179, crafted from a single redwood trunk the unique sculpture of Time and the Maiden which adorns the top of the (Masonic) hall's cupola. Also known as Father Time and the Virgin, the sculpture incorporates a book and a fallen column and has become a local landmark. While its exact symbolic meaning is shrouded in Masonic secrecy, one Mason has interpreted its meaning as 'Time, patience and perseverance will accomplish all things.' " Mendocino, located north of San Francisco, about halfway to Eureka, draws thousands of tourists. It is near the Redwood National Park and features beautiful views of the Pacific coastline, hotels and bed and breakfasts, and a downtown area filled with shops, art galleries, restaurants and museums. The Masonic Hall is probably the highest structure in town, and everyone's attention is drawn to the unusual emblem on top. The Masonic Hall is often used as a backdrop for movies and TV series, such as Murder She Wrote (1984-1996) with Angela Lansbury and two episodes of The Fugitive (2001) with Tim Daly, Wikipedia says. Mendocino Lodge holds its meetings on the second level of the Masonic Hall, while the first floor serves as the local branch of a bank. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places.

----- Reprinted from the Masonic Information Center newsletter FOCUS Vol. 19, Issue 2, June 2012 ----

A small boy swallowed some coins and was taken to a hospital. When his grandmother telephoned to

ask how he was, a nurse said, 'No change yet.'

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(DECEASED) PAST GRAND MASTERS OF MISSOURI

N A B B O C H S E M A J E S S E W

M K A H C J O H N S O N H N N U M

A O C R A R O N S O N T G O E W A

R O D I N R E V O R G U N I W O R

T C W R D O R O O B Y C O T O L C

I S E M O D L Y H M D K S A H S U

N E D O H B E D S C A E I N L N S

D W W R O C E R N T E R R O E E H

I C A R G J H R F A R L R S U D M

C S R I R S O A T S L U O U M R C

K I D S A K U K P D A Y M G A M F

E W B E U E G R L M O M R A S A A

R E A W E L H A L A A W O X N I R

S L T I L L U L A G H N N H L L L

O H E N R Y C C H I L E S E T L A

N I S G E L V I S M O O N E Y I N

D R O F D A R B M S E M A J N W D

YEARS NAME YEARS NAME YEARS NAME

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1821-22 THOMAS F. REDDICK 1913-14 (Van Fremont) BOOR 1959-60 H(arold) O. GRAUEL

1822-25 N(athaniel B.) TUCKER 1915-16 (Frank R.) JESSE 1962-63 MARTIN (B.) DICKERSON

1825-28 EDWARD BATES 1917-18 (William A.) CLARK 1964-65 (George F.) MORRISON

1851-53 (Benjamin W.) GROVER 1935-36 J(ames W.) SKELLY 1967-68 WILLIAM R. DENSLOW

1860-61 MARCUS H. McFARLAND 1938-39 HENRY C. CHILES 1968-69 ELVIS (A.) MOONEY

1872-73 SAMUEL H. OWENS 1940-41 HARRY S. TRUMAN 1970-71 W(illia)M H. CHAPMAN

1876-77 X(enophon) RYLAND 1941-42 H(arris) C. JOHNSON 1975-76 LEWIS C. WES COOK

1877-78 (Thomas c.) READY 1947-48 MORRIS (E.) EWING 1979-80 GUS O. NATIONS

1883-84 (Lee A.) HALL 1949-50 JAMES M. BRADFORD 1991-92 D. ROBERT DOWNEY

1894-95 (Arthur M.) HOUGH 1958-59 R(obert L.) ARONSON 1992-93 (Frank) A. ARNOLD

1995-96 JAMES H. COBBAN

R U L E S T O FOLLOW:

You must circle each of the letters individually for each of the CAPITAL, BOLD letters in each of the

Past Grand Masters names listed above. (Small letters and capital letters not in BOLD, between parens (),

WILL NOT be found in the puzzle.) Then check off or line through the name lightly, that you found it in the

list. Do NOT BLACK or BLOT out the letters in the puzzle as each letter may be used in a different name also.

When all the names have all been lined through, you should then have those 15 letters left which have not been

circled. Write down these letters only, from upper left to lower right and this will spell out the name of a Past

Grand Master from about 40 years ago.

Answer to last word find puzzle was: CEREMONY.

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MISSOURI LODGE OF RESEARCH NON PROFIT ORG RONALD D. MILLER, Secy U.S. POSTAGE

6033 MASONIC DRIVE SUITE B PAID

COLUMBIA, MISSOURI 65202 COLUMBIA, MO

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ADDRESS SERVICES REQUESTED

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Are you concerned about the price of Gas?

Think a gallon of gas is expensive? This will put it in a different perspective!

Gatorade 20 oz $1.59 $10.17 per gallon Diet Snapple 16 oz $1.29 $10.32 per gallon Brake Fluid, 12 oz $3.15 $33.60 per gallon

Pepto Bismol 4 oz $3.85 $123.20 per gallon Vick's Nyquil 6 oz $8.35 $178.13 per gallon

Whiteout .7 oz $1.39 $254.17 per gallon (that’s “point” 7oz)

For those of you, like your editor, who changes printer ink cartridges quite often, there is this to really think about!:

Ever wonder why printers, basically, are reasonably Cheap? So they can get you hooked for the ink you will be buying.

Someone (else, not me) calculated the cost of the ink at . You won't believe this …….. can it be true??

$5,200 a gallon. (five thousand two hundred dollars)

So, the next time you're at the pump, be glad your car doesn't run on Water - - or - - Nyquil - - or - - Whiteout - - - or, God forbid,

Printer Ink!