The Workman - March

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THE WORKMAN

Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of California

Gary W. Spriggs, GHP

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March 2014 Vol. V No. 10

GHP MESSAGE 1

GRAND SESSIONS – 2014 2

TWENTY-ONE FOR 42 2

ROYAL ARCH HISTORY, VOL IV 2

RAM INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER 3

THE CLOTHES LINE 3

ENCOMPASSER 3

GRAND CHAPTER SCHOLARSHIPS 3

GOLDEN STATE RESEARCH CHAPTER 3

GRAND HIGH PRIEST ITENERARY 4

CONTACT INFORMATION 4

WESTERN EASTER OBSERVANCE 2014 5-6

GRAND SESSIONS REG FORM 7-8

COMPTCHE 42ND

ANNUAL FRSTIVAL 9

GHP MESSAGE

Let me start with a shameless plug for one of our

own, who makes our colored jackets available at a

very reasonable price – Max Luy. See the new

contact information for him in the article THE

CLOTHES LINE, below. He and his wife, Patty,

who passed away a few years ago, began this

enterprise together, and Max continues it, to our great

benefit. Max is PHP of Oakland Chapter.

Now is the time to make your reservations for Grand

Sessions coming up in May. You have until April

15th (yes, the Traditional and infamous Tax Day!) to

make Hotel Reservations and be sure of a room and

the rate of $93 + tax. You have until April 18th

to

make your meal and attendance selections with the

Grand York Rite, and not be subject to the $25 late

fee! New High Priests and Past High Priests should

attend and apply for conferral of the Order of High

Priesthood in the afternoon of the 20th. See the Grand

Sessions website for further information:

http://www.ca-gyrs.org.

And finally, there is still time to make arrangements

to attend the West Coast Easter Observance. Even if

you are not a Knight Templar, this is well worth your

consideration. If you are, and you live in the general

LA area, come out and support your Grand

Commandery, in their sterling efforts to make this

West Coast event an annual celebration.

Sincerely and Fraternally,

Gary Spriggs

Grand High Priest

CALIFORNIA GRAND YORK RITE SESSIONS

2014

Your Executive Committee for the 2014 Grand York

Rite Sessions is diligently at work on the plans for

the Grand York Rite Sessions. Although the Sessions

are not until May 17th through May 21st, 2014;

planning occurs year round. The schedule and the

registration form are now available on the website.

A word about the Souvenir Program Ad request form.

One of the challenges that we faced last year was

receiving many of our ads after the deadline. There is

a great deal of planning and associated revenue and

expense projections involved. Mason volunteers,

your Brothers and Companions, do all this work in

their spare time. Please try to help them. Installations

in December and January are a great time to get your

pictures for the program. Without the Ads it would

be impossible to fund the sessions so please place

your ads and do so early.

We are reviewing the successes from the past and

considering some fresh ideas. Grand Sessions is open

to all York Rite Masons and their Ladies, not just the

presiding officers who obligated their attendance at

their installation. Please encourage everyone in your

Chapter, Council, and Commandery to attend this

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year. We want this to be the most successful year

ever.

This year we will have two fun degrees. The first is

the Order of Zanzibar and it is open to all masons. It

is a light hearted fun degree that raises funds for the

Cryptic Medical Research Foundation. The second is

for our ladies, we will be conferring the Royal Arch

Widow’s degree, this is an opportunity to show the

ladies how much we appreciate them and their

attendance at our sessions, any proceeds will go to

the Royal Arch Research Assistance Fund.

And one final thought on booking the hotel rooms on

time, through the regular registration process, and at

the GYRS rate by identifying yourself as a ‘Grand

York Rite Sessions’ attendee, if you speak to the

hotel directly, this is much more important than you

may realize. We are contractually obligated to meet a

certain number of room nights in exchange for

thousands of dollars in “concessions” from the hotel.

This includes the use of the many rooms, and

ballrooms that house our registration, many side

meetings, degree conferrals, the drill team

competitions, hospitality suites, the Grand Recorder’s

office, and so much more. You are doing your part in

making California’s Grand Sessions the premier

program that it is. No other state can boast the quality

and depth of program that we put together every year.

Booking after the deadline or outside of our block

could put us in a situation that, quite frankly, we

can’t afford. Looking forward to seeing you there!

See Registration Form and info at back.

Fraternally,

Gregg Hall, Grand Standard Bearer

2014 Sessions General Chairman

TWENTY-ONE FOR FORTY-TWO!

The 2014 Capitular Festival in Comptche will be held

on Saturday, June 28th

. It’s an all day affair, so come

early (Friday night if at all possible) and stay late, at

least for the BBQ afterwards. Twenty-one candidates

is the goal this year, as we have learned in prior years

that that is pretty near the maximum we can handle!

Signet Chapter will bring a team this year to confer

the Royal Arch Degree, so this will be a great year to

bring candidates from far and wide! See the flyer at

the end of this newsletter.

ROYAL ARCH HISTORY

Of particular interest to all Companions and Sir

Knights is the new addition to the History of the

Royal Arch – Volume 4 is now available, which

takes the history through 1996. This is the

supplement to the original 3 Volume set prepared by

Everett R. Turnbull and Ray V. Denslow. The 4th

Volume can be purchased for $25. Volumes 1, 2, 3

& 4 of the History of Royal Arch Masonry have been

reprinted. These books are hardbound and

approximately 500 pages each. The cost is $ 100.00

for all 4 books plus $ 15.00 shipping and handling in

USA. Foreign shipping could cost more. Payment

by check or credit card. Contact the General Grand

Secretary to order books.

[email protected]

RAM INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER

As you know, our Grand Chapter is associated with

the General Grand Chapter RAM International. The

General Grand Chapter is now publishing a

newsletter with international scope. Issue number 29

for March 2014 has been forwarded to local Chapter

officers, and can be found at the following link:

http://eepurl.com/Pvi6j. Please share as appropriate

with your companions. In the new format, scroll

down in the message to find the state-specific entries

for California. Prior editions from March 2012 can

also be found under the Library tab at the Research

Chapter website: www.goldenstatechapter.org

THE CLOTHES LINE

A line of Jackets for our York Rite bodies continues

to be available at MP. ENTERPRISES. The price for

red and blue is great -- $75.00 plus tax and shipping,

for sizes 34 to 49 in short, regular and tall; and

$87.00 plus tax and shipping for sizes 50 to 60, also

in short, regular, and tall. Purple Jackets are little

more expensive at $95.00 for the smaller and $107.00

for the larger. Also available are Men’s and ladies’

vests, tuxedos and shirts, pins, patches, and flags, and

OES T-Shirts. Contact Max Luy at (510) 502-3224;

or at his website: www.mpenterprises.weebly.com;

or directly to his email at [email protected].

mailto:[email protected]

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ENCOMPASSER

The January 2014 edition of the Encompasser is

now available on the website. Go to

http://www.yorkriteofcalifornia.org and click on The

Encompasser on the left hand toolbar. You can help

us control cost by letting us know you are willing

to take the Encompasser by email only.

Check out the new format available – you can now

read the Encompasser online! No need to even

print it out. Many thanks to our web-master,

Excellent Companion Richard Thornton, for his

efforts in applying this technology to our needs!

GRAND CHAPTER SCHOLARSHIPS

For info about Scholarships, go to the following

website:

http://www.yorkriteofcalifornia.org/royalarch/rara.html

If you have the resources, please consider making

a significant donation on behalf of our Masonic

Youth. Send any excess cash (!) to the Grand

Chapter Scholarship Program at 11428 E. Artesia

Blvd, #13, Artesia, CA 90701-3872

Remember that all donations to the Scholarship

Program are Tax Deductible, so keep this in mind

as you plan your annual giving and when you pay

your dues.

GOLDEN STATE RESEARCH CHAPTER

The website located at www.goldenstatechapter.org

now contains a copy of the 2010, 2011 and 2012

Grand Orations booklets. Also included is a copy of

“The Royal Arch Path,” by MEC Phil Hardiman,

KYGCH.

The meeting at Grand Lodge on Saturday, Oct 5th,

was well-attended. Copies of the Grand Orations

2013 were distributed to attendees. Gregg Hall

presented a paper on “Why We Balance 3x3,” which

will appear in next year’s publication. Companion

Gregg is also General Chairman for Grand Sessions

next year and he proposed, and the Chapter accepted,

that we meet on Monday, in the afternoon, May 19th,

rather than on Grand Chapter day, which is Tuesday,

the 20th. See you there!

For information about membership, contact:

Ex. Comp Casey Latham, High Priest

[email protected]

Ex. Comp Joseph Dongo, King

[email protected]

Dr. Paul Arthur Clark, Scribe

[email protected]

M∴E∴ Comp∴ Philip A. Hardiman, Secretary

[email protected]

GRAND HIGH PRIEST ITENERARY

For the latest schedule details, check:

http://www.yorkriteofcalifornia.org/royalarch/ghp

calendar.html JANUARY

FEBRUARY

MARCH

14 - 16

Grand Officers’ Conference Bakersfield

APRIL

10-12

Grand Sessions

North Bend, Oregon

MAY

16-21

Grand Sessions Bakersfield

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CONTACT INFORMATION

Grand High Priest:

Gary W. Spriggs, KYGCH

207 Catherine Lane

Grass Valley, CA 95945-5801

(530) 274-8937 (H)

(530) 913-1694 (C)

[email protected]

Grand Secretary:

Ken Hope

11428 E. Artesia Blvd, #13

Artesia, CA 90701-3872

(562) 924-6500 (W)

(562) 484-1611(C)

[email protected]

Editor:

Phil Hardiman, Past Grand High Priest

2713 Hoffman Woods Lane

Carmichael, CA 95608

(916) 712-4814(C)

[email protected]

Website:

WWW.YORKRITEOFCALIFORNIA.ORG

GOLDEN STATE CHAPTER OF RESEARCH

Website

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2014 Grand York Rite Sessions May 17th to May 21st, 2014 – Bakersfield, CA

Please send page 1 of this form and payment to:

CA-GYRS 6431 Valley Hi Dr. Sacramento, CA 95823-4838

Reservation forms postmarked after 04/18/14 are subject to a 25% late fee –

Forms submitted onsite will be charged a $10 onsite processing fee

Contact the Bakersfield Doubletree Hotel

3100 Camino Del Rio Ct Bakersfield, 93308 @ (800) 222-TREE(8733)

tell the agent that you are in the Grand York Rite Group

for your hotel reservation before 04/15/14 Room rate: $93.00 for balcony rooms

($10 more per night if you requested a courtyard/pool facing room) +taxes

There is also a link on www.ca-gyrs.org to make your hotel reservation online

Questions,

General Chairman : Gregg Hall (408) 656-2459 [email protected]

please contact:

Executive Officer: James Baum, (760) 843-9258 [email protected]

Meal/Event reservations: Dave Glass (916) 454-5335 [email protected]

No refunds after May 05th, 2014 unless approved by the Grand York Rite Sessions Executive Committee.

More forms (including the Order of High Priesthood, Thrice Illustrious Master & Past Commanders

Association), menus and schedule are available from www.ca-gyrs.org.

A few words about Reservation Only events:

Although there is no charge for these events, please enter in a numerical value for the events you want to

attend. This provides a headcount for the preparation of the event. Also, if the event is cancelled or changed

you can be notified.

Saturday shuttle to the Casino: A local casino is providing free shuttle service for our Ladies and others who

are not attending the AMD In-Gathering. The times are subject to change based on reservations and you will

need to co-ordinate with the shuttle driver for your return time.

Sunday Vesper services. Vespers is our gathering to honor our departed Companions and Sir Knights. All are

encouraged to attend.

The Ladies Masonic Information Sessions are designed as an informal gathering in the Lake Rooms for our

Ladies during the Business Meetings. The subjects of the Sessions will be available on the web site.

Members of the Royal Arch Research Chapter (and those that want to join) will be gathering on Monday

afternoon in the Lake Rooms.

Learn about what the York Rite College does at the Meet and Greet on Tuesday afternoon in the Lake

Rooms.

“Fun Degrees”

Order of Zanzibar Degree is for the Companions, enter in a 1 in the field to register as a candidate. You will

receive a certificate after receiving the degree. Those that have received the degree and sit on the sidelines, do

not need to make the reservation.

Royal Arch Widows Degree is for our Ladies enter in a 1 in the field to register as a candidate. You will

receive a certificate and a pin after receiving the degree. Those that have received the degree and the

Companions who wish to sit on the sidelines, do not need to make the reservation.

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