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Hi Brothers. I hope that you will try to bring a friend or two to this Open House/Bring-A-Friend Night. As you are aware, we need to have at least three eligible men at this meeting to comply with Grand Lodge Requirements, as this meeting will count towards our Achievement Award for the year. We will have spaghetti and meatballs, a salad and desert too. Bring your close friend or family member that you wish would become a member of the craft. We will do our best to enlighten him on the fraternity and what we believe in. Our Lodge is growing still and we should be accepting two plural petitions at this meeting. Our second meeting will be regular business and we would like to see as many brothers there as possible. As always, we will have a meal just prior to the meeting, at 6:30 pm. Hope to see you at the meetings. y REPORT ON PREVIOUS MEETINGSOn April 17, 2007 Ideal Lodge met with 7 members and one visitor present. Regular business was conducted and the Resolution was read out to change the By-Laws of Ideal Lodge, to reflect that the Lodge would have its domicile fixed at Hammond, LA, Livingston Lodge Hall, and that the Lodge would change its meeting nights to the first and third Tuesdays of each month. A vote of the members present was unanimous and no nays were voiced. However, we voted to hold off changing our by-laws until the end of the year due to our District obligations.
RELIEF: WB George Lupo had a tumor removed and has had problems with the incision healing. He has been traveling to the doctor’s office several times a week to be monitored. His wife Dawn had a hernia repair in March and has since returned to work. Rt. W. J.P. Allen, DDGM 19th Masonic District has had to be placed on dialysis three times a week for two hours each day! Now he has developed a blood infection that landed him in the hospital for several days, but is out and doing fine now. W. B. Terry Cooper has been feeling bad for over three months, but is better now. He has not been visiting many other Lodges lately, but is getting back into the swing of things. J Brothers, please remember the above-mentioned Members & wives in your prayers for a speedy recovery!
Secretary’s Message:
Brothers, your 2006 Dues Cards are EXPIRED! We still have several members that have not paid for this year! Brethren, your dues are due at the first of the year, not the end of the year! How do you expect us to run the Lodge and pay rent, per capita and other expenses, with some of the Brothers holding back until after September of each year? Please remit your dues to IDEAL LODGE No. 367, 12108 Coles Creek Blvd., Hammond, LA 70403-2024. Dues are still $45.50 per year. Please remember to add your optional 2¢ worth a day for an additional $7.30. Please make check in the amount of $52.80.
ALSO, PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS LETTER IS SENT BY E-MAIL TO FORTY FIVE MASONS, TWENTY THREE ARE MEMBERS, WHO WILL NOT GET THE MAILED VERSION. THIS HELPS KEEP THE COST OF THE POSTAGE DOWN AND ALSO PROVIDES THE NEWSLETTER TO THEM, TWO DAYS EARLIER!! IF YOU HAVE AN E-MAIL ADDRESS, PLEASE PROVIDE IT TO: "skipperez@bellsouth.net". THANKS!! COMING EVENTS: Tuesday, June 5, 2007, Ideal Lodge will hold an OPEN HOUSE/BRING-A-FRIEND NIGHT. We eat at 6:30 pm and the meeting will commence at 7:30 pm. Please bring your lady and a family member or friend with you, so that he may be introduced to our fine fraternity. Come out and enjoy the fellowship. Refreshments will be spaghetti & meatballs with salad and desert. Tuesday, June 19, 2007, Ideal Lodge will have its second meeting of the month, with regular business scheduled. Come out and enjoy the fellowship. Tuesday, July 3rd & 17th, 2007, Ideal Lodge will hold its regular communication, with dinner at 6:30 pm. Come out and enjoy the fellowship. Saturday, July 7, 2007, the Grand Master will hold a meeting at the Scottish Rite Temple at 619 Carondelet Street, New Orleans, LA at 8:30 am. The purpose of this meeting is to lay out his five year strategic plan and will be talking about our finances concerning the Grand Lodge Administration and Financial programs. (Possibly a per capita tax increase?) Also, up for discussion is membership, community involvement and public relations, and reorganization of the committee structure along with other factors that will initiate change that is necessary for the Grand Lodge to operate and serve in today’s environment. The Grand Master expects all Worshipful Masters, Wardens, DDGMs, DGLs, Heads of Appendant Bodies and all Grand Lodge Officers to attend this meeting. This should be a two hour meeting. Also on this same date, he will hold another similar meeting in Baton Rouge, LA at 1:30 pm and Ideal Lodge will attend the meeting in Baton Rouge, at the Scottish Rite Temple on Florida Blvd. Tuesday, August 7, & 21, 2007, Ideal Lodge will hold its regular communication, with dinner at 6:30 pm. and the meeting to following at 7:30 pm. Come out and enjoy the fellowship. Wednesday, August 29, 2007, Ideal Lodge No. 367 will host the 18th Masonic District Lodge at Arthur M. Retif Lodge No. 473, at 946 Jefferson Hwy, Jefferson, LA at 7:30 pm. Dinner will precede the meeting at 6:30 pm. All members of Ideal Lodge should attend this meeting. Please mark your calendars with the above dates!! Ideal Lodge Home Page: http://www.geocities.com/ideallodge367/ Coming Events: http://www.geocities.com/ideallodge367/events Officers Page: http://www.geocities.com/ideallodge367/officers If any brother would like to author into this communication, or have a tidbit of information to relate, please contact me or one of the officers. I will alert the Master of the Lodge for approval and it will be included in the next correspondence. ( Any brother who knows of a member not attending Lodge meetings, due to no transportation, please inform one of the officers and we will attempt to have a brother from their area of the city, provide transportation to and from the meetings. Fraternally Yours, Armando "Skip" Perez, Sec., DGL 18th Ideal Lodge No. 367 F. & A.M
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