Brethren:

The next stated communications of Ideal Lodge No. 367 will be on Wednesday, July 14 & 28, 2004.  We will have regular business at both meetings.  As usual, we will have refreshments following all meetings.  Come and enjoy YOUR LODGE ACTIVITIES.  ☺

MASTER’S MESSAGE:

Gee whiz, the year is almost half over!  Thanks to the Brothers that attended the 18^th Masonic District Meeting on June 25^th hosted by Osiris-Trowel-Fidelity Lodge No. 300.  Ideal tied with two other Lodges for third place for the Traveling Gavel Award!  Thanks to the Brothers who cared and helped with our attendance. 

On Sunday, June 27th, Jerusalem Shrine Center held a Bring A Friend Social.  Ideal Lodge won a beautiful plaque by having the most friends present that were non-Masons.  Total there were 37 Lodge represented with 95 Masonic Brothers present, 16 men who were non-Masons; a Total of 160 people attended this function.  Congratulations to Ideal Lodge No. 367 and thanks to WB Ronald Milliet, PM who brought two (2) friends and to WB Skip Perez, Sec., for bringing his cousin to the Bring A Friend Social. 

S. Wayne Lee, PM, WM.

REPORT ON PREVIOUS MEETINGS:

At our May 12^th meeting, E.A. Brother Armando Kristopher Perez stood an excellent exam in the esoteric work, by examining himself, reciting the questions and then the answers.  We then conducted a Fellow Craft Degree on Brother Kristopher Perez.  On this night the weather was really bad and we still had quite a number of Brothers present for the degree.  Special thanks to all the Brothers that attended and took part in this degree.  Brother Kris Perez was quite impressed with Dorman Haefele, W.M. of Daylight Lodge No. 412, when he delivered the Stair Case Lecture.  

On May 26^th F. C. Brother Armando Kristopher Perez stood an excellent exam in the esoteric work, by examining himself, reciting the questions and then the answers.  We then conferred the Master Mason’s degree on Armando Kristopher Perez.  There 42 members and visitors present and the degree went GREAT.  The degree team did a fantastic job and the degree was second to none.  Thanks to all the Brothers that made this possible and helped with this most impressive degree.

C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S !

A R M A N D O   K R I S T O P H E R    P E R E Z

Our newest and youngest MASTER MASON!

HAPPY MASONIC BIRTHDAY TO THE FOLLOWING BROTHERS

RAISED IN MAY, JUNE & JULY!

HERMAN ROBIN, P.M. - 05/01/1955 - 49 Years a Mason

RONALD ISADORE MILLIET, P.M. - 05/12/1999 - 5 Years a Mason

ARMANDO KRISTOPHER PEREZ - 05/26/2004 - NEW Mason

RUDOLPH W. MAYER, P.M. - 06/11/1968 - 36 Years a Mason

MICKEY WILLIAM PENA - 06/23/1999 - 5 Years a Mason

RONALD S. LALLY - 06/27/1969 - 35 Years a Mason

BOBBY DALE SONNIER - 07/10/2002 - 2 Years a Mason

SALVADOR J. TORTORICH, JR. - 07/11/2001 - 3 Years a Mason

GEORGE JOSEPH LUPO, JR. DDGM - 07/20/1977 - 27 Years a Mason

KEITHFORD JOHN FORBES - 07/23/1982 - 22 Years a Mason

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE FOLLOWING BROTHERS

BORN IN MAY, JUNE & JULY!

ARMANDO “SKIP” PEREZ, JR., PM, Sec, DGL. - May 23^rd

DAVID EUGENE SNYDER - June 18^th

ZACH T. STANBOROUGH, P.M. - June 26^th

RUDOLPH W. MAYER, JR., P.M. - July 2^nd

RELIEF:

WB George Faulkner, PM is doing about the same since his stroke.  He is driving around in the Chalmette area and still goes places he used to frequent.  Once in a while he will visit the Lodge and we hope to see him more active since he has a better vehicle to drive.   

Brother Bobby Sonnier, J.W., said that his wife had her right carotid artery operated on and will be having the left side completed by July 13^th.  She is walking around now and giving Bobby hell!  That is a sign that she is feeling well again.  Good Barbara, give the old man hell.  We are all glad to hear that you are recuperating well.  

Rt. W. B. George Lupo, DDGM is going into the hospital for a chemical test on July 8th. 

Brother Sal Tortorich, S.W., will have back surgery on August 10^th.

WB Joe Revolta, PM is about the same too. 

Brethren, please keep our sick and distressed in your prayers.

SECRETARY’S MESSAGE:

I want to let the brothers know that I am very proud to have my son join our Lodge.  Since he was raised on May 26^th, he has been visiting other Lodges with me and has been very active in witnessing and some cases participating in degrees around the New Orleans area.  (Some of his friends have been asking questions and maybe we will get several more petitions from young men.)  Speaking of petitions, WB Ronald Milliet brought two friends to the Bring A Friend Social at the Shrine Center and they have both turned in petitions.  I received another request for a petition through the Internet.  I met the man and was glad to give him a petition.  Looks like we may be in the growing stage again!! 

For those of you who have already paid your 2004 Dues, THANKS!  ☺  As for the others, Your 2003 dues card, HAS BEEN EXPIRED since the first of the year!  If you plan to visit another Lodge and are asked for a current dues card, you could be denied entrance.  Please remit your annual dues of $40.50, plus the optional two cents a day, which would make the payment total $47.80, making the check payable to: Ideal Lodge No. 367, mail to Skip Perez, 3620 Chalona Drive, Chalmette, LA 70043-1510.  Consider your annual dues as a light bill.  Pay before your “LIGHT IN MASONRY” is turned off!  We had to pay our Annual Per Capita to the Grand Lodge, which was over $400.  Also, our Annual Rent Payment was due on January 1^st.  Since we pay our commitments in a timely manner, please pay your dues in a timely manner.  THANKS IN ADVANCE! 

Also, there were NO Newsletters for the months of May & June.  Sorry about this, however, I have been very busy lately and have not had time to compose a newsletter.  I will try to do better.  Also I have been placing the newsletter on the Internet for all to see and obtain a copy, if they wish to print it.  Our Home page is http://www.geocities.com/ideallodge367.  Check out our home page and sign the register too!  I will leave the old newsletters on the Internet, until I need the room.  That way you can always go back and read the old ones too!   

COMING EVENTS:

Tuesday, August 31^st – Ideal Lodge will Host the 18^th Masonic District Lodge Meeting.  We will responsible for setting up the Lodge Hall and supplying the refreshments.  We plan to have spaghetti & meatballs, cooked by our Worshipful Master, Wayne Lee, PM.  Dinner at 6:30 p.m., Meeting at 7:30 p.m.  Rt. W.B. Lupo and Bobby Sonnier, JW, will supply the soft drinks.  The rest of us should bring desert or more soft drinks for our guest.  Lodges Presenting Program: Lee E. Thomas Lodge No. 421, Linn Wood-Ionic Lodge No. 167, & Level Lodge No. 373.  Program: Honors Masonic Military, active & retired.  Lee E. Thomas Lodge will present a program honoring Masons who have served, or are serving in our Armed Forces.  If you are an active member of the military or a veteran, please contact me so we can honor you personally at our meeting on August 31^st.  Please include your full name, branch of service, rank, and theater of service.  The speaker for the evening will be M.W. Bro. James M. Wally, Sr., Past Grand Master of the State of Louisiana - 1984.

Wednesday, October 13^th - OPEN HOUSE, Fifty Year Member W.B. Nicholas Koutroulis, PM and his wife are driving his camper, from Texas to receive his Fifty Year Certificate and Lapel Pin.  He is quite excited about his visit and I hope that all who know him will attend this function.  You have enough time to make plans to attend and visit with one of our Past Masters and now a Fifty Year Member of our Lodge.  Also on this night we will honor our Past Masters too, that way, WB Koutroulis can also be honored as one of our Past Masters.  This should prove to be a nice turnout and a wonderful occasion to visit with old acquaintances. 

Monday, November 29^th - Lee E. Thomas Lodge 421 will Host the 18^th Masonic District Lodge Meeting.  Dinner at 6:30 p.m., Meeting at 7:30 p.m., 619 Carondelet St., New Orleans, LA.  Program Presenting Lodges: Author Retif Lodge No. 473 and Osiris-Trowel-Fidelity Lodge No. 300.  Program: Masonic Memorial Service and Election/Installation of Officers.

Please mark your calendars with the above dates!!                                                        

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.