CHICO-LELAND STANFORD Masonic LODGE № 111 BLOG
Lodge and Other Masonic News
Masonic Sweetheart Lunch - Sunday February 17th
/Masonic Sweetheart Lunch
Special lunch and games for all members and their spouses or partners; and all Masonic widows
When: Sunday, February 17th
Time: 12-2pm
Where: Chico Family Masonic Center
Menu: Soup, sandwiches, salad, desert, and light beverages
Games: Bingo with prizes
Please come join us to celebrate Valentines and all the special women in our lives.
RSVP with the Lodge Secretary:
Sid j. Crane, Secretary
Chico-Leland Stanford Lodge #111
530/893-3171
Passing of Bro. Melvin C. (Sam) Dresser
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Brother Melvin (Sam) Dresser
was called to the Celestial Lodge above on
January 31, 2019
Passing of Bro. Robert L. Petersen
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Brother Robert L. Petersen
was called to the Celestial Lodge above on
January 7, 2019
Passing of Bro. Raymond J. Horgan
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Brother Raymond J. Horgan
was called to the Celestial Lodge above on
December 27, 2018
First Degree: Wednesday in Orland Lodge!
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When: Wednesday, February 13th @ 7:00pm
Where: Orland Lodge
Come out to support Mr. Irvin Noval as he enters the fraternity
Do you remember your 1st degree?
Please make time to come out to support this young brother.
Contact Bro. Sid Crane, Lodge secretary (893-3171 or 111secretary@sbcglobal.net) if you need assistance with transportation. Lodge officers and others can help get you to the degree and home again.
Carpool to Orland Lodge will leave Chico-Leland Stanford Lodge at 6:15pm.
Light snacks and desert afterwards.
Welcome 2019 Lodge Officers!
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Want to know more about who they are? Visit our officers webpage HERE.
Masonic Youth Groups - Soaring!
/DeMolay and Jobs Daughters Chico Chapters are doing well and growing. Just as we have seen our Chico-Paradise Chapter of Rainbow for Girls growing the last several years. Now our other two youth groups are growing and winning awards.
Chico Chapter of DeMolay won the jurisdiction membership award, award for most improved chapter and Liam Hawkins won Master Councilor of the year and was elected Superior Division Representative at the California DeMolay meeting in Oakland’s Scottish Rite Center.
Well done to the DeMolay adult advisors Aaron Hawkins and Rick Foell and Jobs Daughters adult advisors Alicia Meyer and Peggy Glander for the wonderful job they are doing with the youth!
Chico-Paradise Assembly #204 of Rainbow Girls invites lodge members to a reception for:
Jasmine Scott - Grand Hope
Bailee Weiglein - Grand Recorder
Sadie Kelly - Grand Nature
Saturday, January 26 @ 2pm
Colusa Masonic Lodge - 311 Fifth Street, Colusa
Happy Masonic New Year 2019!
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Chico-Leland Stanford Lodge No. 111 wishes all our Brothers and their families a healthy, peaceful and insightful 2019. May light, love, and developing a greater sense organ of our heart prevail in our interactions with all of humanity we interact with in our daily lives.
Merry Christmas and Seasons Greetings
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Chico-Leland Stanford #111 wishes all Brothers and their families a healthy, joyful and restive Christmas Season.
Passing of Bro. Clarence Wonacott
/Brother Clarence “Red” Wonacott
was called to the Celestial Lodge above on
November 25, 2018
Services to be held at:
Sweet and Olsen Mortuary
825 A Street
Orland
on
Friday
December 14 at 10:00am
Join us for a 2nd Degree Passing, Tuesday December 4th
/When: Tuesday, December 4th @ 7:00pm
Come out to support Bro. Spencer McNair
Do you remember your 2nd degree?
Please make time to come out to support this young brother and help raise him to the sublime degree of Master Mason.
Contact Bro. Sid Crane, Lodge secretary (893-3171 or 111secretary@sbcglobal.net) if you need assistance with transportation. Lodge officers and others can help get you to the degree and home again.
Light snacks and desert afterwards.
Table Mountain Lodge No. 124 Survives
/The following map was made by the mapping technician in my department at CSU Chico. I made some adjustments to locate and illustrate where Table Mountain Lodge No. 124 is located amongst the devastation of the City of Paradise. The lodge survived the Camp Fire, but it is but a small percentage of any buildings left standing in the city.
MEDIA ALERT: DONATIONS AVAILABLE AT CHICO MASONIC FAMILY CENTER
/A wide variety of donated goods are available free to the public at the Chico Masonic Family Center on Friday and Saturday, including pet food, bedding, toys, clothing and personal hygiene items.
Chico Masonic Family Center
1110 W. East Ave.
Chico
Friday, Nov. 16 until 7 p.m.
Saturday, Nov. 17 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Items have been donated by people from Northern Nevada and families of the Chico Masonic Family Center in response to the Camp Fire.
Please note the Chico Masonic Family Center is not an evacuation center and is not serving meals, and no camping is allowed on the grounds. Please do not call the Masonic Center.
Members: Please consider downloading and using the Lodge Cellphone App
/The Camp Fire that has devastated our brothers and families in Paradise brings our Lodge App for communications amongst our members into full focus. The app has become an invaluable tool to share valuable information to all lodge members that own a smartphone.
Some of the features we wanted addressed:
Looking for a way to motivate communicate and engage with each other outside stated meetings and dinners.
Ability to be able to share photos, messages, emergency information, and social events privately with our lodge members.
Connection to our our lodge websites calendar system with built in reminders.
A communication that comes at no cost to our members.
Features and benefits
• Post and comment on messages and pictures in a Facebook-like news feed.
• View calendar information for your lodge; all data is pulled in directly from our lodge website Google calendar; dates are automatically synced.
• Send notifications of events directly to members’ smartphones.
• RSVP to events straight from your smartphone.
• Browse member contact information; email and call other members with ease.
• Create smaller groups on specific topics, or send a private message a single person.
• Link to our lodge website, Trestleboard, or other important documents from the app.
• All activity is private to the members of the app only; message and post to only members on the app.
• Administrators can see reports on what is popular in your app. Bro. Dean Fairbanks is the administrator of both the app and the lodge website. Questions? Contact at chicolelandstanford111@gmail.com
Use the link below to install our lodge's app:
http://ourapp.link/chico-stanford-111
Installation instructions:
The app needs to install completely before "Device Management" and the option to trust will show up in "General" (in Settings). FYI below are the instructions for "trusting" the CA Grand Lodge, follow them completely.
Brothers can trust the CA Grand Lodge by opening Settings, then "General", then "Device Management", then trust apps from "GRAND LODGE FREE & ACCEPTED MASONS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Inc.". They should then be able to open the app. (The download page also contains these instructions, for reference.)
Fire Evacuation Relief: Table Mountain Lodge Members and Families
/The Chico Masonic Family Center is open for lodge members and their families from:
Table Mountain Lodge
Chico-Leland Stanford Lodge
Please spread the word that folks are welcome come to the Masonic Center for relief.
Rainbow Girls: Adopt a Soldier for Christmas Program
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Chico-Paradise Rainbow Girls are hosting the adopt a solider program for Christmas.
Christmas Wish List:
Please, NO Glass or Aerosol Cans!
All items must be received at the lodge office by Friday November 16th
Questions about the program, Call 530-343-3260
