CHICO-LELAND STANFORD Masonic LODGE № 111 BLOG
Lodge and Other Masonic News
Bro. Robert Swithenbank's 50th Year Presentation
/Brother Robert Swithenbank
Will be receiving his Gold Veterans Award for 50 years in Freemasonry
April 9, 2019
Dinner at 6:30pm and Public presentation to follow at 7:30pm.
Please mark your calendar and come celebrate his achievement.
Picture and article in the Chico ER: https://www.chicoer.com/2019/04/22/swithenbank-brothers-represent-150-years-of-freemasonry/
Lodge College Scholarships Available - Chico and Durham Highschools
/Chico Freemasons Offering Scholarships for College-bound High School Seniors
Up to $2,400 for Each Student Available
CHICO, Calif. – Chico Freemasons are accepting applications for scholarships from college-bound high school seniors in Chico and Durham. Each recipient can receive $300 per semester for a total of $2,400.
Applications must be received by APRIL 30 to be considered. Seniors currently attending Chico Unified or Durham Unified high schools are eligible to apply.
Application forms are available from guidance counselors at the high schools in Chico and Durham.
Download a form HERE
The Chico-Leland Stanford Lodge has offered scholarships for decades. Applicants need to include high school transcripts showing grades and overall grade point average. While academic performance is important, applicants are also evaluated on financial need, hardship and extracurricular activities.
Each scholar will receive $300 upon proof of full-time enrollment in the first semester of college and needs to maintain a 2.5 GPA or better and submit proof of completion for each subsequent $300 payment.
For more information contact Bro. Sid Crane, lodge secretary, email 111secretary@sbcglobal.net
Lodge Family Game Night--March 26!
/It's another month with a fifth Tuesday in it. Time for Family Game Night!
DATE: Tuesday, March 26th
TIME: 6 - 9pm
INVITEES: All Masonic families, bring a friend with their children, AND bring your favorite group GAME!
Come Get Your Game On!
Paper or Online?: Consider the Trestleboard's Cost - Go Digital!
/Welcome to the 21st Century!
Dang we are already 19 years into it, so….. websites and email are the rule of communication these days. With that said we would like everyone that receives a mailed paper Trestleboard to consider switching to reading it on this website and receiving it by email.
Here is the kicker if you want it sent to you by email then the lodge secretary has to have an email address on file. If you do not have an email then you can go on this website, even with your cellphone. The calendar will be updated on the website OR if you are a member WHY have you not signed up for the lodge cellphone app? Get it downloaded here and follow the instructions. Members Only.
Do your lodge, your community and our ONLY planet a favor and contact the lodge secretary, Bro. Sid Crane, and tell him you no longer need the mailed Trestleboard.
Contact Sid by phone: 530-893-3171 or email: 111secretary@sbcglobal.net
Black History Month: Celebrating Famous Black Freemasons!
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From a an article by The Guardian (2014), we quote:
“Start digging into the history of freemasonry and you discover that [Duke] Ellington was just one of many renowned African-American musicians to be inducted into its mysterious world. He was joined by the likes of Nat King Cole, WC Handy, Dizzy Gillespie, Count Basie, Lionel Hampton and Paul Robeson….
“By 1900, Prince Hall masonry had become a forum for politicised African-Americans, with Booker T Washington (1856-1915) and W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963) serving as active members. Throughout the 20th century, many key figures in the civil rights movement were attracted to freemasonry. The father of Martin Luther King Jr – Martin Luther King Sr (1900-84) – was a member of the 23rd lodge in Atlanta, Georgia. Medgar Evers, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) activist who was assassinated in 1963, was a 32nd-degree freemason in Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction. Alex Haley (1921-92), the writer of Roots and biographer of Malcolm X, was a 33rd-degree mason in the same order. Thurgood Marshall (1908-93), the first black member of the US Supreme Court, was supported by his Prince Hall lodge in Louisiana. The comedian Richard Pryor (1940-2005) joined a lodge in Peoria, Illinois, while actor and activist Ossie Davis (1917-2005), Paul Robeson (1898-1976) and the boxer Sugar Ray Robinson (1921-89) were all active Prince Hall masons.” Finally, Shaquille O'neal (2011) and Nelson Mandela (1991) just to name a few.
Bro. Eugene Rideout's 50th Year Presentation
/Brother Eugene Rideout
Will be receiving his Gold Veterans Award for 50 years in Freemasonry
March 12, 2019
Public presentation at 6:00pm, dinner to follow at 6:30pm.
Please mark your calendar and come celebrate his achievement.
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.
