WELCOME TO JEPHTHA LODGE 494, F & AM

Stated Open Communication
MONDAY, JANUARY 12, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Collation: 7 PM                            Attire: Officers - Black Tie

Brethren:

            YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED to attend a Stated Communication of Jephtha Lodge #494 F. & A.M. in the lodge room on January 12, 2009 at 8:00 PM . Dinner will be served at 7 PM.

By order of

W.: PAUL GIRALDI, Master

Attest: W.: Robert C. Wuestefeld, Secretary

The Frank M. Totton Essay Contest 2009 is now underway

The essay contest is open to any high school senior who is the child or grandchild of a Master Mason in good standing in New York, (deceased Brothers included, as long as they were in good standing at the time of their death), or a member of the extended family, and who anticipates entering an accredited college in the fall of 2009.

The Essay topic this year is “What am I most thankful for?”

Essays are to be postmarked no later than Jan 10, 2009

Forms may be obtained through your Lodge Secretary or District Deputy or they may be downloaded from the Grand Lodge web-site, or the Empire State Mason Magazine web-site or the Netnews.


1-10 Cash prizes additionally, the First Prize winner is customarily asked to read the essay the first day of Grand Lodge in May.

JEPHTHA LODGE IN THE SPRING '08 EMPIRE STATE MASON

For the benefit of the Masonic Family of Gracie Willems,
Five Year-old Daughter of Brother Walter Willems.

This child has been hospitalized for two years with an undiagnosed progressively crippling disease. Please make checks payable to “Jephtha Lodge”
With  “Gracie’s Benevolent Fund” on the Memo Line