BONNERS FERRY #43

PO Box 388, 6415 Bonner St, Bonners Ferry North Idaho 83805

WM Sean McCoy 208-267-5841

Taking good men and making them better!

Sojourners Welcome

UPCOMING EVENTS As of Feb. 8, 2010

Feb 10 (Wed) 5:00 Social, Dinner, Lodge at 7:00

   

LODGE OFFICERS

Senior Warden - Cliff Kramer

Junior Warden - Richard Hollenbeck

Treasurer - Paul Shelton

Secretary - Larry Dirks

Senior Deacon - Tom Sumpter

Junior Deacon - Steve Binnall

Chaplain - John Sater


 

WHAT DO WE TALK ABOUT IN LODGE MEETINGS?

In addition to normal organizational business and degree work,
we have had a series of Ten-Minute Education Presentations listed below.

Feb 13, 2002
The Lost Word as a symbol of a Lost Golden Age: Published in Transactions June 2002 – Idaho Lodge of Research Publication
Mar 13, 2002
Trouble From the North: The Bonners Ferry Masonic Trial of 1922.Published in Transaction Sept. 2002 – by Idaho Lodge of Research
May 8, 2002
The Essence Of Light As Mentioned In Genesis One - The difference between Day One and Day Four in the biblical account of creation
Jun 12, 2002
A Signature in the Tyler Register: A biography of a late member compiled from Lodge records
Jul 10, 2002
Back to the Future: When Freemasonry Flourished. Published in Transactions Dec. 2002 - by Idaho Lodge of Research
Feb 12, 2003
The Masonic Lodge as a Symbol of our Journey: A walk through of some symbols in every lodge. Published in Transactions Mar. 2003, the publication of the Idaho Lodge of Research
Apr 9, 2003
Karl Jung's Man and His Symbols: Masonry compared to the book's concepts of the use of symbols
Jul 9, 2003
A Freemasonry Look at the Movies: Masonic themes found also in contemporary popular movies. Published in Transactions Dec. 2003 - by Idaho Lodge of Research
Jan 14, 2004
A Scientific Look at Freemasonry: Some modern research that confirms some Masonic teaching techniques. Published in Transactions Dec. 2004 - by Idaho Lodge of Research
Feb 11, 2004
Modern Science in Freemasonry: A Review of a book about Masonry and the British Royal Society formation
Mar 23, 2004
What Is a Lodge Room: The story in symbols of a Lodge Room. Published in Transactions June 2005 - by Idaho Lodge of Research
Apr 14, 2004
Oral Tradition: Review of The Book of Hiram and conclusions on the origin of Masonic ritual
Apr 24, 2004
Settling the West - Bonners Ferry case study from 1905: Bringing leaders together in Bonners Ferry who otherwise might have not met. A brief biography of our 16 Charter Members
Jun 9, 2004
The Sacred Sites of the Knights Templar: A Review of a book on Ancient Astronomers & Freemasonry
Jun 8, 2005
A Masonic Treasure Hunt: Freemasonry in recent books and movies
Jul 13, 2005
Freemasonry, a Mission of a Training School for Gentlemen? Book Review - The COMPLEAT GENTLEMAN: The Modern Man's Guide ot Chivalry
Sept 13, 2006
The Art of Balance: What Freemasonry says about balancing our lives.
Nov 8, 2006
How the Benediction Summarizes local Masonic Relationships
Dec 13, 2006
Whence Come Ye in the 2nd Degree and the responsibility of prayer in the 3rd: Discussed
Feb. 14, 2007 Lessons The Ruffians Teach Us: Published in the Idaho Freemason Jan.. 2007
Apr. 11, 2007 Three Steps to Clarity
Jun. 13, 2007

The Symbolism of the Lodge RoomThe Making of a Methaphor


NOTICE

We now have 40 pictures (out of 64) of past masters for our Hall. If anyone has pictures of the other past masters we can scan and make suitable for framing and hanging, please contact Lon Woodbury at 267-7717 or lon@woodbury.com. (* indicates a picture is still needed)

T.A. Bishop * 1904-05 S.D. Taylor 1906, 1907 F.A. Shultice 1908, 1914
G.R. Gray * 1909, 1915 E.E. Fry 1910 C.T. Laschinger 1911-12
Fred Gleed * 1913 Donald Lawrence * 1916 J.W. Stewart * 1917
J.R. Meeker 1918, 1934 Ray DeWolf * 1919 O.C. Wilson 1920
M.P. DeWolf * 1921 C.D. Simonds * 1922 J.F. Stamm * 1923
J.B. Cowen * 1924 O.F. Howe 1925 J.H. Cave 1926
Evan Northug 1927 R.M. Bowell 1928 William J. Hewett 1929
Glen McBride * 1930-31 H.I. Monks 1933 H.R. Crouch 1935
Walter Ellersick 1936 R.L. McPherson * 1937 Roy Oxford 1938, 1947
O. Redmond * 1939 Robert R. Hartling * 1940 W.O. Brockway * 1941, 1942
John F. Hartling * 1943-44 Carmine Gigliotti * 1945 Russell Soderling 1946
Owen Critchfield * 1948-50 Arthur Arledge 1951, 1966
W.J. Miller * 1952
Richard Starks 1953 Roy Pletz * 1954 Robert Shurtlieff 1955
Les Jones 1956 Fred Walker * 1957 James Graves 1958
J. Baldwinm * 1959 Frank Struble 1960 Howard Jenkins 1961
John Tuttle 1962 Gene Barber 1963 Lawrence Guthrie 1964
Eldon Cone 1967, 1979,
1987-89,
1992-98
Joe Nelson 1968, 1973,
1982-84
William McGinnis 1969
R.C. Wickstrom 1970, 1981, 1991 Richard Haworth * 1971-72 Walter VanHorne * 1974
Earl Thoms 1975-76 H.C. Aldridge 1977-78 Douglas Christensen 1980
Earle Bable 1985-86, 1990 Chet Brown 1999 Dennis Jones 2000
Lon Woodbury 2001, 2007-8 Walt Kirby 2002 Sean McCoy 2003-04
Mike Nelson 2005-06 Tony Such 2009    

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