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Words from the East ( Dec 08)
Willard W. Allen Lodge # 108
Mons (SHAPE) , Belgium
Quarterly News
December 2008
12TH MASONIC DISTRICT (EUROPE)
MWPHGL JURISDICTION OF MARYLAND
Organized 18 May 1994, AL 5994
Words From the East
Greetings Brothers! Hopefully you have all recovered from Thanksgiving and arepreparing for the Holiday Season. Hopefully this New Year will bring a refreshing change in our
world and a fruitful future. We have all suffered through these rough times of a constant changing
economy, wherever we may be. That changing economy also touches on the Lodge.
That is how we arrive at this topic for this quarter. The business part of the Lodge is oftentimes transparent to the craft; however, it becomes very clear to you once you sit in the East. We have just paid our taxes and assessments for the last Masonic year, as well as the assessments levied on the Lodge for the first Quarter of this Masonic Year. Our yearly Taxes and Assessments are as follows:
Per Capita Amount 21.00 Brothers 25 Total 525.00
Scholarship Fund Amount 10.00 Brothers 25 Total 250.00
Charity Fund Amount 6.00 Brothers 25 Total 150.00
Total 925.00
Now, where does that money come from? They come from your dues. Out of each member's $100 dues, $37.00 are for these yearly taxes. That leaves the Lodge with $63.00. What is that used for you may ask? Well after the taxes, each Lodge is Assessed for various other items. This year's or rather, last year's assessments so far are $949.00. That amount must come from the remainder of your dues. That means the remaining $63.00 is further reduced by $38.00, leaving us with $25.00. From those $25.00 we must pay for our yearly Bonding Fee as well as purchase supplies and
prepare for activities, whatever they may be. Whatever is left is what is used for community activities.
When a Lodge comes due for these taxes, it is hoped that each and every member of the Craft has paid his dues for
the next Masonic year. When that has not happened then the Lodge either becomes unable to pay it or the Worshipful Master has to pay for those Brothers who are tardy, hoping those funds will come in.
What I am getting to is that we have, on occasion paid for Brothers who have not kept current with their dues.
Things being what they are today, we have no other option than to begin to drop Brothers from the rolls who are not current. This will begin at the end of this calendar year. All Brothers who have not paid their dues for this Masonic year will be dropped from the rolls. Those of you who are not current know who you are. We will email each affected Brother with the official notice.
This newsletter goes out to all the Brothers for whom we have an e-mail addresses for. Along with this you will receive a data sheet that we require you commplete and return to the Lodge Secretary. If you have not paid your dues, include your payment with it. In addition, the Lodge has, as usual, raffle tickets for sale. I am requesting that all Lodge members purchase a block of 30 tickets. A copy of the tickets will also be attached to this newsletter.
Upon the receipt of your payment, we will provide you with the stubs.
As some of you may know, the American presence in Europe is changing day by day. An example of this is the District having to find a new meeting location as the VFW building in Mannheim was closed. At SHAPE we continue to undergo changes as well. One of those changes will be the demolition of the Green Gym, which has been our meeting location with very few options. With the loss of available buildings on SHAPE the lodge may have no other recourse than to pay for a meeting hall. We are not there yet, but we have to plan for the future.
Happy Holidays From Belgium
Brothers, Look to the East!
Willard W. Allen Lodge No. 108
Officers 2008-2009.
Worshipful Master Bro. Cesar Bonilla.
Senior Warden Bro. James Bridgers
Junior Warden Bro. Darnell Carey
Treasurer Bro. Walter Perez.
Secretary R.W. Bro. John Sterling, ADDGM
Senior Deacon Bro. Charles Huttemann
Junior Deacon Bro. James Fidel
Sr. Steward Bro. Robert Berckstresser
Jr. Steward Bro. Michael Pickering
Tyler Bro. Malik Umrani
IPM Wor. Bro. Cedric D. Turner Sr.
Willard W. Allen Lodge No. 108 meets at 0900, every first Saturday of the month, at the Green Gym, SHAPE, Casteau, Belgium
CMR 490 Box 2232; APO AE 09708
Tel: 0032.477.33.2347 E-mail chebon@mindless.com
Secretary: R.W. John W. Sterling, ADDGM
CMR 450 Box 733; APO AE 09705
Tel: 0032.69.76.7614; E-mail: cabledawg@skynet.be
Lodge Website: wwallen108.wetpaint.com
(left to right) Grand Master Redding
District Deputy Woodbridge
WM Cesar Bonilla
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