Orients of North Carolina and South Carolina Joint Reunion - 2009
The Valley of Charlotte will be hosting the first joint reunion involving the Orients of North Carolina and South Carolina. This will be an historic event! We will be conferring all 29 of the degrees of the Scottish Rite. Each valley in the Orient of North Carolina and the Orient of South Carolina will be responsible for conferring several degrees.
We have already received inquiries from The valleys in Washington State, Virginia, and Turkey. There will be members of the Supreme Council Southern Jurisdiction attending.
Many of the valleys in North and South Carolina have accepted responsibility of staffing committees. Each group will need help because this will be a massive event. If you will be able to help please e-mail: ahardy124@aol.com or telephone 704-535- 6815 and leave me a message (I will get you in contact with the proper committee chairman).
The dates for the reunion will be Wednesday April 15th through Saturday April 19th 2009. More details will be forthcoming as we progress.
Allen Hardy 33º
General Chairman Planning Committee
a note from Tom…
I have decided to reuse this post for “Pics from Tom”. You can see them all here
Clayton:
The website just keeps getting better. Thanks to you and Robert Klein for the wonderful pics of the June Stated. I just wish that ALL of the members would log on and see what “fun” and enthusiasm we have for what the Valley of Charlotte is doing. Thanks again for all you do. I have included yet another picture for you of our hike last week across the bay to the base of the Grewingk Glacier lake. I see this thing all of the time from my house but never went to it before. It was awesome. C’mon up and I’ll take you there…
Tom
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50 Years of Service to the Scottish Rite!
Our June Stated was a great meeting. Illustrious William B. Brunk (SGIG in North Carolina) presented 50 Year Service Awards to five Brothers - Walter J. Klein (received by his son, Robert Klein, in Walter’s absence), Ill. John R. Litaker,
Earle P. Brown, Carl A.S. Hedberg & Jesse L. Smith. Brothers Jack R. Worley & Lewis N. Smart (both of Mint Hill Lodge) were presented theirs the following night at the Lodge meeting. Collectively, they represent 361 years of Masonic heritage. Wow!!! We had a Fencing Demonstration by Brother Gilbert Bailey and his training partner. They also gave a brief history of the Art of Fencing - complete with helmets and equipment. More to follow…
OASIS Spring Ceremonial 2008 - Asheboro, NC
Most of the Brothers in the Shrine Cast are Members of the Charlotte Scottish Rite. They are a very hard working bunch of great guys! We appreciate all that they do for Masonry! (and many thanks to Brother Junior Harward for this pic!)
More of this story will follow…
Summer Hours in Effect
Summer Hours: Monday - Thursday 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
Closed: Friday - Sunday
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Dark (that means no Stated Meetings) for July and August, however - we will still be holding the Research Group Meetings on the second Wednesday night (as usual) in July and August.
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See the Events Tab for more info.
New - Welfare Report
Please read the most recent information on our sick and departed Brethren.
Click on the “Welfare Report” button (above).
Read the LA Times Article about Masons!
Brother Bobby Byerly posted this link to the Tar-Heel Mason E-Mail List. I thought you might enjoy it.
Freemasons in midst of popularity, membership boom. The secretive society gains a higher, hipper profile as younger men seek out a place for fraternal bonding.
Read the story in the LA Times
Pics from 2nd Annual Roger Hart Memorial Golf Tournament
Pics of the 2008 Spring Reunion
2008 Spring Reunion Class Picture
Webster’s Online Dictionary defines a “Reunion” as - 1 : an act of reuniting : the state of being reunited 2 : a reuniting of persons after separation. And “Reunite” as - Etymology: Middle English, from Medieval Latin reunitus, past participle of reunire, from Latin re- + Late Latin unire to unite — more at unite Date: 15th century transitive verb : to bring together again intransitive verb : to come together again : rejoin
What a great REUNION we had! Scottish Rite Masons from all over our Valley came together this weekend for some of the best Degree work seen anywhere! Sincere thanks go out to all who made it possible! We had 38 petitions but 4 of them couldn’t join us, due to conflicts and medical reasons. The Candidates enjoyed the whole experience very much. Great Masonic Instruction, new friends, plus some fine food from our kitchen crew - what more could you ask for?
More pictures and commentary will follow in the next few days.