Charlotte Scottish Rite

KSA working around the Temple…

cwright — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:33:11 +0000

A contingent of your Knights of St. Andrew was busy at work around the Temple recently. Cleaning leather goods and other items in the Robing Room - Clearing out some old (more…)

Certified Lecturer Exams Held In Charlotte

cwright — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:20:43 +0000

The Certified Lecturer (Class “A”) / Certified Instructor (Class “B”) exams for Charlotte this year were held on August 16th. Eighteen Brethren were examined. Ten renewed their Class “A” certifications, one recertified his Class “A”, two upgraded from class “B” to Class “A”, four were certified as Class “A” for the first time and one was certified as Class “B” for the first time. Twenty-eight Certified Lecturers served as examiners for this annual event in the Charlotte area. A special thanks to the Valley of Charlotte for their continued support of the Certified Lecturer Program.

from WB Mack Sigmon - Board of Custodians (more…)

SGIG Bill Brunk Gives Talk on Rosicrucians to Research Group

cwright — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 21:18:55 +0000

Our August meeting marked the 2nd Anniversary of the “Lawrence P. Kapitany Masonic Research Group” with twenty-one in attendance. I wanted to express our sincere gratitude and thanks to Illustrious Brother Bill for the time and effort taken in traveling to Charlotte for this special occasion. You can click below for an audio file of the presentation by our Sovereign Grand Inspector General - William B. Brunk (a pdf file is also available for download). Opening remarks to the group introducing Dr. Brunk are by WB David Hargett. (Part 2 will be the question and answer session that followed - and will be posted at a later date.) We had refreshments after the meeting and a good time was had by all.

PDF file for ROSICRUCIAN PAPER

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clw

August 2008 Issue of the Rite News

cwright — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:22:03 +0000

Latest Issue - Rite News - August 2008 is now available.

New Web Site - Treasures of North Carolina Masonry

cwright — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:29:32 +0000

Check out this new site by Brother Walter Klein and the Grand Lodge of North Carolina Public Relations Committee. There are a lot of stories that would make excellent Masonic Education short talks for a Lodge meeting! Here’s a preview:

A man, a college, a lodge—all dedicated to future Masonic leaders. The man is Herbert Lloyd Wilkerson. The college is Wilkerson College.The lodge is Wilkerson College 760. Even Brother Wilkerson makes the mistake of viewing his career as Marine Major General as “past.” In fact, it forms the steel framework of his position today as leader among leaders. North Carolinians think of him as Commanding General of Camp Lejeune Marine Corps base. The military world relates him to combat in WWII, Korea and Vietnam, from CG of the Third Marine Division and CG of the III Marine Amphibious Force in the Far East. They know he led the NC Governor’s Commission for Military Affairs for ten years and as author of History of Military Lodges in Freemasonry. (continued…

… and thanks Walter!

Audio File from our Research Group

cwright — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 02:01:09 +0000

Brother Mike Harding talking about the “Master Craftsman” program.

Protected: Orient PR Meeting 7/19/08 Audio

cwright — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 04:18:13 +0000

Grand Cross Reunion of the Carolinas

cwright — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 03:30:47 +0000

UPDATE

The Valley of Charlotte will be hosting the first joint reunion involving the Orients of North Carolina and South Carolina. At a meeting on July 19th, SGIG Bill Brunk and Mike Smith approved a new name for this event - it will be “The Grand Cross Reunion of the Carolinas”. It will be in honour of all reciepiants of the Grand Cross from both Orients. We have reserved an entire hotel in uptown Charlotte, there will be a banquet, the Grand Commander - Ill. Ronald Seale and others from the Supreme Council will be in attendance. More details will follow.

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a note from Tom…

cwright — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 23:18:51 +0000

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 (more…)

50 Years of Service to the Scottish Rite!

cwright — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:12:16 +0000

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…

View the album of pics here