March - Cherrydale Lodge No. 42

2015 CHERRYDALE
LODGE OFFICERS
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David Easton Potts
703.850.3061
[email protected]
Senior Warden:
Robert Morgan Worley, II
703.532.2228
[email protected]
Junior Warden:
Frederick August Albert, III “Rick”
[email protected]
Treasurer:
Donald Ellis Strehle, PDDGM
703.524.3915
Secretary:
John Weldon Frank, PM
703-212-8374
[email protected]
Senior Deacon:
Dean Frederick Jones
703.888.9659
[email protected]
Junior Deacon:
Michael Joseph Zabrowski
703.525.2527
[email protected]
Chaplain:
Michael Barton Jeffress
703.220.7613
[email protected]
Senior Steward:
Jesus Robert Ortiz
703.395.0755
[email protected]
Junior Steward:
Richard Garrett Holm
202.819.0740
[email protected]
Marshal:
Jeffrey James Ameen
330.881.5333
[email protected]
Tiler:
Robert Browning Rench Jr., PM
703-536-6634
Musician:
William Stephen Barker
703.892.6522
[email protected]
Musician Emeritus:
Rev. F. Reed Brown
District Instructor of Work
Carl Edward Weaver
703.338.0267
[email protected]
LIVING PAST MASTERS
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Jerry S. Collins
William G. Sizemore
Harry A. Walch
F. Reed Brown
W. Ray Wiseman, Jr
David R. Schultz
Gary L. Hennig
John W. Frank
Philippe Lamery
Donald E. Strehle
Richard E. Robinson
Travis S. Hilliard
John R. Stone
Carl Lester Garris, III
John Patrick Clair
James Franklin Norris
Carl Edward Weaver
Justin Michael Strait
Scott C Aughenbaugh
Marc Allen Hone
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Cherrydale Lodge #42
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
3805 Lee Highway
Arlington, VA 22207
Cherrydale Lodge #42
Newsletter Date: March, 2015
FROM THE EAST
Brethren,
Spring is arriving and with spring comes hope … and spring training.
There are many great sports to follow in our area, but there’s something about
baseball that starts to capture our imagination this time of year. We have hope
David Easton Potts
for the coming games and the players have hope they’ll be able to play well.
Worshipful Master
For many years we’ve sponsored the Cherrydale Dodgers Little League team.
They’ve grown up wearing our lodge name across the backs of their jerseys.
Coach Romano, our 2014 Community Builder Award recipient, is hopeful the Cherrydale Dodgers are going to have a great season, despite moving up in league play. So let’s
get out there (when the snow finally melts) and support them. Brother Jeff Ameen will soon
be lining up opportunities to watch them play. For your future planning, we’ll have an open
program of appreciation for the team on May 21st. This will be good fun and many of the
players should be with us to relive highlights of the season.
Following hope comes charity. It’s an essential part of our fraternity and has been for
hundreds of years. We are obligated to aid and assist the destitute and those less fortunate.
Aside from Cherrydale’s charitable contributions to the Masonic Home of Virginia, we locally
work with the Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC) and the Arlington Street Peoples
Assistance Network (A-SPAN). It’s surprising and sad to learn that Arlington, one of the
wealthiest communities in the country, has a sizeable portion of its population facing hunger.
According to a recent study, slightly more than 4 in 10 Arlington residents in the $60,000 and
under income group, about 31,000 human beings, are experiencing food insecurity. Yet the
AFAC collection box in the social hall is usually empty as we enjoy those great dinners before
meeting.
As AFAC works with the hungry, so does A-SPAN work with the homeless. One of
its main programs is Street Outreach, where A-SPAN staff frequent wooded areas, parks, underpasses, abandoned buildings and other areas to meet with these people where they live. It’s
estimated that Arlington has nearly 500 people who are experiencing homelessness at any given moment. Street Outreach Staff provide clothing, blankets, personal hygiene supplies, and
shower vouchers to these people in need. Do you have a coat that can be better placed on
someone’s back rather than on a hangar in your closet? Do you have airline travel kits you’ve
been saving that might have greater impact if you put them in the A-SPAN collection box rather than leaving them in that drawer? Check with Brother Mike Zabrowski to find out which
things are most needed by A-SPAN and AFAC. On November 5th we’ll have an open program on these and other community charities to identify where our contributions can make a
difference.
Hope and charity. Two things we Masons can give back to our community.
Respectfully and fraternally,
David Easton Potts
David Easton Potts
Worshipful Master 2015
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Cherrydale Lodge #42
LIFE MEMBERS
IN PERPETUITY
James H. Banton*
Marvin O. Benjamin, II
Robert N. Bowers*
Rev. F. Reed Brown, PM
Scott C. Buchanan
Ollie H. Chaplin, PDDGM
John P. Clair, PM
Charles G. DeMoss
Adam J. Derickson
John G. Dudley Jr., PM*
Lauris M. Eek III, PDDGM
Jorge I. Franchi
John W. Frank, PM
Irvin B. Gilcrease
John K. Gott*
Philip Edwin Graves, PDDGM
Gary L Hennig, PM
Travis S. Hilliard, PM
Marc A Hone, WM
Alexander F. Huber
William R Humphries
Edward B Jones
Lyman S. Kisseleff*
Herbert M. Koehne Jr., PDDGM *
Joseph P. Landry
Sean B. Lawson
Arthur J. Leavenworth, PDDGM *
Alva R. Matlack
J. Melvin Miller*
James F. Norris, PM
Youssouf Ouedraogo
John K. Perkins*
Richard E. Petit*
James M. Pollard, PDDGM*
James M. Pollard III
Manley Pollard, PM*
David E. Potts
Philip Nieman Rhodes, DDGM
Richard E. Robinson, PM
James D. Rudd
David R. Schultz, PM
Bryan W. Spoon
Erskine Stewart, PM*
Court A. Stone
Justin M. Strait
Donald E. Strehle, PDDGM
Paul D. Sunal
Andrew E. Vellenga
Carl E. Weaver, PDDGM
Edward Eric C. Wilkinson, Jr.
Walter R. Wiseman Jr., PM
Robert M. Worley, II
Fred E. Yohey*
Michael Joseph Zabrowski
* deceased
Worshipful Scott Aughenbaugh, works at the Center for Strategic and International
Studies (CSIS), gave a presentation on the Seven Revolutions, a strategic look at planet
earth to the year 2035.
Masonic Birthdays for March
John C. Bucur
William F. Carroll
Lauris M. Eek, III
Jorge I. Franchi
Leonard C. Gambla
Jackson G. Garrett, Jr.
Ryan H. Guidry
George R. Haymaker, Jr.
Kurtis Leon Lowe
George D. Lowery
Samuel W. Poore
David E. Potts
James E. Taylor
Harry A. Walch
Carl E. Weaver
03/23/1956
03/05/2012
03/27/1989
03/22/2005
03/23/2007
03/08/1962
03/23/2007
03/14/1957
03/09/1992
03/26/1968
03/18/2004
03/26/1977
03/18/2004
03/27/1962
03/09/2007
Honorary
Members
Charles H. Rowell, PDDGM
George H. Chapin, PGM
David B. Sentelle
James Dean Cole, PGM
Cameron Bruce Palmer, PDDGM
Sir Knight Adam Domenech, Eminent Commander, gave a talk about the
Knights Templar –Stated Communication February 19, 2015
Cherrydale Lodge #42
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UPCOMING EVENTS
March
5 - Cherrydale Past Masters Night
16 - Fraternal Visit to John Blair Lodge - RW Carl Weaver Presenting
19 - Royal Arch Night: Open Program - “The Temple Mount” by Wor. David Potts
25 - DIW School at Columbia
April
2 - Cherrydale Hardware Night: Open Program
4 - District 54 Blood Drive at Sharon with Columbia Canteen
11 - Division Leadership Conference at Highland School in Warrenton
16 - DEO Official Visit - RW John Bullach, Jr.
28 - Masters and Wardens
29 - DIW School at Columbia
May
7 - Senior Warden’s Night
9 - Grand Master’s Official Visit at Alexandria Valley Scottish Rite
16 - William Hiram Woods School at AW 22 Lodge Room
21 - Cherrydale Dodgers Night: Open Program
23 - Bus Trip to Philadelphia with Columbia Lodge
27 - DIW School at Columbia
June
4 - Military Appreciation Night: Open Program
6 - District 54 Blood Drive at ACGL with Cherrydale Canteen
18 - Feast of St. John the Baptist: Open Program
24 - DIW School at Columbia
Right Worshipful Philip Niemann Rhodes , District Deputy Grand Master for the 54th Masonic District,
made his official visit to Cherrydale Lodge. Stated Communication February 19, 2015
John W. Frank, Secretary
3800 Fort Worth Ave
Alexandria, VA 22304
Cherrydale Lodge # 42 AF & AM
Special Announcement
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3805 Lee Highway
Arlington, VA 22207
(703) 524-4664
Our Stated Monthly
meetings are on the
1st and 3rd Thursdays
of each month at
7:30 PM
Web Sites:
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(3rd Thursday only in
July and August and 1st
Thursday only in December)
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CHERRYDALE LODGE # 42
FAITH
HOPE
CHARITY
AF & AM
Masonic Funeral for
Bro. Antonio Pappas
at
Arlington National
Cemetery on
Friday March 6,
2015 at 3:00 p.m.
meet at
Administration
Bldg. at 2:30 p.m.