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The Cabletow

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Published monthly by the Cabletow, Inc. in the interest of the Grand Lodge of the Philippines at 1440 San Marcelino, Manila. Re-entered as second class mail matter at the Manila Post Office on June 16, 1962.

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Volume XLIV (Issue No. 4) April 1968

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1968

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English

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OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE GRAND LODGE OF THE PHILIPPJNES

VOL. XLIV No. 4

(Eabktoui APRIL 196$

Publiahed monthly by tho Cablelow, Inc. In the interact of the Grand Lodge of the PhilIpplnea. Office of Publication: 1440 San Marcelino, Manila 10101. Re-entered at cecond mall matter at tho Monila Pott Office on Juno 16. 1962.

Subscription — P3.00 a year In the Philipplnea. P .35 a copy in the Philipplnea.

Foreign: US $1.30 a year. Foreign: US $0.15 a copy.

STAFF, THE CABLETOW MAGAZINE
MW RAYMOND E. WILMARTH
WB NESTORIO B. MELOCOTON
WB OSCAR L. FUNG Advertising & Circulafon Manager
CONTRIBUTORS: WB JUAN C. NABONG, JR. WB ALFREDO I. ORTIZ RW MACARIO C. NAVIA WB JOSE E. RACELA

OFFICERS, THE CABLETOW, INC.
RAYMOND E. WILMARTH Chairman MACARIO C. NAVIA Vice-Chairman JUAN C. NABONG, JR. Secretary
ALFREDO L. ORTIZ
NESTORIO B. MELOCOTON Business Manager
DIRECTORS:
JOSE E. RACELA OSCAR I. FUNG

IN THIS ISSUE

GRAND MASTERS MESSAGE

EDITORIAL

HANTS CLASPED

GOLF PICTORIAL ...........................................

TIED FOR FIRST PLACE -- IN THEIR HEARTS

VATICAN EASES BAN ON FREEMASONS

COMMUNICATIONS WITH THE VATICAN

MW William H. Quasha, PGM 8

NOT IORM, BUI SUBSTANCE

PITAK FILIPINO .............................................................

GRAVEL AND SAND .....................................................

MORE ON GOLF AND ECUMENISM. .............................

THE NBI AND YOU .....................................................

ALL ABOUT ECUMENISM ...............................................

THE JO DE RAS SECTION .....................................................

Edwin Rr. Bote, Chev., Kt. 24

OFFICERS OF SYMBOLIC LODGES FOR 1968

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GRAND LODGE COMMITTEES FOR 1967-1968 ....................................................................... 38

LET BROTHERLY LOVE PREVAIL

RW Manuel M. Crudo SGW

TWO FOR ONE
Two things of importance I desire to dwell on in this my valedictory. One, naturally, is my expression of gratitude, a deep and abiding one, to my fellow officers in the Grand Lodge this year. Sincerely and significantly, I have only praise for their cooperation, their spirit of service beyond the usual call of duty, and their willingness to go the second mile.
My thanks also go to the office and administrative staffs in the Grand Lodge without whose unselfish cooperation and devotion to duty, the ad­ ministrative reforms we have instituted could not have been fully carried out. We could have been less effective were their cooperation found wanting.
And, importantly, my thanks go to the rank and file of Masonry in the Philippines and abroad within our grand jurisdiction who willingly imple­ mented our suggestions and directives, the better for us, individual mem­ bers, our Lodges and our Grand Lodge, to grow in stature in the eyes of Masonry elsewhere in the world.
My next thought has to do with the welcome news that the Vatican has eased the ban on Catholics becoming Masons. Elsewhere in this issue is a spread of several pages on this important development in ChurchMasonry relationship. As a matter of fact, the changed attitude of the Church puts an end to centuries-old rancour against our ancient and honor­ able fraternity.
In effect, this a-titude of the Church is a turning around in substance, though not necessarily in form. The Canon Law was not actually repealed or amended; but the spirit of the recent Vatican announcement has all but wiped out in the books excommunication for Catholics who join Masonry. It looks more like the idea, "Go ahead, everything is all right, anyway."
It is a good thing that the Vatican announcement came on the heels of a growing interest in ecumenism especially on the part of the Catholics. While there is a line between ecumenism in religion and ecumenism in fraternal relation, there is hardly any of it now that the Vatican has spoken.
However, we should not expect too much too soon from the other side ecumenism-wise. For us Masons, who are the original ecumenists from centuries back, the matter is so simple. But they who are not used to it should be allowed to feel their way around.
It is said that the durian is a noxious and odoriferous fruit and many people shy away from it for as long as they care. Perhaps, after years of this impression, one suddenly decides to try it anyway and then, from the
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ScUtoieat;

THE JO-DE-RAS CONFERENCE

The week before we Masons gather in Manila for the annual communi­ cation from April 23-25, the Jo-De-Ras will meet in Baguio from April 18-21 for their first annual conference. The communication will be attended by Masons and the Jo-De-Ras conference will be attended by young people with Masonic heritage.

The Jo-De-Ras is not a new Order appended to Masonry like the Inter­ national Order of Rainbow for Girls, or the International Order of Job's Daughters, or the Order of DeMolay. The way we understand it, it does not replace any or all of these Orders, so dear as these Orders are already to Masons and Eastern Stars who have worked so hard to get them going. With the sacrificial and untiring efforts of Masons and Eastern Stars, there are now in the Philippines seven chapters of DeMolay, three assemblies of Rainbow and three bethels of Job's Daughters.

Somewhere along the way, the way of progress and development, the boys and girls of these existing Orders thought it wise to join their efforts in locating their places and functions in a program of community develop­ ment. They met and talked about what the older generation has been saying about them being a pain in the neck especially during vacation time. They decided that it was time for them to prove that young people are not as bad as they are pictured; that they are not all trouble-making persons; that given the chance, they can do better than just loaf, play and get into trouble.

Hence, the young people of the three Orders decided to meet as a larger group and find ways and means by which they can help their com­ munities. They call themselves the Jo-De-Ras, a convenient combination of names, queer-sounding and without much significance. Their plan how­ ever is big end significant. We are not prejudging them. If they are sin­ cere in their aims and objectives, they can succeed. We will wait and see.

We are reminded that this is the first time our young people are trying a program of this type. If in our way of thinking, lheir project does not rate our financial or moral support, the most we can give them is tolerance. We have it on good authority however, that many Lodges, individual Masons as well as Eastern Stars are giving substantially to their fund for carrying out a successful conference. These Lodges and individuals have the right attitude. May there be more of them.

If these young people can have a successful conference this year, we

would even go farther and say that this conference should be an annual

event. They should look forward to more conferences, making each con­

ference better than the last. They should subjugate their personal ambi­

tions to the bigger objective of making young people do things better than

they are presumed to do. Confidence in them will make them confident

in themselves.

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Hands clasped. .
MW Raymond E. Wilmarth, PGM

K of C and Freemasons

THE FIRST STEP OF A LONG JOURNEY
It gives me great pride and pleas­ ure to give the Opening Remarks for the Freemasons on this memorable occasion. First I want to thank the Master of Ceremonies for his most inspiring introduction; second, I want
to welcome all the Knights of Colum­ bus who are with us tonight and those who for one reason or another could not come, but would have, if they could; and third, I want to thank all the Knights and Masons who did turn out for the Golf Tournament this morning and made it such a success.
Speaking of the Golf Tournament. I’d like to tell a brief story as did the Grand Knight in his Opening Re­ marks. Two weeks ago at our last Stated Meeting of the Luzon Bodies, one of our Brothers during the dis­ cussion of our plans for the tourna­ ment inquired whether I would play for the Masons or the Knights because of my relationship with the Univer­ sity of Santo Tomas. A few days later on another speaking occasion 1 was asked the question again. This time I replied that while I would be hitting the ball for the Masons,
because I am such a horrible player, my score will be helping the Knights w i n. This morning I proved my point. In fact the son of the Grand
Knight was on my flight and can testify to my unstinting "coopera­ tion", voluntary or otherwise, for the

success of the Knights. This evening I want to speak about
an old Chinese proverb that says: The longest journey begins with the first step. Today sve have taken the first step on a long, long journev. But this did not jusi happen by accident. It happened by design.
It all started when I was Grand Master of Masons in the Philippines in 1966. I came upon a publication containing an address entitled "Let’s Scale New Heights of Ecumenism in Fraternalisin” by Supreme Knight
John W. McDevitt of the Knights of Columbus before a brotherhood breakfast at Corman’s Resort, Sharon, Massachusetts, on Sunday, February 27, 1966, sponsored jointly by the Knights of Columbus and the Masons in tltc last paragraph of which Su­ preme Knight McDevitt extends an invitation to Masons throughout the world as follows:
“Recalling again the noble ex­ ample of Pope Paul VI and Patriarch z\thenagoras, I say that the K n ig h t s of Columbus are eager to extend to brothers of the Masonic order an embrace of friendship, an embrace of un­ derstanding, an embrace of trust, an embrace of charity that will bring us to new heights of ecu­ menism in fraternalisin.” Inspired by the sincerity of pur­ pose indicated by Supreme Knight McDevitt in his address, as Grand Master of Masons in the Philippines,
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I decided to accept his invitation and
on- December 23rd, 1966, wrote him asking how we could bring together
our two great Fraternities in the
Philippines. In his reply, he advised
me to contact the State Deputy of the
Knights here in the Philippines,
which I did. We also requested our
Bro. Jose Abejo to make contact with
the Knights who were known to him.
Time passed until today we have met
'together and enjoyed this wonderful friendship. That is why I say we
have taken the first step, but there
■is still a very long journey ahead. A
•century or more cannot be swept
aside in one day, but we can set a
Chicago March 12 (AP) — Th0 Roman Catholic Church has dropped quietly the penalty of excommunication against its mem­ bers who belong to the Interna­ tional Order Of Free Masons, The Chicago Daily News said in a story from Vatican City Mon­ day.
Tho revocation was obtained by a group of Scandinavian Bishops, tho daily news said, but no formal announcement has been made in Rome.
The Bishops of Norway, Den­ mark and Sweden, who obtained the ruling, reportedly are putting it into effect.
Tho excommunication of Masons was codified in 1918. It imposed excommunication on "Those who enroll in the Masonic sect or in secret societies conspiring against tho church or the legitimate authorities.”
Tho Masonic order was con­ demned first by Pope Clement XII in 1738, then by Pope Bene­ dict XIV in 1751. In 1884 Pope Leo XII in an Encyclical attacked the order’s aim of destroying the church.
The dropping of the excommuni­ cation of Masona was first pro­ posed at the ecumenical council by Sergio Mendez-Arceo, Bishop of Cuernavaca, Mexico.

new course for the coming genera­ tions in future centuries.
A new direction is essential for mankind, if civilization is to survive. Man with his science has been able to invent and develop means to con­ trol the material world. He stands at the threshold of extending that control throughout the universe. God has been kind to man, but man has not been kind to himself. He erects great structures which will endure for generations, but continues to find more destructive means to des­ troy the products of his efforts and his fellow man in war, in politics, in business and even in religion. Man has yet to conquer himself. Man has yet to learn how to control himself. Man has yet to respect the law o( God above the law of man.
We Masons arc builders. We op­ pose destruction of any kind.- Our ancestors were Operative Masons and as such built many of the beautiful church structures still standing as monuments to the centuries when perfect harmony existed between Ma­ sonry and the Church. Then with the industrial revolution came tran­ sition and Masonry became specula­ tive. Instead of building temples to house men, we now build temples in the hearts of men. Once the most
trusted defenders of the faith against the Saracens was the Order of Knight Templars. After falling into disfavor they were disbanded. When the age of darkness had passed, they emerged as the Christian branch of Masonry, and still continue as such today.
Masonry is a religiously oriented
brotherhood of men under the father­ hood of God. It is no more a religion
than the Knights of Columbus. But I venture to say that the Knights of Columbus is every bit as much a re­ ligiously oriented brotherhood of men
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(fatf ‘Pictoxicit • • - 'Mt'CtteA' 9. ?96%.

Grand Knight Lejano teeing off.

A/H' Benite;, PGM, also teeing off.

Mons. Damian Ray is received.

Scottish Rite Chorale sing it out.

All set to eat. APRIL, 1968

Presiding Table at dinner.

*7icel fa*

'Place...9* *7Acit ‘ZfavrtA

They wore red and blue caps, forty­ eight of them: 24 Knights of Co­ lumbus and the same number of Freemasons, in a golf dual meet on the fairways of Camp Aguinaldo. On the caps, were words and symbols: top line, “K of C — Freemasons’ Dual Golf Meet”; middle line: the K of C insignia, hands clasped and the fa­ miliar square and compasses; bottom line, "Camp Aguinaldo Golf Club, March 9, 1968”.
In the evening, at the Camp Agui­ naldo Officers’ Clubhouse, they wore white tags, their nick names written in red ink for K of C; blue for Ma­ sons. Close to a hundred Knights and Masons with their ladies were in at­ tendance at the dinner-dance and awarding of prizes. Speakers in the program were: Bro. Rodolfo Leja­ no, KC; Bro. Raymond Wilmarth, I’GM; Bro. Oscar Ledesma, KC; and Bro. Conrado Benitez, PGM. Itev. Fr. Damian Ray of the Passionist Fathers gave the invocation and WB Teofilo Abejo, Grand Prior of the Supreme Council, AASR, gave the benediction. Musical numbers were rendered by the Scottish Rite Chorale and some Knights of Columbus who sang the lilting “De Colores”. WB Abejo. a Mason and Cursillista, sang with the Knights.
The trophies given away as prizes were donated by Ambassador Oscar Ledesma, Justice Makalintal, Judge Antonio, Bros. Luis Valencia and IIdefonso Yan, Dean Conrado Benitez and Bro. Jose Abejo. Masters of Ceremonies were Bro. Lauro Cruz for the Knights and Bro. Jose S. N. Navarro, Jr. for the Masons.
zXgreeably, the speeches of Ambassa dor Ledesma and Dean Benitez dwelt on community improvement pro­ grams in which Knights and Masons

can cooperate, collaborate or coordin­

ate. Ground work for the culmination

of this dual meet were laid out by

Bros. Turla, Lejano and Castro of

the Capitol City Council No. 3695

for the Knights and Bros. Pat Gon­ zales, Jose Abejo and Bautista of

Luzon Bodies, AASR, for the Masons. Surprisingly, the perpetual trophy

for the lowest score by teams was not awarded this year as the two teams

tied at 863. Trophies for the lowest

net scores were awarded to Bros. Ca­ they, Mason; Capl. Octavio, KC; and

Judge Antonio, KC. For the most

pars in the 18-hole play, trophies

went to Bros. Lacuna, KC; Verzosa,

KC; and Morle, Mason. Bro. De Guz­

man, Mason, got the trophy for the

most birdies. The trophies (?). two

good-sized squashes which could make delicious pumpkin pies, one each went

to Bro. Verzosa, KC, and Bro. Wil­

marth, Mason, who tied lor the high­

est score. The team scores stood at:

Knighes of

Masons:

Columbus:

Rodriguez

76 Alejo, F.

79

Lacuna

81 Veneracion 80

Fr. Ortiz

84 Rivera

85

Silverio

85 Del Mundo 86

Makalintal

87 Espejo

88

Bueno

88 Bascarra

88

Lejano

90 Morfe

88

Lira

90 Jaramillo

88

Pilapil

91 Gonzales

90

Wico

92 Abejo, J.

90

Total

863 Total

86?

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under the same fatherhood of God

as we Masons.

It is therefore my sincere wish that

the journey we started here today

with this first step be pursued vigor­

ously. hand in hand by Knights and

Masons. We must stand out as a

working team to manifest to the com-

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VATICAN CITY, March 12 (UPI) - The Vatican has virtually scrapped an old church law excom­ municating Catholics who join the order of Freemasons, Vatican sources
said Monday. The sources said Catholics now
are free to join the Masons in the United States, Britain and most other countries of the world.
But the European grand orient lodge form of Masonry, established primarily in Italy and France, is still considered anti-Catholic or atheistic, they said.
Freemasonry, which dates back t<> medieval times, describes itself as a nonpolitical, nonsectarian movement dedicated to the ideal of universal brotherhood.
5-Million There are more than live million Masons in the world, most o[ them in English-speaking lands. The United States alone accounts fot nearly lour million members.
Pope Clement XII condemned the order in 1738 as atheistic and anti­ Catholic. and his action has been af­ firmed by seven other Popes in 16 dilferent pronouncements,
Fhe Eastern Orthodox Church and

some Protestant bodies also have op­

posed Freemasonry.

But a move to re-evaluate the Ca­

tholic Church’s position on Freema­

sonry began during the second Vati­

can Ecumenical Council which ended

in 1965.

Unofficial

Vatican sources said there had

been no official revocation of the

excommunication law but the Va­

tican’s Congregation for the Doctrine

of the Faith has let it be known

Catholics joining Free Masons or

ders are no longer automatically ex­

communicated.”

•■'Fhe church’s new attitude has

been in effect for more than a year,”

they said.

The church’s code of Canon Law.

drawn up in 1918 and presently be­

ing reformed, provided for automa­

tic excommunication of Catholics

"who enroll in the Masonic sect or

in secret societies conspiring against

the church or the legitimate author­

ities.”

Vatican sources said this wording

would be changed to modify the

church position on Masonry when

the new code of Canon Law is com

pletcd.

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WILMARTH. . .
muniiv about us. how differences can be forged into unity, when the broth­ erhood of man is valued more than the individuality of man.
Let us engage ourselves in positive action to discover more similarities, instead of reviving old differences.
Let us not let good ideas remain dormant but translate them into good deeds through action.
Let us be a dynamic force for good rather than passively ignore the evil

that* is rampant about us. Let us join hands together, giving
birth this day to a new direction de­
dicated to extending the Brotherhood of Man under the Fatherhood of God
throughout this land of ours, and in time throughout the world.
Let today be the beginning of the Order of Knights-Masons dedicated to the accomplishment of these things which we as Knights and Masons hold dearest to our hearts.

APRIL, 1968

EDITORIAL NOTES:
Over the space of about ten years, our Past Grand Master William H. Quasha has been most active in his efforts to bring about a relaxation of the position of the Catholic Church regarding Freemasonry. He has dealt directly with the Vatican, particularly through his friendly relationship with His Eminence Augustin Cardinal Bea, the Chairman of the Committee on Christian Unity. The detailed story of how this effort began and was carried out appears in the March 1963 issue of the Cabletow.
Since that) date Brother Quasha has continued with the concurrence of our respective incumbent Grand Masters, to communicate with and visit His Eminence, Augustin Cardinal Bea. To update the story appealing in our March 1963 issue of the Cabletow, we are publishing two Pro Memoriae and one letter of Brother Quasha.
During the weekly luncheon of the Supreme Council, 33° and Last Degree of A.&A.S.R. in the Philippines on March 16, 1968, III. William H. Quasha, P.G.M., announced he had that morning received a brief note from the Secretary of His Eminence Augustin Cardinal Bea forwarding a photostatic copy of a news item appearing in a semi-official publication entitled La Croix announcing that the Vatican has lifted its ban on Masonry indicating it will effect a relaxa­ tion over a period of time in the various areas of the world, principally on a basis of how the Church may find Masonry in specific Grand Masonic Juris­ dictions.
R.E.W.
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Grand Lodge of
Free and,Accepted Masons of the
Philippines
His Eminence Augustin Cardinal Bea Rome

March 18, 1963.

Your Eminence:

This is a Pro Memoria covering the subject of our delightful discussion which was attended by His Excellency Benigno Toda y Toledo, Philippine Ambassador to the Holy See, and Fr. Stefano Schmidt. S.J., Your Eminence’s Secretary.
The Grand Lodge of Free ond Accepted Masons of the Philippines is most desirous of establishing harmonious relations with the Roman Catholic Church and toward this end would appreciate a reexamination of the attitude of the Roman Catholic Church to Masonry in our jurisdiction. We believe that the world urgently requires the cooperative efforts of all people who be­ lieve in one God Almighty, Father of all men, Maker of heaven and earth, and that in the furtherance of His will, we must find bases for bridging the hiatus which now exists between the Roman Catholic Church and Freemasonry in our jurisdiction.
I am the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the Philippines, and as such I am the supreme authority over and speak for all regular Masons in this jurisdiction. Our Grand Lodge was founded in 1912. Our jurisdiction covers the Philippine Archipelago, Okinawa, Guam.

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and three Lodges in Japan — 124 Lodges in all. Over 98% of our members are Christians. My term ofl office will end on April 25, 1963, but I can assure you that my successors are in full accord with the position I have taken.
We are governed by a constitution, a copy of which is enclosed. We are in fraternal relationship with approximately ninety-five Grand Lodges through­ out the world, none of which has sovereignty over the other. I have furnish­ ed you copies of literature which show a list of regular Masonic Lodges of which the Grand Lodge of the Philippines is one. We do not recognize any group of Masons who do not adhere to the same principles that we do: (1) belief in God; (2) belief in the future existence; (3) the obligation taken by any Mason must be on or in full view of the Holy Bible, to which we refer as the Volume of the Sacred Law; and (4) there shall be no discussion of religion and politics in a Lodge. (Please see our Constitution, pp. 120-121.) These principles have been followed by our Grand Lodge since its establish­ ment.
Our organization is not a secret society. It is a corporation duly or­ ganized and registered (with the Securities and Exchange Commission, an agency of the Philippine Government) as a fraternal and charitable corpora­ tion in accordance with Philippine laws. Our members are obliged to abide by the laws of the country in which they reside, and our Grand Lodge abides bv the laws of the Republic of the Philippines. Our proceedings are printed in the English language; a copy of the 1962 edition is enclosed.
-Although Masonry is not a religion, its members are encouraged to fol­ low a religious life. Many of our officers and members are Christian bishops and clergymen, e.g., our Senior Grand Warden is a Minister in the Methodist Church and our Grand Chaplain is a Bishop in the United Church of Christ. Every Mason is urged to attend regularly a church of his own choosing. Last year we inaugurated a program to have all Lodges engage in intercessory prayers. These Lodges are enjoined to ask the members of their families and their friends in the community regardless of their church membership to im­ plore the aid of God to use His healing powers for sick persons who want us to pray for them. We do not enquire, nor are we concerned with a man’s religion; we are not a religious organization. In this respect we do not differ from the vast majority of fraternal, professional and civic organizations.
Masonry stands for faith, hope, and charity. It holds that strength is obtained through belief in God and through being in harmonious relation­ ship with fellowmen. It teaches temperance, fortitude, prudence, and jus­ tice.
We are engaged in our Grand Lodge in numerous programs of charity and social welfare. For over thirty years we have maintained the Masonic Hospital for Crippled Children in Manila where we admit patients regard­ less of creed. Approximately 85% of the children admitted come from Ro­ man Catholic families. The only condition of admission is that they cannot afford to go to private hospitals. This charity is entirely supported by Ma­ sons. Every Lodge in our jurisdiction is supposed to engage in charitable work in the community and to carry on a program of education and public service. Another one of our programs is to distribute books to the poor children of the Philippines. Over two million books are being collected bv the Masons in America for our distribution in the Philippines.
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We are not against the Roman Catholic Church or any other church. We do not contradict or deny anything in the Catholic religion. We stand for the principle of the brotherhood of men under the Fatherhood of God.
We have for many years experienced difficulties in our relationship with Roman Catholic priests in the Philippines.
(1) Masons have been refused burial in Catholic cemeteries even where it was the only cemetery in the area.
(2) Families and friends of Masons have been instructed not to attend our public meetings.
(3) Where a Mason is married to a Roman Catholic, various
difficulties arise: (a) Wives of Masons have been informed that they could expect no promotion in their work, e.g., school teacher or government employee, unless the husband withdrew from Masonry; (b) Children of Masons going to catechism have been told terrible things about the Masons; (c) Retraction has been forced on Masons, e.g., when a Mason was in a coma, the local priest and the wife placed the Mason’s thumb-mark on a retraction form; later on the wife re­ fused to allow his Masonic brethren to see or subsequently to give him a Masonic funeral. (General Emilio Aguinaldo, a great Fili­ pino hero, has been a Mason for over seventy years. Many Roman Catholic priests have pleaded with him to retract. He has repeatedly stated, “There is nothing in Masonry which is against the Roman Catholic Church, therefore, I have nothing to retract.” Mrs. Agui­ naldo is an ardent Roman Catholic and she has stated that she feels that General Aguinaldo shoulj not retract.)
(4) Masons cannot be sponsors at baptisms or at weddings in a Roman Catholic Church.
(5) Perhaps the sorest point is the fact that priests and parishes publish literature attacking the Masons, accusing them of being in league with the devil, of being nnti-Christ, of being atheists, of being agnostics, or of being communists.
These conditions are detrimental to family and national unity. There is no question that energy is being misdirected and dissipated; the same effort could better be employed in positive action for the glory of God.
Ever since 1954, when I became Master of my Lodge, I have been work­ ing on this problem, and have asked my brethren to preach and to practice charity. As a result, the Masons in our jurisdiction no longer retaliate when they are tormented, although some of them still voice their objections to the more bitter attacks. It was, therefore, one of the greatest experiences of my life to have an audience with the Holy Father and then to be received so cordially and sympathetically by Your Eminence. When I was with you, I felt that I was talking with a man in whom the spirit of God was overwhelm­ ing and I became confident that this case was now in the hands of a man who could deal with it correctly. I shall always love Your Eminence as a brother. God has blessed you, and I pray that through you He will bless my humble efforts.
Faithfully yours, (Sgd.) WILLIAM H. QUASHA

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His Eminence, Agustino Cardinal Bea Via Aurelia, 527 Rome. Italy

December 15, 1966

Your Eminence:
This is a pro memoria on the interview you so graciously granted me on June 2, 1966 which was attended by His Excellency, Benigno Toda y Toledo and Father S. Schmidt, S.J., your Eminence’s secretary.
During our meeting your Eminence referred to a series of articles appear­ ing in an Italian publication entitled Vita in which certain persons referring to themselves as Masons indicated a spirit of antagonism toward the Roman Catholic Church. These persons and their organization are not recognized by the Grand Lodge of the Republic of the Philippines as Masons. We have no connection with them, and in fact disown them. Unfortunately, we have no power to take any action against them other than to forbid our own Ma­ sons from having any contact with them. If a Mason in our jurisdicion were to violate this injunction, he would be guilty of unmasonic conduct and would be punishable in accordance with the provisions of our constitution. In our parlance they are spurious, and every Mason in our jurisdiction and in all the jurisdictions with which we have fraternal relations, approximately 90, have the same obligation; this includes all 49 Grand Lodges in the United States.
Your Eminence will recall that after my visit to you on about January 31, 1963 I sent to you from Washington, D.C. two volumes, one of which was entitled Regular Lodges Masonic and the other showed the tables of recognition which exist between the various Grand Lodges. Your Eminence will not find the group referred to in Vita in either of these volumes.
As I stated in my pro wetnoria dated March 18, 1963. a copy of which is attached for your ready reference, all the Grand Lodges which we recognize must adhere to the following principles:
1. Belief in God (One Almighty God, Father of all Men, Maker of heaven and earth).
2. Belief in the future existence. 3. The obligation taken by any Mason must be on and in full view of the Holy Bible to which we refer as the Volume of the Sacred Law. 4. There shall be no discussion of religion and politics in a lodge. These principles are set forth in our constitution, a copy of which I gave you. These principles have been adhered to consistently by our Grand Lodge ever since its inception. They are the same principles followed by our Mother Grand Lodge, the Grand Lodge of California, and all the other Grand Lodges in the United States. If at any time we learn that any other Grand Lodge does not adhere to these principles, we withdrew our recognition of them. It must have established to your Eminence’s satisfaction that we are not a secret society; that our Grand Lodge is a corporation duly organized and registered with the Philippine government as a fraternal and charitable corporation in accordance with Philippine law: that our members are oblirated to abide by the laws of the country in which they reside: and that our Grand Lodge abides by the laws of the Republic of the Philiopines.

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Our procedures, as I said before, are printed in thq English language (I sent you a copy of our 1962 annual proceedings to establish this point). Our membership list is public information. Our organization and our members support a Masonic hospital for crippled children as a regular institutional pro­ ject. (Approximately 85% of the children who are cared for in our hospital are Roman Catholics. All these children are treated free of charge.)
Between the time I first visited the Vatican in 1959 and my second visit in 1963, the tensions between the Roman Catholic Church and our Fraternity noticeably diminished, and in many instances we were able to establish cordial relationships between Roman Catholic clergy and laymen and our constituent lodges. Since 1963 these relations have improved to even a greater extent. We are pleased to say that several Roman Catholic priests have attended some of our public affairs, including annual installation ceremonies of our consti­ tuent lodges. Many prominent Catholic laymen in high government positions and in the business community have addressed our weekly Saturday luncheons which are open to Masons and their guests. I am very pleased to say that approximately a year and a half ago I was a sponsor at a wedding of two very promient Filipinos at the Malate Catholic Church. One of my fellow sponsors was the wife of the then President of the Philippines and another was the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines; still another was a member of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines, the latter being one of the leading Catholic laymen in the country, Hon. Raul Manglapus. This recent experience in this respect can be duplicated by many other Masons in our jurisdiction.
After I saw you last June. I met the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut who informed me'Ihat he had recently had an audience with His Holiness, Pope Paul VI and that His Holiness had complimented him on his efforts to improve relations between his Grand Lodge and the Roman Catholics in his area. Insofar as I know, I was the first Grand Master in office to have an audience with the Holy Father, and the efforts of the Grand Master of Connecticut is evidence that our Grand Lodge is not alone in its desire to bridge the hiatus which now exists. I learned recently that the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of California who is a Past Grand Master of that Grand Lodge is planning to be in Europe next June and would like to have an audience with the Holy Father. I have informed him that I felt he should endeavor to seek an audience with you first.
It continues to be the hope of our Grand Lodge that the present situation be altered in the spirit of ecumenicity.
I enclose a copy of the Cabletow for the month of December, 1966 in which you will note that the editor took occasion to compliment me for my efforts in this matter. It also reprinted articles which I wrote in June, 1955 and in April, 1962 for the Cabletow. I presume the reason that the editor did not print my pro memoria of March 18, 1963 was because it was not available to him. Up to this point I have kept your message in mind, that we ought not to give any publicity to my activity so as to avoid unnecessary antagonisms. T am wondering, however, whether at this point it would not be a good idea for us to publish my previous pro memoria as well as this one in our Cabletow. It would be heartening to our members and I believe would also encourage warmer relationships between the Roman Catholic Church and the members of our Grand Lodge.
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Concurrently in our joint efforts to bring together under the panoply of God all those who profess a belief in Him; there are counterforces at work which are attempting to destroy all institutions which stand for God. We feel, and I am sure your Eminence does, too, that we ought to find a tnodtw vivendi which will give us more strength to do God’s work and to forestall the efforts of those who seek to destroy us both. Only a few hundred miles away from here, in Mainland China, priests and nuns have been killed, tor­ tured and driven from their places of abode and of worship and forced to leave the land which they came to save. In this connection it is interesting to note our constituent lodges in mainland China were likewise driven out and forced to reestablish themselves in Taiwan.
In these circumstances we urge that efforts be intensified to bring this case to the attention of His Holiness, Pope Paul VI, so that the Grand Lodge of the Republic of the Philippines will not be covered by previously published Encyclicals and Bulls against Masonry.
I take this occasion to wish Your Eminence my sincere wishes for con­ tinued health and happiness during Christmas and the New Year.
Faithfully yours, (Sgd.) WILLIAM H. QUASHA, PGM

--------------- 0O0 ---------------

His Eminence, Agustino Cardinal Bea Chairman, Committee on Christian Unity The Vatican, Italy

February 8, 1967

Your Eminence:

According to newspaper accounts there have been some important changes in the Vatican. I am very hopeful that ,you will be able to continue your position of influence in the matter of Christian unity.
Next May I plan to go to the United States via Europe and would be very happy to include Rome in my itinerary if it will be possible for me, in some way, to contribute further to the presentation I made in 1963 and on my subsequent visit in 1966.
Certainly the spirit of ecumenism becomes increasingly pervasive. In my own church we had a special service during the week devoted to Christian unity. I continue to be strong in my belief that if favorable consideration is given to the matter which I put forward, a tremendous amount of impetus will be given to the growth of the unity which the world so urgently and fervently needs and prays for.
Please accept my best wishes for your continued good health.

Faithfully yours, (Sgd.) WILLIAM H. QUASHA
Past Grand Master

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13

Hot 'pOflHC. &<tt Su&4t**et'

(Address delivered by WB Mariano Lueco, PM, Grand Lodge Inspector of
Hiram, Lodge No. 88, at the Public Installation of its officers on January S, 1968, Plaridel Masonic Temple, Manila, Philippines).

I count it a privilege to be con­ ferred this honor of being your guest speaker today. I would like to ex­ press my greetings to all brother masons and non-masons present here tonight — for an occasion like this affords us the splendid opportunity of meeting each other and creating new friends and acquaintances.
I congratulate the past officers of this lodge particularly WB Juanito U. Fernandez for a job well done. During his mastership your member­ ship increased by fifteen. I also ex­ tend my heartfelt congratulations to the Worshipful Master and other officers who have been installed. I trust that you will consider this honor as an opportunity for greater serv­ ice and that you will discharge well your responsibilities to your lodge, to the Grand Lodge of the Philip­ pines and to Freemasonry in general.
If I may suggest, at the very start of the year, the officers should draw up plans and set specific targets or objectives toward which your efforts will be specially directed. Do not entertain the feeling that you were elected as a matter of routine in the lodge. Let us constantly remember that when we become recipients of a trust, we must keep and maintain that level of worthiness. “That it was the faith, hope and expectations of our Masonic forebears that we who come after them would strive to prove worthy of what was being passed on to us; that we would work, plan and struggle to preserve the ORDER in all its purity, beauteous splendor and that we would transmit

unimpaired through a succession of ages the excellent tenets of Freema­ sonry.”
Let us not only be proficient in the rituals, or in our labors, but let us adhere to the precious heritage we have received from those who came before us. It behooves us to cherish this heritage — appreciate its full meaning, its worth, and understand aptly its message by constant practice of the moral virtues we derive from it.
In this spirit, may I enjoin you to avoid unwarranted passions, petty jealousies and personal piques. The Craft is not only after admitting more members in Freemasonry, but
promoting more Masonry in men. To achieve this, let each and every­ one of us get involved in the activi­ ties of the Lodge. Let us not think of the misgivings of the past but rather regard them as experience and use them as references and guidelines for the success of our future under­ takings. Let us work together as a team, and discharge our duties for the good of Freemasonry.
You know my wife is a "cursillista” and I am not. But of course, she had my permission. The priest of our town, Msgr. Sicat, addresses
me always as Brother and I am flat­ tered. He used to ask me when I would join. But I was non-commit­ tal.
The practice of "cursillo houses” are not the same. Maybe they just chose the guy. I know some Free­ masons who were admitted without retraction. One of them is Ill. Bro­

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ther Teofilo Abejo 33°. After his
lengthy discussion with the priest, he
was allowed to continue without re­ tracting his firm belief in the tenets
of Freemasonry. Here we have a
brother who has a strong conviction.
According to him, when we invited
him to speak at Dapitan Lodge which is his Mother Lodge, had they insist­
ed on his retraction, he would have
packed up and left. I heard later that the priest who had permitted
him to finish the course without re­
traction was transferred.
At this juncture, allow me to quote
from one of Dr. Rizal’s letters dated
April 4, 1893. while he was exiled in
Dapitan to the Jesuit Priest, Padre
Pablo Pastels, in their debate by correspondence on philosophical and
religious issues and I quote:
“I do not deny that there are pre­ cepts of absolute necessity and usefulness which are not clearly enunciated in Nature, but they have been lodged by God in tho human heart, in the conscience of man, which is God’s best Tem­ ple. Therefore, I adore more this good and provident God who has endowed each one of us with all that is necessary to save our­ selves, who has continuously open­ ed to us the book of his revelation, becauso his priest is ceaselessly speaking the voice of our con­ science.
“I do not prejudice when I say that the voice of my conscience can come only from God; I judge by deduction. God could not have created me for my misfortune, for what evil did I ever do to Him beforo I was created, that he should want my perdition. Nor did he create mo for no purpose, or for an indifferent purpose, because what are my sufferings for, what for is the slow torture of my con­ tinuous longing. He must have created me for a good purpose, and to this end I have no better guide than my conscience, my conscience alone, which judges and appraises

my acts. God would be inconsistent if after creating me for some pur­ pose, He did not give me the means to attain it, like a black­ smith who wants to make a knife, but will not fashion its edge.
"All the brilliant and subtle ar­ guments of Your Reverence x x x can never convince me that the Ca­ tholic Church is endowed with in­ i' allability.”
Speaking about conviction, many of you here perhaps have seen in the movies that film “A Man for all Sea­ sons.” That is the life story of Tho­ mas Moore who had the courage of his conviction. At the gallows just before his execution he said: “I am the king’s good subject, but God’s first.” In Masonic philosophy, I wish to paraphrase the above and suggest that the Freemasons wither­ soever dispersed use as guidelines: ‘‘I am a Freemason. I am willing to enter the Cursillo, but there shall be no retraction."
As Freemasonry believes in the brotherhood of men under the father­ hood of God, permit me to dwell just a little bit on ecumenism enun­ ciated by the late Pope John XXIII as his favorite maxim: “Stress that which unites, rather than that which divides.” He was so imbued with the spirit of ecumenism that he was unselfishly guided by his conviction.
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Ni Kap. Agustin L. Galang, NIG (17)

ANG KATARUNGAN
Ang katarungan ay nangangahulugan ng “ang simulain sa kabutihan at tap;|t na pakikitungo ng mga tao sa bawa’t isa; at pagbibigay ng kanikaniyang karapatan. Ang kadakilaan ng katarungan ay “ang katangian sa walang pasubaling pagtupad sa mahigpit na alituntunin ng moralidad. Ang kaayaayang pagkakaugnay ng katarungan at kabutihan ay Hindi mapagaalinlanganan. Ang ka­ butihan ang nagdudulot sa kataru­ ngan ng walang sukdulang idealismo o huwaran. So katarungan ay di lamang natatamo ang hustisia na batay sa kodigo moral kundi pati ng walang pagkabaling pagtupad sa atas ng kabutihan. Ito ang nagbibigtiy ng likas na kabanalan ng kanyang kahulugan. Kaya ang pagsasamahan ng mga tao, ay dapat na itugma at
sumangayon sa huwarang ito, ng ang mabuting pagsusunura’y siyang maghari sa Sangkatauhan.
Ang pandaigdig na pulitika ngayon ay salat na salat sa katarungan, kaya, ang salot ng pagiiringan ang namamayani sa Sanglibutan. Ang
malalaki, mayayaman at malalakas na nasion ay niyuyurakan ang ka­ rapatan ng mga maliliit at mahihinang bansa. Dahil sa kasakiman, na binibigyan lamang ng iba’t ibang kulay, ay laging nagbabanta sa buong daigdig, upang ipakilala ang sukdulang lakas at kakayahang manakop. Di katakataka na ang naghahari ngayon sa mga puso ng katauhan ay ang kawalan ng katiwasayan, takot at lihim na balak.
Ang katarungan upang maging matatag at mabisa, ay kailangang

huwag yuyuko kaninoman, maging sa may mga titulo, impluensia o mapagsamantalang mga pulitiko. Ang gantimpala o kaparusahan ay dapat na ibatay sa karangalan ng nagawa o kabigatan ng kasalanan. Ang hukuman ay kinatawan ng pinakamalinis at pinakamatapat na santuario ng batas, na dapat mangalaga sa pagkakapantaypantav at ng mga ka­ rapatan ng mga tao sa harap ng ba­ tas. Ito ay hindi dapat makinig sa mga bulong ng mga mapanlinlang, at lalo nang huwag maging isang kasangkapan ng makapangyarihang pulitika. Kung hindi, ang lahat ay magmimistulang pagkutiya at ang bayan ay mapupugayan ng karanga­ lan, bilang isang kasapi sa mga nasiong kumikilala sa pandaigdig na kalahimikan at kaayusan.
Isang dakilang isipan ang nagsabing — "Ang katarungang ipinagpapaliban, ay ipinagkakait na kataru­ ngan." Ang mahahaba’t magagastos
na hablahan ay siyang pumipigil sa mga mahihirap na magdulog ng kanilang sumbong o humanap ng lunas sa kanilang mga kaapihan. Marami sa mga bayang diktatorial ang
nagsasamantala sa pagbinbin ng justisia, upang iligaw sa katotohanan ang katarungan, ng sa gayon ay maipatupad nila ang kunwari’y makatarungang kagustuhan. Ang may sariling dangal at paninindigang mga tagasalungat, matapos ang ilang pa-
nahon sa kagipitan, bilangguan o paghuhugas ng utak, ay lumalabas na sindak, lito’t sira ang bait, at inaaming totoong lahat ang mga upasalang ipinapataw sa kanya, na gina­
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GRAVEL AND SAND

WB OSCAR L FUNG (7) PM

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This is NBM pinch-hitting for OLF who is on leave for a while to set the records of his Lodge straight now that he is Secretary thereof. We hope we can do as well as he did. Let's try...
We were told that the Grounds Committee of the Fort Aguinaldo Golf Club spent quite a sum to roll the greens and even the fairways after twelve flights of Knights of Columbus and Masons used their course. We understand they played, which could also be dug, so hard that the grounds were no match for the golfers. No figures are available lor bent or broken clubs.

teen years, came to Manila in mid­ February to spend three weeks here visiting friends and relatives. They went back to their home in Chicago on March 11 via Hong Kong, Taipell, Tokyo and Vancouver. Upon retiring from the University of Chi­ cago, Bro. Jaramillo accepted a post­ retirement job teaching nuclear math at the Armour Institute of Techno­ logy, Chicago. They were the ob­
jects of a despedida party on March 8 by their fellow members of Sampaguita Chapter No. 3, OES. They enjoyed a program of folk songs and dances, among them: a solo by Sis. Flora Ostrea, a Hawaiian dance by Sis. Bayas, Curacha danced by Sis (dieting and Bro. Buenaie.

We chanced upon the two panels or committees of Knights and Ma­ sons in charge of the golf fest work­ ing on figures to decide who the winners were to be announced short­ ly. The Knights were ready to con­ cede the Masons won by one stroke in over-all total scores. A Mason however, worked on the totals again and found the two teams tied. To the agreement of both panels, we suggested a retired Prolessor in Nu­ clear Math from the University of Chicago be asked to check. lie did and each team stood at 863 strokes. The prof, Bro. Trinidad Jaramillo.
Bro. Trinidad and Sis. Leona Ja­ ramillo, who had been away seven­

This Jo-De-Ras conference in Ba­ guio, prognostications to the contra­ ry notwithstanding, will turn out to be a success, though not a howling success. The leaders of the three Orders; Jobies, DeMolays and Rain­ bows, are out to prove, they say, that our young people are not as useless as they are pictured to be. We'll see how they will do it. They have good support from the adults. Masons and Eastern Stars, and it is possible they can succeed. The con­ ference will be managed by young people who have formed an Execu­ tive Board, and the adults will ad­ vise them. The adults have formed an Advisory Board to help the young people run a good conference. A

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From the Column o£ J. V. Cruz, “Here and There”, Manila Times, March 17, 1968, p. 5-A:

There was a very fetching sportspage picture the other day that showed the highest-ranking Knights of Columbus and Masons in the country playing golf together. Oc­ casion was tre first K of C-Freemasons golf tournament ever. This took place, not coincidentally, after the Vatican had announced that it was no longer a sin for Catholics to apply for admission to Masonry Lodges. In the past, any Catholic who became a Mason was automati­ cally excommunicated from the Church. This meant, from the Ca­ tholic viewpoint, that he was there­ by doomed to eternal hell and dam­ nation. Now it is no longer so. Now Catholics may become Masons and still save their souls.
• • •

This is only one, to be sure of

radical and fundamental changes

that have overtaken Catholic dogma

since Pope John XXIII, that incom­

parable innovator, "opened win­

dows” and invited the winds of mod­

ernization and ecumenism to sweep

fresh air into the ancient institution.

Not all Catholics have accepted the

changes gracefully and uncomplain­

ingly. Some have been affected so

traumatically, with their faith shak­

en to its roots as a result of the

reversal of “truths" they had al­

ways considered deathless and imu-

table, that they have left the Church

in anger and disgust. Others have

taken it upon themselves to try to

rein back and curb the pace and

extent of change, to fight a holding,

rear-guard action against the inno­

vators and iconoclasts.

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NOTA BENE. . .

This could be more on ecumenism,

but to put in my five cents worth: The Golf tournameni took place on

March 9, 1968, though it had been

planned much earlier, and the Va­ tican announcement took place on March 12, 1968, as picked up by the

Associated Press and the United Press International. The story appeared

in most metropolitan dailies here in Manila on March 13, 1968.

By 1967 year-end, there are 12,500

Masons in the Grand Lodge of the Philippines. It is estimated that there are 200 more Masons living in

the Philippines who are members of

other Masonic Grand Lodges, and

though they are not in the rolls of

the Philippine Grand Lodge, they are Brothers just the same. It might

be of interest to know that since 1856, when the first Masonic Lodge was

established in the Philippines, mem­ bership of Catholics in Philippine

Masonry has ranged from 95% to 60% at the present time. This is

so because the Grand Lodge of the

Philippines, like most other Grand

Lodges elsewhere in the world accept

any petitioner who believes in God or a Supreme Being. Hence, mem­ bership includes Christians, Muslims,

Buddhists, Hindus, Israelis, etc.

Since the beginnings of Masonry in the Philippines, Knights of Co­

lumbus have joined our Lodges and

many Masons have joined Knights of

Columbus Councils. Any "secrets”

in the obligations of the Knights and

Masons concerned remain with them

as no Masonic Lodge would ask

about them. In the same spirit, no

Council would care to ask a Mason

joining the Knights about his obli­

gation in a Masonic Lodge.

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The NBI and YOU
Atty. Romeo T. Saavedra

FUNCTIONS OF THE NBI
The National Bureau of Investiga­ tion has a three-fold function. It is the only institution which acts as an investigative, service and research agency of the government. In its in­ vestigative functions, it handles com­ plaints against persons involved in crime or in administrative and civil cases where the government has an in­ terest, referred to it by the Secretary of Justice and/or the Office of the President. In its service function, it renders technical assistance to the dif­ ferent law enforcement and prosecut­ ing agencies of the government, in­ cluding the courts. The NBI is also ?. research agency under the law of its creation and in the performance of this function, it renders research on scientific crime detection and investiga­ tion, including the prevention and treatment of offenders.
Criminal complaints with the NBI may be made in writing or in person and where there is urgency and great distance, by telephone or telegram or even by the use of the radiophone services in each regional and sub-of­ fice upon prior approval of the Agent­ in-Charge of the office concerned. If the victim or his relatives complain to the office personally, they are required to fill in a complaint sheet form at tile Complaints and Processing Unit which among others state the name and address of the complainant, name and address of the persons complained of. nature of the act complained of, when and where committed, victims, if any. their addresses, the circum­

stances surrounding the act complain­ ed of, etc... If the complaint relates to a missing person, we require the complainant to fill in a missing per­ son form which contains among others the name of the missing person and his address, the complainant, his ad­ dress and relation to missing person, when missing person was last seen and where, date and cause of disap­ pearance, circumstances surrounding the disappearance, name of police agency to which reported, if any, and the personal description of the miss­ ing person as to age, weight, height, build, hair, eyes, complexion, national­ ity, occupation, scars, moles, or other distingushing features, and fingerprint classification, if any. In receiving complaints, the NBI has adopted a policy that when a particular case is already reported to the police author­ ities in the locality where the crime was committed or to the PC, the Bu­ reau comes in only to render technical assistance unless the crime is a serious one and of urgent importance and the circumstances of the case demand that the NBI take a hand. Otherwise the NBI does not ordnarilv come in, in­ cluding cases which are minor in char­ acter and usually estafa cases where the presence of a powerful syndicate or repeated commission with impunity is not present. The reason behind this is that the NBI spends a lot of money investigating these cases only to be dropped at the instance of the com­ plainants, thereby converting the NBT into a mere collection agency. More-
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over, the lack of investigative person­ nel has required this policy.
But the most sought after function of the Bureau is the giving of service or technical assistance to the different police agencies in the country, includ­ ing prosecuting agencies and the courts. Under this function also falls the train­ ing of a representative number of police in each city or municipality on the lat­ est methods of scientific crime detec­ tion and investigation. To carry out this function, the NBI saw the need of puttng up an adequate crime la­ boratory and a training division for the instruction of policemen. The na­ ture of technical assistance rendered are medico-legal, like the determina­ tion of the cause of death or nature

of injuries sustained, etc.; forensic chemistry, like paraffin tests and the determination of poison in foods or the body, and the like; ballistics, like the determination of caliber of bullets and weapons used, etc.; questioned documents, like the determination of the authorship and authenticity of questioned documents, forgeries, etc.; photography, like the interpretation and identification of photographs, aerial and terrestial, etc.; clearance, identification, and records, like finger­ print identification for purposes of identity, derogatory records of per­ sons, clearance, etc.; narcotics, like requests for the apprehension, treat­ ment and rehabilitation of dope ad-
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INSTALLATION^ CEREMONIES BULUSAN LODGE N.S8

Newly installed officers of Bulusan Lodge No. 38. L to R, front raw: Swsano Detera, JD; Pedro Sta. Ana, Chaplain; Bartolome Frayna, Treat.; Ireneo Escandor, SW; Pedro F. Gomez, WM: Luis Laurenaria, JW; Estanislao Gabarda, Secretary; Mario Talatala, SS; Teodolfo Fresnido, JS. Second row: Lee King Yek, SD; Timoteo Mendoza, Almoner; Ramon Gregorio, Orator; Edgar Fajardo, Auditor; Emiliano Vida, Organist; Azarias Zayco, Historian and Dioscoro Ramos, Tyler.
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Ml Meat Seataetti^a
News and Views on the Ecumenical Movement. NBM

Next July the fourth general as­ sembly of . the World Council of Churches will be held in Uppsala, Sweden. They expect an attendance of 1,330 clerics and laymen as dele­ gates from the council’s 232 member denominations, as well as 15 official Roman Catholic observers.
As Time magazine observes, one of its main problems will be to resolve the potential conflict between two seemingly incompatible goals of the council: to spread its ecumenical net as wide as possible and to make Chris­ tianity more responsive to modern so­ cial issues.
Another possibility of conflict in­ volves the question of Rome. The church men of the old school, they who started the organization, (circa 1912) prefer a slower approach to ecu­ menism with the Roman Catholic church, while the younger churchmen believe that it is about time to think of providing a way in which the Ro­ man Catholic Church can be a member of the World Council of Churches.
Recently. St. Louis Catholics got a new archbishop. He is the Most Rev. John Joseph Carberry, formerly bis­ hop of Columbus, Ohio. The Pope appointed Bishop Carberry to suc­ ceed Joseph Cardinal Ritter who died eight months ago.
Last month Archbishop Carberry, who is currently chairman of the U.S. hierarchy’s Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, became the first Catholic bishop to receive the

Protestant Ohio Council of Churches’ annual “Pastor of Pastors” award.
Many there are who believe that it is just a matter of time, probably short, when Archbishop Carberry will wear the purple cap of a Prince of the Church.
As reported in a previous and in this issue, the Knights of Columbus of Quezon City Council and Scottish Rite Masons of Luzon Bodies, AASR, enjoyed a day of togetherness on the golf course of Camp Aguinaldo. They hit the ball, sometimes not, but they exchanged pleasantries and jokes with agreeable familiarity. We wish that hereafter the meetings between Knights of Columbus and Ma­ sons will have more cordiality. The last time we listened to a Fourth Degree Knight of Colum­ bus speak to Scottish Rite Masons, it seemed like he labored so hard to get his ideas across, and yet, the Masons did not do or say anything to belabor him. He was so ill at ease, I was tempted to say, "Relax lang basta Ma­ son.”
WB Teofilo Marte, PM (11). re­ ports that out in Iloilo City where they have streamlined the adminis­ tration of the Iloilo Mission Hospital, owned by the Baptist Mission, WB Jose Pabelico, PM (11), is the new Business Manager. They have mo­ dernized the plant and equipment of the hospital and in the process, re-
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quested donations from civic leaders

of the community to equip the rooms

in the new hospital building. The

friends of the hospital responded agree­

ably and most of the rooms in the

new building are being built and equip­

ped as memorials to relatives of the

donors. A group of priests have ask­

ed to donate at least one room if they

cannot have two or three. They want

to donate them in appreciation of the

care the priests have received from

the hospital since 1902 when it was

founded by Baptist and Presbyterian

missionaries. There is also a Catholic

hospital in the city.

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From p.g. 15

belief that Freemasonry, of which he is a member, is the one and only com­ mon ground for all sects and people, and, unless he believes in this philo­ sophy and were imbued with a simi­ lar belief, he ought not continue to be­ long to this ancient fraternity. There­ fore, a true Freemason is called upon to contribute his humble effort toward the achievement of ecumenism.

Masonry is not a religion but it is a religious fraternal organization. In fact, we pray before commencing any great undertaking. We believe in the saying ‘‘No man should ever enter in­ to any great or important undertaking without first invoking the blessings of God.”

Let us practice Jess form, but more substance in our religious, political or civic endeavors. It is the substance in all our actions and in all our under­ takings which make us better men and better citizens. It is no, the form but the practice that makes us Christians.
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1440 San Marcelino St. Manila, R. P.
OFFICERS
ALEJANDRINO A. EUSEBIO, PAL MASTER
JUANITO N. FERNANDEZ, P.M. SR. WARDEN
JAIME M. ZAMORA JR. WARDEN
CASTOR I. SILVESTRE, P.M. TREASURER
OSOAR L. FUNG, P.M. SECRETARY
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PITAK FILIPINO. . .
gamit na isang mabisang propagan­ da laban sa kapurihan ng bayan.
Maraming tao ang naniniwalang walang katarungan dito sa ibabaw ng lupa. Ito ay isinisisi nila sa wa­ lang pakundangang mga paglabag sa ginintuang aral ng moralidad. Anya, ‘‘Hindi masama ang mngnakaw, ang
masama ay kung ikaw ay pahuhuli.” Di mabilang ang hindi napapatawan ng karapatdapat sa parusa, dahil sa impluensia, bagama’t mabibigat ang pagkakasala. Ang masaklap ay nagsisiunlad at namumuhay sa kasaganaan, na kasangayun pa ang lipunang makamaterial. Subalit sa liinabahaba ng pagtatamasa, ay hahabol ang katarungan sa kanila, at igagawad ang nararapat na parusa, maski na sa pinakalihim 11a pagkutya sa justisia. Ang timba ng kanilang pakinabang na buhat sa kasamaan ay inot-inot na mawawaldas at wa­ lang salang mapapantay sa timbangan ng katarungan, al masisiwalat sa madia ang maiitim na damdamin at hidwaang kaluluwa. May kasabihang — ang gilingan, daw, ng Diyos, ay iubhang mahina, ngunit mahina ina’y sigurado naman. Sawing palad ang isang taong lumabag sa walang mula’t walang hanggang batas ng kabutihan, sa pagasang makaiiwas siya sa nakatakdang parusa.

Mayroon pang ibang uri ng kata­ rungan na dapat sumakop at mamalagi sa lahat ng tao — ito'y hindi nasasaklaw ng natatatag na Hukuman, ito ay bumubukal sa malinis na diwa o konsensia ng bawa’t nilalang. Iyan ang pinakamabuting anyo ng kata­ rungan, na hindi pa nakikintal sa isip at puso ng nakararaming mga tao. Ito ay matutukiasan lamang sa mga diwa ng piling pangkat ng mga tao — yaong mga taong di kailanman nakalilimot sa Diyos, at pinahahalagahan ang karapatan at karangalan ng isang tao. Ang Sama­ han ng mga Magkakaanib na Bansa ay nauunawaang lubos ang lawak at kahalagahan nito, kaya isinama ang bnal na simulain, sa pagpapahayag ng pandaigdig na mga karapatan ng tao.
Samantalang ang katarungan ay humihingi ng walang pasubaling pagsangayon sa mahigpit 11a atas ng kodigo moral, isinasa-alang-alang din. na ang pagpapakahulugan sa alituntunin, ay di lamang mabatay sa letra, kundi sa ispiritu ng karurukang kabutihan at pagkakaintindihan. Ang paghatol ay dapat na masubhan ng awa, sangayon sa hinihingi ng pagkakataon, at mga katunayang iniharap. Ang habag ay hindi nangangahulugan ng pagpapababa ng pamantayan, kundi isang makataong pag-
gagawad ng KATARUNGAN. A

Ciriaco del Mundo

Real Estate Broker

Suit 401 Goniaga
Bldg., 414 Rizal Avtnu.

Te!s.: 3 92 S8 3 79 56

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G. O. SABAS Jeweller

Maker of Masonic Emblems and Jewelry

D. R. ESCOSA Authorized Representative

75 Sibuyan St., Sta. Mesa Heights

Quezon City

Tel: 68998

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THE JO-DE-RAS SECTION

RAINBOW

DeMolay Chapters in the Philip­ pine Jurisdiction joined more than 2,500 other DeMolay chapters around
the world in a Philippine observance of International DeMolay Week, March 17-24, 1968.
The annual, week-long event, cele­ brating the anniversary of the Order, was designed to acquaint the public throughout the world with the pur­ poses and activities of the organiza­ tion.
The theme selected for this year’s observance was “Young Men on the Go!” The DeMolay participated in
events ranging from social activities to civic projects to emphasize the program.
The various activities were aimed primarily at capturing the attention of those persons who are not associated with the Order, in an effort to fami­ liarize and interest them in the Order in general and the chapter in partic­ ular.
There are 9 active chapters in the jurisdiction: Jose Abad Santos and Loyalty, both in Manila; Teodoro R. Yangco in Olongapo, Zambales; Far East in Clark Field, Pampanga; Ernie Pyle in Okinawa; Guam in Agana, Guam; Emmanuel Baja in Cavite City; Leon Kilat in Dumaguete City; and Quezon City in Quezon City.

The basic reasons for DeMolay

Week were: to increase membership,

gain publicity and good will, promote

civic responsibility, gain prestige,

mark the anniversary of the found­

ing, and aid Masonic relations.

Rafael Morales, Master Councilor

of the Jose Abad Santos Chapter,

said that the 1968 theme was chosen

because "it is indicative of the growth

and activities of the DeMolay move­

ment.” He stated that in addition to

providing worthwhile activities for a

young man, "the Order builds charac­

ter and leadership qualities.”

The Order of DeMolay was found­

ed in 1919 bv Frank S. Land and

nine teenage youths in Kansas City.

Missouri. Since that time, nearly

three million young men between the

ages of 14 and 21 have become De-

Molavs.

♦ * *

IN BEWLEY WILL
Surprised and yet, ever grateful, are members of youth organizations appendant to Masonry, when the will and testament of our late lamented Past Grand Master, Dr. Luther B. Bewley, was opened for probate in a Manila court of first instance on March 28, 1968.
It was known that MW Bewley named "Assemblies of Rainbow for

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Girls, Bethels of Job's Daughters, Order of DeMolay for Boys” among his legatees. Other legatees named are the Supreme Council, Children’s Garden in Taytay, Rizal, South Ma­ nila Branch of the Philippine Ani­ mal Welfare Society, the Union Church in Makati, the Magill Me­ morial Church in Lucena City and the Bewley Chapel in Greenville, Tennesee.
MW Bewley named his only daughter, Mrs. Virginia Bewley Gees­ lin, executrix of the will which left a portion of his estate to his three grandsons: Conrad, Keith and Philip Geeslin and a sister, Irene Bewley, who lives in Knoxville, Tenn.
FAMILIAR WITH TECHNIQUES
By Exequiel S. Molina
There are many ways of saying farewell and Jerry Dadap’s way was as novel as it was musical.
Leaving shortly for the United States on a Music Promotion Foun­ dation grant, Dadap and his com­ positions were the main attractions at a farewell concert Tuesday eve­ ning at the Philamlife auditorium.
The concert opened with Sym­ phony No. 2 (Enfant Terrible), per­ formed for the first time on the concert stage.
The symphony, as described by the program notes, shows Mr. Dadap’s ’deepening preoccupation with ab­ solute music, which result is the gain for the sparse Philippine symphonic literature.”
The dictionary defines enfant ter­ rible as "an unmanageable, mis­ chievous child.’’ Judging from the huge, blocks of sound that keep on colliding and the constant juxtaposi­ tion of atonal, polyrthythmic phrases, the choice of the symphony’s sub­ titles does seem apt, indeed.
The second number, Song Cycle for Baritone and Orchestra featured
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Mr. Gregorio as soloist. The inierplay between the baritone voice and the strings and woodwinds of the or­ chestra was deftly woven by Mr. Da­ dap who was also the conductor.
The concert closed with Primeval Symphony No. 1, an earlier Dadap composition. Strongly percussive and rhythmic, the three-movement work reflects Mr. Dadap’s familiarity with the techniques of the contemporary­ idiom.
It is our hope that his jrip to the United States to observe contempo­ rary creative trends and his con­ tinuing involvement, not only in music and the related arts, but life in general, will help season him into a more matured, more astute com­ poser.
Condensed from The Manila Time\ March 14, 1968
(Jerry A. Dadap, a JASC senior De­ Molay was awarded the Distinguished Service Award Sept. 1965 for meri­ torious service both in and outside of DeMolay. He is also known in DeMolayland as the composer of the DeMolay Hymn, ed.)

diets, identification of narcotics, etc.;

and others.

Private persons may also avail them­

selves of our medico-legal services

for the determination of the cause of

death (autopsy), medico-legal exam­

inations in cases of rape and other sex

offenses, cases of suspected poisoning,

and the like, which constitute the bulk

of the services of the medico-legal di­

vision. We hope that with the pas­

sage of the new budget, the NBI will

be able to hire more investigative

agents and technical men and expand

its essential services to the greater

mass of our people, especially' those

in the rural areas.

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Office** *f S^mMic .defyc* fc* 196%

MANILA LODGE NO. 1 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

William C. Councell Henry P. Merrifield Oscar L. Uy Jost E. Boehnert Dominador R. Escosa 1213 Lepanto St., Sampaloc,

COSMOS LODGE NO. 8 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master:
Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:

Robert H. Cathey Lorenzo E. Bemardez, Jr. Joaquin 0. Thomas Richard S. Hart, PM Robert P. Binkley, PM
Scottish Rite Temple 1828 Taft Avenue, Manila

CAVITE CITY LODGE NO. 2 Cavite City, District 2

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary
Address

Dominador A. Herrera Jose V. Colina James E. Anderson Dominador G. Crisostomo, PM Salvador C. Gonzales 960 Cabuco St., City of Cavite

ST. JOHN'S LODGE NO. 9 Manila, District 1
Wor. Master: Marwyn L. Gilmore Senior Warden: Marvin 0. Rose Junior Warden: Reavis N. Manking
Treasurer. Paul W. Hannaford, PM Secretary: Newland Baldwin, PM
Address: P.O. Box 768, Manila

CORREGIDOR-SOUTHERN CROSS LODGE NO. 3 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master
Treasurer Secretary
Address

Bruce If. Martin Perley H. Shaw Antonio C. S. Ching, PM George J. Reid, PM Jack L. Schwartz, PM Ph'lippine Indent Co., Rosario Bldg., Rm. 308, .Rosario
St, Manila

BAGUMBAYAN LODGE NO. 4 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary

Artcmio S. Bustamante
Calixto 0. Zaldivar Narciso C. Roque, PM Julio F. Abarquez, PM 8961 Aranga St., San Antonio
Village, Makati, Rizal

ISLAND-LUZ-MINERVA LODGE NO. 5 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer
Address

Magdalo B. Hidalgo Angel Salanga, Jr. Leonardo de Castro Basilio J. Enriquez, PM Porfirio A. Romulo, PM 443 Lt. Artiaga, San Juan,
Rizal

BIAK-NA BATO LODGE NO. 7 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:
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Alejandrino A. Eusebio, PM Juanilo Uy Fernandez, PM Jaime M. Zamora Castor I. Silvestre, PM Oscar L. Fung, PM 446 Quezon Blvd., Quiapo,
Manila

ILOILO-ACACIA LODGE NO. 11 Iloilo City, District 14

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer:
Secretary: Address:

Federico V. Gallano Jose Yu An Kong Dominador H. Aujero Olimpio Magat, PM
Ponciano C. Leonidas, PM 178 Mission Road, Jaro,
Iloilo City

NILAD LODGE NO. 12 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Miguel S. Picache Ponciano B. Jacinto Roman Careaga Amado C. Pineda, PM Jose E. Racela, PM P.O. Box 1921, Manila

WALANA LODGE NO. 13 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Ambrosio Lorenzo, Sr., PM Armando C. Pascual Nemesio M. Ramos Arsenio C. Pascual Leovigildo V. Ferrer
1415B P. Guevarra, Sta. Cruz, Manila

DALISAY LODGE NO. 14 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Eulogio 0. Nadal Amor T. Banda Angel Manzanilla, Jr. Bayani B. Ibarrola Domingo C. Argente 2400 Havana, Sta. Ana,
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PILAR LODGE NO. 15 Imus, Cavite, District 10

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Luis Campana Eduardo M. Espejo Regalado Camarse Eugenio M. Villanueva, PM Jose N. Topacio, Sr., PM Gen. Satorre St., Imus, Cavite

SINUKUAN LODGE »O. 16 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Francisco R. Floro, PM Henry Ang-Hessing Virgilio S. Atienza James C. Go, PM Gabino de Castro, PM 2528 Tindalo, Tondo, Manila

BAGONG BUHAY LODGE NO. 17 Cavite City, District 10

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Angel Rica-Alvarez Julian C. Medina, Jr. Lope A. Anson Amado C. Santos, PM Jose Bernal, PM Caridad, City of Cavite

ARAW LODGE NO. 18 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Juan M. Mendoza Juanito S. Satana Alberto Reyes Jose N. Quedding, PM Pedro P. Aguda, PM 599 Dr. M. V. de los Santos St Sampaloc, Manila

SILANGANAN LODGE NO. 19 Pasig, Rizal, District 9

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden

Gual R. San Pedro Felix Campomanes Oscar Eusebio David Cruz Modesto M. Marcelo Parang, Marikina, Rizal

RIZAL LODGE NO. 20 Lopez, Quezon, District 12

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary

Gregorio Quincina Oscar G. Guirnak Jose Villafucntc
Julian Capkal Lopez, Quezon

DAPITAN LODGE NO. 21 Manila, District 1
Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:

Treasurer:

JOSE RIZAL LODGE NO. 22 Manila, District 1
Wor. Master: Obdulio A. Andin Senior Warden: Nicasio G. Co Junior Warden: Nicasio P. Mayuga
Treasurer: Mariano T. Pagarigan, PM Jose M. Cortes, PM 1235 Lavanderos St., Sampaloc, Manila

MALINAW LODGE NO. 25 San Pablo City, District 11

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Address

Reuben C. Belulia Benigno Gesmundo Sergio Dy Liaco Ong Kim Luan Narciso A. Villapando 9 Schctelig Ave., San
City

Pablo

PINAGSABITAN LODGE NO. 26 Sta. Cruz, Laguna, District 11

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer
Address

Dominador P. Labit Fernando 0. Manas Arturo R. Calapas Juan C. Ng Cha Amado Mabul, PM Santa Cruz, Laguna

BATONG BUHAY LODGE NO. 27 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Address

Felix R. Gabot, PM John W. Spakowski Honrado Tcngsico Francisco C. Hizon, PM Rc.nedios E. Racela, PM 1440 San Marcelino. Manila

BALINTAWAK LODGE NO. 28 Gumaca, Quezon, District 12

Wor'. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden

Roque T. Olivera Rafael D. Acuni Hipolito Alpuerto Co King Hong Vicente Q. Tan

ZAPOTE LODGE NO. 29 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
TreasurerSecretary:
Address:

Filadclfo Tugade Alfredo R. Madriaga Jose T. Martinez Calixto B. Antonio, PM Filomeno S. Mariano, PM 4 Road 3, Project 6, Quezon City

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MAKTAN LODGE NO. 30 Cebu Qty, District 16
Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer:

Senior Warden. Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Ireneo B. Escandor Luis Laurinaria Bartolome Frayna Estanlslao Gabarda Sorsogon, Sorsogon

MABINI LODGE NO. 39 Aparri, Cagayan, District 2

AGUINALDO MEMORIAL LODGE NO. 31 Kawit, Cavite, District 10

Wor. Master: Dulcisimo Tiu, PM Senior Warden: Gabriel Arce Junior Warden: Andres Timbang

Wor. Master: Segundo S. Dayrit, PM

Treasurer: Calixto Aquino

Senior Warden: Antonio C. Saqueton

Secretary: Bienvenido J. Jimenez

Junior Warden: Richard A. McBride

Address: Aparri, Cagayan

Treasurer: Francisco Chua

Secretary: Modesto S. Dayrit, PM

MAGUINDANAO LODGE NO. 40

Address: 1005 Manila Blvd., Sta. Crur, Cagayan de Oro City, District 17

Cavite City

Wor. Master: Jose Ma. Rubrico

ISAROG LODGE NO. 33 Naga City, District 13
Wor. Master: Nicasio F. Villareal Senior Warden: Conrado C. Pabillo Junior Warden: Hermenegildo D. Asor

Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Renario A. Fuentes Gabino 0. Poblete Valentin R. Facelo Emilio V. Manlosa Cagayan de Oro City

Treasurer: Felicisimo Capucao, Sr., PM

JOSE ABAD SANTOS LODGE NO. 43

Secretary: Domingo 0. Villareal

Tayabas, Quezon, District 12

Address: San Mateo, Penafrancia Ave.,

Naga City

Wor. Master: Victor Lafuente

Senior Warden: Ildefonso A. Echevarria

LINCOLN LODGE NO. 34

Junior Warden: Ruperto Palentines

Olongapo, Zambales, District 8

Treasurer: Jesus Naynes

Wor. Master: Jose de Leon Senior Warden: Eduardo L. Elgincolin

Secretary: Gerardo S. Rallama Address: Tayabas, Quezon

Junior Warden: Manuel D. Garcia Treasurer: Marcial B. dela Crur, PM Secretary: Desiderio Hebron, PM

CHARLESTON LODGE NO. 44 Agana, Guam, District 20

Address: 74, 18th Street, EBB

Wor. Master: Moses Bernard

Olongapo City

Senior Warden: George K. Aikala

BATANGAS LODGE NO. 3S Batangas, Batangas, District 11

Junior Warden: Eric Everett Treasurer: Adrian I. Dotson Secretary: Jose C. Laguana

Wor. Master.- Teodoro A. Alcantara

Address: Box 475 Agana, Guam

Senior Warden: Conrado A. SumaRga

Junior Warden: Juho C. Gutierrez

MT. APO LODGE NO. 45

Treasurer: Aurelio Beron, PM

Zambonga City, District 19

Secretary: Juan C. Perez Address: Batangas, Batangas

Wor. Master: Jose M. Valderrosa Senior Warden: Timoteo B. Almonte

KALILAYAN LODGE NO. 37 I.ucena City, District 12

Junior Warden: Valario Chua Treasurer: Juanito Chan Secretary: Pablo Sebastian

Wor. Master: Severo Oliveros

Address: Canelar, Zamboanga City

Senior Warden: Apolinario Vlllaverde Junior Warden: Arcadio Tolentino
Treasurer: Vicente Alhambra

MALOLOS LODGE NO. 46 Malolos, Bulacan, District 7

Secretary: Felix Acuna Address: Lucena City

Wor. Master: Trifon Adriano Senior Warden: Abraham G. Manahan

BULUSAN LODGE NO. 38 Sorsogon, Sorsogon, District 13

Junior Warden: Filemon B. Zafra, Jr. Treasurer: Ricardo B. Dizon Secretary: Francisco C. Rendon

Wor. Master: Pedro F. Gomez

Address: Catmon, Malolos, Bulacan

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MAKABUGWAS LODGE NO. 47 Tadoban Qty, District 15

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer
Address

Santiago L. Chua
Eugenio D. Abilar Federico V. Larraga, PM Celestino Elefaiio, PM 32 C. Arellano St., City of
Tadoban

PAMPANGA LODGE NO. 48 San Fernando, Pampanga, District 7

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer
Address

Horacio S. Mendoza Amado L. Sadsad Generoso Q. Sison Salvador G. Dabu, PM Venancio G. Reyes, PM Lubao, Pampanga

MOUNT MAINAM LODGE NO. 49 Cavite City, District 10

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Juan R. Narvaez Tomas S. Molina Raymundo Beltran Pedro V. Poblete Paulino R. Anloague Ibayao Eslacion, Naic,

Cavite

SARANGANI LODGE NO. 50 Davao City, District 18

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Rene Y. Te Roman Ordinario Teodoro Venus Maximo S. Ansaldo Gabino Pilien, PM Buhangin, Davao City

PINTONG BATO LODGE NO. 51 Bacoor, Cavite, District 10

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Jovino M. Bajet Eduardo T. Malinis Francisco M. Trias Melecio Alejandro, PM Evaristo Narvaez, PM Bacoor, Cavite

P1NATUBO LODGE NO. 52 San Narciso, Zambales, District 8

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Howard H. Ingram Marciano A. Torres Wallace J. Trout Pedro Aquino Alfredo D. Garcia, PM San Narciso, Zambales

CABANATUAN LODGE NO. 59 Cabanatun City, District 6

Wor. Muter: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer:

Pantas V. Macapagal Ricardo J. Soto Nathanael M. Grospe Primo E. Ferrer

Secretary: Doroteo M. Joson Address: Cabanatuan City

MAKAWIWILI LODGE NO. 55 Roxas City, District 14

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary

Gregorio Orozco Jimmy Hedriana Fernando Fuentes Lcopoldo Azarraga Roxas City

PANGASINAN LODGE NO. 56 Dagupan City, District 5

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:

Godofredo M. Say so Gavino U. Ferrer
Generoso S. Uson Moises M. Garcia Faustino Oviedo 52 Burgos Ext., Dagupan City

LUZON LODGE NO. 57 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master:
Junior Warden: Treasurer:

Constantino L. Galica Eliseo A. Arandia Antonio A. Merida Co Tuan Vicente F. Flechero, PM 1440 San Marcelino, Manila

LABONG LODGE NO. 59 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden

Jose B. Gramaje Manuel R. Perez Pacifico Pagdanganan Avelino G. Gregorio Jose L. Cahiwat 437 Gen. Luna, Malabon, Rizal

ISABELA LODGE NO. 60 Ilagan, Isabela, District 2
Wor. Master: Lino M. Respicio Senior Warden: Erasto B. Cruz Junior Warden: Arsenio V. Maramag
Treasurer: Cresencia V. Maramag, PM Secretary: Federico P. Ambatali
Address: Ilagan, Isabela

MAV0N LODGE NO. 61 Legaspi City, District 13

Wor. Master: Senior Warden. Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Bayani C. Fontanilla, PM Damaceno J. Ago, PM Solomon Payno Agapito Loreto, PM Teodoro L. Jesalva, PM Legaspi City

ANGALO LODGE NO. 63 Vigan, Ilocos Sur, District 4
Wor. Master: Antonio J. Soller Senior Warden: lasrenzo Arcalas

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Junior Warden: Daniel Rasay Treasurer: Federico Lazo, PM Secretary: Graciano P. Pada, Sr., PM Address: Vigan, Ilocos Sur

KANLAON LODGE NO. 64 Bacolod City, District 14

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary
Address

Vicente T. Remitio Vivencio T. Ibrado Cayetano Palmares I.u-s A. Suncuaco Jose M. Estacion, PM Bacolod City

TAMARAW LODGE NO. 65 ('alapan. Oriental Mindoro, District 11
Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary
Address

GONZAGA LODGE NO. 66 Tuguegarao, Cagayan, District 2

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer

Melanio Diego Eduardo Lasain Edilberto Fragante Perfccto Lingan, PM Leon A. Baiiez, Jr., PM Tuguegarao, Cagayan

BAGUIO LODGE NO. 67 Baguio City, District 5

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer

Arturo C. Plata P.O. Box 94, Baguio City

MAGAT LODGE NO. 68 Bayombong, Nueva Viscaya, District 3

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer:

Alberto de la Cruz, PM Geminiano M. Alvarado Eufemio S Obay Froilan D. Calata, PM Sotero A. Torralba, PM Bayombong, Nueva Viscaya

UNION LODGE NO. 70 San Fernando, La Union, District 5

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Leonides B. Besconcillo Florentino C. Cariaso Anacleto N. Laudencia Dionisio R. Dumaguin Doroteo A. Parong, PM San Fernando, La Union

PRIMERA LUZ FILIPINA LODGE TlO.' 69 Binakayan. Kawit, Cavite, ■District - 10

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address.
LAOAG LODGE NO. 71 Laoag, Ilocos Norte, District 4
Juan F. Santos Jacinto V. Morales Jose V. Benigno Ruperto Viduya

Laoag City

MAKILING LODGE NO. 72 Los Banos, Laguna, District 11

Treasurer:

Clemente Juliano, Sr. Mamerlo Garcia Emilio B. Capulong Aqu.M.o A. Lar.no, IV Eugenio P. Enriquez International Rice Research
Institute, College, Laguna

NUEVA ECUA LODGE NO. 73 Quezon, Nueva Ecija, District 6

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer
Address

Gregorio D. Robles, PM Arturo Villasan Eulogio Sta. Maria, PM Isaac Asuncion Ildefonso Jose Cruz, Jr. 14 Arizona St.. Cuban, Quezon City

AGNO LODGE NO. 75 Tayug, Pangasinan, District 6

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary

Fernando Ferrer Manuel Pastor Johnico Serquina Teolilo C. Quintin Jose L. Magpali Rosales, Pangasinan

KASILAWAN LODGE NO. 77 Manila, District 1

Wor. MasterSenior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Jesus Tidalgo Antonio Y. Yupitun Eligio B. A. Hernandez Rodrigo B. Cheng, PM Dellin C. Medel, PM 65 Amado T. Reyes St. Mandaluyong, Rizal

TAGA-ILOG LODGE NO. 79 Manila. District 1

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer:

Potenciano G. Cayetano Leopoldo F. Alvarado • Calixto R. Piguerra Alfonso A. Soriano;-PM

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Secretary: Gregorio G. Niduaza, PM Address: 715 Instruction, Sampaloc, Manila

MT. LEBANON LODGE NO. 80 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer:

Joseph V. Ackerman Morris A. Rothman Gerard G. Kaiser William L. Samara Irving S. Cryde P.O. Box 988, Manila

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL LODGE NO. 81

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Antonio M. David Luis A. Villanueva Oliveros C. Digdigan Dionisio Sy Tan Alberto Presa 454 Int. 23-B, Tayuman, Sta. Cruz, Manila

HIGH TWELVE LODGE NO. 82 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Restituto F. Cruz Antonio C. Palaganas Jorge D. Loinboy, Jr.
Jose L. Intal, PM Gregorio R. Cariaga, PM
2510 M. Natividad, Sta. Cruz. Manila

0AG0H0Y LODGE NO. 84 Tagbilaran, Bohol, District 14

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden

Marcelino Q. Calamba, PM Catalino T. Castillo, PM City of Tagbilaran, Bohol

ABRA LODGE NO. 86 Bangucd, Abra, District 4

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

llilarion Sabaot Nicasio Asnar Elpidio Siagan Ildefonso Castillo Alfredo V. Sotelo Villaviciosa, Abra

HIRAM LODGE NO. 88 Manila, District 1
Benjamin G. Ramos

Wilfrcdo S. Maulapaz Eddie Sharruf, PM Jesus I>. Manlapaz, PM 24:15 Rodiignez, Balut, Tondo,

MUOG LODGE NO. 89 Paranaque, Rizal, District 9

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Candido Soriano Manuel T. Cruz Esmeraldo Gatchalian Crispin G. Loya, PM Bienvenido R. Burgos, PM 877 Quirino Ave., Paranaque, Rizal

MEMORIAL LODGE NO. 90 Munoz, Nueva Ecija, District 6

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary
Address

Vicente A. Santos Pastor T. Reyes Antonio P. Pascual Alfonso L. Domingo, PM Victorio S. Lingas, PM Munoz, Nueva Ecija

MT. KALADIAS LODGE NO. 91 Dumaguete City, District 16
Wor. Master: Timoteo S. Oracion Senior Warden: Leon I’. Lim Junior Warden: Zoe R. Lopez

Secretary: Felicisimo S. Decenteceo Address: Sibman University, Dumaguete

MENCIUS LODGE NO. 93 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer

Francisco T. Chua John Linsiu Ong Ting Su Tiok Ong Bo Seng Rafael Go Sl-A Araneta Avenue, Malabon Rizal

SERVICE LODGE NO. 95 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior, Warden
Treasurer Secretary

William S. Buckler, Jr. Simeon Royeca Jose Cajucom, Jr. Job Elizcs Constantino Rabaya, PM 101 M IL del Pilar St., Frisco. Quezon City

1SAGANI LODGE NO. 96 Tarlac, Tarlac, District

Wor. Master
junior W’arden Treasurer Secretary Address

Juanito Ma. Chua Jose G. Itosetc Federico Tan Pe Ding Inocencio Q. Castro, PM Lorenzo S. Bonifacio, PM Tarlac, Tarlac

BAGONG IL&W LODGE NO. 97 Novcleta, Cavite, District 10

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Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Cesar S. Alix Leonardo R. Pineda Conrado M. Alvarez Ramon Zapanta, PM Jose A. Alvarex Gen. P. Alvarez St.,

Noveleta,

MT. HURAW LODGE NO. 98 Catbalogan, Samar, District 15

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary
Address

Emmanuel R. Daguman, PM Vicente Uy Ecio German T. Candari Lorenzo Laohoo, PM Teodorico Noble, PM Catbalogan, Samar

KEYSTONE LODGE NO. 100 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Juan A. fi.isenrlo Ramon A. Lola Jose S. Luna Porlirio T>jing, PM Ernesto C. Basa, PM 1640 Rizal Avenue, Manila

BUD DAHO LODGE NO. 102 Jolo, Sulu, District 19
Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer:

ZAMBALES LODGE NO. 103 Iba, Zambales, District 8

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Secretary Address

Fausto Datugan, PM Fidencio F. Fortin Percival Rosete Huan Ku Hsi Juan R. Arbizo. PM

BATAAN LODGE NO. 104 Balanga, Bataan, District 8
Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden.
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

LEONARD WOOD LODGE NO. 105 Clark Air Base, Pampanga, District 7

Wor. Master: Senior Warden Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:

Edgardo A. Ramos Donald V. Tinney Robert A. Barfield Josephy M. Welch, Jr. Robert A. Sanders D.D.G.M.

Address: Hq SEACR, Bx 47 Clark Ai Base, Angeles, Pampanga

CAMARINES NORTE LODGE NO. 107 Daet, Camarines Norte, District 13

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer:
Address:

Apolinar V. Moya Cheang Ga Herbert Manzana Manuel G. Teebunhon Martino Ragub, PM Daet, Camarines Norte

KUTANG BATO LODGE NO. 110 Cotabato City, District 18

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary

Patricio Caldot Primitivo S. Della, Jr. Andres A. Ferrer Marciano Chiong Jesus E. Vilo Sr , PM Vilo-Subdivision, Cotabato City

MARANAW LODGE NO. Ill Iligan City, District 17

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden

Adriano Gaerlan Eusebio Dernales Alfonso Canete Maximo P. Echiverri, PM Iligan City

INDANG LODGE NO. 115 Indang, Cavite, District 10

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary
Address

Pedro Agapilo Vicente Pinaso Melanio Salgado Vicente de los Sai Teofilo A. Costa Indang, Cavite

VICTORY LODGE NO. 116 Camiling, Tarlac, District 7

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Recto P. Tolentino Ernesto C. Zacarias Severino V. Bautista Jaime T. Sialong, PM Modesto G. Riparip, PM Camiling, Tarlac

OKINAWA LODGE NO. 118 Naha, Okinawa, Regional Grand Lodge

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Iwao Kawahara Francis T. Cahoon Amado P. Arnaiz Larry H. Shimizu Edgar A. Cole DOD, Overseas Dep.
Zone 2 APO 96331

Schools.

MARIKINA LODGE NO. 119
Marikina, Rizal, District 8

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Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer:
Address-

Romeo R. Ursua Gil E. Fernando Fidel Villafuerte Rodolfo Concepcion, PM Maka araw Cruz, PM 72 A. Mabini St., Pasig, Rizal

QUEZON CITY LODGE NO. 122 Quezon City, District 9

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Jesus B. Venzon Oscar Emm Cruz Chris Malahay Emiliano 0. Ozaeta, PM Ernesto F. Baiba, PM 31 Negros St., Bago Bantay, Quezon City

MILTON C. MARVIN LODGE NO. 123 Agana, Guam, District 20

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address-

Robert H. Garrett James 0. Long Emiliano Leonor Frederick M. Poole Abraham P. Cansino P.O. Box 643, Agana, Guam

CEBU LODGE NO. 128 Cebu City, District 6
Wor. Master: Samson Yao Ong Senior Warden: Philip T. Lim Junior Warden: Jose Gesalem
Treasurer: Valentin Uy Secretary: Eliezer La. Casul, PM
Address: c/o Macondray & Co. Inc., Cebu City

SIXTO LOPEZ BATULAO LODGE NO. 129 Balayan, Batangas, District 11

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer

Ruperto Bautista Pedro Palacio
Ben Garcia Ascue

Address Nasugbu, Batangas

MOUNT MALINDANG LODGE NO. 130 Ozamis City, District 17

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Gregorio 0. Calit Wong Lop Sam Olegario A. Neri Sergio Tan Timoteo Uy
Ozamis City

CAGAYAN VALLEY LODGE NO. 133 Santiago, Isabela, District 3
Wor. Master: Cesar T. Melegrito, PM Senior Warden: Vcnancio B. Fernando Junior Warden: Pablo D. Baguioen
Treasurer: l.i Chia

Secretary: Dominador R. Corpus, PM Address. Santiago, Isabel*
TEODORO M. KALAW LODGE NO. 136

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Secretary:

Felix Gomez Dioscoro Ramos
Domingo F.M. Domingo Francisco M. Hint 46 Langka St., Quirino Disc, Quezon City

JUAN S. ALANO LODGE NO. 137 Basilan City, District 19

Wor. Master: Senior Warden:
Junior Warden: Treasurer: Secretary: Address:

Vicente Macule Juan Q. Estrada, PM
Ramon Lim Reynaldo de Joya Luis M. Sirilan, PM Isabela, Basilan City

BONTOC LODGE NO. 140 Bontoc, Mt. Province, District 5

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Secretary Address

Pedro R. Falcon Gaudencio de Vera Damaso M. Bangaoet
Celerino T. Ruiz Severo G. Pimentel Bontoc, Mountain Pro

CORAL LODGE NO. 142 Machinato, Okinawa, Regional Grand Lodge
James R. Stone Charles E. Gunderman Robert J. Lyons Robert F. Sweeney William P. Schwager IMD, 2d Log Cmd. APO San Francisco 96248

KANTO LODGE NO. 143 Tokyo, Japan, District 22

Wor., Master Senior ‘Warden
Junior Warden Treasurer Secretary Address

Katsuto Peter Fujinari Ivan Arthur Miller. PM Roy Yoshio Nikaido Hubert Henry Walis, PM Herbert Fook Sin Chock, PM 6100 Support Wg. CMR Box 2601 APO San Francisco 96323

NUEVA VISCAYA LODGE NO. 144 Solano, Nueva Viscaya, District 3

Wor. Master:
Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Narciso P. Tomas Jesus D. Cadiente
Florencio B. Padilla Salvador C. Aquino, PM Paulino A. Corales, PM Solano, Nueva Viscaya

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RAFAEL PALMA LODGE NO. 147 Quezon City, Diairict 9

Wor. Master: Senior Warden. Junior Warden:
Treasurer-

Francisco D. Ronquillo Mario T. Meneses Luisito S. Gloria Carlos Antonio, PM Roman B. Ramos, PM 2423 Baldwin, Sta. CruZ, Manila

NOLI ME TANGERE LODGE NO. 148 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Secretary Address

Porfirio S. Rigor Fernando Castro Jose Ang Dy Pay Generoso R. Cortez Marcelino P. Dysangco 4131 Ponte St., Makati, Rizal

DAVAO LODGE NO. 149 Davao City, District 18

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:

Abraham I. Albano Irineo D. Benavides Romeo B. Andulan Fabian Tianco Filomcno C. Adi 804 Atis, Matina, Davao City

KING SOLOMON LODGE NO. 150 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master: Bonifacio S. Araullo Senior Warden: Santiago F. Rodrigucz Junior Warden: Valentin Edralin
Treasurer- Remcdios E. Racela Secretary: Orlando F. Siapno
Address: 39-C Congressional Road, Pro­ ject 8, Quezon City

RISING SUN LODGE NO. 151 Camp Zama, Japan, District 22

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer:

Address: cisco 96668
MANUEL ROXAS LODGE NO. 152 Manila, District 1
Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer:

PAGADIAN LODGE NO. 153 Pagadian, Zamboanga del Sur, District 19

Wor. Maste Senior Warde Junior Warde

Daniel Vadil Alejandro P. Cahoy Santiago Gavenia Samuel Bautista Victorio L. Tingcang

Address: 1414 Sikatuna St., Pagadian, Zamboanga del Sur

OROQUIETA LODGE NO. 154 Oroquieta, Misamis Oriental, District 16
Wor. Master: Rufino G. Seril Senior Warden: Joaquin Kwan Junior Warden: Teofilo Nunez
Treasurer: Salvador L. Robles Secretary: Greg 0. Calit
Address: P.O. Box 33, Oroquieta, Mis? mis Occidental

MT. MUSUAN LODGE NO. 155 Malaybalay, Bukidnon, District 17
Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address.

MT. MATUTUM LODGE NO. 156 Da-iiangas, Gen. Santos, Cotabato, District IS

Wor. Master: Senior WardenJunior Warden:
Treasurer. Secretary:
Address:

Bienvenido Z. Garcia Jesus Roblez.a Felicisiino Gatchalian Domingo Ferrer David Calina, PM Gen. Santos, Cotabato

MINDORO LODGE NO. 157 San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, District 11

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Honofre Rcstor, PM Florencio Ramirez Mariano C. Ramirez, PM
Virgilio Cruz San Jose, Occidental Mindoro

DAGUPAN CITY LODGE NO. 158 Dagupan City, District 5

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer
Address

Clemente M. Nava Domingo Chua Mariano G. Garantoza Jose L. Calimlim, Sr. Jacinto R. Abad Tapuac, Dagupan City

ANCHOR LODGE NO. 159 Paniqui, Tarlac, District 7
Wor. Master: E-luardo Pascual Senior Warden: Rizal B. Perez Junior Warden: Artemio Paez
Treasurer: Ramon Uycoco Secretary: Jesus V. Evangelista, PM
Address- Paniqui, Tarlac

AGUSAN VALLEY LODGE NO. 160 Butuan City, District 17

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden

Abraham S. Alviola Mclecio E. Lasam Pedro V. Calo Vicente M. Manginsay

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Secretary: Pio C. Calabay, PM Address: 611 Molave St., Guingona Subdiv., Butuan City

LINGAYEN LODGE NO. 161 Lmgayen, Pangasinan, District 5

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer:
Address:

Dionisio M. Parayno Jose Santos Bonifacio Quiralman Agapilo Oviedo Juan C. Jimenez 129 Libsong, Lingayen,

DIPOLOG LODGE NO. 162 Dipolog, Zamboanga del Norte, District 19

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary
Address

Jose M. Lagahit Rogelio M. Benitez Chen Tin Antonino G. Lim Roscller L. Barinaga Dipolog, Zamboanga del

SALINAS LODGE NO. 163

Bambang,

Viscaya, District 3

Wor. Master Senior Warden
Treasurer Secretary

Alberto Gainpoha Urbano Gonzales Felicisimo Namit Jose Tuhayan Benjamin G. Cordova
NVSAT, Bambarg, Nueva

LAM-ANG LODGE NO. 164 San Esteban, Ilocos Sur, District

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Walden:
Treasurer: Secretary
Address:

Salvador M. Valdez
Alejandro B. Lagmay David T. Lara, PM Mena S. I.ardizabal, Tagudin, Ilocos Sur

TAGAYTAY LODGE NO. 165 Tagaytay City, District 10

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer
Address

Dominador Kinmzon, Sr. Felix U. Gavino Ramon G. Navarro Feliciano Torres, PM Domingo M. Guerrero, PM 335 Garcia St., Cavite City

APO KAHOY LODGE NO. 166 Gingoog City, District 17

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary
Address

Reynaldo

Arturo S. Edilberto

L.

SBao)

Tomistocles Ocampo

Salvador L. Mercado

Gingoog City

GEN. MANUEL TIN10 LODGE NO. 167 Guimba, Nueva Ecijj, District 6
Wor. Master: Jose S. de Ocampo, PM Senior Warden: Diosdadn M. Barauid

APRIL, 1968

Junior Warden: Treasurer: Secretary: Address:

Juan Cucio Amado R. Cfuz, PM Claro A. Dar 18-87 Danzalan St., Guimba, Nueva Ecija

GEN. LLANCRA MEMORIAL LODGE NO. 168 Gapan, Nueva Ecija, District 6

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Emilio I. de la Rosa, PM Dominador J. Cabrera Florencio M. Trinidad Luis P. Bolisay Mario A. Gotico Del Corro St.. Gapan, Nueva

JUAN SUMULONG MEMORIAL LODGE NO. 169 Taytay, Rizal, District 9

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary
Address

Virgilio J. Tamayo Harry Guthertz
Alfredo Z. Reyes German Esguerra, Jr. Angelo S. Bayion, PM San Carlos Heights, Binangonan,

KIDAPAWAN LODGE NO. 170 Cotabato, District IS

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary
Address

Gaudencio B. Ortiz Alfredo O. Pagdilao Cornelio V. Azarcon Augusto R. Gana Prjspero Pajarillaga M.l.T. Kabacan, Cotabato

NARRA LODGE NO. 171 San Jose, Nueva Ecija, District 6

Wor. Mister: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer:
Address

Jaime A. Patacsil Jesus P. Velasquez Basilio Ng Tian Kee Juanito W. Tancdo Simeon T. Garcia San Jose, Nueva Ecija

LOO CHOO LODGE NO. 17. Keza, Okinawa, Regional Grand Lodge

Wor, Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer
Address

Frank Pontillo Robert S. Adams Walter E. Wetherill Murray V. Harlan, Jr., PM Cleveland MacConnell, PM Ifq. USARYIS (CPO) APO San Francisco 96331

MICRONESIA LODGE NO. 173 Marinas Island, District 20

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary

George Vaughn James A. Bell Ricardo L. Villanueva Juan C. Reyes
Perry W. Stout Bo\ 108 Capitol Hill Saipan,

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CAPITOL CITY LODGE NO. 174 Quezon Qty, District 9

Wor. Master: Senior Warden. Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address

Bienvenido G. Ongkiko Jose V. Cajipe Isauro B. Octaviano Go Thian Tek Saturnino V. Bermudez, PM Bansalangin St., Proj. 7, Que­ zon City

CLAYTON W. ROBERTS LODGE NO. 175 Naha, Okinawa, Regional Grand Lodge

Wor. MasterSenior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Sixto Cabrales Baco Richard S. Mickley Joe Martin Little James David Cooper Coleman L. Lantrip, Jr., PM DTO 2nd Log Command APO San Francisco 96248

SHUREI LODGE NO. 176 Naha, Okinawa, Regional Grand Lodge

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Tadayuki Ikeda Isao Matsuda Yukimasa Hagimoto Matsuo Okamura Wallace X. Yoshida Repc-USCAR APO 96248

SIETE MARTIRES LODGE NO. 177 Balaoan, La Union, District 5

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Primitivo Oriell Felix Gorospe Pedro L. Fajardo Federico P. Concepcion, PM Rupcrto Ledda Balaoan, La Union .

CORDILLERA LODGE NO. 178 Bagabag, Nueva Viscaya, District 3

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
AddreTs

Paulino Estabillo Servando C. Gallardo Bagabag, Nueva Viscaya

EMON LODGE NO. 179 Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, District 21

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:

William Anderson McDonald. Jr Kenneth Melvin Crabtree, PM Leo Anthony Morgan Thomas Nelson Evans Frank St. Clare McMurphy P.O. Box 1013 APO San Fran­
cisco 9655S

CAUAYAN LODGE NO. 180 Cauayan, Isabela, District 2

Wor. Master:
Senior Warden: Junior Warden:

Meiecio Toledo Ruben Banez Efigenio T. Toledo Raymundo Corotan

Secretary: Juanito Castillo Address: Ramon, Isabela
SIERRA MADRE LODGE NO. 181 Paete, Laguna, District 11
Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Secretary Address

Guillermo V. Bersamir Benjamin J. Guiang Cefcrino B. Ramirez Faustino Eligado Feliciano B. Munda Tabuk, Kalinga-Apayao

MACARTHUR LODGE NO. 183 Seoul, Korea, District 22

Wor. Master; Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

H. Dean Sherrill Jack H. Silloway George F. Bilyeu Joseph DeMar Taft Virgil H. Russell, PM HQ PROVMAAG-K APO San Francisco 96301

MACAJALAR LODGE NO. 184 Cagayan de Oro City, District 17

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Eduardo C. Ralloma Pedro W. Guerzon Inocencio Castillo Felix Caburian Romeo M. Ambal c/o Filipinas Life Assurance Co Cagayan de Oro City

LAONG LAAN LODGE NO. 185 Quezon City, District 9

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address-

Lazaro C. Vicente Mario C. Navia Luis F. Lancero, Jr. Federico S. Magat Dominador C. Vicente 7-A D. de los Reyes. Project 4, Quezon City

KALANTIAW LODGE, U.D. Iloilo City
SAN CARLOS LODGE. U.D. San Carlos City, Negros Occidental
DON DANIEL MARAMBA LODGE, U.D. Villasis, Pangasinan
SAIGON LODGE, U.D. Saigon, Vietnam
MORNING CALM LODGE, U.D. Taegu City. Korea

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THE CABLETOW, INC. BALANCE SHEET
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 1967

A_S_S_
CURRENT ASSETS: Petty Cash Fund Cash In Banks: PBTC — Current Account PBTC — Savings Account PBTC — Time Deposit Accounts Receivable Advances To Employee
Total Current Assets
FIXED ASSETS: Office Furniture and Equipment Less: Accumulated Depreciation

T S
I* 10,057.93 1,231.84

P 100.00 772.49 38.77
3,000.00 2,064.64
170.00
P 8,826.09

Photographic Equipment Less: Accumulated Depreciation

P 905.00 61.00

844.00

TOTAL ASSETS

LIABILITIES AND FUND BALANCE
FUND BALANCE, January 1, 1967 Add: Excess of Revenue over Expenses (Exhibit B' FUND BALANCE, December 31, 1967

EXHIBIT A

P 6,145.90
9,670.09 P 15,815.99 P 6,348.11 P 9,467.88 P 15.815.99

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COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE

WB Noli Ma. Cortes ........... (77) Chairman

WB Cccilio M. Bituin

(26) Member

WB Agustin F. Miravite

(14) Member

COMMITTEE ON FINANCE WB Castor I. Silvestro WB Bayani B. Ibarrola . WB Gabino de Castro . . .

( 7) Chairman (14) Member (16) Member

COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTS WB Mateo I). Cipriano WB Juan Panadero WB Franci<co Inciong .......

(14) Chairman (81) Member (21) Member

COMMITTEE ON GRIEVANCES WB Teolilo A. Abejo WB Pedro P. Aguila WB Jose B. Perez .............

(21) Chairman (18) Member (59) Member

COMMITTEE ON CORRESPONDENCE

WB Jose E. Racela ............. (12) Chairmai

WB Leopoldo Boquircn

(77) Member

WB Leandro F. Cruz .... (16) Member

COMMITTEE ON RETURNS

WB Marcelino I>. Dysangco < IS) Chairman

WB Antonio (*. S. Ching

(9:1) Member

WB Juan S. Nabong. Jr......... (SS) Member

COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS

WB Jose F. Ditan

.. (101) Chairman

WB Oscar L. Fung .

(7) Member

WB Martin Adorador ........... (81) Member

WB Ambrosio Lorenzo, Sr. . . (13) Member

COMMITTEE ON CUSTODIAN OF THE WORK

WB Jose C. Vclo ......... (148) Chairman

'All Mariano Gonzales

(12) Member

WB Damaso C. Ilia .

< 4) Member

COMMITTEE ON BUILDING AND MASONIC TEMPLES
MW Vicente Y. Orosa IlW Edgar I.. Slicpley WB Benjamin Gotamco

(53) Chairman . ( 3) Member . . (93) Member

COMMITTEE ON YOUTH ItW Manuel M. Crudo RW Edgar I.. Shepley WB Juan Causing WB Jose l’enallor

(4) Chairman ( 3) Member (30) Member ( 2) Member

WB Edward A. Bellis . .

( 1) Member

COMMITTEE ON CHARITY WB George J. Reid ... . WB Adeeb Hamra .... WB Severino Manotoe . . .

( 3) Chairman (80) Member (12) Member

COMMITTEE ON PROGRAM
WB Pedro Aguda ........... WB Alfredo Ortiz ........... VW Jose Ma. Cajucom

(18) Chairman (82) Member (12) Member

COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION OF LODGES IlW Joseph 11. Schon ........... (91) Chairman RW Manuel M. Crudo ... (4) Member RW Edgnr I.. Shepley ......... (3) Member

COMMITTEE ON REVISION OF CONSTITUTION

RW Edgar I.. Shepley

. . ( 3) Chairman

VW Noli Ma. Cortes

. . (77) Member

WB Mateo D. Cipriano

. . (14) Member

WB Cccilio M. Bituin

. (26) Mcmlrer

WB Juan S. Nabong, .1

. (SS) Member

WB Isaac Puno, Jr. .

. . (88) Member

RW Manuel M. Crudo

. . (4) Consultant

COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION AND PUBLIC

SERVICE

IIW Macario C!. Navi.i ......... (88) Chairman

WB Domingo C. Bascara . . (S2) Member

WB Vicente Garcia

... (73) Member

WB Jose T. Enriquez ......... (4) Member

COMMITTEE ON MASONIC EDUCATION MW Emilio P. Virata ........... (17) Chairman WB Aurelio I.. Corcuera .... (4) Member WB Inocencio Rosete .......... (18) Member

COMMITTEE ON RESOLUTIONS WB Dolningc F. M. Domingo . . (136) Chairman WB Alcjamlrino A. Eusebio . . (7) Member WB Alberto Presa .............. (81) Member

COMMITTEE ON NECROLOGY MW Charles Mosebrook ......... (82) Chairman WB Jesus Fra. Alvarez ......... (33) Member WB Leon A. Vidallon ........... (18) Member

COMMITTEE ON CEMETERY WB Primo I. Guzman ......... (77) Chairman WB Marciano P. Gatmaitan . . (21) Member WB Cornelio Aguirre ......... (100) Member

GRAND MASTER'S MESSAGE

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first bite, he realizes that what he has been told about it is not quite true,

for after all, it is a delicious and nutritious fruit.

In all things then, we still have to put into practice the Masonic lesson

of tolerance whatever be the fact or problem. In the way they treat us,

and in the way we deal with them, tolerance is of great value to us if not

to them.

Thank you all and may God bless us in all things.

MARIANO Q. TINIO Grand Master

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.det

‘P'tevctfl

(Closing Remarks of our Senior Grand Warden, R.W. MANUEL CRUDO,
delivered on February 17, 19G8 at the public installation of the officers of Rio Chico Lodge No. 182, F. & A.M. held in public at Tabtik Institute Grounds, Tabuk, Kalin go- Apayao)

We would like to extend our sin­ cere congratulations to the outgoing officers of this Lodge for a job well done, and to the officers just installed for the honor conferred upon them. Likewise, we would like to express our deep appreciation to our Guest Speaker, His Honor, Judge Arsenio B. Alcantara, for his message on BROTHERLY LOVE, which is very appropriate. Appropriate because nothing is sweeter and more soothing to the ears of every Master Mason than the term Brotherly Love for that was the first of the three (3) princi­ pal tenets that were taught him when he was brought from darkness to light.
“By the exercise of Brotherly Love we arc taught to regard the whole species as one family — the high and the low, the rich and the poor — who, as created by one Almighty Parent, and inha­ bitants of the same planet, are to aid, support, and protect each other. On this principle Masonry unites men of everv country, sect and opinion; and causes true friendship to exist among those who might otherwise have re­ mained at a perpetual distance.” Brotherly Love is the lubricating oil that bridges fellowship, foments hu­ man relationship among men and con­ verts potential enemies into faithful friends. Through brotherly love, the good Pope John XXIII saw his wav clear in adopting and proclaiming the basic Masonic precept that man has the per­ fect right to honor and worship God according to the dictates of his own upright conscience and therefore, the right to practice and eniov religions

freedom. This opened the gates and the doors of the Vatican to Ecumeni­ sm. And we hope it will not be far distant when the unfounded decree of banning or excommunicating Master
Masons will be lifted and set aside. Since time immemorial, ]>cople
throughout the world have been clamoring for peace, peace and peace! But there has been no peace. How could we achieve peace when the people do not practice Brotherly Love and have not learned to circumscribe their desires and keep their passions within due bounds?” Instead, they have given vent to their greed, their egotism, their unbriddled passion for power and “allowed their vices and prejudices to become the masters of their judgment.”
Man has conquerred the sky and fathomed the deep blue sea. lie has made tremendous progress in the fields of science, technology and me­ dicine. lie has succeeded in guiding the missile but missed guiding him­ self accordingly.
The wailing wall in Jerusalem, the solitary remnant of the magnificent Temple of King Solomon which leads to the rough and rugged road tra­ versed bv Jesus Christ when he walk­ ed to Calvary under a heavy wooden cross is not only Judaism’s holy of holies but the sacred spot on earth which Mohammed, the prophet of the Arabs and other Moslems took flight to heaven. Had the Arabs, the Jews
and the Christians practiced Brother­ ly Love, the war in the Middle East would not have erupted, because then they would have considered the wail­ ing "all not a dividing wall that

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39

separated them but a retaining wall of friendship that bound them toge­ ther as brothers belonging to one family under the benevolence of a universal Father. All their spiritual dissimilars would have been united in splendid conjunction and their petty political and religious differences would have been submerged under the cement of brotherly love. The dividing wall would have become a singing wall that would chime the Songs of Solomon; discord would have ripened into concord; and in lieu of that bloody turmoil, their would have been harmony and lasting peace.
If only the people in the world

were Master Masons wlio practiced in their daily lives Brotherly Love, Re­ lief and Truth, the 38th parallel which divides North and South Korea, the 17th parallel which divides North and South Vietnam, and the Berlin wall which divides East and West Ger­ many, would have been erased and the Buddhists, the Christians, the Mo­ hammedans and people of other per­ suasions would learn to love one ano­ ther: strikes would be eliminated and the interminable wars in Vietnam, the Middle East, and other embattled areas would come to an abrupt end.
The exemplification of the Tenets of Freemasonry leads to Peace.
Let Brotherly Love Prevail! A

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GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Grand Master ..................................................... Deputy Grand Master ...................................
Senior Grand Warden ..................................... Junior Grand Warden ..................................... Grand Treasurer ............................................. Grand Secretary .............................................
Grand Chaplain ............................................... Grand Orator ...................................................
Grand Marshal ................................................. Grand Standard Bearer ................................... Grand Sword Bearer......................................... Grand Bible Bearer........................................... Senior Grand Lecturer ..................................... Junior Grand Lecturer..................................... Junior Grand Lecturer.................................... Junior Grand Lecturer..................................... Junior Grand Lecturer................................... Senior Grand Deacon ....................................... Junior Grand Deacon ....................................... Senior Grand Steward ................................... Junior Grand Steward ...................................
Grand Pursuivant ............................................. Grand Organist ................................................. Grand Tyler .......................................................

Mariano Q. Tinio
Joseph E. Schon Manuel M. Crudo Edgar L. Shepley Cenon S. Cervantes, PGM Esteban Munarriz, PGM
Marcelino T. Viduya Noli Ma. Cortes Manuel T. Paz James B. King
Mario B. Hidalgo Jose Ma. Cajucom Hermogenes P. Oliveros Antonio Gonzalez, Jr.
Onofre B. Padolina Santiago Ferrer
Ramon Ponce de Leon Lorenzo N. Talatala Buenaventura P. Eugenio Benjamin Gotamco
Leon A. Vidallon Teotimo G. Juan
Angel S. Montea
Eulogio O. Nadal

BOARD FOR GENERAL PURPOSES

1. Cenon S. Cervantes, PGM, President
2. Vicente Y. Orosa, PGM, Vice Pres. 3. Edgar L. Shepley, JGW, Secretary
4. Joseph E. Schon, DGM 6. Manuel M. Crudo, SGW 6. Esteban Munarriz, PGM, G S

7. Aurelio Corcuera, P M
8. Jose C. Velo, P M 9. William H. Qus.,ha, PGM 10. Charles Mosebrook, PGM
11. Macario Navia, HDGM 12. Raymond E. Wilmarth, PGM

REGIONAL GRAND LODGE OF THE RYUKYU ISLANDS
Andrew H. Bulkley, Regional Grand Master William P. Schwager, Regional Deputy Grand Master Glen A. Strong, Regional Senior Grand Warden Kenneth A. Rotness, Regional Junior Grand Warden Cleveland McConnell, Regional Grand Treasurer Wallace IL Morris, Regional Grand Secretary

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS:

1 . . . Joseph E. Schon (91)

2 . Jose M. Torres (66)

3 smero A. Torralba (6S)

4 Tcodorico D. Ayson (164)

6 . Aqaron M. Umanos (70)

6

Du.meo M. Joson (53/73)

7

Robert A. Sanden (105)

8 Desiderio Hebron (34)

9 Candido Perez (59)

10 . Apolonio V. Puig (2)

11

Ricaido Buenafe (26)

12 Severe Oliver™ (37)

District No. 26

Eustaquio de Guzman (107) Valerio Rovira (111) Fidel Fernandez (47) Augusto P Samoa (30) Florentino Almacen (160) Ruben G. Feliciano (50) Joae L. Araneta (46) Hugh C. Donaldson (123) Homer L W.lless (123/44)
Donald H. Laurila (143) Rufino S. Roque (133) Victorinc C. Daroya (168) ieeto Belisario (111)
ScUtoieat;

THE JO-DE-RAS CONFERENCE

The week before we Masons gather in Manila for the annual communi­ cation from April 23-25, the Jo-De-Ras will meet in Baguio from April 18-21 for their first annual conference. The communication will be attended by Masons and the Jo-De-Ras conference will be attended by young people with Masonic heritage.

The Jo-De-Ras is not a new Order appended to Masonry like the Inter­ national Order of Rainbow for Girls, or the International Order of Job's Daughters, or the Order of DeMolay. The way we understand it, it does not replace any or all of these Orders, so dear as these Orders are already to Masons and Eastern Stars who have worked so hard to get them going. With the sacrificial and untiring efforts of Masons and Eastern Stars, there are now in the Philippines seven chapters of DeMolay, three assemblies of Rainbow and three bethels of Job's Daughters.

Somewhere along the way, the way of progress and development, the boys and girls of these existing Orders thought it wise to join their efforts in locating their places and functions in a program of community develop­ ment. They met and talked about what the older generation has been saying about them being a pain in the neck especially during vacation time. They decided that it was time for them to prove that young people are not as bad as they are pictured; that they are not all trouble-making persons; that given the chance, they can do better than just loaf, play and get into trouble.

Hence, the young people of the three Orders decided to meet as a larger group and find ways and means by which they can help their com­ munities. They call themselves the Jo-De-Ras, a convenient combination of names, queer-sounding and without much significance. Their plan how­ ever is big end significant. We are not prejudging them. If they are sin­ cere in their aims and objectives, they can succeed. We will wait and see.

We are reminded that this is the first time our young people are trying a program of this type. If in our way of thinking, lheir project does not rate our financial or moral support, the most we can give them is tolerance. We have it on good authority however, that many Lodges, individual Masons as well as Eastern Stars are giving substantially to their fund for carrying out a successful conference. These Lodges and individuals have the right attitude. May there be more of them.

If these young people can have a successful conference this year, we

would even go farther and say that this conference should be an annual

event. They should look forward to more conferences, making each con­

ference better than the last. They should subjugate their personal ambi­

tions to the bigger objective of making young people do things better than

they are presumed to do. Confidence in them will make them confident

in themselves.

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Hands clasped. .
MW Raymond E. Wilmarth, PGM

K of C and Freemasons

THE FIRST STEP OF A LONG JOURNEY
It gives me great pride and pleas­ ure to give the Opening Remarks for the Freemasons on this memorable occasion. First I want to thank the Master of Ceremonies for his most inspiring introduction; second, I want
to welcome all the Knights of Colum­ bus who are with us tonight and those who for one reason or another could not come, but would have, if they could; and third, I want to thank all the Knights and Masons who did turn out for the Golf Tournament this morning and made it such a success.
Speaking of the Golf Tournament. I’d like to tell a brief story as did the Grand Knight in his Opening Re­ marks. Two weeks ago at our last Stated Meeting of the Luzon Bodies, one of our Brothers during the dis­ cussion of our plans for the tourna­ ment inquired whether I would play for the Masons or the Knights because of my relationship with the Univer­ sity of Santo Tomas. A few days later on another speaking occasion 1 was asked the question again. This time I replied that while I would be hitting the ball for the Masons,
because I am such a horrible player, my score will be helping the Knights w i n. This morning I proved my point. In fact the son of the Grand
Knight was on my flight and can testify to my unstinting "coopera­ tion", voluntary or otherwise, for the

success of the Knights. This evening I want to speak about
an old Chinese proverb that says: The longest journey begins with the first step. Today sve have taken the first step on a long, long journev. But this did not jusi happen by accident. It happened by design.
It all started when I was Grand Master of Masons in the Philippines in 1966. I came upon a publication containing an address entitled "Let’s Scale New Heights of Ecumenism in Fraternalisin” by Supreme Knight
John W. McDevitt of the Knights of Columbus before a brotherhood breakfast at Corman’s Resort, Sharon, Massachusetts, on Sunday, February 27, 1966, sponsored jointly by the Knights of Columbus and the Masons in tltc last paragraph of which Su­ preme Knight McDevitt extends an invitation to Masons throughout the world as follows:
“Recalling again the noble ex­ ample of Pope Paul VI and Patriarch z\thenagoras, I say that the K n ig h t s of Columbus are eager to extend to brothers of the Masonic order an embrace of friendship, an embrace of un­ derstanding, an embrace of trust, an embrace of charity that will bring us to new heights of ecu­ menism in fraternalisin.” Inspired by the sincerity of pur­ pose indicated by Supreme Knight McDevitt in his address, as Grand Master of Masons in the Philippines,
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APRIL, F968

I decided to accept his invitation and
on- December 23rd, 1966, wrote him asking how we could bring together
our two great Fraternities in the
Philippines. In his reply, he advised
me to contact the State Deputy of the
Knights here in the Philippines,
which I did. We also requested our
Bro. Jose Abejo to make contact with
the Knights who were known to him.
Time passed until today we have met
'together and enjoyed this wonderful friendship. That is why I say we
have taken the first step, but there
■is still a very long journey ahead. A
•century or more cannot be swept
aside in one day, but we can set a
Chicago March 12 (AP) — Th0 Roman Catholic Church has dropped quietly the penalty of excommunication against its mem­ bers who belong to the Interna­ tional Order Of Free Masons, The Chicago Daily News said in a story from Vatican City Mon­ day.
Tho revocation was obtained by a group of Scandinavian Bishops, tho daily news said, but no formal announcement has been made in Rome.
The Bishops of Norway, Den­ mark and Sweden, who obtained the ruling, reportedly are putting it into effect.
Tho excommunication of Masons was codified in 1918. It imposed excommunication on "Those who enroll in the Masonic sect or in secret societies conspiring against tho church or the legitimate authorities.”
Tho Masonic order was con­ demned first by Pope Clement XII in 1738, then by Pope Bene­ dict XIV in 1751. In 1884 Pope Leo XII in an Encyclical attacked the order’s aim of destroying the church.
The dropping of the excommuni­ cation of Masona was first pro­ posed at the ecumenical council by Sergio Mendez-Arceo, Bishop of Cuernavaca, Mexico.

new course for the coming genera­ tions in future centuries.
A new direction is essential for mankind, if civilization is to survive. Man with his science has been able to invent and develop means to con­ trol the material world. He stands at the threshold of extending that control throughout the universe. God has been kind to man, but man has not been kind to himself. He erects great structures which will endure for generations, but continues to find more destructive means to des­ troy the products of his efforts and his fellow man in war, in politics, in business and even in religion. Man has yet to conquer himself. Man has yet to learn how to control himself. Man has yet to respect the law o( God above the law of man.
We Masons arc builders. We op­ pose destruction of any kind.- Our ancestors were Operative Masons and as such built many of the beautiful church structures still standing as monuments to the centuries when perfect harmony existed between Ma­ sonry and the Church. Then with the industrial revolution came tran­ sition and Masonry became specula­ tive. Instead of building temples to house men, we now build temples in the hearts of men. Once the most
trusted defenders of the faith against the Saracens was the Order of Knight Templars. After falling into disfavor they were disbanded. When the age of darkness had passed, they emerged as the Christian branch of Masonry, and still continue as such today.
Masonry is a religiously oriented
brotherhood of men under the father­ hood of God. It is no more a religion
than the Knights of Columbus. But I venture to say that the Knights of Columbus is every bit as much a re­ ligiously oriented brotherhood of men
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*7icel fa*

'Place...9* *7Acit ‘ZfavrtA

They wore red and blue caps, forty­ eight of them: 24 Knights of Co­ lumbus and the same number of Freemasons, in a golf dual meet on the fairways of Camp Aguinaldo. On the caps, were words and symbols: top line, “K of C — Freemasons’ Dual Golf Meet”; middle line: the K of C insignia, hands clasped and the fa­ miliar square and compasses; bottom line, "Camp Aguinaldo Golf Club, March 9, 1968”.
In the evening, at the Camp Agui­ naldo Officers’ Clubhouse, they wore white tags, their nick names written in red ink for K of C; blue for Ma­ sons. Close to a hundred Knights and Masons with their ladies were in at­ tendance at the dinner-dance and awarding of prizes. Speakers in the program were: Bro. Rodolfo Leja­ no, KC; Bro. Raymond Wilmarth, I’GM; Bro. Oscar Ledesma, KC; and Bro. Conrado Benitez, PGM. Itev. Fr. Damian Ray of the Passionist Fathers gave the invocation and WB Teofilo Abejo, Grand Prior of the Supreme Council, AASR, gave the benediction. Musical numbers were rendered by the Scottish Rite Chorale and some Knights of Columbus who sang the lilting “De Colores”. WB Abejo. a Mason and Cursillista, sang with the Knights.
The trophies given away as prizes were donated by Ambassador Oscar Ledesma, Justice Makalintal, Judge Antonio, Bros. Luis Valencia and IIdefonso Yan, Dean Conrado Benitez and Bro. Jose Abejo. Masters of Ceremonies were Bro. Lauro Cruz for the Knights and Bro. Jose S. N. Navarro, Jr. for the Masons.
zXgreeably, the speeches of Ambassa dor Ledesma and Dean Benitez dwelt on community improvement pro­ grams in which Knights and Masons

can cooperate, collaborate or coordin­

ate. Ground work for the culmination

of this dual meet were laid out by

Bros. Turla, Lejano and Castro of

the Capitol City Council No. 3695

for the Knights and Bros. Pat Gon­ zales, Jose Abejo and Bautista of

Luzon Bodies, AASR, for the Masons. Surprisingly, the perpetual trophy

for the lowest score by teams was not awarded this year as the two teams

tied at 863. Trophies for the lowest

net scores were awarded to Bros. Ca­ they, Mason; Capl. Octavio, KC; and

Judge Antonio, KC. For the most

pars in the 18-hole play, trophies

went to Bros. Lacuna, KC; Verzosa,

KC; and Morle, Mason. Bro. De Guz­

man, Mason, got the trophy for the

most birdies. The trophies (?). two

good-sized squashes which could make delicious pumpkin pies, one each went

to Bro. Verzosa, KC, and Bro. Wil­

marth, Mason, who tied lor the high­

est score. The team scores stood at:

Knighes of

Masons:

Columbus:

Rodriguez

76 Alejo, F.

79

Lacuna

81 Veneracion 80

Fr. Ortiz

84 Rivera

85

Silverio

85 Del Mundo 86

Makalintal

87 Espejo

88

Bueno

88 Bascarra

88

Lejano

90 Morfe

88

Lira

90 Jaramillo

88

Pilapil

91 Gonzales

90

Wico

92 Abejo, J.

90

Total

863 Total

86?

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WILMARTH...

From page 4

under the same fatherhood of God

as we Masons.

It is therefore my sincere wish that

the journey we started here today

with this first step be pursued vigor­

ously. hand in hand by Knights and

Masons. We must stand out as a

working team to manifest to the com-

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VATICAN CITY, March 12 (UPI) - The Vatican has virtually scrapped an old church law excom­ municating Catholics who join the order of Freemasons, Vatican sources
said Monday. The sources said Catholics now
are free to join the Masons in the United States, Britain and most other countries of the world.
But the European grand orient lodge form of Masonry, established primarily in Italy and France, is still considered anti-Catholic or atheistic, they said.
Freemasonry, which dates back t<> medieval times, describes itself as a nonpolitical, nonsectarian movement dedicated to the ideal of universal brotherhood.
5-Million There are more than live million Masons in the world, most o[ them in English-speaking lands. The United States alone accounts fot nearly lour million members.
Pope Clement XII condemned the order in 1738 as atheistic and anti­ Catholic. and his action has been af­ firmed by seven other Popes in 16 dilferent pronouncements,
Fhe Eastern Orthodox Church and

some Protestant bodies also have op­

posed Freemasonry.

But a move to re-evaluate the Ca­

tholic Church’s position on Freema­

sonry began during the second Vati­

can Ecumenical Council which ended

in 1965.

Unofficial

Vatican sources said there had

been no official revocation of the

excommunication law but the Va­

tican’s Congregation for the Doctrine

of the Faith has let it be known

Catholics joining Free Masons or

ders are no longer automatically ex­

communicated.”

•■'Fhe church’s new attitude has

been in effect for more than a year,”

they said.

The church’s code of Canon Law.

drawn up in 1918 and presently be­

ing reformed, provided for automa­

tic excommunication of Catholics

"who enroll in the Masonic sect or

in secret societies conspiring against

the church or the legitimate author­

ities.”

Vatican sources said this wording

would be changed to modify the

church position on Masonry when

the new code of Canon Law is com

pletcd.

A

WILMARTH. . .
muniiv about us. how differences can be forged into unity, when the broth­ erhood of man is valued more than the individuality of man.
Let us engage ourselves in positive action to discover more similarities, instead of reviving old differences.
Let us not let good ideas remain dormant but translate them into good deeds through action.
Let us be a dynamic force for good rather than passively ignore the evil

that* is rampant about us. Let us join hands together, giving
birth this day to a new direction de­
dicated to extending the Brotherhood of Man under the Fatherhood of God
throughout this land of ours, and in time throughout the world.
Let today be the beginning of the Order of Knights-Masons dedicated to the accomplishment of these things which we as Knights and Masons hold dearest to our hearts.

APRIL, 1968
(fatf ‘Pictoxicit • • - 'Mt'CtteA' 9. ?96%.

Grand Knight Lejano teeing off.

A/H' Benite;, PGM, also teeing off.

Mons. Damian Ray is received.

Scottish Rite Chorale sing it out.

All set to eat. APRIL, 1968

Presiding Table at dinner.
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'Place...9* *7Acit ‘ZfavrtA

They wore red and blue caps, forty­ eight of them: 24 Knights of Co­ lumbus and the same number of Freemasons, in a golf dual meet on the fairways of Camp Aguinaldo. On the caps, were words and symbols: top line, “K of C — Freemasons’ Dual Golf Meet”; middle line: the K of C insignia, hands clasped and the fa­ miliar square and compasses; bottom line, "Camp Aguinaldo Golf Club, March 9, 1968”.
In the evening, at the Camp Agui­ naldo Officers’ Clubhouse, they wore white tags, their nick names written in red ink for K of C; blue for Ma­ sons. Close to a hundred Knights and Masons with their ladies were in at­ tendance at the dinner-dance and awarding of prizes. Speakers in the program were: Bro. Rodolfo Leja­ no, KC; Bro. Raymond Wilmarth, I’GM; Bro. Oscar Ledesma, KC; and Bro. Conrado Benitez, PGM. Itev. Fr. Damian Ray of the Passionist Fathers gave the invocation and WB Teofilo Abejo, Grand Prior of the Supreme Council, AASR, gave the benediction. Musical numbers were rendered by the Scottish Rite Chorale and some Knights of Columbus who sang the lilting “De Colores”. WB Abejo. a Mason and Cursillista, sang with the Knights.
The trophies given away as prizes were donated by Ambassador Oscar Ledesma, Justice Makalintal, Judge Antonio, Bros. Luis Valencia and IIdefonso Yan, Dean Conrado Benitez and Bro. Jose Abejo. Masters of Ceremonies were Bro. Lauro Cruz for the Knights and Bro. Jose S. N. Navarro, Jr. for the Masons.
zXgreeably, the speeches of Ambassa dor Ledesma and Dean Benitez dwelt on community improvement pro­ grams in which Knights and Masons

can cooperate, collaborate or coordin­

ate. Ground work for the culmination

of this dual meet were laid out by

Bros. Turla, Lejano and Castro of

the Capitol City Council No. 3695

for the Knights and Bros. Pat Gon­ zales, Jose Abejo and Bautista of

Luzon Bodies, AASR, for the Masons. Surprisingly, the perpetual trophy

for the lowest score by teams was not awarded this year as the two teams

tied at 863. Trophies for the lowest

net scores were awarded to Bros. Ca­ they, Mason; Capl. Octavio, KC; and

Judge Antonio, KC. For the most

pars in the 18-hole play, trophies

went to Bros. Lacuna, KC; Verzosa,

KC; and Morle, Mason. Bro. De Guz­

man, Mason, got the trophy for the

most birdies. The trophies (?). two

good-sized squashes which could make delicious pumpkin pies, one each went

to Bro. Verzosa, KC, and Bro. Wil­

marth, Mason, who tied lor the high­

est score. The team scores stood at:

Knighes of

Masons:

Columbus:

Rodriguez

76 Alejo, F.

79

Lacuna

81 Veneracion 80

Fr. Ortiz

84 Rivera

85

Silverio

85 Del Mundo 86

Makalintal

87 Espejo

88

Bueno

88 Bascarra

88

Lejano

90 Morfe

88

Lira

90 Jaramillo

88

Pilapil

91 Gonzales

90

Wico

92 Abejo, J.

90

Total

863 Total

86?

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WILMARTH...

From page 4

under the same fatherhood of God

as we Masons.

It is therefore my sincere wish that

the journey we started here today

with this first step be pursued vigor­

ously. hand in hand by Knights and

Masons. We must stand out as a

working team to manifest to the com-

The Cabletow
VATICAN CITY, March 12 (UPI) - The Vatican has virtually scrapped an old church law excom­ municating Catholics who join the order of Freemasons, Vatican sources
said Monday. The sources said Catholics now
are free to join the Masons in the United States, Britain and most other countries of the world.
But the European grand orient lodge form of Masonry, established primarily in Italy and France, is still considered anti-Catholic or atheistic, they said.
Freemasonry, which dates back t<> medieval times, describes itself as a nonpolitical, nonsectarian movement dedicated to the ideal of universal brotherhood.
5-Million There are more than live million Masons in the world, most o[ them in English-speaking lands. The United States alone accounts fot nearly lour million members.
Pope Clement XII condemned the order in 1738 as atheistic and anti­ Catholic. and his action has been af­ firmed by seven other Popes in 16 dilferent pronouncements,
Fhe Eastern Orthodox Church and

some Protestant bodies also have op­

posed Freemasonry.

But a move to re-evaluate the Ca­

tholic Church’s position on Freema­

sonry began during the second Vati­

can Ecumenical Council which ended

in 1965.

Unofficial

Vatican sources said there had

been no official revocation of the

excommunication law but the Va­

tican’s Congregation for the Doctrine

of the Faith has let it be known

Catholics joining Free Masons or

ders are no longer automatically ex­

communicated.”

•■'Fhe church’s new attitude has

been in effect for more than a year,”

they said.

The church’s code of Canon Law.

drawn up in 1918 and presently be­

ing reformed, provided for automa­

tic excommunication of Catholics

"who enroll in the Masonic sect or

in secret societies conspiring against

the church or the legitimate author­

ities.”

Vatican sources said this wording

would be changed to modify the

church position on Masonry when

the new code of Canon Law is com

pletcd.

A

WILMARTH. . .
muniiv about us. how differences can be forged into unity, when the broth­ erhood of man is valued more than the individuality of man.
Let us engage ourselves in positive action to discover more similarities, instead of reviving old differences.
Let us not let good ideas remain dormant but translate them into good deeds through action.
Let us be a dynamic force for good rather than passively ignore the evil

that* is rampant about us. Let us join hands together, giving
birth this day to a new direction de­
dicated to extending the Brotherhood of Man under the Fatherhood of God
throughout this land of ours, and in time throughout the world.
Let today be the beginning of the Order of Knights-Masons dedicated to the accomplishment of these things which we as Knights and Masons hold dearest to our hearts.

APRIL, 1968
EDITORIAL NOTES:
Over the space of about ten years, our Past Grand Master William H. Quasha has been most active in his efforts to bring about a relaxation of the position of the Catholic Church regarding Freemasonry. He has dealt directly with the Vatican, particularly through his friendly relationship with His Eminence Augustin Cardinal Bea, the Chairman of the Committee on Christian Unity. The detailed story of how this effort began and was carried out appears in the March 1963 issue of the Cabletow.
Since that) date Brother Quasha has continued with the concurrence of our respective incumbent Grand Masters, to communicate with and visit His Eminence, Augustin Cardinal Bea. To update the story appealing in our March 1963 issue of the Cabletow, we are publishing two Pro Memoriae and one letter of Brother Quasha.
During the weekly luncheon of the Supreme Council, 33° and Last Degree of A.&A.S.R. in the Philippines on March 16, 1968, III. William H. Quasha, P.G.M., announced he had that morning received a brief note from the Secretary of His Eminence Augustin Cardinal Bea forwarding a photostatic copy of a news item appearing in a semi-official publication entitled La Croix announcing that the Vatican has lifted its ban on Masonry indicating it will effect a relaxa­ tion over a period of time in the various areas of the world, principally on a basis of how the Church may find Masonry in specific Grand Masonic Juris­ dictions.
R.E.W.
--------------- oOo------------- —

Grand Lodge of
Free and,Accepted Masons of the
Philippines
His Eminence Augustin Cardinal Bea Rome

March 18, 1963.

Your Eminence:

This is a Pro Memoria covering the subject of our delightful discussion which was attended by His Excellency Benigno Toda y Toledo, Philippine Ambassador to the Holy See, and Fr. Stefano Schmidt. S.J., Your Eminence’s Secretary.
The Grand Lodge of Free ond Accepted Masons of the Philippines is most desirous of establishing harmonious relations with the Roman Catholic Church and toward this end would appreciate a reexamination of the attitude of the Roman Catholic Church to Masonry in our jurisdiction. We believe that the world urgently requires the cooperative efforts of all people who be­ lieve in one God Almighty, Father of all men, Maker of heaven and earth, and that in the furtherance of His will, we must find bases for bridging the hiatus which now exists between the Roman Catholic Church and Freemasonry in our jurisdiction.
I am the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the Philippines, and as such I am the supreme authority over and speak for all regular Masons in this jurisdiction. Our Grand Lodge was founded in 1912. Our jurisdiction covers the Philippine Archipelago, Okinawa, Guam.

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and three Lodges in Japan — 124 Lodges in all. Over 98% of our members are Christians. My term ofl office will end on April 25, 1963, but I can assure you that my successors are in full accord with the position I have taken.
We are governed by a constitution, a copy of which is enclosed. We are in fraternal relationship with approximately ninety-five Grand Lodges through­ out the world, none of which has sovereignty over the other. I have furnish­ ed you copies of literature which show a list of regular Masonic Lodges of which the Grand Lodge of the Philippines is one. We do not recognize any group of Masons who do not adhere to the same principles that we do: (1) belief in God; (2) belief in the future existence; (3) the obligation taken by any Mason must be on or in full view of the Holy Bible, to which we refer as the Volume of the Sacred Law; and (4) there shall be no discussion of religion and politics in a Lodge. (Please see our Constitution, pp. 120-121.) These principles have been followed by our Grand Lodge since its establish­ ment.
Our organization is not a secret society. It is a corporation duly or­ ganized and registered (with the Securities and Exchange Commission, an agency of the Philippine Government) as a fraternal and charitable corpora­ tion in accordance with Philippine laws. Our members are obliged to abide by the laws of the country in which they reside, and our Grand Lodge abides bv the laws of the Republic of the Philippines. Our proceedings are printed in the English language; a copy of the 1962 edition is enclosed.
-Although Masonry is not a religion, its members are encouraged to fol­ low a religious life. Many of our officers and members are Christian bishops and clergymen, e.g., our Senior Grand Warden is a Minister in the Methodist Church and our Grand Chaplain is a Bishop in the United Church of Christ. Every Mason is urged to attend regularly a church of his own choosing. Last year we inaugurated a program to have all Lodges engage in intercessory prayers. These Lodges are enjoined to ask the members of their families and their friends in the community regardless of their church membership to im­ plore the aid of God to use His healing powers for sick persons who want us to pray for them. We do not enquire, nor are we concerned with a man’s religion; we are not a religious organization. In this respect we do not differ from the vast majority of fraternal, professional and civic organizations.
Masonry stands for faith, hope, and charity. It holds that strength is obtained through belief in God and through being in harmonious relation­ ship with fellowmen. It teaches temperance, fortitude, prudence, and jus­ tice.
We are engaged in our Grand Lodge in numerous programs of charity and social welfare. For over thirty years we have maintained the Masonic Hospital for Crippled Children in Manila where we admit patients regard­ less of creed. Approximately 85% of the children admitted come from Ro­ man Catholic families. The only condition of admission is that they cannot afford to go to private hospitals. This charity is entirely supported by Ma­ sons. Every Lodge in our jurisdiction is supposed to engage in charitable work in the community and to carry on a program of education and public service. Another one of our programs is to distribute books to the poor children of the Philippines. Over two million books are being collected bv the Masons in America for our distribution in the Philippines.
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We are not against the Roman Catholic Church or any other church. We do not contradict or deny anything in the Catholic religion. We stand for the principle of the brotherhood of men under the Fatherhood of God.
We have for many years experienced difficulties in our relationship with Roman Catholic priests in the Philippines.
(1) Masons have been refused burial in Catholic cemeteries even where it was the only cemetery in the area.
(2) Families and friends of Masons have been instructed not to attend our public meetings.
(3) Where a Mason is married to a Roman Catholic, various
difficulties arise: (a) Wives of Masons have been informed that they could expect no promotion in their work, e.g., school teacher or government employee, unless the husband withdrew from Masonry; (b) Children of Masons going to catechism have been told terrible things about the Masons; (c) Retraction has been forced on Masons, e.g., when a Mason was in a coma, the local priest and the wife placed the Mason’s thumb-mark on a retraction form; later on the wife re­ fused to allow his Masonic brethren to see or subsequently to give him a Masonic funeral. (General Emilio Aguinaldo, a great Fili­ pino hero, has been a Mason for over seventy years. Many Roman Catholic priests have pleaded with him to retract. He has repeatedly stated, “There is nothing in Masonry which is against the Roman Catholic Church, therefore, I have nothing to retract.” Mrs. Agui­ naldo is an ardent Roman Catholic and she has stated that she feels that General Aguinaldo shoulj not retract.)
(4) Masons cannot be sponsors at baptisms or at weddings in a Roman Catholic Church.
(5) Perhaps the sorest point is the fact that priests and parishes publish literature attacking the Masons, accusing them of being in league with the devil, of being nnti-Christ, of being atheists, of being agnostics, or of being communists.
These conditions are detrimental to family and national unity. There is no question that energy is being misdirected and dissipated; the same effort could better be employed in positive action for the glory of God.
Ever since 1954, when I became Master of my Lodge, I have been work­ ing on this problem, and have asked my brethren to preach and to practice charity. As a result, the Masons in our jurisdiction no longer retaliate when they are tormented, although some of them still voice their objections to the more bitter attacks. It was, therefore, one of the greatest experiences of my life to have an audience with the Holy Father and then to be received so cordially and sympathetically by Your Eminence. When I was with you, I felt that I was talking with a man in whom the spirit of God was overwhelm­ ing and I became confident that this case was now in the hands of a man who could deal with it correctly. I shall always love Your Eminence as a brother. God has blessed you, and I pray that through you He will bless my humble efforts.
Faithfully yours, (Sgd.) WILLIAM H. QUASHA

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His Eminence, Agustino Cardinal Bea Via Aurelia, 527 Rome. Italy

December 15, 1966

Your Eminence:
This is a pro memoria on the interview you so graciously granted me on June 2, 1966 which was attended by His Excellency, Benigno Toda y Toledo and Father S. Schmidt, S.J., your Eminence’s secretary.
During our meeting your Eminence referred to a series of articles appear­ ing in an Italian publication entitled Vita in which certain persons referring to themselves as Masons indicated a spirit of antagonism toward the Roman Catholic Church. These persons and their organization are not recognized by the Grand Lodge of the Republic of the Philippines as Masons. We have no connection with them, and in fact disown them. Unfortunately, we have no power to take any action against them other than to forbid our own Ma­ sons from having any contact with them. If a Mason in our jurisdicion were to violate this injunction, he would be guilty of unmasonic conduct and would be punishable in accordance with the provisions of our constitution. In our parlance they are spurious, and every Mason in our jurisdiction and in all the jurisdictions with which we have fraternal relations, approximately 90, have the same obligation; this includes all 49 Grand Lodges in the United States.
Your Eminence will recall that after my visit to you on about January 31, 1963 I sent to you from Washington, D.C. two volumes, one of which was entitled Regular Lodges Masonic and the other showed the tables of recognition which exist between the various Grand Lodges. Your Eminence will not find the group referred to in Vita in either of these volumes.
As I stated in my pro wetnoria dated March 18, 1963. a copy of which is attached for your ready reference, all the Grand Lodges which we recognize must adhere to the following principles:
1. Belief in God (One Almighty God, Father of all Men, Maker of heaven and earth).
2. Belief in the future existence. 3. The obligation taken by any Mason must be on and in full view of the Holy Bible to which we refer as the Volume of the Sacred Law. 4. There shall be no discussion of religion and politics in a lodge. These principles are set forth in our constitution, a copy of which I gave you. These principles have been adhered to consistently by our Grand Lodge ever since its inception. They are the same principles followed by our Mother Grand Lodge, the Grand Lodge of California, and all the other Grand Lodges in the United States. If at any time we learn that any other Grand Lodge does not adhere to these principles, we withdrew our recognition of them. It must have established to your Eminence’s satisfaction that we are not a secret society; that our Grand Lodge is a corporation duly organized and registered with the Philippine government as a fraternal and charitable corporation in accordance with Philippine law: that our members are oblirated to abide by the laws of the country in which they reside: and that our Grand Lodge abides by the laws of the Republic of the Philiopines.

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Our procedures, as I said before, are printed in thq English language (I sent you a copy of our 1962 annual proceedings to establish this point). Our membership list is public information. Our organization and our members support a Masonic hospital for crippled children as a regular institutional pro­ ject. (Approximately 85% of the children who are cared for in our hospital are Roman Catholics. All these children are treated free of charge.)
Between the time I first visited the Vatican in 1959 and my second visit in 1963, the tensions between the Roman Catholic Church and our Fraternity noticeably diminished, and in many instances we were able to establish cordial relationships between Roman Catholic clergy and laymen and our constituent lodges. Since 1963 these relations have improved to even a greater extent. We are pleased to say that several Roman Catholic priests have attended some of our public affairs, including annual installation ceremonies of our consti­ tuent lodges. Many prominent Catholic laymen in high government positions and in the business community have addressed our weekly Saturday luncheons which are open to Masons and their guests. I am very pleased to say that approximately a year and a half ago I was a sponsor at a wedding of two very promient Filipinos at the Malate Catholic Church. One of my fellow sponsors was the wife of the then President of the Philippines and another was the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines; still another was a member of the Senate of the Republic of the Philippines, the latter being one of the leading Catholic laymen in the country, Hon. Raul Manglapus. This recent experience in this respect can be duplicated by many other Masons in our jurisdiction.
After I saw you last June. I met the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut who informed me'Ihat he had recently had an audience with His Holiness, Pope Paul VI and that His Holiness had complimented him on his efforts to improve relations between his Grand Lodge and the Roman Catholics in his area. Insofar as I know, I was the first Grand Master in office to have an audience with the Holy Father, and the efforts of the Grand Master of Connecticut is evidence that our Grand Lodge is not alone in its desire to bridge the hiatus which now exists. I learned recently that the Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of California who is a Past Grand Master of that Grand Lodge is planning to be in Europe next June and would like to have an audience with the Holy Father. I have informed him that I felt he should endeavor to seek an audience with you first.
It continues to be the hope of our Grand Lodge that the present situation be altered in the spirit of ecumenicity.
I enclose a copy of the Cabletow for the month of December, 1966 in which you will note that the editor took occasion to compliment me for my efforts in this matter. It also reprinted articles which I wrote in June, 1955 and in April, 1962 for the Cabletow. I presume the reason that the editor did not print my pro memoria of March 18, 1963 was because it was not available to him. Up to this point I have kept your message in mind, that we ought not to give any publicity to my activity so as to avoid unnecessary antagonisms. T am wondering, however, whether at this point it would not be a good idea for us to publish my previous pro memoria as well as this one in our Cabletow. It would be heartening to our members and I believe would also encourage warmer relationships between the Roman Catholic Church and the members of our Grand Lodge.
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Concurrently in our joint efforts to bring together under the panoply of God all those who profess a belief in Him; there are counterforces at work which are attempting to destroy all institutions which stand for God. We feel, and I am sure your Eminence does, too, that we ought to find a tnodtw vivendi which will give us more strength to do God’s work and to forestall the efforts of those who seek to destroy us both. Only a few hundred miles away from here, in Mainland China, priests and nuns have been killed, tor­ tured and driven from their places of abode and of worship and forced to leave the land which they came to save. In this connection it is interesting to note our constituent lodges in mainland China were likewise driven out and forced to reestablish themselves in Taiwan.
In these circumstances we urge that efforts be intensified to bring this case to the attention of His Holiness, Pope Paul VI, so that the Grand Lodge of the Republic of the Philippines will not be covered by previously published Encyclicals and Bulls against Masonry.
I take this occasion to wish Your Eminence my sincere wishes for con­ tinued health and happiness during Christmas and the New Year.
Faithfully yours, (Sgd.) WILLIAM H. QUASHA, PGM

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His Eminence, Agustino Cardinal Bea Chairman, Committee on Christian Unity The Vatican, Italy

February 8, 1967

Your Eminence:

According to newspaper accounts there have been some important changes in the Vatican. I am very hopeful that ,you will be able to continue your position of influence in the matter of Christian unity.
Next May I plan to go to the United States via Europe and would be very happy to include Rome in my itinerary if it will be possible for me, in some way, to contribute further to the presentation I made in 1963 and on my subsequent visit in 1966.
Certainly the spirit of ecumenism becomes increasingly pervasive. In my own church we had a special service during the week devoted to Christian unity. I continue to be strong in my belief that if favorable consideration is given to the matter which I put forward, a tremendous amount of impetus will be given to the growth of the unity which the world so urgently and fervently needs and prays for.
Please accept my best wishes for your continued good health.

Faithfully yours, (Sgd.) WILLIAM H. QUASHA
Past Grand Master

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Hot 'pOflHC. &<tt Su&4t**et'

(Address delivered by WB Mariano Lueco, PM, Grand Lodge Inspector of
Hiram, Lodge No. 88, at the Public Installation of its officers on January S, 1968, Plaridel Masonic Temple, Manila, Philippines).

I count it a privilege to be con­ ferred this honor of being your guest speaker today. I would like to ex­ press my greetings to all brother masons and non-masons present here tonight — for an occasion like this affords us the splendid opportunity of meeting each other and creating new friends and acquaintances.
I congratulate the past officers of this lodge particularly WB Juanito U. Fernandez for a job well done. During his mastership your member­ ship increased by fifteen. I also ex­ tend my heartfelt congratulations to the Worshipful Master and other officers who have been installed. I trust that you will consider this honor as an opportunity for greater serv­ ice and that you will discharge well your responsibilities to your lodge, to the Grand Lodge of the Philip­ pines and to Freemasonry in general.
If I may suggest, at the very start of the year, the officers should draw up plans and set specific targets or objectives toward which your efforts will be specially directed. Do not entertain the feeling that you were elected as a matter of routine in the lodge. Let us constantly remember that when we become recipients of a trust, we must keep and maintain that level of worthiness. “That it was the faith, hope and expectations of our Masonic forebears that we who come after them would strive to prove worthy of what was being passed on to us; that we would work, plan and struggle to preserve the ORDER in all its purity, beauteous splendor and that we would transmit

unimpaired through a succession of ages the excellent tenets of Freema­ sonry.”
Let us not only be proficient in the rituals, or in our labors, but let us adhere to the precious heritage we have received from those who came before us. It behooves us to cherish this heritage — appreciate its full meaning, its worth, and understand aptly its message by constant practice of the moral virtues we derive from it.
In this spirit, may I enjoin you to avoid unwarranted passions, petty jealousies and personal piques. The Craft is not only after admitting more members in Freemasonry, but
promoting more Masonry in men. To achieve this, let each and every­ one of us get involved in the activi­ ties of the Lodge. Let us not think of the misgivings of the past but rather regard them as experience and use them as references and guidelines for the success of our future under­ takings. Let us work together as a team, and discharge our duties for the good of Freemasonry.
You know my wife is a "cursillista” and I am not. But of course, she had my permission. The priest of our town, Msgr. Sicat, addresses
me always as Brother and I am flat­ tered. He used to ask me when I would join. But I was non-commit­ tal.
The practice of "cursillo houses” are not the same. Maybe they just chose the guy. I know some Free­ masons who were admitted without retraction. One of them is Ill. Bro­

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ther Teofilo Abejo 33°. After his
lengthy discussion with the priest, he
was allowed to continue without re­ tracting his firm belief in the tenets
of Freemasonry. Here we have a
brother who has a strong conviction.
According to him, when we invited
him to speak at Dapitan Lodge which is his Mother Lodge, had they insist­
ed on his retraction, he would have
packed up and left. I heard later that the priest who had permitted
him to finish the course without re­
traction was transferred.
At this juncture, allow me to quote
from one of Dr. Rizal’s letters dated
April 4, 1893. while he was exiled in
Dapitan to the Jesuit Priest, Padre
Pablo Pastels, in their debate by correspondence on philosophical and
religious issues and I quote:
“I do not deny that there are pre­ cepts of absolute necessity and usefulness which are not clearly enunciated in Nature, but they have been lodged by God in tho human heart, in the conscience of man, which is God’s best Tem­ ple. Therefore, I adore more this good and provident God who has endowed each one of us with all that is necessary to save our­ selves, who has continuously open­ ed to us the book of his revelation, becauso his priest is ceaselessly speaking the voice of our con­ science.
“I do not prejudice when I say that the voice of my conscience can come only from God; I judge by deduction. God could not have created me for my misfortune, for what evil did I ever do to Him beforo I was created, that he should want my perdition. Nor did he create mo for no purpose, or for an indifferent purpose, because what are my sufferings for, what for is the slow torture of my con­ tinuous longing. He must have created me for a good purpose, and to this end I have no better guide than my conscience, my conscience alone, which judges and appraises

my acts. God would be inconsistent if after creating me for some pur­ pose, He did not give me the means to attain it, like a black­ smith who wants to make a knife, but will not fashion its edge.
"All the brilliant and subtle ar­ guments of Your Reverence x x x can never convince me that the Ca­ tholic Church is endowed with in­ i' allability.”
Speaking about conviction, many of you here perhaps have seen in the movies that film “A Man for all Sea­ sons.” That is the life story of Tho­ mas Moore who had the courage of his conviction. At the gallows just before his execution he said: “I am the king’s good subject, but God’s first.” In Masonic philosophy, I wish to paraphrase the above and suggest that the Freemasons wither­ soever dispersed use as guidelines: ‘‘I am a Freemason. I am willing to enter the Cursillo, but there shall be no retraction."
As Freemasonry believes in the brotherhood of men under the father­ hood of God, permit me to dwell just a little bit on ecumenism enun­ ciated by the late Pope John XXIII as his favorite maxim: “Stress that which unites, rather than that which divides.” He was so imbued with the spirit of ecumenism that he was unselfishly guided by his conviction.
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belief that Freemasonry, of which he is a member, is the one and only com­ mon ground for all sects and people, and, unless he believes in this philo­ sophy and were imbued with a simi­ lar belief, he ought not continue to be­ long to this ancient fraternity. There­ fore, a true Freemason is called upon to contribute his humble effort toward the achievement of ecumenism.

Masonry is not a religion but it is a religious fraternal organization. In fact, we pray before commencing any great undertaking. We believe in the saying ‘‘No man should ever enter in­ to any great or important undertaking without first invoking the blessings of God.”

Let us practice Jess form, but more substance in our religious, political or civic endeavors. It is the substance in all our actions and in all our under­ takings which make us better men and better citizens. It is no, the form but the practice that makes us Christians.
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Ni Kap. Agustin L. Galang, NIG (17)

ANG KATARUNGAN
Ang katarungan ay nangangahulugan ng “ang simulain sa kabutihan at tap;|t na pakikitungo ng mga tao sa bawa’t isa; at pagbibigay ng kanikaniyang karapatan. Ang kadakilaan ng katarungan ay “ang katangian sa walang pasubaling pagtupad sa mahigpit na alituntunin ng moralidad. Ang kaayaayang pagkakaugnay ng katarungan at kabutihan ay Hindi mapagaalinlanganan. Ang ka­ butihan ang nagdudulot sa kataru­ ngan ng walang sukdulang idealismo o huwaran. So katarungan ay di lamang natatamo ang hustisia na batay sa kodigo moral kundi pati ng walang pagkabaling pagtupad sa atas ng kabutihan. Ito ang nagbibigtiy ng likas na kabanalan ng kanyang kahulugan. Kaya ang pagsasamahan ng mga tao, ay dapat na itugma at
sumangayon sa huwarang ito, ng ang mabuting pagsusunura’y siyang maghari sa Sangkatauhan.
Ang pandaigdig na pulitika ngayon ay salat na salat sa katarungan, kaya, ang salot ng pagiiringan ang namamayani sa Sanglibutan. Ang
malalaki, mayayaman at malalakas na nasion ay niyuyurakan ang ka­ rapatan ng mga maliliit at mahihinang bansa. Dahil sa kasakiman, na binibigyan lamang ng iba’t ibang kulay, ay laging nagbabanta sa buong daigdig, upang ipakilala ang sukdulang lakas at kakayahang manakop. Di katakataka na ang naghahari ngayon sa mga puso ng katauhan ay ang kawalan ng katiwasayan, takot at lihim na balak.
Ang katarungan upang maging matatag at mabisa, ay kailangang

huwag yuyuko kaninoman, maging sa may mga titulo, impluensia o mapagsamantalang mga pulitiko. Ang gantimpala o kaparusahan ay dapat na ibatay sa karangalan ng nagawa o kabigatan ng kasalanan. Ang hukuman ay kinatawan ng pinakamalinis at pinakamatapat na santuario ng batas, na dapat mangalaga sa pagkakapantaypantav at ng mga ka­ rapatan ng mga tao sa harap ng ba­ tas. Ito ay hindi dapat makinig sa mga bulong ng mga mapanlinlang, at lalo nang huwag maging isang kasangkapan ng makapangyarihang pulitika. Kung hindi, ang lahat ay magmimistulang pagkutiya at ang bayan ay mapupugayan ng karanga­ lan, bilang isang kasapi sa mga nasiong kumikilala sa pandaigdig na kalahimikan at kaayusan.
Isang dakilang isipan ang nagsabing — "Ang katarungang ipinagpapaliban, ay ipinagkakait na kataru­ ngan." Ang mahahaba’t magagastos
na hablahan ay siyang pumipigil sa mga mahihirap na magdulog ng kanilang sumbong o humanap ng lunas sa kanilang mga kaapihan. Marami sa mga bayang diktatorial ang
nagsasamantala sa pagbinbin ng justisia, upang iligaw sa katotohanan ang katarungan, ng sa gayon ay maipatupad nila ang kunwari’y makatarungang kagustuhan. Ang may sariling dangal at paninindigang mga tagasalungat, matapos ang ilang pa-
nahon sa kagipitan, bilangguan o paghuhugas ng utak, ay lumalabas na sindak, lito’t sira ang bait, at inaaming totoong lahat ang mga upasalang ipinapataw sa kanya, na gina­
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PITAK FILIPINO. . .
gamit na isang mabisang propagan­ da laban sa kapurihan ng bayan.
Maraming tao ang naniniwalang walang katarungan dito sa ibabaw ng lupa. Ito ay isinisisi nila sa wa­ lang pakundangang mga paglabag sa ginintuang aral ng moralidad. Anya, ‘‘Hindi masama ang mngnakaw, ang
masama ay kung ikaw ay pahuhuli.” Di mabilang ang hindi napapatawan ng karapatdapat sa parusa, dahil sa impluensia, bagama’t mabibigat ang pagkakasala. Ang masaklap ay nagsisiunlad at namumuhay sa kasaganaan, na kasangayun pa ang lipunang makamaterial. Subalit sa liinabahaba ng pagtatamasa, ay hahabol ang katarungan sa kanila, at igagawad ang nararapat na parusa, maski na sa pinakalihim 11a pagkutya sa justisia. Ang timba ng kanilang pakinabang na buhat sa kasamaan ay inot-inot na mawawaldas at wa­ lang salang mapapantay sa timbangan ng katarungan, al masisiwalat sa madia ang maiitim na damdamin at hidwaang kaluluwa. May kasabihang — ang gilingan, daw, ng Diyos, ay iubhang mahina, ngunit mahina ina’y sigurado naman. Sawing palad ang isang taong lumabag sa walang mula’t walang hanggang batas ng kabutihan, sa pagasang makaiiwas siya sa nakatakdang parusa.

Mayroon pang ibang uri ng kata­ rungan na dapat sumakop at mamalagi sa lahat ng tao — ito'y hindi nasasaklaw ng natatatag na Hukuman, ito ay bumubukal sa malinis na diwa o konsensia ng bawa’t nilalang. Iyan ang pinakamabuting anyo ng kata­ rungan, na hindi pa nakikintal sa isip at puso ng nakararaming mga tao. Ito ay matutukiasan lamang sa mga diwa ng piling pangkat ng mga tao — yaong mga taong di kailanman nakalilimot sa Diyos, at pinahahalagahan ang karapatan at karangalan ng isang tao. Ang Sama­ han ng mga Magkakaanib na Bansa ay nauunawaang lubos ang lawak at kahalagahan nito, kaya isinama ang bnal na simulain, sa pagpapahayag ng pandaigdig na mga karapatan ng tao.
Samantalang ang katarungan ay humihingi ng walang pasubaling pagsangayon sa mahigpit 11a atas ng kodigo moral, isinasa-alang-alang din. na ang pagpapakahulugan sa alituntunin, ay di lamang mabatay sa letra, kundi sa ispiritu ng karurukang kabutihan at pagkakaintindihan. Ang paghatol ay dapat na masubhan ng awa, sangayon sa hinihingi ng pagkakataon, at mga katunayang iniharap. Ang habag ay hindi nangangahulugan ng pagpapababa ng pamantayan, kundi isang makataong pag-
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Suit 401 Goniaga
Bldg., 414 Rizal Avtnu.

Te!s.: 3 92 S8 3 79 56

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G. O. SABAS Jeweller

Maker of Masonic Emblems and Jewelry

D. R. ESCOSA Authorized Representative

75 Sibuyan St., Sta. Mesa Heights

Quezon City

Tel: 68998

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From the Column o£ J. V. Cruz, “Here and There”, Manila Times, March 17, 1968, p. 5-A:

There was a very fetching sportspage picture the other day that showed the highest-ranking Knights of Columbus and Masons in the country playing golf together. Oc­ casion was tre first K of C-Freemasons golf tournament ever. This took place, not coincidentally, after the Vatican had announced that it was no longer a sin for Catholics to apply for admission to Masonry Lodges. In the past, any Catholic who became a Mason was automati­ cally excommunicated from the Church. This meant, from the Ca­ tholic viewpoint, that he was there­ by doomed to eternal hell and dam­ nation. Now it is no longer so. Now Catholics may become Masons and still save their souls.
• • •

This is only one, to be sure of

radical and fundamental changes

that have overtaken Catholic dogma

since Pope John XXIII, that incom­

parable innovator, "opened win­

dows” and invited the winds of mod­

ernization and ecumenism to sweep

fresh air into the ancient institution.

Not all Catholics have accepted the

changes gracefully and uncomplain­

ingly. Some have been affected so

traumatically, with their faith shak­

en to its roots as a result of the

reversal of “truths" they had al­

ways considered deathless and imu-

table, that they have left the Church

in anger and disgust. Others have

taken it upon themselves to try to

rein back and curb the pace and

extent of change, to fight a holding,

rear-guard action against the inno­

vators and iconoclasts.

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NOTA BENE. . .

This could be more on ecumenism,

but to put in my five cents worth: The Golf tournameni took place on

March 9, 1968, though it had been

planned much earlier, and the Va­ tican announcement took place on March 12, 1968, as picked up by the

Associated Press and the United Press International. The story appeared

in most metropolitan dailies here in Manila on March 13, 1968.

By 1967 year-end, there are 12,500

Masons in the Grand Lodge of the Philippines. It is estimated that there are 200 more Masons living in

the Philippines who are members of

other Masonic Grand Lodges, and

though they are not in the rolls of

the Philippine Grand Lodge, they are Brothers just the same. It might

be of interest to know that since 1856, when the first Masonic Lodge was

established in the Philippines, mem­ bership of Catholics in Philippine

Masonry has ranged from 95% to 60% at the present time. This is

so because the Grand Lodge of the

Philippines, like most other Grand

Lodges elsewhere in the world accept

any petitioner who believes in God or a Supreme Being. Hence, mem­ bership includes Christians, Muslims,

Buddhists, Hindus, Israelis, etc.

Since the beginnings of Masonry in the Philippines, Knights of Co­

lumbus have joined our Lodges and

many Masons have joined Knights of

Columbus Councils. Any "secrets”

in the obligations of the Knights and

Masons concerned remain with them

as no Masonic Lodge would ask

about them. In the same spirit, no

Council would care to ask a Mason

joining the Knights about his obli­

gation in a Masonic Lodge.

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The Cabletow
The NBI and YOU
Atty. Romeo T. Saavedra

FUNCTIONS OF THE NBI
The National Bureau of Investiga­ tion has a three-fold function. It is the only institution which acts as an investigative, service and research agency of the government. In its in­ vestigative functions, it handles com­ plaints against persons involved in crime or in administrative and civil cases where the government has an in­ terest, referred to it by the Secretary of Justice and/or the Office of the President. In its service function, it renders technical assistance to the dif­ ferent law enforcement and prosecut­ ing agencies of the government, in­ cluding the courts. The NBI is also ?. research agency under the law of its creation and in the performance of this function, it renders research on scientific crime detection and investiga­ tion, including the prevention and treatment of offenders.
Criminal complaints with the NBI may be made in writing or in person and where there is urgency and great distance, by telephone or telegram or even by the use of the radiophone services in each regional and sub-of­ fice upon prior approval of the Agent­ in-Charge of the office concerned. If the victim or his relatives complain to the office personally, they are required to fill in a complaint sheet form at tile Complaints and Processing Unit which among others state the name and address of the complainant, name and address of the persons complained of. nature of the act complained of, when and where committed, victims, if any. their addresses, the circum­

stances surrounding the act complain­ ed of, etc... If the complaint relates to a missing person, we require the complainant to fill in a missing per­ son form which contains among others the name of the missing person and his address, the complainant, his ad­ dress and relation to missing person, when missing person was last seen and where, date and cause of disap­ pearance, circumstances surrounding the disappearance, name of police agency to which reported, if any, and the personal description of the miss­ ing person as to age, weight, height, build, hair, eyes, complexion, national­ ity, occupation, scars, moles, or other distingushing features, and fingerprint classification, if any. In receiving complaints, the NBI has adopted a policy that when a particular case is already reported to the police author­ ities in the locality where the crime was committed or to the PC, the Bu­ reau comes in only to render technical assistance unless the crime is a serious one and of urgent importance and the circumstances of the case demand that the NBI take a hand. Otherwise the NBI does not ordnarilv come in, in­ cluding cases which are minor in char­ acter and usually estafa cases where the presence of a powerful syndicate or repeated commission with impunity is not present. The reason behind this is that the NBI spends a lot of money investigating these cases only to be dropped at the instance of the com­ plainants, thereby converting the NBT into a mere collection agency. More-
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over, the lack of investigative person­ nel has required this policy.
But the most sought after function of the Bureau is the giving of service or technical assistance to the different police agencies in the country, includ­ ing prosecuting agencies and the courts. Under this function also falls the train­ ing of a representative number of police in each city or municipality on the lat­ est methods of scientific crime detec­ tion and investigation. To carry out this function, the NBI saw the need of puttng up an adequate crime la­ boratory and a training division for the instruction of policemen. The na­ ture of technical assistance rendered are medico-legal, like the determina­ tion of the cause of death or nature

of injuries sustained, etc.; forensic chemistry, like paraffin tests and the determination of poison in foods or the body, and the like; ballistics, like the determination of caliber of bullets and weapons used, etc.; questioned documents, like the determination of the authorship and authenticity of questioned documents, forgeries, etc.; photography, like the interpretation and identification of photographs, aerial and terrestial, etc.; clearance, identification, and records, like finger­ print identification for purposes of identity, derogatory records of per­ sons, clearance, etc.; narcotics, like requests for the apprehension, treat­ ment and rehabilitation of dope ad-
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INSTALLATION^ CEREMONIES BULUSAN LODGE N.S8

Newly installed officers of Bulusan Lodge No. 38. L to R, front raw: Swsano Detera, JD; Pedro Sta. Ana, Chaplain; Bartolome Frayna, Treat.; Ireneo Escandor, SW; Pedro F. Gomez, WM: Luis Laurenaria, JW; Estanislao Gabarda, Secretary; Mario Talatala, SS; Teodolfo Fresnido, JS. Second row: Lee King Yek, SD; Timoteo Mendoza, Almoner; Ramon Gregorio, Orator; Edgar Fajardo, Auditor; Emiliano Vida, Organist; Azarias Zayco, Historian and Dioscoro Ramos, Tyler.
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Girls, Bethels of Job's Daughters, Order of DeMolay for Boys” among his legatees. Other legatees named are the Supreme Council, Children’s Garden in Taytay, Rizal, South Ma­ nila Branch of the Philippine Ani­ mal Welfare Society, the Union Church in Makati, the Magill Me­ morial Church in Lucena City and the Bewley Chapel in Greenville, Tennesee.
MW Bewley named his only daughter, Mrs. Virginia Bewley Gees­ lin, executrix of the will which left a portion of his estate to his three grandsons: Conrad, Keith and Philip Geeslin and a sister, Irene Bewley, who lives in Knoxville, Tenn.
FAMILIAR WITH TECHNIQUES
By Exequiel S. Molina
There are many ways of saying farewell and Jerry Dadap’s way was as novel as it was musical.
Leaving shortly for the United States on a Music Promotion Foun­ dation grant, Dadap and his com­ positions were the main attractions at a farewell concert Tuesday eve­ ning at the Philamlife auditorium.
The concert opened with Sym­ phony No. 2 (Enfant Terrible), per­ formed for the first time on the concert stage.
The symphony, as described by the program notes, shows Mr. Dadap’s ’deepening preoccupation with ab­ solute music, which result is the gain for the sparse Philippine symphonic literature.”
The dictionary defines enfant ter­ rible as "an unmanageable, mis­ chievous child.’’ Judging from the huge, blocks of sound that keep on colliding and the constant juxtaposi­ tion of atonal, polyrthythmic phrases, the choice of the symphony’s sub­ titles does seem apt, indeed.
The second number, Song Cycle for Baritone and Orchestra featured
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Mr. Gregorio as soloist. The inierplay between the baritone voice and the strings and woodwinds of the or­ chestra was deftly woven by Mr. Da­ dap who was also the conductor.
The concert closed with Primeval Symphony No. 1, an earlier Dadap composition. Strongly percussive and rhythmic, the three-movement work reflects Mr. Dadap’s familiarity with the techniques of the contemporary­ idiom.
It is our hope that his jrip to the United States to observe contempo­ rary creative trends and his con­ tinuing involvement, not only in music and the related arts, but life in general, will help season him into a more matured, more astute com­ poser.
Condensed from The Manila Time\ March 14, 1968
(Jerry A. Dadap, a JASC senior De­ Molay was awarded the Distinguished Service Award Sept. 1965 for meri­ torious service both in and outside of DeMolay. He is also known in DeMolayland as the composer of the DeMolay Hymn, ed.)

diets, identification of narcotics, etc.;

and others.

Private persons may also avail them­

selves of our medico-legal services

for the determination of the cause of

death (autopsy), medico-legal exam­

inations in cases of rape and other sex

offenses, cases of suspected poisoning,

and the like, which constitute the bulk

of the services of the medico-legal di­

vision. We hope that with the pas­

sage of the new budget, the NBI will

be able to hire more investigative

agents and technical men and expand

its essential services to the greater

mass of our people, especially' those

in the rural areas.

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Ml Meat Seataetti^a
News and Views on the Ecumenical Movement. NBM

Next July the fourth general as­ sembly of . the World Council of Churches will be held in Uppsala, Sweden. They expect an attendance of 1,330 clerics and laymen as dele­ gates from the council’s 232 member denominations, as well as 15 official Roman Catholic observers.
As Time magazine observes, one of its main problems will be to resolve the potential conflict between two seemingly incompatible goals of the council: to spread its ecumenical net as wide as possible and to make Chris­ tianity more responsive to modern so­ cial issues.
Another possibility of conflict in­ volves the question of Rome. The church men of the old school, they who started the organization, (circa 1912) prefer a slower approach to ecu­ menism with the Roman Catholic church, while the younger churchmen believe that it is about time to think of providing a way in which the Ro­ man Catholic Church can be a member of the World Council of Churches.
Recently. St. Louis Catholics got a new archbishop. He is the Most Rev. John Joseph Carberry, formerly bis­ hop of Columbus, Ohio. The Pope appointed Bishop Carberry to suc­ ceed Joseph Cardinal Ritter who died eight months ago.
Last month Archbishop Carberry, who is currently chairman of the U.S. hierarchy’s Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, became the first Catholic bishop to receive the

Protestant Ohio Council of Churches’ annual “Pastor of Pastors” award.
Many there are who believe that it is just a matter of time, probably short, when Archbishop Carberry will wear the purple cap of a Prince of the Church.
As reported in a previous and in this issue, the Knights of Columbus of Quezon City Council and Scottish Rite Masons of Luzon Bodies, AASR, enjoyed a day of togetherness on the golf course of Camp Aguinaldo. They hit the ball, sometimes not, but they exchanged pleasantries and jokes with agreeable familiarity. We wish that hereafter the meetings between Knights of Columbus and Ma­ sons will have more cordiality. The last time we listened to a Fourth Degree Knight of Colum­ bus speak to Scottish Rite Masons, it seemed like he labored so hard to get his ideas across, and yet, the Masons did not do or say anything to belabor him. He was so ill at ease, I was tempted to say, "Relax lang basta Ma­ son.”
WB Teofilo Marte, PM (11). re­ ports that out in Iloilo City where they have streamlined the adminis­ tration of the Iloilo Mission Hospital, owned by the Baptist Mission, WB Jose Pabelico, PM (11), is the new Business Manager. They have mo­ dernized the plant and equipment of the hospital and in the process, re-
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quested donations from civic leaders

of the community to equip the rooms

in the new hospital building. The

friends of the hospital responded agree­

ably and most of the rooms in the

new building are being built and equip­

ped as memorials to relatives of the

donors. A group of priests have ask­

ed to donate at least one room if they

cannot have two or three. They want

to donate them in appreciation of the

care the priests have received from

the hospital since 1902 when it was

founded by Baptist and Presbyterian

missionaries. There is also a Catholic

hospital in the city.

&

going places?
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NOT FORM. . .

From p.g. 15

belief that Freemasonry, of which he is a member, is the one and only com­ mon ground for all sects and people, and, unless he believes in this philo­ sophy and were imbued with a simi­ lar belief, he ought not continue to be­ long to this ancient fraternity. There­ fore, a true Freemason is called upon to contribute his humble effort toward the achievement of ecumenism.

Masonry is not a religion but it is a religious fraternal organization. In fact, we pray before commencing any great undertaking. We believe in the saying ‘‘No man should ever enter in­ to any great or important undertaking without first invoking the blessings of God.”

Let us practice Jess form, but more substance in our religious, political or civic endeavors. It is the substance in all our actions and in all our under­ takings which make us better men and better citizens. It is no, the form but the practice that makes us Christians.
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BIAK-NA-BATO LODGE NO. 7, F. & A. M.
1440 San Marcelino St. Manila, R. P.
OFFICERS
ALEJANDRINO A. EUSEBIO, PAL MASTER
JUANITO N. FERNANDEZ, P.M. SR. WARDEN
JAIME M. ZAMORA JR. WARDEN
CASTOR I. SILVESTRE, P.M. TREASURER
OSOAR L. FUNG, P.M. SECRETARY
STATED MEETING: EVERY SEC­ OND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH

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The Cabletow
THE JO-DE-RAS SECTION

RAINBOW

DeMolay Chapters in the Philip­ pine Jurisdiction joined more than 2,500 other DeMolay chapters around
the world in a Philippine observance of International DeMolay Week, March 17-24, 1968.
The annual, week-long event, cele­ brating the anniversary of the Order, was designed to acquaint the public throughout the world with the pur­ poses and activities of the organiza­ tion.
The theme selected for this year’s observance was “Young Men on the Go!” The DeMolay participated in
events ranging from social activities to civic projects to emphasize the program.
The various activities were aimed primarily at capturing the attention of those persons who are not associated with the Order, in an effort to fami­ liarize and interest them in the Order in general and the chapter in partic­ ular.
There are 9 active chapters in the jurisdiction: Jose Abad Santos and Loyalty, both in Manila; Teodoro R. Yangco in Olongapo, Zambales; Far East in Clark Field, Pampanga; Ernie Pyle in Okinawa; Guam in Agana, Guam; Emmanuel Baja in Cavite City; Leon Kilat in Dumaguete City; and Quezon City in Quezon City.

The basic reasons for DeMolay

Week were: to increase membership,

gain publicity and good will, promote

civic responsibility, gain prestige,

mark the anniversary of the found­

ing, and aid Masonic relations.

Rafael Morales, Master Councilor

of the Jose Abad Santos Chapter,

said that the 1968 theme was chosen

because "it is indicative of the growth

and activities of the DeMolay move­

ment.” He stated that in addition to

providing worthwhile activities for a

young man, "the Order builds charac­

ter and leadership qualities.”

The Order of DeMolay was found­

ed in 1919 bv Frank S. Land and

nine teenage youths in Kansas City.

Missouri. Since that time, nearly

three million young men between the

ages of 14 and 21 have become De-

Molavs.

♦ * *

IN BEWLEY WILL
Surprised and yet, ever grateful, are members of youth organizations appendant to Masonry, when the will and testament of our late lamented Past Grand Master, Dr. Luther B. Bewley, was opened for probate in a Manila court of first instance on March 28, 1968.
It was known that MW Bewley named "Assemblies of Rainbow for

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Girls, Bethels of Job's Daughters, Order of DeMolay for Boys” among his legatees. Other legatees named are the Supreme Council, Children’s Garden in Taytay, Rizal, South Ma­ nila Branch of the Philippine Ani­ mal Welfare Society, the Union Church in Makati, the Magill Me­ morial Church in Lucena City and the Bewley Chapel in Greenville, Tennesee.
MW Bewley named his only daughter, Mrs. Virginia Bewley Gees­ lin, executrix of the will which left a portion of his estate to his three grandsons: Conrad, Keith and Philip Geeslin and a sister, Irene Bewley, who lives in Knoxville, Tenn.
FAMILIAR WITH TECHNIQUES
By Exequiel S. Molina
There are many ways of saying farewell and Jerry Dadap’s way was as novel as it was musical.
Leaving shortly for the United States on a Music Promotion Foun­ dation grant, Dadap and his com­ positions were the main attractions at a farewell concert Tuesday eve­ ning at the Philamlife auditorium.
The concert opened with Sym­ phony No. 2 (Enfant Terrible), per­ formed for the first time on the concert stage.
The symphony, as described by the program notes, shows Mr. Dadap’s ’deepening preoccupation with ab­ solute music, which result is the gain for the sparse Philippine symphonic literature.”
The dictionary defines enfant ter­ rible as "an unmanageable, mis­ chievous child.’’ Judging from the huge, blocks of sound that keep on colliding and the constant juxtaposi­ tion of atonal, polyrthythmic phrases, the choice of the symphony’s sub­ titles does seem apt, indeed.
The second number, Song Cycle for Baritone and Orchestra featured
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Mr. Gregorio as soloist. The inierplay between the baritone voice and the strings and woodwinds of the or­ chestra was deftly woven by Mr. Da­ dap who was also the conductor.
The concert closed with Primeval Symphony No. 1, an earlier Dadap composition. Strongly percussive and rhythmic, the three-movement work reflects Mr. Dadap’s familiarity with the techniques of the contemporary­ idiom.
It is our hope that his jrip to the United States to observe contempo­ rary creative trends and his con­ tinuing involvement, not only in music and the related arts, but life in general, will help season him into a more matured, more astute com­ poser.
Condensed from The Manila Time\ March 14, 1968
(Jerry A. Dadap, a JASC senior De­ Molay was awarded the Distinguished Service Award Sept. 1965 for meri­ torious service both in and outside of DeMolay. He is also known in DeMolayland as the composer of the DeMolay Hymn, ed.)

diets, identification of narcotics, etc.;

and others.

Private persons may also avail them­

selves of our medico-legal services

for the determination of the cause of

death (autopsy), medico-legal exam­

inations in cases of rape and other sex

offenses, cases of suspected poisoning,

and the like, which constitute the bulk

of the services of the medico-legal di­

vision. We hope that with the pas­

sage of the new budget, the NBI will

be able to hire more investigative

agents and technical men and expand

its essential services to the greater

mass of our people, especially' those

in the rural areas.

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Office** *f S^mMic .defyc* fc* 196%

MANILA LODGE NO. 1 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

William C. Councell Henry P. Merrifield Oscar L. Uy Jost E. Boehnert Dominador R. Escosa 1213 Lepanto St., Sampaloc,

COSMOS LODGE NO. 8 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master:
Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:

Robert H. Cathey Lorenzo E. Bemardez, Jr. Joaquin 0. Thomas Richard S. Hart, PM Robert P. Binkley, PM
Scottish Rite Temple 1828 Taft Avenue, Manila

CAVITE CITY LODGE NO. 2 Cavite City, District 2

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary
Address

Dominador A. Herrera Jose V. Colina James E. Anderson Dominador G. Crisostomo, PM Salvador C. Gonzales 960 Cabuco St., City of Cavite

ST. JOHN'S LODGE NO. 9 Manila, District 1
Wor. Master: Marwyn L. Gilmore Senior Warden: Marvin 0. Rose Junior Warden: Reavis N. Manking
Treasurer. Paul W. Hannaford, PM Secretary: Newland Baldwin, PM
Address: P.O. Box 768, Manila

CORREGIDOR-SOUTHERN CROSS LODGE NO. 3 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master
Treasurer Secretary
Address

Bruce If. Martin Perley H. Shaw Antonio C. S. Ching, PM George J. Reid, PM Jack L. Schwartz, PM Ph'lippine Indent Co., Rosario Bldg., Rm. 308, .Rosario
St, Manila

BAGUMBAYAN LODGE NO. 4 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary

Artcmio S. Bustamante
Calixto 0. Zaldivar Narciso C. Roque, PM Julio F. Abarquez, PM 8961 Aranga St., San Antonio
Village, Makati, Rizal

ISLAND-LUZ-MINERVA LODGE NO. 5 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer
Address

Magdalo B. Hidalgo Angel Salanga, Jr. Leonardo de Castro Basilio J. Enriquez, PM Porfirio A. Romulo, PM 443 Lt. Artiaga, San Juan,
Rizal

BIAK-NA BATO LODGE NO. 7 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:
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Alejandrino A. Eusebio, PM Juanilo Uy Fernandez, PM Jaime M. Zamora Castor I. Silvestre, PM Oscar L. Fung, PM 446 Quezon Blvd., Quiapo,
Manila

ILOILO-ACACIA LODGE NO. 11 Iloilo City, District 14

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer:
Secretary: Address:

Federico V. Gallano Jose Yu An Kong Dominador H. Aujero Olimpio Magat, PM
Ponciano C. Leonidas, PM 178 Mission Road, Jaro,
Iloilo City

NILAD LODGE NO. 12 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Miguel S. Picache Ponciano B. Jacinto Roman Careaga Amado C. Pineda, PM Jose E. Racela, PM P.O. Box 1921, Manila

WALANA LODGE NO. 13 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Ambrosio Lorenzo, Sr., PM Armando C. Pascual Nemesio M. Ramos Arsenio C. Pascual Leovigildo V. Ferrer
1415B P. Guevarra, Sta. Cruz, Manila

DALISAY LODGE NO. 14 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Eulogio 0. Nadal Amor T. Banda Angel Manzanilla, Jr. Bayani B. Ibarrola Domingo C. Argente 2400 Havana, Sta. Ana,
Manila
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PILAR LODGE NO. 15 Imus, Cavite, District 10

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Luis Campana Eduardo M. Espejo Regalado Camarse Eugenio M. Villanueva, PM Jose N. Topacio, Sr., PM Gen. Satorre St., Imus, Cavite

SINUKUAN LODGE »O. 16 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Francisco R. Floro, PM Henry Ang-Hessing Virgilio S. Atienza James C. Go, PM Gabino de Castro, PM 2528 Tindalo, Tondo, Manila

BAGONG BUHAY LODGE NO. 17 Cavite City, District 10

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Angel Rica-Alvarez Julian C. Medina, Jr. Lope A. Anson Amado C. Santos, PM Jose Bernal, PM Caridad, City of Cavite

ARAW LODGE NO. 18 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Juan M. Mendoza Juanito S. Satana Alberto Reyes Jose N. Quedding, PM Pedro P. Aguda, PM 599 Dr. M. V. de los Santos St Sampaloc, Manila

SILANGANAN LODGE NO. 19 Pasig, Rizal, District 9

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden

Gual R. San Pedro Felix Campomanes Oscar Eusebio David Cruz Modesto M. Marcelo Parang, Marikina, Rizal

RIZAL LODGE NO. 20 Lopez, Quezon, District 12

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary

Gregorio Quincina Oscar G. Guirnak Jose Villafucntc
Julian Capkal Lopez, Quezon

DAPITAN LODGE NO. 21 Manila, District 1
Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:

Treasurer:

JOSE RIZAL LODGE NO. 22 Manila, District 1
Wor. Master: Obdulio A. Andin Senior Warden: Nicasio G. Co Junior Warden: Nicasio P. Mayuga
Treasurer: Mariano T. Pagarigan, PM Jose M. Cortes, PM 1235 Lavanderos St., Sampaloc, Manila

MALINAW LODGE NO. 25 San Pablo City, District 11

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Address

Reuben C. Belulia Benigno Gesmundo Sergio Dy Liaco Ong Kim Luan Narciso A. Villapando 9 Schctelig Ave., San
City

Pablo

PINAGSABITAN LODGE NO. 26 Sta. Cruz, Laguna, District 11

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer
Address

Dominador P. Labit Fernando 0. Manas Arturo R. Calapas Juan C. Ng Cha Amado Mabul, PM Santa Cruz, Laguna

BATONG BUHAY LODGE NO. 27 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Address

Felix R. Gabot, PM John W. Spakowski Honrado Tcngsico Francisco C. Hizon, PM Rc.nedios E. Racela, PM 1440 San Marcelino. Manila

BALINTAWAK LODGE NO. 28 Gumaca, Quezon, District 12

Wor'. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden

Roque T. Olivera Rafael D. Acuni Hipolito Alpuerto Co King Hong Vicente Q. Tan

ZAPOTE LODGE NO. 29 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
TreasurerSecretary:
Address:

Filadclfo Tugade Alfredo R. Madriaga Jose T. Martinez Calixto B. Antonio, PM Filomeno S. Mariano, PM 4 Road 3, Project 6, Quezon City

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MAKTAN LODGE NO. 30 Cebu Qty, District 16
Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer:

Senior Warden. Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Ireneo B. Escandor Luis Laurinaria Bartolome Frayna Estanlslao Gabarda Sorsogon, Sorsogon

MABINI LODGE NO. 39 Aparri, Cagayan, District 2

AGUINALDO MEMORIAL LODGE NO. 31 Kawit, Cavite, District 10

Wor. Master: Dulcisimo Tiu, PM Senior Warden: Gabriel Arce Junior Warden: Andres Timbang

Wor. Master: Segundo S. Dayrit, PM

Treasurer: Calixto Aquino

Senior Warden: Antonio C. Saqueton

Secretary: Bienvenido J. Jimenez

Junior Warden: Richard A. McBride

Address: Aparri, Cagayan

Treasurer: Francisco Chua

Secretary: Modesto S. Dayrit, PM

MAGUINDANAO LODGE NO. 40

Address: 1005 Manila Blvd., Sta. Crur, Cagayan de Oro City, District 17

Cavite City

Wor. Master: Jose Ma. Rubrico

ISAROG LODGE NO. 33 Naga City, District 13
Wor. Master: Nicasio F. Villareal Senior Warden: Conrado C. Pabillo Junior Warden: Hermenegildo D. Asor

Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Renario A. Fuentes Gabino 0. Poblete Valentin R. Facelo Emilio V. Manlosa Cagayan de Oro City

Treasurer: Felicisimo Capucao, Sr., PM

JOSE ABAD SANTOS LODGE NO. 43

Secretary: Domingo 0. Villareal

Tayabas, Quezon, District 12

Address: San Mateo, Penafrancia Ave.,

Naga City

Wor. Master: Victor Lafuente

Senior Warden: Ildefonso A. Echevarria

LINCOLN LODGE NO. 34

Junior Warden: Ruperto Palentines

Olongapo, Zambales, District 8

Treasurer: Jesus Naynes

Wor. Master: Jose de Leon Senior Warden: Eduardo L. Elgincolin

Secretary: Gerardo S. Rallama Address: Tayabas, Quezon

Junior Warden: Manuel D. Garcia Treasurer: Marcial B. dela Crur, PM Secretary: Desiderio Hebron, PM

CHARLESTON LODGE NO. 44 Agana, Guam, District 20

Address: 74, 18th Street, EBB

Wor. Master: Moses Bernard

Olongapo City

Senior Warden: George K. Aikala

BATANGAS LODGE NO. 3S Batangas, Batangas, District 11

Junior Warden: Eric Everett Treasurer: Adrian I. Dotson Secretary: Jose C. Laguana

Wor. Master.- Teodoro A. Alcantara

Address: Box 475 Agana, Guam

Senior Warden: Conrado A. SumaRga

Junior Warden: Juho C. Gutierrez

MT. APO LODGE NO. 45

Treasurer: Aurelio Beron, PM

Zambonga City, District 19

Secretary: Juan C. Perez Address: Batangas, Batangas

Wor. Master: Jose M. Valderrosa Senior Warden: Timoteo B. Almonte

KALILAYAN LODGE NO. 37 I.ucena City, District 12

Junior Warden: Valario Chua Treasurer: Juanito Chan Secretary: Pablo Sebastian

Wor. Master: Severo Oliveros

Address: Canelar, Zamboanga City

Senior Warden: Apolinario Vlllaverde Junior Warden: Arcadio Tolentino
Treasurer: Vicente Alhambra

MALOLOS LODGE NO. 46 Malolos, Bulacan, District 7

Secretary: Felix Acuna Address: Lucena City

Wor. Master: Trifon Adriano Senior Warden: Abraham G. Manahan

BULUSAN LODGE NO. 38 Sorsogon, Sorsogon, District 13

Junior Warden: Filemon B. Zafra, Jr. Treasurer: Ricardo B. Dizon Secretary: Francisco C. Rendon

Wor. Master: Pedro F. Gomez

Address: Catmon, Malolos, Bulacan

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MAKABUGWAS LODGE NO. 47 Tadoban Qty, District 15

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer
Address

Santiago L. Chua
Eugenio D. Abilar Federico V. Larraga, PM Celestino Elefaiio, PM 32 C. Arellano St., City of
Tadoban

PAMPANGA LODGE NO. 48 San Fernando, Pampanga, District 7

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer
Address

Horacio S. Mendoza Amado L. Sadsad Generoso Q. Sison Salvador G. Dabu, PM Venancio G. Reyes, PM Lubao, Pampanga

MOUNT MAINAM LODGE NO. 49 Cavite City, District 10

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Juan R. Narvaez Tomas S. Molina Raymundo Beltran Pedro V. Poblete Paulino R. Anloague Ibayao Eslacion, Naic,

Cavite

SARANGANI LODGE NO. 50 Davao City, District 18

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Rene Y. Te Roman Ordinario Teodoro Venus Maximo S. Ansaldo Gabino Pilien, PM Buhangin, Davao City

PINTONG BATO LODGE NO. 51 Bacoor, Cavite, District 10

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Jovino M. Bajet Eduardo T. Malinis Francisco M. Trias Melecio Alejandro, PM Evaristo Narvaez, PM Bacoor, Cavite

P1NATUBO LODGE NO. 52 San Narciso, Zambales, District 8

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Howard H. Ingram Marciano A. Torres Wallace J. Trout Pedro Aquino Alfredo D. Garcia, PM San Narciso, Zambales

CABANATUAN LODGE NO. 59 Cabanatun City, District 6

Wor. Muter: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer:

Pantas V. Macapagal Ricardo J. Soto Nathanael M. Grospe Primo E. Ferrer

Secretary: Doroteo M. Joson Address: Cabanatuan City

MAKAWIWILI LODGE NO. 55 Roxas City, District 14

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary

Gregorio Orozco Jimmy Hedriana Fernando Fuentes Lcopoldo Azarraga Roxas City

PANGASINAN LODGE NO. 56 Dagupan City, District 5

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:

Godofredo M. Say so Gavino U. Ferrer
Generoso S. Uson Moises M. Garcia Faustino Oviedo 52 Burgos Ext., Dagupan City

LUZON LODGE NO. 57 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master:
Junior Warden: Treasurer:

Constantino L. Galica Eliseo A. Arandia Antonio A. Merida Co Tuan Vicente F. Flechero, PM 1440 San Marcelino, Manila

LABONG LODGE NO. 59 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden

Jose B. Gramaje Manuel R. Perez Pacifico Pagdanganan Avelino G. Gregorio Jose L. Cahiwat 437 Gen. Luna, Malabon, Rizal

ISABELA LODGE NO. 60 Ilagan, Isabela, District 2
Wor. Master: Lino M. Respicio Senior Warden: Erasto B. Cruz Junior Warden: Arsenio V. Maramag
Treasurer: Cresencia V. Maramag, PM Secretary: Federico P. Ambatali
Address: Ilagan, Isabela

MAV0N LODGE NO. 61 Legaspi City, District 13

Wor. Master: Senior Warden. Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Bayani C. Fontanilla, PM Damaceno J. Ago, PM Solomon Payno Agapito Loreto, PM Teodoro L. Jesalva, PM Legaspi City

ANGALO LODGE NO. 63 Vigan, Ilocos Sur, District 4
Wor. Master: Antonio J. Soller Senior Warden: lasrenzo Arcalas

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Junior Warden: Daniel Rasay Treasurer: Federico Lazo, PM Secretary: Graciano P. Pada, Sr., PM Address: Vigan, Ilocos Sur

KANLAON LODGE NO. 64 Bacolod City, District 14

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary
Address

Vicente T. Remitio Vivencio T. Ibrado Cayetano Palmares I.u-s A. Suncuaco Jose M. Estacion, PM Bacolod City

TAMARAW LODGE NO. 65 ('alapan. Oriental Mindoro, District 11
Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary
Address

GONZAGA LODGE NO. 66 Tuguegarao, Cagayan, District 2

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer

Melanio Diego Eduardo Lasain Edilberto Fragante Perfccto Lingan, PM Leon A. Baiiez, Jr., PM Tuguegarao, Cagayan

BAGUIO LODGE NO. 67 Baguio City, District 5

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer

Arturo C. Plata P.O. Box 94, Baguio City

MAGAT LODGE NO. 68 Bayombong, Nueva Viscaya, District 3

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer:

Alberto de la Cruz, PM Geminiano M. Alvarado Eufemio S Obay Froilan D. Calata, PM Sotero A. Torralba, PM Bayombong, Nueva Viscaya

UNION LODGE NO. 70 San Fernando, La Union, District 5

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Leonides B. Besconcillo Florentino C. Cariaso Anacleto N. Laudencia Dionisio R. Dumaguin Doroteo A. Parong, PM San Fernando, La Union

PRIMERA LUZ FILIPINA LODGE TlO.' 69 Binakayan. Kawit, Cavite, ■District - 10

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address.
LAOAG LODGE NO. 71 Laoag, Ilocos Norte, District 4
Juan F. Santos Jacinto V. Morales Jose V. Benigno Ruperto Viduya

Laoag City

MAKILING LODGE NO. 72 Los Banos, Laguna, District 11

Treasurer:

Clemente Juliano, Sr. Mamerlo Garcia Emilio B. Capulong Aqu.M.o A. Lar.no, IV Eugenio P. Enriquez International Rice Research
Institute, College, Laguna

NUEVA ECUA LODGE NO. 73 Quezon, Nueva Ecija, District 6

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer
Address

Gregorio D. Robles, PM Arturo Villasan Eulogio Sta. Maria, PM Isaac Asuncion Ildefonso Jose Cruz, Jr. 14 Arizona St.. Cuban, Quezon City

AGNO LODGE NO. 75 Tayug, Pangasinan, District 6

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary

Fernando Ferrer Manuel Pastor Johnico Serquina Teolilo C. Quintin Jose L. Magpali Rosales, Pangasinan

KASILAWAN LODGE NO. 77 Manila, District 1

Wor. MasterSenior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Jesus Tidalgo Antonio Y. Yupitun Eligio B. A. Hernandez Rodrigo B. Cheng, PM Dellin C. Medel, PM 65 Amado T. Reyes St. Mandaluyong, Rizal

TAGA-ILOG LODGE NO. 79 Manila. District 1

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer:

Potenciano G. Cayetano Leopoldo F. Alvarado • Calixto R. Piguerra Alfonso A. Soriano;-PM

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Secretary: Gregorio G. Niduaza, PM Address: 715 Instruction, Sampaloc, Manila

MT. LEBANON LODGE NO. 80 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer:

Joseph V. Ackerman Morris A. Rothman Gerard G. Kaiser William L. Samara Irving S. Cryde P.O. Box 988, Manila

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL LODGE NO. 81

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Antonio M. David Luis A. Villanueva Oliveros C. Digdigan Dionisio Sy Tan Alberto Presa 454 Int. 23-B, Tayuman, Sta. Cruz, Manila

HIGH TWELVE LODGE NO. 82 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Restituto F. Cruz Antonio C. Palaganas Jorge D. Loinboy, Jr.
Jose L. Intal, PM Gregorio R. Cariaga, PM
2510 M. Natividad, Sta. Cruz. Manila

0AG0H0Y LODGE NO. 84 Tagbilaran, Bohol, District 14

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden

Marcelino Q. Calamba, PM Catalino T. Castillo, PM City of Tagbilaran, Bohol

ABRA LODGE NO. 86 Bangucd, Abra, District 4

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

llilarion Sabaot Nicasio Asnar Elpidio Siagan Ildefonso Castillo Alfredo V. Sotelo Villaviciosa, Abra

HIRAM LODGE NO. 88 Manila, District 1
Benjamin G. Ramos

Wilfrcdo S. Maulapaz Eddie Sharruf, PM Jesus I>. Manlapaz, PM 24:15 Rodiignez, Balut, Tondo,

MUOG LODGE NO. 89 Paranaque, Rizal, District 9

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Candido Soriano Manuel T. Cruz Esmeraldo Gatchalian Crispin G. Loya, PM Bienvenido R. Burgos, PM 877 Quirino Ave., Paranaque, Rizal

MEMORIAL LODGE NO. 90 Munoz, Nueva Ecija, District 6

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary
Address

Vicente A. Santos Pastor T. Reyes Antonio P. Pascual Alfonso L. Domingo, PM Victorio S. Lingas, PM Munoz, Nueva Ecija

MT. KALADIAS LODGE NO. 91 Dumaguete City, District 16
Wor. Master: Timoteo S. Oracion Senior Warden: Leon I’. Lim Junior Warden: Zoe R. Lopez

Secretary: Felicisimo S. Decenteceo Address: Sibman University, Dumaguete

MENCIUS LODGE NO. 93 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer

Francisco T. Chua John Linsiu Ong Ting Su Tiok Ong Bo Seng Rafael Go Sl-A Araneta Avenue, Malabon Rizal

SERVICE LODGE NO. 95 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior, Warden
Treasurer Secretary

William S. Buckler, Jr. Simeon Royeca Jose Cajucom, Jr. Job Elizcs Constantino Rabaya, PM 101 M IL del Pilar St., Frisco. Quezon City

1SAGANI LODGE NO. 96 Tarlac, Tarlac, District

Wor. Master
junior W’arden Treasurer Secretary Address

Juanito Ma. Chua Jose G. Itosetc Federico Tan Pe Ding Inocencio Q. Castro, PM Lorenzo S. Bonifacio, PM Tarlac, Tarlac

BAGONG IL&W LODGE NO. 97 Novcleta, Cavite, District 10

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Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Cesar S. Alix Leonardo R. Pineda Conrado M. Alvarez Ramon Zapanta, PM Jose A. Alvarex Gen. P. Alvarez St.,

Noveleta,

MT. HURAW LODGE NO. 98 Catbalogan, Samar, District 15

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary
Address

Emmanuel R. Daguman, PM Vicente Uy Ecio German T. Candari Lorenzo Laohoo, PM Teodorico Noble, PM Catbalogan, Samar

KEYSTONE LODGE NO. 100 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Juan A. fi.isenrlo Ramon A. Lola Jose S. Luna Porlirio T>jing, PM Ernesto C. Basa, PM 1640 Rizal Avenue, Manila

BUD DAHO LODGE NO. 102 Jolo, Sulu, District 19
Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer:

ZAMBALES LODGE NO. 103 Iba, Zambales, District 8

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Secretary Address

Fausto Datugan, PM Fidencio F. Fortin Percival Rosete Huan Ku Hsi Juan R. Arbizo. PM

BATAAN LODGE NO. 104 Balanga, Bataan, District 8
Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden.
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

LEONARD WOOD LODGE NO. 105 Clark Air Base, Pampanga, District 7

Wor. Master: Senior Warden Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:

Edgardo A. Ramos Donald V. Tinney Robert A. Barfield Josephy M. Welch, Jr. Robert A. Sanders D.D.G.M.

Address: Hq SEACR, Bx 47 Clark Ai Base, Angeles, Pampanga

CAMARINES NORTE LODGE NO. 107 Daet, Camarines Norte, District 13

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer:
Address:

Apolinar V. Moya Cheang Ga Herbert Manzana Manuel G. Teebunhon Martino Ragub, PM Daet, Camarines Norte

KUTANG BATO LODGE NO. 110 Cotabato City, District 18

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary

Patricio Caldot Primitivo S. Della, Jr. Andres A. Ferrer Marciano Chiong Jesus E. Vilo Sr , PM Vilo-Subdivision, Cotabato City

MARANAW LODGE NO. Ill Iligan City, District 17

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden

Adriano Gaerlan Eusebio Dernales Alfonso Canete Maximo P. Echiverri, PM Iligan City

INDANG LODGE NO. 115 Indang, Cavite, District 10

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary
Address

Pedro Agapilo Vicente Pinaso Melanio Salgado Vicente de los Sai Teofilo A. Costa Indang, Cavite

VICTORY LODGE NO. 116 Camiling, Tarlac, District 7

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Recto P. Tolentino Ernesto C. Zacarias Severino V. Bautista Jaime T. Sialong, PM Modesto G. Riparip, PM Camiling, Tarlac

OKINAWA LODGE NO. 118 Naha, Okinawa, Regional Grand Lodge

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Iwao Kawahara Francis T. Cahoon Amado P. Arnaiz Larry H. Shimizu Edgar A. Cole DOD, Overseas Dep.
Zone 2 APO 96331

Schools.

MARIKINA LODGE NO. 119
Marikina, Rizal, District 8

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Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer:
Address-

Romeo R. Ursua Gil E. Fernando Fidel Villafuerte Rodolfo Concepcion, PM Maka araw Cruz, PM 72 A. Mabini St., Pasig, Rizal

QUEZON CITY LODGE NO. 122 Quezon City, District 9

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Jesus B. Venzon Oscar Emm Cruz Chris Malahay Emiliano 0. Ozaeta, PM Ernesto F. Baiba, PM 31 Negros St., Bago Bantay, Quezon City

MILTON C. MARVIN LODGE NO. 123 Agana, Guam, District 20

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address-

Robert H. Garrett James 0. Long Emiliano Leonor Frederick M. Poole Abraham P. Cansino P.O. Box 643, Agana, Guam

CEBU LODGE NO. 128 Cebu City, District 6
Wor. Master: Samson Yao Ong Senior Warden: Philip T. Lim Junior Warden: Jose Gesalem
Treasurer: Valentin Uy Secretary: Eliezer La. Casul, PM
Address: c/o Macondray & Co. Inc., Cebu City

SIXTO LOPEZ BATULAO LODGE NO. 129 Balayan, Batangas, District 11

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer

Ruperto Bautista Pedro Palacio
Ben Garcia Ascue

Address Nasugbu, Batangas

MOUNT MALINDANG LODGE NO. 130 Ozamis City, District 17

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Gregorio 0. Calit Wong Lop Sam Olegario A. Neri Sergio Tan Timoteo Uy
Ozamis City

CAGAYAN VALLEY LODGE NO. 133 Santiago, Isabela, District 3
Wor. Master: Cesar T. Melegrito, PM Senior Warden: Vcnancio B. Fernando Junior Warden: Pablo D. Baguioen
Treasurer: l.i Chia

Secretary: Dominador R. Corpus, PM Address. Santiago, Isabel*
TEODORO M. KALAW LODGE NO. 136

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Secretary:

Felix Gomez Dioscoro Ramos
Domingo F.M. Domingo Francisco M. Hint 46 Langka St., Quirino Disc, Quezon City

JUAN S. ALANO LODGE NO. 137 Basilan City, District 19

Wor. Master: Senior Warden:
Junior Warden: Treasurer: Secretary: Address:

Vicente Macule Juan Q. Estrada, PM
Ramon Lim Reynaldo de Joya Luis M. Sirilan, PM Isabela, Basilan City

BONTOC LODGE NO. 140 Bontoc, Mt. Province, District 5

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Secretary Address

Pedro R. Falcon Gaudencio de Vera Damaso M. Bangaoet
Celerino T. Ruiz Severo G. Pimentel Bontoc, Mountain Pro

CORAL LODGE NO. 142 Machinato, Okinawa, Regional Grand Lodge
James R. Stone Charles E. Gunderman Robert J. Lyons Robert F. Sweeney William P. Schwager IMD, 2d Log Cmd. APO San Francisco 96248

KANTO LODGE NO. 143 Tokyo, Japan, District 22

Wor., Master Senior ‘Warden
Junior Warden Treasurer Secretary Address

Katsuto Peter Fujinari Ivan Arthur Miller. PM Roy Yoshio Nikaido Hubert Henry Walis, PM Herbert Fook Sin Chock, PM 6100 Support Wg. CMR Box 2601 APO San Francisco 96323

NUEVA VISCAYA LODGE NO. 144 Solano, Nueva Viscaya, District 3

Wor. Master:
Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Narciso P. Tomas Jesus D. Cadiente
Florencio B. Padilla Salvador C. Aquino, PM Paulino A. Corales, PM Solano, Nueva Viscaya

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RAFAEL PALMA LODGE NO. 147 Quezon City, Diairict 9

Wor. Master: Senior Warden. Junior Warden:
Treasurer-

Francisco D. Ronquillo Mario T. Meneses Luisito S. Gloria Carlos Antonio, PM Roman B. Ramos, PM 2423 Baldwin, Sta. CruZ, Manila

NOLI ME TANGERE LODGE NO. 148 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Secretary Address

Porfirio S. Rigor Fernando Castro Jose Ang Dy Pay Generoso R. Cortez Marcelino P. Dysangco 4131 Ponte St., Makati, Rizal

DAVAO LODGE NO. 149 Davao City, District 18

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:

Abraham I. Albano Irineo D. Benavides Romeo B. Andulan Fabian Tianco Filomcno C. Adi 804 Atis, Matina, Davao City

KING SOLOMON LODGE NO. 150 Manila, District 1

Wor. Master: Bonifacio S. Araullo Senior Warden: Santiago F. Rodrigucz Junior Warden: Valentin Edralin
Treasurer- Remcdios E. Racela Secretary: Orlando F. Siapno
Address: 39-C Congressional Road, Pro­ ject 8, Quezon City

RISING SUN LODGE NO. 151 Camp Zama, Japan, District 22

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer:

Address: cisco 96668
MANUEL ROXAS LODGE NO. 152 Manila, District 1
Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer:

PAGADIAN LODGE NO. 153 Pagadian, Zamboanga del Sur, District 19

Wor. Maste Senior Warde Junior Warde

Daniel Vadil Alejandro P. Cahoy Santiago Gavenia Samuel Bautista Victorio L. Tingcang

Address: 1414 Sikatuna St., Pagadian, Zamboanga del Sur

OROQUIETA LODGE NO. 154 Oroquieta, Misamis Oriental, District 16
Wor. Master: Rufino G. Seril Senior Warden: Joaquin Kwan Junior Warden: Teofilo Nunez
Treasurer: Salvador L. Robles Secretary: Greg 0. Calit
Address: P.O. Box 33, Oroquieta, Mis? mis Occidental

MT. MUSUAN LODGE NO. 155 Malaybalay, Bukidnon, District 17
Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address.

MT. MATUTUM LODGE NO. 156 Da-iiangas, Gen. Santos, Cotabato, District IS

Wor. Master: Senior WardenJunior Warden:
Treasurer. Secretary:
Address:

Bienvenido Z. Garcia Jesus Roblez.a Felicisiino Gatchalian Domingo Ferrer David Calina, PM Gen. Santos, Cotabato

MINDORO LODGE NO. 157 San Jose, Occidental Mindoro, District 11

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Honofre Rcstor, PM Florencio Ramirez Mariano C. Ramirez, PM
Virgilio Cruz San Jose, Occidental Mindoro

DAGUPAN CITY LODGE NO. 158 Dagupan City, District 5

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer
Address

Clemente M. Nava Domingo Chua Mariano G. Garantoza Jose L. Calimlim, Sr. Jacinto R. Abad Tapuac, Dagupan City

ANCHOR LODGE NO. 159 Paniqui, Tarlac, District 7
Wor. Master: E-luardo Pascual Senior Warden: Rizal B. Perez Junior Warden: Artemio Paez
Treasurer: Ramon Uycoco Secretary: Jesus V. Evangelista, PM
Address- Paniqui, Tarlac

AGUSAN VALLEY LODGE NO. 160 Butuan City, District 17

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden

Abraham S. Alviola Mclecio E. Lasam Pedro V. Calo Vicente M. Manginsay

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Secretary: Pio C. Calabay, PM Address: 611 Molave St., Guingona Subdiv., Butuan City

LINGAYEN LODGE NO. 161 Lmgayen, Pangasinan, District 5

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer:
Address:

Dionisio M. Parayno Jose Santos Bonifacio Quiralman Agapilo Oviedo Juan C. Jimenez 129 Libsong, Lingayen,

DIPOLOG LODGE NO. 162 Dipolog, Zamboanga del Norte, District 19

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary
Address

Jose M. Lagahit Rogelio M. Benitez Chen Tin Antonino G. Lim Roscller L. Barinaga Dipolog, Zamboanga del

SALINAS LODGE NO. 163

Bambang,

Viscaya, District 3

Wor. Master Senior Warden
Treasurer Secretary

Alberto Gainpoha Urbano Gonzales Felicisimo Namit Jose Tuhayan Benjamin G. Cordova
NVSAT, Bambarg, Nueva

LAM-ANG LODGE NO. 164 San Esteban, Ilocos Sur, District

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Walden:
Treasurer: Secretary
Address:

Salvador M. Valdez
Alejandro B. Lagmay David T. Lara, PM Mena S. I.ardizabal, Tagudin, Ilocos Sur

TAGAYTAY LODGE NO. 165 Tagaytay City, District 10

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer
Address

Dominador Kinmzon, Sr. Felix U. Gavino Ramon G. Navarro Feliciano Torres, PM Domingo M. Guerrero, PM 335 Garcia St., Cavite City

APO KAHOY LODGE NO. 166 Gingoog City, District 17

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary
Address

Reynaldo

Arturo S. Edilberto

L.

SBao)

Tomistocles Ocampo

Salvador L. Mercado

Gingoog City

GEN. MANUEL TIN10 LODGE NO. 167 Guimba, Nueva Ecijj, District 6
Wor. Master: Jose S. de Ocampo, PM Senior Warden: Diosdadn M. Barauid

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Junior Warden: Treasurer: Secretary: Address:

Juan Cucio Amado R. Cfuz, PM Claro A. Dar 18-87 Danzalan St., Guimba, Nueva Ecija

GEN. LLANCRA MEMORIAL LODGE NO. 168 Gapan, Nueva Ecija, District 6

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Emilio I. de la Rosa, PM Dominador J. Cabrera Florencio M. Trinidad Luis P. Bolisay Mario A. Gotico Del Corro St.. Gapan, Nueva

JUAN SUMULONG MEMORIAL LODGE NO. 169 Taytay, Rizal, District 9

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary
Address

Virgilio J. Tamayo Harry Guthertz
Alfredo Z. Reyes German Esguerra, Jr. Angelo S. Bayion, PM San Carlos Heights, Binangonan,

KIDAPAWAN LODGE NO. 170 Cotabato, District IS

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary
Address

Gaudencio B. Ortiz Alfredo O. Pagdilao Cornelio V. Azarcon Augusto R. Gana Prjspero Pajarillaga M.l.T. Kabacan, Cotabato

NARRA LODGE NO. 171 San Jose, Nueva Ecija, District 6

Wor. Mister: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer:
Address

Jaime A. Patacsil Jesus P. Velasquez Basilio Ng Tian Kee Juanito W. Tancdo Simeon T. Garcia San Jose, Nueva Ecija

LOO CHOO LODGE NO. 17. Keza, Okinawa, Regional Grand Lodge

Wor, Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer
Address

Frank Pontillo Robert S. Adams Walter E. Wetherill Murray V. Harlan, Jr., PM Cleveland MacConnell, PM Ifq. USARYIS (CPO) APO San Francisco 96331

MICRONESIA LODGE NO. 173 Marinas Island, District 20

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Treasurer Secretary

George Vaughn James A. Bell Ricardo L. Villanueva Juan C. Reyes
Perry W. Stout Bo\ 108 Capitol Hill Saipan,

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CAPITOL CITY LODGE NO. 174 Quezon Qty, District 9

Wor. Master: Senior Warden. Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address

Bienvenido G. Ongkiko Jose V. Cajipe Isauro B. Octaviano Go Thian Tek Saturnino V. Bermudez, PM Bansalangin St., Proj. 7, Que­ zon City

CLAYTON W. ROBERTS LODGE NO. 175 Naha, Okinawa, Regional Grand Lodge

Wor. MasterSenior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Sixto Cabrales Baco Richard S. Mickley Joe Martin Little James David Cooper Coleman L. Lantrip, Jr., PM DTO 2nd Log Command APO San Francisco 96248

SHUREI LODGE NO. 176 Naha, Okinawa, Regional Grand Lodge

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Tadayuki Ikeda Isao Matsuda Yukimasa Hagimoto Matsuo Okamura Wallace X. Yoshida Repc-USCAR APO 96248

SIETE MARTIRES LODGE NO. 177 Balaoan, La Union, District 5

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Primitivo Oriell Felix Gorospe Pedro L. Fajardo Federico P. Concepcion, PM Rupcrto Ledda Balaoan, La Union .

CORDILLERA LODGE NO. 178 Bagabag, Nueva Viscaya, District 3

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
AddreTs

Paulino Estabillo Servando C. Gallardo Bagabag, Nueva Viscaya

EMON LODGE NO. 179 Kwajalein, Marshall Islands, District 21

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:

William Anderson McDonald. Jr Kenneth Melvin Crabtree, PM Leo Anthony Morgan Thomas Nelson Evans Frank St. Clare McMurphy P.O. Box 1013 APO San Fran­
cisco 9655S

CAUAYAN LODGE NO. 180 Cauayan, Isabela, District 2

Wor. Master:
Senior Warden: Junior Warden:

Meiecio Toledo Ruben Banez Efigenio T. Toledo Raymundo Corotan

Secretary: Juanito Castillo Address: Ramon, Isabela
SIERRA MADRE LODGE NO. 181 Paete, Laguna, District 11
Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Wor. Master Senior Warden Junior Warden
Secretary Address

Guillermo V. Bersamir Benjamin J. Guiang Cefcrino B. Ramirez Faustino Eligado Feliciano B. Munda Tabuk, Kalinga-Apayao

MACARTHUR LODGE NO. 183 Seoul, Korea, District 22

Wor. Master; Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

H. Dean Sherrill Jack H. Silloway George F. Bilyeu Joseph DeMar Taft Virgil H. Russell, PM HQ PROVMAAG-K APO San Francisco 96301

MACAJALAR LODGE NO. 184 Cagayan de Oro City, District 17

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address:

Eduardo C. Ralloma Pedro W. Guerzon Inocencio Castillo Felix Caburian Romeo M. Ambal c/o Filipinas Life Assurance Co Cagayan de Oro City

LAONG LAAN LODGE NO. 185 Quezon City, District 9

Wor. Master: Senior Warden: Junior Warden:
Treasurer: Secretary:
Address-

Lazaro C. Vicente Mario C. Navia Luis F. Lancero, Jr. Federico S. Magat Dominador C. Vicente 7-A D. de los Reyes. Project 4, Quezon City

KALANTIAW LODGE, U.D. Iloilo City
SAN CARLOS LODGE. U.D. San Carlos City, Negros Occidental
DON DANIEL MARAMBA LODGE, U.D. Villasis, Pangasinan
SAIGON LODGE, U.D. Saigon, Vietnam
MORNING CALM LODGE, U.D. Taegu City. Korea

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(Closing Remarks of our Senior Grand Warden, R.W. MANUEL CRUDO,
delivered on February 17, 19G8 at the public installation of the officers of Rio Chico Lodge No. 182, F. & A.M. held in public at Tabtik Institute Grounds, Tabuk, Kalin go- Apayao)

We would like to extend our sin­ cere congratulations to the outgoing officers of this Lodge for a job well done, and to the officers just installed for the honor conferred upon them. Likewise, we would like to express our deep appreciation to our Guest Speaker, His Honor, Judge Arsenio B. Alcantara, for his message on BROTHERLY LOVE, which is very appropriate. Appropriate because nothing is sweeter and more soothing to the ears of every Master Mason than the term Brotherly Love for that was the first of the three (3) princi­ pal tenets that were taught him when he was brought from darkness to light.
“By the exercise of Brotherly Love we arc taught to regard the whole species as one family — the high and the low, the rich and the poor — who, as created by one Almighty Parent, and inha­ bitants of the same planet, are to aid, support, and protect each other. On this principle Masonry unites men of everv country, sect and opinion; and causes true friendship to exist among those who might otherwise have re­ mained at a perpetual distance.” Brotherly Love is the lubricating oil that bridges fellowship, foments hu­ man relationship among men and con­ verts potential enemies into faithful friends. Through brotherly love, the good Pope John XXIII saw his wav clear in adopting and proclaiming the basic Masonic precept that man has the per­ fect right to honor and worship God according to the dictates of his own upright conscience and therefore, the right to practice and eniov religions

freedom. This opened the gates and the doors of the Vatican to Ecumeni­ sm. And we hope it will not be far distant when the unfounded decree of banning or excommunicating Master
Masons will be lifted and set aside. Since time immemorial, ]>cople
throughout the world have been clamoring for peace, peace and peace! But there has been no peace. How could we achieve peace when the people do not practice Brotherly Love and have not learned to circumscribe their desires and keep their passions within due bounds?” Instead, they have given vent to their greed, their egotism, their unbriddled passion for power and “allowed their vices and prejudices to become the masters of their judgment.”
Man has conquerred the sky and fathomed the deep blue sea. lie has made tremendous progress in the fields of science, technology and me­ dicine. lie has succeeded in guiding the missile but missed guiding him­ self accordingly.
The wailing wall in Jerusalem, the solitary remnant of the magnificent Temple of King Solomon which leads to the rough and rugged road tra­ versed bv Jesus Christ when he walk­ ed to Calvary under a heavy wooden cross is not only Judaism’s holy of holies but the sacred spot on earth which Mohammed, the prophet of the Arabs and other Moslems took flight to heaven. Had the Arabs, the Jews
and the Christians practiced Brother­ ly Love, the war in the Middle East would not have erupted, because then they would have considered the wail­ ing "all not a dividing wall that

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separated them but a retaining wall of friendship that bound them toge­ ther as brothers belonging to one family under the benevolence of a universal Father. All their spiritual dissimilars would have been united in splendid conjunction and their petty political and religious differences would have been submerged under the cement of brotherly love. The dividing wall would have become a singing wall that would chime the Songs of Solomon; discord would have ripened into concord; and in lieu of that bloody turmoil, their would have been harmony and lasting peace.
If only the people in the world

were Master Masons wlio practiced in their daily lives Brotherly Love, Re­ lief and Truth, the 38th parallel which divides North and South Korea, the 17th parallel which divides North and South Vietnam, and the Berlin wall which divides East and West Ger­ many, would have been erased and the Buddhists, the Christians, the Mo­ hammedans and people of other per­ suasions would learn to love one ano­ ther: strikes would be eliminated and the interminable wars in Vietnam, the Middle East, and other embattled areas would come to an abrupt end.
The exemplification of the Tenets of Freemasonry leads to Peace.
Let Brotherly Love Prevail! A

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