Committees on education & public service

Title

Identifier

Progress report

Language

English

Source

The Cabletow Volume XXXVIII (No. 4) October 1962

Year

1962

Rights

In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

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PROGRESS REPORT - Committees on Education & Public Service The movement within lhe Blue Lodges to further the cause of edu cation and public sendee to the com munity is definitely gaining momen tum. It is the desire of the Grand Master that ultimately there will be one hundred percent participation by the Committees on Education and Public Service among the Lodges in this jurisdiction. From Nueva Vizcaya Lodge No. 144, Santiago G. Bayaua, P.M., has the following to relate in connection with his committee on Community Projects. The community school building located in Nalubbunan, So lano, needed hollow blocks-Tor a foundation. Bro. Frederick Legare has contributed one hundred, and the Lodge hopes to be able to complete the project. At the suggestion of Bro. Emilio Tumaneng, the Lodge is consider ing the purchase of 30 Webster’s In termediate Dictionaries costing Pl 80.00. These will be distributed among the schools in the area. Bro. Tumaneng also proposed the purchase of 40 sanitary cement toilets costing Pl60.00 to be provided within the community where proper sanitary conditions arc now lacking. Bro. Francisco Tubban proposed they should allocate Pl00.00 for the purchase of breeding pigs. Under the guidance of the Lodge the pigs would be loaned to local farmers to help improve their stock through scientific breeding. It was suggested by Wor. Bro. Santiago G. Bayaua that the I.odge establish a scholarship for four stu dents attending the Nueva Vizcaya National Agricultural School located in Bayombong. These scholarships, to commence June, 1963, would cover the cost of tuition and matri culation fees amounting to a total of P88.00. From M.W. Bro. Taylor, District Deputy Grand Master, Masonic Dis trict No. 20, comes the following message: "We have purchased two TV sets (used) for the needy wards at Guam Memorial Hospital. A table and 8 chairs were made by No. 123 and painted by No. 44 for the ward at Guam Memorial Hospital. Two book cases were donated and we re paired a coffee maker for Guam Re habilitation Workshop. ‘‘A washing machine was obtained for lhe Brodie School for Retarded children. We are repairing two electric lamps for the Hospital and looking for two electric fans for the Workshop. A toy box I had made to deposit donated toys for the Chil dren's Ward is almost full. Finally, we have tentative plans for distri buting food baskets to the needy at Thanksgiving. “All of the foregoing is being done without fanfare.” The two above cited examples re present true Masonic charity. In the future this column will report on the further progress of our brethren as they continue to implement the plans and suggestions through the body of their Committees of Educa tion and Public Service. 116

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