Tied for first place … in their hearts

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English

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1968

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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 Columbus: Masons: 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? * * „ * A 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 comThe Cabletow

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