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Title: The Cabletow
Issue Date: Volume III (New Series No. 4) April 1961
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extracted text: VOL. Ill (New Series) No. 4 April 1961 JUAN S. ALANO. WILLIAM QUASSIA. PEDRO GIMENEZ. HOWARD II. HICK. ESTEBAN MUNARRIZ, SIDNEY M. AUST Board of Editor*: EMILIO M. ASISTORES, 5IACARIO C. NAVIA. SINFOROSO PADILLA * B. M ELOCOTON Managing Editor JOSE DOMINGO FLORENCIO A. R. ILAGAN BunIiichb Miuuincr Circulation Manager ELECTED GRAND LODGE OFFICERS EMrban MtMarriz (14) Deputy Junior Gr »n«t Warden . . . . Grand Tr*-'uurer APPOINTED GRAND LODGE OFFICERS DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS In this issue . . . Grand Master’s Message ........................ P- 97 The Bridge to the Future of Masonry ................. p. 99 By Bro. & Capt. Emory Clark Smith You Gave Me the Gavel ............................ p. 103 By WB Ricardo Buenafe The Past is Right......... p. 106 By Bro Esteban Guillermo Degree Work, a Pedago gical Process............... p. 109 By WB Alfredo M. Estacion A Tree is Known by its Fruits...................... p. Ill By WB Victoriano Tirol Retired to be More Active............................ p. 113 By WB Gaspar M. Llamas Rizal and the Woman of Enigma.................... p. 115 By Masahiro Sasagawa Strengthen the Home Front ............................ p. 120 By WB Rufino G. Tolentino In Memoriam.................... p. 122 By Bro. Leo A. Hatten Grand Master’s Year in Review .................... p. 123 Going and Coming .... p. 127 (faucet THaAteri6 Utewaye The legendary history of Masonry starts when the Infinite Master at the early dawn of the morning of time said: “Let there be light.” And there was light. As we know speculative Masonry was developed in the British Isles and dates from A.D. 1717, and the Masonry we practice today is founded on that of 1717. The Masonry founded by the British was also based on the principles of Masonry of A.D. 52, introduced into Britain by the Roman Builders attached to Caesar’s army when it made the conquest of that country. Both operative and speculative Masonry have always been democ ratic in their processes. It is moral and intellectual worth that count in Masonry. Generally speaking, the leaders of Masonry are not born to the purple but are chosen as a reward of merit. “To be good men and true” is the first lesson taught in Masonry. It is not surprising that our British brethren refused to fight their brothers in America so that it was necessary for King George III to hire Hessian troops to a very large extent to fight in America dur ing the Revolutionary War. America had powerful friends in the Parliament and even many of the common people were against the Revolutionary War. It should be mentioned that a few decades pre vious to the outbreak of the war. George III was a German prince. He spoke English with difficulty and believed in the divine right of kings and of might. Masonry’s propaganda of liberty, equality, and fraternity extend ed from the Old World across the Atlantic to the New, and was in a great measure, one of the big factors in bringing about the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. The prin ciples of Masonry had a greater growth in the United States than in any country of the world; in fact, the total membership in the United States at the present day is larger than that of all the members of the other countries combined. The United States government with its free institutions owes much to Masonry. It is also believed that this same condition of affairs obtains in the Philippines, and we should not lose sight of the fact that members of our fraternity in this coun try played an important part in formulating the Constitution of the Philippines. It is believed that there is no country in Asia where Masonry has grown so rapidly as in the Philippines. It is worthy of note that Masonry always thrives among liberty-loving people. Free Masonry was transplanted on American soil long before the present government was established in the United States. In 1730 our Mother Grand Lodge of England constituted the first Grand Ixidge (/’/<««< turn to inside back e-rer) ANNOUNCEMENT The registration of delegates will start on Saturday, April 22nd, at 9:00 a.m. and will continue daily until 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 25th. To avoid un necessary snags and facilitate the work of the Committee on Credentials, dele gates from Manila and suburbs are enjoined to register as early as possible to give way to delegates from distant Lodges. Delegates from Provincial Lodges are also enjoined to register immediately on arrival at the Plaridel Masonic Temple. Only a limited number of delegates can be billeted gratis at the Grand Lodge dormitory. Accommodations will be on first-come first-served basis. Dinner at the Plaridel Masonic Temple on Tuesday, ..ednesday and Thursday evenings will be served free to all delegates and members. The Grand Lodge Canteen will serve meals at moderate cost. Coffee and soft drinks will be served free during the communications. There will be a bus on April 26 at the Plaridel Masonic Temple from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon to take visiting brothers sightseeing in and around Manila. Wor. Bro. Florencio Ilagan, Chief Administrative Officer, office of the Grand Secretary, will be in-charge. Delegates who are tennis enthusiasts can avail themselves of the use of our two tennis courts. The Bowling Alleys will also be available for delegates from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon daily during the communication. Everything is being done to make your stay with us as comfortable and as enjoyable as possible. If there is anything else we can do toward that end, please do not hesitate to tell us. If you have any complaint to make, by all means please do so freely. Do not keep it in your breast. We repeat, we want you to enjoy your visit and stay with us to the fullest extent. PROGRAM 9:00 A.M. ) ) 3:30 P.M. ) 7:30 A.M. — 9:00 A.M. — Saturday, Tuesday, Sunday, April 22 — to April 25 — April 23 — Monday, April 24 — 7:00 P.M. — Tuesday, April 25 — 8:30 2:30 A.M. — P.M. — 3:15 P.M. — 3:45 P.M. — 4:00 P.M. — Wednesday, April 26 - 9:00 A.M. — 1:30 P.M. — 4:00 P.M. — Thursday, April 27 — 2:00 P.M. — 4:00 P.M. — 8:00 P.M. — Registration of Delegates with the Committee on Credentials Tennis Tournament Bowling Tournament (Those interested kindly register with the office of the Grand Sec retary) Grand Master’s Banquet in honor of the Grand Lodge officers, District Deputy Grand Masters and Lodge Inspectors. Lodge of Instruction Conferring of Past Master’s Degree (Please register with the office of the Grand Secretary) Laying of Wreath of Flowers at the monument of Brother Jose Rizal at the foyer of the Plaridel Masonic Temple. All Delegates to be in the Lodge-room Opening of the Grand Lodge Sightseeing De Molay Degree work Resume Session Forum on Masonic Education Resume Session Installation of Grand Lodge Officers Note: Delegates will please present their Credential cards to the Grand Tyler when requested. Non-Delegates will kindly present their 1961 Dues Cards to the Grand Tyler on entering the Lodge. THE BRIDGE TO THE FUTURE OF MASONRY BRO. CAPT. EMORY CLARK SMITH, USN Asst. Chief of Staff for Legal Affairs COMNAV-I’HIL. Sangley, Cavite First, I want to state, and 1 think J express the sentiments of all Amer ican Masons in the Philippines, particulary those American Masons at the U. S. Naval Station at Sangley Point, our heartfelt gratitude for the opportunity to be nurtured in our practice of M a s o n ry at the rich feasting table of Philippine Masonrv. To be with vntt is alwass an inspiration by which we are able to rededicate ourselves to the eternal tenets of Masonry when visiting this wonderful lodge. I congratulate the officers just installed in this impres sive ceremony. After the effective and brilliant charge and admonition given each officer by Brother Donado, yov do not need me to remind you of the grave responsibilities now thrust upon you. We all have every confi dence that you will rise to the chal lenge posed by your new duties. For want of a better one, I have < liosen as my topic tonight the Bridge to the Future of Masonry. My re marks will be few, but I hope you will find them pungent enough that you will share my own feelings re garding the challenges and new hori zons that face all Masons tomorrow. First, we should examine what Ma sons have been doing in the past, what Masons must do tomorrow. During past years we have devoted much effort to our charities, looking after each other, our widows and or phans, the sick and infirm and num erous other worthwhile activities. Of this work we can all take pride. How about today? We are doing our best to continue those good works of yesteryear. We have also sought to expand our membership. We have encouraged our companion and subsidiary organizations such as the DeMolay, Job’s Daughters, and the Eastern Star, but we know that what we are doing today at this Christmas time of I960 is not enough. What then is our challenge for tomorrow — What, also arc the new horizons which will lace us tomorrow? 1 am no seer or a clair voyant, but some of these things I do see: First, our current activities must be intensifed and expanded. Yes, we have more destitute widows and orphans than ever before, we must do all we can to further the cause of public education lor all. since it is in the hands of our chil dren that the future of the lice world lies. We must prepare the way for them. We must do all we can to promote those things that will insure full employment for all. We must drive poverty Irom the lace of 99 the earth, we must insure equality of opportunity to all, we must be certain that our institutions and our per sonal lives arc so directed to insure social justice for all. Why have all these things so sud denly confronted us, and to which we must now face-up? 1 can give a partial answer: Some of these chal lenges or problems have been the re sult of our own derelictions. Some of them have resulted from misguid ed custom stretching over generations and we are now just reaching the point in a complex and sophisticated society where we can perceive some of the errors of our old habits, tra ditions and customs. But of all the challenges facing us in our time is the paramount and transcendent challenge of World Peace. We find this year, as is customary, ihc distinguished officers of this lodge sworn in at the lime of the Birth day of the Prince of Peace. Bui even at this glorious moment we tan hear the voices of free men everywhere calling out for peace. But we find the Mad (logs of Communism in Peiping and Moscow, blustering, bullying, threatening, flatly refusing to sit with the leaders of the free nations to even discuss peace. There would be no need for a NATO or a SEATO or an ANZIIS or a single American military base overseas if free men had not felt it necessary to protect themselves against the cannibalistic daws of Communism. It was not free men who divided Germany: It was not free men who halved Korea and Indo-China by bloody conllict; It was not free men who conducted the murder, pillage and enslavement of Tibet: Il was noi free men who slammed an Iron Curtain around Eastern Europe and who butchered the Hun garians for wanting freedom; It was not free men who after enslaving Tibet now seek, to encroach on India's borders; It was not free men who have in vaded Laos; It was not free men who conspired and aspired to spread a tyranny which recognizes neither God nor humanity; It was not free men who started the arms rate — they have belter things than arms on which to spend their energy and wealth; It was not free men who plundered and conquered territories and held millions in misery for years; But it was free men who produced the Athlaniic Charier of human rights; It was lice men who founded the fnited Nations Organization: It was free men who have striven to aid the under-developed nations, to succor the sick and hungry people of the World; And one thing we can all be sure of is that it Ik’/l.S' free men who founded EREE MASONRY! Then how can you and I obtain peace? We know that by keeping our selves militarily strong this can go a long way toward avoiding bloody conflict. This, we must sec that our respective nations do. But what is needed today more than military hardware is an awareness by all of us of just what and where the real arena of battle is located and the moral strength to enter that battle and fight it to the victory of ever lasting peace. Wc know that as long as we keep militarily strong no com munist jackal will dare attack you 100 THE CABLE TOW April, 1961 ('.apt. E. (.. Smith and 1, bin instead will employ its customary weapons <>l deceit. misre presentation, fraud, infiltration, dis tortion, subversion and the BIG I.IE! That is what it is doing today. This means that the battle is raging about us night and day in the home, in the factory, and in out social ins titutions to the end that discord and strife will be fomented within the fortress of democracy which are cal culated to weaken all of us to the point where we will be pushovers for Communist enslavement. Of all the free institutions hated most by the Communists, Free Masonry pro bably heads their list. In short the battle ground is men's minds. As we all know, democracy con tains the seeds of its own destruction. When people look forward to the great promise that democracy posses ses and see irresponsible and corrupt leadership — to them it is the triumph of evil over good and when this hap pens they look to something else that they feel offers them a better life and their succcptibility to com munism's wiles increases. The friends of Communism are poverty, ignorance, unemployment, social inequality, lack of equal op portunity, grail and corruption in government, lack of adequate educa tion to mention a few. It is in these areas that the great challenge to Masonry lies, for it is we who are Masons who can lead the fight to < reate an invincible moral and social armament which will be impetvious to the onslaught ol Communist sub version. Before we tan do this, however, we must have a searching self-examina tion. You anti I must develop in ourselves a dedicated, if not indeed, a fanatical, sense of mission. Hav ing done that then what do we do? 1 can tell you that we can do what Masons have clone lot thousands ol vears — We tan go back to the very foundation stones of Masonry embo died in the Sermon on the Mount and the Fen Commandments. A re dedication to these principles we well know gives us moral strength anti courage. Without them our fight would be lost before it started. Next, we tan dwell upon what the brotherhood of Masonry really means. What that tompanionship or rather b r o t h e r 1 y companionship really means. Except for the close relation ship of husband and wife, brotherly companionship as known to Masons, is perhaps the closest of all human relationships; it is that treading to gether along life's pathway to eternity. We must also thoroughly examine the structure of our own lodges and rid out lodges of those who be 101 long only as a matter of personal convenience. Self-sacrifice and hu mility arc the hall-marks of the true Mason. We must not seek members simply for the sake of numbers, we must seek members of the highest and toughest moral fiber. Better to have 10 members who are true and dedi cated practicing Masons than a 100 who only give lip service to this cherished organization and consort with concubines and corruption as a mode of life. Once having cleansed and rcdcdicated ourselves we thus command the resped of everyone be he friend or enemy. Hand in hand with resped would go leadership and with leadership, Masons, in the appli cation of Masonic principle, can be certain that they have done their part: that you and I as Masons, have fought the good light to protect the imperishable ideals of a free de mocracy. We will have won the fight for everlasting peace. Yet, also we will have built the Bridge for future generations who will follow us. So it is that we must meet the challenges and New Horizons of tommorrow. An old man going a lone highway, Came in the evening cold and To a c hasm vast and deep and wide, The old man c rossed in the twilight dim, The sullen stream had no fear for him; But he turned when safe, on the other side, And built a bridge to stem the tide. "Old man," said a fellow-pilgrim near, "You arc wasting your strength in building here; Your journey will end with the ending day, You never again will pass this way; You’ve crossed the chasm deep and wide, Why build you this bridge at evening tide?” The builder lifted his old gray head, "Good friend, in the way I’ve come," lie said, "There followetli after me today, A youth whose feet must pass this way. The sullen stream was naught to me, To that fair-haired youth may a pitfall be; Good friend, I am building the bridge for him.” MEMORIAL LODGE NO. 90 Munoz, Nueva Ecija The newly elected and appointed olliters of .Memorial Lodge No. 90 for the Masonic year 1961 were ins talled on January 11, 1961, at the Memorial Lodge Hall. Most Wor shipful Bro. Macario M. Ofikida, Past Grand Master (12), was the insstalling officer. Very Worshipful Bro. Hcrmogenes P. Oliveros, was the Master of Ceremonies. Worshipful Bro. Patricio A. del Rosario (12), Grand Lodge Inspector was the guest speaker. He was introduced by Wor shipful Bro. Marianito O. Tinio, (hand Lodge Inspector (53). The installing officer gave the citation and presented the Past Masters jewel to Worshipful Bro. Onofre B. Padolina, four times Worshipful Master of this Lodge - 1953, 1957, 1959, I960). Very Wor. Bro. Doroteo M. Joson (53), District Deputy Grand Master, 6th. Masonic District of the Philip pines, gave the dosing remarks. 102 THE CABLE TOW April, 1961 You Gave Me the Gavel WB RICARDO BUENAFE, MASTER Pinagsabitan Lodge -26, Santa Cruz, Laguna You have conlericd upon me to night the highest position within your power to give — that of the Oriental Chair during this Masonic year. This benevolent gesture on your part is a manifestation of your trust and con fidence in me which I will cherish and remember as long as I live. In all humility and gratitude, I accept the honor and privilege of being your Worship! ul Master. 1 am aware ol the multifarious and heavy respon sibilities that now rest upon my shoulders. I may not be equal io this heavy, but important task in view of itiv physical and intellec tual limitations: however, 1 will consider the position as a challenge and in order that I mav be able to acquit myself creditably in the performance of what is expec ted of me, I will al ways bear in mind the following doc‘'Let no man take wages or lees for a job that he cannot do, or cannot with probability under take: or in some sense profita bly, and with ease, or with ad vantage manage. Let no man appropriate to his own use. what God, bv a special incrcv, or the Republic hath made com mon: for that is against Justice and Charily.” As I look at your faces tonight. I can discern that they still reflect the spirit of the Yuletide season. This emboldens me then to discourse on some unrestricted aspects of Mason ry which 1 hope would find fertile fields and the seeds of which will lodge in the hearts of many of our non-member guests who sympathize with our cause. As Masons, we love God and be lieve in Him. Bclore going into any important undertaking, we seek Divine guidance and help. The Ma son believes and so holds that “no man has any right in any way to interfere with the religious belief of another. Each man is absolutely sov ereign as to his own belief, tho that belief is absolutely foreign to all who do not entertain the same belief: and that, if there were any right of persecution at all, it would iti all cases be a mutual light; because one party has the same right as the other to sit as judge in his own case; and God is the only magistrate that can rightfully decide between them. To' that great Judge, Masonry re fers the matter; and opening wide its portals, it invites to enter there and live in peace and harmony, the Protestant, the Catholic, the Jew, the Moslem. We love our country; we have pride in our state; we love our homes. These are forces of immense power which we encourage our brethren to 103 possess and practise and insist them upon those in the public service. Masonry is not interested in par tisan politics. As a matter of fact the discussion of the matter is pro hibited in our lodge meetings. Yet despite this inhibition that we must and should uphold, we as inevitable part anti parcel of society, which is the ultimate and the very govern ment itself, must be liawn to elect a government that is conducted with the highest degree of efficiency and honesty. However, in this considera tion allow me to clarify that our fra ternal organization is not peculiar in the election of a particular can didate of a political partv, so long as those elected to take hold of the rein of government arc the best qualified, honest and have the wel fare of the peonle at heart. To this extent we arc duty-bound. As the river flowing through a busy ci tv or town mav be polluted thus making its waler undrinkable and unfit for domestic consumption, so may our government be saddled with irregularities and venalities committed bv certain public officials, thereby causing the people to lose faith and confidence in it. Yet, no matter how polluted the river may become, the source at its fountain head is cool and crystal clear. Des pite the shortcomings, errors and omissions willfully or unwittingly committed by certain public servants, our form of government is still among the best in the world today. We should zealously guard our gov ernment against all evils, especially the inroads of the communist ideol ogy', if we want to preserve our de mocratic way of life. It is therefore incumbent upon us to elect the best men for by them and through them the democratic way of rfe which we now enjoy will be enhanced. Ma sonry thrives best in a democracy but seldom if ever in a dictatorship. Masonry works not for reward or aggrandisement for it believes that the highest contributions to lile are I hose obscurely given without bene fit of honorific rewards, newspaper space or monetary considerations. Many among our brethren trudge the lowly paths of service the better to render little things that mean a lot to the poor, the distressed or the oppressed. We cannot all achieve fame, but we can all help in doing things no matter how insignilicant. that will cause progress in anv given endeavor. So, whether our stations be exalted and our responsibilities heavy; or, whether our stations be humble and our responsibilities light, let us think, give, do and follow the best in us. If only our traditional Filipino custom “bayanihan" can be exploited to the fullest extent, more and bigger things could be easily achieved. Brethren, as Captain of the ship of state of our fraternity, it is my intention to follow the course char tered by my distinguished predeces sors. Our Pinagsabitan Ixxlge No. 2(> of F & A M, under the jurisdiction of the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of the Philippines, has, for many years, retained the distinction of be ing one of the foremost blue lodges in Southern Luzon and, undoubtedly, you share with me the desire not only to maintain and preserve the honor and prestige accredited to our Lodge but also to do better. I, there fore, Masonically appeal to all my brethren of Pinagsabitan Lodge No. 104 THE CABLE TOW April, 1961 26 to give me their wholehearted support and unstinted cooperation. Wnat I ask from you is not much and is within your easy reach to give. I. et us all attend our regular monthly stated meetings, conferrals, yearly conventions, and other activities of the Lodge. By improving our Lodge attendance with regularity and punctualitv. there would be more intima<v and fellowship among brethren, brotherly love and affection would be more firmly cemented, and ulti mately. we would be more closely knitted in working together Masonically for loftier heights and great er achievements. In conclusion. I do hope that our distinguished guests and brethren in the East will find their brief sojourn to our humble province a pleasant one. I reiterate mv profound grati tude t<> mv brethren lor giving me the opportunitv to serve our Pinag sabitan Lodge No. 26 in an exalted capacity as VVorshiplul Master. I convex to all of ton belated but heartfelt greetings of the season and may you leave this hall contented, hapoy. and imbued with the spirit of the brotherhood of man under the Fatherhood of God. ACACIA MUTUAL AID SOCIETY. INC. Statement of Investments Deposits Direst,nods in Stocks X Hands: 7'7 San Miguel Brewery Pref................................. T> 10,150.00 4r7 Philippne Government Bonds ....................... 13,000.00 50 Shares. Phil. BankingCorp.............................. 5,000.00 Loans on Real Estate ... P 500.00 PROCLAMATION OF MASONIC HEROES OF ILOCOS SUR Bv virtue of the Resolutions of the Vigan Lodge No. 63, Free and Ac cepted Masons. 1 hereby proclaim the following deceased Masons of Jlocos Stir as heroes and patriots for their huinaritarian achievements, in the Masonic World, namely: 1. Ex-Governor Alejandro Quirolgico — of Gaoayan, I. Sur 2. Dr. Paulo Claro Palencia — of Burgos, I locos Norte 3. Ex-Major LJrbano Crisologo Bane/ — of Bangued, Abra 4. Atty. Severino D. Dagdag, Sr. — of Bantay, I. Snr 5. Ex-Mayor Macario Tolentino— of Magsingal, 1. Sur 6. Dr. Gornclio Dato Julian — of Sta. Maria, Ilocos Sur At Vigan. Ilocos Sur. this 30th day of December. 1960. (Sgd.) Graciano P. Pada, P.M. Secretary Hank Deposits: Savings Acct., Phil. Nat. Bank ................. V 1.144.66 Sdvings Acct., Phi). Banking Corp............ 4.121.36 Current Acct.. Phil. Nat. Bank ................. 1.628.34 TOTAL INVESTMENTS AND BANK DEPOSITS .. T 35.544.36 The foregoing report was sent to us by the secretary of the Society, WB. Araniego. We congratulate the society, small and young as it is, for the effi ciency and honesty in which its affairs are conducted. It is planning to dis tribute dividends to its members in the future. 105 The Past is Right! BRO. ESTEBAN GUILLERMO Memorial Lodge -90 According to the Holy Scriptures, Enoch was a man who did not see death and was not found. This man Enoch passed away without suffering death. Reason: Ilis past was light; his moral and spiritual conduct here on earth were right. Another man, Elijah of the same Old Testament period, "went up. . into heaven.” By what right and privilege did this man get to heaven? After reading the story of his life while here on earth, one finds that he lived an exemplary, clean, unspot ted life. His past being right, the good Lord gave his due reward. A poor man. named Lazarus, dur ing the New Testament period "was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom” when he passed away. What did this poor beggar do that he was carried to the bosom of God when lie left the earth? Did he send gifts to God previous to his departure from the earth? Or, was Lazarus the (Oinpadre of one of the angels who brought him to the bosom of God? Or, was Lazarus related personally to the angels? No, none of these. He was nobody here, materiallv, while living. He just lived a simple ordinary life. Although poor, he lived a righteous life, maintained kind feelings and good-will towards his fcllowmcn, even those who ridicul ed and derided him, he loved them. That kind of a past was right. At the final accounting of his life, God was pleased to give the compensa tion due him. The next man worth mentioning is Stephen, one of the seven deacons chosen by the early Christians to take care of the economic and finan cial affairs of the church and the first Christian martyr. It is said of Stephen that he was “a man lull of faith and of the Holy Ghost", and his selection as one of the seven dea cons was due to his honesty. This cardinal Christian virtue is much needed in the high echelon of our government today. There is much to learn from the early Christians. In their selection of men who led their organization, honesty and lo yalty to Christ were their ma'in considerations. It was not personal favor or relationships that influenced them to choose the men who were en trusted in handling the great affairs of the church. It is believed that even Masons have to take due notice from this election of the early Christian church. We cannot be complacent with our present procedure of elect ing and choosing the officers of the fraternity. While it is true that be fore election, lodges arc reminded to give due observance to the constitu tional rule of electing officers, we have to be vigilant against the forces of evil. Stephen, according to the Scrip tures, "did great wonders and mir 106 THE CABLE TOW April, 1961 acles among the people”. The miracle he did was the conversion of sin ners to righteous living. Besides be ing a financial steward of the early church, Stephen engaged in evan gelistic worth — the drawing of peo ple to the fold of the Christian church. Because of his dynamic preaching and witnessing, there was an enormous multiplication of Chris tian converts in Jersusaleni in spite of the stubborn opposition of the Libertines, the Cyrenians and the Alexandrians and those of Cilicia and Asia. His unabated zeal and courage in preaching and in witnessing for Christ led to his untimely death. It is said that when he passed away ‘‘he fell asleep”. From this and from other Scripture records regarding him, we can conclude that "his past was right". The last man, and many more can be cited belonging to this tribe, whose "past is right”, and worth emulating, is an army officer of the Italian band, named Cornelius, a centurion. He was highly commended by Jesus him self because of his devotion to duty, his adherence to the high principle of moral and spiritual conduct, his charitableness in giving alms to peo ple worth helping. Cornelius, no doubt, practiced and lived up the three high tenets of Masonry — Brotherly I.ove, Relief and Truth. Cornelius was a soldier of the first order. Unlike Hitler and his tribe, he was not arrogant. He did not think of conquering the whole world and put it as his subject. He had in his heart what Jesus Christ said, "for what is a man profited, if lie shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul.” Read ing the life story of Cornelius, one finds that his whole past was right. The past life of a person, particu larly his moral conduct, is very im portant. It is important when one enters Masonry. It is one of the bases tor making appraisal of the moral and spiritual worth of an applicant for membership in this ancient fra ternity. It is the basis for evaluating his loyally. One who vacillates in his moral conduct cannot be loyal io high tenets of Masonry. Hence the fraternity is very careful in ad mitting applicants. Their pasts have to be carefully studied and evaluat ed. There are seemingly good people who tried to enter the Fraternity but were rejet ted because their past moral behaviour were such that they did not merit their entrance or admission into the fellowship. It is important that one’s past moral conduct must be beyond reproach if one desires admission into the Fraternity. This is dilferent from Christianity. Chris tianity seeks the sinners, bring them to its fellowship. Masonry neither seeks nor invites people to become members into its fellowship. And only people whose "past is right” — good people applying of their own volition ate admitted. These good pedple entering the Fraternity be come better citizens of their coun try and God. There was a mistaken idea that one <an enter the fraternity if lie has money. Contrary to this belief Masonry is not a Fraternity of the moneyed and wealthy classes, neither the intellectual nor the professional groups alone. It is not a Fraternity confined to one racial group or to 107 one country alone. It is not a Fra ternity of peoples who have the same religious affiliation. It is a Fraternity of all peoples around the globe, with out racial distinction (for there is only one race — the human race) and without regard to any land ol abode, and without regard to econo mic and financial standing or re ligious affiliation. It is a Fraternity of peoples whose PAST IS RIGHT and who are determined to pursue RIGHTEOUSNESS. live an exem plary moral conduct. This is an im portant requirement that must be met - THE PAST RIGHT. It is in this particular that Masonry is aris tocratic. but very democratic in its dealings with all men. From this - THE PAST IS RIGHT, some good lessons arc de rived: First, it is advantageous for one: who lives a righteous life. This is shown by the Biblical characters cit ed above. Second, there is always a reward for a life that is lived righteously here and now. Third, that Masonry makes a good man a better citizen of his country and his God. Fourth, that it is the will and pleasure of God that we obey His laws. Obeying His laws will make THE PAST RIGHT. When our PAST IS RIGHT at the time we pass to the great beyond, we shall hear Him say. "Well done, thou good and faitldul servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things: enter thou into the joy of thy I.ord.” A A The Big Fishermen This is not about the Apostle Peter of the first century. But, in this twentieth century, Christ's admo nition to Peter and his companions would still be good for the CAFA — to cast their nets on the other side ol their boat. Not al the University ol the Philippines. Perhaps now as in the case of the Apostles of old, the CAFA fishermen would find their nets full of fish, especially the pink and the red. One cannot help being entertained thus far by the propositions and con clusions brought out by the fishing. Communists do not believe in God; Dr. Pascual does not believe in God: Therefore, Dr. Pascual is a commun ist. From the very testimony of Dr. Pascual himself, he is an agnostic; he cannot as yet affirm the existence ol God; neither does he deny the exis tence of God; for he is still searching for proofs that would satisfy him. So, Dr. Pascual doubts the exist ence of God. That is natural lor people, thinking people especially. Many times in our lives, we who be lieve in God. have entertained doubts about His Existence. We recall that even ’Christ, the son of God, cried out: “My God. My God, why hast Thou forsaken me?" Or, is Dr. Pascual being pilloried because he wrote many years ago, "Rizal Beyond the Grave", and proved Rizals retraction a pious fraud? It is to the credit of Dr. Pas cual that he has not forced his own doubts about God on any one, least of all his students and even members of his family. He allows them to have their own religious beliefs. In fact, he sends his children to religious (Continued oti page 126) 108 THE CABLE TOW April, 1961 Degree Work, a Pedagogical Process WB ALFREDO M. ESTACION, PM Mt. Kaladias Lodge -91 The landmarks and tenets of Ma sonry are ideological in composition and nature. Being spiritual and moral in orgin and general in adapta bility, they will forever remain true lor all time. The transmission of these tenets and landmarks in all degree work follow the pattern ol pedagogy most useful and impres sive, thus all kinds of aids are used. Visual aids, in the lorm of symbols: audio, in sound diet is; spiritual and moral by religious and moral imple ments: are all taken advantage of in the degree work to leave lasting im pressions in the mind and soul of the neophyte, each aid being used al the proper time and calculated to emphasize each detail. All instruc tions arc done in all solemnity to tune the mind and soul to the les sons thus imparted, to leave impres sions unforgettable. l'remasonry, therefore, has es tablished customs which are to be held intact, and see ate enjoined never to deviate limn them. Devia tion from our established customs would result in deviation front our tenets and landmarks, hence till ef forts must be centered on the proper impression on the minds and souls of the learners the principles of Free masonry can be ingrained and become their second nature. Our rituals, instruments for the establishment ol such customs, are universal in com position and acceptability hence their fundamentals should not be deviated from, yet being pedagogical instru ments they may be enriched as dictat ed by time and circumstance. But enriched as they are, the fundament als must ever be present and clearly defined to be clearly understandable in all languages and where ever found, lot being universal in accep tance and used in examinations for proficiency, deviations from the fun damentals will produce confusion. Thus is the ritual is closely followed, not because: the rituals teach the es tablished customs or tenets, but be cause their universality is proof of proficiency and identity ol masons. Even our own rituals base enrich ed certain fundamentals in the form of optionals if time permits and pre vailing condition necessitates. The apron being an emblem of innocence and a badge among masons can never be understood as such unless the en riched portion is thus recited and at that particular instance when the candidate is in the mood to receive it. Or the ballot box being inviolably secret and the casting being equiva lent to that sacred promise to cast it in accordance with the obligation can never be understood as such unless explained and explained in a man ner and time when the brother is in that mood and setting to understand 109 it. Enriching them that way would never be deviating from our establish ed customs, rather hastens and makes lasting the learning of our customs to live cleanly and vote broadly, for getting and relegating self for the good of our God, Country, and Mankind. Even in appendant bodies of Masonry, we cither communicate these customs and tenets or enrich the transmission by full form and in sertion of beautiful phraseology in degree work to make impressions more lasting. Sticking to the exact wordings of the ritual on delivery when not thoroughly memorized is sacriligeous to our beautiful and meaningful tenets. The candidate will be jarred out of the ethical and psychical con dition into which the work has placed him to receive a particular lesson if a brother fumbles for words inadvcntly lost, delivery becoming more of a mockery because of promptings from all sides causing confusion to the brother delivering it and making him an object of pity by all the breth ren including the candidate to whom said lesson is to be imparted. In all degree work, the central point, the element to be most consi dered is the candidate. Is he receiving the lessons that degree work desires him to learn? Has the work given him impressively the kind of reac tions to conditions, in short, the customs to habituate? Is he getting the tenets and landmarks of the fra ternity so that he should never de viate from them? Or, are we sacrific ing him to show our ability in being able to memorize the rituals or go through the floor work with perfec tion? Or still, is the degree work done in a inatter-of-lact way as if it has got to be done to boost the can didate to that degree without regard to spiritual and moral integration desired in the personality of the can didate? In education, the learner is the most important element, so is the candidate the most important consi deration in all kinds of degree work. The fundamentals of the rituals should never be changed nor deviat ed from because these arc universally accepted, but surely they should be enriched if necessary in older to have effect on the candidate so desired bv the rituals. Slicking to the ritual even how poorly delivered or pre venting enrichment thereof to better impart learning of established cus toms and way of life of a mason, arc formalisms bordering on dogmatism and regimentation which we should t r a m p 1 e underfoot wheresoever found. Such is the pedagogical order in our degree work, our ritualistic cere monies as instruments of learning to teach customs, tenets and landmarks from which we should never deviate and the utmost effort at producing the moral and spiritual integration within the candidate so desired by our rituals and so aimed at by our ceremonies. The candidate must learn the lessons at all cost, to make him a better man; not that the for mality of teaching be the be-all and end-all as if the ritual is far above the soul of man. For did not the Scriptures say, "The Sabbath is made for man and not man for the Sabbath?” In the same manner, the ritual is made for the Mason and not the Mason for the ritual. 110 THE CABLE TOW April, 1961 “A Tree is known by its Fruits” WB VICTORIANO TIROL, PM Dagoltoy Lodge #84 Rt. Worshiped Deputy Gland Master, Most Worshipful Grand Sec retary, Very Worshipful Distric t De puty Grand Master, Worshipful Sirs, and Brethren: In the name of Dagohoy LodgeNo. 84 and in my own, 1 welcome you all. I hasten to add that I feel honored to be the keynote speaker of this convention. I shall not speak to you on the ideals and principles of Free Masonry which are all known to you. I shall not attempt to repeat here the glorious history of our venerablefraternity in its efforts to liberate mankind from fanaticism, bigotry and slavery. That too is lamihar to us all. The story of the triumph of the principles of liberty, equality and fraternity is practically the slorv of Free Masonry. The steady light that guided and linallv liberated man kind from darkness during the dark ages was the light furnished bv our fraternity. That too is a familiar f shall not recount here all over again the noble and glorious deeds of our great brothels which alfected or changed even the destinies of na tions; of such brothers as Jose Rizal, Washington, Marcelo IL del Pilar, Emilio Aguinaldo, Jose Abad Sanios. Manuel Roxas, Douglas McArthur and thousands of others. Their achievements belong to history. Rather, I shall repeat here bv wav of reminding mvself and mv fellow brothers of the quiet, simple truth uttered almost two thousands years ago by Jesus of Nazareth, “A lice is known by its fruits,” "By their fruits ye shall know them.” Free Masonry for ages has been known for its leading members and by the achievements of its pillars as they met the challenges of their limes. But again, I do not propose to speak of the spectacular or ol the unusual. I will rather limit myself to the ordinary, simple day to day acts of the ordinary Mason as he goes on liv ing his even tenor of life. As ordinary individual Masons, do we try to live up to the ideals and principles of Masonry-' We speak of brotherhood of men, do we regard those with whom we deaf in the spirit of a brother? How do we treat our servants, our workers or emplovees? Do we meet them on the level, or do we exploit them if we have the chance lor our own sel fish interests? In this respect, don’t we know of brother Masons who arcfar below standard and who seem to be a disgrace to the fraternity? Don’t we know of brother Masons who will go as far as to exploit another brother? We speak of charity, of love-. How do we treat our fellowmen, even our brethren? How far or near are we to the standard of Jesus Christ, "Thou shalt love thy neighbors as 111 thyself," or "Thou shall love one another as I love you?” Don’t we sometimes malign our fellow beings, or even speak ill of our brothers? We arc expected to help one anoth er, specially the worthy distressed, brother, but how often do we cause the distress of our brethren ourselves? We speak of the fatherhood of God and yet in our actions in every dav life, we often bear no resemblance to the heavenly father. We enjoin ourselves to square our actions, yet we sometimes behave as if our squares have no right angles. We arc taught to be sincere and to avoid hypocrisy, yet how many of our brothers hide their identities for purposes of convenience? We boast of walking upright in rectitude as by the plumb, yet in every clay life we often sec ourselves or our brethren very much bent, far from the upright, a disgrace to moral ity and decency. These inconsisten cies and many more, arc seen by many if not by all. for Masons arc as a "city set on a hill and can not be hid". These inconsistencies, these weak nesses, are stains to the honor and prestige of our fraternity. Do we wonder then that our enemies, and we have legions of them, take advan tage of our weaknesses and inconsis tencies which could have been avoid ed by being more sincere to our ob ligations as Masons? These enemies of ours distort our motives and there by destroy our effectiveness. Certainly, in times like this, when good, honest and sincere men are rare specimens, we as Masons need to tra vel by the plumb, act by the square and meet people on the level in our daily lives. In so doing we shall live real Masonic lives, bearing the bless ed fruits of brotherly love, relief and truth. In other words, all we need is to remind ourselves that as a tree is "known by its fruits" a Mason is known by his deeds. This Convention will bear fruit ful results if we who come here pause and meditate on the pure ideals and lofty principles of Free Masonry and live and act by them. If we do, we shall become real Masons in ideals, words and deeds. Now, as in the days ol Brother Rizal, every Mason is needed in day to day nation building and utdess we strive to be worthy to the challenges of the present as Brother Rizal and our other heroes were in their times, we shall have failed to be worthy of the expectations and drcams of our great martyred brothers who died that we may live. .3, A RIZAL DAY IN ILOCOS On Rizal Day, December 30, 1960, Vigan lodge No. 63, F. & A.M. sponsored a program honoring Dr. Jose Rizal at the new monument to Rizal in Vigan, Ilocos Sur. This was eery significant since Vigan never had a monument to Rizal before. Also significant was the coming of Junior Grand Warden Pedro Gimencz as main guest speaker. Though only a small crowd came, some important people were present. 'File Governor of Ilocos Sur. Godofrcdo Reyes, wel comed us and was so impressed that he spoke of wanting to become a Mason himself. DeMolay boys and others brought musical and folk dance numbers. HUBERT REYNOLDS Worshipful Master, Vigan Lodge No. 63. 112 THE CABLE TOW April, 1961 Retired to be More Active WB GASPAR M. LLAMAS, PM Mtiltabugwas Lodge *17 RIGHT WORSHIPFUL BROTHER QUASHA, BRETHREN, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: Again 1 stand before yon to deliver my valedictory addt ess. 1 am graduating from the Instil ution of Frcedom and Learning and that is the Universitv ol Freemascmry. I first saw the light of Masoitry on ?November 10, 1952. From then on I served this University in diflerent capacities: and the last ollie e was the Master ship. Tonight, with this Past Master’s Jewel, 1 am a graduate; but this is not the end of the road. It was the Most Worshipful Past Grand Master Vicente Orosa who said: "Once a mason has teased to be a Worshipful Master, his work is just beginning." It is my sad duty to report that the angel of death entered our tanks. More than a month after tnv return from the (hand Annual Communica tion in Manila to Tacloban Citv, our beloved Wot. Bro. Alberto San ta Cruz was summoned to the Celes tial Lodge above last June 15, I960. In obedience to his wish in his L.ast Will and Testament we performed the Masonic burial tiles over his re mains and buried him in our Ma sonic Cemetery. It is therefore lil ting. that we all stand at this time and pause for a moment of silent prayer to honor his memory. Recptiescat in pace. We love him liv ing — we love him dead. We all know the old age and in firmity of our temple atop the hill. The hill is not outs. We bought a lovely site. The Masonic Temple Association was contrived in wisdom by our Lodge. It needs strength and more strength to erect the temple. It will be a beauty to finish it as early as possible. Let us give encouragement to our Worshipful Master, Dr. Manuel Ber nardo, so that, with inspiration upon the Trestle Board of the Masler-with the working tools of courage of the Past Masters—and with the perfect ashlars of support from the brethren, there will be no sound of the ax of apathy, of the hammer of hesitation at the building of our new temple at Padre Burgos Street of Tacloban City. Let us have courage and cheer fulness. Let us work together. My administration ends. When I think ol it I leel how lortunate I have been. I have the loyally and help of all the brethren. It was my good fortune to be on a team of two beehive brethren, industrious and intelligent. I refer to Bro. Federico V. I.arraga, our Treasurer who re ceives the money with question: and to Bro. Celestino Elefano. our Sec retary who collects it with admoni tion. They are graceful in age and youthful in deeds. I am glad they arc re-elected because they are fami liar with Freemasonry. In short, 113 they arc the molave pillars of Ma sonry in Tacloban City. A year ago I was installed Wor shipful Master by Right Worshipful Brother William H. Quasha. To night he installed me a humble Tyler. This is democracy in action. To me this presentation of the Past Master’s Jewel, like my installation, I will never forget and will always be an outstanding memory of my life. I am jeweled with joy. Mrs. Llamas joins me in thanking you for this beautiful jewel. It is pinned on my breathing bosom, so that from my heart I want to give you the assurance that my future, in thoughts and actions, will be dedi cated to the furtherance of our An cient and Venerable Fraternity—to the enthronement of truth and rea son under the sovereignty of con science and charity. A A A DEMOLAY IN ILOCOS On January 2, 1961, EXCELSIOR CHAPTER, ORDER OF DEMOI.AY, came to life under the sponsor ship of Vigan Lodge No. 63 F. &• A.M. Brother Manuel M. Crudo, 33° head of De Molay in the Philippines, brought a degree team of twenty to Vigan from Manila. They have to travel by night both ways, but they did it with a song in their hearts. Brother Manuel M. Crudo is to be commended for the enthusiasm he has for DeMolay. He inspires con fidence and responsibility in the boys. Would that there were many more like Brother Crudo in Manila and all Honors For Scottish Rite Masons Fourteen Scottish Rile Masons were recently elected inspectors gen eral honorary while 31 were made Knights Commander of the Court of Honor. The new inspectors general hon orary are Manuel M. Crudo, Isaias N. Garcia, Yok Su Liin, Felipe M. Sinaguinan, Angel C. Villasor, Victor L. Stater, Daniel L. Kolipano, Datnaso C. Tria, Sinforoso G. Padilla, Mateo D. Cipriano, Marcelino T. Vicluya, George A. Malcolm, Cirilo D. Cons tantino, and Nicasio S. Valderrosa. The following were elected KCCH: David Guisinga, Reginaldo A. Pas cual, Mariano Llanera, Eustaquio A. Asuzano, Felipe Urtola, George Reid, Florencio A. Medina, Julio J. Alano, Eugene J. Kneebone, Raymond W. Dunne, Alberto C. Donor, Felix M. Sun, Manuel T. Espinosa, Adccb J. H a m r a, Felicisimo Gatmaytan, Manuel Buinaat, Gregorio P. Domagas, Roman B. Ramos, Vicente Ripalda, Olimpio R. Navarro, Dcmctrio Navvarro, Sr., Noli M. Cortes, Rumtilo Y. Mendoza, Domingo F. Domingo, Emiliano A. Valdez, Esteban T. Cruz, Ruben Mendoza, Esteban R. Diokno, Antonino Luansing, Jose B. Perez, Sisenando Ilagan, and Angel N. Mendoza. over the Philippines wherever we have Lodges, so that the future ol liberty and Philippine Democracy would be assured. 114 THE CABLE TOW April, 1961 Rizal and the Woman of Enigma MASAHIRO SASAGAWA Staff Member, Asahi Evening News On December 30 last year, officials of the Philippine Embassy tn Tokyo placed a bouquet of floiuers on a grave at Zoshigaya Cemetery in Tok yo. The inscription on the tomb stone reads: “Alfred Charlton and His Wife Sei-ko.“ The man who knew the signific ance of this visit is Ki Kimura, a nov elist-historian who took the Eilipino officials to the tomb. To ilie Philippine officials. De cember 30 was the date when Jose Rizal, the Father of the Philippines, was shot 65 years ago by a Spanish filing squad. Sei-ko was a Japanese lady who left an indelible memory in the mind of young Rizal when he came to Japan as an exile. The Em bassy officials were recalling their hero’s romance when Rizal’s centen nial was scheduled for June this year. A centennial celebrating the birth of the Philippine patriot will be held in Manila on June 19 this year, which falls on Rizal’s birthday. Various activities, including an in ternational academic conference in memory of the Philippine nationalist, are scheduled. I he Philippine Embassv. which is busy collecting data on Rizal’s footmarks in Japan as part of their Government's world-wide in vestigation, has only recently identi fied “Osei-san." as she was referred to in Rizal’s diary — a girl called "Woman of Enigma" by Philippine historians and a name hitherto un known even to Ambassador Adeva in Tokyo. According to Ki Kimura, who helped the embassy identify the girl, Rizal arrived in Tokyo in the spring of 1888 for a brief stay from March to early .April. During his month and a half stay, Rizal visited various places. He went to Hakonc, Nikko, Kyoto, Nara and Osaka. He took de light in the cherry blossoms, visited shrines and temples, attended Kabu ki performances — which he appre ciated more highlv than the Chinese plays he saw in Hong Kong on the way, and was touchecl by “Sendaihagi" and "Chushingura,” it is record ed. Rizal’s heart must have been heavy, however. For, he was on his way to exile in Europe after his novel "Noli Me Tangere" (Don’t Touch Are) had angered the then Spanish authorities in Manila, who branded tire book as "revolutionary." Actuallv, he was under constant watch by the Spanish legation in Tokyo. Nevertheless, being a genius gifted with an artistic talent, he practised Japanese painting and it is said that he painted a picture shown in the photo. He was also a linguist and learned to speak Japanese fairly well during the short stay and even took lessons in judo, which art he demon strated in Europe later. 115 Il was during this tour ol Japan that he met "Osei-san” as a guide interpreter. And this encounter prov ed to be the beginning of a Platonic love which he confessed in his diary preserved by the National Library ol Manila anti partly copied by Ki Ki mura during the last war when he went to Manila. Mr. Kimura said that most ol his reminiscences of his stay in Japan recorded in his diary consisted of confessions of his inti mate feelings toward "Osei-san.” Mr. Kimura lost the cops but a Japanese translation of that part of Rizal’s diarv written in English is available, which, translated back into English, runs as follows: "... Osei-san, sayonara, sayonara! Seiko L'KHi I spent a valuable month shining like gold. Will such a wonderful hie be repeated in my life? . . . To think that I should be giving it up and going on a trip filled with the un known and uncertainties when I am offered a chance to live a peaceful life filled with admiration and love. . . (Note: the Japanese Gov ernment offered him a job.) "Osei-san, I devote to you the last chapter of the memories of my youth. No other girl ever loved me more than you did. And, no other girl have been more devoted than you were. You arc pure, fresh and chaste. Sayonara, sayonara ...” According to Mr. Kimura, his search for the identification of Oseisan started during the war when he was dispatched to the Philippines by the Army Air Force to write for a Japanese newspaper. He frequently visited the National Library and in spected Rizal’s diary and other docu ments connected with the Philippine patriot. It was there that lie found the photo of Osei-san! It proved to have been preserved by Trinidad, a younger sister of Rizal. After Mr. Kimura returned home from Manila, where he stayed for three months, lie made inquiries to identify Osei-san and found likely persons, who proved to be wrong per sons. Meanwhile, the war ended. Last May. Josefa M. Saniel, a wom an professor of history. University of the Philippines, came here as a Ful bright Prolessor to conduct research on Japan-Philippine relations to pro side data for the centennial this year. Mr. Kimura helped her with research and it was then that the “Woman of 116 THE CABLE TOW April, 1961 Sclioiarx at the grave of Seiko { xni. At the right are Ki Kimura <m<l Prof. Saricl of V.P. Enigma” was identified as a line Japanese lady. Molomu Hashimoto, a former man aging editor of the Kodansha Pub lishing Company who happened to know of Mr. Kimura's interest in Osei-san. informed him that he (Mr. Hashimoto) used to be a boarder at Osei-san's home lor three years in his university student days and that he knew where Osei-san's grave was located. Another man. Takignchi by name, who was married to one of Osei-san's daughters, was also tracked down. According to Mr. Kimura's re search and these persons' recollec tions, Osei-san's teal name was Seiko Usui and she was born in 1 S(>5, three years before the Meiji Restoration, in Edo (now Tokyo) to a samurai, who became a trader in Yokohama after the Restoration. She was 23 when she met 27-year-old Rizal. She married an Englishman, Allred Charlton, who taught chemistry at the Peers' School, received honors from the Japanese Government and died in 1925. She lived until 1947 and died in Hagi City in Yamaguchi Prefecture in western Japan where she had moved during the war from Tokyo to avoid bombing. She could speak English and French and was especially good at English. According to Mr. Hashi moto, who knew Osei-san as the wife of Professor Charlton, she spoke a clear-cut English but the couple seldom talked in English, because Mr. Charlton, who was a real friend of Japan, preferred to speak Jap anese. Mr. Takignchi said that he had to admit in spite of her being his mother-in-law that she was a beautiful woman. Both old Japanese gentlemen agreed that she was modest and kind, and that she especiallv took care of young university stu dents. In particular, Mr. Takignchi. emphasizing the fact that she revealed her memories of Rizal only after her encounter with the patriot was report ed in a vernaculuar paper by Mr. Ki mura during the war and Mr. Takiguchi, who suspected, asked her (un identified then) if the story referred to herself, said that she hated her private affairs being publicized and that she would not welcome being publicized again — as this story is actually doing it — if she were alive. (He showed his understanding later). 117 K f W r Ji 4 ♦J H A * zl Japanese painting by Rizal Osei-san, however, was not the on ly girl that Rizal loved in his lile. She was the second girl out of three the ‘ Great Lover,’’ as he is called by the Filipinos, loved during his brief life on earth. Mr. Kimura in dicated that one of the reasons why he gave up Osei-san and left for Sail Francisco was I.Conor, the girl of his first love whom he still loved. The third and last girl was Josephine, with whom he made a dramatic mar riage in prison on the very morning of December 30, 1896. when he was executed. Josephine joined General Aguinaldo’s Revolutionary Army which was inspired by Rizal’s execu tion and rose up against the Spanish in the next year. As the June centennial to be held in Manila approaches, various things, usually dwarfed by the more impor tant history of Japan-Philippine rela tions, are being recalled. One is Rizal’s episode during his Pacific voyage after he left Osei-san. Aboard the Belgic, an English steam er, lie happened to meet Tetcho Suehiro, a first-rate journalist in those days, who first took the great Filipino as a Japanese because he looked one. They became friends and Rizal ini tialed Tetcho, who was ignorant of Western customs and manners, in the art of how to eat, live and dress in Westerm ways. The encounter gave Tetcho a motive to write a political novel “Great Waves in the South Seas" with Rizal as its hero. It is also recalled that Rizal’s “No li Me Tangere” was translated, al though in summary, into Japanese by a novelist Bimyo Yamada and published in 1902, 17 years after the publication of the original in Berlin. The book, which describes oppression of the Filipinos by the Spanish offi cials and Catholics, is not widely read here but Mr. Kimura, who is a novelist, praised the book as one that can compare with Dostoevski, Balzac or Melville. Another episode, which is not di rectly connected with Rizal but is worth recalling on this occasion, is a little-known lact that some Japanese volunteers joined Aguinaldo’s Army and even tried to send ammunition to the general by a Japanese boat, 118 THE CABLE TOW April, 1961 Nunobiki Maru, which was ship wrecked on the way and could not reach the destination. Meanwhile, the Philippine Embas sy is planning to erect a statute of Rizal or a marker on the site of the ‘Tokyo Hotel," where Rizal stayed. Ambassador Adeva met Governor Azuma of Tokyo on December 21 last year and asked for permission, with official decision being awaited. I'he Embassy wants the plan to be rarried out as a project supported by private citizens of the two coun tries to make it a chance to cement Japan-Philippine friendly relations. Records, however, suggest that the hotel existed across the tracks of the Metropolitan Streetcar System be tween Ilibiva Park and the Imperial Hotel. A' A zlf left, the author <>f the foregoing article, Me. Sasagai’.o. (Ph<>t>: Asahi Evening .Vries) New Building of Mindoro Lodge No. 157 Preparations are being made for the laying of the cornerstone of Mindoro Lodge No. 157 at San Jose, Occiden tal Mindoro which will be held on June 10, 1961. The lot as well as the building are donated by Col. Bro. Flaviano I.. Ramirez, well-known local philanthropist, who in the past has given both cash and real estate for public use and charity. The new Lodge will be constructed in the bean of the town, on a lot of about 500 square meters. The lot is ideally sit uated, a stone's throw from the new municipal building, and in the im mediate vicinity of Mina de Oro Ru ral Bank and the new building of ’lie Development Bank of the Philippines now under construction. The famous Balalaika Hotel and Club owned F.v and where Bro Ramirez lives is jus! across the road from the proposed site. Bro Ramirez was made a Mason in I960, but at the rate lie is helping the Fraternity, he will eventually be one of the most outstanding members of the Craft in a short period. The proposed building will be an all-concrete two-storey affair. lite first floor will be used for recreational purposes while the upper floor will be used exclusively by the Lodge. At the laying of the cornet stone, prominent brethren from the MW (hand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the Philippines will be in vited to attend and officiate.—I.NT. 119 Strengthen the Home Front \VB RUFINO G. TOLENTINO, P.M. Pintotig Balo Lodge No. 51 The practical object of Masonry, according to a great Masonicwriter, is the physical and moral amelioration, and the intellectual and spiritual improvement, of in dividuals and society. As neither objective can be effected except by the dissemination of truth, we ma sons spread truth and light fighting lies and falsehoods for that purpose. It is falsehood in doctrines and fal lacies in principles to which most of the miseries of humanity and mis fortunes of nations tire owing. Side by side with the dissemination of it uth, masons practice charily in all its forms, helping the needy and the distressed within their capacitiy, and bringing joy and happiness to those who are sick and low in spirit. It is common knowledge that the ma sonic Iraternity as a public service is maintaining a Hospital for Crippled Children, where children of masons and non-masons who tire suffering from deformities are treated free of charge. We try to make these un fortunate beings useful again in so ciety instead of being a burden. Masons contribute to the home of the aged, to the Children’s Garden in Taytay where children without parents or relatives are looked after, taken care of and given education. Masons take part in civic move ments, assist in the formulation of legislatin calculated to be benelicial to our people or to our country and do a lot of other good things not generally known by many because we do not advertise our good deeds, preferring to remain anonymous. In spite of all the good things Masons have clone and arc doing, there arc certain elements in our country who fight Masonry and try their best to discredit us Ma.bn-, even resorting to lies and falsehoods to attain their .ends. They secretly tell people going to their churches and students attending their schools that Masons are Godless and are fol lowers of the devil, that they tram ple upon the crucifix or whip the image of Jesus Christ. Nothing can be farther from the truth. \Vc be lieve in God, the Creator of heaven and earth, the source and origin ol all that is; and we offer prayers to Him. How can they say we are god less and servants of the devil? Those of you who have attended a funeral or necrological service must have seen the crucifix used as a sacred symbol in the ceremonies. We cer tainly will not trample it. And we can not treat with disrespect any image of Jesus (Juist because He; was a member of the fraternity. The Holy Bible you will recall gives an account of His life from birth to the twelfth year, and from the time 120 THE CABLE TOW April, 1961 He was baptized in the liver Jordan by Saint John the Baptist when. He had already attained full manhood up to the end of His ministry on earth and ascension to heaven. Dur ing the interval, of which nothing is mentioned in the Holy Bible about Him, He attended school at .Mount Carmel in Palestine after which He traveled abroad, visiting the dillercnt centers of learning in India. Tibet, Assyria, Persia, Greece and Egypt. It was timing His so journ in Egypt that He joined the fraternity.. It is recorded that the ceremonies took place in the high est chamber inside the Great Pyra mid which was reached after passing through several lower chambers, and that dining the conferring of the Master’s degree, while Joseph (that was the name He used at the time) knelt before the altar, when the pe riod of silence and meditation was coming to a close, a great light filled the chamber which was otherwise lighted only by candles and three torches. A white dove descended in the light and rested on the head of Joseph while the Hierophant rose and various bells in the chambers beneath began pealing the great an nouncement to the world. A slight ligtire rising behind the Hierophant like an angelic being, commanded Joseph to rise while the voice of this being proclaimed "this is Jesus, the Christ, arise! and all within the chamber united in saying "Amen!” It is known that no such happening during a ceremony had ever occured before or after the event, in the his tory of the fraternity. Brethren, as I was saying there are certain elements that fight the Ma sons, and they carry the fight most ly through our women. You have heard of the sad case of a daughter of a brother mason who refused to eat on the same table with her fath er's guest simply because the guest happened to be a mason. There is no doubt that the mind of that daughter had been poisoned by her teachers who told her evil things against masons. That poor girl with out knowing anything about mason ry or about masons blindly believed what she was told. We could ima gine the embarrassment, and per haps the shame, of the father of the house whose guest had been insulted in his own home and by his own daughter. There is another case where an active brother mason who died was not given a masonic funeral service because the widow refused to per mit it. We could sec nothing ob jectionable in a masonic luncral ser vice. I think it is more solemn and more impressive than a church ser vice. Then there is the case ol a form er high government official, a Past (hand Master of our (hand Lodge, who during his last illness was vi sited by a priest. And this priest tried to induce the family of the sick brother to make the latter ab jure masonry and renounce his ma sonic connections. Luckily for us, neither the brother nor his family acceded to the request. Brethren, the cases I have cited clearly show that the enemies of Ma sonry are invading the homes of ma sons. It is high time for us to strengthen the Home Front. Let us make our women who appear to be 121 Jn Metnoriam WB CLAYTON W. ROBERTS Strengthen... On February 3, 1961, at Sukiran, Okinawa, Worshipful Brother Clay ton W. Roberts, P. M., Secretary of Okinawa Lodge No. 118 suffered a heart attack and died suddenly. Once again, our Lodge has been host to that ‘‘Unwelcome Guest” that stilled the breath of a beloved Brother and left us saddened and pensive. We are human and we grieve despite the teachings of our Faith, and our profound belief in the repeated promises of our Saviour that a better life awaits us when we “shed our mortal shell.” Even God among us was not exempt from this very hu man trait, for we have recorded in the Scriptures that Christ wept at the passing of his beloved friend Lazarus (John 11:35) even though He knew that Lazarus’ death, from which he would be raised, was but a means by which a miracle of God would be performed, that the Disciples and witnesses might more truly believe. Perhaps Jesus was not so much sor rowed at the mere fact of Lazarus' death, for certainly Jesus knew that Lazarus wotdd be restored to the liv ing. Rather, Fie was moved out of compassion for the grief and suffer ing of those he loved who did not understand fully the Divine signifi cance of the situation. We should not confine ourselves to thinking that Jesus was there at that time, performed his wonderful act, lelt the soitow he did, and that it ended that day—or at the Cross. We should cling to the firm belief that He is still with the most common objectives if ene my attacks take more interest in mat ters masonic.. Let us convince our wives, sons and daughters, our mothers and sisters, and the widows of masons, to become members of organizations related to Masonry like the Order of Rainbow for Girls, the Order ol Jobs Daughters, the Order of De Molay for boys, the Or der of the Eastern Star, the Order of the Amaranth. These orders for women and young boys teach love of God and country, love of parents, and love of our fellowmen. They practice charity by helping the poor and the needy. Our women will find in these organizations many things that will interest them and will cause them to take more active part in civic work. Our boys will find in the Order of De Molay useful outlet for their excess energy which will train them in good citizenship and leadership. Brethren, I repeal, let us strength en our Home Front, those of us who mourn, and is moved by the same Divine compassion as he was that day at Lazarus' grave. Martha, the sister of Lazarus, was comforted by a resounding message from Jesus before her brother emerg ed from death to life. Our comfort is in this same message as Jesus tells us also, "I am the resurrection and the life: he who believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and whoever lives and believes in me shall never die.” Leo A. Hatten 122 THE CABLE TOW April, 1961 (fraud, fflatfet Secuteyt YEAR IN REVIEW T)>stril>>itinff Pi»t OH ;1 Pat') I. »<!(/<• ,V<>. ~>1. i >t(l i r/f~n t <t. The (.land Lodi>e Year. 1960-61, under the stewardship ol Most Wor. Bro. Luther B. Bewley, is essentially a year of education. At that, in tegrated education ol the Mason, his family, his Iriends. and the officials of his government in things Masonnic. In these propitious davs. Most Wor. Bro. Bewley has exerted his ef forts at bringing about a better knowledge of the problems ol educa tion in the <ottn(rv. The (.rand Lodge, directly and indirectly, and in conjunction with other groups also interested in the problems, has been at Work in encouraging people to re quest their lawmakers to enact a law that would put an end to the yearly public school crises by stabilizing the financing thereof. A number of lodges under this grand jurisdiction have helped with resolutions to this effect. z\mong them are Araw Lodge No. 18, Mindoro Lodge No. 157 and others. Then there is the education of the public about Masonry. It is to the credit of local lodges that more of them hold public functions such as in opportune times, Masons have not forgotten the widows and orphans of the brethren who have since gone to the Celestial Lodge. G.fts for Wido.es and Orphans of Masons. Covite Lodge .Vo. 2, Cavite City. installations and services to which non-members are invited. In this way, people who are suspicious of Masonry have realized that any doubts or suspicions they had were prosed unfounded. Ever conscious of his responsibili ties as his brother’s keeper, the Mason has kept up with his charities. In cases of fire, flood and other mis fortunes of other people, Masons have proved helpful as usual. And, In the matter ol civic duties, Ma sons base not been remiss lor indeed, besides being true to his vows for the Cralt, a Mason will not neglect the duties he owes to his country. And so, he has proved active in com munity projects for the good of the citizenry. This year being the Rizal Centennial Year, he has contributed not only his money, but his time and energy as well toward making local celebrations to commemorate the life of Rizal, the Mason and the great Malayan. 124 THE CABLE TOW April, 1961 eith >ffice WB. and Defense Secretary Alejo Santos Balintawak Lodge X>. _'X, Gnmaea, Quezon. Nricl]/ installed officers of Primera Laz Piliphia Lodge .Vo. fif), Kawit, Cavite. 125 THE BIG FISHERMEN . . . instruction classes in the University of the Philippines. Now, is a man who tags himself a Christian and can prove it by a cer tificate of baptism or by pious at tendance in masses and services, but who cheats his government and his fellow men thru the devious ways ol influence peddling, graft and corrup tion, really a Christian, a believer in God? Can being a Christian, even a Roman Catholic Christian, be a sure fire immunity from communism? Then, why of all places, outside Rus sia, Italy, with the presence of the Vatican and the Pope, has the largest communist party of the countries ol the free world? It should be noted that there are still many Christians in Russia. Many churches, Roman Catholic, Protes tant, Orthodox, and others are still allowed to hold masses and services. So, after all, godlcssness is not the only basis for communist member ship; neither does belief in God prev ent a man from being a communist. It is to the credit of the proper agencies in the government that they have tracked down the real commun ists in our midst, brought them to trial and prison after conviction. 1 still believe in the agencies and would that they continue with their good work. It is not good for non-prolessionals to take over their functions and thereby cause confusion. If there are communists in the University ol the Philippines, in other schools, col leges and universities, the NICA will find them. The GAEA, by turning the search light of publicity on the University of the Philippines, may be allowing the communists in our midst to lurk Prayer is one of the most po werful forms of energy that one can generate. The influence of prayer of the human mind and body is as demonstrable as that of secreting glands. Its results can be measured in terms of in creased physical bouyancy, great er intellectual vigor, moral sta mina and a deeper tinderstanding of the realities underlying human relationships. True prayer is a way of life; the truest life is lit erally a way of prayer. Bro. Dr. Alexis Carrell A A. A So you're getting along in years and haven't yet made a name for yourself? Here are some of the tvords of comfort from, research ers who looked into the histories of some 400 famous men, each one of the most outstanding states man, painter, warrior, poet or writer of his time. Of the group’s greatest achievements, 35 per cent came when the men were between 60 and 70; 23 per cent came when they were between 70 and 80; and 8 per cent whe->> they were more than 80. In other words, 66 per cent of the world’s greatest work has been done by men past 60. Now, do you feel better? in the shadows caused by such a floodlight. And so again, let the CAFA fish ermen cast their nets on the other side. N. B. MELOCOTON. 316-E Quezon Blvd-, Q.C. 126 THE CABLE TOW April, 1961 GOING AND COMING The truth has out. Wc went to Japan, gomen nasai. Not only once, but three times last year. Since they were dubbed as business trips, we shall not write anything about business. Being a beginner, we took a boat and the first port of call en route was Hong Kong. Previously, wc had carried on correspondence with a brother Mason, Bro. Wing W. Kwong, who had a share in the es tablishment of the Grand Lodge of China in Shanghai some thirteen years back. He escaped the com munist regime and settled in Hong Kong where he set up an import-ex port business. Because wc arc a pen-pusher for the Cable Tow, as if you did not know that, we were welcome to a small group of brethren in the crown colony. So, it was lunch at zAlcxanclra House with Bros. Peter T. H. Chao. William Choy, Y. K. Yang, R. Y. Cheng, and of course, Bro. Kwong, who knows his way around Hong Kong, being known in gov ernment and YMCA circles also. I missed my fellow Zapotcro, WB Ruben Mendoza. Adm. Officer of the Philippine Consulate, the fits! time. He had official business to attend to then, but in my second it ip in August, Bro. Kwong and wc caught up with him; wc three had lunch together with Mr. Salmcngo, the commercial attache there and now assigned to Tokyo. At the .Alexandra House gathering, wc had a chance to learn about Masonry in Hong Kong. There are some fifteen Lodges there under the Grand I.odgcs of England and Scotkind who welcome brethren from other Grand Lodges recognized land who welcome brethren horn the Grand I.odgcs of the Philippines and China, however, prefer to be together among themselves. Since J919 they have banded together as a “Square Club” for social and frat ernal purposes. The club has a membership of over one hundred: they meet once a month, but do not do degree work, f find in the roll six brethren from Island-Luz-Minerva 5, Mencius 93, Cebu 128, and Noli Me Tangcrc 148. The rest are members of Lodges of the Grand Lodge of China, all of which are now meeting in Taipeh and also other Grand Lodges. When poss:blc some of the brethren go to Tai peh for stated meetings. If they can not, they satisfy themselves with their monthly gatherings of the Square Club. Some of the members who m a i n t a i n memberships in Lodges recognized by the Grand I.clges of England and Scotland, can attend lodge meetings in Hong Kong. ,\t Yokosuka. Japan we attended a meeting of the Eastern Star chap ter there*. Wc were agreeably sur prised to find WB Norman Karschncr, the District Deputy Grand Mas ter, who was last year's Worthy Pa tron ol the Eastern Star chapter. 1 Iistorically-inclined persons will associate Yokosuka as the first port where Commodore Perry landed in 1860 bringing with him a letter from the President of the United States asking Japan to open her ports for 127 dueling with other countries. Beginning in June 1960, the Jap anese celebrated the 100th anniver sary of their trade and cultural re lations with the United States; odd ly enough, with a labor group ask ing that President Eisenhower do not visit Japan. Wc were told, how ever, that it was not the sentiment ol the majority of the Japanese peo ple; but to avoid embarrassment, the Kishi government had to accede to the importunings of the vocal and militant group. But back to Yokosuka and Com modore Perry. Il will be recalled that Count Masahiro Hotta, premier at that time, welcomed the Commo dore in Yokosuka. It has been a big naval base and is presently main tained by the U. S. Navy and in part used by the navy group of the Japan Defense Forces. It is a long way from Yokosuka to Sakura Citv: but in Sakura we were taken around the feudal estate of Count Holla and saw the ruins of his castle. The big estate has, since the establish ment of land reforms in Japan, been divided and sold to former tenants and workers. When one has been a teacher for over a cptarter of a century, he has a tendency to revert to type on short notice. After a visit to the schools of the ci tv, wc were asked to speak to senior high school students and later made an honorary citizen ol Sakura city bv no less than Mayor Hotta, the great-grandson of Count Hotta. At Tokso, wc met many brethren, but did not have a chance to attend any of the lodge and chapter meet ings. There was the summer recess in August and in December winter, in below zero weather outside, the temptation was too great to stay in the hotel room. We made friend ship with a former Lions Club sec retary and organizer who asked about Masonry. It was not until he asked a third time that wc took it upon ourscll to introduce him to WB Murayama of the Japan Times and a Past Master of Kanto Lodge. That was in the summer and when wc came back in winter, we found the friend due for initiation a week after our leaving. The daughter of a late brother, an active and loyal Mason in Bulacan, herself a singer of note in Ame rica and Europe, had planned a con cert in Tokyo last October. Her friends, both Filipinos and Japancsc there were wondering licnv best to get newspaper publicity for her concert. Having been asked by one of them, we contacted stall members of Japan Times and Asahi Evening News, already known to us, to sec about the publicity. The third trip was easily an ad venture in Rizaliana. We got pet mission to reprint two articles on Rizal by two Japanese writer?; the first one in this issue by Masahiro Sasagawa of the Asahi Evening News and the second in the coming July issue by Tatsumaro Tczuka of the Tokyo Metropolitan Historiography Institute. We were able to do some researches which will be written up in the future. Just to get the feel of it, we stood several times on the site of the To kyo hotel where Rizal stayed. Wc had to dodge streetcars because the site is now the center of the tracks. We spent hours at the Metropolitan Historiography Institute, read the original reports and accounts, looked at the maps and pictures of the places visited by Bro. Dr. Rizal v’hen lie was there in March 1888. 128 THE CABLE TOW April, 1961 LODGE OFFICERS FOR 1961 MANILA LODGE NO. 1 Wor. Master ............. Roe Hampton Johnson Senior Warden ...........John 0. Wallace Junior Warden ...........Romeo Malimban Secretary .................... Henry Gilhouser P. 0. Box 2646, Manil Herschel Swiryn 114 Beata, Pandacan Treasurer Antonio C. Militar 209 Montalban, Hiway Hill SD Mandaluyong, Rizal Treasurer COSMOS LODGE NO. 8 CAVITE LODGE NO. 2 Wor. Master ............ Vicente Vale Cruz Senior Warden ...........Oscar A. Reyes Junior Warden ........... Robert L. Heintz Secretary .................... Salvado1- C. Gonzales 960 Cabuco St.. Caridad Cavite City Treasurer .................... Jose V. Colina Caridad, City of Cavite CORREGIDOR-SOUTHERN CROSS LODGE NO. 3 Wor. Master ............ Albert E. Parsons Senior Warden ........... Edgar L. Shepley tunior Warden ........... Albert W. Onstott Secretary ....................Jack L. Schwartz. P.M. 108 Calle Nueva, Manila Treasurer .................... David G. Gunnell BAGUMBAYAN LODGE NO. 4 Wor. Master ............. Senior Warden ........... Junior Warden ........... Secretary .................... Julio F. Abarquez Odin Z. Suaco Calixto C. Tria Damaso C. Tria. P.M. 1828 Taft Avenue. Manila Rufino B. Macalinao, PM 2413 Cagayan St.. Sta. Ana. Manila Wor. Master ............. Richard S. Hart Senior Warden ....... Michael R. Kapst J inior Warden ........... Gregorio Amistoso Secretary .................... Robert P. Binkley 1828 Taft Avenue, Manila Treasurer .................... George A. Mayhew ST. JOHNS LODGE NO. 9 Wor. Master ............. Harold D. Carl Senior Warden ........... Raymund E. Murry Junior Warden ........... Donald S. Muni Secretary .................... Robert H. Arnold P. 0. Box 436. Manila Treasurer .................... James L. Hendryx, P.M. ILOILO-ACACIA LODGE NO. 11 Wor. Master ............. Francisco Song Heng Senior Warden ........... Gil F. Octaviano Junior Warden ........... Ricardo Jeruta Secretary .................... Ponciano Leonidas 178 Mission Road Jaro. Iloilo City Treasurer .................... Sy Bon Tong NILAD LODGE NO. 12 Wor. Master ............. Felix J. Torres Senior Warden ........... Felix V. Bagtas Junior Warden ........... Francisco Geronimo Secretary .................... Gregorio A. Vicente, P.M. Plaridel Masonic Temple or P. 0. Box 98. Manila Treasurer .................... Amado Pineda, P.M. ISLAND-LUZ-MINERVA LODGE NO. 5 Wor. Master . Senior Warden Junior Warden Secretary ... WALANA LODGE NO. 13 Samuel L. Rabanillo Arturo H. Reyes Graciano N. Villamante 2445 Legarda St. Sampaloc, Manila Gaudioso B. Evangelista 57 Pajo St.. Project 2 Quezon City BIAK-NA-BATO LODGE NO. 7 Wor. Master ............. Castor I. Silvestre Senior Warden ........... Raymund E. Wilmarth Junior Warden ........... Placido M. Pilar Secretary .................... Emilio M. Asistores P. 0. Box 1891. Manila Wor. Master ............. Petronilo Quinones Or. Godofredo G. Calub Ambrosio Lorenzo Limo S. Honorio 200 M. H. del Pilar Caloocan, Rizal Ramon F. Samaniego DALISAY LODGE NO. 14 Wo.-. Master ............... Senior Warden ........... Junior Warden ... Secretary .................... Jesus Castillo Eugen: Stransky 0. C. Argente Jos I L. Domingo 323 Valencia. Sampaloc Bayani B. Ibarrola 129 JOSE RIZAL LODGE NO. 22 Wor. Master ............. Eugene Schimpff Senior Warden ........... Victorino Floro, Jr. Junior Warden ........... Donald Farrar Secretary .................... Agapito J. de Guzman, P.M. P. 0. Box 598. Manila Treasurer .................... Gerard Kaiser, P.M. SINUKUAN LODGE NO. 16 Wor. Master ............. Hilario G. Esguerra Senior Warden ........... Gregorio Tan Junior Warden ........... Constantino Bombasi Secretary .................... Gabino de Castro 2528 Tindalo, Tondo Treasurer .................... Francisco R. Floro MALINAW LODGE NO. 25 Wor. Master ............. Senior Warden ........... Junior Warden ........... Secretary .................... Santos, Z. Torres Gorostiza Mclanio Valdcllon City of San Pablo Sabas Cabrera BAGONG BUHAY LODGE NO. 17 Wor. Master ............. Cecilio S. Villanueva Senior Warden ...........Jose T. Bernal Junior Warden ........... Jose B. Legaspi Secretary .................... Gregorio P. Cataulin 576 R. Palma. San Antonio, Cavite City Treasurer .................... Amado C. Santos PINAGSABITAN LODGE NO. 26 Wor. Master ............. Senior Warden ........... Junior Warden ........... Secretary .................... Ricardo C. Buenafe Deogracias P. Reyes Dioscoro C. Buan Hilario Zalameda Pagsanjan, Laguna Vicente C. Reventar BATONG BUHAY LODGE NO. 27 ARAW LODGE NO. 18 Wor. Master ............. Florencio D. R. Ponce Senior Warden ........... Guillermo Madridejos Junior Warden ........... Inocencio N. Rosete Secretary .................... Pedro P. Aguda 598 M. delos Santos S Sampaloc. Manila Treasurer .................... Jose N. Quedding Wor. Master ............... Senior Warden ........... Junior Warden ........... Secretary .................... Gotamco Francismo C. St. Treasurer .................. Kemigio M. Garardo Rcmedios E. Racela, PM 2144F Azcarraga, Quiapo, Manila Saw E. Sam SILANGANAN LODGE NO. 19 Wor. Master ............. Emilio Melendres Senior Warden ........... Modesto M. Marcelo Junior Warden ........... Olimpio C. Mariano Secretary ....................Teodoro V. Santos 21 Rotonda, Pasig. Rizal Treasurer .................... Elpidio L. Cruz BALINTAWAK LODGE NO. 28 Wor. Master ............... Victor A. Mendoza Senior Warden ........... Severino P. Pulga Junior Warden ........... Dionisio A. Barrios Secretary .................... Vicente Q. Tan. PM Gumaca, Quezon Treasurer .................. Pio V. Sartin, PM L. Cr ZAPOTE LODGE NO. 29 RIZAL LODGE NO. 20 Wor. Master ............. Diego M. Manza Senior Warden ........... Hermogenes Escobar Junior Warden ........... Jose Angeles Secretary .................... Julian Capiral P.M. Lopez, Quezon ’ Gregorio Quincha Treasurer Wor. Master ............. Nibut, Alfredo Senior Warden ........... Leonidas. Teofilo Junior Warden ........... Reyes, Felixberto delos Secretary .................... Moscoso, Silvestre. B.. PM 4 Road 12. Diliman, Quezon City Treasurer .................... Mariano. Filomeno S. PM DAPITAN LODGE NO. 21 Wor. Master ............. Basilio L. Sarmiento Senior Warden ........... Magtanggol Abano Junior Warden ........... Benjamin T. Araniego. Jr. Secretary .................... Benjamin T. Araniego, PM 1440 San Marcelino, Manila Teofilo A. Abejo, P.M. Treasurer MAKTAN LODGE NO. 30 Wor. Master ............. Manuel Gaviola Senior Warden ........... Saturnino Liston Junior Warden ........... Daniel P. Tumulak Secretary .................... Leoncio P. Geronilla Room 303 Masonic Temple, Borromeo St. Cebu City Treasurer .................... Gerardo P. Jimenea 130 THE CABLE TOW April, 1961 IBARRA LODGE NO. 31 Wor. Master .............. Mateo Paliera, Sr. Senior Warden ........... Rodolfo Vales Junior Warden ........... Nicanor Morabe Secretary .................... Eliseo David 383 Llatnado St., Cavite City Treasurer .................. Andres H. Polintan ISARCG LODGE NO. 33 Wor. Master ............. Senior Warden ........... Secretary .................... Ignacio Meliton Jose Villa Ignacio Pedro E. Dy-Liacco. P.M. 714 Biaknabato St. Naga City Felicisimo Capucao. Sr. LINCOLN LODGE NO. 34 Wor. Master ............. Senior Warden ........... Junior Warden ........... Secretary .................... Harold D. May Avelino J. Dantes Foo Ying Yin 1925 Manila Ave. WBB. Olongapo Marcial B. dela Cruz BATANGAS LODGE NO 35 Senior Warden ........... Junior Warden ........... Secretary .................... Quintin L. Magsir.o Ernesto V. Perez Aurelio Baron Esteban G. Buhat Batangas, Batangas Mariano B. Cantos KAHLAYAN LODGE NO. 37 Wor. Master ............. Metecio R. Magsino Senior Warden ........... Victorino C. Quejado Junior Warden ........... Vicente M. Alhambra Secretary ........... Gregorio B. Defeo Prov. Treasurer's Office Treasurer .............. Julian Zoleta BULUSAN LODGE NO. 33 Wor. Master ............ Senior Warden ........... Luis Duka Sotero Escandor Cr. Estamslao Gabarda MABINI LODGE NO. 39 Wor. Master .............. Manuel T. Molina Senior Warden ........... Alfonso Cababa Junior Warden ........... Leandro Resurreccion Secretary Julio Laceda, PM Aparri. Cagayan Treasurer .................. Enrique Go MAGUINDANAW LODGE NO. 40 Wor. Master ............. Mclquiades P. Varias Senior Warden ...........Wadhumal Dharamdas Junior Warden ........... Chung Eng Siu Secretary .............. '... P. R- Semana Cagayan de Oro City Treasurer .................... Ramon M. Galindo JOSE ABAD SANTOS LODGE NO. 43 Wor. Master ............. Gerardo Rallama Senior Warden ........... Fidel Chavez Junior Warden ........... Jas’ Palentinos Secretary ....................Ildefonso A. Echevarria Tayabas. Quezon Treasurer ....................Tan Chiat CHARLESTON IODGE NO. 44 Wor. Master ............. Maxwell Taylor Collette Senior Warden ........... Ah Choy Lau Junior Warden ........... Claude Anthony Brown Secretary .................... Joaquin Flores Sablan Agan Heights. Guam Treasurer ........... Doyle Abell MT. APO LODGE NO. 45 Wor. Master ............. Daniel B. Mallari Senior Warden Landido San Luis Junior Warden ........... Tabujur Taupan Secretary .................... Pablo Sebastian Canelar, City of Zamboanga T-easurer .................... Juanito Chan MALOLOS LODGE NO. 46 Wor. Master ............. Juan R. Fernando Senior Warden ........... Segundo Esguerra Junior Warden ........... Francisco Aniag Secretary .................... F-ancisco C. Rendon Malolos, Bulacan Treasurer .................... Salvador C. Santiago MAKABUGWAS LODGE NO. 47 Wor. Master .............. Dr. Manuel Bernardo Senior Warden ........... Dr. Martin Reyes Junior Warden ........... Dr. Geminiano T. Mendoza Secretary .................... Celestino Elefano Tacloban City Treasurer .................... Federico V. Larraga PAMPANGA LODGE NO. 48 Wor. Master ... Charles B. Shelledy Senior Warden ........... Domingo P. Santos Junior Warden ........... Jesus N. Mendoza Lubao. Pampanga Alejandro M. Bai in Treasurer MOUNT MAINAM LODGE NO. 49 Wor. Master .............. Conrado N. Yuvienco Senior Warden ........... Ernesto C. Mangahis Junior Warden ........... Guillermo Narvaez Secretary ....................Alberto Camarines Dandan St.. Naic. Cavite Treasurer .................... Pedro V. Poblete 131 SARANGANI LODGE NO. 50 Wor. Master ............... Alfred W. Roberts Senior Warden ........... Jose Buensuseco Junior Warden ........... Patricio de Leon Secretary ....................Silvio A. Decena San Pedro Street Davao City Treasurer ....................Tc Liong Bio PINTONG BATO LODGE NO. 51 Wor. Master .............. Melecio Alejandro Senior Warden ........... Juan Legaspi Junior Warden ........... Matias Austria Secretary .................... Apolonio Barcega Mabolo. Bacoor, Cavite Treasurer .................... Pedro E. Cuevas VIGAN LODGE NO. 63 Wor. Master .............. Hubert Reynolds Senior Warden ...........Teodorico Ayson Junior Warden ........... Filomcno Aurellado Secretary .................... Graciano P. Pada Vigan, Ilocos Sur Treasurer .................... Federico Lazo KANLAON LODGE NO. 64 Wor. Master .............. Senior Warden ........... Junior Warden ........... Secretary .................... Manuel Abello Jr. Angel S. Tiangson, Ji Diego L. Dimaisip Jose B. Lopez, P.M. Bacolod City Vicente Bailon, P.M. CABANATUAN LODGE NO. 53 Wor. Master .............. Jose L. Vergara Senior Warden ........... Napoleon C. Navarro Junior Warden ........... Vivencio Sinaguinan Secretary .................... Doroteo M. Joson Cabanatuan City Treasurer .................... Primo E. Ferrer PANGASINAN LODGE NO. 56 Wor. Master .............. Andre'. P. Torio Senior Warden ........... Faustino Ovieda Junior Warden ...........Jose T. Parayno Secretary ....................Aquilino Javier Perez Bld., Dagupan City Treasurer .................... Felipe Tan Pee LUZON LODGE NO. 57 Wor. Master .............. Arcadio P. Seguiran Senior Warden ........... Kong Siu Wah Junior Warden ........... Carlos L. Valencia TAMARAW LODGE NO. 65 Wor. Master .............. Pedro Panaligan Senior Warden ........... Raymundo Paredes Junior Warden ........... Victorino Medrano Secretary .................... Buhay A. Medina Calapan, Oriental Mindori Treasurer ................ Geronimo Malaluan GONZAGA LODGE NO. 66 Wo.'. Master .............. Senior Warden ........... Junior Warden ........... Secretary .................... Teofilo Calimag Leon A. Banez Agustin Balisi Tuguegarao, Cagayan Jose M. Torres BAGUIO LODGE NO. 67 Secretary Vicente P. Flechern, P.M Malate, Manila Wor. Master ............... Senior Warden ........... Junior Warden ........... Secretary .................... Damaso Bitoncol Ernesto Villaluna Charles Moody Arturo C. Plata Baguio City Bernardo Diaz LABONG LODGE NO. 59 Wor. Master .............. Jose C. de Guzman Senior Warden ...........Teodoro E. de Jesus Junior Warden ........... Felicisimo Enriquez Secretary .................... Vicente Quijano Malabon, Rizal Treasurer .................... Candido Perez MAGAT LODGE NO. 68 Wor. Master .............. Senior Warden ........... Junior Warden ........... Secretary .................... Meneleo A. Mendoza Joselito Bautista Antonio Tukay Teofilo G. Guillermo Bayombong, N. Vizcaya Norberto S. Falguera ISABELA LODGE NO. 60 Wor. Master .............. Mariano A. Antonio Senior Warden ........... Crescendo V. Maramag Junior Warden ...........Tranquilino B. Balmaceda Secretary .................... Maximo Z. Cadatal Hagan, Isabela Treasurer....................Leonides S. Melendres PRIMERA LUZ FILIPINA LODGE NO. 69 MAYON LODGE NO. 61 Wor. Master .............. Feliciano Torres Senior Warden ...........Vicente K. Gan Junior Warden ........... Raymundo Paredes Secretary .................... Francisco C. Ferrer P.M. Kawit, Cavite Treasurer .................... Severino Gana Wor. Master .............. Ruperto Mayuoa Senior Warden ........... Eleuterio Belino Junior Warden ........... Paulien Santos Secretary .................... Victor D. Pineda, P.M. Daraga, Albay Treasurer .................... Agapito L. Lorete Wor. Master . Senior Warden UNION LODGE NO. 70 Junior Warden ........... Andres B. Rivera San Fernando, La Union Juan 0. Concepcion 132 THE CABLE TOW April, 1961 HIGH-TWELVE LODGE NO. 82 LAOAG LODGE NO. 71 Wor. Master .............. Julio A. Reyes Senior Warden ........... Luis Ros Junior Warden ........... Francisco Domingo Secretary .................... Alberto Suguitan Laoag, Ilocos Norte Treasurer .................... Lucio Chiu MAKILING LODGE NO. 72 Wor. Master .............. Severo Oliveros Senior Warden ........... Teodoro C. Delizo Junior Warden ........... Rosario T. Cortes Secretary .................... Nicanor G. Teodoro P.M. La Loma. Quezon City Treasurer .............Clemente M. Juliano NUEVA ECIJA LODGE NO. 73 Wor. Master ................ Amando de Guzman Senior Warden ........... Isidro Medina Junior Warden ............. Adolfo Lucas Secretary ...................... imado Cruz Guimba, Nueva Ecija Treasurer .................. Felicisimo Galmaitan AGNO LODGE NO. 75 Wor. Master .............. Felix M. Momenta. Jr. Senior Warden ........... Fernando B. Ferrer Junior Warden ........... Tan Leng Suy Secretary .............. Pedro Romasoc. P.M. Treasurer .................... Liborio G. Bernarte KASILAWAN LODGE NO. 77 Wor. Master .............. Fidel F. Corcuera Senior Warden ........... Vicente Tagle Junior Warden ........... Rodrigo B. Chong Secretary .................... Delfin C. Medel P.M. Mandaluyong Rizal Treasurer .................... Pacifico C. Marin, P.M. TAGA ILOG LODGE NO. 79 Wor. Master .............. Luis C. Santos Senior Warden ........... Jacobo Feliciano Junior Warden ........... Felix V. Javier Secretary .................... Jose R. Bernabe. P.M. Sta. Cruz. Manila Treasurer .................... Modesto Fernandez MT. LEBANON LODGE NO. 80 Wor. Master .............. August A. Elingre Senior Warden ........... Joseph V. Ackerman Junior Warden ........... Irving S. Cryde Secretary .............. William Samara Sta. Ana. Manila FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT MEMORIAL LODGE NO. 81 Wor. Master .............. Gregorio Leyba Senior Warden ........... Loreto Saysay Junior Warden ........... Alberto Presa Secretary .................... Gregorio del Rosario Makati. Rizal Treasurer .................... Juan Panadero Wor. Master .............. Senior Warden ........... Junior Warden ........... Secretary .................... Vicente P. Aragones Charles Mosebrook Marciano B. Basconcillo Jose L. Intal P.M. Quezon City Gregorio R. Cariaga DAGOHOY LODGE NO. 84 Wor. Master ................ Marcelino Q. Calamta Senior Warden ........... Gaudencio Doria Junior Wardrn ........... Bernardo Salazar Secretary .................... Gcudioso T. Cainglet Tagbilaran, Bohol Treasurer.................... Pacifico Fortich ABRA LODGE NO. 86 Wor. Master ............... Ildefonso Castillo Senior Warden ........... Hilarion Sabaot Junior Warden ........... Macvey Ablan Secretary .................... Gregorio Taverner Treasurer .................. Leocadio Asencio HIRAM LODGE NO. 88 Wor. Master .............. Mateo 'm. Reyes Senior Warden ........... Aniano Masa Junior Warden ........... Dominador C. Vicente Secretary .................... Cirilo P. Dimzon Bureau of Printing, Manila Treasurer .................... Macario C. Navia MUOG LODGE NO. 89 Wor. Master .............. Tirso G. Monsod Senior Warden ........... Bienvenido R. Burgos Junior Warden ........... Candido Soriano Secretary .................... Pascual Salgado Paranaque, Rizal Treasurer .................... Francisco C. Hernandez MEMORIAL LODGE NO. 90 Wor. Master .............. Victorio S. Lingas Senior Warden ........... Sendon Delizo Junior Warden ........... Jacinto Antonio Secretary ....... Apolonio V. Zabat. P.M. Munoz. Nueva Ecija Treasurer .................... Feliciano V. Sagnio MOUNT KALADIAS LODGE NO. 91 Wor. Master ............. Juamto T. Magbanua Senior Warden Pedro D. Dimaya Junior Warden Filemon S. Bobon Secretary .................... Alfredo Estacion. P.M. Dumaguete. Negros Or. MENCIUS LODGE NO. 93 Wor. Master .............. Senior Warden ........... Junior Warden ........... Secretary .................... Treasurer .................. Benjamin Gotamco Angeles Lim Guat Federico J. Chusuey P.O. Box 283. Manila 133 SERVICE LODGE NO. 95 LEONARD WOOD LODGE NO. 105 Wor. Master ......... ... Leon Ma. Lazaga Wor. Master ....... .... Fred C. Ford Senior Warden .... ... Jesus T. Tolentino Senior Warden ... .... John H. Judy Junior Warden .... ... K. H. Dialdas Junior Warden .. .. .... Gordon H. Jenkins Secretary .............. ... A. C. del Rosario Secretary .■....... .... E. V. Bundenthal La Loma, Quezon City Clark Air Base Treasurer .............. ... Jose Ma. Cajucom, Sr. Treasurer ............. .... Charles H. Wolcott ISAGANI LODGE NO. 96 CAMARINES NORTE LODGE NO. 107 Wor. Master ......... ... Victor Guillermo Wor. Master ....... .... Gregorio L. Mariano Senior Warden .......... Esteban Fable Senior Warden .. . _ __ Arsenio C. Camino Junior Warden .... . .. Felix S. Flaminiano Junior Warden .. . .... Martino Ragub Secretary .............. ... Lodenzo Bonifacio Secretary ........... .... Jose A. Elizes Tarlac, Tarlac Daet, Camarines Norte Treasurer .............. ... Nicolas Y. Musni Treasurer ........... .... Cheang Ga BAGONG ILAW LODGE NO. 97 KUTANG BATO LODGE NO. 110 Wor. Master ........... .. Donato P. Tejada Wor. Master ....... .... Francisco S. Go Senior Warden .......... Jose de los Reyes Senior Warden . .. .... Jesus E. Vilo Junior Warden .......... Gonzalo Valero Junior Warden . .. .... Anadeto A. Badoy Secretary ................ ... Jose A. Alvarez, P.M. Secretary ........... .... Bernardo Bagamaspad Noveleta, Cavite Cotabato City . . . Ramon Zananta P.RA. Treasurer .......... . . . Hprtnr P. Narains MOUNT HURAW LODGE NO. 98 MARANAW LODGE NO. Ill Wor. Master ......... .. Pablo P. Aragon Wor. Master....... ,... Mohamad Ali Dimaporo Senior Warden ....... .. Lao Hianui Senior Warden ........ Angel Y. Gingoyon Junior Warden ....... ... German T. Candari Junior Warden ........ Sixto B. Tadeo . . Teodorico Noble P.M. ,.., Vicente B. Casas Catbalogan, Samar Dansaian City Tam Liong Kee, P.M. Alfonso S. Gaite KEYSTONE LODGE NO. 100 INDANG LODGE NO. 115 .. Cornelio M. Aguirre, PM Wor. Master ....... .... Vicente de los Santos Senior Warden ....... . . Augusto 0. Cabral Senior Warden . .. .... Ildefonso Escalante Junior Warden ....... . . Leopoldo S. Torrejon Junior Warden . .. .. .. Leonardo Gonzales Secretary ... . Cecilio Munar, P.M. Secretary ............. ... Antonio Ermeno Pasay City Indang, Cavite BUD DAHO LODGE NO. 102 VICTORY LODGE NO. 116 Wor. Master ......... .. Hadji Mohamad Al Wor. Master ....... .... Augusto Esteban Ameen Pesy Senior Warden . . . .... Modesto Riparip Senior Warden ....... .. Cenon C. Marene Junior Warden . . . . . . . Mauro Yadao Junior Warden ....... .. Indasan Napili Secretary ............. ... Francisco C. Domingo secretary ................ . . Felix Casimiro P.M. Camillng, Tarlac Jolo, Suulu .. . . Nicolas G. Lim Treasurer .............. . . Lee Kim Chiong MARIKINA LODGE NO. 119 ZAMBALES LODGE NO. 103 Wor. Master ............. Rodolfo E. Concepcion Wor. Master ......... .. Mauricio Aragones Senior Warden . . . .. . . Angel S. Trinidad Senior Warden ....... . . Miguel Sahagun Junior Warden . . . . Florencio Hagan, Jr. mor Warden ....... . . Alfredo Corpus Secretary ............. . .. Florencio Ilagan, Sr. P.M. Secretary ................ . . Agerico Miranda San Marcelino, Manila Palauig, Zambales Treasurer ............. ... Isaac Eustaquio P.M. Treasurer................ . . Guadalope Martinez YOKOSUKA LODGE NO. 120 BATAAN 1LODGE NO. 104 Wor. Master .........,... Donald D. Coleman Wor. Master ........... .. Dr. Felino G. Alcid Senior Warden . .. .... Paul D. James Senior Warden ....... . . Dr. Federico S. Magat Junior Warden . ..._ __ William A. Boykin Junior Warden ....... . . Sabino B. Baluyot Secretary ............. . .. Hannon R. Jackson, Secretary ................ .. Jose E. Heras, PM P.D.D.G.M. Pilar, Bataan Navy 3923. FPO, . . Cayetano A. Oconer SF, California Treasurer ............. ... Chester 0. Nielsen, P.M. 134 THE CABLE TOW April, 19G1 BASILAN LODGE NO. 137 QUEZON CITY LODGE NO. 122 Wor. Master .............. Felino M. Landicho Senior Warden ........... Ernesto F. Baiba Junior Warden ........... Leonardo G. Padilla Secretary .................... Angelo S. Bayion, PM P.O. Box No. 53. Quezon City MILTON C. MARVIN LODGE NO. 123 Wor. Master .............. Milton W. Burmeister Senior Warden ...........Anthony L. Szlatenyi Junior Warden ........... Hugh C. Donaldson Secretary .................. Antone Kosumplik Agana, Guam, M.I. Treasurer .................. Frederick M. Poole CEBU LODGE NO. 128 Wor. Master .............. John K. Lim Senior Warden ........... Teodoro Sanchez Junior Warden ........... Jesus Lim Secretary .................. Lim Kay Chun Borromeo St.. Cebu City Treasurer .................. Luic Makayan SIXTO LOPEZ BATULAW LODGE NO. 129 Wor. Master .............. Vicent- Villacrucis Senior Warden ........... Ben Garcia Ascue Junior Warden ........... Gerardo Tolentino Secretary .................. Ruperto Bautista Balayan, Batangas Treasurer .................. Pedro de Castro MT. MALINDANG LODGE NO. 130 Wor. Master .............. Timoteo Uy Senior Warden ........... Hernando B. Castano Junior Warden ........... Lucas Cang Cuesta Secretary .................... Eduardo C. Ralloma c/o PNB, Ozamiz City Treasurer .................. Yap Pue Eng CAGAYAN VALLEY LODGE NO. 133 Wor. Master .............. Senior Warden ........... Junior Warden ........... Secretary .................. Treasurer .................. Antero Dirige, P.M. Santiago. Isabela Bartolome Ramat T. M. KALAW MEMORIAL LODGE NO. 136 Wor. Master .............. Ananias M. Falcon Senior Warden ........... Dioscoro G. Ramos Junior Warden ........... Francisco M. Rint Secretary .................. Domingo F. M. Domingo San Juan, Rizal Treasurer .................. Daniel Santiago Wor. Master ............... Senior Warden ........... Junior Warden ........... Secretary .................. Treasurer .................. Juan Q. Estrada Julio T. Alano Emiliano Q. Miras Luis M. Sirilan Isabela, City of Basilan Jose Tigmo AOMORI LODGE NO. 139 Wor. Master ............... Ellsworth D. VandenSenior Warden ........... Tadasai Abe Junior Warden ........... Edwin Evans Secretary .................. Colon Mattison Apogig S.F., California Treasurer .................. Bobby Stephens BONTOC LODGE NO. 140 Wor. Master .............. Victorino N. Ringor Junior Warden ........... Celerino T. Ruiz Secretary .................. Bernabe Castro Bontoc, Mt. Province Treasurer .................. Guillermo Bersamin SAN MARCELINO LODGE NO. 141 Wor. Master .............. Alfonso R. Colorado, PM Senior Warden ........... Mariano Renojo Junior Warden ........... David G. Jocson Secretary .................... Macario S. Arbolente, PM San Marcelino. Zambales Treasurer .................. Pelagio Battad, PM CORAL LODGE NO. 142 Benjamin C. Thorner Andrew H. Bulkiey Wor. Master ............... Senior Warden ........... Junior Warden ........... Secretary .................... Eric G. Christersson William P. Schwager, PM P.O. Box 1. Ginowan, Okinawa Ryukyus Islands Richard Rose, PM KANTO LODGE NO. 143 Wor. Master ............... Stanley Sagara Senior Warden ........... Walter Doerr. Jr. Junior Warden ........... Jack C. Overstreet Secretary .................... Donald H. Laurila, PM Hq. USARJ, APO 343 San Francisco. California Treasurer .................. Richard J. E. Junge NUEVA VIZCAYA LODGE NO. 144 Wor. Master .............. Senior Warden ........... Junior Warden ........... Jovito Tottoc Francisco Cabanag Delfin Manuel Paulino Corales P.M. Solano, Nueva Vizcaya Santiago Simbala 135 PAGADIAN LODGE NO. 153 JULIAN OCAMPO MEMORIAL LODGE NO. 146 Wor. Master ............... Senior Warden ........... Junior Warden ........... Secretary .................... Treasurer .................. RAFAEL PALMA LODGE NO. 147 Wor. Master ............... Senior Warden ........... Junior Warden ........... Secretary .................. Carlos Antonio Fernando M. Mangubat Mimerto Ventura Roman B. Ramos Sta. Cruz. Manila Benito M. Reyes NOLI ME TANGERE LODGE NO. 148 Wor. Master ............... Cesar Bello Aguilar Senior Warden ........... Cesar C. Rillona Junior Warden ........... Benito R. Mendoza Secretary .................. D»lfin C. Simbra. Jr. PM San Andres, Cor. Taft Ave., Malate Treasurer .................. Amadeo L. Bautista, P.M. DAVAO LODGE NO. 149 Wor. Master ............... Conrado 0. Aguila Senior Warden ........... Bayani B. Estanislao Junior Warden ........... Vlrgilio J. Durban Secretary .................. Tiburcio S. Cervantes Davao City Treasurer .................. Jose J. Carballo KING SOLOMON LODGE NO. 150 Wor. Master .............. Senior Warden ........... Junior Warden ........... Secretary .................. Mauro C. Salem Vicente Caguioa Cecilio Bonifacio Braulio M. Espino Makati, Rizal Teofisto Batungbacal RISING SUN LODGE NO. 151 Wor. Master . Senior Warden Junior Warden ........... Robert W. Seely James D. Cook James B. King Prul L. Loden US Army Med Comd, Japan, Apo 343, SF, California MANUEL ROXAS LODGE NO. 152 Wor. Master .............. Clemente G. Batan Senior Warden ........... Romeo T. Pasco Junior Warden ........... Eugenio R. Estrella Secretary .................. Felix Recio P.M. Paco, Manila Treasurer .................. Gregorio P. Domagas, PM Wor. Master .............. Senior Warden ........... Junior Warden ........... Secretary .................. Severo E. Bamci Sr. Jose G. Hofilena Lorenzo G. Asuelo Avelino P. Marcelino Pagadian, Zamboanga del Sur Epifanio 0. Madraro OROQUIETA LODGE NO. 154 Wor. Master .............. Gregorio 0. Calit Senior Warden ........... Rufino G. Seril Junior Warden ........... Joa>uin Kwan Secretary .................. Samuel A. Malayang Oroquieta. Mlsamis Occ. Treasurer .................... Salvador Robles MT. MUSUAN Wor. Master ............. Senior Warden ........... Secretary .................. MT. MATUTUM Wor. Master ............... Senior Warden ........... Junior Warden ........... Secretary .................... LODGE NO. 155 Zosimo Montemayor Victor F. Alcantara Carlos Fernandez Irineo B. Mendoza Musuan, Bukidnon George Garcia LODGE NO. 156 Zosimo Llavore Roberto Alabado Quintin Nelo Teofilo Apilado Trcurong, Cotabato MINDORO LODGE NO. 157 Wor. Master ............... Senior Warden ........... Junior Warden ........... Secretary .................... Treasurer .................. Benito Samonte Lorenzo N. Talatala Mariano Ramirez Honofre Restor San Jose. Occ. Mindoro Ireneo L. Condes I try to be as philosophical as the old lady from Vermont who said that the best thing about the future is that it only comes one day at a time. ■—Dean Acheson Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved, of all the gifts which we have wasted, of all that we might have done which we did not do. —Gian Carlo Menctti 136 THE CABLE TOW April, 1961 tytanct Mattei a Mettaye . . . in America, composed of what were then called the Provinces of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. It is significant that the Mother Grand Lodge of England gave its American daughter complete in dependence. Long before the cardinal principles were set forth in the Charter of our liberties and had become the acknowledged textbook of free dom, they were taught around the altars of our lodges. The official jewel of the Senior Warden is to us the familiar emblem of that equality mentioned in the American Declaration of Independence— “All men are created equal.” That all governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed is a fundamental principle of Masonry. We know that 52 of the 56 men who signed the American Dec laration of Independence were Masons. Also, it is a matter of record that all of Washington’s officers in the Revolutionary War above the rank of major were Masons with the exception of Benedict Arnold. In the army of the Revolution, the practice of Masonry was not omit ted. Authentic records of “ ashington Lodge” of which General Patterson was the Master, and which was constituted by the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts as a Traveling Lodge in the Revolutionary War army are extant. In that great struggle, it was not unusual for Washington and his copatriots to assemble in some secure tent, open a lodge and offer up their devotions to the Deity. One thing that is impressive to Masons in reading the history of the Revolutionary War is that during the dark days at Yalley Forge when Washington’s troops were suffering from lack of suf ficient clothing and starvation he did not fail to fix a certain time each day when he would kneel and offer up his supplications for divine guidance and victory. I do not wish to convey the impression that Masonry attempted to control legislation or shape government policies, but 1 do unhesi tatingly express the belief that the Masonic life and learning of many of the framers of the American Constitution and its early amend ments played a large part in giving vigor and beauty to that immor tal document, the Declaration of Independence. We have only to look at the map of the modern world to see that in all countries where democracy is the established form of gov ernment Masonry flourishes, and more significant yet is the fact that Masonry has been the pioneer in democracy. H. C. Wells once said: “The future holds for us either education or catastrophe.” The Supreme Council and the Grand Lodge of the Republic of the Philippines may not have had this particular quota tion in mind, however, they launched a joint program for the im provement of the Public School System of the Philippines in order to make it financially stable. If the legislative bill that our commit tee has prepared, prospers, it will show that the Masons of the Phil ippines have made a contribution to democracy and education in this country. GRAND LODGE COMMITTEES FOR 1960-61 COMMITTEE ON JURISPRUDENCE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE MWB Antonio Gonzalez .......... MWB Macario M. Ofilada ....... MWB Ccnon S. Cervantes ....... ( 6) Chairmar (12) Member (60) Member WB Francisco Santiago ........ WB Leandro F. Cruz ........... B Castor L Silvestro .......... ( 4) Chalrma (10) Member ( 7) Member COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTS WB Avelino Baltazar ...............(148) Chairmar WB Abundlo C. del Rosario .. (86) Member WB Benjamin T. Araniego ... (21) Member COMMITTEE ON GRIEVANCES MWB Cciion S. Cervantes ........ (66) Chalrma WB Enrique Rlmando . (88) Member WB Mateo D. Cipriano . ... (14) Member COMMITTEE ON CORRESPONDENCE MWB Michael Goldenberg ....... (80) Chairman WB Slnloroso Padilla .......... (4) Member WB Macario C. Navia .......... (88) Member COMMITTEE ON RETURNS VWB Manuel K. Torres ........ (12) Chalrma WB Alberto C. Donor ........ (5) Member WB Gregorio G. Nlduaza . .. (7I» Member COMMITTEE ON CREDENTIALS WB Marcelino P. Dysangeo ... (48) Chairman WB Hilario G. Esguerra ........ (148) Member WB Ramon Gonzales ............. (12) Member COMMITTEE ON CUSTODIAN OF TIIE WORK MWB Clinton F. Carlson .......... (8) Chairmar WB Pedro R. Francisco ........ (82) Member WB Mariano Gonzalez .......... (12) Member COMMITTEE ON NECROLOGY WB Patricio E. del Rosario . (12) Chalrma WB Pablo V. Ilagan ............. (122) Member WB Manuel M. Crudo .......... (4) Member COMMITTEE ON ACACIA ISLAND VWB Teofilo Goycna . . ........ (60) Chalrma WB Evaristo S. Qulla........... (50) Member WB Ramon Labo ....... (60) Member COMMITTEE ON CEBIETERY WB Primo I. Guzman ............ WB Florencio A.R. Uagati .. . WB Manuel T. Paz ............... (77) Chairmar (18) Member ( 4) Member COMMITTEE ON MASONIC TEMPLE MWB Howard R. Hick ............ (1) Chairman MWB Vicente Y. Orosa ............ (68) Member MWB Werner P. Schetellg ....... (25) Member MWB Macario M. Ofllada ......... (12) Member MWB Emilio P. Virata ........... (17) Member SERVICE COMMITTEE ON CIIARITY MWB Michael Goldenberg ........ (80) Chairman RtWBJuan 8. Alano ............... (46) Member VWB Hermozenes P. Oliveros .. (82) Member WB Kurt Bulau .................. (8) Member VWB Adecb Hamra .................. (80) Member COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION OF LODGES mwb werner r. scneieug ....... VWB Hermogenee P. Oliveros .. . WB Jose M.E. de Leon. Jr. ... (26) Chairmar (82) Member (67) Member COMMITTEE ON YOUTH COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC FUNCTIONS VWB Adecb J. Hamra ............. (80) Chalrma WB Daniel L. Kollpano .... (78) Member WD Godofredo P. Rlcnrfort . (88) Member WB Filemon Asuncion ........ (7) Member VWB Hermogenee P. Oliveros .. (82) Member COMMITTEE ON CABLE TOW MWB Sidney M. Austin .......... (05) Chalrma VWB Emilio M. Aslstores ... (7) Memhcr WB Nestorio Melocoton .......... (147) Member WB Macario C. Navia ......... (88) Member WD Slnforoso Padilla ........... (4) Member RECEPTION COMMITTEE VWB Jose Ma. Cajucom Sr........ (OS) Chalrma VWB Emilio M. Aeietores .. (7) Member WD Francisco Ollzon .. .. . (21) Member COMMITTEE ON MUSIC A LITERARY PROGRAMS WB Teofilo A. A be jo ........... (2D Chalrma WB Seectilo Rivera . (78) Member WB Filemon Asuncion........... (7) Member WB Daniel L. Kollpano ........ (70) Member WB Manuel M. Crudo ............ WB Nestorio Melocolon ........ 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None Total ...................................................... 10,500 (Sq<l.) NESTORIO B MELOCOTON Managing Editor SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me ibis 3rd day of May, 1961 at Manila, the affiant exhibiting his Residence Certificate No. A 5300593 issued at Quezon Citv, on February II, 1961. TAGORE CENTENNIAL NILAD CELEBRATES Filipinos are and grateful that the government of India celeb rated the centenary of Rizal’s birth in their country about the time wc celebrated it here. It is perhaps due Io the fact that our neighbors, the Hindus, feel a certain affinity with us, Filipinos. They are as Oriental as we are: we have some of their mys ticism. Our contracts with them have been over a period of centuries, for they have come to our country as traders and we have trailed with them. In a small measure, we in the Phil ippines celebrated the centennial of an Indian—Sir Rabindranath Tagore, one of India’s great men. Bro. Ta gore. he was a Mason too, was India's Nilad Lodge No. 12 celebrated Ri zal Day at Plaridel Temple on lune 18, M)(> 1 at 5:00 pm with a literary musical program to which they invit cd the public. It was an impressive program and those who attended wen touched in the heart by the ideas ex pressed in song and words. After the program, Nilad Lodge of jered refreshments to their familie. and friends at the Newton C. Com fort Hall of Plaridel Temple. It mi. in a way a family reunion for the members and their friends. great poet, writer and philosopher am his ideas permeated the life of th< people of India. RIZAL SAID: Be more like the ants, undiscouraged, almost impossible to destroy, for the more you hurt them, the more many others appear. It is cowardly and erroneous to think that blind obedience means piety and that to meditate and use one’s own judgment is haughtiness. Where there is pain, there must be joy. Without education and freedom, which are the soil and sun of man, no reform is possible, no measure can yield the desired result. Awaken and train the mind of the children for every noble and just resolve: love of honor, honesty and firmness of purpose, clear judgment, pure ideals, noble behavior, love of fellowmen, and respect for the Creator.