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Title: The Cabletow
Issue Date: Volume XLII (Issue No. 3) March 1966
Year: 1966
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extracted text: VOL. XLII No. 3 dabktnm Published monthly by the Cabletow, Inc. in the interest of tho Grand Lodge of the Philippines al 1440 San Marcol'no, Manila. Re-entered as second class mail matter at the Manila Post Office on June 16, 1962. Subscription Rate - P3.00 a yoar BOARD OF EDITORS, THE CABLETOW MW SERAFIN L. TEVES Editorial Consultant RW RAYMOND E. WILMARTH Editor WB NESTORIO B. MELOCOTON Managing Editor STAFF MEMBERS WB OSCAR L. FUNG WB JUAN C. NABONG, JR. WB ALFREDO ORTIZ VWB MACARIO C. NAVIA WB JOSE E. RACELA OFFICERS, THE CABLETOW, INC. RAYMOND E. WILMARTH Chairman MACARIO C. NAVIA Vice-Chairman JUAN C. NABONG, JR. Secretary ALFREDO ORTIZ Treasurer NESTORIO B. MELOCOTON Business Manager DIRECTORS: JOSE E. RACELA OSCAR L. FUNG GRAND MASTERS MESSAGE EDITORIAL 2 COUNSEL TO THE YOUNG 3 FIFTIETH ANNUAL GRAND LODGE COMMUNICATION THE LONE EAGLE . . . 5 THE BROTHERHOOD OF FREE MEN r, PGM Cr QUESTIONS & ANSWERS C< 10 GRAVEL AND SAND WB Os 20 A TRIBUTE TO THE PHILIPPINE FLAG WITH OUR YOUNG ONES 22 25 THIRTY-FOUR YEARS WITH PLARIDEL NBM 27 tyiattcL ’TKaate'ia "Mte&tiape : This month being the eleventh in my stewardship of the Grand Oriental Chair, I wish to tell the brethren about some of the things they have done or planned to do in the way of "making Masons manifest more Masonry". There has been a growing interest among brethren in a community to organize Square and Compass Clubs. These clubs are primarily for social purposes, meeting at least once a month to have lunch or dinner together where they have speakers on Masonic subjects. They have one in JUSMAG with a fair-sized membership. There is one in the Projects 6, 7, 8 and Pag-asa area and one in Project 4 in Quezon City. While their meetings are for fellowship, they may grow into organized lodges later. There used to be one Square and Compass Club in Saigon. Now they have two, with the one just organized in the Bien Hoa Air Base. Their organization was led mainly by brethren there, many of whom are mem bers of our Biak na Bato Lodge No. 7. I have signed dispensations for the organization of lodges in Project 4 and in Seoul, South Korea. We are glad of the one being organized in Seoul because this again stresses the fact that the Grand Lodge of the Philippines has been instrumental in spreading Masonry in the Far East. It will be recalled that lodges in China and Japan, before they organized their own Grand Lodges, were organized under the aegis of our Grand Lodge. It is our hope that from this one lodge in South Korea, many more will grow such that sometime in the future they will have their own Grand Lodge also. The physical improvements in Plaridel Masonic Temple, home of our Grand Lodge, are in their final stages at this time. The airconditioning system for Abad Santos Hall has been doubled in capacity to thirty tons. Brethren attending the Grand Lodge Communication from April 26-28, 1966 will be pleased that they will no longer be warmed, but cooled. The ceiling of the balcony has been architecturally improved. It is more dignifiedlooking now. The twelve store spaces fronting San Marcelino street are finished. Some stores are now operating. I wish to remind the brethren about our Grand Lodge Communication. We hope every lodge will be represented and that every delegate will share the responsibility of talking things over and planning things for the en suing Grand Lodge year. Please make your plans early and make this a good Communication. (Sgd.) SERAFIN L. TEVES Grand Master March 1966 SditetiaL ON NOT BEING LATE Back in our teaching days, we used to chide our students who came late by saying: "You are not late today; you just did not come on time." The response was as to be expected; they did not like to hear those silly words again, so they came on time. It is with trepidation that we would say these same words to the brethren who are entrusted with the duty of making those reports required by the Grand Lodge. Since late last year, we had thought of printing the names of newly-raised brethren, stating the dates of raising, lodges and locations, etc. This information can be found in the monthly reports, but since Jan uary this year, no more than three dozen reports have come into the hands of the Grand Secretary. Normally, 134 such reports should be in the Grand Lodge at the end of each month. Anyway, we are beginning with the list this month. We will see if we can continue with it. The list of officers of the lodges for the current year are by regulation due on January 15 of each year. Today, March 15, twenty-five lodges still have to be heard from. We might say some reports are not late; they are not here. Last month we promised we would put an insert in the March issue containing the names of lodges, districts, locations, officers, meeting days and addresses of secretaries. We have to postpone this until next month hoping that by then the twenty-five lodges will have been heard from. No, those lodges are not all overseas lodges; most are within the territorial limits of the Philippines, nine of them in Manila! Brethren of our blue lodges want to know as early as possible what actions were taken in the annual Grand Lodge communications. It is im portant that they know the new rules and regulations so that they can govern themselves accordingly. There is something admirable in this desire. We congratulate them for it. All right, there is nothing wrong with our belly. Not aching. We are merely saying that tardiness is not a virtue; but promptness is. Prompt ness is like perfume. One does not spray it on himself without the others not getting it. NBM The Cabletow You too can serve. . (fatntct to t&e, MWB PEDRO M. GIMENEZ, PGM In the seclusion of my retirement, I thought I could isolate myself from the outside world and enjoy the beauties of nature and inhale the cool and invigorating air that penetrates the ever green leaves. Men of my age, after having rendered more than 45 years of service to our country and people, may probably be excused from getting involved in the drud geries of life and allowed a life of se renity free from cares and worries. The problems facing our country today are so vast, so tremendous, if not grave, that I feel it is the duty of every Filipino citizen to lend a helping hand towards their solution. Indeed, the most dangerous of these problems is smuggling. It is gratify ing that no less than our President has taken immediate steps to curb it. I am in full accord with the attitude he has taken toward this particular problem because smuggling, not only of blue seal cigarettes but also of nar cotics, undermines the stability and the health of our nation. Collections of the treasury are on a downward trend mainly due to this nefarious scheme. Considering also the appa rent apathy of our people to pay their taxes on time, if they pay at all, the threat to the financial stability of our nation is by all means serious. This seeming conspiracy to shake the very foundation of our government through the commission of crimes and Mount ing of our laws should caution the citizenry to be alert and vigilant. No amount of laws can eradicate these crimes without the people themselves cooperating with our authorities. But the situation is not yet hope less. While a number of our people ignore the laws in their desire to accu mulate wealth through all means, fair or foul, there is still a great majority who are law-abiding, conscious of their duties to God and country. If only we consider honor as above everything, if we are still imbued with a sense of patriotism, these crimes committed by our countrymen against their own country would not happen. These acts are equivalent to subver sion which in other forms of govern ment is punishable by death. To the youth of our land, I appeal to you to observe the laws of our country. Love our Philippines not only in words but in good deeds. Help our President and other author ities to restore peace and order and thus strengthen the stability of our nation. In you, the youth of our land, who, no less than our patriot, Di*. Jose I’. Rizal, called “the hope of the Fatherland,” lies the future of our country. The Philippines is the only patrimony that God has given you to love, to cherish, to preserve and to die for if necessary. We of the older generation are fading away. We can only give you words of guidance; help our country to be great so that no people beyond our shores will ever aspire to dominate us nor attempt to obliterate the Filipino race. A March 1966 Fiftieth Annual Communication, Grand Lodge of the Philippines April 26-28, 1966 — Plaridel Masonic Temple AGENDA 1. Opening of the Grand Lodge by the Deputy Grand Master nnd other officers of the Grand Lodge. 2. Admission of Master Masons. 3. Reception of the Most Worshipful Grund Master. 4. Reception of Past Grand Masters. 5. Flag Ceremony. 6. Invocation. 7. Roll Call of Grand Lodge Officers, Past Grand Masters, and Past Grand Officers. 8. Report of the Committee on Credentials 9. Roll Call of lodges, report on quorum. 10. Recess for corporation meeting. 11. Messages. 12. Welcome address by the Most Worshipful Grand Master. 13. Roll Call and reception of Grand Representatives. 14. Presentation of the Grand Representatives to the Grand Master by the Grand Marshal. 15. Welcome address to the Grand Representatives by the Grand Master. 16. Response on behalf of the Grand Representatives. 17. Introduction of the Guest Speaker — by M. W. Antonio Gonzalez, PGM 18. Address — WB Donald Dale Boudeman, Most Puissant General Grand Master, General Grand Council, RSM International and Grand Inspector General, 33°, AASR, Northern Jurisdiction. 19. Reading and approval of the minutes of the Forty-Ninth Annual Com munication, unless dispensed with. 20. Report of the Most Worshipful Grand Master and reference thereof. 21. Report of the Grand Treasurer and reference thereof. 22. Report of the Grand Secretary and reference thereof. 23. Report of the Grand Lecturer and reference thereof. 24. Appointment of Regular Committees on Charter, By-Laws, and Special Com mittees on Grand Lodge Officers’ reports. 25. Grand Oration. 26. Presentation of petitions, motions and resolutions; reference or other disposi tion of the same. 27. Reports of Regular, Standing, and Special Committees; action; thereon. 28. Report of the President of the Masonic Hospital for Crippled Children, Inc. 29. Report of the Chairman, Building Committee. 30. Report of the President, Acacia Mutual Aid Society, Inc. 31. Report of the Chairman on School Books. 32. Report of the Chairman, Filipinas Savings and Loan Assn. 33. Report of the Chairman, Cabletow, Inc. 34. Presentation of Accounts and Budget of the Grand Lodge. 35. Miscellaneous business, if any. 36. Appointment of election tellers and clerks. 37. Election of Grand Lodge Officers, and members of the Board of General Purposes. 38. Announcement of Appointed Officers of the Grand Lodge. 39. Resumption of the Grand Lodge business. 40. Recess for Corporation Meeting. 41. Installation of the Grand Lodge Officers. The Cabletow Fascinating and inspirational. . . By GEORGE BURCH, JR. Almost impossible to capture now is that kind of magic which Lind bergh and his legend exerted upon those of us who remember him in the greatest years of his heroism and triumph in the late 1920's. Numerous newspapers and maga zines, as well as books, including “The Spirit of St. Louis,” which he authored, have been written about Lindbergh, the man, whom few men intimately knew and fewer under stood. In his book, "The Spirit of St. Louis,” he describes the planning and execution of the first non-stop airplane flight between the continents of America and Europe. It was four teen years in the writing. The phenomenon, known as '‘hero," bearing his name, which had loomed immensely over the Amer ican scene for thirteen years, had ceased to exist bv the end of 1941. He, of course, continued to be adadmired by many and worshipped by a small minority of Americans, yet the man survived his heroism, con tinued intensely alive, and active, even today. Lindbergh, partly as a result of his own acts and character, partly as the result of forces beyond his control, was worshipped, mobbed, photo graphed, vilified, as perhaps no other private citizen in the 20th Cen tury, and perhaps in all American history. By flying solo from New York to Paris in the “Spirit of St. Louis,” in CHARLES A. LINDBERGH May, 1927, he was transferred from an everyday life of an average Amer ican into a national legendary figure. His exploits converted aviation from airplane spectacles put on by stunt daredevil flyers in country fairs into the. most advanced and modern source of transportation of the 20th Century, both for passengers and freight. Men even today have dif ficulty in giving it proper place in the dynamic development of peoples and nations, and it remains for future history to read the effects of airplanes on civilization. LINDBERGH’S YOUTH In 1901, his father, Charles A. Lindbergh, following the untimely death of his wife, Mary, whom he Turn to page " March 1966 Boudeman to Speak WB Donald Dale Boudeman, Gen eral Grand Master, General Grand Council, Royal and Select Masters International and Sovereign Grand Inspector General, 33°, Northern Jurisdiction, U.S.A., will be the guest speaker at the Fiftieth Annual Grand Lodge Communication, April 26-28, 1966, at Plaridel Masonic Temple. This was announced by MWB Teves, Grand Master and RWB Wilmarth, Deputy Grand Master, who was reponsible for in viting WB Boudeman. WB Boudeman is a member and Past Master of Anchor Lodge of Strict Observance No. 87 in Kalama zoo, Michigan and is active in both the York and Scottish Rites, having attained the pinnacle degrees in both orders and serving in many offices therein. He is an active member of the Supreme Council of the Interna tional Order of DeMolay and holds the DeMolay Legion of Honor. He is a Shriner and is Past President of the Kalamazoo Shrine Club. He is also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star, the Royal Order of Jesters and the White Shrine of Jerusalem. In addition to his activities in the Masonic order, he is active in civic organizations of his city, having served as President of the Kalamazoo Exchange Club, the Elks Club and other organizations. Owner of a chain of drugstores, he has been ac tive in professional organizations of his city and state. With his wife, Bernice, son, John and daughter Diana, he holds membership in the First Methodist Church of Kalama zoo. NBM Supreme Guardian Visits Bethels Mrs. Mary Etta Wright, Supreme Guardian of the International Order of Job’s Daughters, will be in the Philippines from March 28 to April 11, 1966 to visit bethels of the Order during her stay here. She will be with Bethel No. 1 in Olongapo, Zambales from March 28 to April 2, with Bethel No. 3 in Dumaguete City from April 3 to April 6, and with Bethel No. 2 in Manila from April 7 to 11, spending the Holy Week in the city. In the evening of April 11, she flies to Australia to visit the Grand Bethel there. Her trip outside the continental United States has taken her thus far to Hawaii and Guam be fore her Philippine visit. After a week or so in Australia, she will fly back to the United States and en route will touch Manila, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Alaska. In Alaska, she will visit the three bethels of the Or der there. While in the Philippines Mrs. Wright will be the object of enthu siastic welcome by the daughters, guardians and parents in the different sections of the country where Jobie bethels are located. Trips of Su preme Guardians are made yearly to all bethels under Supreme jurisdic tion. The Order of Job's Daughters takes in girls from twelve to twenty years who are related to Masons. They arc taught love of God, parents and country and engage in charity and social work for the needy. The Order has bethels in the United States, Canada, Guam, the Philip pines and Australia. NBM The Cabletow Ute* WB ALBERTO DE LA CRUZ, WM Magat Lodge No. 65 Distinguished Guest of Honor, Officers of the Grand Lodge, Digni taries of the East, Fellow Masons, Ladies and Gentlemen: We are again here assembled to night to observe with profound sol emnity the traditional investiture of Masonic mantle upon those who shall in the year to pass, shoulder the task of spreading the tenets of the Ancient Craft of Freemasonry so that those heretofore, have labored in the dark as to its true message and purpose shall no longer walk in the dim path of ignorance. The Ancient Craft or Freemasonry has, thru centuries of its noble exist ence, been the subject of so much rid icule, criticism, constructive or other wise, some meant to debase and de grade the Craft while others sought to destroy the institution itself. In deed, there are countless people in cluding Petitioners to the fold who have no conception of what Freema sonry is or seeks to do and who use it only as a springboard from which to gain a prestige symbol. There are those who claim that ours is too secretive a society which no one can just penetrate to under stand the inner workings of the or ganization and thereby lead to charges of heresy, anti-religion, an association comprised of Godless heathens whose every guiding princi ple contradicts religious dogma and teachings. All these imputations are obviously a case of misinformation, a lack of proper understanding of the workings of Freemasonry. It is a policy borne out of necessity that the right to carry the Masonic symbol, the right to be a Freemason is a mere privilege granted only to those deserving and worthy of the Craft. It is not a natural right which all men can demand. To belong to the fold is a great privilege because to be accepted to the Fraternity is evi dence that the Petitioner is possessed with spiritual and moral traits of the highest order. Only those worthy, those whose breeding and character can best exemplify Freemasonry are extended the privilege of wearing the Masonic emblem. And it is because not all can enter the portals of Ma sonic Lodge, not all men can have the privilege of joining this frater nity that we are thus charged of being some sort of a secret society whose principles must necessarily contra vene the accepted norms of social or der. It behooves therefore upon us Freemasons not to remain complacent and indifferent to the accusations and hencefort strive to enlighten the pub lic of the real philosophy of Freemasonry. It is a pity that so many of those who do not belong to the fold have found fault with an organization whose fundamental principle is the promotion of fraternal brotherhood of men — the Fellowship — that sweet and precious jewel which we ought to share with our fellowmen so that, in the words of a great Grand Mas ter, we can stand together in times Turn to next page March 1966 of adversity, rejoice in prosperity, do things together — But Always To gether. And we can achieve this grand design of Freemasonry if we can erect a moral edifice within the heart of man because as aptly stated, the entire philosophy of Freemasonry is built around the individual. Indeed, the Ancient Craft of Freemasonry will always withstand any tempest of time because if we can make an in dividual wiser, better and consesequently happier, there will be no more room nor reason for a man to lose that feeling of fraternal brother hood towards his fcllowmen. Even the nations of the world with clashing ideologies, creed, and culture have seen fit to band together into one gigantic structure like the United Nations in order to give validity to man’s aspiration for human dignity. Today, racial conflicts between peo ple of divergent races and colors and wars between nations of contrasting ideologies are daily' bread to our "news thirsty minds. These wars on race and ideology arise because of man’s incessant desire to be treated with human dignity by his fellowmen — that he is co-equal with any man alive and that he is entitled to the same degree of respect and consider ation irrespective of whether his skin is white, yellow, brown or black. These conflicts will easily come to pass if all men shall treat each other as Brothers, if all the people on earth shall render due respect to the dignity of his fellowmen. And if we shall al ways be guided by a sense of fellow ship towards others, if we shall pro mote, at all times, fraternal unity among brothers, if we shall always be in constant awareness of God’s com mandment to “Love Thy Neighbor as Thyself”, perhaps this world will never find itself in constant turmoil and wars shall be a thing of the past. It is in the light of present day events where we find the greatest need for all people to understand Freemasonry. Because if men shall abide, as we do, by the principles and teachings of Freemasonry these racial and ideological conflicts will not find any root from which to grow. It is one of the doctrines of Ma sonry that before one can be a Ma son one has to pass the standards by which a Petitioner ought to measure himself not only in terms of the mo ral and the material but principally in terms of the spiritual. And so it is said that to “be a Freemason you have to inquire into your own heart and conduct and keep careful watch over yourself that you go not astray. If you harbor ill-will and jealousy, if you are hospitable to intolerance and bigotry and churlish to gentle ness and kind affections, opening wide your heart to one and closing its por tals to the other, it is time for you to set in order your own temple, or else you wear in vain the name and in signia of a Mason, while yet unin vested with the Masonic nature.” Indeed, Freemasonry acquires greater significance because it accom plishes charitable acts or deeds without anv fanfare or the blare of trum pets. This absence of any ostenta tious display of acts of charity spells the difference between Masonic char ity from the rest of the civic organi zations of the world. It is not a meaningless or tasteless gesture for it springs from the very ultimate of our human existence — The Heart of Man. And so we can claim that ours has greater wisdom and signi ficance because it is extended borne out of Love for our fellowmen. I am happy therefore, that my humble self has been extended the rare privilege of steering our Masonic Lodge. And I shall assume the dis charge of my office not with an eye to fame or any prestige symbol but The Cabletow I shall take it as a challenge ever conscious of the fact that I am here to serve and not to be served by my fellowmen. This office surely can lend me what the world calls Fame, but for myself I seek not the fame because to paraphrase a writer, I shall always look upon fame as some thing to be used in accomplishing good. But it is not only the performance of charitable deeds or acts of mercy that we ought to concern ourselves within the limits of our Masonic Lodge. We shall likewise try to pre serve and see to it that Freemasonry is ever a Pearl of Great Price, “worth a great deal of effort, a great deal of sacrifice, a great deal of waiting,” in the words of the Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Indiana. The The fellowship of Freemasonry can not be achieved if we shall take lightly that fraternal unity among brothers. “There can be no genuine brother hood without mutual regard, good opinion and esteem, mutual charity, and mutual allowance for faults and failings.” It is those only who learn habitually to think better of each other, to look habitually for the good that is in each other and expect, al low for, and overlook, the evil, who can be Brethren one of the ether, in any true sense of the word. Those who gloat over the failings of one another, who think each other to be naturally base and low, of a nature in which the evil predominates and ex cellence is not to be looked for, can not even be friends, and much less Brethren. And to you my brethren let me give this pledge that in plating this hood of office upon my shoulders I shall always place my heart and mind to the tenets of Freemasonry ever mindful of what is written — “For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.’’ A A A A LIST OF NEW BRETHREN FOR JANUARY 1966 Name Lodge Address Date Raised 1. Robert Samuel Adams 2. Jerry Lynn Larsen 3. Amos Ray Fields 4. George H. Jones 5. Daniel B. Sta. Ana G. Harvey Horita 7. Willard Shockley 8. Robert Peig 9. Manuel Severo 10. Roberto C. Alarcon 11. Dante Z. Evangelista 12. Horace Theodore Cole 13. Florentino C. Concepcion 14. Martin G. Espina Loo Choo Lodge No. 172; Koza, Okinawa Loo Choo Lodge No. 172; Koza, Okinawa Pilar Lodge No. 15; Imus, Cavite Pilar Lodge No. 15; Imus, Cavite C. Norte Lodge No. 107; Daet, C. Norte L. Wood Lodge No. 105; Clark Air Base L. Wood Lodge No. 105; Clark Air Base Abra Lodge No. 86; Bangued, Abra Abra Lodge No. 86; Bangued, Abra Pintong Bato Lodge No. 51; Bacoor, Cavite 1/22/66 Pintong Bato Lodge No. 51; Bacoor, Cavite 1/22/66 Kanto Lodge No. 143; Tokyo, Japan Kasilawan Lodge No. 77; Manila Kasilawan Lodge No. 77; Manila 1/6/66 1/6/66 1/8/66 1/8/66 1/8/66 1/14/66 1/14/66 1/15/66 1/15/66 1/26/66 1/29/66 1/29/66 March 1966 ZuetU*** . WB AURELIO L. CORCUERA (4) PM 126. Mackey (An Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, 1919, vol. 1, p. 306) defines a Grand Lodge as the “dogmatic and administrative authority of Ancient Craft Masonry, or the three symbolic degrees.” What justification is there for des cribing it as democratic? In the early part of the 18th century when the first Grand Lodges were organized, a Grand Lodge as a matter of expediency had to have power and authority over all the Craft within its jurisdiction, exercising legislative, execu tive, and judicial functions. Its ordinances and edicts, until repealed, are to be obeyed by the Lodges under its jurisdiction and their members. Its judicial decrees are final. It is thus autocratic and despotic. But since the Lodges composing it are represented by their Masters and Wardens, and, in some cases, by their Past Masters also in its communications and since all propo sitions presented have to be approved by the votes of a majority of those present, a quorum being present, it is democratic — a representative democracy. 127. In the Philippines who are the members of the Grand Lodge? According to Par. 3 (Chapter I, Article II, Section 1 of the Constitu tion, revised in 1962) the members of the Grand Lodge are: the Grand Lodge Officers; the Past (elective) Grand Officers; the Masters and Wardens, and the Past Masters of the Lodges under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge. 128. What is meant by the term “exclusive jurisdiction”? A Grand Lodge has exclusive jurisdiction over the territory in which it is established because no other Grand Lodge can charter a Lodge within its jurisdiction without its expressed permission. A Lodge has exclusive juris diction in the place mentioned in its charter, and residents within the limits of its jurisdiction can not petition for the degrees of Masonry in any other Lodge without first obtaining a waiver of jurisdiction from it. 129. Who requests the waiver: the petitioner or the Lodge to which he desires to apply? According to Par. 159 of the Constitution (rev. 1962) the Lodge to which tho applicant desires to present his petition, upon his written request, should ask for the waiver of jurisdiction from the Lodge which has (exclusive) juris diction over the prospective candidate. 130. Is the granting of a waiver of jurisdiction mandatory on the Lodge from which it is requested? No, it is entirely discretionary. The requesting Lodge can not act on the petition unless the waiver is granted. 10 The Cabletow THE LONE EAGLE . . . From page 5 had married in 1887, and to whom were born two daughters, Eva and Lillian, was married to Evangeline Lodge Land, who like her husband, graduated from the University of Michigan, he in law and she from the school of education. His father was a successful attorney, who became a man of extensive affairs, building and selling houses, acquiring farms, a District Attorney, and finally, a member of Congress from Minneso ta’s Sixth District. Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., was born in Minnesota, February 4, 1902, and during his early years lived on a ranch located on one hundred and ten acres of primeval pines and hardwoods, stretching along the Mis sissippi. His father and mother evidently were too much alike to make a suc cessful marriage and while they were separated, they never were divorced. Lindbergh continued to live with his mother, but he spent a great deal of time with his father. His early environment made an impression, as a half century later Lindbergh wrote of his early youth as having been spent in an idyllic landscape of field and wood, river and lake. Lindbergh’s father was a great be liever in self-reliance, a truly rugged individual and these characteristics were impressed upon Lindbergh at an early age, who being an only son whose two half sisters were much too old for him to play with, played alone much of the time, and he found solitude in hunting and fishing. He even built a flat bottom boat on which, with his dog as his only com panion, he frequently made trips along the muddy banks of the Mississippi river, which was lined with oaks, elms and rustling cottonwoods. In his early youth, he recalled see ing two airplanes which were oblong boxes and were without solid side walls and whose tops and bottoms were held together by a forest of struts, a network of wires. He had a boyhood dream to fly, even though it was a dangerous pastime, but as flying was very expensive, he put aside his yearning to fly, although to his mother’s consternation he prac ticed jumping from tree limbs, and on one occasion dropped the family cat from a second floor so he could check whether or not it would land on four feet (it did). EDUCATION The Section in 1906 of his father to the United States Congress, fol lowed by four subsequent re-elections, was but the first of many drastic changes in Lindbergh’s life. During those years, while he was growing into adolescence, Lindbergh was so moved about the country, di viding his time between Little Falls, Minnesota, Washington, Detroit, with extended trips to the West Coast and elsewhere about the coun try, that he never completed a full term in any one school. His mother tried to fill the gaps with private tutoring, but deficiencies in his for mal education became inevitable. Notwithstanding his lack of book learning, his experiences became more edpeative than that to which most youths were then exposed to. The lessons taught him by his fa ther, encouraged Lindbergh never to show fear, and to make his way in the world with a minimum of de pendence upon other people. With the passing of years and the accu mulation of hurts, he became in creasingly reticent. Lindbergh, when he was five years old. stood bv his father’s side while the latter was sworn in as a CongressTum to next pege March 1966 11 LINDBERGH MASONIC RECORD On April 7, 1926, Keystone Lodge, No. 243, St. Louis, Missouri, of tho Mesonic Grand Jurisdiction of Missouri, received a petition for the degrees from a tall, slender, diffident youth. Brother Lindbergh first saw the light of Freemasonry on June 6, 1926. He was made a Fellowcraft in October and a Master Mason on December 15, the same year. During his progress through the degrees he displayed keen interest in the degree work and in the lectures. All degree work was done and lectures delivered with one exception by mem bers of the Lodge. The Entered apprentice and Master Mason "curtain lectures" (corresponds with our Master's lectures) was delivered by James M. Bradford, Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Missouri. Shortly after receiving the degrees came his famous flight ending at Paris, France, an event which will ever remain first in the minds of his Masonic brethren, es pecially in the minds of the members of Keystone Lodge, No. 243. In recognition of his achievement and tho honor which he had brought to him self, his country, the Masonic Fraternity and to Keystone Lodge, he was made a life member by tho lodge. In so doing. Keystone Lodge conferred upon him an honor which no other Masomc Body could give him. In 1928 he made his trip to South America where he was accorded every Masonic recognition: Lodge Libcrtad 20 Sanio Domingo, RD, invested him with the honor of Honorary Member of their Lodge. He is a member of St. Louis Chapter No. 33 Na tional Sojourners. On his history-making flight from New York to Paris he wore the square and com pass on his jacket. Years later when a movie was made telling the story of the flight the producers in their inimitable way turned this into a St. Christopher medal. man on the House of Chamber; fre quently was with his father on the House floor; and he listened to his father’s speeches in Congress, though for the most part, uncomprehendingly. When World War No. I broke out, his father through speeches and writing, charged that “Money inter ests’’ were issuing “propaganda” for the purpose of involving this Coun try on the side of the allies. His father during his last term in Congress in 1915 introduced legisla tion, which dismayed his political friends and delighted his enemies, calling for an investigation of charges brought by the Free Press Defense League, to the effect that the Roman Catholic Church opposed, and through its various organizations, sought to subvert the American Sys tem of public schools, freedom of the press, freedom of speech and as sembly, freedom of thought in mat ters of conscience, and the principle of separation of Church and State. Needless to say, this legislation was killed in committee. Following his retirement from Congress, Lindbergh’s father contin ued his attack on those whom he charged brought about the participa tion of our nation in World War I. Although his views were not rejected in Minnesota, whose farmers were generally distrustful of big business and which has a large GermanAmerican population, flsewherc throughout the country he brought considerable criticism upon himself. By the time Lindbergh entered his teens, machinery had become central to the boy’s life, particularly internal combustion engines. He graduated from high school in Little Falls. 12 The Cabletow Minnesota, and his classmates, al though few knew him intimately, will always remember him by his motorcycle, which he operated with what seemed to them an appalling recklessness. Following his graduation from high school, he farmed for two years, but because of depressed markets for farm products, following the close of the war, and the lack of thrill of ad venture in everyday farming, he concluded that the farm outlook was dreary if not hopeless and that he had had enough farming. In any event, he had never intended to de vote his life to agriculture. He began to consider, vaguely at first, the possibility that he might be come an aviator, remembering as he did, the air heroes who became “Aces” by downing five or more planes. Since the war’s end he had followed with avid interest the ac counts of record-breaking long dis tance flights. In May of 1919, an American Naval seaplane had flown from Newfoundland to the Azores with a crew of five men. A month later, an English pilot and an Amer ican navigator had flown from New foundland to Ireland, where they landed in a peat bog, winning the 10,000 pound prize for the first non stop Atlantic crossing. In the fall of 1920, he enrolled in the University of Wisconsin, because he wanted to takg mechanical en gineering. By this time this young man had reached the height of 6 feet, 3 inches. From his first day in col lege he kept pretty much to himself, and formed few friendships. His restlessness was reflected in his inat tention to class study and as a re sult, his grades suffered, and at the end of March, 1922, he left college, never again to attend a college class. He then entered upon a world as distinct in some ways, from his boy hood as Minnesota had been from Sweden for his grandfather, that of aviation, and with it he acquired his first nickname, “Slim.” He became an enrolled student in an aircraft school, which did not last very long, largely due to lack of interest in the future of aviation. Lindbergh next bacame a mechanic and a helper on a friend’s barnstorming, airplane ex pedition, and he even offered to pay his own expenses, so great was his interest in aviation. The average pi lot’s life expectancy in the air, by this time, was nine hundred hours, or about six weeks — it grew longer every year thereafter, until it com pared favorably with relatively safe occupations. Lindbergh next took up parachute jumping, and this experience gave him a confidence which stood him in good stead when he subsequently flew solo across the Atlantic. On his twenty-first birthday, his father continued to oppose his flying as being too dangerous, but when he realized his son’s mind was made up, he signed his note so he could pur chase a surplus army training plane, better known as “Jenneys,” and which were being auctioned off for as little as $50.00. He came close to injury, or death, on his first attempt to fly and land this machine, as he never had previously soloed, as in those days no license was required of a pilot. During the months that followed, he became a proficient flyer, becom ing acutely aware, as all his fellow flyers were, of the difference in out look between aviators and earthbound people, as aviators living more rapidly, devoting their energies to the present instant, and ignoring the past and future within which most people planned their activities. Turn to next page March 1966 13 Lindbergh, solitary and unknown, moved from place to place by sud den impulses and sheer restlessness, barnstorming through the middle west and the south, barely making expenses some weeks, but showing on the whole a modest profit. Lindbergh realized that commer cial aviation was still several years off and that any flyer who wished to grow up with it would do well, in the meantime, to gain the prestige and technical proficiency resulting from army training. March 15, 1924, he was inducted at Brook’s Field, San Antonio, Texas, as an Air Serv ice Cadet, and for the first time he flew the most modern planes. His father died in 1924. At his request, his son took his ashes aloft in an airplane, and circling the woods and meadows, spread them upon the wind. Of the original class who became air corps cadets with Lindbergh, only eighteen remained to receive their wings in March of 1925. Lind bergh was graduated number One among them. The following- week most of the graduates resigned from active service in order to retain their freedom as members of the Air Corps Reserve Corps, and Lindbergh with no definite plans for his future in mind, boarded a train for St. Louis. The army had enlarged his circle of casually friendly acquaintances and had given him, evidently for the first time in his life, a sense of belonging, or being a member. THE AIR MAIL PILOT In 1925 the Congress passed legis lation transferring the air mail serv ice, which the Post Office Depart ment had inaugurated in 1918, using army planes and personnel, to pri vate industry. Certainly the hazard of flying the mail was great enough to challenge him. He was hired by the Robertson corporation as its Chief mail pilot, on the run between Chicago and St. Louis. The worse the weather, the better he seemed to like it. Current news did not interest Lindbergh. There was, however, one strand of news lacing through the whole of the age in which his in terest became great, indeed. It was the continuing story of the Orteig Prize and of the men competing for it. He read it with increasing fas cination as it unfolded from the spring through the summer into the fall of 1926, until in November, he himself became a part of it, though at first obscurely. The story had begun some ten years before, in the mind of a Frenchman named Raymond Orteig, who operated hotels in New York. He resolved, following the conclu sion of World War I, to encourage flights between United States and France, and in such a way to bind his native land more closely to the United States. He agreed to award $25,000.00 “to the first aviator who shall cross the Atlantic in a land or water aircraft (heavier than air) from Paris or the shores of France to New York, or from New York to Paris or the shores of France, with out stop.” He stipulated that the flight be made within five years after the offer was announced. But when the five years were up, the prize re mained unwon and in fact there had not even been an attempt to win it, such a flight in the early 1920’s seemed utterly impossible, and fail ure would most certainly result in death. By 1926, Orteig renewed his prize offer for another five years (he had by this time returned to Paris to live). Airplane motors and design had sufficiently improved to make a non-stop flight of 3600 miles seem 14 The Cabletow possible but without any margin for error. The possibility of a transatlantic flight had become an obsession with Lindbergh, and he concluded that since the limiting factor on long dis tance flying was the load of gasoline a plane could lift, any plane which set out to break the distance record must be stripped of every ounce of excess weight, including the cutting of the crew to one. There seemed to him many reasons why St. Louis businessmen who knew him and respected his profes sional competence, would finance his proposed flight, New York to Paris, and after considerable negotiations his proposed flight was underwritten. He selected the Ryan Aircraft Co. of San Diego to manufacture his plane, which was to be equipped with a Wright Engine, and late in Feb ruary, 1927, this company, under the strict supervision of Lindbergh, built the Spirit of St. Louis. He directed ever}' detail, even the most minute, of the plane’s construction and he did not leave San Diego until he was ab solutely sure that the smallest part, the weakest link in the mechanism of his ship, was strong enough to with stand strain before which other planes had succumbed. He trained for his flight as boxers train for a ring battle, but his trainwas to defeat the “sandman,” for he was to fly solo, and as a result of this training, he was able to remain awake and at work for as many as 40 hours, with no time out or sleep or relaxation. Lindbergh was not the only poten tial entry for the race from New York to Paris, or from Paris to New York, as several well-known pilots filed formal entries for the Orteig prize, Lindbergh being the second to file a formal entry. One plane actual ly left Paris for New York, but the plane after passing Ireland was never seen again. In less than nine months, the Paris-New York project had claimed the lives of six men, as well as injury to three others. By midday of May 10, 1927, the Spirit of St. Louis, with Lindbergh at the controls, lifted at the airfield at San Diego. The non-stop flight to St. Louis had begun, and on May 11, 1927, the Spirit of St. Louis landed at Lambert Field, St. Louis. He had flown 1,550 miles in fourteen hours and twenty-five minutes; this was farther than any solo pilot had ever flown non-stop before. The next day he took off for New York and as he landed in Roosevelt field he learned that the number of transatlantic planes poised on Long island was increased from one to three. THE FLIGHT Early morning, on May 20, 1927, the Spirit of St. Louis, in a blinding rain storm, with mud soaked run ways, raised gently forward toward the point of no return, Paris. Abruptly, across America, the peo ple focused their minds on a single lonely youth of twenty-five years, who carrying the hopes and prayers of his fellow countrymen, with only a sandwich in his pocket to sustain him. Rain, sleet, snow and ice added to the- complexities of his flight prob lems and in the twenty-eight hours of his flight, he for the first time saw land, Ireland. He had accomplished a masterpiece of navigation, one worthy of the genius of dead reckon ing, Christopher Columbus. He was now only 600 miles from Paris. PARIS France, which had not forgotten its emotion of joy, when, in 1917, it saw the first American regiments on Tum to next peg* March 1966 15 the streets, was so taken by the au dacity of Lindbergh’s solitary at tempt, that as a nation they yearned for the triumph of this “lone boy” as Americans did. Many articles have been written about his triumph and reception in Paris on his arrival, sub sequently followed by his tour of the Western capitals of Europe. Many flamboyant congratulations were re leased by various heads of govern ments throughcLit the world, but per haps the nearest approach to the flight’s essential meaning, as felt rather than thought by the millions, was made by Dr. Bowie of Grace Episcopal Church in a sermon enti tled “The Lure of the Impossible.” He said in speaking of Nungesser, Coli, they lost their lives in attempt ing the flight which Lindbergh made, saying: “The chances are over whelming aainst success. In these men we see manifested that in domitable heroism which whether ... in victory or defeat, has made possible the progress of the human race toward the mastery of the world.” The President of the United States placed the flagship of the Commander of the European fleet at Lindbergh’s disposal for the homeward voyage. The Spirit of St. Louis, dismantled, was returned to the United States and was subsequently presented to the Smithsonian Institution Washing ton, D.C. As the Memphis, all flags flying, steamed slowly up the Potomac, past Alexandria, pandemonium broke loose. Church bells, fire sirens, au tomobile horns, factory whistles joined in such ear-splitting din as had not been heard in Washington since November 11, 1918; while overheard, circled scores of military planes; on the water were dozens of small boats, then came the roar of mighty cannons. When the Memphis docked, a very touching scene took place, the Admiral of the ship descended to the gangplank first, and when he went back up the plank, as he promptly did, thousands cheered and hun dreds wept; he had upon his arm the hero’s mother. His government, headed by the President of the United States, Cal vin Coolidge, paid homage to its dis tinguished citizen, who by this time had been elevated to the rank of Col onel in the Officers Reserve Corps. The reception given him in Wash ington was probably greater than any given a private citizen in all history until then. But it was promptly ex ceeded by that given him in New York. His tour of the United States only added to his stature — such was his modesty and selfless idealism. On his good will trip to Mexico, his host in Mexico was the American Ambassador, Dwight Morrow and whose daughter, Anne, later became his wife. His triumphal tour of Mexico was such as the Mexicans had not accorded another man. Lindbergh was not happy at being a public figure, as except for what he had accomplished, he preferred to be treatod as a private individual citizen, which developed into an estrange ment between him and the working press. While it was unfortunate that this breach developed, it came as no great surprise to those who knew Lindbegrh best, as he was a very humble man. At any rate, there was abundant evidence by the late spring of 1929, that the Lindbergh legend, whether or not the press ap proved or disapproved, had a strong life of its own, overcoming every ef fort to destroy it. 16 The Cabletow THE LONE EAGLE AND ANNE Anne Lindbergh in many ways re inforced Lindbergh’s qualities; her basic shyness was akin to his own; she shared his desire for privacy and need for solitude, while in other ways, she was his complement, as she cared more than he for the opinion of other people. Came June 22, 1930, Anne’s twenty-fourth birthday, in the home of her parents, she gave birth to a son, Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr. By February of 1932 the Lind bergh’s had moved into their new secluded home; for the first time since their marriage they had estab lished their own home. On the evening of March 1, 1932, the Lindberghs looked in on their sick son Charles, only to find that he was not in his crib and they quickly realized that their baby was stolen. Many of us are familiar with the nation-wide search for the kidnap pers of Baby Charles, the nation wide grief and sympathy for the suffering of the Lindberghs, discov ery of the murdered baby and the subsequent capture in the fall of 1934 and the conviction and execution of Bruno Richard Hauptmann. The de tails of the kidnapping are indelibly written in history, and it would add nothing to this articles were we to go into any of its details. So great was the grief of the Lind berghs on the finding of the body of their murdered child, that they moved from their New Jersey home, never to return again. Later a second son, Jon Morrow, was lx>rn to the Lindbergh’s followed bv another son and a daughter. Lindbergh then became interested, with others, in the development of a mechanical heart, and he spent a de cade in this endeavor. A medical break-through in medical science was scored, with the successful develop ment of a mechanical heart, open ing up unlimited medical future de velopments. EUROPEAN YEARS Following the completion of the Hauptmann murder trial — and his work on the mechanical heart, the Lindberghs moved to a quiet village in England, where they could live completely private lives. While in Europe a third son was born to them, whom they named Land Mor row. While thus living in Europe they saw the unfolding of future history: Mussolini, the renegade socialist, had come to power in Rome; Lenin had seized power in St. Petersburg, fol lowed by Stalin representing blind reaction in its purest form; Hitler and Nazi Germany, with Sadism, the principal arm of the Third Reich, nourished by a ruthless egotism, which had longer been evident in German philosophy than in that of any other land. All through this pe riod, Soviet Russia struggled with increasing disposition to shape with Britain and France a strategy of col lective security, whereby the deci sions of the League of Nations could be implemented with effective sanc tions, economic and political. A de cisive importance had become at tached in London and Paris to esti mates of the relative strengths of the Axis Powers, the Democracies and the Soviet Union. This, then, is the historic context in which we must judge the general idea Lindbergh was shaping, and these are the circumstances in which we must view the political role Lind bergh chose to play in the lurid tragic scenes which impended. Turn to next P*8® March 1966 17 In the summer of 1936, Lindbergh spent several weeks in Nazi Germany hobnobbing with Nazi bigwigs; cer tainly, this did not increase his pop ularity, but neither was it notably decreased. Whatever “bad” public ity he received from his Nazi asso ciation was immediately offset by the favorable publicity accorded to him in Copenhagen. Certain it is that Lindbergh was impressed to the point of awe by the air power which he witnessed in Germany. He reported his observa tions to Prime Minister Baldwin of England, who was entirely indiffer ent. However, other officials, parti cularly those of America’s State and War Departments, continued to evince great interest in what Lind bergh had to say. Contrary to what certain politicians had to say con cerning Lindbergh's sympathies, he was entirely sympathetic to the Brit ish. but he felt that our only sound policy was to avoid war now -at al most any cost, due to the lack of military preparedness, as over the years following World War No. 1, the democracies had devoted their ef forts to peace and had cut back their military expenditures, particularly when it concerned the Air Corps. WORLD WAR II As the result of Lindbergh’s re port to Washington, Congress voted large sums of money for new planes, the first step toward a goal of 6000 planes for the Air Corps. He placed himself at the disposal of his govern ment, and he was directed to inspect the nation’s existing research and manufacturing facilities. In April of 1938, his family returned to the United States. Events moved rapidly toward the tragic conclusions implicit in the Mu nich Pact. In March, 1939, Nazi troops had overrun helpless Czecho slovakia; Hitler’s Nazi gangsters be gan at once the round-up of Jews, intellectuals, anti-Fascists. Two weeks later, Mussolini sent his troops into Albania, which became the spring board for his imminent invasion of Greece. France was prepared to fight only a defensive war, huddled behind her Maginot Line; Britain seemed unprepared for any war at all, save upon the high seas; and with this state of affairs, Russia felt that the democracies could give it little as sistance against a German attack, and it turned more and more to ef fecting an alliance with Germany, and as we know, these two nations event ually entered into an alliance, which later broke when he invaded Russia. Then the explosion: in April 1936. Denmark was occupied, Norway in vaded and conquered; followed in May by the conquering of Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxemburg and France, thus leaving England stand ing alone, following the almost miracu lous evacuation of 340,000 troops at Dunkirk; to millions of Americans it appeared that the course of freedom in Europe was hopeless, and to and for these millions, Lindbergh spoke; this speech given with all the sincer ity which he possessed, caused many to believe that he was pro-Nazi, when all along he was merely trying to point out our unpreparedness. Lindbergh became a spokesman for the America First Committee, which only added to the charges that he was Anti-British. In the spring of 1941, a large majority of Americans by then were convinced that Britain’s war was our own, for if she went down, our free doms, our very survival as a nation, would be gravely imperiled. Lindbergh, because of criticisms of the President, resigned as Colonel in the United States Air Corps Reserve, dedicating himself to continue to 18 The Cabletow serve his country to the best of his ability as a private citizen. . On Sunday, December 7, 1941. Japanese bombs rained down on Pearl Harbor, and our readers know of the holocaust of World War II. With the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the story which this article set out to tell was brought to a conclusion. We have attempted to show how Lind bergh, a great popular hero, was created and was undone in Twen tieth Century America. The government afforded him no official standing, but few men served their country as valiantly and effec tively as did he during World War II. He did everything he personally could to prove though he may have been a bad historical prophet, mis taken in his estimates of the power potential in the Western democra cies, that he was devoted to his coun try. He became a key figure at Ford’s Willow Run plant in the spring of 1942, in the production of B-24’s; he also engaged in high altitude igni tion-breakdown tests of a Thunder bolt fighter plane; in the fall of 1943, lie transferred from Ford to United Aircraft corporation, which was producing Corsair fighter planes for the Navy and Marine Corps: in the spring of 1944, he went into the Pa cific as a technical representative of United States, authorized to "study” under combat conditions the planes he helped to make and test. Lind bergh's definition of "study" meant flying planes in combat. The military could not be a party to permitting a civilian to fly in combat, but they solved the problem for him by placing an extra plane on the line when a mission was being staged, and into it Lindbergh would climb just before the take off. After a few combat mis sions on one island base he would move to another so as not to cause any military problems for their com manders. Altogether, he flew fifty missions, thoroughly convincing younger pilots that he was a valuable asset to their hazardous enterprises despite his ad vanced years, being then 42, and 30 years was "old” for a fighter pilot. Twice, at least, he shot down Ja panese Zeroes. He made many contributions to ward the more effective use of planes in combat, not the least of which was to extend the flying range of combat planes by as much as 500 miles. In 1953, when the Eisenhower ad ministration took office, steps were taken to correct the political injustices that had been done to him. The President nominated him for ap pointment to the rank of Brigadier General in the United States Air Force Reserve, a nomination which was confirmed in 1954. To his old buddies, Lindbergh is "Slim,” to his business associates, newer friends and his wife, he is Charles; to recent acquaintances, “General”; to the public, he is merely the ghost of “The Lone Eagle.” To the Masons he is Brother Lindbergh. A A A // we are to be a really great people, we must strive in good faith to play a great part in the world. —Theodore Roosevelt March 1966 19 GRAVEL AND SAND WB OSCAR L FUNG (7) PM. Brothers Cloyce Buckert, Horace West, and Clarence Sanders planed in from Vietnam to take their Blue Lodge Degrees in Biak-Na-Bato Lodge No. 7 last March 3, 1966. They were accompanied by Brother Richard Williamson. Brother Wil liamson belongs to a Lodge in Weisbaden, Germany. We have received information from Brother Donald Thomas that a new Square and Compass Club was organized in the Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam. During the or ganizational meeting held in one of the mess halls in the Base, more than sixty Master Masons wer_e presA Lodge will soon be constituted in Seoul, Korea, under the jurisdic tion of the Grand Lodge of the Phil ippines. Iliram Lodge No. 88, is now busy making plans for the celebration of the Lodge forty-fourth anniversary. Brother Juan C. Nabong, Jr. was elected Secretary of the Cabletow Board of Trustees. We can not hold this position due to a technicality in the rules of the Securities and Ex change Commission, we being an alien. Brethren in Project 4, of the Quirino District, QC, will soon have a Lodge of their own. We were in formed that a group of Master Ma son residing in that area have peti tioned the Grand Lodge to form a new Lodge. - A - Capt. Gerardo Tamayo, MPD Traffic Control Bureau Chief, will be the exemplar at the exemplification of the Third Degree to be held dur ing the Convention of Lodges under Masonic District No. 1 on March 26, 1966. Brother Gerrv is a Fellow craft of Biak-Na-Bato Lodge No. 7. - A - As of this writing, the info sheet on lodges is ready to print but twentyfive lodges still have to be heard from. Two hundred dotted lines on the sheet don’t make it good to look at, so we will wait a few more days. Most probably the info sheet will be inserted in the April issue. - A - In the Grand Lodge of South Ca rolina, Lodge Secretaries are re quired to submit their annual reports on or before February 1. Failure on their part makes their lodges liable for 10% penalty on all fees due the Grand Lodge. - A - On March 5, 1966 MWB Serafin Teves, GM; MWB Esteban Munarriz, Grand Secretary; VWB Hermogtnes Oliveros, Grand Lecturer: WB Domingo F. M. Domingo and WB Lorenzo Talatala flew to Sorsogon, Sorsogon to assist in laying the cornerstone of the Masonic Tem ple of Bulusan Lodge No. 38 there. In the evening of the same day the officers of the Lodge were installed by MWB Munarriz with WB Do mingo as Master of Ceremonies. 20 The Cabletow On March 11, VWB Oliveros flew to Gen. Santos, Cotabato to conduct a .Lodge of Instruction for the officers and members of Mt. Matutum Lodge No. 156. The following day, MWB Munarriz flew there to represent the Grand Master in dedicating the new temple of the lodge. The convention of lodges under Ma sonic District No. 1, of which RWB Wilmarth is District Deputy, will be held at the Plaridel Masonic Temple on October 26. In the morning a Lodge of Instruction with demon stration in the third degree is sched uled. At noon, a fraternal banquet, will be held at the banquet hall of the Scottish Rite Temple after which the convention will be resumed at Pla ridel Temple. The afternoon will be confined to a business meeting to pass on the resolutions to be submitted to the group. - A - We are grateful to the brethren who have called our attention to typo graphical errors in the last issue of The Cabletow. We promise not to make the same mistakes. It is grati fying to note that brethren read our magazine including the errors. SECRETARIES - WHERE ARE YOUR MONTHLY MEMBERSHIP REPORTS? Your Cabletotv would like to publish the name and person al data of every new member in each Lodge. But we can only do this if each Secretary will promptly forward the Monthly Membership Report for his Lodge immediately after each Stated Meeting, as required in paragraph 363 on page 69 of the Constitution of the Grand Lodge, F. & A.M. of the Philip pines. The Grand Secretary joins with us in requesting your assistance in this important matter. R. E. WILMARTH THE CABLETOW, INC. 1440 San Marcelino, Manila To Subscribers Members: Notice is hereby given that the Subscribers/Members of this Corporation will assemble at Plaridel Temple, 1440 San Marcelino, Manila, at 4:00 PM, April 28, 1966 for its annual meeting for the purpose of electing the Board of Directors and acting on such other business as may properly come before it. JUAN C. NABONG, JR. Corporate Secretary March 1966 21 tribute to the (Philippine Jlag MANUEL M. CRUDO, PM Bagumbayan Lodge No. 4 WB. Crudo is Past Master of Ba gumbayan Lodge No. !>, F. & A. M. and Secretary, Board for General Purposes of the M. W. Grand Lodge of the Philippines. He spoke the fol lowing lines at the 33rd Annual Con vention of the Cavite Masonic Lodges, Masonic District No. If), held at Tagaytay City in. conjunction with the celebration of the National Heroes Day on November 30, 1965) No Caviteno Master Mason, and for that matter, no other man may consider himself a worthy member of cur beloved Fraternity unless his heart throbs with the emotion of lofty patriotism the moment he be holds his country's flag. The Philippine National Flag was conceived in Masonry and dedicated to the basic Masonic trinity:-Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. We saw for the first time our na tional emblem on May 28,- 1896 at the Battle of Alapan, Imus, Cavite, where it was used as the banner of the Magdalo Faction, a division of the Armed Forces of the Philippine Revolution which defeated the Span ish Marines. We saw it again on August 31, 1896 at the Battle of Malabon Grande (now General Trias), Cavite where General Mariano Trias led the Fili pino revolutionists against the Span ish Forces. We saw it again on November 11, 1896 at the Battle of Binakayan, Kawit, Cavite where the Filipinos won their greatest victory over the Span ish Forces and where General Can dido Tirona was killed. On February 13, 1897, we saw it again at the famous Battle of Zapote Bridge where General Edilberto Evangelista, that brilliant Filipino Engineer who had studied in Ghent, fought and died. On March 3, 1897, we saw our na tional flag at the Battle of Pasong Santol, Bacoor, Cavite where Gene ral Flaviano Yengko fought and gallantly died in action. On December 27, 1897 we saw our beloved flag cross the sea and land at Hongkong. There, the “Jun ta Patriotica”, a Council of promi nent Filipino national leaders, most of whom were Master Masons who had been exiled to that city met, de liberated, and from the various col ors, used as the banners of the dif ferent divisions of the Armed Forces of the Philippine Revolution selected and adopted this beautiful ensign as the standard banner of the Philip pine Revolutionary Government. On June 12, 1898, in the historic little town of Kawit, Cavite we saw our national flag being hoisted to the tune of the Philippine National An them which was played for the first time in order to proclaim to the whole world the birth of a new na tion, the Philippine Independence under the able leadership of a worthy Master Mason, Brother General Emi lio Aguinaldo. We saw our emblem atop the tower of the Barasoain Church where the Malolos Constitu tion which guaranteed to the people the enjoyment of their individual li berties, among which was the separa tion of the church and the state. Due to the intense love for Free dom by the Filipinos on August 23, 1907, the Philippine Commission passed Act No. 1696 which prohib ited the display in public of Philip 22 The Cabletow pine National Flag. For twelve lone ly years, we existed as a nation with out seeing our national emblem. On October 22, 1919 Act No. 1696 was repealed and once again our national flag was allowed to fly in the air, but this time side by side with the Stars and Stripes. On March 26, 1929 Act No. 2928 was passed declaring this beautiful national emblem as the official symbol of the Philippine Government both on sea and on land. During the last global war, we saw our flag, side by side with the Amer ican Flag, defending Democracy on the rocks of Corregidor, in the dug outs of Bataan, and in the foxholes of Zambales. On May 2, 1942. we saw our flag at Malabang, Lanao where our very own brother MWB Justice Jose Abad Santos, with splendid Masonic courage, preferred his martyrdom than betray the trust reposed in him. On October 20. 1944, we saw our national emblem when Brother Gen eral Douglas MacArthur landed in Leyte to redeem his pledge as a sol dier and as a Mason to return and liberate the Philippines. On February 2. 1945, we saw our beloved flag when the 11th Air Borne of the American Liberation Forces and the Filipino Guerillas passed through this beautiful City of Tagaytay and marched towards Manila. On February 3. 1945, we saw our national flag in its triumphal return to Manila. And on that memorable occasion, July 4. 1946, we saw our national flag at the Luneta, the ground hallowed by the sacred blood of Dr. Jose Rizal. There, amidst the wild jubilation of a grateful people, we saw our flag being hoisted alone by no other than President Manuel A. Roxas himself, a prominent Master Ma son, indicating that at long last the Philippines had regained her most coveted Independence, while another Master Mason, Brother Paul Vorries McNutt was hauling down the Stars and Stripes announcing that the American regime in the Philippines had come to an end. There, in mid air, by a twist of Fate, the two flags met and got entagled as if embracing each other and shouting to the four winds: “LONG LIVE THE PHILI P P T N E INDEPENDENCE1 LONG LIVE DEMOCRACY! LONG LIVE FREEMASONRY! Thus, for more than half a century, from May 28, 1896 to July 4, 1946, Freemasonry played a stellar role in the shaping of the political destiny of our beloved country, because “Ma sons, laboring for the improvement of the world and the great cause of human freedom, have always cham pioned the cause of the oppressed.” In fact, the history of the relentless struggles of the Filipino people for their political emancipation, the his tory of the creation and evolution of the Philippine National Flag, and the history of the birth and development of Freemasonry in the Philippines are isogenous. Behold our beautiful national em blem! Its three stars allude to the three big islands of our Archipelago: Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. The sun symbolizes the great light under which our people work and live. Its eight luminous rays represent the first eight (8) provinces that revolted against Spanish tyranny and oppres sion, namely, Cavite, Manila, Bulacan, Laguna, Batangas, Pampanga, Tarlac and Nueva Ecija. Behold the splendid colors of our national ensign: Red, white and blue. Blue symbolizes Fidelity to Trust and Loyalty to convictions of right Turn to noxt page March 1966 23 and duty. White symbolizes light, purity and happiness — the desire of our people to live in peace and har mony with the people of the other nations of the world. Red signifies bravery — the bravery of Lapulapu, Leon Kilat, Diego Silang, Dagohoy, Plaridel, the Thirteen Martyrs of Cavite and many others who died in the defense of our country. Brethren and Friends: Let us salute our beloved national flag. (May I request everybody to rise). It is the personification of all things Masonic, the apotheosis of all things patriotic. It is the symbol of FREEDOM for which countless thousands fought and died. Let us cherish with a devoted love our country’s national flag. And on this auspicious occasion, our 33rd An nual Convention, in conjunction with our National Heroes Day celebration, it is fitting that we rededicate ourselves to the same cardinal principles for which the Thirteen Martyrs of Ca vite, Generals Manuel Tinio, Mariano Llanera, Pantaleon Garcia, Vicente Lim and many other brethren fought and bled so that Freemasonry might live. Under the protective folds of our beloved national emblem, let us reit erate our solemn pledge: To protect the Constitution of the Philippines, because it is the repository of our civil liberties. During the recent national elec tions, the issue of compulsory reli gious instruction in the public schools became so explosive that it nearly threatened the wall that separated the church and the state. Irrespective of party affiliations, irrespective of our individual political leanings, as Brother-Masons all, let us forget petty differences and close ranks as before. Let us join hands and pool our re sources together. Let us guard and preserve the principle of the separa tion of the church and state, be cause without FREEDOM OF THOUGHT, the blessings of De mocracy and the principles of Free masonry might perish from this Pearl of the Orient Seas! A ORDER YOUR PAST MASTERS' JEWELS AND APRONS NOW. 10 Kt. Gold .... P150.00 Gold Filled ........ 75.00 P.M. Aprons .... 33.00 Now on Sale-. "Elementary Course of Masonic Study” .. 0.25 "The Candidate” 0.25 “The Entered Apprentice .... 0.25 “The Fellow Craft 0.25 "The Master Mason ................. 0.25 These pamphlets were prepared by the Committee on Masonic Education to help Lodges in giv ing effective instructions to their candidates and brethren going up the ladder. Other books for Sale: Masonic Law Book P3.50 Quantity orders of ten or more copies per order .. P3.20 The Builders by Joseph Fort Newton .. P14.00 Masonic Bible .... 23.00 Altar Masonic Bible .................. 80.00 PLACE YOUR ORDER NOW WITH THE . . . PLARIDEL MASONIC SERVICE SUPPLY c/o The Office of the Grand Secretary 1440 San Marcelino, Manila 24 The Cabletow WITH OUR YOUNG ONES Edited by PABLO MATATOUIN, JR. DEMOLAY RAINBOW JOB'S DAUGHTERS Tcodoro R. Yangco Chapter, Or der of DeMolay, Olongapo City, held a public installation of its officers on February 13, at the Lincoln Lodge Hall. The impressive DeMolay installa tion ceremony proclaimed Aquilino B. Arquero, Jr. Master Councilor; Oscar Moreno, Senior Councilor; and Enrique B. Arquero, Junior Coun cilor. Likewise installed to assist the councilors were: Tony Chan, Jr., Senior Deacon; Rodolfo Gamboa, Junior Deacon; Benjamin Macaraeg, Senior Steward; Jose de Leon, Jr., Junior Steward; Danilo Ramos, Orator and Almoner; Ernesto Ocam po, Chaplain; Gary Morford, Mar shall ; Antonio Ramos, Sentinel. Ely Ramos, First Preceptor; Ceiso Donato, Second Preceptor; Emma nuel Ramos, 'Third Preceptor; Ro meo Ramos, Fourth Preceptor; Fer nando Manglicmot, Filth Preceptor; Salvador del Rosario, Sixth Precep tor; Antonieto Meneses, Seventh Preceptor; and Standard Bearers Wilson Manglicmot and Arthur Navalta. Following a universal DeMolay in stallation tradition, Miss Frances Collins was crowned Chapter Sweet heart. Also chosen to charm the present term are Miss Josefina Ca bal, sponsor in the West, and Miss Esperanza Torres, sponsor in the South. The installation was also an occa sion that extolled another woman, the Mother of the DeMolay. Wil liam de Leon, PMC, rendered the Flower Talk expressing the virtue of Filial Love. Warmed by the protes tation of filial devotion, the officers of the Chapter's Mothers Club were installed by Mrs. Agatha Bishop, the club’s past president. Turn to noxt paga For better service and special prices SHOP & SAVE at LOYAL TRADING & DEPARTMENT STORE 553 Bizal Avenue, Manila - between Raon & Ronquillo Sts. Tel. 3-34-21 Contact Bro. Hotchand N. Murjani, Proprietor March 1966 25 Dad Nestor N. Niguidula brought to a close the installation with some words of compliment and counsel for the boys. The Loyalty Chapter, OdeM, made a flower and prayer offering to Dr. Jose Rizal at the Luneta on February 27 in observance of the Patriot’s Day of the Order. On that free and sunny morning the be-robed DeMolays led by Senior Councilor Marcelino C. Enriquez, Junior Councilor Emiliano T. De Guzman, Patriot’s Day Committee Chairman Melchor Vidal, and Chap ter Sweetheart Diana Kay McFar land paid tribute to our country’s foremost exemplar of patriotism. A week-long program to celebrate the DeMolay Week — March 13 to 20 — is in the making by the Lo yalty Chapter, Order of DeMolay. A devotional mass in the morning of March 13 followed by a pot-luck lunch at the Scottish Rite Temple grounds will open the celebration. Each day of the week, according to Samuel C. Crisologo, DeMolay Week Committee Chairman, will be devoted to the observance of each of the Seven Cardinal Virtues of DeMolay. On March 20, another devotional mass and an out-of-town picnic will culminate this year’s DeMolay Week. The officers and members of the Jose Abad Santos Chapter, Order of DeMolay, Manila, extend their heart felt thanks to all whose generosity made possible the benefit stage pre sentation of the “West Side Story.” —oOo— The officers and members of the Loyalty Chapter, O de M, and this column extend their profoundest sym pathy to Bro. DeMolay Armando and Sis. Rainbow Ermelinda Velasco for the untimely demise of their daddy, Dad Filemon Velasco. Dad Eugenio Padua, Associate Guardian of Bethel No. 2. has in vited the daughters and guardians of his bethel to a get-together at his of fice suite, Philippine Engineering Corp., M. H. del Pilar, Manila. It will be a merienda-meeting on March 20 to plan activities for the Jobies in the Manila area. Dad Padua has been so interested in the progress of the daughters and Bethel No. 2 that he has spared no effort and time to see that close ties between the guard ians and daughters are had through the sharing of the activities in which the daughters are engaged, the daugh ters doing them and the guardians standing behind them. Dad Padua will tender a luncheon at the Pent House of Bay View Ho tel on March 28 to welcome Mom Mary Etta Wright on her arrival that day in Manila for visitations to Bethels in Olongapo, Dumaguete and Manila. Mom Wright, is the Supreme Guardian of the International Order of Job’s Daughters with headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. Daughters and guardians from Bethel No. 1, Olon gapo and Bethel No. 2, Manila, will be on hand at the MIA to welcome Mom Wright on her arrival by Pan Am Flight 841 from Guam. She is on the second leg of her visitation trip outside the continental United States, having visited bethels in Ha waii and Guam. After her visits to the three bethels in the Philippines, she will fly to Australia to visit the eleven bethels there which four years ago was organized into a Grand Bethel. After her visit to Australia, she will make a swing through Ma nila, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Alaska to visit the three bethels in that out lying state. A 26 The Cabletow yjeari with Plaridel Bro. Garcia receives Certificate of Merit from MWB Mosebrook, PGM. After more than thirty years, he finally got it — a diploma of merit for service to the Grand Lodge. Bro. Alejandro Garcia of Kasilawan Lodge No. 77 was given the award last April 29, 1965 during the installation ceremonies at last year’s annual Grand Lodge Communication. Brod Andoy,” as he is known to brethren and even non-Masons in the Grand Lodge, was hired as a messenger in what was then the Pla ridel Masonic Club of Manila back on Sept. 2, 1932. At that time, the present Grand Lodge Temple was the property of a few lodges in Manila which had pooled their resources to acquire the property from the gov ernment which had previously taken it over as alien property. It was pri marily the German Club of Manila, a one-story structure with spacious dining rooms and offices, a ballroom and a billiard room, to say nothing of the wide lawn, garden and tennis courts. Bro. Garcia recalls that when the Plaridel Masonic Club of Manila took over the property, it partitioned the building for a couple of lodge halls and offices. At that time a few lodges were meeting in the premises while most of the other lodges in Ma nila and the Grand Lodge offices were located in the old Philippine Na tional Bank building on the Escolta. Bro. Garcia used to carry messages from San Marcelino to Escolta. In 193S when MWB Jose Abad Santos was the Grand Master, the Grand Lodge of the Philippines bought the property from the Plaridel Masonic Club and added a second floor to the building. Since then it became Plaridel Temple and Brod Andoy continued as an employee of the Grand Lodge. During the Japa nese occupation, when the temple was used as a club and residence of officers of the Imperial Navy, Bro. Garcia continued as caretaker of the building until one day when unknown to him, some residents of Paco looted the dormitory. That cost him a good deal of beating and for two days he was tied to one of the tennis court posts. When the Japanese found that he was innocent, he was released. Brp. Garcia was raised on Nov. 6, 1939 in Kasilawan Lodge No. 77 and has since become a fourteenth degree Scottish Rite Mason of the Philip pine Bodies and an Eastern Star. Rosario Villaruel Chapter No. 2, OES. He has also taken over the duties of clerking for the Grand Lodge, keeping the files, taking charge of listing the petitioners, affi liates, demits. SND’s, etc. which he sends out three times a month, de posits money in the banks, and mails the Cabletow. NBM March 1966 27 On Christmas Day 1965, the WM, officers and members of Cosmos Lodge No. 8 sent a cake to the children at the Masonic Hospital for Crippled Children. PRESENTATION OF "TEACHERS OF THE YEAR" AWARDS for 1964-G5 at the Teachers Memorial Building, Jan. 13, 1966. The awardees were Mr. Bernardo G. Rcamon (elementary level). On the stage above are from left to right: Mrs. Bonifacio M. Calvero, asst, principal, Pogo-Lasic elementary school; Mr. Emilio Qu info, president of teachers association; Mr. Bernardo G. Reamon, awardee (partly hidden); Miss Madrono Estrada, awardee; Councilor Alejandro Decano; Div. Supt. of schools Eduardo Edralin; WB Victorino C. Daroya, past master Dagupan City Lodge No. 158; WB Juan Saingan of Lodge No. 56; and WB Jacinto R. Abad, secretary of Dagupan City Lodge 158. 28 The Cabletow DeMolay8 welcome Nile Shriners’ Potentate. III. Dad William E. Parlcer, LOH (with fez) puses with DcMolays (I to r) Pablo Matatquin, Jr.; Jim mie Marzo; Lysaudrr Canlas; Lawrence Esguerra; Irving Malahay; Vic tor Apostol; and Emiliano de Guzman of Loyalty Chapter, Manila, at the Manila International Airport lounge when the divan of the Nile Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S. flew into Manila last Oct. 21 to confer the Shrine degrees. ANOTHER PARTIAL VIEW of the audience during the presentation of awards to the “teachers of the Year” for 196/,-63, on Jan. 13, 1966, at the Teachers Memorial Building, Dagupan City. WB Victorino C. Daroya, past master presented the awards in the name of the Grand Lodge and also handed suitable gifts to the awardees. Mtrch 1966 29 ’ .ANNOUNCING! Now Being PRINTED - FUNDAMENTAL MASONIC EDUCATION A Fitting Text Book for — Elementary Course In Masonic Study. Very Rich Reference for — Students, Lecturers On Masonic Education. Prepared as per Course of Study By: WB AGUSTIN L. GALANG. P.M. Edited and Commented upon By: MWB EMILIO P. VIRATA, PGM, Member, Committee, Masonic Education, Grand Lodge. Foreword By: VWB APOLONIO PISIG, DDGM, District No. 10. Theme Subjects Covered I. HISTORY II. LEGISLATION III. PHILOSOPHY IV. LITURGY V. SYMBOLISM VI. PROVOKING THOUGHTS — Historical Sketch of Freemasonry, Origin and His tory of Freemasonry, History of Freemasonry in the Philippines, Achievements of Freemasonry, etc. — Masonic Laws, Gen. Regulations, Ancient Landmarks, Ancient Charges, Usages and Procedures, etc. — Philosophy of Freemasonry, Purpose of Freemason ry, Doctrines of our Great Men, Religion, Politics, Education, The State, The Bible and Masonry, etc. — Definition, Division of Masonry, History of Royal Arch Masonry, York and Scottish Rites Masonry, Symbolism of: The First, The Fellowcraft, The Master Mason’s Degree, The Third Ashlar, etc. — Symbols in Masonry, Symbolic Masonry, Symbolism of: All Seeing Eye, Letter "G”, Saints John, Pil lars, Blue, Beehive, The Ruffians, Old-Time Em blems, etc. — Truth About Masonry, Living Our Vows, Freedom of the Mind, Master Thyself, Mind Over Master, The Second Temple, Masonry in a Continuous Search, What Do We Get From Masonry?, The Value of the Ritual, Masonry is an Exemplary In stitution, etc. The Book is 6 x 9 Inches To be ready during the April 26-28, 1966 380 Pages more or less Annual Communication. THANK YOU, BUT PLEASE . . . There are so many nice people indeed! Soon after the January issue came out, Brethren sent in their requests to continue receiving the Cabletow and the Masonic Data Sheet. A couple of Lodge Secretaries had the data sheet mimeographed, distributed and collected to send to us. A Lodge Secretary we know put out the records of his lodge for his brethren to copy the dates of initiation, passing and raising. Many, many thanks to these nice and gentle people. Still, a big percentage of the brethren have not sent in theirs. For the last time this month, we are reprinting the sheet opposite this box. We trust that if you have not done so yet, you will be so kind as to fill in the blanks and send the sheet to us. Please state the correct dates of your initiation, passing and raising. They are indeed important. 30 The Cabletow THE CABLETOW, INCORPORATED Dear Brother: Now that your Cabletow has been incorporated, it is essential that our office have complete records for each subscriber. Therefore, we hereby notify each Brother and each Lodge under the jurisdiction of the M. W. Grand Lodge of F. & A. M. in the Philippines that the subscription blank below and the Personal Data Form on the reverse side be accomplished and forwarded without delay to: The Cabletow, Incorporated P. O. Box 990 Manila, Philippines We shall continue mailing the Cabletow for January, February, and March 1966 according to our previous records. HOWEVER, BEGINNING WITH THE APRIL 1966 ISSUE NEW ADDRESS PLATES WILL BE MADE AND THE CABLETOW FOR APRIL 1966 AND THEREAFTER WILL BE MAILED ONLY TO THOSE WHO HAVE SUBMITTED UP TO DATE PERSONAL DATA FORMS. Please cut out this whole sheet, fill out the blanks below and the data forms on the reverse side and mail it at once so you will not be inconvenienced by having your delivery of the Cabletow interrupted. Fraternally, N. B. MELOCOTON Managing Editor A A A Date-------------------------The Cabletow, Inc. P. O. 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No. .......................................... ..... Date raised............................ Lodge No. ______ OTHER MASONIC MEMBERSHIPS York Rite Bodies Location Honors Chapter ................................. No. ................. RAM .............................................................. Council .................................. No. ............................................................................................... Commandery ........................ No. .............................................................................................. Scottish Rite Bodies Location Honors Lodge .... KCCH — Date invested Chapter . _______ IGH — Date coroneted ~______ Council . .............................SGIG — Date crowned _____ Consistory .............................. ................. ~....................................................... A.A.O.N.M.S. Temple Location ........................................................ OTHER ORGANIZATIONS O.E.S. .................. Chapter No...................... Location AMARANTH .................. Location .................................... _.................. 32 GRAND LODGE OFFICERS 1965*1966 Grand Master ......................................... Deputy Grand Master ......................... Senior Grand Warden .................... Junior Grand Warden ........................... Grand Treasurer .................................... Grand Secretary ....................... ............ Grand Chaplain .................... .............. Grand Orator ........................................ Grand Marshal ................ .................. Grand Standard Bearer ......................... Grand Sword Bearer ............................. ■'Grand Bible Bearer ... •....................... Senior Grand Lecturer ......................... Junior Grand Lecturer .. •.................. Senior Grand Deacon ......................... Junior Grand Deacon ........................... Senior Grand Steward .. •.................... Junior Grand Steward ......................... Grand Pursuivant ......... ....................... Grand Organist ...................................... Grand Tyler ............................................ • Serafin L. Teves (91) Raymond E. Wilmarth (7) Mariano Q. Tinio (53-167) Joseph E. Schon (91) Macario M. Ofilada (12) Esteban Munarriz (14-136) Enrique C. Sobrepena (4) Jose M. Cajucom (12-95) Manuel T. Paz (4) Candido Perez (59) Francisco Song Heng (11) Antonio Gonzalez, Jr. (22) Hermogenes P. Oliveros (82-26) Marcelino P. Dysangco (48-148) Eulogio Sta. Maria (73) Homer L. Willes (123) Amable Aguiluz (79) Ricardo Rubin (11-64) Jose L. Araneta (45) Angel Montes (27) Victorino Hernandez (17) BOARD FOR GENERAL PURPOSES MW CENON S. CERVANTES, (56) PGM, PRESIDENT; MW MACARIO M. OFILADA, (1) PGM. VIC8 PRESIDENT; WB MANUEL M. CRUDO (4), SECRETARY; RW RAYMOND E. WILMARTH (7), DGM; RW MARIANO Q. TINIO (53), SGW; RW JOSEPH E. SCHON (91), JGW; MW ESTEBAN MUNARRIZ (14) PGM, G. SEC.; MW VICENTE OROSA (53), PGM; MW WILLIAM H. QUASHA (BO), PGM; MW EMILIO P. VIRATA (17), PGM; WB AURELIO L, CORCUERA (4), PM. REGIONAL GRAND LODGE OF THE RYUKYU ISLANDS Regional Grand Master ............. Deputy Regional Grand Master Regional Senior Grand Warden Regional Junior Grand Warden Regional Grand Treasurer......... Regional Grand Secretary ......... Will K. Prestidgc, Jr. (118) William P. Schwager (142) Kenneth A. Rotness (118) Glen A. Strong (175) Andrew H. Bucldey (142) Wallace H. Morris (118) DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS District No. 1 District No. 2 District No. 3 District No. 4 District No. 5 District No. 6 District No. 7 Disrr.ct No. 8 District No. 9 District No. 10 District No. II Raymond E. Wilmarth (7) Julio laceda (39) Epifanio O. Quijano (68) Teodorico D. Ayson (164) Jack E. Gessner (67) Dorotco M. Joson (53) Jimmie Pfeffer (105) Desiderio Hebron (34) Amando D. Ylagan (122) Apolonio Pisig (2) Cecilio M. Bituin (26) District No. 12 District No. 13 District No. 14 District No. 15 District No. 16 District No. 17 District No. 18 District No. 19 District No. 20 District No. 22 Severe Oliveros (37/72) Eustaquio de Guzman ,107) Remigio Abello (64) Fidel Fernandez (47) Augusto P. Santos (30) Eduardo C. Ralloma (130) Ruben Feliciano (50) Angel Mendoza (45) Hugh C. Donaldson (123) Walter Doerr, Jr. (143) WHAT THE PRESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES THOUGHT OF THE BIBLE The Holy Bible is truly the Great Light of Masonry and the comments of great men in history indicate their reverence for it and their reliance on it in their daily lives. “It is impossible to govern the world without the Bible.” —George Washington A “The Bible is the cornerstone of liberty.” —Thomas Jefferson A “The Bible is the best book in the world.” —John Adams A “It was for the love of truths in this great and good book that our fathers aban doned their native shores for the wilder ness.” -^Zachary Taylor L “The Bible—the rock upon which our republic rests.” —Andrew Jackson A “The best book which God has given to man.” -Abraham Lincoln