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Greetings from the West – January 2022

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My Dear Brothers, In November, I spoke to you of Fortitude in remembrance of Veterans Day. This January’s choice is Temperance, which is the virtue of moderation while being forgiving and patient. To me, with day-to-day stress, continual testing of our patience, increased road rage, and daily life elevated with uncertainty, Temperance is the perfect virtue to demonstrate self-control. It […]

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January 2022

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Happy New Year my Brothers! I hope you all had a wonderful holiday with your friends and family. R:. W:. Gary L. Heinmiller, Grand Historian, has officially announced Jephtha’s own W:. Ron Seifried, DSA as the Area 1 Historian for the Nassau & Suffolk Masonic Districts, which covers 26 lodges. Br. Seifried is humbled by this honorand hopes his work […]

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Fayette Gould: Photographer, Inventor, Firefighter, Postmaster… Jephtha Past Master

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By W:. Ronald J. Seifried, DSA Over a thousand visiting firemen descended on Huntington’s Main Street, joined by over 7,000 residents, on a seasonably pleasant day in September 1898. Many of the firemen would participate in the annual tournament of the Suffolk County Firemen’s Association with some traveling from as far as Montauk. Visiting companies from Cold Spring Harbor and […]

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Greetings from the Corner Desk- December 2021

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It is that time again; the time you have all been waiting for, dues time. If you have not yet received your dues notice, you will be soon. Jephtha’s dues are among the lowest on Long Island, but they are an essential part of our budget. Please pay them by the end of the year, if at all possible. (If […]

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Greetings from the South- December 2021

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My Brothers, I bring you holiday greetings as we head into the end of 2021. I wish you and your families a Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukah, Happy Kwanza and a Happy, Healthy New Year! Jephtha Lodge has been getting out to the district of late. In November we attended the District Deputy Grand Master’s visit to the Babylon lodge where […]

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Greetings from the West – December 2021

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My dear Brothers, Growing up believing in Santa, and still believing in him, it has come to my realization he is indeed a Freemason. Like all of us he is worthy & well qualified, charitable, and caring of all mankind. Like me, he is overweight, and filled withsecrecy who meets in a special place with his brethren, his beloved elves. […]

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