Martha Washington Happenings
May 27, 2015
June 8, 2015 7:30pm Regular Meeting
June 22, 2015 5:30 pm picnic pot luck dinner
August 10, 2015 4:30pm Reception Honoring Carol Kehrer
September 12, 2015 Bus Trip 8:30am
September 14, 2015 7:30pm Regular meeting and annual Memorial
September 26, 2015 9am (Saturday) work day for Harvest Dinner
September 28, 2015 Harvest Dinner 4:30pm
October 5, 2015 7:30pm Annual Meeting and election of Officers
November 14, 2015 Annual Christmas Bazaar
Important up coming event August 10 a Reception honoring Carol Kehrer
Registration at 4:30pm, Dinner 5:30pm and G.O.E.X. at 7pm (Grand Officers Exemplification)
Reservations are required for dinner, the cost is $15.00, reservations to Clara Brown 11041 Honeysuckle lane, Saginaw MI 48609 Eastern Star Formal attire.
Next important event a Bus Trip to Cornwell's Turkeyville on September 12, 2015. The cost is $85.00, this includes Motor coach transportation, dinner and a play. There is also a car show and a community yard sale going on. Reservations to Bernice McSweyn, 15185 Grabowski Rd., St Charles MI 48655-9746. The Bus will leave Lowe's in Saginaw parking lot at 8:30am (park behind Taco Bell) and do a pick up in Flint Meijer's at 9am, I 69 & Morrish Rd. Park behind the gas station.
Feb 14, 2015
February News Communication
March 9th 7:30 pm Regular meeting
March 23rd 5:30 pm dinner for Life Members and Past Matrons and Patrons
April 6th 7:30 pm Regular meeting
April 13th School of Instruction
April 20th 7:30 pm Friends night
May 11th 7:30 pm Regular Meeting
May 18th 7:30 pm Special (New Member Initiation)
June 8th 7:30 pm Regular Meeting
June 22 5:30 pm Picnic
August 10th 5:30 pm Reception Honoring Carol Kehrer
September 14th 7:30 pm Regular Meeting
September 28 4:30 pm Harvest Dinner
October 5th 7:30 pm Annual Meeting and Election of Officers
November 14th Annual Christmas Bazaar
This is an tentative schedule subject to changes.
Message from Worthy Matron Diana
I want to thank everyone who attended the initiation of our newest member. Also many thanks to those who are assisting us with our 2015 projects. As a reminder, they are Infant Apparel, those that have the talent to knit or crochet, we're in need of preemie hats, sweaters, baby blankets or other infant apparel. These items are being donated to our local hospitals. Coupons for the Military, collect, trim and separate by food and non-food manufactures coupons (up to 6 months past their expiration dates). The military commissaries overseas accept these coupons which helps the military families. Blankets for the VA Hospital, the VA Hospitals can use lap or twin size blankets made of fleece, quilted, knitted or crocheted. We are donating to our local VA Hospital.
Sickness and Distress: We have lost a long time member Betty Jo McGlone passed away in December. Our thoughts and prayers go out to her family. Please keep warm and healthy and we will see you in Chapter.
Diana and Donn
Crafty Mondays: Please remember we are still doing crafty Mondays; come and join in the fun. Bring your undone projects and get to work. Currently we are working on make hats for the preemie babies and lap blankets for the VA Hospital. We meet every Monday a 1 pm at the Saginaw Masonic Center on 2655 N Center Rd., Saginaw.
Our Etsy account is up and running. Please visit the Etsy store and make a purchase. It is at https://www.etsy.com/shop/MarthaWsCrafts Also tell your friends and neighbors; it is open to everybody.
Aug 20, 2013
Albert Pike's 33rd Degree Ritual
Albert Pike (1809-1891), Sovereign Grand Commander of the Scottish Rite’s Southern Jurisdiction from 1859 to 1891, revised all of the Scottish Rite degree rituals, including the 33°, during his tenure. A handsomely bound book, containing Pike's reworked version of the 33°, was presented to the Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction (NMJ) in 1870. This manuscript version of Pike's 33° ritual is currently on view in the Van Gorden-Williams Library & Archives reading room exhibition, Secret Scripts: Masonic and Fraternal Ritual Books, at the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library.This ritual is from 1870 and was his 33rd degree ritual.
Aug 17, 2013
Calendar For the Rest of the Year
Aug 16, 2013
Message From the West Summer/Fall Newsletter 2013
Aug 15, 2013
New Book for Masonic History Buffs
From the National Heritage Museum website:
In honor of the Scottish Rite Northern Masonic Jurisdiction's 200th anniversary the Supreme Council has published a new history book called A Sublime Brotherhood: Two Hundred Years of Scottish Rite Freemasonry in the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction. The much anticipated volume is now available for purchase. The 200-page lavishly illustrated work traces the history of the Northern Masonic Jurisdiction from 1813 to the present.
Message from the East Summer/Fall Newsletter
It really has been a nice summer so far. Hot and some rain. We hope everyone is enjoying themselves. We have had an enjoyable summer so far. I would like to update the members who have not been able to join us. In June we honored the Life Members, Past Matrons and Patrons with a spaghetti dinner. I was under the weather, AM Elizabeth filled in for me. She did a great job, thank you Liz. July we had a card party, it was very hot that day but everyone had a good time and great food. In July we also initiated a new member Nancy French, welcome Nancy.
In August our regular meeting is on August 12 th at 7:30pm and our picnic will be on August 26th starting at 5:30 pm. Please bring a dish to pass and your own table service. The meat,
coffee and lemonade will be provided. You may bring whatever other beverage you wish to drink. The picnic will be at the Saginaw Masonic Center on Center road. Weather permitting we will be under the pavilion. This picnic is a good time to invite someone that might be interested in joining Eastern Stars. Spouses are also welcome.
We have some important dates coming up, September 9th regular meeting and memorial, September 16th Nacho and Burrito dinner, September 23rd the Harvest dinner. Please come and help if you can and certainly come and eat.
We have lost some members over the spring and summer, our prayers and sympathy goes out to their families. They will be missed in the chapter room. We hope everyone is doing well and if not is on the road to recovery.
See you in Chapter, Bernie McSweyn, WM
Aug 5, 2013
It's NMJ's 200th Birthday!!
Today is the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Scottish Rite Supreme Council, Northern Masonic Jurisdiction.
This is a great piece of interesting history; check out the full article at the National Heritage Museum blog article!
Dec 27, 2011
National Heritage Museum: A Picture is Worth 1,000 Words
This is a brilliant article about how the National Heritage museum is digitizing their photographic archives. Please click the link below the picture to see what it's all about.
Dec 6, 2011
National Heritage Museum: Lounging in Masonic Style
Wow, this is quite interesting!
The things the National Heritage Museum blog posts about!
Do read the short article that's linked under the picture.
Oct 28, 2011
National Heritage Museum: Exhibition Curator to Trace the Fashionable Roots of Masonic Regalia, 10/29
Check out the link below the picture for more information about an exhibit the National Heritage Museum. Apparently there's a forum at the Museum tomorrow afternoon at 2pm. I won't be able to be there, but if you're in the area, do check it out.
This is also a great opportunity to post a picture of an awesome Masonic uniform!
Sep 28, 2011
Heart of the Mitten Fund Raiser
This is coming up on Saturday. Take a read and post it around!
Sep 25, 2011
Harvest Dinner Workers!
Here we all are working hard. Well, some were taken during lunch, but the others show us working really hard on cleaning turkeys for the Harvest Dinner, which is Monday, September 26th. We're serving from 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm or til the food runs out. Price is $8 and includes everthing from your turkey and trimmings to pie and beverage.
It's a great fund raiser for Martha Washington Chapter. Come out and support the Chapter and enjoy a turkey dinner!
Sep 20, 2011
Harvest Dinner
Martha Washington, 113 O.E.S.
HARVEST DINNER
Turkey and Trimmings
September 26, 2011
Serving 4:30- 6:30 PM
Adults $8.00 Children under 12 $3:00
Saginaw Masonic Center
2655 N Center Road, Saginaw
Sep 1, 2011
National Heritage Museum: Rare "Ast Ritual" Given to Library
This is quite an interesting article from the National Heritage Museum's blog. They have lots of historical and Masonic articles. Take a look.
This is about a ritual that was given to the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum and Library.