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BeverlyBeverly-Riverside Lodge No. 107
Free and Accepted Masons
621 South Chester Avenue, Riverside, NJ 08075
Established April 12, 2000
Meets Every Third Thursday at 7:30 p.m. Except July and August
A.D. 2014
October
A.L. 6014
Lodge & District Events
October 7
DLI - Beverly-Riverside Lodge (7:30pm)
October 9
Rehearsal - Master Mason Degree (7pm)
October 16
Regular Communication (7:30 pm) - Dinner @ 6:30 pm
October 23
Rehearsal - Entered Apprentice Degree (7pm)
October 27
Fellowcraft Club Meeting (7pm)
October 28
GLI - Beverly-Riverside Lodge (6:45pm) - Dinner @ 5:30pm
October 30
Emergent Communication, FC° (7pm) - Dinner @ 6pm
October 2014 Trestle-board
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
1
2
3
4
7pm - Rehearsal
5
6
8
7
9
7:30- DLI @
Beverly-Riverside
12
13
14
10
15
16
17
18
24
25
6:30 - Dinner
7:30 - Reg. Comm
20
21
22
23
Oktoberfest
7pm - Rehearsal
26
11
11am—2pm
Square &
Compass Day
7pm - Rehearsal
9am—
Wheelchair Push
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Yom-Kippur
29
27
28
7:00 - Fellowcra1
Club Mee3ng
5:30—Dinner
6:45– GLI @
Beverly-Riverside
30
6:00 - Dinner
7:00 - Emergent
Communica3on
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Halloween
Upcoming Events
Square and Compass Day - October 11th
Our annual Lodge Open House will be on October 11th. Brethren are needed to come out and
assist between 10am and 2pm. We will be giving Lodge room tours, and generally answering
any ques3ons people may have (within the limits of our obliga3ons of course). I hope to see
you there
Oktoberfest! - October 25th
Brethren, bring you family and friends to our Oktoberfest celebra3on on October 25th. This
event is being put on by our Lodge Fundraising Commi>ee in partnership with the South Jersey Pops Orchestra. This is guaranteed to be a great evening of food, entertainment, and fun.
The proceeds from this event will be split between our Educa3on Award Fund and the South
Jersey Pops Organiza3on. See the flyer on page 6 for more details.
Grand Lodge of Instruction - October 28th
Beverly-Riverside Lodge is once again hos3ng the Grand Lodge of Instruc3on for the 19th District. GLI is great opportunity to sit in lodge with a large number of your Brethren from the
19th District, as well as an opportunity to talk to the Grand Lodge officers. Put this date on
your calendar and I will see there!
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“If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An
investment in knowledge always pays the best interest” — Benjamin Franklin, American writer, humorist, ambassador, inventor and Freemason
THE CABLE TOW
All members of the Masonic fraternity are cordially and fraternally
invited to a>end the following events:
District Lodge of Instrucon (DLI), Beverly-Riverside Lodge #107
Tuesday, October 7, 2014 - 7:30pm
621 South Chester Avenue, Riverside, NJ 08075
Regular Communicaon, Beverly-Riverside Lodge #107
Thursday, October 16, 2014 - 7:30pm, Dinner @ 6:30pm
621 Chester Avenue, Riverside, NJ 08075
Order of Business:
♦
♦
♦
Opening of the Lodge
Regular Business
Closing of the Lodge
District Lodge of Instrucon (DLI), Beverly-Riverside Lodge #107
Tuesday, October 28, 2014 - 6:45pm, Dinner @ 5:30pm
621 South Chester Avenue, Riverside, NJ 08075
Emergent Communicaon - Beverly-Riverside Lodge #107
Thursday, October 31 2014 - 7pm, Dinner @ 6pm
621 South Chester Avenue, Riverside, NJ 08075
♦
Conferral of FC Degree on the following candidates (if found proficient):
Mr. James Ward Fusco
Mr. Dean Reynolds Jernigan
Candidates in Waiting
October Dinner Menu
Peons Under Invesgaon
Oct. 16 - Regular Communicaon
Selecon of
Finger Foods & Appezers
Awaing Entered Apprence Degree
Awaing Fellowcra7 Degree
Meal Sponsor: Dinner donaons
Mr. James Ward Fusco
Mr. Dean Reynolds Jernigan
Oct. 31 - Emergent Communicaon
Baked Zi, Salad & Rolls
Awaing Master Mason Degree
Meal Sponsor: Dinner Donaons
Awaing Master Mason Exam
If you would like to sponsor a meal please contact
the Worshipful Master
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Bro. Christopher Chotolal
Bro. Colby Banks
Bro. Shaughnessy Fraser
Bro. Robert Lyman
FROM THE EAST
Brethren,
October is a very busy month for Beverly-Riverside
Lodge. In a nutshell; we are hos3ng DLI and GLI, Square &
Compass day, a wheelchair push, our Regular Communica3on,
an Emergent Communica3on, and Oktoberfest!
We are hos3ng DLI on the 7th and GLI on the 28th, all the Brethren are welcome and
invited to a>end these, and a reminder to our newly raised Master Masons that if
you have not yet a>ended a DLI since being raised, either of these events will sa3sfy
that requirement. GLI is a great opportunity to meet members of other Lodges in
our District and see them exemplify various pieces of our Ritual.
Our annual Square & Compass day is on Saturday the 11th from 10am to 2pm. I
have been in contact with two men from the local community that are planning to
come out and no3ces were submi>ed to several local newspapers to get the word
out and hopefully bring some more poten3al candidates in. The more Lodge
members we have there the be>er the impression on anyone who comes in to learn
about Freemasonry—so anyone who can come out, even for just an hour, will help
the Lodge.
On Sunday the 12th we will be at the Masonic home to assist with bringing the
residents to and from the church services in the morning. Our a>endance at these
has been very light this year so I need more brethren to step up and come out to
help. As always I will bring coffee and donuts/bagels.
At our Regular Communica3on on the 16th we will have the proposed budget for
next year and if all goes well the Audit Commi>ee will present their findings from the
audit of last years books.
October 25th is a big event for the Lodge and, as I did last month, I am asking all the
Brethren for their help to make it a huge success. We have partnered with the South
Jersey Pops Orchestra (Brother Stebbins is on the board of trustees for the
organiza3on). We are looking to get over 200 people out to the event (see the flyer
on page 6) and I am challenging our Lodge members to support this event through
a>endance, dona3ng baskets for the silent auc3ons, and helping with venue setup,
logis3cs, and clean up. We are spliMng all proceeds equally between the two
organiza3ons and the money that the Lodge gets will go into the educa3on award
fund to cover awards this year and hopefully next year. My goal is for our lodge
members to fill at least 10 tables so get your family and friends together and come
out for a great evening of food, music, baskets, and fun. Anyone who can put
together a basket please let me know. If you have any ques3ons or to get your
3ckets you can contact me, or Brother Stebbins, Brother Daily or Brother Tilton. This
is an important event for us Brethren, we are hoping to make this an annual event so
it is important we have a good turnout for this first one.
At the September Regular Communica3on there was some discussion/concern
regarding the PSE&G bills over the summer. I promised the Brethren that I would dig
into this and bring back more informa3on. I have done this and I would like to share
the results of the digging here. I pulled up the monthly bills from May through
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September of this year and did some comparisons of the dollar amounts:
May
$ 36.65
$ 212.52
$ 38.85
Total $ 288.02
Gas
Electric
Unmetered Charges
June
$ 40.45
$ 227.61
$ 37.85
$ 305.91
July
$ 45.90
$ 325.19
$ 39.18
$ 410.27
August
$ 42.27
$ 243.47
$ 38.85
$ 324.59
September
$ 43.03
$ 258.79
$ 40.46
$ 342.28
I then looked at the usage (for electricity only – the gas charges are very consistent
and do not represent much of the cost) as well as the dates covered byeach bill:
Start Date
End Date
Total kWh
Demand kW
May
4/21/2014
5/20/2014
760
8.6
June
5/20/2014
6/19/2014
666
4.9
July
6/19/2014
7/21/2014
963
10
August
September
7/21/2014 8/20/2014
8/20/2014 9/19/2014
642
703
6.3
7.1
I then looked at the detailed breakdown of the various costs (for electric):
May
June
July
August
Sep
4.26
7.91
59.63
11.32
6.05
7.80
4.26
89.06
$ 4.31
$ 7.99
$ 123.00
$ 16.29
$ 8.34
$ 11.29
$ 4.24
$ 163.16
$ 4.33
$ 8.05
$ 77.99
$ 10.90
$ 5.56
$ 7.52
$ 4.24
$ 106.21
$
4.34
$
8.05
$ 87.97
$ 11.94
$
6.09
$
8.24
$
4.24
$ 118.48
$ 49.93
$ 41.68
$ 22.76
$ 47.65
$ 162.02
$ 49.93
$ 41.68
$ 16.14
$ 29.50
$ 137.25
$ 49.93
$ 41.88
$ 17.71
$ 30.84
$ 140.36
Delivery Charges
Annual Demand
Summer Demand
Delivery Sub Total
kWh Charges
Societal Bene)its
Securitization Transistion
Service charge
Sub Total for Delivery
$
$
$
$
$
$
Supply Charges
Generation
Transmission
Energy Charges
Next
Sub Total for Supply
$ 55.05
$ 41.68
$ 15.65
$ 34.47
$ 146.85
$ 51.80
$ 41.68
$ 16.02
$ 29.02
$ 138.52
Total Electric
$ 212.52
$ 227.58 $ 325.18 $ 243.46 $ 258.84
$ 4.28
36.81
8.21
7.48
8.90
4.27
65.67
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
The most notable thing is that during the summer months there is an increase of
~$8.00 per kW used, a 3x increase. This is what is making our summer bills seem so
high—the usage isn’t up, the cost is just three 3mes more during the summer
months. The July bill was higher because both June Communica3ons, as well the
Blood Drive and a Hall Rental (both of which used mul3ple portable A/C units) fell
within the July billing dates. I believe this adequately addresses the concerns raised
at the September mee3ng but if anyone has any further ques3ons I would be happy
to discuss them with you.
Sincerely & Fraternally,
Ricky D. Stoneking, WM
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Masonic Light
by Ricky D. Stoneking, WM
The Lambskin Apron
It is not ornamental, the cost is not so great,
There are other things far more useful, yet truly here I
do state:
Though of all my possessions, there's none which can compare,
With that white leathern apron, which all Freemasons wear.
As a lad I wondered just what it all meant,
When Dad hustled around, and so much 3me was spent,
On shaving and dressing and looking just right,
Un3l Mother would say: "There's a Lodge mee3ng tonight."
And some winter nights she said: "What makes you go
Way up there tonight through the sleet and the snow?
You see the same things every month of the year."
Then Dad would reply: "Yes, I know, my Dear."
"Forty years I have seen the same things, it is true.
And, though they are old, they always seem so new.
For the hands that I clasp, and the friends that I greet,
Seem a li>le bit closer each and every 3me we meet."
Years later I stood at that very same door,
With good men and true who had entered before.
I knelt at the alter, and there I was taught
That Virtue and Honor can never be bought.
That the spotless white lambskin that all Freemasons revere,
If worthily worn grows more precious each year.
That Service to others brings blessings untold;
That without it man may be poor even when surrounded by gold.
I learned that True Brotherhood flourishes there,
That enmi3es fade beneath the Compass and Square,
That wealth and posi3on are all thrust aside,
As there on the Level Brethren meet and peacefully abide.
So Honor the lambskin, may it always remain
Forever unblemished, and free from all stain.
And when we are called to the Great Father's love,
May we all take our place in the Celes3al Lodge up above.
-Author Unknown
“May the blessing of heaven rest upon us and all regular Masons.
May brotherly love prevail, and every moral and social virtue cement us. Amen”
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Beverly-Riverside Lodge No. 107 Website
www.beverlyriverside107.com
Grand Lodge of NJ Website
www.newjerseygrandlodge.org
19th Masonic District Website
www.19thdistrictnj.org
Hall Rentals Available
Members of Beverly-Riverside Lodge #107 F.&A.M. can
rent the Hall for birthday par3es, wedding recep3ons,
social func3ons, etc. Reasonable rates. Please contact
Bro. David Lynch for rates, availability, scheduling & informa3on at 609-915-5486 or by e-mail at
[email protected]
Please keep the men and women of our Ared Forces in your prayers.
Masonic Home High Twelve Club News
Monthly Lunch Mee3ng
3rd Monday (October 20th) @ 12 noon
Grow Hall, Masonic Home, Oxmead Rd, Burlington
Join your Brothers for Lunch $5.00
Reminder
Please send your dues for 2014 in to the
Secretary if you have not already done so.
Dues for 2014 are $116.50
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OCTOBER MASONIC BIRTHDAYS
Bro. Philip C Aaronson
Bro. Thomas D Barton
Bro. William J Kochersperger
Bro. Robert T Lyons
Bro. David R Lynch, Jr.
Bro. Ma>hew Charles Grohgans
Bro. Brian Phillip McFadden
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23
19
5
1
1
Be sure to come out to the regular communication of the lodge during
the month that your birthday appears here so that we may recognize
you for your years of service to the Fraternity. If this is your 10th,
20th, 25th, 30th, 35th, 40th, or 45th birthday, come out and receive a
special pin.
*** REMINDER ***
The Budget Committee will present their recommendation for the
2015 Lodge Operating Budget at the October Regular Communication on October 16th.
Annual Dues for 2015 will be discussed and voted upon (if necessary)
after the 2015 budget has been presented/approved.
All Brethren are encouraged to attend this meeting an make their
voice heard with regards to the budget or 2015 dues.
Suspension for Non Payment of Dues (NPD) will be voted upon at the
November Regular Communication per our by-laws. All Brethren
have received three notices regarding their dues as well as a copy of
the 14th General Regulation. If you do not have your 2014 dues
card please contact the Lodge Secretary.
Brethren who may be experiencing financial difficulties to contact WB
Cole, or myself, to discuss options to avoid suspension.
Ricky D. Stoneking, WM
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IN HONOR OF OUR LIVING PAST MASTERS
BEVERLY LODGE NO. 107
RIVERSIDE LODGE NO. 187
BEVERLY-RIVERSDIE
LODGE NO. 107
Albert V. Hart
1960
John Schmidinger
1966
Virgil G. Keen*, PGC
1948 &
1995
J. Donald Brown
1965
Bernard L. Berkowitz
1969
Allen K. Naese
2000
William T. Mckenzie
1976
Francis R. Klingler
1971
Lucian D. Craig, PGSB
2001
Vincent Parzyck, PGC
1977
Louis Krichovitz
1972
Ma>hew Korang
2002
1980 &
Firman H. Abdill, Jr., PDDGM 1985
Melvin Lotka
1976
Ronald S. Stubbs
2003
John B. King
1981
Richard J. Moranor
1978
William D. Ewan
2004
Robert A. Parsons
1983 &
1984
John F. Hall, PGC, PDRI
1982
Louis E. Christou
2005
Paul E. Doerr
1991
Richard A. Isolda
1984
Edward Marren
2006
Stephen F. Kelly
1992
Jay B. Pennell
1985
Marcus N. Carroll III
2007
Tracy B. Evans
1993
Richard D. Dreydoppel
1989
Stephen G. Devenny, Sr.
2008
C. Laing Honeywell, Jr.
1994
Owen D. Brennan, PGSB
1990 &
1999
Michael P. McGuire
2009
Timothy L. Cole
1995
Michael J. Jacoby
1991
John J. Blaney
2009
Raymond C. Flynn Jr., PGT
1996 &
1997
Theodore A. Gaun>, III
1992
Dennis E. Topoleski, PGSB 2010
Les Lee R. Jamerson
1998
Robert G. Zoll, Sr
1993
Julio L. Hernandez
2011
William J. Moleins
1999
David A. Convery
1994
Kevin T. Ryan
2012
Raymond J. Parzyck, II
2013
Timothy M. Pywell
Gary E. Kinney
1995 &
1998
1996 &
1997
*Affiliated
Beverly-Riverside Lodge No. 107 Honorary Members
MW Edgar N. Peppler, PGM MW George S. Mar3n, PGM MW Francis R. Mitchell, PGM
RW Mark E. Carl, PDDGM RW F Gerry Spence, PDDGM Bro. Henry Haughey
District Deputy Grand Master
19th Masonic District
RW Henry P. Fratz
230 Park Avenue
Marlton, NJ 08053
609.802.3108
[email protected]
Grand Master of Masons
of the State of New Jersey
MW Gerald J. Sharpe
100 Barrack Street
Trenton, NJ 08608-2008
609.703.1456
[email protected]
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District Ritual Instructor
19th Masonic District
RW Kevin D. Bunng
2120 Old York Road
Bordentown, NJ 08050
609.499,6655
[email protected]
2014 Lodge Officers
Worshipful Master
Ricky D. Stoneking
609.760.1603 / [email protected]
43 Westminster Drive, Lumberton, NJ 08048
Senior Warden
David N. Tilton (Karen)
609.915.3938 / [email protected]
202 Mildred Avenue, Maple Shade, NJ 08052
Junior Warden
Scott W. Daily (Jennifer)
609.424.7799 / [email protected]
67 Second Avenue, Roebling, NJ 08554
Treasurer
Michael P. McGuire, PM (Dyan)
856.217.6552/ [email protected]
515 Weeks Avenue, Riverside, NJ 08075
Secretary
Timothy L. Cole, PM (Anita)
609.320.8096 / [email protected]
27 Princeton Avenue, Delran, NJ 08075
Senior Deacon & Proxy to Grand Lodge
Ralph H. Baron (Alisa)
609.351.6857 / [email protected]
82 Whitford Drive, Burlington, NJ 08016
Junior Deacon
David R. Lynch, Jr (Cara)
609.915.5486 / [email protected]
11 Cary Circle, Burlington, NJ 08016
Chaplain
Eduardo Nazareth (Heather)
609.635.1547
Marshal
Eric S. Bracken
856.461.6222
Sr Master of Ceremonies
Christopher C. Seher (Danneille)
856.461.0229
Jr Master of Ceremonies
Christian D. Stebbins (Kim)
484.467.4328
Senior Steward
Michael Carnivale, III (Michelle)
609.217.2492
Junior Steward
Ian M. Stoneking
609.760.1826
Tyler
Vincent Parzyck, PGC (Theresa)
609.387.2425
Historian
John Schmidinger, PM (Nancy)
609.654.4252
Organist
Paul E. Doerr, PM
609.636.7746
Chief Steward
John J. Horn (Karli)
856.220.5922
Committees
Standing
Christopher Seher
Christian Stebbins
John Horn
Relief
Ralph Baron
Firman Abdill, Jr., PDDGM
John Schmidinger, PM
Audit
David Lynch
Eduardo Nazareth
Matt Grohgans
Community Relations
Scott Daily
Christopher Seher
Eric Bracken
Budget
Michael McGuire, PM
David Tilton
John Horn
Fund Raising
David Tilton
Scott Daily
Kevin Ryan, PM
HALL TRUSTEES
Website
Michael Carnivale
Trestle-board
Rick Stoneking
Ritual Instruction
Timothy Cole, PM
Michael McGuire, PM
Matthew Korang, PM
Instruction/Mentoring
Christian Stebbins
Ralph Baron
John Haines
LODGE TRUSTEES
2014
2015
2016
Brian McFadden
Robert Oryl
Jeffrey Stevenson
Pat Augello
Ma> Davis
Eduardo Nazareth
Eric Bracken
John Haines
Ian Stoneking
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Raymond J. Parzyck, PM
Kevin T. Ryan, PM
Julio L. Hernandez, PM
Please support your Trestle-board Sponsors
In Loving Memory of…
Brother Albert Parzyck
&
Bro Joe Carcasio
Proudly Sponsors our
Lodge Trestle-board
Brother Walter Parzyck
From Vince and Theresa Parzyck
Grand Slam Graphics
Scott Daily
609-424-7799
Embroidery, Silk Screening
Business Printing, Vinyl Lettering
Email: [email protected]
WB Francis R. Klingler
PM 1971
Riverside Lodge #187
Supports our
Lodge
Trestle-board
Lankenau Funeral Homes
Third Generation of Service
Stephen G. S. Lankenau, Manager
WB Berkowitz, Bro. Gilbert, DB Heck and WB Schmidinger
proudly sponsor our Lodge Trestle-board
These Masons of the Year proudly
support our Lodge Trestle-board
2006
2007
2008
2010
2012
2012
Dennis Topoleski, PM
James Tracy DB
David Tilton
David Lynch
Ralph Baron
Chris Seher
WB John J. “Jack” Blaney
PM 2009
Covenant Lodge #161
John Van Newenhizen, Director
Jeffrey K. Lankenau, Director
303-305 Birdgeboro Street
Riverside, NJ 08075
Phone (856) 461-0065
Supports our
Lodge Trestle-board
Trestle-board Sponsorships
If you wish to place an ad , please contact either the Worshipful Master or Secretary.
Cost for an ad on the Sponsor’s page is $10 for 1 issue, $30 for 6 issues, and $50 for a year.