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History of Our Lodge
History of Pacific - WORD format (.doc)
For a complete history of our Lodge, you can download it in Word format by clicking above.
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| R.W. Edward Neeley, PM, 2002 & 2003, DDGM |
Edward Neeley, PM served TWO CONSECUTIVE YEARS as Master of Pacific. Our thanks to him for a job well
done and we look forward to working with him in the future! Worshipful Sir, you are an inspiration to us all.
MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION
Brothers, we started the year with 233 members. We raised 12, reinstated 3, affiliated 3, had 8 deaths, 10
NPD's and 1 demit for a net loss of 1. As of 12/31/07 our membership was 232.
Grand Lodge Report was sent in on time (and hopefully correct) and the Audit Report was read at our last regular communication.
Thanks to everyone who helps get this done!
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Our Charter
Following
is a copy of the petition submitted to the Grand Lodge for dispensation in lieu of a charter:
TO
THE MOST WORSHIPFUL GRAND MASTER OF THE GRAND LODGE OF ANCIENT FREE MASONS OF
SOUTH CAROLINA:
The petition of the undersigned respectfully showeth that they are regular Free Masons and are at present and have
been members of regular Lodges that having the prosperity of the Fraternity at
heart, they are willing to exert their best endeavors to promote and diffuse the genuine principles of Free Masonry, that
for the convenience of their respective dwellings and for sufficient reasons they have agreed to form a new Lodge, that in
consequence of this resolution they pray the Most Worshipful Grand Master for a dispensation to empower them to assemble as
a regular Lodge at Columbia, in the County of Richland and there discharge the
duties of Free Masonry in a regular and Constitutional manner, according to the ancient usage of the order, and rules and
regulations of the Grand Lodge of Ancient Free Masons of South Carolina; that they have nominated and do recognize Brother
Irving South worth to be the first Master, and Brother J. O. Corn to be the first Senior Warden and Brother W. P. Hamrick to be the first Junior Warden.
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Our Officers for 2008
Fred Garren, W.M.
Brian Gambrell, S.W.
Bill Martin, J.W.
Bosie Martin, P.M., Sec.
Jim Jaco, Treas.
Del Collins, S.D.
Richard Prudence, J.D.
David Dowden, Stew.
Michael Hershberger, Stew.
Wayne Whitworth, Chaplain
Jan Barkan, Tyler
Masonic Education Corner
Right
Angle
A right angle is the meeting of two lines
in an angle of ninety degrees, or the fourth part of a circle. Each of its lines is perpendicular to the other; and
as the perpendicular line is a symbol of uprightness of conduct, the right angle has been adopted by Freemasons as an emblem
of virtue. Such was its signification among the Pythagoreans. The right angle is represented in the Lodges by
the square, as the horizontal is by the level, and the perpendicular by the plumb. ©
1999 - 2003 Phoenixmasonry, Inc. reprinted with permission.
Faith - trust, reliance
In the theological ladder, the explanation of which
forms a part of the ritual of the First Degree in Masonry, faith, is said to typify the lowest round. Faith,
here, is synonymous with confidence or trust, and hence we find merely a repetition of the lesson which had
been previously taught that the first, the essential qualification of a candidate for initiation, is that he should trust
in God. In the lecture of the same degree, it is said that "Faith may be lost in sight; Hope ends in fruition; but
Charity extends beyond the grave, through the boundless realms of eternity." And this is said, because as faith is "the
evidence of things not seen," when we see we no longer believe by faith but through demonstration; and as hope lives only
in the expectation of possession, it ceases to exist when the object once hoped for is at length enjoyed, but charity, exercised
on earth in acts of mutual kindness and forbearance, is still found in the world to come. Heb. 11:6 - Rom. 10:9,10
- Acts 15:8,9 © 1999 - 2003 Phoenixmasonry, Inc. reprinted
with permission.
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