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From the EastBylaw Change Announcement

Brother Profile: Dale Seubert

New Library Books

LEO Article:Mason’s Mark andMark Masonry

LH Supports Key School Program

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Monday, July 6th1st Degree6:00 P.M. Dinner7:00 P.M. Degree

Sunday, July 19thSt. Croix Railroad1:00 P.M. - 4:00 P.M.

Monday, August 3rd 2nd Degree6:00 P.M. Dinner7:00 P.M. Degree

Saturday, August 29th 3rd Degree4:30 P.M. 1st Section6:00 P.M. Dinner

For more pictures, stories and information go to:

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Our New BrothersLake Harriet is pleased to welcome our newest brothers from the December 2008 and March 2009 classes.

December 2008

(from left to right) Leonard Casanova, John Kohlmetz, Jonathan Brown, Mike Norris, Paul Bantle, Matt Vegdahl, and Al Williams

March 2009

Joseph Seibore (Fellowcraft) and Michael Kohout (not pictured: Ben S. Woolsey, James B. Woolsey, Greg C. Anderson)

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The Lake Harriet Lodge Heraldwww.lhl277.org

July/August 20092 The Lake Harriet Lodge Heraldwww.lhl277.org

Worshipful MasterW.B. Kris Pich

(952) 835-7757

Senior WardenBro. Bradley Skeel

Junior Warden Bro. Karl Kraywinkle

SecretaryW.B. Robert Holden

TreasurerBro. Robert Davis

Senior DeaconBro. Peter Nickitas

Junior DeaconBro. Tim Blakesley

Senior StewardBro. Shane Wendt

Junior StewardBro. Todd Schwartz

MarshalBro. Chris Caulfield

TylerBro. William Bryan

ChaplainBro. Paul Kraska

Education OfficerBro. James Maertens

Director of MusicW.B. Pat VeVea

2009 Elected & Appointed Officers

Lake Harriet Lodge No. 277

A.F. & A.M. of Minnesota

From the East

There are a lot of new and exciting things happening at the lodge. We will begin our new mentor program starting in July. This program will

be more of a long term partnership between the lodge, the new Mason and his mentor. The whole program was revamped starting with the petition all the way through the new Mason’s first year and beyond. If this sounds like something you would be inter-ested in please let me know.

We had a great time during our Edina Lodge recognition evening on May 18th. WB Bob Holden had a display of Edina Lodge memorabilia and also put on a super presentation reminiscing about his memories of the lodge. We had quite a few Edina Lodge members present and the event was well attended. I would like to thank everyone for your participation!! We have a Joppa Lodge recognition evening coming up on August 17th. Please join us if you

can. Also in August we will be having a Second Degree on the Monday August 3rd and a Third Degree on Saturday August 29th as the Third Degree is being moved back a week due to the Labor Day holiday.

I f yo u wo u ld l i ke t o c on t i nue you r Ma son ic education the Minneapolis Scottish Rite has their Fall degree cycle staring in late August and our own York Rite Chapter (St John’s Lake Harriet Chapter #9) would like to start a degree cycle in the Fall as well. Contact me and I can get you a petition or give you more information on

either of these great Masonic bodies.

Have a great summer and I will see you in Lodge!!

– Kris W. PichWorshipful Master

Bylaw AnnouncmentAt the Stated Meeting on August 17, 2009 we will vote on the following Bylaw change:

The current Bylaw Article V, Section 41.

Whereas:“The fees for the degrees shall be a follows for petitions received after January 1, 2004:

Fee With Petition $125.00EA Degree $25.00FC Degree $25.00MM Degree $25.00Plus other assessments.”

Proposed By-Law change Article V Section 41.

Whereas:“The fees for degrees shall be as follows for petitions received after January 1, 2010:

Fee With Petition $250.00EA Degree $25.00FC Degree $25.00MM Degree $25.00Plus other assessments.”



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Brother Profile

A Lifelong Commitment to MasonryBy Lee Casanova

Worshipful Brother Dale Seubert has been a Mason since 1955. He was raised at Metropolitan Lodge No. 49 in Iowa and was preceded into the Craft by his father, a Mason for 72 years.

How do you define a Mason?Dale: A Mason is a man who strives to live a moral and upright life. He associates with brothers of all faiths and is tolerant of other peoples’ beliefs. A Mason tries to do good things, be charitable and be a faithful brother to all Masons.

How has Masonry influenced you as an individual?Dale: I think it set my feet down the paths of righteousness, if you want to describe it that way. My father was a Mason for 72 years. He always stressed doing the right thing. It is necessary to do things right, but it is more important to do the right things. I’ve always tried to live by that. In my professional career, if I made a mistake I never tried to cover it up.

There’s a saying, “Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we start to deceive.” I think that is compatible to saying that you want to do the right thing and so you always want to live your life in such a manner that you’ve done what you think is right. As a Mason do you see the world differently then?Dale: I think I do. Some people are willing to sell themselves for material gain and they’ll do almost anything to get ahead in the world, to gain advancement. I think any advancement must be on your own merits. Something you have earned, not because you were deceitful.

As a Mason, what quality or trait would you like to pass onto your brothers?Dale: Brotherly love is certainly one...love for another. The tenants of our institution remain unchanged and I think they resonate now as much as they ever have. They have been the foundation of our fraternity for 300 years and, in my opinion, should remain that way. We talk about political freedom, religious tolerance and personal integrity. That is the mod-ern way of saying it. But, a Mason’s word has always been his bond. The Lodge is important, but I think we often lose sight of the fact that it is the institution of Masonry that brings us together. Sometimes the lodge becomes more than a meeting place, but an institution within itself.

Do you think the Lodge contributes adequately to its neighborhood and schools?Dale: I wish we did more. I think that sometimes our brothers get so busy with their careers and families that it is difficult to find time for community involvement. I would like to see us more involved in the community. But, even back when I was raised, the brothers weren’t as involved as they could have been. I think we can do more in terms of community outreach than we do. I’d like to see more of it. We get involved in so many activities the one forgets about some of the community outreach project that would really make a difference.

How should a Mason act if he wishes to be a role model in our community?Dale: You should always carry yourself as a gentleman. You should not be a person known for using profane language and drinking to excess. I think you should be a God-fearing per-son and live by the Golden Rule, “Do unto others, as you would have them do unto you.”

Dale Seubert

W.B. Dale Seubert at Grand Lodge 2009

Personal Biography• Born September 7, 1930• US Navy 1951-1955• Graduate of Univ. of Iowa BS 1956

and Univ. of Michigan MBA 1961• Ford Motor Co. 1956 to 1961• MaCarTa 1961 to 1962• Barker Poultry Equipment Co. 1962

-1965• Professional Management Midwest

1965 -2007 (management consultant for physicians and dentists)

Masonic Biography• Raised May, 1955 at Metropolitan

Lodge No. 49, Iowa• Affiliated with Lake Harriet in 1975;

PM 1987; Hiram Award 1995• Order of Eastern Star--Past Grand

Patron 1994-95• RAM--St John’s-Lake Harriet #9• Zion Commandery• Scottish Rite--Past Venerable Master,

Lodge of Perfection--Coroneted 33rd degree in November, 2005

• Lifetime Achievement Award received May, 2009

• Royal Order of Scotland• Red Cross of Constantine• DeMolay Legion of Honor--Past

Dean• Zuhrah Shrine Legion of Honor• Minnesota Masonic Charities,

Director• Member, International Peace Garden

Lodge• Past Grand Orator, Grand Lodge of

MN• National Sojurners MN Chapter #25,

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In Memoriam

Nile O. Walther Born July 17, 1929 Raised November 28,1950 Died May 9, 2009 58 Years a Mason

Kenneth W. Saari Born October 26, 1924 Raised June 27, 1966 Died April 24, 2009 42 Years a Mason

Frank J. Garofono Born November 7, 1924 Raised December 1, 1980 Died May 1, 2009 28 Years a Mason

James W. Steverin Born June 28, 1915 Raised April 13, 1942 Died April 28, 2009 67 Years a Mason

John Van Hofwegen Born June 17, 1949 Raised March 17, 1982 Died May 25, 2009 26 Years a Mason

Our lodge library is growing. We have plans for putting in a new book shelf in the lounge area as soon as some of the old cabinets can be shifted, and when that happens it will give us space for many new acquisitions. We have all the old classics of Freemasonry, but many of those are encyclopedic and over a

hundred years old, which is sometimes intimidating. Recent books are much more compact, focused, and quicker to read. Though mostly non-fiction, We have acquired a few novels of interest to Masons for a light read. Here are some new titles with brief descriptions:

William Preston and His Work by Colin Dyer. The Prestonian Work is the basis for our Minnesota Work and William Preston was one of the Fathers of Masonic ritual.

The Rosetta Key (An Ethan Gage Adventure) by William Dietrich. A novel in the same family as National Treasure.

The Secret Science of Masonic Initiation by Robert Lomas. This well-known author’s short book on the process of initiation based on his own experiences as a British Mason.

What Masonry Means by William Hammond (Reprint of 1939 classic). A small and thought-ful book interpreting the meaning of the Craft expanding on the metaphor of building and architecture. The chapter on “Social Structure” is especially thought-provoking.

Emulation Ritual by the Emulation Lodge of Improvement, London. (Large Print Edition). The complete British Emulation ritual. It’s only partially in cipher. Very interesting to make comparisons with our Work, especially in light of our brothers at Churchill Lodge who will be working these rituals.

Emulation Working Today by Graham Redman. A British study of their Emulation work with chapters on each of the officers and their duties in the ritual. Gives insight into our work through understanding how British work differs.

Mozart the Freemason: The Masonic Influence on His Musical Genius by Jacques Henry. Translated by Jack Cain (Published in French in 1991). A very detailed study of Mozart’s music and operas and evidence of Masonic influences. Particularly fascinating to musicians and Mozart aficionados.

Foreign Countries by Carl H. Claudy. One of Claudy’s finest, directed to the newly-made Master Mason but an inspiring read to any brother. This is a McCoy reprint of the 1925 edition. Full of Wisdom.

Introduction to Freemasonry by H. L. Haywood. The author was editor of The Builder Magazine in the 1920’s. This book is an introduction to Craft Masonry and its appendant bodies with chapters on the three blue lodge degrees, the history of Craft Masonry in Europe and America. Another great book for the newly-raised Master Mason. This edition has been updated for the reader in the 21st Century.

Next time you are at the lodge, visit the book shelf and discover something new! There is a handy sign-out sheet on the side of the book case. Good reading!

New Books for the Lodge LibraryBy Bro. James Maertens, LEO



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UpcomingEvents

Saturday, July 4thBurger Day11:00 A.M. - 1:00 P.M.9:00 A.M. Officers Meeting

Monday, July 6th1st Degree6:00 P.M. Dinner7:00 P.M. Meeting

Sunday, July 19thSt. Croix Railroad1:00 P.M.

Tuesday, July 21stJoint Stated with Bloomington Lodge6:00 P.M. Dinner7:00 P.M. Meeting

Saturday, August 1stBurger Day9:00 A.M. Officers Meeting

Monday, August 3rd2nd Degree6:00 P.M. Dinner7:00 P.M. Meeting

Monday, August 17th6:00 P.M. Dinner7:00 P.M. MeetingJoppa Lodge Recognition Night

Saturday, August 29th3rd Degree4:30 P.M. 1st Section6:00 P.M. Dinner7:00 P.M. 2nd Section

Sunday, August 30thKids ID at the State Fair10:00A.M. – 9:00P.M.

Editors note: The Mark Master degree will be familiar to all Master Masons who have continued in their search for Masonic Light by taking the degrees of the Royal Arch Chapter. If you are a Mark Master, consider when was the last time you thought about the significance of your personal mark. The following article appeared in The Builder Magazine, December 1920.

THE MARK DEGREE seems to antedate any of t he [other] Chapter degrees. In

England and most of her depen-dencies it is controlled by a separate organization known as the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons. These lodges take their material from the Maste r’s deg ree and t hey confer the degrees of Mark Man, Mark Master and in some instances the Royal Ark Mariners. … [In America the degree of Mark Master is included in the Royal Arch Chapter degrees.]

When we read the story of the building of that house upon Mount Moriah we are amazed at the magnitude, as well as the splendor of the work. By the quarries, in Lebanon, and in the mountain that over-looked the Dead Sea, men wrought by plan - Fellow Crafts and M. M.’s of the different lodges. They apparently wrought also by piece in many cases; and it was important that a careful record should be kept of work done, of work done well - and of the worker, whatever he had done. …Masons were in the habit of making such Marks for purposes of signature… When few could read, and fewer write, a plan of adopting some easily remem-bered Mark would be a great advantage. And there is no doubt that the signature in some way of a man’s workmanship was of impor-tance to the Wardens and the Overseers.

Masonry has ever emphasized the value standard in regard to membership in a lodge, both in operative and in speculative labor;

and we can easily understand that such a sys-tem of Marks as we have discovered would become necessary, especially in a work of such stupendous magnitude as the Temple of Jerusalem, or the other great works of antiquity in which bands of workmen of dif-ferent nations and languages and habits were employed.

The Marks would be, to the Overseers, both a statement of account and surveyor’s report; and every man would receive praise and reward or punishment as these marks were borne upon good or bad work.

… The Marks were the signature and the challenge of the work-men. And, just in the same way, the Mark Mason of today demands that a Mark shall repre-sent the responsibility and the ac-

count of the Mark Mason. Just as in business the reputation of a merchant or manufac-turer may be said to be constantly in pledge against the fulfillment of a contract, so Mark Masonry throws herself upon her character, upon her Masonic brotherliness, upon her right to receive and to give. And just so her character stamps her acts and her ideals.

The Mark is found upon the obverse of the jewel, and not upon the apron, which with the exception that there are no tassels and that the ribbon is edged with crimson, resembles that of the M. M. Craft degree. The jewel takes the form of the keystone of an arch. Upon one side are the letters H.T.W.S.S.T.K.S., and upon the other Hebrew characters of similar import. These are ar-ranged round a space, circular, in which the Mark of the wearer is inscribed.

[B]oth the Royal Arch and the Mark are based largely upon the content and construc-tion of the arch in Masonry. The principal difference is one of form.

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Masons’ Marks and Mark MasonryBy Bro. Charles C. Conover, Michigan Edited and Abbreviated by Bro. James Maertens



O.E.S. No. 202Upcoming

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August 16, 2009Church Basement Ladies 2 at Plymouth Playhouse theater - 2:00P.M.

September 9, 2009 Rob Morris night, honor Brother’s Dinner 6:00P.M.

September 12, 2009 Social Club 12:00P.M.

September 23, 2009 Stated Meeting/Service Project Night 7:00 P.M.

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Greetings Sisters and Brothers, Please note we have a new web address, our old provider went out of business so we set up shop

under a new address. Sister’s Diane and Patty did an excellent job of making this a seamless move. Thank you both for all your hard work.

Grand Chapter was successful and fun. Sister Sara gave us all the highlights at our first meeting in May. Sister Tracy served as Grand Adah and we had two pages (Sister Deb Rickard and Brother Al Pederson) so we were well-represented on the floor. We also had a great Friday night get together. Good thing I was poolside because we needed the overf low space.

We did not win the volunteer hours compe-tition, but we did accumulate over 2,000 hours. That project has ended and we are moving on to new Grand Chapter projects for 2009-2010.

We also honored 25 Mothers at our first meeting in May. We bid an early farewell to our Sister Kristie Kearney who is moving to Iowa (we feel her pain) so I am looking for volunteers to fill the station of Ruth for the rest of the year. Please let me know if you are willing to fill the station for a meeting, or wish to take over for the rest of the year.

Our second May meeting was initiation. We welcomed two new brothers: Joe Munster and Rick Reinhart. A big thank you to the officers for their work that evening, you did a great job.

The Garage Sale was a big success and a lot of work for the people involved. Please thank Dale and Joyce for again allowing us to take over the house and garage for the better part of a month for this project. It is our biggest annual fundraiser. We raised over $2,000 on this project. It is not too early to start putting aside items for next year.

In June we honored Fathers at our first meeting and School of Instruction with a Pot Luck was at the second meeting.

Our 4th of July picnic has been moved from the lodge to Seubert’s house 4010 Morningside, Edina. We will all gather there after we march in the parade.

We will be attending the 2PM perfor-mance of Church Basement Ladies 2 at the Plymouth Playhouse Theater on August 16. Cost is $24 and checks should be made out to me and sent to my home so that I have them no later than August 1. My address is 5289 Beachside Dr, Mtka, MN 55343.

– Jan HermansonWorthy Matron

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EducationJames MaertensPeter Nickitas

W.B. Chris VoigtPaul Kraska

KitchenBrad & Gayle Johnson

Steve Willett

Lodge FoundationKarl Kraywinkle

MentoringPaul Kraska

W.B. Dale Seubert

MembershipW.B. Daniel Akins

W.B. Pat VeVea

Special EventsSteve Willett

W.B. Dale SeubertW.B. Bob Bayers

PublicationsChris Caulfield

Brad SkeelShane WendtJustin Bodie

James MaertensW.B. David Johnson

Lee Casanova

EndowmentW.B. Dale Seubert

W.B. Charlie MeyerPaul KraskaJim KiraharaShane Wendt

CommitteeOrganization 2009Lake Harriet Lodge

Contact Us

General InquiriesBro. BRAD SKEEL

(612) 817-6343

Lodge SecretaryW.B. ROBERT HOLDEN4519 France Avenue SouthMinneapolis, MN 55410

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What would you say to those men considering membership?

Dale: You would be joining one of the oldest and finest fraternities in the world. If you come in with the idea that you want to learn about the morals, values and symbolisms of Masonry and you try to live those values, you’ll become a better person. Not better than your neighbor or your brother, but you’ll become a better person internally.

What is one of your biggest personal accomplishments in the Lodge?

Dale: I had a good year as Master of the Lodge. One event that I started was the widows’ lun-cheon at the lodge that is still an annual gathering. I guess my next proudest accomplishment would be my seven years as secretary. I had the honor of serving under some fine masters.

Do you have any last thoughts you want to leave us with?

Dale: H.G. Wells once said, “The measure of a man’s success in life is the ratio of his accom-plishments to his abilities.” I see so many people that don’t use their abilities or their energy to do good things and that is a shame. So you think about that and how it applies to your

Brother Profile continued

W.B. Bob Holden and W.B. Dale Seubert present a $500 check to Betty Ellot of Edina Schools for their

Diabetic Testing Program

Lake Harriet Continues Support of Key School Program

The Spring Pancake Breakfast is a great event not only for the fellowship and the award-winn ing pancakes, but a lso

because it raises money for the Edina school system. For the past 20 years, Lake Harriet has dedicated the profits from our spring Breakfast to help defray the costs of purchasing supplies and equipment needed to monitor students with Diabetes.

This community program was chosen because our Lodge is located next to Edina and has many members from there. We chose to support the Diabetes program in honor of the Grand Master that first year who lives with the condition.

This year the Lodge presented a check for $500 dollars to the Edina School system.

Take the “A” Train!Join the Brothers of Lake Harriet at our annual

St. Croix R ailroad PicnicSunday, July 19th (1PM - 4PM)

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