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www.dallasscottishrite.org ed.kirk@dallasscottishrite.org

F O R T H E V A L L E Y O F

Ceremony of Remembrance and RenewalDallas Chapter of Rose Croix

Inlaid Porcelain Rose Croix Symbol from the floor of the Main Lobby, installed in 1908

We are doing several exciting things in and around the Temple. The first of which is our Spring Reunion, the first day of the Reunion, we had twenty-one new candidates for initiation into the degrees of Scottish Rite Masonry. Everyone who I visited with was very impressed with our degree work and the fact that members of the degree teams had memorized their parts. Keep in mind that this really is the only Valley which confers all Twenty-nine degrees twice each year. It is certainly something to be proud of. The conferral of these degrees takes several brothers to make these ceremonies happen. I thank you for making this happen. We hosted the Lamar Awards banquet for the 14th Masonic District. Several Lodges in the district presented medals to students and educators from the Dallas area. The event was coordinated by the Masters, Wardens and Secretaries Association for the 14th district. It was a wonderful evening with over two hundred in attendance. Our next event will be Day two of the Spring Reunion on March 28, come if you can, we need your support. Day three will be on April 4 and I hope to see several initiates

in our Auditorium. It sure would be nice to see around one hundred candidates. I know it has been several years since this has happened, but if we all work together, it can come to be. A new program will be starting to give an incentive to recruit new members, if you bring in five new members in a calendar year (January - December), we will pay your dues for the next year. We will be participating in a joint Military Honors program with Hella Shrine. This should be an outstanding event. Details are included elsewhere in this newsletter. I encourage each of you to visit our web site to check for upcoming events, updates of personal information, payments and any forms you might need regarding the Scottish Rite. Thank you for all the hard work and positive attitudes, which are necessary to making us a successful organization. If we all work together we can make Dallas the best Valley in Texas.

Wendell P. Miller

Wisdom fromGrandpa

Notes from the Chairman

To All OWLS: (Older Wiser Laughing Souls)

Whether a man winds up with a nest egg, or a goose egg, depends a lot upon

the kind of chick he marries.

Trouble in marriage often starts when a man gets so busy earnin’ his salt that he

forgets his sugar.

Too many couples marry for better, or for worse, but not for good.

When a man marries a woman, they be-come one; but the trouble starts when

they try to decide which one.

If a man has enough horse sense to treat his wife like a thoroughbred, she

will never turn into an old nag.

On anniversaries, the wise husband always forgets the past... But never the

present.

A foolish husband says to his wife, “Honey, you stick to the washin’, ironin’, cookin’ and scrubbin’. No wife of mine is

gonna “work”.”

Many girls like to marry a military man - he can cook, sew, and make beds and is in good health, and he’s already used

to taking orders.

Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start

bragging about it.

Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know “why” I look this way. I’ve trav-

eled a long way and some of the roads weren’t paved.

How old would you be if you didn’t

know how old you are?

You know you are getting old, when everything either dries up or leaks.

Old age is when former classmates are so gray and wrinkled and bald, they

don’t recognize you.

Cotton Patch Café is kicking off a fundraising event benefiting the patients of Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children. In celebration of the restaurant’s 20th

anniversary, from March 30 to May 10, participants may make a gift to TSRHC through the $250,000 Challenge at www.tsrhc.org/challenge, and Cotton Patch Café will give each participant a gift card, redeemable at any restaurant location. For every $25 you give to the hospital through the Challenge Web site, you will receive a gift card valued at $25 each on behalf of Cotton Patch Café.

Cotton Patch Café has been a good friend and supporter of the hospital, and since 2007 has raised more than $21,000 for the patients of TSRHC. Cotton Patch Café has more than 35 locations throughout Texas. To find a restaurant in your area, please visit www.cottonpatch.com. For additional information on the Challenge, please call (214) 559-7650 or (800) 421-1121, ext. 7650. Thank you for supporting the Cotton Patch Café $250,000 Challenge and the children of TSRHC!

Take the Cotton Patch Café $250,000 Challenge! 1. From March 30 – May 10, visit www.tsrhc.org/

challenge. 2. Give in increments of $25 to the $250,000 Challenge.3. Receive a $25 gift card from Cotton Patch Café for each $25 you give, up to $1,000!

Master Craftsman Course

The Supreme Council of the Scottish Rite, Southern Jurisdiction has crafted a home study course to further the Masonic education of the membership. Styled “The Master Craftsman” course. This course of study consists of six open book exams utilizing the Arturo DeHoyos book, “Scottish Rite Ritual. Monitor and Guide” and the “Bridge to Light”.

This study course has a fee of $35.00 which includes your own per-sonal copy of the “Scottish Rite Ritual, Monitor and Guide” in hard back consisting of nearly 1000 pages. It also includes the first of the six exams. When the first exam is finished, it is mailed to the Supreme Council and graded. The exam is returned with comments and the next one sent to you. When all exams are completed, a cer-tificate and special Master Craftsman lapel pin is sent to the General Secretary for presentation at a Stated Meeting. It is a great experi-ence that explains much of our ritual.

Master Craftsman Certificates and pins are presented to Brothers Larry G. Canada, 32o KCCH and Wyndell Ferguson, 32o by Chairman of the Executive Committee, Ill. Wendell P. Miller, 33o at the January, 2009 Stated Meeting

Office DirectoryDallas Scottish Rite

Chairman - Wendell P. Miller, 33o

e-mail - wmiller@dallasscottishrite.org

General Secretary - Ed Kirkpatrick, 33o

e-mail - ed.kirk@dallasscottishrite.org

Admin. Assistant - Cindy Scholandere-mail - cindy.scholander@dallasscottishrite.org

Events Coordinator - Glenda Dohmemail - gdohm@dallasscottishrite.org

Office phone - 214-748-9196Office Fax - 214-748-5155

500 South Harwood StreetDallas, TX 75201-6210

Deus Meumque Jus (God and My Moral Rightness)By: Brother James A. Marples, 32o

Life Member, Nebraska College S.R.I.C.F.From a paper presented to Masonic Scholars in Nebraska(Continued from First Quarter Issue of Scottish Rite News)

Continued from Winter 2009 issue:

In the 1800s, Bro. Albert G. Mackey, 33o and a Knight Templar, noted that this is a precautionary measure of enabling distant Brethren, by a comparison of handwriting samples, to recognize the true and original owner of a Membership Certificate, and to detect any imposter who may surreptitiously have obtained one. Many people wonder why most Lodges have an Official Register Book at the Tiler’s station just outside the entryway to the Lodge Hall. An “Official Register” is much more than a “guest book”. It enables the members and officers to literally see “WHO’s WHO”. It obviously helps the secretary in taking accurate ‘Minutes’ of the proceedings. However, its main purpose is to provide a polite, subtle and gentle means of obtaining a visitor’s signature, residence and stating the place where he holds his membership--thereby enabling Lodge members to fully and thoroughly examine and investigate any visitor who approaches - giving them the opportunity to make certain he is genuine. The criss-crossing requirement of the issuing Masonic Body affixing its “seal” and then the almost immediate signing by the individual member essentially creates a tangible Masonic “Pass-port”, enabling an individual member to uniquely present and verify his own credentials as a member of a legitimate and officially recognized Masonic Body when visiting Masonic meetings in distant lands or other jurisdictions. It is both a duty and a privilege to carry one’s dues card at all times. Any visitor should extend it for examination before being asked. And, anyone examining such a card should make a slow and careful inspection of it. Each of us, as a Masonic Rosicrucian, has adopted our own unique Latin Motto as representative of our personal aims or ideals. My motto is: “Deus Lo Vult” = (God wills It). This motto is quite ancient, having been the motto of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. The motto is also as modern as the times we live in. Albert Pike quoted Saint Thomas as saying, “A thing is not just because God wills it, BUT GOD WILLS IT BECAUSE IT IS JUST. Laws and the whole concept of justice and jurisprudence may have a ‘color of law’ merely by being adopted by men. Such civil laws may shift or be amended by other men from time to time. However, the higher laws of Almighty God have an inherent integrity. Obedience to the same, shapes our moral rightness. Many of our Nation’s founders and leading men were Freemasons. They created mottos which served as words “to live by”. Many reflect the belief in inherent rights that every human is destined to possess, such as “Liberty of Conscience” or “Equal Justice under the Law”. Quite notably, the Great Seal of the United States of America has three mottos beside three separate images:

The motto carried by the American Eagle: E PLURIBUS UNUM = Out of many, one.The motto above the triangle with the All-Seeing Eye of Providence: ANNUIT COEPTIS = Providence favors our endeavors.

The motto beneath the American Pyramid: NOVUS ORDO SECULORUM = A New Order of the Ages.

By looking at these mottos and others, a person can literally probe the depth of commitment to civilized behavior or stan-dards. If a society strives for a degree of excellence, those attributes will be inscribed for all to see. There are no hidden agendas. There are no secret convoluted riddles. A truly honorable motto uses words as an incentive for men and women to strive harder toward ex-cellence. In addition, any honorable motto (either implicitly or explicitly) calls upon God’s aid in accomplishing worthy endeavors. Bro. and Sir Knight Robert Macoy, 33o and a KT, in his Masonic Manual, notes the admonition given to a newly made Knight of Malta: “You have the counsel and support of your brethren, whose mystic swords, combining the virtues of Faith, Hope and Charity with Justice, Fortitude and Mercy will leap from their scabbards in defense of your just rights. .... As noted earlier, the usual translation for Deus Meumque Jus has been “God and my right”. However, in my opinion a broader translation must apply. As Americans, we may believe in the Right to Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We may believe in the Right to bear Arms and other rights. As humans, our “Right” to anything is first and foremost based on our fundamental right to Exist. Our existence is directly attributable to the Will of our Creator, Almighty God. Therefore the crux of the issue is that any rights or justice we perceive are directly tied to and flow from moral rightness. Our sincerity toward our faith could be described as our “signature”. Let us affix that signature Ne Verietur upon our hearts. By doing so, we will validate that we will walk uprightly before Almighty God in a manner which is verifiable when Saint Peter asks us to sign the Register at the door of “the Pearly Gates of Heaven”. By looking at the aforementioned mottos, let our daily actions be measured by our usual “Working Tools” as Masons: mea-sured by our Latin mottos as good citizens and Masonic Rosicrucians: signed and engraved in our hearts with the usual Ne Varietur and lastly, measured by the ultimate standard which determines if we will indeed receive the keys to the Heavenly Kingdom: OUR FAITH combined with the SINCERITY OF THAT FAITH in reflecting what our moral rightness actually is. My own feeling is that it will literally hinge on my mind, my body and my soul living up to the motto: God and My Moral Rightness = DEUS MEUMQUE JUS!!

SOURCES / READINGS- Mackey’s Encyclopedia of Freemasonry, by Albert G. Mackey, 33o

- Morals and Dogma, by Albert Pike- Grand Lodge of British Columbia and Yukon - Reference Material- Federal Citizen Information Center - United States General Services Administration- The Masonic Manual, Compiled and arranged by Robert Macoy, 1867 edition.

COME HONOR OUR ARMED SERVICES

DALLAS SCOTTISH RITE BODIES AND HELLLA SHRINE

present MILITARY APPRECIATION NIGHT

FORMER INSPECTOR GENERAL U.S. AIR FORCE LT. GEN. STEVEN R. POLK

and

MEMBERS of the ROSS VOLUNTEERS Honor Guard to the Governor of Texas

Thursday APRIL 16, 2009 6:30 p.m. Dinner 7:30 p.m. presentation

HELLA SHRINE CENTER 2121 Rowlett Road, Garland

Dinner $7.50

Begins 9:00 AM

SPRING REUNION, DAY 3 APRIL 4, 2009

This is the final day of our Spring Reunion and the one day class.

If your candidates were unable to make the first two days,now is the chance for them to become 32nd degree

Scottish Rite Masons in just one day.

Our Fraternity needs high quality younger members.Every one of us has the obligation to replace himself.

Get those Petitions in to the office. The next one dayclass will be held on July 25, 2009

Members of the Scottish Rite Valley of DallasAre deeply saddened to learn that the Supreme Architect of the Universe has called the following Brethren to the Celestial Lodge above...

RECORDED DEATHS: October, November, December, 2008NAME / DEGREE DATE OF DEATH NAME / DEGREE DATE OF DEATH

He lived respected and died regretted; Farewell, my Brother, until we meet again.

Charles Eugene Seay, Sr., 33o 2/07/2009

Roy Conrad Allman, 32o 1/29/2009Felix Henry Barnhouse, Jr., 32° 2/05/2009Robert Dale Buckner, 32° 2/08/200932° 2/08/2009Perry Oliver Carter, 32° 12/13/2008Emanuel Cilio, 32° 9/23/2008Wade Dyer Cook, 32° 3/07/2008Bennie Harold Green, 32° 1/11/200932° 1/11/2009Raymond Leon Hargrove, 32° 1/31/2009Eddie Lee Hesson, 32° 1/24/2009William Goliday Hewgley, 32° 12/15/2008Lacey Lee Hoffman, 32° 12/01/200832° 12/01/2008 Edwin Sealy Hoot, 32° 1/09/2009John Cochran Irving, 32° 1/31/2009Tildon Addison Kirkpatrick, 32° 2/04/2009Allen Dwight Lewis, 32° 1/13/2009David Fred Little, 32° 2/21/2009Coredie Reese Littrell, Jr., 32° 5/03/2008Marvin Wayne Lobban, Sr., 32° 1/09/2009Morris G. McWhorter, 32° 1/13/2009Willie Howard Moss, 32° 12/22/2008

Edward Joseph Ochs, 32° 1/10/2009Herbert Ewing Paris, 32° 2/03/200932° 2/03/2009Patrick Claude Parker, 32° 3/22/2008Walter Eugene Potts, 32° 1/09/2009Richard Darrell Price, 32° 12/06/2008Jesse Thelbert Rasure, 32° 2/02/2009E. J. Ray, 32° 1/08/200932° 1/08/2009Curtis F. Richards, 32° 1/27/2009Ray Robertson, 32° 12/28/2008Guinn Ervin Robinson, 32° 11/13/200832° 11/13/2008David Franklin Shultz, 32° 12/05/2008Melmoth Young Stokes, 32° 11/24/2008Wayne Wilson Streety, 32° 2/08/2009 Beril Susman, 32° 1/07/2009James L. Sutton, 32° 2/04/2009Ralph Leon Thomas, 32° 1/09/2009 William James Vaughn, 32° 1/23/2009James Faye Wallace, 32° 1/07/2009James Everett Wisby, 32° 2/06/2009William Everett Woods, 32° 1/18/2009 Ellison Penn Wootten, Jr., 32° 1/16/2009 John Pershing Wright, 32° 10/08/2008

ScholarshipBanquet

Honoring Dallas Scottish Rite Library & Museum, Inc.Scholarship Recipients

Thursday May 14, 20096:30 PM

Crystal Banquet Hall

Reservations Required, 214-748-9196

A note from one of our Graduating College Seniors

Hi, My name is Raelynn Ciesynski. I received a scholarship from you all in 2005 when I graduated from Bur-leson High School. I have been at the University of North Texas for al-most 4 years. I will be graduating on May 16, 2009. I wanted to send you some copies of recent accomplish-ments and for you all to know that I could not have done it without your assistance.

I am sending a copy of my certificate for being added to the Dean’s list of scholars at the University of North Texas. I am also sending a copy of an article that was in the Burleson Star newspaper on Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009. Thanks again.

Sincerely Raelynn Ciesynski

Dallas Scottish Rite is presently in the middle of our Spring Reunion for 2009. In the Spring and Fall of each year, Dallas Scottish Rite exemplifies all 29 Scottish Rite Degrees. This is a tremendous undertaking, requiring

around 300 members to stage these degrees. Every person involved deserves our sincere thanks for making it possible for Dallas to be the only Valley in the Southern Jurisdiction that actually stages all of the degrees twice a year. From the Chef’s Committee which is on site at 4:00 AM to prepare Breakfast for everyone, to the Wardrobe Committee which is usually the last to leave after putting the costumes away, the committees of Dallas Scottish Rite always show the utmost professionalism during our Reunions. The Chairman and I certainly appreciate the hard work and dedication shown by our committees. In February, Dallas Scottish Rite hosted a meeting

of the World Affairs Council that presented a program on water needs in various parts of the world to a full auditorium of High School Students from the area. We also hosted a tour of the building and luncheon for the Texas Historical Foundation. Both of these events greatly enhance the understanding of the Scottish Rite and Masonry in Texas. Some of the important events upcoming at Dallas Scottish Rite are: The Ceremony of Remembrance and Renewal on April 2, the joint Military Appreciation Night on April 16 at Hella Shrine, and the Texas Motorcycle Olympics that benefits the Hella Shrine building fund and the Dallas Scottish Rite Library and Museum, Inc. building fund. There are ads elsewhere in this issue to give more information. Don’t forget the Scholarship Banquet on May 14, the Scholarship Committee is working diligently sifting through more than three hundred applications seeking the most deserving thirty students to receive this award. These are $1,000.00 scholarships given to students in our area of primary responsibility.

Ed Kirkpatrick

UPDATE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION Due to the increased costs of mailing and the continued problems communicating with our members, we are asking every member to update his personal information. This can be done either on line through the web site: www.dallasscottishrite.org or by filling out the data sheet below and mailing it to Dallas Scottish Rite, 500 South Harwood St., Dallas, Texas 75201-6210.

To make the update on line, go to www.dallasscottishrite.org Click on “Update your information” in the upper left hand corner of the Main Page Insert your last name, first name, Valley (Dallas from the drop down menu) Your Birthdate (mm/dd/yyyy) (ie: 01/01/1945)

This will take you to a screen with your present data on it. Make any changes being sure that all the data is correct then click on “SUBMIT”. That is all there is to it.

IF YOU DON’T USE A COMPUTER, FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING AND MAIL TO THE CATHEDRAL.

Last Name:__________________ Valley Membership____________First Name:__________________ Date Of Birth:_________________Middle Name:________________ E-Mail_______________________Preferred First Name:__________ Home Phone:__________________Mailing Name:____________________ Work Phone:__________________Permanent Mail Address:__________________________ Cell Phone:____________________City:________________________ Wife Name:___________________State:________, Zip:_____________ Lodge Name & #_______________ Lodge City:___________________

Ceremony

of Remembrance and Renewal

Thursday, April 2, 2009

Dallas Scottish Rite Cathedral 500 South Harwood Street

Dallas, Texas 75201

Come out and join Wise Master Max Gilley and the Chapter of Rose Croix in honoring those who died during the past year. This ceremony was formerly called Maundy Thursday and was obligatory to all members of the Chapter of Rose Croix. On this evening we invite the families of our fallen brothers to join us in this most solemn of occasions.

Ceremony begins at 6:30 PMDinner at 7:15 PM

RSVP to 214-748-9196 no later thanMarch 30, 2009.

Food will be prepared only for thosewho make reservations

Dallas Scottish Rite Events Calendar

April, 20092 - Ceremony of Remembrance & Renewal 6:30 PM 4 - Day 3, Spring Reunion 6:30 AM15 - Education Study Club 7:00 PM20 - Stated Meeting (Dinner) 6:30 PM25-26 - Texas Motorcycle Olympics (Hella) All Day29 - Grand Master’s Official Visit to the 14th district Hella Temple 6:00 PM

Ancient and AcceptedScottish Rite of Freemasonry500 South Harwood StreetDallas, TX 75201-6210

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Permit No. 253Dallas, Texas

July, 200915 - Education Study Club 7:00 PM20 - Stated Meeting (Dinner) 6:30 PM25 - Summer 1 Day Reunion 6:30 AM

June, 2009

15 - Stated Meeting (Dinner) 6:30 PM17 - Education Study Club 6:30 PM

May, 2009

14 - Scholarship Banquet 6:30 PM18 - Stated Meeting (Dinner) 6:30 PM20 - Education Study Club 7:00 PM25 - Memorial Day Office Closed