THE SCOTTISH RITE Hon. Roy E. Steinfeld, 32°, KCCH Master of Kadosh Serving All Scottish Rite...

855 Elm Ave., Long Beach, CA 90813 ♦ Telephone: (562) 436-3983

Email: [email protected] ♦ Web: www.lbscottishrite.org

Highlights This Quarter

Stated Meeting 2nd Tuesday of Each Month

Monday - Happy 4th OF JULY!

Saturday - July 9, 2016 - Long Class DARK

Tuesday - July 12, 2016 Stated Meeting DARK

Thursday - July 14, 2016 Police Appreciation Dinner

Tuesday - August 9, 2016 Stated Meeting DARK

Saturday - August 13, 2016 - Long Class

Saturday - September 10, 2016 - Long Class

Tuesday - September 13, 2016 - Stated Meeting

See Complete Calendar on Page 6 for additional details

Vol.XXXX No. 3 Published Quarterly July, August, September, 2016

THE SCOTTISH RITE

REPORTER

Ill. Ronald A. Seale, 33° Sovereign Grand Commander, Supreme Council

Ill. Frank Loui, 33° SGIG Sovereign Grand Inspector General of the Supreme Council in California

Ill. Timothy Cable, 33° Personal Representative of the Sovereign Grand Inspector General of the Orient of California

2016 Officers of the Long Beach Bodies of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry

Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America

Lodge of Perfection

Dale E. Quelle, 32°

Venerable Master

Chapter of Rose Croix Frank J. Lopez, 32°

Wise Master

Council of Kadosh Joseph P. Ficarra, 32°

Commander

Consistory Hon. Roy E. Steinfeld, 32°, KCCH

Master of Kadosh

Serving All Scottish Rite Bodies

Hon. Jonathan Dilley, 32°, KCCH - Almoner Ricky W. Sullivan, 32° - Tiler

Cathedral Staff Ill. Don Fishering, 33°

Chief Purveyor

Mike Tugwell, 32°

Librarian

Chuck Schubert, 32°

General Prod. Manager

Hon. Florian Zukas, 32°, KCCH

Lighting Director

Frances Simpson, Membership Manager

Elizabeth Dunn, Event Center Manager

Degree Staff Ill. Jim Sunseri, 33°

Classroom Director

Ill. Ellsworth Chan, 33°

Classroom Staff

Ill. Harold Kennedy, 33°

Classroom Staff

Richard Schott, 32°

Classroom Staff

Ill. Jim Sunseri, 33°

Director of the Work

Chuck Schubert, 32°, Stage Director

2 THE SCOTTISH RITE REPORTER

Ill. Chuck Bruggeman, 33° General Secretary

[email protected]

JULY, AUGUST, SEPTEMBER 2016 3

Notes From the Personal Representative

Ill. Timothy Cable, 33⁰ Personal Representative of the

Sovereign Grand Inspector General in California

Brethren

As we enter the summer months, remember we are dark for our stated meetings in July and August with the only events of importance: The Police Appreciation Dinner and Award Presentation on July 14th and the continuation of our Long Class on August 13th when we will confer the 20th, 22nd, and 27th degrees. I would like to thank Ill. Jim Sunseri for his efforts in rebuilding our degree casts and his always fabulous and entertaining instruction and education in the class room.

My hat is off to our membership manager, Frances who has and continues in doing an outstanding job for all of us here at the Rite. I’m sure you will agree with me that she is a delight to be around and an extreme pleasure to work with. We are very lucky to have found such a gem. She is also a great detective. I received a statement from our credit card account stating that my card had been used in the State of Washington in the amount of $3,499.99. Of course I notified the bank but Frances dug into it, found who had actually made the purchase and learned through her investigation that it was a typo error and the com-pany is now crediting us back. But, I had already destroyed my card.

I wish you all a safe and exciting summer vacation and hope you will attend the Police Appreciation Night Dinner to show our support for the men and women of the Long Beach and Signal Hill police departments who daily and without fanfare protect and serve us.

Brother Dale Quelle, our current Master of the Lodge of Perfection, proposed a plan to turn the empty white house into a Masonic club house. This has generated a lot of interest and plans are progressing.

In closing, those of you who may be under the weather, we wish you a speedy recovery and hope to see you again soon.

God Bless,

Tim

Notes From the General Secretary

In Masonry, we often use the phrase “Erected to God and the Holy Saints John”. All of our Blue Lodges are so dedicated. Who are these men and why do we often refer to them as the Patron Saints of Freemasonry?

June 24th is Saint John the Baptist Day. He helped people lead a devout life and called upon them to repent of their sins and believed that people must live in a holy manner.

December the 27th is St. John the Evangelist Day. He believed that the Word of God was linked with light. He was a person of light, not of darkness and wrote about Brotherly Love and Fellowship. Masonic authors have written how his imagery in Revelations, in many ways, has been influential to Masonry.

Then there is St. John the Almoner who was born in the sixth century. His day is celebrated on either November 11th or January 23rd. There are two schools of thought on the date. His object was charity. He went to Jerusalem to assist the Knights and Pilgrims. He founded a hospital and organized a fraternity to attend to the sick and wounded people.

John the Baptist was a man of Faith, John the Evangelist was a man of Hope and John the Almoner was a man of Charity. These three men provide us with ways to live our lives as Masons.

This is only a brief glimpse into the lives of these men, but I hope enough of a glimpse to give us a model for living our lives.

From the Clinton, IA Bulletin

Chuck Bruggeman

Notes From the General Secretary

Ill. Chuck Bruggeman, 33⁰



DONATIONS CONTINUED ON PAGE 12

LANGUAGE CENTER DONATIONS

DONATIONS

Scottish Rite and Language Center donations are very important to operations and are considered in their annual budgets. We honor our donors with a sign of gratitude by listing their names in the Reporter. Your donations may be made in cash, by check, or credit card.

We accept credit card donations via telephone at: (562) 436-3983.

Rowena C. Anderson Robert L. Lash

Jeffrey M. Bembaron Edward M. Lyum

Kenneth M. Bennett Dale E. Mack

Erick Berg Roger C. Peterson

Harvey W. Buckridge Tomberry Pettway

Peter J. Garland Steven L. Reece

Benjamin F. Hamilton John K. Roe

Rosendo A. Hernandez Michael L. Spada

Michael T. Herron Michael A. Zamperini

Chuck & Sylvia Hart - In Memory of "Charlie" Rosalio Ornales


Date Day Time Event

July-2016

9th Saturday LONG CLASS—DARK

12th Tuesday STATED MEETING—DARK

14th Thursday Police Appreciation Dinner

5:30 PM Social Hour

6:30 PM Dinner - $10.00 pp RSVP A MUST (Catered by Dominico's) Reservations not accepted after 7/12/2016

7:30 PM Presentation

August-2016

9th Tuesday STATED MEETING—DARK

13th Saturday LONG CLASS

7:30 AM Registration - Coffee & Donuts

8:00 AM Classroom Orientation & Lectures— 19° - 27° Eastern Religions

Communicate 19° & 21°

9:00 AM Confer 20°

9:45 AM Confer 22°

10:30 AM Communicate 23°- 26°

11:00 AM Confer 27°

September-2016

10th Saturday LONG CLASS

7:30 AM Registration - Coffee & Donuts

8:00 AM Lecture 28°, 29°, 30° Shroud of Turin & The Holy Grail

9:00 AM Confer 28°

10:00 AM Communicate 29°

10:15 AM Confer 30°

11:15 AM The Holocaust, Revelation, and the War Between the Sons of Light and the Sons of Darkness

13th Tuesday STATED MEETING

6:00 PM Refreshments

7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Stated Meeting

QUARTERLY CALENDAR

DECEM COLLEGIUM

(10 Members Club)

The Decem Collegium lists L.B. Scottish Rite members who raised the

interest of at least 10 worthy Master Masons enough that they joined

the ranks of our Valley.

Open up a conversation with your brethren explaining why you joined.

“No man is an island.”, We all need each other and Scottish Rite Masonry can be the glue that binds us all. Do you know a man who should be a Scottish Rite Mason?

If so, bring him in for a tour of our historic building. Call (562) 436-3983 for an appointment.

Sargent, Terry T., 33⁰ ……………………17

Schowengerdt, Richard, 33⁰…………..17

Over 15

Navarro, Benjamin E., 32°, KCCH……..29

Anderson, Ian, 32°, KCCH …………….28

Over 25

Sunseri, James, 33°……………………...32

Over 30

Hernandez, Gani, 32°, KCCH…….54

Over 50

Main, Lewis Jr., 33°……………207

Over 200

Boyadjian, Sarkis, 32°, KCCH ________ 13

Cook, Fred, 32° ___________________ 13

Wallace, John, 33°_________________ 13

Chan, Ellsworth, 33° _______________ 12

Dukellis, Arthur F., 32° _____________ 12

Hull, Donald, 33° _________________ 12

Van De Weghe, Bill, 32° ____________ 12

Kallas, Christ, 32° ________________ 11

Louison, Raymond D., 33° __________ 11

Garcia, Danny, 33° _______________ 10

Lopez, John C., 32°, KCCH __________ 10

Reynolds, John H., 33° _____________ 10

Thagard, Raymond, 33° ____________ 10

Over 10



In 2014, Scottishrite Valleys met regionally for the purpose of discussing membership and growth as they laid the ground work for the Valley Membership achievement project (VMAP).

The first year of the VMAP was 2015. Pictured here is our

Venerable Master of that year, Kenneth Dilley 32°, receiving The

Achievement Project Award from his son and Long Beach Valley

VMAP chair, Hon. Jonathon P. Dilley 32°, KCCH, as one of the

first valleys to receive this award in the nation.

SPOTLIGHT Kenneth Dilley 32° with son Hon. Jonathon P. Dilley 32°, KCCH


VISIT YOUR BLUE LODGES

Staying active in your Blue Lodge is an essential

part to remaining in contact with Brethren who have

not yet become part of the Scottish Rite Brotherhood.

Visiting other local lodges, especially when a brother Mason is raised

is a great way to pass on to them what membership in the Scottish

Rite means to you.

ANGELS GATE LODGE #198

25725 Bland Place, Lomita

Meets every Tuesday (310) 530-7648

ARTESIA #377

11531 E. 187th St., Artesia

Meets on Second Friday (562) 809-4496

BELLFLOWER #320

9813 Beach St., Bellflower

Meets First Tuesday (562) 866-4953

EL SEGUNDO LODGE #421

520 Main Street, El Segundo


GARDEN GROVE #351

1270 Acacia Parkway, Garden Grove


GOLDEN TROWEL NORWALK #273

12345 E. Rosecrans Ave., Norwalk

Meets Second Thursday (562) 863-9101

HUNTINGTON BEACH #380

601 Palm Ave., Huntington Beach

Meets First Wednesday (714) 536-3119

INTERNATIONAL CITY #389

5155 E. Pacific Coast Hwy., Long Beach

Meets First Thursday (562) 597-3913

LAKEWOOD #728

5918 Parkcrest St., Long Beach


LONG BEACH #327

3610 Locust Ave., Long Beach


LOS ANGELES HARBOR LODGE #332

1640 W. 9th Street, San Pedro

Meets every Wednesday (310) 548-9734

LOS CERRITOS #674 3610 Locust Ave., Long Beach.

Meets First Monday (562) 427-0821

PACIFIC RIM #567 3610 Locust Ave., Long Beach.


SOLOMON’S STAIRCASE #357 6841 Western Ave., Buena Park. Meets First Thursday (714) 994-1822

Philanthropic Announcements

CHARITABLE GIFT ANNUITY

In Memoriam


Almighty Father, into Thy hands we commend the souls of our

Beloved Brethren.

Vito E. Antifora George Kovacevich

Louis E. Barnes Charles T. Ozenghar

James A. Boyer Jack A. Parker

Gilbert E. Buck Carl E. Ramey

Elias R. Dagher Francis S. Sanger

Karl W. Gibson Alexander Tuger

Luther P. Gresham Richard Vickers


ALMONER’S DONATIONS

BUILDING DONATIONS

Kenneth M. Bennett Curtis G. Hooper Erick Berg Edward M. Lyum

Benjamin F. Hamilton John K. Roe

Michael T. Herron Armando E. Santana

Michael A. Zamperini

DONATIONS - Con’t

Kenneth M. Bennett Michael T. Herron

Erick Berg Curtis G. Hooper

Henry F. Gillespie Edward M. Lyum

Benjamin F. Hamilton Steven L. Reece

Michael A. Zamperini

Donations are recorded at the time they are received and de-pending on the amount, they are acknowledged by a special letter to the donors. Due to REPORTER deadlines donors may be listed in the next quarterly issue. We DO appreciate your donations, and if your name does not appear, it will be in the next issue.

On June 14, 2016 the Long Beach Valley was honored to have our S.G.I.G. Frank Loui attend our meeting.

From the Desk of the Personal Representative

The Long Beach Scottish Rite Bodies caters meals for their func-

tions. Consequently, an RSVP is required and mandatory if you

plan on attending ANY EVENT or FUNCTION where a meal is

served.

There will be NO EXCEPTIONS!

Those with RSVPs will be served first.

Ill. Tim Cable, 33

Personal Representative for the Valley of Long Beach

Companion plot for sale

Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Located in Cypress, Calif.

“Everlasting Hope” Section

If interested please call

Bro. F. R. Mackey @ 402-276-7586


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25/50 Year Members for 2016

This year the Long Beach Scottishrite honored five 50 year members and twenty-six 25 year members. Unfortunately our 50 year recipients were unable to attend. They are: Charles L. Deemer, Roger Harris, Thomas V. Lovejoy, George T. Poole, and Richard L. Weiss.

Pictured above at the far left with Frank Lopez, 32°, Wise Master and far right Ill. Mike Stoval, 33°, are the 25 year members who were in attendants and received their 25 year pins. They are: Left to Right: Richard Barer, Jonathan Taylor, Richard Nash, Aldo Zanier, Daniel Garcia, Mike Nava, David Suehs, and Gregory Whyte. Other recipients unable to attend were: Emanuel Branzai, James Brockman, Theodore Buckley, Milton Dykstra, Henry Fuquay, Richard Garrett, Oliver Kerns, Daniel Lopez, Harout Meguerditchian, Mark Menier, Thomas Nelson, Robert Reyes, Robert Reynolds, Charles Ross Jr., Mariano Salvador, Richard Stephens, Raul Tobias, and William Turner

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