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From the Desk of the Grand Master
Christmas Memories a Brother Mason at the retirement home,
made a personal home visit to a Widow,
One of my all-time favorite Christmas her daughter and granddaughter. We
memories is from my favorite endeared decided to pay a home visit to a worthy
Uncle Jack Harada, who the fi rst daughter, Brother Mason, recovering from recent
Jaki, is named lovingly after. Every heart surgery, and as we were knocking
December, Uncle Jack, who was a lifelong on the front door, our Brother allowed us
bachelor, would show up unannounced into his home. Our worthy Brother was
sometimes a week or so before Christmas quite excited and obviously emotionally
day. The biggest and best surprise for the moved by the act of Brotherhood by 3
4 Harada children was, he would always Brothers visiting him at home. As all
have tied to the roof of his car was the of you know, if any person shows any
most perfect pine tree for our living room. emotional traits around me, especially
I am positive he would dutifully search tears of joy, I am like a wet diapered
for the best possible pine tree as he traveled from Roy, crying little mad baby. I don’t believe
Roundup, or Billings, knowing it would grace our my personal expectations of moving a Brother Mason
humble living room in Wolf Point. I am also positive to such an emotional status was ever in my thoughts
Uncle Jack was never in actual possession of a permit as we developed this plan to serve our Brothers and
to remove a picture perfect pine tree off the beautiful their families. It was at this time, the four of us joined
Montana mountain landscape. hands and I enthusiasticly led a rousing rendition of
Kumbaya!
As I continue, I would only hope we all may be
fondly reminiscing now about our favorite Christmas George Washington off ers us this quote:
memories, whether they are about the family “Freemasonry is founded on the immutable laws of
celebrations in our homes, yearly traditions specifi c to Truth and Justice and its grand object is to promote
our families, delicious food and delicacies, attending the happiness of the human race.” If we have fulfi lled
Church services at our favorite house of worship, and a Masonic tenet of our founding Father, WB George
any other precious memories in your thoughts. Washington, which he so eloquently quoted of the
foundations of Freemasonry and the grand object of
Another annual family celebration memory on promoting happiness throughout the human race. If
Christmas Eve is visiting my brother Steve,’s home, our grand object in Scobey was to promote happiness
where his better half, Judge Traci serves Sloppy Joes of the human race in a few people by spending
or Slush burgers for dinner, because her dear old dad, some quality time with our Masonic families, we
Richard liked them. successfully completed our tasks and objectives by
spreading some love among our families. Like Bobby
As many of you know at this juncture of our Masonic McFerrin sang, “don’t worry, be happy”!
year, we have developed the simple basic premise of
truly serving our worthy Brothers, their Widows, and Brother General Douglas MacArthur stated,
Orphans. It is been our specifi c to eff ectively serve our “Freemasonry embraces the highest moral laws and
Brotherhood to fully embrace them in their personal will bear the test of any system of ethics or philosophy
wants and physical needs. I have empowered our Grand ever promulgated for the uplift of man.” It is always this
Lodge District Offi cers to visit Brothers throughout holiday time of year in which we as Brother Masons
their district by contacting Worshipful Masters and may examine this quotation, especially “the uplifting
Secretaries to provide names of worthy Brothers that of man.” We unfortunately hear of this Christmas and
may be shut in at home or a retirement home, or those holiday season as being especially diffi cult for our
Brothers to initiate some personal contact with, whether friends and families, and not just Masonic families,
in person or by telephone. Last month in Scobey, probably those people in our lives that mean so very
WGH Perry Wolfe, WGSB Wade Riden and I visited much to all of us. Let us all remember that special
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