Texas-46 Trestleboard, June, 2023

Breakfast is always served 9 am sharp on the second Saturday every month in the Ken Justus Cantina^®. Donation proceeds benefit the Hall Restoration fund.

Please contact the Master or Secretary if you or your family are in distress.

Officers 2023:

Wor. Master – Kevin Herrick, PM (909) 273-7816

Senior Warden — Rick Bartlett, PM

Junior Warden — Raymond Hill IV, PM

Treasurer — John Densem

Secretary —  Loren McKechnie.    (831)582-1745

Senior Deacon — Robert Robbins, PM

Junior Deacon —  Chuck Baylacq

Marshall —  Jack Swallow

Senior Steward — Jess Rodriguez

Acting Junior Steward — JD Dimas

Organist — Rob Wilson, PM

Greetings, Brother Texan,

What an unbelievable trip to Masonic Homes in Union City we had this past weekend! It was indeed inspiring to see the care and stately facilities our most vulnerable brothers and families are enjoying.  Thank you for your donations to Masonic Homes (this link will allow you to donate: https://masonicfoundation.org/ways-to-give/give-now/ ) and thank you for supporting your lodge in these family-friendly activities.

We have a loaded social 2023 calendar, which you can always find here: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/embed?src=sanjuanbautistatxlodge46@gmail.com&ctz=America/Los_Angeles . But if you have a smart phone, please use the following link to synchronize the Lodge’s calendar into yours, so you won’t ever miss an event:  https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r?cid=sanjuanbautistatxlodge46@gmail.com .

Brothers, I have posted QR codes in the lodge cantina near the flag, and in the Tyler’s room near the Tyler’s Register.   You can point your I-phone camera or QR code reader at one of several of these QR codes to get immediate access to online postings such as your monthly Trestleboard (found under the NEWS heading on the Texas 46 webpage), the Texas social calendar, the 150 anniversary history publication from 2003, the virtual tour of our lodge, Worshipful Captain Storey’s 1860 funeral obituary newspaper release, or the history of our 36-star flag.  Bring a friend to the next stated breakfast and show him around, and share the links with him!

At the upcoming Stated Meeting we will hold a ballot to consider Brother David Godoy’s application to affiliate in Texas-46; he is a Master Mason in good standing in San Benito Lodge 211 and has applied for plural membership.

We have held 2 practices and are now prepared for the initiation ceremony of Mr. John Phillips, Jr on Wednesday, June 21, at 6 pm sharp (6PM dinner and 7 PM degree conferral). Please attend and pass the word for any members, especially new EAs you may know, so they can attend.

It is “Go time” for Brothers anticipating to hold office in Lodge for 2024.  You should be making progress on your upcoming position’s proficiency.  Please continue reviewing the ritual in your free “down-time” during the day, those free minutes while preparing meals, while driving in the car, or while waiting in a doctor’s lobby, etc.  Masonic ritual must be absorbed via repeated, frequent repetition and is a slow absorption process. It must be frequently bounced off one another to be retained.  It is not something you can “plan time to get to”.  It needs to fill in your free moments during the day if you are to retain it…. That has been my experience at least.

Thank you for your continued support of  “California’s Most Outstanding Masonic Lodge. Period.”  We are such a unique lodge because of each of you.  You are what makes Texas-46 special, and you are what links her historic past to her promising future and the “Brothers-46” yet to come.  What part will you play in her unfolding adventure through timeless San Juan’s history?

I will close with the following link to the online postings of the article I shared (in part) at our last stated meeting.  The article is published in 2 parts.  Part 1 is accessed buy the first link here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1V0yujZvIZaz_ZsWKBmjgTY2adK3pd0v7/view?usp=sharing

Part 2 begins on page 34 (166 internal pagination) of the second link herein https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Bj1c73oNlia5u8rulaWkWEj9MR812gJs/view?usp=sharing   This article was written by Stephen Doan, Past Grand Master of Masons in California, and was published in Philalethes.  Definitely worth the read.

Sincerely and fraternally yours,

Kevin Herrick, Worshipful Master

Selected UPCOMING TEXAS-46 EVENTS in May and June:

WED Jun 7 @ 6 pm — Parlor Night.  Dress as a Gentleman Cowboy or a Victorian Lady and join us for a step back to a timeless age.  $20 donation to join the fundraiser poker game (no winnings – proceeds benefit Lodge Budget). Bring a friend and receive a bonus!

SAT June 10 @ 9 am PAST MASTERS’ Family Breakfast and Stated Meeting. Be sure to arrive early for breakfast and bring family so you won’t miss our Past Masters presenting their memories of the Craft’s special achievements during their year as Master! Then chuckle as these honored Past Masters fill the officer chairs and attempt to show us how to properly open and run a lodge meeting with ritual perfection! This is a great past-time you won’t want to miss! PMs, we honor and appreciate your service and thank you in advance for playing along. This meeting is about YOU and your exemplary service to the Craft!

SAT June 17 @ 3:30 pm St. John Family Pizza party. Come with friends, wife, and kidddos to the Worshipful Master’s home and make your own pizza and bake it in his backyard wood-fired oven! Walk with your bride in the vineyard, let the kids collect chicken eggs, and reconnect as everyone in your family bakes a traditional, thin-crust, palm-sized, Italian-style pizza (or several of them)! Make and bake your own and share with others to see who’s best at this age-old tradition. You cannot buy a pizza more tasty than you can bake yourself! Guaranteed! Good times and fraternal fellowship! Bring family and friends, and show them what Texas fellowship means. 3330 White Oak Ct., Morgan Hill. Parking along street.

WED June 21 @ 6 PM dinner and Special Meeting to initiate Mr. John Phillips, Jr. Come and bring a new EA and support this new brother as he begins his Masonic journey toward light.  Dinner proceeds benefit the lodge’s operating budget.

WED July 5 @ 6 pm — Parlor Night.  Dress as a Gentleman Cowboy or a Victorian Lady and join us for a step back to a timeless age.  $20 donation to join the fundraiser poker game (no winnings – proceeds benefit Lodge Budget). Bring a friend and receive a bonus!

SAT July 8 @ 9 am Family Breakfast and Stated Meeting. Bring family and friends to pour monthly breakfast and then attend our celebrated Stated Meeting at 10 am.

SAT July 22 @ 5 PM Family event—Minor League Baseball San Jose Giants vs Stockton Ports.  Come “root, root, root for the home team” and enjoy a cold one “with peanuts and Cracker Jack!”   Meet at the ballpark, 288 E Alma Ave, San Jose, CA at 5pm for a tailgate party. First pitch is at 6 pm

WED Aug 2 @ 6 pm — Parlor Night.  Dress as a Gentleman Cowboy or a Victorian Lady and join us for a step back to a timeless age.  $20 donation to join the fundraiser poker game (no winnings – proceeds benefit Lodge Budget). Bring a friend and receive a bonus!