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Herbert Charles Hunter Memorial Masonic Temple 7001 Backlick Road, Springfield, Virginia 22150

2018

APRIL

Issue #4

Springfield Lodge No. 217 Chartered February 12, 1958

T R E S T L E B O A R D

SPRINGFIELD LODGE No. 217

STATED COMMUNICATIONS 1ST Tuesdays of the month at 7:30 pm.

Herbert Charles Hunter MemorialMasonic Temple 7001 Backlick Rd. Springfield VA 22150

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MESSAGE FROM THE EAST

Fraternal Greetings!!!

March 2018 was quite a busy and heart warming month. We welcomed RW Don Strehle on our March stated meeting as guest speaker who delivered inspiring words to the brethren. Also the lodge officers attended the Division Leadership Conference at the Alexandria Scottish Rite Temple which was very productive. As we welcomed Bro. Mel Geminiano our newly initi-ated entered apprentice, just a week ago; we sadly have to say farewell to couple of brothers in March, Bro. Todd Ralph Stemple and RW Roy Marty Heaster whom we had a Masonic Ser-vice which was pleasingly delivered by WB Afred Tecson.

DIRECTORY UPDATE NEEDED!!! (2nd Notice)

For those who have sent their replies and updated their records Thank You Very Much…

But there are still a lot of brethren out there whom we have not heard from… Please email me back Sam Flores ([email protected]) with your mailing address and best phone num-ber and email. We need to update our records/directory.

And should you have a change of contact information in the future, kindly inform your lodge and send the changes to our lodge secretary WB Ernie Apaga at ([email protected]) so we can be in touch with each other all the time.

April 2018 promises to be a great month of reflection. Spring is a season of new beginnings. From the seemingly dead soil life emerges and the transforming love and truth we have wit-nessed this Easter should be more than enough to give us the enthusiasm and conviction to contribute and be among the brethren that gives us the power to grow and be better men as our great fraternity espouses.

Our work is never done in our lodge and in our lives… We are challenged constantly with the things happening around us. But by working together as a sacred band or society of friends and brothers, adhering to the tenets and teachings of our profession and most especially our faith in the Supreme Architect of the Universe, TOGETHER we will be triumphant not only in our own lives but in the life of our lodge who touches us each day...

SEE YOU AT LODGE BRETHREN!!!

Sincerely and Fraternally, Bro. Sam Flores, WM

“Obligation is what makes a Mason”

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From the

Secretary’s Desk

APRIL Masonic Birthdays

If your dues are current and have not received your dues card, please contact me as soon as you can. We might have an incorrect mailing address for you.

Please contact us so we update our Lodge records...

Secretary Ernie Apaga [email protected]

Name Years

Fernando F. Casaje 41

George H. Chapin 49 William D. Charles 58

William D. Gamble 40

Melvin T. Gikis 4

Ernie P. Gross 49

George M. Hall 54

Fausto E. Hamdan 8

Henry H. Hansen 41

Ronald E. Heald 50

Richard E. Hunt 44

Guilford C. Kater 10

Max D. Kirby 63

Charles D. Mercer 45

Hubert L. Mills 43

Christopher A. L. Nittle 18

Ulysses D. Pascua 22

David T. Pell 31

Philip W. Prifold, III 4

Evan D. Reese, Jr. 16

Howard E. Richardson 57

Kamal Soni 20

Donald C. Stratton, Jr. 64

Charles W. Sullivan 56

E. Scott Toler 30

IN MEMORIAM

Todd Ralph Stemple † 03-10-2018

Roy Marty Heaster † 03-18- 2018

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Brethren: The ladies who spoil us and provide sumptuous meals on our stated meetings are the Masonic Women’s Society Blue Shoe and let us support them in their endeavors...

MASONIC WOMEN’S SOCEITY BLUE SHOE

The Masonic Blue Shoe Organization is comprised of several women who's objectives include the funding of a "love gift" of $500 to Grace Capuno, Worthy Matron of Nelly Custis Chapter, OES at her recent installation , a $500 scholarship to a rising college freshman within our organizations of DeMolay, Jobbies, and Rainbow Youth, and the visiting of sick/injured/ and or elderly members from Masonic Lodge #217. (taking a lap blan-ket and banana bread) The funds necessary to reach these objectives and our ultimate goal of "simply giving", are made possible through the monies received on the first Tuesday of each month when we shop, cook, serve and clean up after a delicious meal provided to the Masonic men before their monthly meeting. Requirements to become a member of the Masonic Blue Shoe Organization are simple! If you or any person you know has an affiliation to a Mason, is willing and able to help achieve our objectives, likes to laugh and have fun 2 hours a month, then your a fit. We meet once a month on the Tuesday after we clean up the meal! We eat and catch up and plan our next month's meal and discuss plans for any other upcoming events. Please feel free to come out and see if we are a "fit" for you! No pun intended!!! Janet E Simmons- President Masonic Blue Shoe Organization [email protected]

MARCH 6TH, 2018 Stated Meeting

With guest speaker RW Don Strehle

MARCH 27TH, 2018

Entred Apprentice Degree Bro. Mel Geminiano—youngest EA

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2018 Officers

Bro. Samuel Abarquez Flores Jr. Worshipful Master [email protected]

Bro. Fabio De Vera Crisostomo Senior Warden [email protected]

Bro. Michael Patrick McGrath II Junior Warden [email protected]

Bro. Charles Alanson Kimmey Treasurer [email protected]

WB Ernie Cacal Apaga Secretary [email protected]

Bro. Kristopher John Bough Senior Deacon [email protected]

Bro. Andrew Scott Ragland Junior Deacon [email protected]

Bro. Raul Buan Baldonado Chaplain [email protected]

Bro. Kevin Edgar Torres Senior Steward [email protected]

Bro. Haseeb Hameed Junior Stewart [email protected]

Bro. Halim Ezzeddine Marshall [email protected]

WB Walter Frank Thomas Tiler [email protected]

WB Peter Terrill LEO [email protected]

WB Alfred Tecson LIW [email protected]

WB Ramon Llamas Asst.LIW [email protected]

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Past Masters of Springfield 217

† Deceased ** Demitted

*** Archer Bailey Gay Lodge No.275

John Albert Tilley † 1958

Elwyn Glenn Raiden, PDDGM † 1959

Roy Thomas Bowman † 1960

Ray Alexander Doyle † 1961

Cecil Sandridge Barksdale † 1962

John Osmar Tressler † 1963

Edwin Samuel Sullivan † 1964

J. Lewis Vaughn † 1965

Palmer Gleason Tunstall †1966

Robert Henry Impey † 1967

Victor Wilson Sinclair † 1968

Lyston Grimes Heflin, PDDGM † 1969

Winton Paul Johnson ** 1970

E. Donald Hardin † 1971

Ralph Wesley Charles ** 1972

Reynold Judson Matthews, PDDGM † 1973

John Philip McIntyre, PDDGM 1974

George Harry Chapin, PGM 1975

George Harry Wade 1976

Jerome Junior Cantrell † 1977

John W. Miller, Jr. *** 1977

William Henry Gibbs † 1978

Ervin S. Decker *** 1978

Willie Earl Gravitte, Jr. † 1979

John D. Allwine, Sr., PDDGM *** 1979

Hubert Virgil Preston † 1980

Thomas G. Hurley, Jr. *** 1980

William Albert Meyer † 1981

John D. Allwine, Jr. *** 1981

Donald Thomas Perrine † 1982

Evans Lee Kline † 1983

Gerald E. Simonds *** 1983

Donald Gilbert Zuppello † 1984

Kenneth F. Allwine *** 1984

Charles Richard Walk † 1985

James B. H. LeFever, PDDGM *** 1985

Dess Wayne Morefield ** 1986

Harold L. Thompson *** 1986

Barry Alan Mensh 1987

Ernest A. Snyder *** 1987

George Downs, Sr. † 1988

Harold D. Haft *** 1988

Harry Hubert Thompson † 1989

Napoleon Rodriguez Cruz † 1990

Gregory Duke Carper †1991

Robert Solomon Somers 1992

Kenneth M. Elliott, Jr. *** 1992

Roy Marty Heaster † PDDGM 1993

Walter P. Benesch *** 1993

Ronald Eugene Heald, PDDGM 1994

Kenneth M. Elliott, Jr. *** 1994

Gerald Rosario Cristiano 1995

Mark A. Harford *** 1995

Lee Neal Schofield 1996

William Arthur Shortt, PDDGM *** 1996

Sevino Joseph Mozzochi † 1997

Ronald T. Barter *** 1997

Larry Edwin Johnson 1998

Joseph M. Obis *** 1998

Richard Thomas Pro † 1999

Kenneth M. Elliot *** 1999

Ernesto Cacal Apaga 2000

Ronald L. R. Plamondon *** 2000

Robert Lee Carson, Sr. 2001

William A. White *** 2001

Sukhwinder Singh Ruprai 2002

Mark Francis Arbeen *** 2002

Noe Rondina Poblete 2003

John Wesley Pearson 2004

Norberto Manimtim Chavez 2005

Donald J. Ridley 2007

Romulo Magnaye Capuno 2008

William Arthur Shortt, PDDGM 2009

Peter Edward Terrill 2010

Alfred Castro Tecson 2012

Guilford Christopher Kater 2013

Jay J. Zayas 2014

Daniel Cabayan Abarquez, 2015

Christian B. Alfonso, 2016

Walter Frank Thomas, 2017

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DATES TO REMEMBER…

APRIL 3, 2018—TUESDAY—7:30 PM—Stated Communication—Guest Speaker RW Matthew Todd Szramoski, Chairman Committee on Finance, Grand Lodge of Virginia

APRIL 9, 2018—MONDAY—6:30PM—Lodge Visitation with DDGM to Occoquan Lodge No. 310

APRIL 11, 2018—WEDNESDAY—11:00AM—Lodge Visitation with DDGM to Fort Hunt-Skidmore No. 353

APRIL 17, 2018 TUESDAY—7:00 PM—SPRINGFIELD LODGE No. 217 Degree Work

APRIL 20, 2018—FRIDAY—6:30PM—Lodge Visitation with DDGM to Dale City Lodge No. 319

APRIL 23, 2018—MONDAY—6:30PM—Grand Master Visit to Mt. Vernon Lodge No. 219

APRIL 25, 2018—WEDNESDAY—7:00PM—District School at Springfield Lodge No. 217-Host

May 1, 2018—Tuesday—7:30 PM—Stated Communication—Guest Speaker WB Peter Terrill, District Education Officer District 1B.

May 12, 2018—Saturday—8:00AM—William Hiram Wood School at Springfield Lodge.

May 15, 2018—Tuesday—7:00PM—SPRINGFIELD LODGE No. 217 Degree Work

May 23, 2018—Wednesday—7:00PM—District School at Occoquan Lodge No. 310

June 5, 2018—Tuesday—7:30 PM—Stated Communication—Guest Speaker RW James Winfield Golladay, Jr. Grand Junior Warden, Grand Lodge A.F.&A.M. of Virginia

June 15, 2018—Friday—Grand Master’s Official Visit at Alexandria Scottish Rite (Details to Follow)

June 16, 2018—Saturday—Wreath Laying Tomb of the Unknown Soldier by the Grand Master

AFFILIATED BODIES Ft Hunt-Skidmore Daytime Lodge #353

2nd Wednesdays at 11:00 am

Nellie Custies Chapter #169 OES 3rd Wednesday at 7:30 pm

Woodlawn Chapter, DeMolay 1st and 3rd Sundays at 4:00 pm

Springfield Assembly #14 IORG

2nd and 4th Sundays at 5:00 pm