1 From the Master’s Desk The York Rite Symposium was a great success. Although we had “bumps in the road,” Past Master Brad Billing did a magnificent job of assembling a top-notch panel of articles and judges. Thanks to the Grand Chapter and Grand Council for partnering with us to present an outstanding program. Several of the authors indicated that they will expand their work and develop a full TLR paper, which is exactly what we wanted! Baylor Lodge did a great job with breakfast donuts and hot dogs and hamburgers for lunch. Thank you to Worshipful Master Josh and your corps of officers. We enjoyed your hospitality and the building is magnificent. Our attendance of fifty-six was great, with eleven new members elected. Although he took a new job with DeMolay in Kansas City, Christian Moore attended and manned the hospitality room. (Thanks Dad.) Heitmiller’s for dinner disappointed a few but overall it went well. The Grand Lodge History Project is moving forward. We have two segments ready for review. We keep changing the rules but will settle down soon. Hopefully two or three papers will be reviewed in December. TLR will honor our Past Masters at the December 16 meeting in Houston. A very special guest speaker is planned and we are hopeful that most of our Past Masters will attend so that we can honor them. The TLR year will end on March 17 in the Dallas area where it began. Mark your calendars and make plans now to attend all four meetings this year. The Study Club in Dallas is thriving. Please contact our Junior Warden Dodson if you’d like to join in the fun. He would really like to get the Houston Study Club started again. Is there any inter- est in Austin or San Antonio? Our UK Study Club is still alive and will meet in November. Stay tuned and contact Dr. Alan Bell if you are interested. The changes to the Occasional Bulletin have been well received. Many of you with “old eyes” appreciate the larger type fonts. The website continues to improve. Please tell us how we are doing. If you like it, tell someone. If you dislike the changes, please tell me and offer an idea for improvement. See you in Houston. David B. Dibrell, WM THE OCCASIONAL BULLETIN TEXAS LODGE OF RESEARCH, A.F. & A.M. December 2017 Number 3 Next Stated Communication Saturday, December 16, 2017 Houston, Texas Host Lodge Temple Lodge No. 4 Location 4055 West Bellfort Avenue Houston, Texas 77025 The Lodge will open at 9:00 a.m. for coffee and donuts with the stated meeting following at 10:00 a.m.
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From the Master’s Desk
The York Rite Symposium was a great success. Although we had “bumps in the road,”
Past Master Brad Billing did a magnificent job of assembling a top-notch panel of
articles and judges. Thanks to the Grand Chapter and Grand Council for partnering with
us to present an outstanding program. Several of the authors indicated that they will
expand their work and develop a full TLR paper, which is exactly what we wanted!
Baylor Lodge did a great job with breakfast donuts and hot dogs and hamburgers for
lunch. Thank you to Worshipful Master Josh and your corps of officers. We enjoyed
your hospitality and the building is magnificent. Our attendance of fifty-six was great, with eleven new
members elected. Although he took a new job with DeMolay in Kansas City, Christian Moore attended and
manned the hospitality room. (Thanks Dad.) Heitmiller’s for dinner disappointed a few but overall it went
well. The Grand Lodge History Project is moving forward. We have two segments ready for review. We
keep changing the rules but will settle down soon. Hopefully two or three papers will be reviewed in
December.
TLR will honor our Past Masters at the December 16 meeting in Houston. A very special guest speaker is
planned and we are hopeful that most of our Past Masters will attend so that we can honor them. The TLR
year will end on March 17 in the Dallas area where it began. Mark your calendars and make plans now to
attend all four meetings this year.
The Study Club in Dallas is thriving. Please contact our Junior
Warden Dodson if you’d like to join in the fun. He would really
like to get the Houston Study Club started again. Is there any inter-
est in Austin or San Antonio? Our UK Study Club is still alive
and will meet in November. Stay tuned and contact Dr. Alan Bell if
you are interested.
The changes to the Occasional Bulletin have been well received.
Many of you with “old eyes” appreciate the larger type fonts. The
website continues to improve. Please tell us how we are doing. If
you like it, tell someone. If you dislike the changes, please tell me
and offer an idea for improvement.
See you in Houston.
David B. Dibrell, WM
THE OCCASIONAL BULLETIN TEXAS LODGE OF RESEARCH, A.F. & A.M.
December 2017 Number 3
Next Stated Communication
Saturday, December 16, 2017
Houston, Texas
Host Lodge
Temple Lodge No. 4
Location
4055 West Bellfort Avenue
Houston, Texas 77025
The Lodge will open at 9:00 a.m. for coffee
and donuts with the stated meeting following
at 10:00 a.m.
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Texas Lodge of Research
Officers 2017 — 2018 December in Houston
The December TLR Meeting will be held in Houston on
December 16 at Temple Lodge No. 4. The meeting will be
hosted by Temple Lodge, and Worshipful Master Kent
Cantrell promises great food and fellowship.
Temple Lodge meets at 4055 West Bellfort, in Houston,
with phone number 713-666-4444 if you get lost. A block
of rooms is held at Holiday Inn Express, 9300 S. Main in
Houston. The room rate is $139. Call the hotel at 832-371-
9300 and ask for the TLR rate. A hospitality room will be
open Friday evening in the hotel. The Friday evening no-
host dinner will be decided soon.
The TLR stated meeting will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday,
December 16, at Temple Lodge after the breakfast. We will
have three or four papers and then lunch will be available