TRESTLE BOARD

LEESBURG LODGE No. 58

FREE & ACCEPTED MASONS OF FLORIDA
200 Richey Road
Leesburg, Florida 34748
Phone: 352-787-5696 Email: leesburglodge58@[Link]
Meets the 1st & 3rd Tuesdays of Each Month at 7:00pm
Chartered January 15th, 1868
August 2014
Vol. VIV Issue VIII

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Officers for 2013
Worshipful Master WMJohn Haas (Tina) 360-9114
Senior Warden Bro. Ron Glover..874-9504
Junior Warden WJim Campbell (Becky) ......552-7996
Treasurer WLarry Duff (Brenda)..874-2164
Secretary W Hank DeBerry (Paula)..... 430-0238
Lodge ............................... . 787-5696
Senior Deacon Br. Jeff Lamb (Sherri).... .753-0277
Junior Deacon Br. Wayne Reynolds........407-484-0096
Senior Steward Br. Ed Spencer.324-2134
Junior Steward Vacant
Tyler Br. Richard Follett...406-8831
Chaplain Vacant
Marshal WJim Angelos 255-1724
Organist Vacant
Lodge Instructor WHank DeBerry (Paula)...330-7311
Lodge Historian R W Joseph T. Price ... 787-0652
Librarian W Larry Duff (Brenda).874-2164

Trestle Board WHank DeBerry (Paula).. 330-7311
Trestle Board Printing Leesburg Printing .. 787-3348
Lodge Web Mail leesburglodge58@[Link]

Committees for 2014

Board of Relief
Chairman WMJohn Haas, Ron Glover, Jeff Lamb

Lodge Property
Chairman Ron Glover, WDon McIntyre, WJim Angelos,
WMJohn

Finance - Investments & Budget
Chairman Ron Glover, RW Ken Graves,
WTom Russell, WLarry Duff, WMJohn Haas

Vigilance
Chairman WJim Campbell, WBob Browning, Jeff Lamb,

Charity & Scholarships
Chairman Wayne Reynolds, Sec. WHank DeBerry, Ed Spencer

Education
Chairman WHank DeBerry, Ron Glover, Jeff Lamb

Lodge Mentors
Chairman WLarry Duff, WHank DeBerry, all Past Masters

Catechism
Chairman WDon McIntyre, Sr., WBob Browning, Jeff Lamb

Petitions Investigation
Chairman WMHaas, WLarry Duff, W Hank DeBerry

Investigations Interviews
WM John Haas will appoint as needed

Funeral
Chairman WJim Angelos, WBob Browning, Ed Spencer

Activities & Awards

Chairman WM John Haas, Ron Glover, Jeff Lamb


Officers meet at 6:00pm, first stated meeting, Committee Chairman
meet the second meeting of each month for business and planning.
Living
Past Masters

Charles Porter 1959
G. Kiser Hardaway 1964
Jack Holloway 1968
RWRay Richardson 1969*
William Ed Davison 1974
Robert H. Smith 1977
RWColin Crews 1980^*
H. C. Connell 1985
RWTheodore Jansen 1986*
RWJoseph T. Price 1987*
Michael Dozier 1988
John H. Meier V 1989
Jay A. Frizzell, Jr. 1992
Raleigh Sorenson 1993/1994
Don Barfield 1996
Tom Russell 1997/1998/2002
Mervyn Harris 1999
RWKenneth Graves 2000*
RH Thomas E. Beach 2001
Robert H. Browning 2003/2004
RWDennis Ricker
2005/2007^*
Roland P. Gibson 2006
Bill Green 2008
Richard Ecott 2009
Donald McIntyre, Sr. 2010
Randall Jesmok 2011
Larry Duff 2012
Jim Angelos 2013
Affiliated
Past Masters


Carl Anzelmo
Henry DeBerry
MWJoseph Brearley
Jack Delauter
Robert C. Gleckler
Robert Kennedy
Clifford Moore
Frank Peregrin
Glenn A. Reynolds*^
Edwin Robbins
Robert L. Welch
Forest Case*
Wayne Parks
Fred Lint
Raymond D Trudeau
John R. Haas
Gary Towne
Jim Campbell
Joseph Brearley#

^ Past District Instructor
* Past DDGM
# Past Grand Master
18th Masonic District
DDGM RW Ed Mayfield 352-669-8909
Cell: 352-348-9730
District Instructor RH Alan Heist 407-718-5841
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Chaplins Corner

Brothers, it is with great sadness that I inform you of the loss of yet another of our great Ma-
sons here in Florida. On July 23, 2014, R.R. Robert J. Stretch Liekefet Grand Chaplain Emeritus
passed to that Celestial Lodge on High. Our Brother was an institution at Grand Lodge for many,
many years and whoever had the chance to meet him were instantly smitten by his good humor and graces. He
was a good man and a friend and Brother to all, and he will surely be missed. Please keep his wife and family
in your prayers. Rest easy good and faithful friend and Brother.
Brothers, again we have asked that you update your records and ensure that your wishes be known to
your loved ones, that we may honor you with a Masonic service if you so desire. Remember that you must be
a member in good standing to receive Masonic rites, so keep your membership up to date and make sure your
loved ones know where your current dues card is located. Until next time Brothers...
LIGHT FROM THE EAST

WM John Haas
Brethren, one of the things I enjoy doing is surfing the internet for trivia facts about masonry. Well,
the other day I came upon one I thought I would share with you. Its about the largest Masonic temple in the
world. It's location, Detroit Michigan.
In 1908 interest in masonry and membership in the fraternity had grown to such an extent the Masonic
Temple Association of Detroit decided to build a new larger facility. It was decided it would be a multipur-
pose building. The first shovel of dirt was turned
thanksgiving day 1920, with the cornerstone laid on
September 18, 1922, during a ceremony attended by
thousands. The temple was dedicated on Thanksgiv-
ing Day 1926.
Now here comes interesting part. The build-
ing consisted of some twelve million cubic feet of
space. The design included three theaters, a shrine
building, a chapel which included seating for 1600,
eight lodge rooms, a 17500 square foot drill hall, two
ballrooms, office space, a cafeteria, dining rooms, a
barber shop, and 16 bowling lanes. When completed
the building had 14 stories and 1037 rooms, along
with a powerhouse that generated all the electricity
for the complex.
The lodge rooms in the building all have decorative treatments. The motifs of decoration being taken
from Egyptian, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian, and Italian Renaissance. The rooms are all true to period. All the art
work throughout the building was done under personal direction of famous artist.
Once open, all the masonic bodies occupied space in the building. It was said, during the monthly din-
ners, reservations had to be made because seating was limited to 2,000. (continued next page)
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At one of the Master Mason degrees over 5,000 masons attended. There was some type of activity going on
every night.
Unfortunately as the years passed, dues paying members began to decline. This along with a struggling
city economy, the temple began to suffer. As we all know, a building this size takes a lot of money to main-
tain. Then several of the allied bodies vacated the building and caused even more financial problems for the
temple. Fortunately a theater company has rented a large space in the temple to help provide some financial
stability. Lets wish them well, and hope this is a start to turning things around so this old masonic building
can be preserved.
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Hello once again Brothers, hope your
summer has gone as you planned it. The officers of
your Lodge have worked hard through the summer
to get their degree work where you will be proud of
them. As a result of this hard work, you will be
happy to note that we have an EA Degree coming
the 12th of this month. Mr. Jose Castro will be Inti-
ated in to the degrees of Freemasonry. The degree
will start promptly at 6:30 PM.
Brothers I have sent out the last batch of De-
linquent dues notices and the next notice sent will be
the Final Notice prior to suspension from the Frater-
nity. If I have given you a notice in error Brothers, I
apologize most humbly. In trying to get checks
posted in the office, I am sometimes interrupted and
the checks are not posted correctly. This is my fault
for letting myself be distracted. I am trying to get
this changed. I will still continue to come into the
Lodge on Tuesdays and Fridays to work on the pa-
perwork for the Lodge and I intend to double check
all dues receipts and payments prior to my leaving
the Lodge.
Brothers, I have placed a list on the podium
in the lobby for writing down your email address so
that more of you can receive the Trestle Board every
month. There have been very few sign up for this
service. In a few months the written Trestle Board
will be phased out and replaced with the email ver-
sion due to the increased cost of printing and post-
age. At the present time we are facing a cost bi-
monthly of approximately $265.00. or around
$1600.00 yearly. We are already going to end up in
the hole this year due to the lack of response to the
dinners and breakfasts, and unpaid dues not to men-
tion the other unexpected expenses. This is a sad
thing Brothers because you are the ones who will not
receive the Trestle Board unless you receive it
through the email. You see, the email version does-
nt cost the Lodge one red cent! The only cost is to
me in time. So how about it Brothers, get those
emails in to me as soon as you possible can and I
will get you the Trestle Board out directly to your
home via email. It is easy to access as all you have
to do is click on the link and it takes you directly
to the site where the Trestle Board is stored. I look
forward to hearing from you all.
From the West
Bro. Ron Glover
Brothers, it is hot out there! Please take the proper
precautions so we can keep you safe and coming to Lodge.
This months topic is Heat Stroke, and it can hit anyone in
this weather we have been having.
Heat stroke is the most serious form of heat injury
and is a medical emergency. If you suspect that someone has
heat stroke -- also known as sunstroke -- you should call 911
immediately and render first aid until paramedics arrive.
Heat stroke can kill or cause damage to the brain
and other internal organs. Although heat stroke mainly af-
fects people over age 50, it also takes a toll on healthy young
athletes
Heat stroke results from prolonged exposure to high
temperatures -- usually in combination with dehydration --
which leads to failure of the body's temperature control sys-
tem. The medical definition of heat stroke is a core body
temperature greater than 105 degrees Fahrenheit, with com-
plications involving the central nervous system that occur
after exposure to high temperatures. Other common symp-
toms include nausea, seizures, confusion, disorientation, and
sometimes loss of consciousness or coma.
If you suspect that someone has a heat stroke, im-
mediately call 911 or transport the person to a hospital. Any
delay seeking medical help can be fatal.
While waiting for the paramedics to arrive, initiate
first aid. Move the person to an air-conditioned environment
-- or at least a cool, shady area -- and remove any unneces-
sary clothing.
If possible, take the person's core body temperature
and initiate first aid to cool it to 101 to 102 degrees Fahren-
heit. If no thermometers are available, don't hesitate to initi-
ate first aid.
You may also try these cooling strategies:
Fan air over the patient while wetting his or her skin
with water from a sponge or garden hose.
Apply ice packs to the patient's armpits, groin, neck,
and back. Because these areas are rich with blood vessels
close to the skin, cooling them may reduce body tempera-
ture.
Immerse the patient in a shower or tub of cool wa-
ter, or an ice bath.
If emergency response is delayed, call the hospital
emergency room for additional instructions.
After you've recovered from heat stroke, you'll
probably be more sensitive to high temperatures during the
following week. So it's best to avoid hot weather and heavy
exercise until your doctor tells you that it's safe to resume
your normal activities.
Thank you Brothers and be safe out there.
From the Secretary
WHank DeBerry
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Greetings from the South. This month we
would like to outline some of the history of the title
warden and duties..
From the early history of the Lodge the term
Warden is an adaptation of a middle English word
wardein then a combination of Anglo-French word
wardein, gardein to guard around the 13
th
century.
In todays wording, Warden, has a number of differ-
ent meanings. Basically the meaning is one who hav-
ing care or in charge of something with supervisory
duties. It also implies the enforcement of specified
laws or regulations. This means assisting the Wor-
shipful Master in performance of his duties and dis-
charge those duties whose ancient usage has assigned
to the station of Junior Warden. Among these duties
is the responsibility of preferring charges against a
Mason guilty of un-Masonic conduct presenting those
to the Worshipful Master. Thus his badge of office is
the Plumb symbolizing upright behavior among Ma-
sons.
Historically the old guilds in operative ma-
sonry had wardens of the craft and wardens of mys-
tery. There were wardens noted in the English specu-
lative masonry in the 17 th century. In the specula-
tive lodges of the 18 th century each of the two war-
dens had a large pillar on the lodge floor near their
respective stations which in the old English lodges
varied greatly. As the lodge layout became standard
especially in the American lodges each of the war-
dens and the Master had a pedestal at their positions
in the North, West, and South. The pillars were re-
placed by small columns on the wardens pedestals.
It is a visible sign in the lodge to note the po-
sitions of the column. While at rest the column of the
junior warden is upright. When the Three Great
Lights are displayed and the Lodge is at Labor the
junior wardens column is prone and the senior war-
dens column is upright.
The Masters gavel or maul(adapted from the
instrument used to square the corners of the stones)
and the wardens gavels are as traditional as the pil-
lars. In the late 1700s and early 1800s lodges
adapted a code of order based on the use of the gav-
els. Traditionally at the first rap of the Masters gavel
there is to be silence among the brethren. Two raps
of the gavel causes the other officers of the lodge to
rise and at three raps the entire lodge rises. Thus
many of the traditions and terms of the craft today are
derived from the ancient operative masonry guilds.

2 Aug - First Saturday Breakfast 8:00-10:00
2 Aug - AMD Knight Mason
1-2 Aug - Worthy Patrons/Matrons Retreat - Jackson-
ville
4 Aug - Boy Scout Troop 1 - 7:00 PM
5 Aug - Stated Communication 7:00 PM
7 Aug - DDGM Visit @Mt Dora 7:30 PM
10Aug- First Sunday Dinner 11:30-1:00PM
11Aug- DDGM Visit @ The Villages 2:00PM
13Aug- Open Books Tavares @ 6:00 PM
13Aug- Scholl of Instruction @ 7:30 PM
19 Aug- Stated Communication w/dinner @ 6:00 PM
20 Aug- Masters & Wardens Groveland @ 7:30PM
23 Aug - Dining room rented to RW Joe Price
31 Aug- Rob Morris Picnic (OES) 2:00PM

UPCOMING IMPORTANT DATES
August 2014
From the South
W Jim Campbell
Once again Brothers and Sis-
ters we ask that you please
DO NOT drive on the grass
next to the Lodge parking lot.
It is leaving ruts in the
ground and they are hard to
mow over. Thank You!
-Yard Maintenance Guy-
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Please leave completed slips on the Secretarys desk at the Stated Communications, or email W. Hank DeBerry
with this information at hdeberry@[Link], or place them in the slot on the Secretarys door.
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with this information at hdeberry@[Link], or place them in the slot in the Secretarys door
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2014 TRESTLE BOARD SPONSORS

YOUR NAME HERE - INDIVIDUAL OR COUPLE FOR ONLY $20.00
Current year or any part thereof - HELP US KEEP YOU INFORMED!

John Dean Hank & Paula DeBerry Larry & Brenda Duff
Jim Angelos William & Sharen Aston Joe Schlegal
Suzanne Mina John & Tina Haas Jim & Becky Campbell
Richard Follett Ed Spencer George A. Brown
Bob & Carolyn Browning Ken Graves George Shoemaker
Betsey Jordan Bill & Sharon Staple





If you would like to be a sponsor in 2014, please see the secretary with your donation. Your donations are applied to the
monthly mailing costs of the Trestle Board, we need 60 sponsors to cover the yearly mailing costs. Sponsorship is $20.00 for the
year or any part thereof. Our Goal for this year is 60 sponsors. Please consider a sponsorship.
"You get out of Masonry only what you put in it."
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RAINBOW
ASSEMBLY
No. 79 at Mt. Dora

Lets not forget the young Ladies of our local
Rainbow Chapter. They need our support.
We should also remember they are the future
of our Ladies organizations and future leaders in our
communities. Meetings are at 7:00pm on the 2nd
and 4th Mondays of each month at Mt. Dora Lodge.
Know a young Lady who might want to join,
you can contact Chapter Mom Debbie Dyer at 407-
908-6973 or Chapter Dad Warren Shippee at 321-
689-6661.
Attend a meeting and be impressed.

DEMOLAY
CHAPTER
At Eustis
Lets also not
forget the young Men of our local DeMolay Chapter.
They also need our support. We should also
remember they are the future of Masonry and future
leaders in our communities. Meetings are at 7:00pm
on the 1 and 3rd Mondays of each month at Eustis
Lodge. Know a Man who might want to join, you
can contact Granddaddy Philip Paul at 407-832-
8771. Attend a meeting and be impressed.

HELP BY SUPPORTING OUR
MASONIC YOUTH
18th MASONIC DISTRICT
LODGES
Stated Communication Meetings

Leesburg No. 58 1st and 3rd Tuesday
Umatilla No. 65 1st and 3rd Monday
Clermont No. 226 1st and 3rd Monday
Eustis No. 85 2nd and 4th Monday
Villages No. 394 2nd Monday
Tavares No. 234 2nd and 4th Tuesday
Wildwood No. 92 2nd and 4th Tuesday
Groveland No. 190 2nd and 4th Thursday
Mt. Dora No. 238 1st and 3rd Thursday

Have YOU Traveled Lately?
HIGH TWELVE
Meeting Times & Locations
Hawthorne Masonic High Twelve No. 547 -
Meets at 11:00 a.m. on the 2nd & 4th Tuesday
of each month at Golden Corral, 1720 Citrus
Blvd. (Hwy 27/441) Leesburg, FL. Tel: 352-
728-3911.

Tri-County Masonic High Twelve meets
10:30 a.m. 1st Wednesday of each month at La
Hacienda Recreation Center, The Villages.
Reservations for lunch due by the Thursday be-
fore the meeting, call Rita at 750-5561.

The strength of Freemasonry
is in its loyalty to each other

Vasilios Karpos

Freemasonry embraces the high-
est moral laws and will bear the
test of any system of ethics of phi-
losophy ever promulgated for the
uplift of man.

Gen. Douglas McArthur
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Scottish Rite
[Link] or [Link]
Ocala Scottish Rite meets the first Monday of each month,
at 7:[Link] Ocala Scottish Rite Center, 3632 NE 7th Street, Ocala,
Fl.

Orlando Scottish Rite meets at 1485 Grand Road, Winter
Park, Fla. on the 4th Friday of each month, except, November,
which is on the third Friday and dark in December, meetings at
7:30pm.

York Rite Bodies
A Continuation of the Blue Lodge
[Link]

Ocala York Rite Bodies Meetings at Belleview Lodge No. 95
Ocala Chapter No. 13 - Meets Second Wednesday of January,
March, May, September and November beginning at 7:30 PM.
Ocala Council No. 22 - R&S Masters - Meets Second Wednes-
day of February, April, June, October and December beginning at
7:30 PM.
Ocala Commandry No. 19 - Knights Templar - Meets on the
fourth Wednesday of each month at 7:30 PM.
Lake/Sumter York Rite Bodies - Meetings at Leesburg Lodge 58
Eustis Chapter No. 33, Meets on the first Wednesday at 7:30
PM
Golden Triangle Council No. 28Royal & Select Masters -
Meets first Wednesday at 7:30 PM.
Chapter and Council will alternate on who begins first.

Triangle Commandery No. 38 Knights TemplarMeets on the
second Wednesday of each month at 7:30 PM, except in July and
August.
Order of the Eastern Star, Chapter No. 84
Lady Theresa Fox PM Worthy Matron
W Hank DeBerry PPWorthy Patron
Lady Paula DeBerry PMSecretary
W Robert Welch PGP Treasurer

Meetings 1
st
Thursday of the Month at 7:30 p.m. with the excep-
tion of July, August and September. Meets at Leesburg Lodge No.
58. Brothers and Sisters! Remember that we are dark in the
months of July, August and September. Our first meeting
back will be in October and it will be our Official Visit with
the Worthy Grand Matron, Sister Floye Hyslop!
8/1 Richard Jones
8/3 Peyton Grinnell
8/4 Don Beirly
8/4 Durlan Humphrey
8/5 Dennis Ricker
8/6 Gene Hecklin
8/8 Eric Racine
8/10 Ed Robbins
8/12 Edward Davis
8/13 Paul Frazier
8/14 Peter Proffit
8/15 Thomas Mysinger
8/17 Othel Wilkins
8/19 Russell Avera
8/19 Victor Mars
8/19 Samuel Rixie
8/20 Joseph Price
8/21 Don McIntyre
8/27 Ray Richardson
8/28 Arthur Burke
8/31 James Jones
8/31 Richard Whiteman
8/31 Robert Rowden

Editors Note: All articles and informa-
tion must be received by the editor
prior to the 23rd of the publishing
month for inclusion in the next issue.
Articles can be e-mailed to:
leesburglodge58@[Link]
August Birthdays
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"Listen my children, and you shall
hear of the midnight ride of Paul
Revere - "
These opening lines of Longfellow's poem, and the
thrilling story which follows, have fascinated us for many
years. History has recorded the details of the famous ride, and
the incidents connected with it; but Masons know little about
Paul Revere that arouses enthusiasm. It is my purpose tonight
to bring out the important facts regarding him and to show the
setting which brings our patriot brother closer to us.
The forefathers of Paul Revere were Huguenots, that
brave sect of French Protestants who for many years defied
Rome and the King of France. The Huguenots maintained
their identity and churches in spite of edicts and persecutions.
In 1540, six of their villages were completely destroyed and
the inhabitants driven out, ravaged and murdered at the behest
of the King. On August 24, 1572, the Huguenots were the
victims of one of the most despicable massacres that ever took
place - the Massacre of St. Bartholomew - in which more than
six thousand of them were sought out in Paris and murdered
in a human hunt lasting three days. The waters of the seine ran
red with blood; the bodies of the victims were so numerous
that the current was unable to carry them away; and for many
miles the banks of the river were covered with their remains.
When the news of the massacre reached Rome a three day's
celebration was ordered by the ecclesiastical authorities. King
Charles of France, who, together with his mother, had been
influenced by Church leaders to order the massacre, was con-
gratulated on the service thus performed for the Holy Roman
Church.
The persecutions to which the Huguenots were sub-
jected caused more than four hundred thousand French to
leave the country and settle elsewhere. Among those who fled
was Simon de Revoire, who moved to the Island of Guernsey
in the English Channel. Simon's brother Isaac, being a man
with a large family, stayed on in a remote part of France, later
sending one of his sons, Apollo de Revoire, to his Uncle
Simon, at the age of thirteen. After a time his uncle sent the
Nephew to Boston, where he was apprenticed to a Goldsmith.
Here he learned the secrets of the trade, and after a visit to
Guernsey, he returned to America with the intention of mak-
ing this country his home. His first step was to change his
name to ne more easily pronounced by his english speaking
neighbors, and he was henceforth known as Mr. Paul Revere.
Establishing himself in business as a gold and silver-
smith, Revere married Miss Deborah Hitchborn in 1729.
Twelve children were born of this union. The Paul Revere we
are discussing tonight was the third of these, born January 8,
1735.
We learn that Revere received his education at the
famous old "North Grammar School " kept by Master John
Tileson, who taught school in Boston for eighty years. He was
especially famed for his skill in penmanship. Doubtless we
have here the foundation for one of Revere's later activities -
engraved lettering.
Young Paul Revere followed in his father's footsteps
as a Gold and Silversmith. Specimens of his work are still
treasured to this day in some old New England families, and
give ample evidence of his artistic skill. Inspired by long ex-
perience in embellishing the articles manufactured by him,
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Comedy Corner
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Revere undertook the art of engraving on copper, with marked success. Books of the 17th and 18th centuries show that this was a
popular form of illustrating. Many of Revere's pictures were political caricatures and cartoons; and among the best of his works is an
engraving depicting the Boston Massacre, which was extensively copied in Europe. He also designed bookplates, and in later years
furnished the engravings from which Masonic certificates were made.
The outbreak of the French and Indian Wars in 1756 prompted him to enlist in the British Colonial service. Commissioned a
second lieutenant of artillery by Governor Sterling, he participated in the expedition against Crown Point under the command of
General John Winslow. Here he received the military training which enabled him to give excellent service in later years as major,
lieutenant- colonel, and colonel of artillery in the armed forces of Massachusetts.
Upon his return from military service, Revere was married in 1757 to Miss Sarah Orne of Boston. Seven children were born
of this union. After sixteen years of wedded life, the faithful wife died, leaving Revere a widower at 38 with a large family on his
hands, a business to look after and political events engrossing his attention. To quote Revere, he found his household "In sore need
of a Mother, " and within a short time after the death of his first wife and infant child, he married Miss Rachel Walker, ten years his
junior. Eight children were added to the six of his first marriage.
The Stamp Act of 1765 was one of the causes of the American Revolution. This act provided for a tax on certain articles
imported by the colonies. The imposition of this tax was not so objectionable in itself to the colonists as the fact that they had no
voice in the matter. This right, they felt, belonged to them under the Magna Charta, the foundation of English Liberty. The opponents
of the act formed themselves into bands known as the Sons of Liberty. Meetings were conducted with great secrecy, those in Boston
being ultimately held at the Green Dragon tavern. It is of more than passing interest to note that St. Andrew's Lodge, many of whose
members participated in the stirring events of the Revolution, purchased this tavern March 31, 1864.
Among the Massachusetts leaders of the Sons of Liberty were Samuel Adams and John Hancock, to whom Revere attached
himself. Not gifted with speech as were his associates, he nevertheless reached the public through his clever cartoons on political
events of the day. He also carried secret dispatches to the leaders of the Sons of Liberty in New York and Philadelphia; and his un-
questioned integrity and excellent memory served the Colonists well when written word could not be safely conveyed.
In 1766 the Stamp Act was repealed, except as to tea, and this served to quiet matters somewhat for a time; but the determi-
nation of King George III to force the tea tax upon his colonists made them all the more determined to resist the measure. Cargoes of
tea were shipped and landed under protest. Merchants throughout the colonies agreed not to handle the commodity, and very little
was sold, such as did trickle into the channels of trade being handled by Troy shopkeepers.
The arrival of the Dartmouth on November 28, 1773, caused the Sons of Liberty to call a mass meeting which was attended
by over seven thousand people. Resolutions were passed urging that the tea not be landed, and that it be sent back to England in the
same ships. Guards were placed to make sure that the tea was not brought in surreptitiously. Another meeting was called on the 30th,
at which the officers of two additional ships which had arrived in the meantime were made to promise that they would leave the har-
bor without unloading their tea cargoes. Governor Hutchinson, however, interfered with this solution of the problem by forbidding
the issuance of clearance papers until the cargoes should be discharged. The rest of the story has been recorded in history's pages. A
group of patriots, disguised as Mohawk Indians, boarded the vessels, and destroyed three hundred and forty-two chests of tea valued
at $90,000.
It has been asserted by many writers that the Freemasons of the colony had a large part in the destruction of the tea cargoes.
Definite information is not available, but contemporaneous records of unimpeachable character lead us to believe that there is some
truth in the assertions. The records of Saint Andrew's Lodge, of which Paul Revere was a member, show that on the night of Novem-
ber 30th, 1773 - the night for the annual election of officers - only seven members were present. No election was held, and the pres-
ence of only seven members given as the reason according to the entries in the lodge minutes.
As a result of the Tea Party, laws were passed in Parliament closing the port of Boston. These measures only served to in-
flame the people. Revere was soon in the saddle again, carrying messages to enlist the support of the southern provinces in behalf of
Massachusetts. The Massachusetts House of Representatives reorganized under the name of the "The Provincial Congress " and
voted to enroll twelve thousand Minute Men. Revere made further trips south, and in December, 1773, carried news north to Ports-
mouth, N.H., that the importation of military stores had been forbidden by Parliament, and that a large garrison was coming to oc-
cupy Fort William and Mary at the entrance to the harbor. The Sons of Liberty thereupon surprised the fort and removed upwards of
one hundred barrels of powder and fifteen cannon.
Governor Gage of Massachusetts became alarmed at these aggressive acts of the colonists. Outlying stores of gunpowder
and arms were called in, and every precaution taken to guard against further surprises. The Sons of Liberty soon learned that the
British were preparing for action. On April 18, 1775, Dr. Joseph Warren, Grand Master of Massachusetts, who was to give his life
for his country two months later at the battle of Bunker Hill, learned that troops were gathering on Boston Common. Fearing for the
safety of Samuel Adams and John Hancock, Warren sent for Revere and begged him to go to Lexington to warn these men. Revere
had been to Lexington a few days before, and gravely doubted the possibility of getting through the lines in event the enemy should
form, had arranged, by a show of lanterns, to indicate the route taken by the British. Revere then made the ride which has preserved
his name to posterity, as graphically told with certain poetic license by Longfellow.
Paul Revere's ride, however, was not the end of his activities in the patriot cause. After the British had vacated Boston, be-
ing harassed by Washington's troops, it was found that the cannon had been disabled by the removal of the carriages. Revere in-
vented a new type, and the guns were again placed in commission.
In July, 1776, Revere was commissioned an officer in a new regiment raised for the defense of the town and harbor of Bos-
ton. His important duties and services ultimately won him the rank of colonel of artillery. Adverse conditions made his position a
difficult one, but he steadfastly fulfilled his duties and made the best of a bad situation. In 1779 he participated in a expedition
against the British in what is now Maine. Through mismanagement on the part of some military and naval commanders, the expedi-
tion was a failure, and the soldiers made their way back to Boston in scattered groups.
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In addition to his military service, Revere was called upon in 1775 to engrave the currency of the Colony of Massachusetts. In 1776
he engaged in the manufacture of gunpowder, sorely needed by the american Forces, and was employed to oversee the casting of
cannon.
The war services of Paul Revere did not conclude his service to the new nation. He contributed to the economic welfare of
his community by establishing an iron foundry, and in 1792 began casting church bells, many of which are still in existence. A
"Hardware " store - as jeweler's shops were called in those days - established by him in 1783, enabled him to dispose of the silver-
ware which he continued to manufacture. He invented a process for treating copper which enabled him to hammer and roll it while
hot, a process of great value in shipbuilding. In 1800 he established a foundry for rolling copper in large sheets. This was such an
important industry that the government of the United States loaned him $10,000, to be repaid in the form of sheet copper. This was
the first copper rolling mill in the country, and dispensed with the necessity which had existed before of importing this commodity
from England. Robert Fulton's steam engines were equipped with copper boilers made from Revere's plates. Revere also covered the
bottom of the Frigate "Constitution " - better known as "Old Ironsides " - with sheet copper. The business was incorporated in 1828
as the Revere Copper Company, and is still conducted in Canton, Mass.
Revere's life, and the services he rendered to the country, are sufficient in themselves to endear him to every patriotic
American. Yet, we, as Masons, can claim a still closer tie. Paul Revere was made a Mason in Saint Andrew's Lodge on September 4,
1760, being the first Entered Apprentice to receive that work in this body. In 1770 he became its Master; in 1783, when St, Andrew's
Lodge was divided on the question of remaining under the Grand Lodge of Scotland, from which body it had received its Charter
dated November 30, 1756; or affiliating with the new Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, he was one of the twenty-three who voted to
withdraw from the old relationship. A new lodge was formed in September, 1784, under the name of Rising States Lodge, and Re-
vere was elected its Master. He made the jewels for this lodge, and engraved and printed certificates of membership and notices. He
served as Grand Master of Massachusetts from 1795 to 1797, inclusive, assisting Governor Samuel Adams in laying the corner stone
of the Massachusetts State House, July 4, 1795, on which occasion he delivered a stirring address.
His charities were quiet and unostentatious. He founded the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics Association in 1795, and
served as its president from its founding until 1799, when de declined any further office, although continuing his interest.
His domestic life was peaceable and happy. The decease of his second wife in 1815 left him a lonely old man. Revere him-
self "Passed Out With the Tide " on May 10, 1818, and was buried in Granary Burial Ground where his old friends, Hancock and
Adams, had preceded him.
Quiet, unassuming, without great gifts as an orator or statesman, he nevertheless engraved his name on that which is far
more enduring than the metals of his Craft - the pages of his country's history and the hearts of his country's citizens. Behind him
was the martyrdom of his Huguenot ancestors; around him was the inspiration of Freemasonry's ideals; within his vision of the future
was a great representative government of a free people wherein religious liberty should be both a fundamental principle and an inal-
ienable right. And so he served with the talent that he had in the humbler spheres of everyday life as well as in the greater and more
spectacular crisis in the life of his commonwealth. Unselfish service was his ambition and his watchword, his biography and his epi-
taph. Freemasonry and America honor most the Paul reveres of the nation, who from day to day, in every time of history and walk of
life, thoughtfully and patriotically serve mankind.
If, however, we are to come to the fullest possible realization of what the life of a man like Paul Revere means to his coun-
try and to his Fraternity, we must go further than a mere personal estimate. No matter how effective his life may be in arousing our
pride and stimulating our efforts, we must still take one more step. It will not do merely to judge a life like his according to the stan-
dards of this day. We must realize the results of his work in the light of the conditions which he faced.
I wonder if we can visualize the Colonial period of this country's history? The scattered settlements, the log cabins grouped
about stockades out in the wilderness, the wide distances separating the towns and villages, and the uninhabited, waste districts be-
tween; the bridle paths over the mountains, the narrow. almost impassable roads with the lumbering stage coaches passing up and
down at irregular and infrequent intervals; a time when it cost a shilling and more to carry a letter; a country without telegraph, with-
out typewriter, without railroad - and a people who could not even dream of such things as these.
Even so the picture is not complete. We must picture a country possessed of very few schools, and what schools that were
open, were open only to the sons of the rich. Intelligence and idealism were impossible for the poor boy, except as he learned them at
the family altar. The minds of the common people were on the same low, deadly level which prevailed among the lower classes of
Europe. Under such circumstances can we not see how the superior mind would revolt against these sordid conditions? First would
come the passion for liberty, and following that, an intense determination that these conditions must be bettered.
Then we are able to recreate the influence of the ancestry of a man like Revere? Many a long evening was spent around an
open fireplace, with perhaps a tallow dip candle or two burning dimly on the mantle, while the head of the household told of the trag-
edy of his flight from the persecutions inflicted upon his people. What would the effect of such a recital be upon a youth like Paul
Revere? Can we realize how these traditions would influence his mind, how his boyish imagination would be kindled and how his
appreciation of the liberty which the Colonists were trying to work out for themselves in the new world would grow into a veritable
passion for freedom? As he grew older he would see the stalwart pioneers around him trying to plant here a new type of civilization,
an institution which would insure to every man the utmost of personal liberty which he could expect without infringing upon the
rights of others. Can we not see how a youth raised in this atmosphere would be inspired with a desire to promote and further the
development of these institutions? With stories of murder and oppression of his people firing his youthful imagination, can we not
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see that as he grew into manhood his mind would be quickened? Can we not understand how any example of oppression, however
slight, would arouse the fighting instincts, and tyrannical injustice become as it were a baptism of patriotism, dedicated to the new
home which his troubled soul was finding in company with his fellow refugees?
We must also realize that an atmosphere very like this existed all through the colonies. It was justified, my brothers; these
hardy pioneers had fled the Old World where free thought, free speech and free Conscience did not exist. They had come away with
hideous memories of their friends and neighbors tortured and hung for the most trivial crimes. Years of tragedy had taught them the
sacrifices that men make who stand up for what they believe, for opinion's sake.
It is only when we come to appreciate all of this background that we can understand the fierce resentment in the hearts of
the colonial leaders when tea profiteers sought to impose their burdens of taxation, or religious bigots tried to fasten upon the minds
of the people narrow ideas the trend of which would be to bring about a union of Church and State. We must picture Paul Revere as
one of the central figures in a great drama like this, staged in a wilderness, with enemies both within and without; if we could appre-
ciate what the service of the colonial pioneer really was. To us in our modern day the accomplishment of these fearless men may not
loom so large, but in their day and time they performed wonders when they gave their passion for liberty and brotherhood free reign
and started in to establish a government by, for and of the people.
Well may we ask, how could they do it? What gave them their breadth of vision? And it is in this primitive setting that we
find the answer. The forces of necessity drove them, persecution was behind them and if they did not build their new Temple of Lib-
erty aright, persecution and failure lay before them. In the face of a need like this, they won; they accomplished great things for hu-
manity. They planted the seeds of brotherhood in the fallow ground of a new homeland and we, who are their posterity are reaping
the reward.
This it is which places upon us the responsibility for doing in our day what they did in theirs. The conditions which we have
to meet are different from theirs. The problems which we have to solve under the complex conditions of modern civilization would
look hopeless to them. My Brethren, they would be hopeless to us did we not have their examples before us and were we not familiar
with the principles which they applied to their problems in those tempestuous days. We have the same principle, we have the same
Masonic atmosphere of brotherhood and we have an even greater opportunity than they had to put these principles into practice and
make them live among men today. Ours is the task to maintain the freedom of speech and conscience which they established for us
and to see to it that Freemasonry, grown now to a fraternity of men far greater in number than all the people who lived in the thirteen
colonies, shall stand foursquare for law and order, for the right to think and worship as we please, and for the perpetuation of those
priceless privileges which the Paul Reveres of early America wrought out of their needs and the conditions which faced them, be-
cause they had the Masonic vision, the Masonic fervency and the Masonic zeal to build after the Masonic pattern.

Taken from Short Talk Bulletin of January 1923.
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SUNDAY DINNER
Leesburg Lodge No. 58
May 11, 2014

Menu

Spaghetti and Meat Balls or Country Fried Chicken
Corn on the Cob, Sugar Snap Peas,
Mashed Taters, Dinner Rolls, Salad
Drinks, Desserts (sugared or no sugar added)
$8.37 + .63 tax - Adults, under 14 - $3.72 + .28 tax
11:30 AM until 1:00 PM

Please call the Lodge at 787-5696 or sign the guest list in the lobby and
provide the number attending with you,. This ensures enough food is purchased and pre-
pared for all.
ALL MASONS, their families and friends are invited to our Monthly
Second Sunday Dinners and First Saturday Breakfasts
Help support your Blue Lodge, IT IS where all other Masonic Bodies Begin.
Future menu suggestions are always welcome!
Introducing 2014 Chef Crew

W Jim Campbell - Graduate of New Orleans School of Cooking
Bro. Wayne Reynolds - Former Chef at Country Club
Bro. Ed Spencer - formerly at Benihana Restaurant
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PAID
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Leesburg,, FL
34748
Leesburg Masonic Lodge No. 58 F&AM
PO Box 985
Fruitland Park, Florida 34731
SUNDAY DINNERS
11:30 a.m. TO 1:00 p.m.
Menu items: May 11, 2014
Spaghetti and Meat Balls or Country Fried Chicken
Corn on the Cob, Sugar Snap Peas, Mashed Potatoes
Dinner Rolls, Garden Salad, Drinks,
Desserts (sugared or no sugar added)
$8.37 + .63 tax per person, Children under 14 years of age $3.72 + .28 tax

PLEASE call the Lodge at 787-5696, or sign the guest list in the foyer, provide
the number of guests attending with you, this ensures enough food is prepared for all. ALL MASONS,
their families and friends are invited . Menu suggestions welcomed, just fill out a comment card.
Dont forget to call or sign -up!!!

Celebrating 146 years (1868 2014)
in Leesburg, Fla. The Lakefront City
1st Saturday Monthly Coffee Klatch & Breakfast
8:00am to 10:00am
Eggs (cooked to order), Pancakes, Waffles, Bacon, Sausages
(Pattys or Links), Breakfast Potatoes, Grits, Sausage Gravy,
Biscuits, Toast
Coffee, Orange Juice
$5.58 +.42 sales tax per person