FVNews Daily. No 99. Thursday, September 3, 2020
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UPDATED DAILY. What’s On (41 Listings)
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• Thursday, September 3. 10am. Funeral service for Wor. Bro. George Edward Ormerod. LINK • Thursday, September 4. 11am. Funeral service for Wor. Bro. Ben Sidlo. LINK• Thursday, September 3. 10.30am. Kyneton Gentlemen’s Association. All Welcome. Zoom. ID: 6070901923. Password: 9JNjZx• Thursday, September 3. 7pm. Doutta Galla Lodge. All welcome. LINK
• Thursday, September 3. 7.30pm. Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge. Speaker: Alexis Rivero. ‘Freemasonry in Venezuela’. All welcome. LINK
• Thursday, September 3. 7.30pm. Melbourne High School Lodge. 3 Guest Speakers. All welcome. EMAIL for Link
• Thursday, September 3. 7.30pm. Killara Lodge. Business meeting. Speaker: Barry Minster on Electric Cars, specifically Tesla. LINK • Thursday, September 3. 7.45pm. Stewart Lodge of St Arnaud. First-ever Zoom Meeting. Talk: Richard Elikington. ‘My journey from Entered Apprentice to Grand Master’. LINK
• Friday, September 4. 7pm. Combined Arc, Mark and Chapter Zoom Meeting. LINK
• Saturday, September 5. 9.30am-3pm. Secretary’s Course. By Barry Reaper and Eric Williams. Register for both: Morning Session (Part 1) LINK and Afternoon Session (Part 2) LINK • Saturday, September 5. 10 am-12 Noon. Preparation for Master course. Limited positions. Contact: Geoff Newby. EMAIL • Saturday, September 5. 7pm. Earl of Dunmore Lodge.Talk: Tony DelNevo, “A personal Masonic journey to Glasgow”. Brethren, Ladies, Visitors welcome. LINK • Monday, September 7. 7.30pm. City of Footscray Wyndham Lodge. Talk: Anthony Bucca, Deputy Grand Master. ‘How Do We Create A Better Lodge Experience?’ LINK to come.
• Monday, September 7. 7.30pm. Lodge Garibaldi. Speaker: Dominic De Candia,Grand Secretary General (33°) of The Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Australia. ‘Mosaic Pavement’. All welcome. LINK • Monday, September 7. 7.30pm. Oakleigh Lodge of Mark Master Masons. Speaker: Craig Spendlove, ‘The Craftsman Mark’. Attire: Smart Casual. All welcome. LINK
• Monday, September 7. 7.30pm. Rosebank Lodge. Speaker: Anthony Quantrell. ‘Mount Up Riders, You’re Burning Daylight’ – The story of HarleyDavidson Motor Cycles. All welcome. Dress: Neat casual, shirt must have a collar. LOG IN: 824 152 8207 • Tuesday, September 8. 10.30am. Kyneton Gentlemen’s Association. All Welcome. Zoom. ID: 6070901923. Password: 9JNjZx • Tuesday, September 8. 7pm. Admiral Collingwood Lodge. Watch Party on documentary. 7pm. pre-meeting chat. 7.30pm. Viewing. Dress: Casual. LINK• Tuesday, September 8. 7pm. Richmond Lodge. DETAILS
• Tuesday, September 8. 7.10pm: Members. 7.45pm: Visitors. Colac Lodge. Speaker: Anthony Bucca. ‘Freemasonry and the American Civil War’. LINK• Tuesday, September 8. 7.30pm. The Brighton District Lodge. Virtual Business Meeting. Presentations. Masonic Solids, by members of the Lodge. Introduction to HRA Chapter – WBro. Crew. Infobyte, by Bro. Dask, Melbourne’s Tunnels – Bro. Griffiths LINK • Wednesday, September 9. 7.30pm. Cosmopolitan Lodge. Visitors from 8pm. Grand Master Richard Elkington will be Guest Speaker. LINK • Wednesday, September 9. 7.30pm. Williamstown Lodge. Speaker: Greg Goding, ‘Order In The House’. LINK
• Thursday, September 10. 7pm. Union Lodge of North Gippsland. Speaker: Bill Kee. All welcome, including non-Masons. LINK • Thursday, September 10. 7.30pm. Central Highlands. Lecture: Nathaniel Buchanan. ‘Templarism and Freemasonry’. LINK • Thursday, September 10. 7.30pm. Southern Cross Lodge. Talk: David Beagley, ‘North-East Charge’, followed by an open ‘question and answer session. LINK
• Friday, September 11. 7pm-9pm. Lodge of the Golden Fleece. Performer: Wor. Bro. Kram, classical music and anecdotes. All welcome including wives, partners, friends and guests. LINK
• Saturday, September 12. 10 am-12 Noon. Preparation for Master course. Limited positions. Contact: Geoff Newby. EMAIL • Monday, September 14. 7pm for 7.30pm. Yarraville Lodge. Presentation of a 70-year service award to Roy Richardson. Dress: collar and tie. All welcome. Meeting ID: 882 8152 5348 Password: 715 737• Tuesday, September 14. 7pm. Richmond Lodge. DETAILS • Wednesday, September 16. 7.30pm. Quarterly Communication, postponed until December. A Business Meeting will be shown on Wednesday, September 30.
• Thursday, September 17. 7pm. Prospect Hill Mark Lodge. Meeting. Opening and closing.  Interview: Grand Master Elect, RWor. Bro Bill Jones will be interviewed by the Lodge Master, VWor. Bro Lionel May. Dress: Officers jacket and tie, all others smart casual. LINK • Thursday, September 17. Time TBA. Unity and Prudence Lodge. Talk: Anthony Bucca, Deputy Grand Master. ‘Post COVID Freemasonry’. LINK to come.
• Friday, September 18. 7pm. Bairnsdale Daylight Lodge. Meeting. Talk: Claudio Marino, District Engagement Officer. All welcome. LINK• Saturday, September 19. 10am-12 Noon. Preparation for Master course. Limited positions. Contact: Geoff Newby. EMAIL • Saturday, September 19. 7.30pm-9.30pm. Blue Lounge Social Club and The Lodge of Evolution. Founding Fathers, Secret Symbols and the Hidden Mysteries. LINK • Monday, September 21. 7.15pm. Gippsland Forest Lodge. 8pm. Open To Visitors. 8.10pm. Lecture: District Commander Very Illustrious Brother Michael Hyland 33°, Sovereign Grand Inspector General, Victoria Eastern, with the Supreme Council of the 33° of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite for Australia, Grand Secretary General HE Most Illustrious Brother Dominic De Candia 33° and Eminent Brother P.J. Milne to conduct a “Lecture on the Ancient & Accepted Scottish Rite of Australia”. LINK
• Monday, September 21. 7.30pm. Gippsland Lakes Lodge. Speaker: John Glover ‘The quest for missing children’, A talk on facial reconstruction. .All welcome, including ladies and non-Freemasons. LINK
• Monday, September 21. 7.30pm. Lodge of Good Companions. Includes casual 10 minutes on Fishing Hotspots and Tactics. All welcome. LINK • Tuesday, September 22. 7.15pm for 7.30pm. Mount Scopus and Collegians Lodge. Talk by Dr Philip A. Quadrio from Lodge Galileo who is the Director, College of Masonic Studies and Grand Lodge Membership Officer, NSW and ACT. ‘The North East or Charity Charge. The History and Inclusion of the Charge in Modern Freemasonry’. LINK: Meeting ID: 899 3672 5896. Passcode: 140108• Wednesday, September 23. 7.30pm. Western District. Open Online Forum. Guest: Greg Goding, Past Assistant Grand Master (Qld). PRE-REGISTER • Wednesday, September 30. 7.30pm. Freemasons Victoria Business Meeting (Quarterly Communication has been postponed until December). LINK to come. • Monday, October 1. Time TBA. Killara Lodge. Talk: Anthony Bucca, Deputy Grand Master. ‘Post COVID Freemasonry’. • Monday, October 5. Time TBA. Williamstown Lodge official visit to Rosebank Lodge. LINK to come. • Wednesday, October 21. 7pm. Grand Lodge Library, Museum Talks. ‘A Discussion on Masonic Etiquette’. LINK
NEW. Videos
• Bob Jones talks with Greg Goding. (06:19). WATCH
• Freemasonry In New Zealand. (04:13). WATCH
• Open Doors (ABC-TV, Brisbane). (03:58). WATCH

Vale Ben Sidlo
• We have been advised that Wor. Bro. Ben Sidlo from the Armadale Stonnington Lodge has passed to the Grand Lodge Above. Aaron Szmerling says that the funeral service will be be held at the Melbourne Jewish Cemetery at 11am today (Thursday). There will be a webcast.

$99,980 cheque presented (1)

• From left: Bob Johnston, Sara Jenkins, Neville Wiggins, Ernie Cole
• A cheque for $99,980 was presented by Freemasons yesterday (Wed.) to the Upper Murray Innovation Foundation/Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal/FRRR Bushfire Donation Account. Freemasons Foundation Victoria has funded the project  assist with the clearing of this Difficult Access Fencing.
• Bob Johnston with Phil Coulston and Ernie Cold from Benambra Lodge, and Neville Wiggins representing the Freemasons Foundation andFreemasons Victoria, were in Corryong  to present a cheque to Corryong Neighbourhood Centre co-ordinator, Sara Jenkins.

$99,980 cheque presented (2)
• Eight months after the bushfires, most property owners have made progress with clearing and replacing their fences. However, many still have small sections of inaccessible areas such as steep, rocky segments, creek gullies and heavy bushland which remain uncleared and a real barrier to finishing their fencing and moving forward.
• The CNC is donating its time and resources to administer the project, while the Freemasons Victoria Taskforce will be doing the leg work – assessing the properties and organising the contractors and equipment and overseeing the clearing work.  All the funds will be going directly to the contractors doing the work.
• The 40 property owners who put in an expression of interest for the project in May have been contacted by email or text asking for an update on their difficult access fencing situation. There is a real effort  to keep the paperwork to a minimum and streamline the processes, so there are excavators and dozers on the ground in the next few weeks.

Grand Master’s visits
• Ron Boulton posted this success story on social media last night (Wed.): “What a night at Lodge of the Golden Rule. An absolutely enthralling talk by our Master and a discussion that went on and on about the future directions of Masonry. It was such a privilege to have our GM and GSWjoin us and contribute to the discussion. 
• “Our master, in his relaxed way, introduced the idea of a modified joining ceremony so that we can, in some limited way, ensure that a potential member feels that they are part of our lodge. Mick’s talk on the Humphrey Pump actually set the tone for the evening –  very informative and presented so that even a non-engineer could understand. From a purely local point of view, We were so happy to have our Honorary members,Alan Ambose and Jack Simpson  join us, along with our District Co-Ordinator Lionel May.
• “Like all of us in masonry we wonder what the post-COVID world is going to look like – but we hope that some of the discussions that we had tonight may find their way to the discussion table.”

In Black and White

• Allan Paull was featured in the Herald Sun’s In Black and White column which highlighted his nail art.

Jobs to do … just for you
• David Webb, Secretary of St Andrews in the South, has given us a task.He writes: “I am reaching out to ask if the Communications and Marketing Volunteer Action Team has any contacts or assistance in building a lodge website? We currently have one that needs a total overhaul and seeing if there is a template or a company you suggest? We are only after something basic and attractive we can manage easily.” We will put it on our ‘To Do’ list, David.
• Neville Wiggins, District Co-Ordinator of the North-East, writes: “During the Sir Dallas Brooks Daylight Lodge Zoom meeting the question was directed to me about the TV programs on Channel 31 that we in the country never had the opportunity to view. Specifically, I was asked if I  would contact you and enquire as to what happened to those programs, do they belong to us and would it be possible to show them again using social media platforms.” We will investigate and do our best to fulfill this request, Neville.

Windsor Masonic Temple
• The Windsor Star (UK) reports: “To step inside the Windsor Masonic Temple is to follow in the footsteps of the men and women (from Prime Ministers to Custodians, from Mayors to Musicians) that have, if only for an evening, called the Windsor Masonic Temple home.
• “The Windsor Masonic Temple is a Masonic home. It is also home to the cherished memories of our friends, neighbors, parents, and grandparents; memories formed through school dances and graduations, weddings and receptions, banquets and (yes) Masonic ceremonies.”LINK

World News
• The Daily Star, Oneonta, New York (USA), reports one Lodge resuming an all-you-can-eat fundraiser: “”The regular monthly all-you-can-eat chicken and biscuit dinner hosted by the Laurens Masonic Lodge will be held as a takeout-only dinner from 11am to 1pm, Sunday, Sept. 6, at theMasonic Lodge at 7 Brook St. in Laurens. Included will be mixed vegetables, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce and strawberries and ice cream.COVID-19 guidelines will be followed.The cost is $10 for adults and $5 for children.Proceeds will be used to fund lodge functions such as college scholarships, community assistance, scouting troops, as well as maintenance of the lodge.” LINK

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Famous Freemasons
• Canning, George (1770-1827) – Bro. Canning described himself as “an Irishman born in London” and he became a major force in the British Parliament during the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte’s tyrannies in Europe. A statesman as well as a politician, in 1798 he advocated militarily resisting Napoleon and effectively argued against peace negotiations. In 1807, he planned the ‘Second Battle of Copenhagen’ resulting in the capture of the Danish fleet, thus removing any threat posed by it to the Royal Navy’s dominance of the seas. Canning was once wounded in a duel and, much later and in failing health, became the shortest serving Prime Minister of Great Britain – 119 days in 1827.
– Timothy Horton

Masonic Knowledge
• There are also Lodges operating under the Scottish Masonic Constitution in countries outside of Scotland. Many of these are countries linked to Scotland and the United Kingdom through the Commonwealth of Nations and prior colonies and other settlements of the British Empirealthough there are several lodges in countries such as Lebanon, Belgium, Chile and Peru, which do not have such connections.• The Grand Lodge of Scotland is independent of, though in amity with, both of the other Grand Lodges established in the UK and Ireland, theUnited Grand Lodge of England and the Grand Lodge of Ireland. As of 2018, it consists of 32 Provincial Grand Lodges in Scotland and 26District Grand Lodges beyond the boundary of Scotland.

Masonic Wisdom
• “Wherever smart people work, doors are unlocked.” – Bro. Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple Inc.

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