FVNews Daily  
No. 151. Wednesday, December 9, 2020

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What’s On (39 listings)
UPDATED DAILY.

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Wednesday, December 9

• 10am. Freemasons Future Recovery Team. Members’ Online Meeting.
• 5.30pm. Traralgon Lodge. At Traralgon Bowls Club.• 6.30pm-6pm. Williamstown Lodge. Virtual Christmas Dinner. Attire: Something Christmas. Trivia via Kahoot. LINK Meeting ID: 612 821 4334. Passcode: 105105
• 7pm: Members and Freemasons. 7.35pm: Non Freemasons and Guests. Monash Lodge. Talk: Cyber Security. Ladies’ Night. LINK Meeting ID: 892 9618 1374. Passcode: 417831

• 7.15pm. 7.30pm: Visitors. Northern United Chapter. Talk: ‘Brewing Beer’. LINK Meeting ID: 880 0425 1707. Passcode: 079118
• 7.30pm. Hiram Lodge of Mark Master Masons. Talk: Sam Agombar, ‘Astrophysics for Ordinary People’. Attire: Casual. LINK to come.
• 7.30pm. Warrnambool Lodge of Mark Master Masons. Talk: The Craftsman’s Mark. LINK Meeting ID: 811 8085 4961. Passcode: 659402
Thursday, December 10

• TBA. Union Lodge of North Gippsland At Bairnsdale Club. Contact: Paul Brooks.
• 6.30pm. Union Lodge. Christmas Break-Up. At Bairnsdale Club. Contact: Joe Lawrence.• 7pm. Peace and Loyalty Lodge. Talk: Bill Jones, ‘Freemasonry. Some common images explored’. 

• 7.30pm.Antient York Lodge. Talk: ‘Where To From Here?’ Closed Meeting.
• 7.30pm.Cohuna Lodge. Guest Speaker TBA. LINK Meeting ID: 891 5902 9647. Passcode: 857504
• 7.30pm. Gardenvale Chapter. Talk: Craig Spendlove, ‘Rebellion In The Wilderness’. LINK Meeting ID: 895 5957 2846. Passcode: 091524
• 7.30pm.Lodge of Australia Felix. Discussion: Summary of the year. Attire: Christmas themed. LINK Meeting ID: 892 902 3214. Passcode:felix10dec

Friday, December 11
• 7pm. Phillip Island Lodge. Christmas Dinner for Members, Partners and Friends. At Citrus and Vine Restaurant. Replaces Lodge Meeting. Contact: Colin, 0402 483 404.

• 7.30pm. Bairnsdale Daylight Lodge. Talk: Paul Brennand, ‘English Freemasonry during WWI and WWII’. LINK
Saturday, December 12
• 12 Noon.  Sale of Myrtleford Masonic Centre to Scouts Victoria. Media Event.
• 4.30pm-8pm.  Sunbury Lodge. Celebrating end of 2020. At Lions Park, Sunbury. Neil Addison, 0409 504 684.
Sunday, December 13
• TBA. Lodge Garibaldi. Lodge Picnic.Queens Park, Moonee Ponds.
• 11am. Gippsland Lakes. Installation Meeting, and Banquet and Widows function. Abbreviated Installation of Graeme Nightingale. At Lake Tyers Angling Club, Lake Tyers Beach Rd.
• 12 Noon. Argyle Lodge and Friends. Christmas Barbecue. At Boolarra Railway Park. BYO everything. Peter Lonie, 0423 269 415.
• 6.30pm.  Mildura Lodge. Christmas Dinner. At Mildura Golf Resort. (Preceded by 1pm-5pm barbecue at Nowingi Place).
• 7pm.  Walhalla Lodge. Talk: Russell Griffiths on his tour of duty in Northern Ireland with the British Army. LINK Meeting ID: 998 3505 1792. Passcode: 647865
Monday, December 14
• 6.30pm.  Wimmera Lodge. Christmas Dinner. Face-to-face at Horsham Sports and Community Club.

• 7pm.  Yarraville Lodge. 7.30pm. Christmas night in the South. Talk: Members of the Lodge; “My Christmas overseas”, some carols.  All welcome to South. Attire: summer dress. Contact: Secretary, iansterritt@yahoo.com.au
Tuesday, December 15
• 7.30pm.  Hamilton Grange Lodge. Talk: Scott Loxley, Major Fundraising Walk. LINK Meeting ID: 889 1992 2824

• 7.30pm. Middle Park Lodge. Festive Social Night (Zoom). BYO Everything. LINK Meeting ID: 826 5537 9380. Password: 458962
Wednesday, December 16
• 7.30pm. Freemasons Victoria Quarterly Communication or Business Meeting. LINK TBA
Thursday, December 17
• 7pm. Prospect Hill Mark Lodge. Talk: Peter White, ‘Walking the Kokoda Track – A Personal Experience’. Dress: Lodge Officers: collar and tie, Visitors: smart casual. LINK Meeting ID: 857 0379 5106. Passcode: 951227
Friday, December 18
• 7pm. Bairnsdale Daylight Lodge. Christmas Luncheon. At Nicholson Hotel. Jim Jolly, 0427 458 833.

• 7.30pm. Seavic Lodge. Talk: Barry Minster , Grand Lodge Almoner, ‘A Life in the Media, Football, and a Grand Almoner’s reflections on the COVID-19 lockdown’. LINK Meeting ID: 838 8337 7083. Passcode: 169616

Saturday, December 19
• 1pm.Sunshine Wisdom Lodge. End of Year Late Lunch Celebration. Lunch served at 2pm. At Green Gully Soccer Club. Adults, $49; Children, Free. Booking: www.trybooking.com

• 6pm.Lowan Lodge. Christmas Party. At Rhys and Lem’s house/garden. RSVP 0410 232 996. 

Sunday, December 20

• All Day. Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge. Bunnings Mernda Sausage Sizzle.
• 11am. Lodge Walhalla. Working Bee.

Monday, December 21

• 7.30pm. Good Companions Lodge. Partners in the South Christmas Dinner Meeting. At Mulgrave Country Club. (No Lodge Meeting)

Saturday, December 26
• All Day. Union Lodge of North Gippsland. Bunnings Bairnsdale Sausage Sizzle.

Sunday, December 27
• 7.30pm. Masonic Festival of St John. Speakers: Neil Morse, John Molnar, Richard Elkington, Ari Indra. LINK Meeting ID: 858 0585 9809. Passcode: 466048
Monday, January 18
• 7.30pm. United Wimmera Mark and Royal Ark Mariner Lodges Combined Meeting (Zoom). Talk: Len Lacey, new year theme. RSVP by EMAIL by Fri., Dec. 18 to Len Baker.

Videos

Today’s Videos are selected by Craig Spendlove
• Medieval mason’s marks. (06:13) WATCH
• Open Doors. (03:58)  WATCH
• Freemasonry and Architecture: The Hermetic Code. (08:55) WATCH

Vale Peter Fleming

• We regret to advise of the passing to the Grand Lodge Above of Wor. Bro Peter Andrew Fleming, formerly of Athenaeum Lodge, at age 76.

70-year jewel to Rob

• Matt DeNatris writes: “Wor. Bro John Cleal PGStdB (PM of Wangaratta Lodge of St John) presented Wor. Bro. Rob Hill with his 70-year service jewel. Wor. Bro John was accompanied by brethren and their partners at a local club after a social dinner (as current restrictions allowed). The presentation also included a tribute to both Rob and his wife Beth who have made a huge contribution to all activities of the lodge for many years.”

Masonic Mailbag

• Ian Sterritt writes: “I was interested in Timothy Horton’s piece on Richard J. Seddon, (FVNews Daily, Monday, Dec. 7). Seddon Lodge No. 242 was consecrated in 1918 and named after Richard J. Seddon, Grand Master, New Zealand, as was the area between Yarraville and Footscray, being the home of many prominent and well known Freemasons in the district.

• “Seddon Lodge was the Mother Lodge to many Freemasons, some of which are still active and are members of Yarraville Lodge No. 164, and was one of seven “blue” Lodges that met at Yarraville. It was originally sponsored by the Hope of Yarraville Lodge No. 164. Unfortunately Seddon went the same way as many other Lodges, eventually joining with Spotswood Lodge and ultimately affiliating with Hope of Yarraville-Mt. Zion Lodge No. 164 in 1996 to form Yarraville Lodge No. 164.”

Masons help Salvos

• ”Ohio Masonic Home $25K gift helps Springfield Salvation Army fulfill increasing need’, reports the Springfield News-Sun. “”The Springfield Salvation Army received a $25,000 donation to assist in providing Christmas to over 3000 children in need. Clark County families signed up at the end of October to be adopted this Christmas through the Springfield Salvation Army’s Angel Tree program. Their kids’ names, genders, ages, sizes and toy wishes were printed on angels and distributed to various locations.” LINK

World News
• “Fleetwood’s community COVID relief efforts given huge Freemasons boost.” says the headline on the Blackpool Gazette (UK). 

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Sincere thanks

• Amongst those who assisted with contributions to this edition of FVNews Daily have been: Brendan Kyne, Ian Sterritt, Craig Spendlove, Barry Minster, Arthur Tan, Syd Swaby, Matt DeNatris. 
 

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Famous Freemasons
•  Stanford, Amasa Leland (1824-1893) – A pioneer railroad builder and government official, Stanford was a founder and president of the Central Pacific Railroad (1861-1893), which made his fortune. Along with his wife, he founded and endowed Leland Stanford, Jr. University (1885) in memory of their only son, who died in 1884 at age 15. Stanford was the man famous for driving in the gold spike linking the United States’ continent’s coast-to-coast railroad lines.
– Timothy Horton

Masonic Knowledge
• A 1932 video of Freemasons From All Over Kent. (01:49) WATCH

Masonic Wisdom
• ““A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself. Forests are the lungs of our land, purifying the air and giving fresh strength to our people.” – Bro. Franklin D. Roosevelt

The Last Word
• “It’s always too early to quit.” – Bro. Norman Vincent Peale.

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