FVNews Daily. 
No. 122. Wednesday, October 14, 2020
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Wednesday, October 14
• 2pm. Funeral Service for Keith Morgan. LINK Event ID: lepineeltham Password: QCUYTD
• 7pm (7.15pm: Visitors). Traralgon Lodge. Talk: Anthony Bucca, ‘How To Create A Better Lodge Experience’. LINK
• 7pm.Mordialloc lodge of Charity, and Monash Lodge. Break-out rooms for separate lodge business meetings. 8pm. ‘Wear Your Footy Colours’. Footy Challenge Quiz utilising Zoom Poll facility. All take part but only Lodge Members entries count towards the challenge. Two lucky draw $25 Dan Murphy vouchers using a Wheel of Fortune style application. LINK
• 7.15pm for 7.30pm. Phillip Island Lodge. Talk: Dennis Moss, Role of the Phillip Island SES. LINK
• 7.30pm. Greensborough Chapter. Talk: Peter White, ‘Walking the Kokoda Track – A Personal Experience’. Attire: Smart Casual. LINK
• 7.30pm. Lord Somers Australasian Holy Royal Arch Chapter No.1. Attire: Casual. LINK
• 7.30pm. Williamstown Lodge. Talk: David Newgreen, ‘Visiting Lodges Nationally and Abroad’. LINK
• 7.30pm for 8pm. Cosmopolitan Lodge.  Talk: John Patterson, ‘Freemasons Foundation’. Attire: Smart Casual. Meeting ID: 930 1848 5613. Passcode: 866265
• 8pm. Healesville Lodge. Talk: David Howell, veteran, military historian and tour guide, ‘The Kokoda Track’. LINK

Thursday, October 15
• TBA. Albert Victor Lodge. General Management Meeting. LINK
• 11am. Samaritan Lodge. Talk: Steve Austin. LINK
• 7pm. Berwick Prince of Wales Mark Lodge. Talk: Members of the Lodge. LINK
• 7pm. Prospect Hill Mark Meeting. Opening and closing. Talk: Craig Spendlove, ‘Mark Masonry Prior to 1813. Attire: members jacket and tie, visitors smart casual. Open to non-Mark brethren. LINK
• 7pm.  Rupertswood Numurkah Lodge.Talk: Anthony Bucca, ‘American Civil War – Brother against Brother’. LINK
• 7.30pm. Melton Lodge. Talk: Liz Hessian, Deputy Director, Department of Anaesthesia, Pain and Perioperative Medicine, Western Health. LINK
• 7.30pm. Portland Lodge of Victoria. Talk: Peter Corbett, his experiences as a filmmaker. LINK
• 7.45pm. Stewart Lodge of St Arnaud. Talk: Nathaniel Buchanan, tour manager of Ballarat. ‘Aradale: The Making of a Haunted Asylum’ LINK

Friday, October 16
• 7pm for 7.30pm.Bairnsdale Daylight Lodge. Talk: Geoff Newby. LINK
• 7.30pm. Seavic Lodge. Talk: Jonathan Ivanyi on visit to St. John’s Lodge No.1 in New York City and the Grand Lodge of New York. Talk: Richard Elkington, Grand Master. LINK

Saturday, October 17
• 12 Noon. Education VAT Esoteric Freemasonry Series. Talk: Travis Trinca, ‘An Introduction to Hermeticism’. Hosted by Richard Shelly. LINK

Monday, October 19
• 7pm.Gippsland Lakes Lodge. Talk: Garry Runge, ‘Day in the working life of the Grand Secretary’. LINK
• 7pm. Goulburn Valley Mark Lodge, and Tatura Royal Ark Mariners. Talk: Robert Redman, ‘Thoughts on the Historical Origins Of The Mark Degree Based on an Article by W.Bro. David Barrett’. LINK
• 7.30pm. Lodge of Good Companions. 10-minute talk: Gary Beven, Parliament House, Canberra. LINK
• 7.30pm. Masonic Caravan Club of Victoria. Meeting. LINK
• 7.30pm. Williamstown Chapter. Companions only to attend. Explanation of the new ritual workings. Attire: Smart Casual. LINK
• 8pm. Gippsland Forest Lodge. Visitors admitted at 8pm. Talk: Rod Findlay, ‘Experience and role as the Victorian Police Forward Commander, leading the emergency response immediately after the Mallacoota bush fires in January this year.” LINK

Tuesday, October 20
• 10am.Lodge of the Great Ocean Road. Talk: John ‘Nobby’ Forster, ‘The Rabbit King’. Zoom Log-In: 824 152 8207.
• 7.30pm. Hamilton Grange. Talk: Ian Brown, Engagement Committee, Membership. LINK
• 7.30pm.Lowan Lodge. Talk: Barry Minster, ‘Electric Cars’. Attire: Smart Casual. LINK to come.
• 7.30pm. Southern Cross Chapter. October Convocation, Talk: Ruary Bucknall, Changes to Ritual, EMM and Exaltation. Companions only. Attire: Casual. LINK
• 7.30pm. St Andrews In The South. Talk: Craig Farrington, ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles – well, models anyway.’ Attire: Smart Casual. LINK

Wednesday, October 21
• 7pm. Grand Lodge Library/Museum Talks. ‘A Discussion on Masonic Etiquette’. LINK

Thursday, October 22
•7.30pm. Communications and Volunteer Action Team. Members only. LINK to come.
• 7.30pm. Leura Lodge. Talk: Randy Walton, ‘Process and History of the American Presidential Election’. LINK
• 7.45pm. Royal Ark Mariner Bayside trio meeting.  Talk: Craig Spendlove, ‘In the Footsteps of Noah’. Current MMM, Former MMM, Current RAM, Former RAM only. LINK

Friday, October 23
• 7.30pm. Malvern-Waverley Lodge of Mark Master Masons No 39. Talk” Craig Spendlove, ‘Origins’.
• 7.30pm. Victorian Lodge of Research. Talk: Fred Shade, ‘The Oddfellows – Their Origin, History and Ritual’. LINK

Saturday, October 24
• 9.30am-3pm. Secretaries’ Course. Hosted by Eric Williams and Barry Reaper. Register for both morning and afternoon sessions. MORNING and AFTERNOON
• 2pm. Grand Council of Royal and Select Masters of Victoria. Video Event in place of Annual Assembly which cannot be held due to COVID-19 lockdown. LINK
• 5pm. Concord Mark. Talk: Craig Spendlove, ‘Importance of the Mark Lodge’. For Master Masons and above. Attire: Casual. LINK

Monday, October 26
• 7.30pm. (8pm: Visitors). Spring Vale Lodge. Virtual tour: Grand Lodge of England, Freemasons Hall. Attire: White shirt, Lodge tie and jacket. LINK

Tuesday, October 27
• 7.30pm. Middle Park Lodge. Talk: Dr David Kram, ‘Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth through the eyes of composers and singers who were Freemasons.’ Attire: Dinner Suit. LINK
• 7.30pm. Northern United Chapter. Talk: Craig Spendlove, ‘Cyrus – The Man and The Myth’. LINK
• 7.45pm. Lodge Epicurean. Talks: Peter Gumley on his Isolation rehabilitation and Armen Mardirousi, Secretary of North Hollywood Lodge No. 542 to talk about his own Masonic journey, Hollywood lodge and starting a lodge in California. LINK

Wednesday, October 28
• 8pm. Gregorios Lodge. OXI Day. Greek ‘No’ Day Commemorative Ceremony. Includes Grand Master. Guests’ attire: casual. LINK

Thursday, October 29
• 7.30pm. Endeavour Lodge. Talk: Brendan Kyne, ‘Chaps, Rogues, Orangemen and Catholics’. LINK TBA

Friday, October 30
• 7.30pm. Kilwinning Mark Lodge of Research No 2. Talk: Craig Spendlove, ‘Craftsman Marks’.

Monday, November 2
• 7pm (7.30pm: Visitors).Oakleigh Mark Lodge. Business Meeting. Talk: Craig Spendlove, ‘India -The Raj, Mysticism and Masonry’. LINK

Saturday, November 7
• 7pm.Blue Lounge Social Club. Forum: ‘Why Freemasonry is an organisation worth joining in the 21st Century’. LINK

Monday, November 9
• 7pm.Lodge of Commerce. Vacant Chair Ceremony. LINK to come.

Thursday, November 12
• 7pm.Masons Connect. Sharing Freemasonry Meeting. RSVP

Monday, November 30
• 7pm.Oakleigh Council, Royal and Select Masters. Talk: David Yole. All members past and present of the Order, in addition members of other Orders. Attire: Casual. LINK

Videos
• Freemasonry in New Zealand. (06:10) LINK
• Open House at New Hampshire Lodges. (01:40) LINK
• Freemasons Victoria. World War I: Roll of Honour. (05:01) LINK

Vale Alistair Fisher
• We regret to advise of the passing to the Grand Lodge Above of Wor. Bro Alistair Fisher of Melbourne St Clair Reunion Lodge.

Vale Sam Whitehead
• We regret to advise of the passing to the Grand Lodge Above of Wor. Bro. Sam Whitehead, PGStdB. A Past Master of St George, he was 51 years a Freemason.

Funeral Service for Keith Morgan
• The funeral service for Wor. Bro. Keith Morgan will be held at 2pm today (Wednesday). The log-in details are:
the login details are;Event ID: lepineelthamPassword: QCUYTDLINK

First Zoom Meeting for Lodge
• Samaritan Lodge will conduct its first-ever Zoom meeting at 11am Thursday (Oct. 15). Steve Austin will be the Speaker. LINK

Ambassador Award
• Coast Community News (Qld) reports: “Freemasons on the Central Coast have received a Community Ambassador award from the charity, Central Coast Kids in Need (CCKIN), for its ongoing support. CCKIN representative, Steve Sullivan, presented the award to President of Freemasons on the Central Coast, Geoff Bown, on September 24. Bown said the award meant a lot to himself and the Freemasons’ other members.” LINK

World News
• The Record-Journal (Connecticut) reports: “It was a day to honor Meriden history for Meridian Lodge No. 77. The city’s Masonic Lodge held a ceremony Saturday at East Cemetery, where 11 of the lodge’s 13 founders are buried. Meriden’s third oldest burial ground had become overgrown and uncared for over the years. But Lodge No. 77 cleaned up the cemetery last week.” LINK

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Famous Freemasons
• Warner, Samuel Louis ‘Sam’ (Given name: Schmuel Wonsal) (1887-1927) – Like his brother Harry Warner, Sam Warner was born in Poland and was, arguably, the most creative of the Warner brothers siblings. It could be said that Sam Warner was THE most influential moving picture innovator of the 20th century, as it was he who introduced the first ever movie with sound, the original ‘talkie’, The Jazz Singer (1927) starring Al Jolson. Sadly Sam died of pneumonia following a sinus infection on  October 5, 1927, just one day before the premiere opening night of this ground-breaking film. Sam was a member of Mount Olive Lodge No. 506, California.

Masonic Knowledge
• Masonic Etiquette. Brethren do not enter their Lodge room either without their apron nor while putting on that apron…not even the tying of its strings.• Why? In respect to the formalities of their Lodge, officers expect that the Brethren will have the courtesy to enter it fully dressed and ready for the labor.
• They should not have to wait for a member to be fully “dressed”, even just tying or adjusting their apron, to salute that member. It is expected that you will be properly and entirely dressed when you pass by the Tyler and enter your lodge room.

Masonic Wisdom
• “But don’t forget you can have actors talk too.” – Bro. Sam Warner.
• “Who the hell wants to hear actors talk?” – Bro. Harry Warner

The Last Word
• “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak, it’s also what it takes to sit down and listen.” – Bro. Sir Winston Churchill

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