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~ York 385 Officers ~
(Elected Officers)
Steve Cook, Worshipful Master
WB Ronny Bazemore, Senior Warden
Brad Redfearn , Junior Warden
Billy Workman, Treasurer
WB Lee Brock , Secretary
Justin Guyer, Chaplain
(Appointed Officers)John Osborne, Senior Deacon
Chris Bomar, Junior Deacon
WB Tim Ayers, Steward
Erik Sizemore, Steward
Tommy Blackwell, Tiler
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YORK LIGHT
NEWS LETTER
York Lodge No. 385
Ancient Free Masons of South Carolina
P.O. Box 4185 1246 West Charlotte AvenueRock Hill, SC 29732
January 27, 2012
Fraternal Greetings All,
The 2012 calendar year is underway and this mailing brings with it a listing of the newly installed Lodge Officers and a reminder of several items which may be of interest to you.
Following are the officers for 2012
Worshipful Master: Steve Cook 803 323-7006 (Cell)
704-423-3336 (Work)
Senior Warden: WB Ronny Bazemore 803 415-4586 (Cell)
Junior Warden: Brad Redfearn 803 448-2515 (Cell)
Secretary: WB Lee Brock 803 230-1050 (Cell)
803 327-8976 (Home)
Treasurer: Billy Workman 803 517-5774 (Cell)
803 329-6505 (Home)
Senior Deacon: John Osborne 803 230-8106 (Cell)
Junior Warden: Chris Bomar 803 493-3761 (Cell)
Steward: WB Tim Ayers 803 417-5140 (Cell)
Steward: Erik Sizemore 513 604-0215 (Cell)
Chaplain: Justin Guyer 8034876477 (Cell) 803 324-3498 (Home)
Tiler: Tommy Blackwell 803 322-7693 (Cell)
Finally, Brethren, I would like to commend all of you for your decision to continue your association with our time-honored fraternity. We had 100% retention this year as not one brother had to be dropped from our rolls for non-payment of dues…this is phenomenal and something of which we should all be very proud. We also had a net growth of 15 members which shows that we are not dying as a Lodge, but are demonstrating in our community, through our lives and actions, such character as to cause other men to request a petition to take the Degrees and join our brotherhood.
I promise you an exciting year and hope that you will join with me in the ride. We will have much fellowship along the way as we will be staying after meetings, drinking coffee and exchanging ideas or maybe even get our wives to meet us at Shoney’s or IHOP for a late night snack. We will have projects to help the Lodge and projects to help the community and for those of you who, for whatever reason, have not been active, I ask that you make a commitment to attend at least one meeting this year to see what you have missed. I guarantee you will be glad you did. Fraternally yours,
Steve Cook,Worshipful Master
22nd District Masters and Wardens Club.
Below is a list of the meetings for 2012. Meal is served at 6:30 p.m. and meeting starts at 7:00 p.m.
1. Corinthian #416 January 23
2. Indian Land #414 February 27
3. York #385 March 26
4. Palmetto #289 April 23
5. Alpine #208 May 28
6. Buffalo #202 June 25
7. Gaffney #186 July 23
8. Rock Hill #111 August 27
9. Catawba #56 September 24
10. Philanthropic #32 October 22
Degree Work
April 16, Monday night – York 385, First Degree. Eat at 6:30; work to follow. Corinthian #416 will bring a candidate also for courtesy work. There should be a good number present, so come out and have a good time.
April 16, Monday night – Gaffney 186, Third Degree. Eat at 6:30-6:45; work to follow.
April 21, Saturday Morning - Corinthian #416; Third Degree. Eat at 8:00 a.m. work at 9:00 a.m.
April 23, Monday – Masters and Wardens Club, Palmetto 289, eat at 6:30 p.m., meeting starts at 7:00 p.m.
Grand Lodge will be in Charleston, SC. 275th Anniversary. This is going to be a great event. The next big anniversary will take another 25 years, so come to Charleston and be a part of this big event.
April 25, Wednesday, Grand Lodge events start: Wednesday: church service at 10:30 am; BBQ/hot dogs/hamburgers for masons and their family. Wednesday night at the Scottish Rite Center in Charleston.
April 26, Thursday, Grand Lodge opens Thursday morning.
April 27, Friday, Grand Lodge will close in the earlier afternoon.
