Amwell Lodge No.12 F:. & A:. M:.

It has been a very exciting year for me, being master once again was a pleasure and I would like to thank the brethren for their support. This year we brought in some new Masons and right now we are working on two more. This is great!

We have our annual communication and election of officers on the 10th of December, also the open installation of Bro. Jay Ross will be held on December 21st at 6:00 P.M., with a dinner before the installation. R.W. James Ross will be performing the installation. I hope to see a large crowd as this is huge event at Amwell Lodge, as this marks a the first of list of new masters for years to come, starting with Bro. Jay Ross.

Please don’t forget the Christmas party on the 13th at 2:00 pm Santa will have gifts for the children.

I hope everyone has a great Christmas and a very happy New Year.

God Bless

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Dear brethren:

I hope all had a very enjoyable summer, it’s now September and we need to go back to our Masonic work.

For all that went to the Amwell lodge picnic it was nice to see you there and i’ am sure everyone had a great time, I know I did, we need to thank bro. M. C. and bro. W. E. for their great work.

For everyone who did not make the bowling afternoon, you missed a great
time. I had not bowled in years.

Back to business, the 15th district grand lodge of instruction is on Sept 8th at Trenton Cyrus in Pennington. Social hour in at 5:00pm and dinner at 5:45. It is the duty of all officers to be there.

The September meeting is a business meeting dinner will be sausage and
peppers and meat balls. See you there.

Fraternally
The W.M.

Set aside this dates!
The Lodge picnic will be Sunday, July
13th from 12-6 PM at Valley Picnic
Area this year.
Call the secretary to let him know if your coming to the picnic. Needs head count for the food.

Dear brethren,

I’m very happy with the way the lodge is moving forward, and that all of the officers are doing such great work. I hope more members come out to see the fine work in this lodge.

On Monday, the 9th of June, we will present the master mason degree. It should be a great night.

On wed the 11th we will have our last meeting for the year and I hope every one has a nice summer, I can’t stress enough that all members should come to the third summer picnic. It’s free for all members and their families. It’s a great time to meet the families of our members.

Amwell lodge is about to have a new kitchen in the fellowship room this will give us a chance to spend more time together also don’t forget this room is opened to all members for birthday parties and different events.

God bless,
W.M.

Come Join the Dinner and A Movie Committee
For 1963 Disney Movie “The Nutty Professor”
Staring Jerry Lewis as the Professor
On April 5th 2008 at 5:00pm
Plot Outline: To improve his social life, a nerdish professor drinks a
potion that temporarily turns him into the handsome, but obnoxious, Buddy
Love.
Dinner will be Spaghetti and Meatballs, Sausage, Salad and Bread. A Desert
will be served after the movie.
Dinner will start at 5:00pm and the Movie to follow. As with all Amwell
Lodge functions, there is no charge for this family event.
Bring the Kids, Cousins and Grandparents. Feel free to bring Blankets and
pillows.

I hope we will have a large turnout on the fellow craft degree on the 12th
this is our regular meeting night. We have a good group going to the feast
of the pascal lamb on the 19th at the valley of central jersey i anyone
wants to go let me know. Please keep r. W. Bro a. R. Coleman in your
thoughts as he just underwent knee replacements. The officers will be going
to darcy lodge on monday the 10th of march to help and see the master mason
degree being put on by darcy and stockton. I hope all is well and i will see
you on the 12th.

Event – Concert to benefit The Scottish Rite Children’s Learning Center
Date – April 13, 2008
Time- 3 PM
Location- AASR Valley of Central New Jersey, Duns Mill Rd. Bordentown NJ
Cost- $20/person
Contact- Dennis Bator- 609-298-3404

Open Reception in honor of Jack Smith, Grand Chaplain, Larry R. Murey, Jr. District Ritual Instructor, of the 15th District. Robert Rutledge, Grand Chaplain and Walter Wendel District Ritual Instructor of the 12th district. Cost $35.00
At A.A.A.S.R.Valley of Central Jersey
Bordentown, NJ March 5, 2008 Social Hour 5:15 P.M. dinner at 6:00 and reception @ 7:00.
Respond by Feb. 25th to Norman G. Mathews
193 Taft Avenue make check to 15th Masonic District with your name and guest name.
609-838-0354

Brethren, I have received many questions about our lodge dues, so I thought I would take this opportunity to explain what is going on. At Grand Lodge in April, the members in attendance voted to raise the per capita for every member to help close a large deficit in the Masonic Homes Budget. They also voted to raise the amount given to the DeMolay and the Rainbow Girls each year.

That being said, we were required to raise our Lodge dues to cover the per capita we need to pay Grand Lodge each year for our members. The By-Law change made it easier to change the dues charged by the Lodge to cover each years per capita charges from Grand Lodge. This year out of your $40.00 Dues, the Lodge gets to keep $5.00 and the rest is sent to Grand Lodge.

I have also received some questions about Life Time Dues. If you have purchased Life Dues in Amwell Lodge or in some cases Hopewell Lodge, the By-Law change will not effect you or your Life Dues. You should have already received your 2008 Dues card.

I hope this helps to answer some of your questions, if not please do not hesitate to call me with any questions.

Masonic yours,

Your Treasurer