Wauconda Masonic Lodge Events Page
 

Masonic Function Calendar for the 1st & 2nd NE Districts

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Date
Function
Time
Sat., Sept 18, 2010
Wauconda "All You Can Eat" Pork & Corn Roast
11:00 am to 4:00 pm

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upcoming events @ Wauconda Masonic Lodge:
Wauconda "All You Can Eat" Pork & Corn Roast!
Come Join Wauconda Masonic Lodge# 298 for another fun day of World class food, great music & a fantastic time
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The event is being held on
Saturday, September 18, 2010
from 11:00am to 4:00pm
at Wauconda Masonic Lodge #298
220 Brown St., Wauconda, IL 60084
Cost: Donation of $10 per person
Children 10 & under are free!
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Put the word out and let everyone you know to come out to the event and have a great time....
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2010 Wauconda Lodge Boat Building Project
(Photos by Bro. Ron Schrader)
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Wauconda Masonic Lodge Events updated:
NEDDGMA's Annual Master's Dinner - Elmhurst, IL April 9, 2010
The Photo Below is a Collage from the April 9, 2010 Masters Dinner in Elmhurst, IL
W.M. Charles August Presents M.W.G.M Richard Swaney with a Daisy Rifle BB Gun
for his Marksmanship Award from the Brothers of Wauconda Lodge # 298.
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Wauconda Lodge pheasant hunting in Hebron, IL
(Photo by Bro. Ron Schrader)
Pictured here are (Left to right) Brothers from Wauconda Lodge #298 Mahur Mansour, Chuck August, Pat McCormick, Ron Schrader, with faithful dogs Maggie and Gretchen on a great morning of pheasant hunting in Hebron, IL.
 
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First Degree at Wauconda Lodge
One Wednesday February 17, 2001, we hosted a First Degree at Wauconda Masonic Lodge
The event was a great success with a lot of Brothers coming for the 1st Degree.
We would like to say thank you for all the Brothers that came out to help us welcome a new Brother to the craft.
 
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Memorial Blood Drive for fallen Brother Lloyd Ainsworth
On Saturday February 13, 2010 we had a Memorial Blood Drive for our fallen Brother Lloyd Ainsworth from 7:00am to 11:00am
Held at Local 150 Union Hall, 28874 Route # 120, Lakemoor, Illinois
 
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Sweethearts Dinner @ Wauconda
On Friday February 12, 2010 we held a Sweetheart's Dinner at Wauconda Lodge at 7:00pm
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Wauconda Lodge 150th Re-dedication of our Lodge
Re-Ded
On Saturday October 24, 2009 we had our 150th Re-Dedication of our lodge.
The Ceremony began at 12:00 pm with Lunch that followed after at Docs.
 
 
We had a huge turn out and will be posting some photos on line soon to show the event.
The Worshipful Master and Brothers of the lodge would like to say thank you for everyones help in
making this event the success it was. We all had a great time and look forward to seeing everyone
at future events that we will be having at our lodge.

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Wauconda Lodge All You Can Eat Pancake Breakfast
Thank you for everyone that joined us for our " All You Can Eat Pancake Breakfast" on
Sunday, September 27, 2009. We were able to feed almost 100 people today.
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Wauconda Lodge Installation of Officers
On Wednesday September 16, 2009 we had our Installation of Wauconda Officers
that was held at Wauconda Lodge, 220 Brown, Wauconda, IL
We are proud to welcome our new Worshipful Master Brother Charles August (PM) to the East
and his new slate of offices. All shown below in a group photo taken after the event.
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Wauconda Lodge Pig Roast
Wauconda Masonic Lodge had a Pig Roast on Saturday August 15, 2009 in Wauconda, IL.
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Thank you for everyone who gave us a hand and was able to attend the event. We had a lot of fun at the event.
 

2nd Annual Wauconda Child Identification and Fingerprint Fair

Thank you Everyone for giving us a hand in making our 2nd Annual Child Identification and Fingerprint Fair at Wauconda Masonic Lodge on Saturday May 19th, 2007 a successful event.

We were able to make make over 70 ID's for various children

In Memory of our Departed Brother, Former President

of the United States of America

Gerald Rudolph Ford, 33rd Deg. Master Mason

(1913 - 2006)
 
Masonic Record:  (information courtesy of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania)

Initiated: September 30, 1949, Malta Lodge No. 465, Grand Rapids, Michigan, along with his half-brothers Thomas Gardner Ford (1918-1995), Richard Addison Ford (1924-) and James Francis Ford (1927- ). The Fellowcraft and Master Mason Degrees were Conferred by Columbia Lodge No. 3, Washington, D.C., on April 20 and May 18, 1951, as a courtesy to Malta Lodge. Brother Ford was made a Sovereign Grand Inspector General, 33°, and Honorary Member, Supreme Council A.A.S.R. Northern Jurisdiction at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia, on September 26, 1962, for which he served as Exemplar (Representative) for his Class. Brother and President Ford was unanimously elected an Active Member of the International Supreme Council, Order of DeMolay and its Honorary Grand Master, at its Annual Session held at Orlando, Florida, April 6-9, 1975; Brother Ford held this post until January 1977, at which time he became a Past Honorary Grand Master, receiving his Collar and Jewel on October 24, 1978 in Topeka, Kansas, from the Hon. Thomas C. Raum, Jr., Grand Master, Order of DeMolay.

       
The following is the text of a message of condolence on the passing of our Brother Mason, Gerald R. Ford, 38th President of the United States of America and a member of Malta Lodge No 465, Grand Rapids, Michigan.   This statement was issued December 27, 2006 by the Grand Masters of New York and Michigan and the Executive Secretary of the Masonic Service Association of North America.

"Gerald R. Ford embodied the tenets of Freemasonry. He upheld the values of personal integrity and of being true to his word, and in a time of great crisis, Brother Ford, a true patriot, also sought to heal our ailing Nation.  As our President, he represented our fraternity well. On behalf of the Grand Lodges of Free and Accepted Masons of the States of Michigan and New York, the Masonic Service Association of North America, and Masons  everywhere, we offer our sincere condolences to Betty Ford and her family on the passing of Brother Gerald Ford, a humble man who calmly guided our country out of one of its darkest hours."

Neal I. Bidnick
Grand Master
Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of the State of New York

Walter F. Wheeler
Grand Master
Grand Lodge of Michigan, Free and Accepted Masons

Richard E. Fletcher
Executive Secretary
Masonic Service Association of North America 
       

Wauconda Lodge Food Pantry Essentials Drive Dec 7th

Thank you to everyone who was able to contribute to the relief of some of the needy people in our community. We were able to collect a lot of things for people who were less fortunate in our area, helping them to have a more merrier holiday time of year.

This was a first attempt at our food pantry essentials drive and we look forward to having many more in the near future and hope that everyone can help to make it an even bigger success.

The things currently requested are: Canned Food Goods (such as Fruits & Juices (although any canned goods are a welcome donation)), Laundry Detergent, Face Soap & Tooth Paste. Donations will be accepted during our meeting from 8pm to 9pm on Thursday December 7th 2006. Thank You for your help Brothers in helping us help our community.

 

Wauconda Masonic Lodge Holiday Dinner Dec 7th
On Thursday December 7th we had our Wauconda Masonic Lodge Holiday Dinner. It was a great Holiday dinner for all. Dukes went out of his way to make this dinner simply amazing. It showed us why we always are happy to hold our events at Dukes because he makes you feel like family. We would like to thank all the Brothers who were able to attend and hope that everyone had a great Holiday time.
 

Lake County School of Instruction Oct 30th

On Monday October 30th, Wauconda Masonic Lodge hosted the Lake County School of Instruction. The subject of the school was Conferring the First Degree: Competition 2006. We had a nice turnout of Brother attending the school and would like to thank everyone who was able to attend.

Grand Lodge - School of Instruction at Wauconda Oct 14th

On Saturday October 14th, Wauconda Masonic Lodge hosted a Grand Lodge School of Instruction. We had a big turn out of brothers for work on the 1st degree 1st and 2nd part. We would like to thank everyone for attending the event and for all the people who helped to fill the slate for the degree work.
 

Grand Lodge - Springfield, Illinois Oct 6th & 7th 2006

We had an awesome time down at Grand Lodge. It was a nice turn out with Brothers and Sisters from all over the world joining us at our Grand Lodge this year.

Click here to see the photos

Below are the Amendments that were voted on at GL (Courtesy of RW Bob Nielsen)
Proposed Amendments 2006
 
Code voted on today: (10/6)
 
103A   Defeated
105A   Defeated
125   Defeated
186A   Defeated
189   Passed
215   Defeated
221   Defeated
269   Defeated
333   Defeated
355   Withdrawn
357   Withdrawn
366   Passed
435   Defeated
442   Passed
Amendments to the constitution
 
Passed to send to lodges for vote
 
197   Passed
198J   Passed
220   Lay Over
224   Passed
257I   Passed
353   Passed
355   Passed
469   Passed
487   Passed
555   Passed
556   Passed
     
     
     
Office voted in this year
 
 
 
MWGM   Dicks
     
DGM   Yandel
     
SGW   Swaney
     
JGW   Seward
     
GT   Miller
     
GS   Grisham
     
     
     

Wauconda Masonic Lodge's new slate of officers

On Saturday, September 23rd, 2006 at 2:30pm we had our 147th Installation of Officers

Click here to see the photos of the event.

The following officers we installed in these positions
 
 

 
 
Worshipful Master
Gordon Colditz
 
Senior Warden Secretary Treasurer Junior Warden
Maher Mansour John Johnson Ziad D. Hamideh (PM) Joe Wood
Senior Deacon Chaplain Junior Deacon
Brian Williams Bob Nielsen (PM) Steve Saba
Senior Stewart Marshal Junior Stewart Tyler
Farah "Freddy" Saba Mike Felton George Barhoumeh Bruce Gay (PM)
 

Wauconda

Pork Chop Dinner

 

On September 9th we had a fantastic Pork Chop Dinner.

The Brothers and Sisters of Wauconda Lodge are pleased to announce that had an awesome turnout for the dinner event. Lots of people showed up and had an amazing dinner.

Thank You for everyone who was able to attend the event.
 

 

 

Date: Saturday August 12th
Place: Wauconda Masonic Lodge
Time: 1pm till 5pm

On August 12th, 2006 Wauconda Masonic lodge hosted its first BBQ Cook-off competition. We are pleased to announce that it was a huge success. Tons of people showed up and brought their appetites. We did also have a chance to take lots of photos & those will be posted soon on the website for people to see.

The winner of the BBQ Ribs cook off was Worshipful Brother Bruce Gay representing Wauconda Masonic Lodge.

We would like to thank everyone who attended and gave a hand to this awesome event.
 

Grand Lodge 2005 Oct 6th and 7th

We had an awesome time and we were happy to see all the Brothers and Sisters who were able to attend.

If you weren't able to make it this year. Don't worry we shot some photos for you to see what you missed.

Click here to see the photos of the event

September 25th Installation of Officers for the Ensuing Year

On Sunday, September 25, 2005 we had our Installation of Officers for the Ensuing Year. We are proud to welcome our new Worshipful Master Bruce Gay and all the new officers in their positions. Please take a look at our Officers link to see the new line up of Brothers.

Photos of this event are available by clicking this link
September 1st Goodbye Worshipful Zee Steak Dinner

On September 1, 2005 we had our last meeting with Worshipful Master Ziad D. Hamideh. Our meeting was touched off with an incredible steak dinner for the Brothers who were able to attend. We had a lot of people who showed up and we will always remember our Worshipful Brother Zee in our hearts and minds as we turn the gavel over to a new Brother to run the lodge in the next year.

Photos of this event are available by clicking this link.
 

August 6th Child ID & Fingerprint Fair Update

Our Event was a huge success. We are happy to report that many families were able to attend our event.

The event was able to give over 60 children a new child ID with fingerprint card.

We would like to thank everyone who was able to attend our 1st Child ID & Fingerprint Fair.

We would also like to give a special thanks to the Wauconda Police and Fire Department for attending our event and helping us with the ID process and also bringing their vehicles by and spending time with the families.

We also would like to thank all the Brothers and close friends of the lodge who volunteered their time and effort to make this event the huge success that it was. We look forward to doing other events for the community.

Photos of the event are available by clicking this link
 

May 21st Blue Lightning Update 

Congratulations Brothers on Being Raised to the Sublime Degree of a Master Mason.

We welcome you to the Craft and look forward to seeing you at our meetings and various events.

The above group photo is available for the Brothers Raised in a larger format.
 
May 14th 1st Degree Update 

Thank you to everyone who was able to come out and attend our 1st degree on Saturday May 14th, 2005

We would like to congratulate the following brothers on receiving their 1st degrees this weekend.

 
From Wauconda Masonic Lodge 298:
Brother Steve Saba

Brother Farah Saba
 

From Lake Zurich Masonic Lodge 1089:

Brother John Scott Townsly

Brother Donald Hill

Brother Ronald William Herron
 

April 30th  Spaghetti Dinner Update 

Thank you everyone for attending our Spaghetti Dinner on April 30th 

put on by the Ladies of the Order of the Eastern Star

& the Brothers of Wauconda 298 Masonic Lodge

It was a big success and we were happy that everyone was able to make it.

 

OES

 

Wauconda 298