Thought for the Month

Many receive advice, only the wise profit by it.

January Birthdays

1-2) Gregory Moore 1-3) Willis Newby 1-7) Richard Monk 1-8) Harry Watson
1-11) Jerry Youngkin 1-17) Thomas Calbeck , 1-21) Rex White, Jim Erdly
1-28) David Berger 1-29) Donald Harris, Robert Leamon 1-30) Malcom Baker
1-31) Justin Plank

Activity Schedule

February 5th Stated Meeting 7:30pm
March 4th Stated Meeting 7:30pm

Message from the Worshipful Master

Wardens and Brothers,

I want to thank each and every one of you for the support and commitment you
have made to our Lodge and the Masonic Fraternity this past year. We had a very
good year and on our way to an even better year in 2004. I also want to say that
I am honored to be in the East as Master of Cromwell Lodge 705 for the 2004
year. We are starting our year off with a Master Mason Degree the exact date and
time will be mailed to each of you. We are going to have a Master Mason practice
on 1-19-04 at 6:30pm, please come and help your new officers prepare for this
degree work. We will set all of the Lodge function dates at our stated meeting
Feb. 5, 2004. The following are the names of the Officers for the 2004-year:

Fraternally
Gary M. Fry
Worshipful Master

Message from the Secretary & Treasurer

Please pay your dues as soon as possible so we can save the postage by not
mailing a past due notice. If you are unable to pay dues please contact the
Secretary. If you have a change of address please let the Lodge know as soon as
possible so we can change our records, Also if you need to report a brothers
illness or the death of a brother please call Gary Fry- 260-347-4565 or
Delbert Linn – 260-856-2589.

Attention all Past Masters

We need your picture for our display in the Lodge. All past Masters who do
not presently have a picture displayed in the Lodge are ask to contact James
Wallace. He will make arrangements to take your picture at your convenience.
Thanks for your help in completing this project.

Do You Know?

The Cromwell Masonic Lodge #705 has gone high tech. with the help of Dennis
Meeks and others. The Lodge now has a web page that you can access from your
computer. The address is http://www.cromwellmasoniclodge705.org our newsletter will be
posted on this site. Those of you who do not use or have access to a computer
have no fear we will still mail newsletters to you. If you wish to get your
newsletter by computer please let me know mailto:leedyc@kconline.com so that the
Lodge can save on postage. Also if you don’t want us to send you a newsletter
please notify us so we can take your name off the mailing list. Postage is
expensive but we don’t want to leave anybody out who wants the letter.

Chuckle of Month

Little Johnny asked his grandma how old she was. Grandma answered,”39 and
holding.” Johnny thought for a moment, and then said, ”And how old would you be
if you let go.”