A View From The East

Well hello and welcome back. I trust that everyone had a good summer.

Your Lodge would like to welcome you back starting with our annual corn

roast on September 5th. As always, RWB Cygan finds some of the best corn

on the cob in the area and grilles it to perfection. We will also have hot dogs

and hamburgers to round things out.

We have several things to discuss at our meeting, among which is one

proposed By Laws change. It would change the number of stated meetings

from two to one. Please see page 9.

I was informed that our second stated meeting, September 19th, fell on

international “Talk like a Pirate” day. Worshipful Brother Stitak has put

together an interesting educational program about piracy, both historical and

current. It sounds like it will be informative and enjoyable meeting that you

will not want to miss, especially if you already have an eye patch. So, be

prepared to talk (and look if you so choose) like a pirate!

September 26th we will be trying out something new, “Trivial Per-Soup”.

For starts I’d like everyone to make and bring in a crock-pot of soup, DO

NOT tell anyone what you are bringing, when you arrive, you will be given a

random number and your pot set on a table, small taster cups will be available

to taste all the soups available, larger bowls will be passed out later. If you

cannot bring a pot, feel free to bring something that will accompany soup.

Everyone will then have two votes for their favorites. Meanwhile, each table in

the Lodge room will have a box of “Trivial Pursuit” cards on it. Young player

edition and “Disney” edition will be available as needed. Everyone at the table

will take turns asking and answering questions, if you answer correctly, you

keep the card. At the end of one hour, the person with the most cards from

each table will enter a showdown round where six questions will be asked and

the one who answers the most correctly will be declared the “Trivia King” (or

Queen). at that time the soup with the most votes will be announce. We hope

this will become an entertaining family night and who knows, you might even

discover a new favorite soup.

On October 10th, the Lodge will be conducting a memorial night for all our

departed Brethren and October 31st, we will be dark so as not to be “tricked”

by disappointed “treaters”.

As you can see, John W. Barkley Lodge is a very busy and active Lodge and

we look forward to seeing YOU at any, or all our events.

WB Robert Wakefield

Worshipful Master

Barkley Light: September/October 2018

Below is a link to the September/October edition of the Barkley Light.  Enjoy and we look forward to seeing you at the Lodge!

Barkley Light: September/October 2018

A View From The East

     Could it be spring has finally arrived at northeast Ohio? Even thou it seemed like winter would never leave, we have kept thing toasty warm at John W Barkley with our chili cook off pulling in over four hundred dollars. Thanks to everyone who participated, both cooks and consumers, and to Worshipful Brother Stitak for putting it all together. It is a wonderful event both for the Lodge and for Special Olympics. Unfortunately, we have heard no word on our missing swords, I fear the worst. Thanks to Brothers Keca and Maminskas who donated replacements for our Tyler.
    
     We passed our inspection in the Master Mason degree and the proceeds of our Annual Bake Auction went to a new charity this year called The Upside of Downs. As of this writing, I do not have the final tally.

     Coming up in this month of May, we start out with a tribute to our ladies, the Strawberry social and widows’ night. This year we will be having some musical entertainment in the Lodge followed by shortcake and ice cream in the dining room. I have decided to move Memorial night to October this year, closer to All Souls Day, and bring this event back to a celebration of all our Ladies. So please give our secretary a shout-out that you will be there (his phone# and email can be found on page 2) and join us for a relaxing evening at your Lodge.

     We will close the month of May with one of my favorites, “Dining to Donate” at Applebee’s restaurant in North Olmsted next to Great Northern Mall (see insert in this bulletin).

     June starts out with our annual trek to Toronto for the installation of officers at St. George Lodge. This 80+-year-old event is one of the highlights of the year. The Canadians have always welcomed us with open arms in true Masonic form and shown us the best of their city. Due to scheduling conflicts with Grand Lodge, I have had to move our Table Lodge to June 27th. Right Worshipful Brother Carter, Junior Grand Deacon, will be our guest speaker and has promised us a very interesting educational program. June also find us heading outdoors for a Master Mason raising and steak roast.

     Even when we are “dark”, August 4th has been marked for the “Autos for Autism” event. This year the event will be held at the city park in North Olmsted off Lorain Road. Stop on down even if you’re not into cars much, we always have a wonderful time together. My Brothers, as you can see, we are a very active Lodge. If you have not attended recently, all you have to do to get back into the swing of things is to just show up.

Looking forward to seeing you again,
Robert J. Wakefield PM
Worshipful Master