John W. Barkley Lodge #621 F. & A.M.

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

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