Living Past Masters
Masonic Birthdays
June
John R. Schroeder – 6/6/1956
*William I Kramer – 6/7/1968
*Everson R Bullen,Jr – 6/7/1968
John W. Hopkins – 6/7/1971
Leon D. Ware – 6/18/1975
*Eugene J Baltrush,III – 6/4/1976
birthdays continued...
*James T Hailstone – 6/4/1976
Charles F. Starkey – 6/1/1977
William L. Guill – 6/1/1989
*Charles W O'Neal,II PM – 6/19/1998
*Charles M Poplos,IV – 6/24/1998
*Jason E Bochniak – 6/2/2000
*Scott M Lehman – 6/21/2006
*Michael P Grimes – 6/23/2009
*Scott Christensen – 6/17/2014
Eric D. Taylor – 6/25/2014
*Thomas J Sullivan,Jr – 6/19/2015
*Joseph Mulrooney – 6/5/2018
*Eric J Mulroy – 6/5/2018
Dale S. Willie – 6/18/2018
*Timothy L Eades – 6/6/2023
*Eugene A Klosowski – 6/6/2023
* Denotes membership in Christiana Lodge 35
Am I My Brother's Keeper?
Am I My Brother’s Keeper?
The muskrat looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package. What food might it contain? He was aghast to discover that it was a muskrat trap.
Retreating to the farmyard the muskrat proclaimed the warning; "There is a muskrat trap in the house, a muskrat trap in the house!"
The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, "Excuse me, Mr. Muskrat, I can tell this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me. I
cannot be bothered by it."
The muskrat turned to the pig and told him, "There is a muskrat trap in the house!"
"I am so very sorry Mr. Muskrat," sympathized the goat, "but there is nothing I can do about it. Be assured that you are in my prayers."
The muskrat turned to the cow. She rudely replied, "A muskrat trap? I am in grave danger...Not!"
So the muskrat returned to the house, head down and dejected, to face the farmer's trap alone.
That very night a sound was heard throughout the house, like the sound of a muskrat trap catching its prey. The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught. In the darkness,
she did not see that it was a venomous snake whose tail the trap had caught. The snake bit the farmer's wife.
The farmer rushed her to the hospital. She returned home with a fever. The farmer determined the best way to treat a fever was with fresh chicken soup, so he took his hatchet
to the farmyard for the soup's main ingredient.
His wife's sickness continued so that friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock. To feed them the farmer returned to the barnyard for the goat.
The farmer's wife did not get well. So
Am I My Brother's Keeper?
many people came for her funeral that the farmer next retrieved the cow to provide a meal for all of them to eat.
The next time you hear that someone is facing a problem and think that it does not concern you, remember that when there is a muskrat trap in the house, the whole farmyard is
at risk.
Masons Keeping Communities Strong
To enhance the support of our community by supporting our veterans and First Responders and all those of service
Have You Considered
Leaving A Legacy?
Have you considered leaving a Legacy to your lodge, St. John's Lodge No 2? If you have, please make sure that St. John's Lodge No 2 is included in your Wills and Trusts so that your legacy can continue to help promote Freemasonry in the State of Delaware long after you have left your brethren behind. Freemasonry in Delaware has just celebrated its 200th anniversary. With your help, maybe it can celebrate its 300th one day.
Don't be afraid to take advice. There's always something new to learn.
‐ Babe Ruth
"Flattering as it may be to the human mind, and truly honorable as it is to receive from our fellow citizens testimonies of approbation for exertions to promote the public welfare, it is not less pleasing to know that the milder virtues of the heart are highly respected by a society whose liberal principles must be founded in the immutable laws of truth and justice. To enlarge the sphere of social happiness is worthy of the benevolent design of a Masonic institution; and it is most fervently to be wished that the conduct of every member of the Fraternity, as well as those publications that discover the principles which actuate them, may tend to convince mankind that the great object of Masonry is to promote the happiness of the human race." ‐ George Washington
