HIRAM LODGE NO. 88, F  &  AM

1440  San Marcelino St., Manila

Chartered: January 23, 1924

Constitution & Installation of

Officers: March 14, 1924

REYNATO D. PUNO, JR.

Worshipful Master

“From Ancient times, no Master or Fellow could be absent from his Lodge, especially when warned to appear at it, without incurring a severe censure, unless it appeared to the Master and the Wardens that pure necessity hindered him.”

Dear Sir and Brother,

                You are hereby summoned to attend the Stated Meeting of the above Lodge, to be held at the Grand Lodge of the Philippines Building, 1440 San Marcelino St., Ermita, Manila 1000, on Nov. 6, 2009 at 5:00 PM. 

                                      By the command of the WM,

                                      Yours Sincerely and Fraternally,

                                VW Jullio M. Cabali, PM, PDDGM

                                                     Secretary

Attire:  Barong Tagalog (White) Dark Pants or Dark Suit.   

  The Brethren will dine together after the Stated Meeting.

Date of Stated Meeting

Every First Friday of the Month

GLP BLDG, Stafford Hall at 6:00 PM

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AGENDA: NOV.  6, 2009 SM

1.        Opening of the Lodge at Exactly 5:00PM.

2.        Reception of the DDGM and Party if he comes to visit our Lodge.

3.        Flag Ceremony.

4.        Singing of the National Anthem.

5.        Singing of the GL March.

6.        Welcome Brethren in attendance, recognized HL-88 PMs and visiting brethren.

7.        Reading of the Minutes of Oct. 9, 2009 SM.

8.        Financial Reports:

A.      Secretary’s Financial Report.

B.       Treasurer’s Disbursement

C.       Treasurers Financial Report

D.      Auditor’s Report

9.        Correspondence.

10.     Committee Report.

11.     Masonic Education.

12.     Circulars and Edicts.

13.     Petitions.

14.     Balloting: 

15.     Birthday Celebrants.

16.     Almoners’ Duty.

17.     Examination: 

18.     Lodge work: 2° Bro. Royce Randell I. Reyes & Bro. Charleson Tiu Tan.

19.     WM Additional Announcement.

20.     WI, DGL, DDGM Speaks.

21.     Closing of the Lodge.

NOV. 6, 2009 WORKING:  2° PASSING

The Incumbent Officers must perform the duties of               their Stations in 1st Section. The Brethren assisting are the following:

1.WTools---Bro. Michael Masangkay/Victor Tribiana

2  SD 1st Sec. P. B. Bawagan, Jr./E. L. Dalican.

3. SD 2nd Sec.-E. L. Dalican/P. Bawagan, Jr.

4.  WM 2nd Sec. Julito Sioson/Julio Cabali, PM

5.  Charge: WB A. L. Amisola, PM/J.  M. Cabali, PM

BIRTHDAY CELEBRANTS

Redan A. Acal-11/10/77; Rolando M. Chua-11/18/55; Frederick R. Chiong-11/27/62; Carlo DR Concepcion-11/24/73; Jose P. Gunzon, PM-11/26/41; Jonathan Kaw-11/2/77; George Andy  B. Pantanosas-11/30/70; Jose D. Ramos-11/28/50;David R. Sansano-11/48;  Delfin G. Torres, Jr.-11/3/63; Victor N. Tribiana-11/17/68

OFFICE BEARERS 2009

Worshipful Master           Reynato D. Puno, Jr.

Senior Warden                Julito G. Sioson

Junior Warden                 Jonathan T. Galang

Treasurer                    Rolando FYL Chan, PM

Secretary                      Julio M. Cabali, PM

Auditor                           Ramon G. Nuñez, PM

Chaplain                       Dexter Co Que

Marshal                        Esteban L. Dalican

Senior Deacon              Jose D. Ramos

Junior Deacon            Plutarco B. Bawagan, Jr.

Lecturer                        Eugenio L. Dalican

Cust. Of the Work          Rino D. Romero

Almoner                       Jose Paolo G. A. Calma

Orator                    George Andy B. Pantanosas

Senior Steward             Cesar M. Tirol, II

Junior Steward              Ricardo Z. Lumbre, Jr.

Organist                        Emmanuel D. Puno

Tyler                             Eduardo I. Hashim

Brethren are requested to convey their apologies and reasons for inability to attend meetings, to the VW Secretary.  Officers are expected to give maximum Possible notice of such inability. Please inform the VW Secretary of any change of address, Tel. No. or CP No.

            If any Brother knows of a Member who are ill or in need of Assistance, kindly brings this to the attention of WM or Almoner.

CONTACT DETAILS:

Worshipful Master         0917-539-0420

Senior Warden              0917-866-0800

Junior Warden               0916-284-5809

Treasurer                      0917-352-5288

Secretary                      0919-840-7909

Almoner                       0917-891-3729

ON THE TRESTLE BOARD

FOR AFFILIATION

Mark Ernest Skorski-From Woodland Lodge No. 5478 –United Grand Lodge of England

ENTERED APPRENTICES

Charleson Tiu Tan; Joseph Jeremias C. Dator,  Royce Randell I. Reyes, Michael Vincent Lim See, Rodolfo D. Panganiban, II.

FELLOW CRAFTS

Antonio Chua Chua

SECRETARY’S  NOVEMBER 2009 MESSAGE

            Hello Hiramites! I hope every Hiramites’ family are all well and safe from the wrath of the last typhoon “Ondoy”, the super-typhoon in more than twenty years. We saw the suffering and miseries of the people in Metro-Manila especially those who lives in the low level areas. Even the neighboring provinces did not escape the wrath of nature. They were flooded, their homes destroyed, cars and real properties submerged in water that many families left their homes carrying nothing except the clothes they were wearing just to save their lives. The people now felt the response of nature against their extravagance thrashes of the same against environment, thus creating the climate change which developed the low pressure in the high seas. This low pressure formed the heavy typhoons carrying with it the un-surmounted rainfall, that overflow the rivers devastating men to their greatest suffering and to many even their lives claimed by nature.  

PMs & LADIES’ NIGHT: The PMs and Ladies Night date is now move forward to November 7 at 6PM. The same Venue: Makati Sports Club. Attire: Black or Dark Coat and Tie for Hiramites and Lady Party Dress for Ladies. Start at 6PM and Dinner by 8PM; let us make it American Time; or HL-88 Masonic Time. OK?

GOLF TOURNAMENT: Date: Still Nov. 14, 2009, Venue: Intramuros Golf  Course, Tee Off time: 8AM. Let us support this project as this Tournament is also dedicated In Honor of the MW Reynato S. Puno, PGM and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines.  Come and Join us, Hiramite!

CHRISTMAS PARTY: The HL-88 Yearly Christmas Party will be on Dec. 13, 2009 as planned. Venue is at the Scottish Rite Temple, our yearly Venue. This is a family affair awaited by our Children and we hope you will not miss it. Mark it on your Calendar now. No excuses for absentees as this again like the former many PM’s Night will be free to all Hiramites and their families.The Ladies again will be In-Charge for the Children’s entertainment. Thanks.

ON OUR LAST OCT. 9TH SM:  On our last SM, we have raised to the sublime degree of MM Bro. Richard Paul B. Nahe.  He is happy for this accommodation as he already left 2 days later for Abu Dubai where he is presently based. Bro. Richard you will be the reflection of our Craft in that country and we hope you remember the Charge the Lodge gave you. Maintain the good human relation with your co-office mates.  To your inferior in rank or office, you are to recommend obedience and submission; to your equals-courtesy and affability; and to your superiors, kindness and condescension.

HL-88 FELLOWSHIPS:  The fellowships after was again at the Uno Restaurant in Escolta. Even the evening was already late, the brethren was still able to have a good fellowships with the sumptuous dinner. Bro. Nahe was thankful for his raising and promised to become a good Member.

DECEMBER 2009 CHARITY WORK: The MW GM program is for every Masonic District to perform a Charity work this coming December. VW Larry Reyes designated Hiram Lodge No. 88 to be the lead lodge of Dist. NCR-D in compliance to this order. Our lodge deputized Bro. Jonathan T. Galang, to make arrangement to select the venue and type of Charity work we will do come December. Right now Bro. JW Galang had already pinpointed one home for the aged in Pasay City. He is now working on the program to be submitted next Gencom for approval  and implementation next December 2009.  All Hiramites are again required to assist and be visible on this particular lodge project.    

LODGE’S NOV. 09 DEG WORKING - 2°:  The cancelled 2nd degree working last SM will be done  this Nov. 2009 SM. For those assigned participating Hiramites in this Passing, please see your name in the working assignment of this NL. Be sure to deliver your part by memory and in an ordinary relax manner. You can do it Hiram!      Other Members are obliged not only to witness but follow the conferral working in your monitor, and study the floor work and execution of parts, so that when you are assigned to perform you can do it right. Please do it!

DIRECTORY: A sheet of paper will always be with our Tyler’s Book during SMs. Please write your name, profession, Tel Nos. landline and Mobile, & Email address. We will write a HL-88 Directory once information is completed.

APRON DELIVERY COMPETITION: Lodge’s Rep to compete within the District; Dist. winner to compete with Regional Dist. & Regional Winner to compete during Ancom 2010 to be declared as the Winner who will receive a plaque and Cash Prize from GLP. In  HL-88, I will not compete anymore so that WB Fernando C. Nicolas, PDGL and JW Jonathan T. Galang will surely declared Winner (he he); so the two of them will just talk and decide who among them will represent HL-88 on Nov. 28/09 District Competition ( You 2, pls decide it now). However, if any Hiramite desires to challenge WB Nic & Bro. JW Jonathan, pls tx me and I will schedule you to compete against them before November 28, 2009. Any One?

REGISTRATION FOR ANCOM 2010: HL-88 official delegates are already registered. Hiramites who wish to register, please do it ASAP. Cost is 2T for the first 1000 Registrants, and 3T thereafter. Todate had already 500 registered.  Other Non-Registered Hiramiters may attend but we have to check if we can get-in to the convention center at the MOA. If not, Hiramties can again join together in Fellowships during this convention in the so many Restaurant along the Macapagal Avenue.

OCT. 2009 NCR-D DISTRICT MEETING:  On this District Meeting, HL-88 was the Host who served the snacks.  Bro. JW J. Galang was In-Charge of the Snacks preparation and everyone praised the food was good.  The Hiramites present were Bros:. SW Julito G. Sioson, JW Jonathan T. Galang, WB Julio M. Cabali, PM, WB Raymond W. Lee, PM, WB Mariano C. Lau, PM. Our delegates are well active in the topic’s deliberation; but especially WB Raymond W. Lee, PM who was again designated as the Co-Chairman for Foods and Fellowships due to his good record last year’s Multi-District Convention. Congratulation!!!

            The NCR-District, the Designated Host in the 2009 MM Multi-District Convention can not do it by themselves and needs helps from other Districts. VW Larry Reyes, NCR-D’s DDGM took the Foods & Fellowships Committee and assigned it to Hiram Lodge No. 88. He however will give HL-88 personal assistance from other NCR-D Lodges.

HL-88 NEXT SM:  HL-88 next SM will be on November 6, 2009. Lodge open at 5PM. Come early to partake the snacks. Officers, Members, and Visiting Brethren must be seated in the Lodge properly cloth about this time. Please be guided and govern yourself accordingly.

WB JULIO M. CABALI, PM

Secretary

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