Friendship continues to bolster our numbers as we welcomed Rob into the Lodge, our fifth Entered Apprentice this year. Rob has been quite patient, waiting a few months now since turning in his petition because the Lodge has been so busy catching up with al the petitions we’ve received over the year. We also are in debt to Brother Derek from Kenton #145, who saved us by performing the Lecture at the last second after Walter was injured while riding his bike.
Friendship met on a rather rainy Wednesday this month for our November Stated Meeting. We enjoyed a delicious dinner of comfort food from Screen Door which fit very well with the weather. After dinner we retired to the Lodge for one of the longest, but one of the most productive business meetings of the year. We balloted on two candidates to receive the degrees of Masonry, and both ballots came back positive! So we’ll be initiating two Brothers, Rob and Jonathan, in the next two months.
We paused in our many votes to confirm Matt’s proficiency in the Master Mason degree, before officially appointing him Senior Steward in recognition of the role he’s been pro-teming for months now. We were all so excited, noone noticed he wore two aprons for the rest of the meeting! The voting continued with the elections of our 2026 Officers, which all occurred harmoniously. Another wonderful meeting for Friendship!
