Warm Summer Wishes to One and All –

            Our Worthy Matron Joni had a wonderful trip to Scotland in early May, and our Worthy Patron Lee had a fun adventure in Prague, Provence, etc., about the same time.  Both enjoyed their trips immensely; however, they did miss the May 1 meeting.  It was an ante-room meeting, and members and guests also enjoyed a scavenger hunt following clues through the Lodge and adjoining rooms crafted by Sister Peggy. 

            The next meeting, on June 5, was our Memorial Service and Tribute to Star Point Officers.  Refreshments of fruit salad, meat, cheese, crackers, and cupcakes were served at 7:00, and the meeting started at 7:30.  We had so many visitors that nearly all our stations were filled.  Karen Parlato volunteered to be our Organist and played wonderful live music, which was a real treat.  The special Tribute to the Star Point Officers was really lovely with Sisters Leslie N, Helene N, Jean T, and Margaret R filling in the chairs with our own Sister Alice as they read short paragraphs about their heroines.

            The Memorial Service was also beautiful with all the ladies in their white dresses around the Altar.  Thanks to Sister Lynnie H and Brother Lee A substituting for the Memorial with Sister Laird to drape the Altar. 

            Other visitors who also helped fill in offices for the evening were Sister Tricia C, and Brothers Larry N and Kirby B.  We had so many visitors, some were able just to sit on the sidelines and enjoy, including Sister Nancy B and Grand Electa Deanna B. 

            It was also good to see our own Sister Mary back after being gone from our meetings for several months.  I believe I heard she might be able to make it to more meetings in future!  And, of course, a big thank you for our own officers who came to the meeting and did a lovely job.

         The “We are so glad you came” gifts were won by Brother Kirby  and Sister Leslie!  Congratulations, and Thanks for coming to the meeting!  We’re so glad you came! 

            Again, thank you to everyone who came and filled in or just came to enjoy.  Thank you to all who helped make the evening extra special.  Your presence and your assistance are very much appreciated!

            Next on the calendar is Saturday, June 15, at 12:00 Noon at Humboldt Masonic Lodge for a 50-Year Presentation to Sister Peggy Mecham-Carlotti.  The presentation will come first, followed by lunch (sandwiches, salads, and beverages to be provided).  Please come and celebrate with our newest 50-year member!  RSVP to Sister Peggy at (707) 499-1037 or peggy@bramblemanor.com.  Remember: “Friends are the flowers in the garden of life!”

            Hopefully sometime during June, we will be putting together prizes for the Humboldt County Library’s Summer Reading Program. When we deliver the prizes, we will also deliver a check for the donation portion of our contribution to the Library and its Summer Reading Program.  The delivery will happen in July.

            Our July 3 meeting is Friendship Night and “Hats Off to American Heroes!”  Refreshments will be at 7:00 and meeting at 7:30.  Please come have fun with us, and maybe have in mind an American Hero (from history or from the present) who is meaningful to you.  We hope to see you there!

            July 14, 2024, at 2:00 is the District-wide fundraiser Afternoon Tea to benefit Paws for Purple Hearts at the Humboldt Masonic Lodge in Eureka.  Sister Terri Ewing, Past Grand Matron, will be present as a speaker.  There will also be a silent auction.  All members, prospective members, and friends are invited.  RSVP to Sister Joni at (707) 499-9478 or joni@reninet.com.  Tickets are $20 per person.

         Our August meeting is anticipated to be an ante room meeting and board game night.  Join us for fun and fellowship.  Bring your favorite game to share, and let’s have some fun!

         At our September meeting we will gather school supplies to donate to a school (yet to be determined).  Start now to collect pencils, pencil sharpeners, notebooks, pens, folders, construction paper, staplers, staples, and other school supplies to be donated to a local school.

            In October, bring your teddy bears and other stuffed companions for our “Teddy Bear Picnic” themed evening!

         Thanks again to everyone who supports our Chapter.  We could not manage without all our friends!  We look forward to seeing you all at future events!

Star Love,

Joni Hewston, Worthy Matron

Lee Astorino, Worthy Patron

Please join is for Peggy Mecham-Carlotti’s 50 year presentation on June 15. See the attached flyer for more information.

It has been a while since our Bethel updated its article in the new Trestleboard, and we have had quite a busy term!

We had installation on January 7 with a theme of “Friends are like snowflakes, all different and all are beautiful.”  Betsy was installed for her second term as Honored Queen.

In March we decided to have a fun night, and all met at Ultimate Yogurt for a social get-together. 

Also, in March some of our members helped with the Scottish Rite Shrimp Feed. 

In April we attended the Humboldt Lodge’s youth night and explained the meaning of our Bethel Flag to the Masons.

In April we also took part in the Rhododendron Parade, which is always a lot of fun!

In early May we had a Spring fundraiser of making and selling boxes of cookies and other treats.  We want to thank everyone who supported our fundraiser!  We are so grateful to everyone who bought our cookies!

We have been busy all term long planning a couple big events.  One of them was on May 25 when all the Job’s Daughters from several Bethels including Eureka, Ukiah, and some Bay Area Bethels all met in Ukiah to do a service project with the residents of a senior home.  We played games, visited, sang songs with the residents, all as a part of our Grand Guardian’s Official Visit.  Our Job’s Daughter Team of Bethels also presented to the Grand Guardian and Associate Grand Guardian framed certificates and star maps to the stars we had named in their honor. 

After the Grand Guardian’s Official Visit, our Bethel grabbed some dinner at KFC before going to the Ukiah Lodge for the reception honoring the Grand Bethel Librarian.  Our own Miss Brooke Hansen was both the Presiding Officer and the Hostess for the evening, and her mother Mrs. Sally Hansen was Honorary Recorder.  However, Since Mrs. Hansen had broken her leg and had difficulty with walking, our Guide Logan filled in as her “walker” and walked in and then was in the closing cross in Mrs. Hansen’s place.  Logan did a great job!

After the reception, it was a long drive home at night, getting to Humboldt Hill about 12:30 a.m. on Sunday morning.  And some of us had to be at our own Lodge at 9:00, others by 11:00 to decorate and practice for a reception honoring Mrs. Sally Hansen, Grand First Messenger.  The reception started at 1:00, and was well attended.  The theme for the reception was based on Mrs. Hansen’s favorite reality shows, “Survivor,” “Big Brother,” and “Amazing Race.” 

Still to come, our next installation is planned for June 9 at 1:00 p.m. with a fairyland theme.  We hope you will be able to attend!

Then on June 15, we will participate in the Flag Ceremony at the Elks Lodge at Noon.

Then we blast off to Grand Bethel in Visalia!  We will tell you how that turns out when we get back.

And, of course, we will have our Krispie Kreme donut booth in Old Town Eureka on the 4^th of July!  Please drop by and buy some donuts!  We will be in Old Town from opening until we sell out of donuts!  Except for our Honored Queen, who will zip down to Ferndale to participate in their parade.

Thank you to everyone who supports our Bethel!  We look forward to seeing you at some of our events!

Best wishes,  

Bethel No. 86 Eureka

PHOTOS:
1. Bethel Installation in January
2. Daughters on the Float in the Rhody Parade in April
3. Putting together goodie boxes for our Spring fundraiser
4. Our Bethel at the Grand Guardian & Associate Grand Guardian’s Official Visit in Ukiah
5. Reception for Mrs. Sally Hansen, Grand First Messenger on May 26

ROHNERVILLE-REDWOOD CHAPTER No. 76 – June 2024

June is known for graduations, weddings, and the start of summer. For Rohnerville-Redwood Chapter this June it will mean attending the production of ‘Prom’ at the Ferndale Rep., and since we will not be having a Memorial ceremony this year, the theme for the meeting will be Summer Fun.

Last month I had the chance to deliver cookie boxes to our 50-year members and shut-ins. It is always nice to have the opportunity to honor these special members, and visit with them. Thank you to Bethel No. 86 JDI for the lovely cookie boxes.

Worthy Matron Kim was able to deliver our Books for Bikes books donation to  the Linell Walker (South School) Elementary School in May. With all the cuts in education funding, it is great to be able to support the local schools with the donation of library books. In the fall the school will start the Books for Bikes program, where the students read books to receive a chance to win a bike. The more books they read, the more chances they have to win.

Randy’s 2022 entry

We will not have a meeting in July. It is a busy month with the 4^th of July, Rodeo and Auto Expo. The Masonic family participates in the 4^th of July parade in Ferndale. Then the week of July 13-21, is Fortuna Rodeo events. (Rodeo July 20 & 21) The Fortuna Auto Expo is July 26, 27, & 28. Checkout the Auto Expo Show & Shine to see what car Randy Cady enters.

June

         1 – Ferndale Rep. Theatre, ‘The Prom” – 7:30

       13 – Regular Stated Meeting – Summer Fun 7:30

       15 – 50-year pin presentation – Peggy Mecham-Carlotti

                        11 a.m. – Humboldt Lodge (Eureka)                                         

July (NO MEETING this month)                                                      

         4 – Ferndale Parade – noon

        14 – District Tea (fund raiser for Paws for Purple Hearts) – Humboldt Lodge – 2:00              

  13-21 – Fortuna Rodeo Week (checkout all the events)

  20-21 – Fortuna Rodeo (Sun. BBQ – 11 a.m.)

  26-28 – Fortuna Auto Expo (Show & Shine 27^th)

August –

        8 – Regular Stated meeting – 50’s Night (Honoring 50-year members)

      21 – Sept. 2 – Humboldt County Fair

      31 – Grand Elect Deanna’s Reception – Loleta

We always looked forward to seeing you at a meeting or event.

Hello Sister and Brothers!

I hope you are happy and well as we are enjoying our springtime of year!

We are looking forward to several events coming up and celebrating with some of our members. Our May stated meeting will be our Past Matrons & Patrons night. We are looking forward to honoring those that have served the chapter in this capacity. We are also looking forward to enjoying a delicious meal from Ferndale Chapter. As usual, dinner is at 6:30 and state meeting at 7:30.

On May 17th, our own Worthy Patron, Jeff White, will be installed at Illustrious Grand Master for Grand Council of Cryptic Masons in California. Several of us will be attending Grand Session in Burbank to support Jeff and his Lady Lisa. So proud of them and that they are part of our Chapter! We are looking forward to a busy term with them and wish them all the best.

On May 26th at 1PM will be a Reception for our Sister Sally Hansen, celebrating her office of Grand First Messenger for California Job’s Daughters Grand Council. It has been fun to watch her travels and hear her stories from visitations across the state. Please join us at Humboldt Lodge on that Sunday!

The Chapter is excited to get started on providing some community donations. If you have any suggestions for a donation to a worthy non-profit organization or youth groups, please let us know. We like to know what is important to our membership.

Thank you to our Job’s Daughter Bethel for making Goodie Plates purchased by the chapter for our local officers, 50 year members and 80 year-old members. We hope you enjoyed them!

We are looking forward to getting our Strategic Planning group going to review and renew our Strategic Plan and Goals. Please let me know if you would like to be a part of this, even you can’t attend our meetings, we would still like to hear from you. We are also looking forward to hosting a Game night and some other fun activities, so keep your eyes open to more information.

I wish you all a beautiful May, and Happy Mother’s Day to all our lovely Mothers.

With Star Love and Hugs, Heidi Quintrell, WM

Brethren,

Greetings from the Oriental Chair. Our Lodge had several special events over the last month, starting  with a Crab Feed on March 24th. We had a good turnout with 125 pounds of crab being consumed. Pictures of some attendees: 

The Jacobs Clan. 

Milt and Bill enjoy the crabs.

Our donations to help the community.

Humboldt Girls Fast Pitch Softball – The” Rain”. $500′

Upcoming events for May and June. On Saturday, May 25th at 9 AM we will be placing Masonic flags at Greenwood Cemetery for Memorial Day remembrance. That evening at 6PM we will be hosting Humboldt 79 for a BBQ on our back lot. We will be sharing food, fires, cigars and Scotch. There should be a lot of Fellowship as the night progresses. May 28 at 9AM we will return to Greenwood Cemetery to collect our flags;  all are welcome.

On Saturday, June 15th, we will be at the Humboldt Trap and Skeet Club for our annual intra District Trap Competition starting at 10 AM. Fortuna is the reigning Champions. June 18th will bring up our annual Six Rivers Festive Board which will start at 6 PM at the Lodge. This year it is Beef Stew and vino toasting. 

We are planning on an Outdoor Third Degree on Bro. Charley Johnson sometime near the end of July at Wor.  Steve Jacobs  Fieldbrook Estate. Also, we cannot forget the SOI on June 8th at 10 AM up in Crescent City, where we will cover the First Degree. 

Before I forget, much Fun was had at the Elk’s Lodge “cook your own steak” on April 19th, 19 of us were in attendance.

Hope to see you all, sometime down the road.

George Durfee, WM

ROHNERVILLE-REDWOOD CHAPTER No. 76 – May 2024

The April meeting brought out some very interesting spring hats, including a shower cap. Of course, part of the fun was seeing Tom and Lee in their hats. The theme for the May meeting is Western, so come in your favorite western outfit. As always, the meeting will start at 7:30 with refreshments being served following the meeting.

The Masonic dinner in May falls on the first day of the month. If you would like to help prepare and/or serve the dinner please let Karen (707 725-3532) or Christie (707 496-8171) know.

Eel River Empire Lodge has bought a block of tickets for the Ferndale Repertory Theatre production of ‘The Prom’. The tickets are for the evening of June 1 at 7:30. If you are interested in attending, please reserve your ticket with Karen or Rich Sweet. Tickets are $14.

Bethel No. 86 (Job’s Daughters International) is selling cookie plates to earn money to attend Grand Bethel. The plates are $10 each and can be picked up or delivered May 5. Contact Heidi Quintrel (707 443-7305) to purchase one of these special cookie plates.

May

       1 – Masonic Dinner (6:30)

       9 – Regular Stated Meeting (7:30) – Theme ‘Western’

June

       1 – Ferndale Rep. Theatre, ‘The Prom” – 7:30

      13 – Regular Stated Meeting – Memorial Night – 7:30

Lee (Leroy) Astorino and Tom Howe in the Spring Bonnets.

Farewell April, Hello May!

Welcome to the new format of the Northcoast Masonic Trestleboard!  While most members will now access the Trestleboard electronically, we want to be sure those who need a printed copy are not left out.  To that end, if you know of a Ferndale Eastern Star member who needs a printed copy, Sister Patti Cady wants to know (707.845.6943).  She is our volunteer who will print and mail the Trestleboard monthly to Ferndale Chapter members who don’t have online access. 

April sunshine was glorious the morning of our hugely successful Aebleskiver Breakfast and we are in high spirits as we spring forward into May.  Before closing out April, though, do mark the 28^th on your calendar.  Brothers of Ferndale Lodge 193 cordially invite Chapter members to a Sweetheart Tea on April 28^th, two o’clock in the afternoon at Ferndale Lodge Hall.  Your presence is greatly appreciated at this annual social event. 

On the calendar for May:

May 2^nd:  Ferndale Chapter members are cooking and serving Arcata Chapter’s pre-meeting dinner.

May 4^th – 11^th:  March of the Penguins bus trip.    

May 8^th – Ferndale’s stated meeting.  A Mexican potluck is planned for 6:30; Sister Janessa and her Grandpa will preside in my absence. Festive, casual attire is perfect.  Theme: “Honoring Mothers and Important Women in our Lives”.  Anticipate short-form opening.  Reminder:  May is the final month of our generous donor’s offer to match funds placed in the coin basket designated for Eastern Star’s Outreach Services Program – the Worthy Grand Matron and Worthy Grand Patron’s internal project for 2024.  These funds are specifically designated to provide assistance to members in need who are not residents of the Senior Living Community. 

Wishing our May Birthday celebrants many blessings in their next year around the sun.  Sisters Linda Morin, May 2^nd; Barbara Kennedy, May 9^th; Sandra Buchanan May 16^th; and JoLynn McCorkle, May 21^st.

May the Lord watch over me and thee while we are absent one from the other!  

With Penguin Love and Husky hugs,

Nancy Bay, WM and Kirby Bay, WP

Hello Sisters and Brothers, and our Humboldt Masonic Family! 

March was a month of rest as we enjoyed our busy, but successful, month of February.  We had a wonderful Official Visit from Our Deputy Grand Matron, Sister Lisa McCombs, at our March Stated Meeting.  Sister Anne provided a yummy corned beef and cabbage dinner, thank you!!   

Our thanks to the guys at Humboldt Lodge for taking on the new format of the Trestleboard!  Please be patient and kind as we transition.  If you have any questions or comments, please let me know by our chapter email, arcata207oes@gmail.com, and I will get back to you.  If you are not receiving emails from us, please let me know so I can ensure that we have your correct email address.  If you need a printed-out copy, please let me know and I can arrange to have that mailed. 

April brings a welcome to springtime, a time of renewal of spirit and energy.  My hope for everyone is happiness, health, friendship and love.  Please try and reach out to someone who is struggling with these and offer them warmth from all our hearts. 

April 4^th is our Stated Meeting.  It will be long form and business casual.  Springtime theme, pastels and flowers.  The following stated meeting will be on May 4^th, where we will enjoy a dinner catered by Ferndale Chapter.  All our stated meeting dinners start at 6:30, we hope to see everyone then!

With many hugs, Heidi Quintrell, WM

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