Wardens and Brethren,
Greetings Brethren,

First off, thank you to all the brethren that
attended Hope Lodge’s District Deputy Visitation.
We had 10 brethren attend and I heard a Hope
Lodge brother comment “There’s Franklin’s
Army”. Music to one’s ears. We had a great EA
degree done at Charity Lodge in March for two of
our candidates and have one coming up at
Franklin in April for an additional candidate,
making 3 EA’s. May’s meeting is RWDDGM Gil
Fontes Visitation to Franklin Lodge, so PLEASE
mark your calendar. We need a full house to
support Gil and his GMC Jason Nystrom. Some
things coming up in the next few months include
our annual CHIP event at the Westerly Y.M.C.A,
an Open House, and a Table Lodge. But a big
challenge that faces us is to fill the shoes of a
Brother who has moved down to Texas. W.
Leverett F. Andrews, Jr. has been our Musical
Director for many years. When he is absent,
meetings just do not have the warmth and grace
that they do when his hands are on the ebony
and ivory. We will miss him dearly but hope he
has many joyful years ahead down in the warmth
of Texas and I plan to visit once he gets affiliated
with a lodge.
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I hope the warming weather is seeing you all in
good health,

Fraternally,
Brett Marggraff
Master, Franklin Lodge #20

Wardens and Brethren,

Greetings.

We have three challenges coming up, two of
which are a big part of Franklin Lodge being
able to earn the Grand Master’s Award,
those being visitations by the Right
Worshipful District Deputy Grand Master Gil
Fontes and his Grand master of Ceremonies
Worshipful Jason Nystrom. The first one is
Hope Lodges Visitation on Wednesday
March 13th. Then our good friends at Charity
Lodge have their Visitation on Thursday April
18th. Those two events are two of the three
most difficult for Franklin, but with planning
and some praying I know we can get it done.
I will be going over some additional small
projects that we need to do which can most
probably be done by just a couple brethren
attacking each task. I will also will be
reviewing Franklin’s annual “Clam Bake”
with some possible options. And last but not
least will be reviewing upcoming candidate
ritual work as well as assigning Trestle
Board parts. They should be the same parts
that you previously had, so no memorizing of
new text.

May the Great Architect of the Universal
watch over us, guide us and make us all
better Masons and gentlemen.
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Fraternally,
Brett Marggraff
Master, Franklin Lodge #20