Saturday, September 28, 2013

Great Freemasons: Jimmy McClure (September 28, 1916 - February 12, 2005)


Jimmy McClure (September 28, 1916 - February 12, 2005) was a champion table tennis player from USA. From 1936 to 1949 he won several medals in doubles, and team events in the World Table Tennis Championships


http://216.119.100.169/organization/halloffame/mcclure1.html

(Oriental Lodge 500, Indianapolis)

Herne the Hunter by Daniel Eskridge




http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/daniel-eskridge.html

Friday, September 27, 2013

Great Freemasons: Sam Ervin (September 27, 1896 – April 23, 1985)

When people fear surveillance, whether it exists or not, they grow afraid to speak their minds and hearts freely to their government or to anyone else.
Sam Ervin

Samuel James "Samy" Ervin, Jr. (September 27, 1896 – April 23, 1985) was an American politician. A Democrat, he served as a U.S. Senator from North Carolina from 1954 to 1974. A native of Morganton, he liked to call himself a "country lawyer", and often told humorous stories in his Southern drawl. During his Senate career, Ervin was a legal defender of the Jim Crow laws and racial segregation, as the South's constitutional expert during the congressional debates on civil rights. Unexpectedly, he became a liberal hero for his support of civil liberties. He is remembered for his work in the investigation committees that brought down Senator Joseph McCarthy in 1954 and especially his investigation in 1972 and 1973 of the Watergate scandal that led to the resignation in 1974 of President Richard Nixon.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Ervin


(Catawba Valley Lodge 217, Morganton, NC)

Thursday, September 26, 2013

Great Freemasons: Stephen Benton Elkins (September 26, 1841 – January 4, 1911)

Stephen Benton Elkins (September 26, 1841 – January 4, 1911) was an American industrialist and political figure. He served as the Secretary of War between 1891 and 1893. He served in the Congress as a Delegate from the Territory of New Mexico and a Senator from West Virginia.


NM Montezuma Lodge 109 (MO Charter)

Animals Have Feelings


Monday, September 23, 2013

Great Freemasons: Arthur Willard Pryor (September 22, 1870 – June 18, 1942)

Arthur Willard Pryor (September 22, 1870 – June 18, 1942) was a trombone virtuoso, bandleader, and soloist with the Sousa Band. He was a prolific composer of band music, his best known composition being "The Whistler and His Dog". In later life, he was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey, who served on the Monmouth County, New Jersey Board of Chosen Freeholders during the 1930s.
 was a trombone virtuoso, bandleader, and soloist with the Sousa Band. He was a prolific composer of band music, his best known composition being "The Whistler and His Dog". In later life, he was an American Democratic Party politician from New Jersey, who served on the Monmouth County, New Jersey Board of Chosen Freeholders during the 1930s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Pryor

Sunday, September 22, 2013

Albert Camus

Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.
Albert Camus

(Art by Adam Hughes)