Wednesday Oct 1 Stated Meeting
Wednesday Oct 15 Stated Meeting – Facebook Friendship Night
Wednesday Oct 17-18 Grand Lodge
Wednesday Oct 29 Bean and Chili Dinner
Wednesday Nov 5 Stated Meeting – Election of Officers
Wednesday Nov 19 Stated Meeting – Veterans Appreciation Night
Well Brothers, my year as Master is coming to an end and I want to thank every member of the lodge for letting me have the honor of serving you this year. We still have some great events planned before the installation, however this will be my last article for the bulletin. Next month I will be assisting Brother Bob Wiley in writing the bulletin.
As promised our lodge now has a LinkedIn account and a Twitter account for announcements. Links are at the bottom of our website at http://www.canton60freemasons.com/. All announcements will be posted on the website and our Facebook page, as well. This is part of our communication plan to reach more brethren.
October 15th we will be having a Facebook Friendship night. I will be posting an event on our Facebook page and a picture invitation every week until the event. If you are on Facebook please SHARE this and help it go viral. I want it to get to all your non-Masonic friends. We will be inviting them into our meeting during refreshment and give them a short presentation on masonry and answer questions. Petitions will be available upon request. Then we will have an officer give them a tour of the building as we close and invite them downstairs for food. Let’s find out how many people use social media. Help me spread this to all your friends.
October 29th at 5:PM will be our annual chili dinner. This year it will be coordinated by our Junior Warden and former chef Eric Muehlenbein. You do not want to miss this one.  We missed his gourmet food after he left from steward so much, we almost didn’t let him advance. Just kidding Eric. Oct 17th and 18th is Grand Lodge and your top three officers will be in attendance. November 5th will be the election of officers and November 19th will be our Veteran’s Appreciation Night. So come to lodge brothers and join in on the fun.
WM Steve Morosko

Mon., Sept. 1 – Labor Day

Wed., Sept. 3, 7:30 p.m. – Stated Meeting

Thurs., Sept. 11 – Patriot Day

Wed., Sept. 17, 7:30 p.m. – Stated Meeting, Ladies Appreciation Night

Mon., Sept. 22 – Autumn

Wed., Sept 24 – Rosh Hashanah begins at Sundown

Wed., Oct. 1, 7:30 p.m. – Stated Meeting

Brethren! If you would like to come to a Masonic meeting or event and do not have a ride; call us and we will make arrangements! I want to make sure everyone who wants to come has the opportunity to come to our meetings. That includes Blue Lodge, Scottish Rite events and York Rite events.

Our website is now up and operational at http://www.canton60freemasons.com and can be displayed on tablets and smart phones as well your computer. I am making this Masonic web template available to any other Masonic body who wants it as well. If you are on “Facebook” there is a link at the bottom to our “Facebook” page. By the time this article comes out I hope to have a link to a “Youtube” channel, a Linked-In account and a “Twitter” account for the lodge also. This will put us in all the most popular social media sites. This is all part of our goal to keep the lodge going forward into the 21^st Century. Some of the new features of the website include a list of all current officers and past masters, the ability to download a petition and an inquiry form to request information about our lodge. There is also a link to “SuggestionOx,” which is a website we are using to collect anonymous suggestions on ways to improve the lodge and our meetings. Do you have a great idea on how we can make ourselves better? Please send it in. There are plans in the works to do an electronic newsletter and update our old projector so come on out and see what all the excitement is about. But we will continue using this newsletter and traditional forms of communication, even though there are new things.

To facilitate a better succession plan and since inspection season is now over, the Senior Warden and Junior Warden will be conferring degrees on any candidate in the degree of their inspection year. This should give them a jump start on learning their parts and keep our officers sharp so that every member of Canton Lodge No. 60 can be proud of them and our lodge.

We are developing a membership committee to help the lodge grow and a committee for brothers in need. If anyone wished to help on those committees please contact me or Gary Dressler the Secretary.

If you have any interest in the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite, now is the time to petition because they are planning their next reunion October 23^rd thru October 25^th. The Shrine is having their next hot sands in November and The York Rite is also accepted new petitions. I have seen huge improvements in all these organizations in the last year.

Canton No. 60 will have a ladies appreciation night Wednesday, September 17^th. Anyone interested in bringing their ladies please RSVP to the secretary or myself. Our ladies are well deserving of this honor since they have supported us through our Masonic endeavors.

Wednesday, October 29^th will be our annual Chili and Bean Dinner so you’ll not want to miss that night. I hope to see everyone in lodge.

Steve Morosko, Worshipful Master