October 2018

February 2020

FROM THE SECRETARY

From The East Brothers,

Your 2020 Due Notice have been
Greetings Brothers and Sisters, mailed, if you have not received your
2020 Dues Notice please let me know.
Let me start by saying I am truly honored to be elected
If you have any questions regarding
and Installed as Worshipful Master of the Fort Pierce
your dues status feel free to contact
Masonic lodge No. 87. I'm grateful to all of the brothers
me.
that entrusted me with this position and I promise to do
my best to have a great year for the lodge and craft. As If you are not receiving emails from
previously stated, This is not my lodge, it belongs to you, this office about upcoming events
”The Craft" and I will rely on your support for the year. please email me your address.
On January 11, we had the installation of officers. The Brothers, if you have not signed into
dinner was catered by Papa Louie's restaurant in Port ST. Circumscribe please do so and update
Lucie and they did an excellent job, stop in and say hello if your information, phone number,
you can. The installation went extremely well and I want email address, this is very important
to thank the installing officers again for their dedication to the operations of this office. Please
to the lodge. We also had several dignitaries in attendance contact me if you are having issues.
from the Eastern Star, York Rite and the DDGM, Thank
You for attending; it was an honor to have you all there. Cell: (772) 812-0514
Looking forward we have the St Lucie fair, for the Ben Email: fpsec87@gmail.com
Davis Scholarship fund starting on February 28 thru Fraternally, R∴W⸫ Doug Ankeny
March 4 and are still in need for volunteers to help. Please
call or Email fpsec87@gmail.com the Lodge Secretary for
Charity
available time slots. On January 25, our lodge will be
hosting the Masters and Wardens meeting, come out and Brothers please give to the
enjoy the breakfast and fellowship, breakfast will be MH100 to support our Home.
served at 8:00 am with a meeting starting at 9:00. Once
Again, Thank you to all the Brothers and family members Editors Corner
for attending the installation. In Closing, I leave you with
one question to ask yourself. "What can I do to help my
If anyone has something to
Blue Lodge?"
offer or wants to have an item
included in the newsletter, email
Fraternally,
Brian Moss it to me at, fpsec87@gmail.com
Worshipful Master by the 25th of the month.
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Fort Pierce Masonic Lodge No.87
4590 Oleander Avenue Fort Pierce, FL. 34982
(772) 461-1681 Email: fpsec87@gmail.com
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Officers and Instructors
Our Newest Brothers Worshipful Master Brian Moss (772) 284-7272
Senior Warden Joseph Pierro (561)707-8491
Petitioner Junior Warden W⸫ J. Michael Hafling (561)281-1121

Treasurer Rhuanito Ferrarezi (706)201-4909

David Pickett
Secretary R⸫W⸫ Douglas Ankeny (772)812-0514
Brandon Pickett
Albert F. Reese Senior Deacon Justin Gibson (772) 418-9844

Junior Deacon Ramon Figueroa (772) 882-8766

Chaplain Gregory Ahern (772) 807-2920

Entered Apprentice Brandon Rodgers
Senior Steward (772) 6462596

Junior Steward Miguel Muniz (718) 664-0056

Marshal W⸫ James Barnes (772)971-1735

Musician TBA

Tyler Charles Jackson (772)000-0000

Fellow Craft Ramon Figueroa
EA Instructor (772) 882-8766
Pedro Mendoza (772)284-7272
FC Instructor Brian Moss

Master Masons Ramon Figueroa (772)882-8766

MM Instructor W⸫ Eric Halberg (772)485-5625

Lodge Mentor W⸫ Mike Moriatis (772) 971-2412

Lodge Instructor W⸫ James Barnes (772)971-1735

Editor R∴W⸫ Douglas Ankeny (772)812-0514

Building Fund Donors of $100.00 or More

Edward J Albert
William H Barbare +
James M Barnes +
Michael R Boyko +
Kenneth J Brady +
James E Britcher Jr +
Craig M Brown
Francis E Campbell +
Thomas E Cross +
Roy S Evans +
Ralph H Fogg ±
Harold A Gordon +
Dennis Gourm +
David F Guilliams
James M Hafling + Harry G Reynolds + Scott Nelson
James E Hooper Victor V Rowe II +
Stanley L Hudson + Martin Skalka
Edward W Kemper + Christian E Smellie
Lewis E Krantz + Harry J Snyder +
Mark Marin + James P Stephens +
Nathan Martin Jr + Charles Stone Jr +
Michael T Miller + Leroy Stumpp +
Richard L Moore + Sean J Westerlund +
Jesse W Porter + George I Will +
Alan H Rager + Robert E Williams +
Ronald H Ray + Nino Peterson +
Steve Razack + Douglas L. Ankeny +
John Reiff +
Ramon Figueroa

+Denotes Brothers Who Have Contributed At Least $100 To The Building Fund In Multiple Years

Fort Pierce Masonic Lodge No.87
4590 Oleander Avenue Fort Pierce, FL. 34982
(772) 461-1681
1900 George E Dutton*
1901 George E Dutton*
1902 H G Bronson*
1903 F M Taylor*
1904 George E Dutton*
1905 A C Dittmar*
1906 James E Andrews*
1907 James E Andrews*
1908 Adrian M Sample*
1909 John H Wynn*
1910 Frank E Wilson*
1911 David P Eldred PDDGM*
1912 David P Eldred PDDGM*
1913 David P Eldred PDDGM*
1914 W E Tylander*
1915 A K Wilson*
1916 John N Durham*
1917 John N Durham*
1918 Lyle T Gliddon*
1919 J H Lane*
1920 Rollin V Ankeny*
1921 Charles Larson*
1922 Elwyn Thomas*
1923 Edwin L Price*
1924 Elder F Adams*
1925 D H Sample PDDGM*
1926 D H Sample PDDGM*
1927 Clarence F Green*
1928 Rupert N Koblegard*
1929 William M Maund*
1930 W J Shellhouse*
1931 Charles F Ordway*
1932 Lucien Baker*
1933 Harold R Ankeny*
1934 J Webster Ordway*
1935 Clarence F Ordway*
1936 J R Harrison*
1937 Orris Nobles*
1938 J L Hoeflich*
1939 V E Howard*
1940 Dr. A M Sample Jr*
1941 Dr. A M Sample Jr*
1942 W A Belk*
Key:
Demetris Aspromallis
Robert T Bagdy
David A Beasley PM
Richard F Bellomy II*
Francis E Campbell
David A Cardis PM
Dean A Carroll PDDGM
Eeneast E Chandler
Ronald L Cochran PM
David A Evans-Brown PM
Ralph H Fogg
William Smith PM
Carlo A Spagnola PM*
Steve Weinkrantz
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Email: fpsec87@gmail.com
Past Masters of the Lodge
1943 James Sample PDDGM*
1944 R M King*
1945 D W Booth*
1946 R M King*
1947 O W Louis PDDGM*
1948 G S Mooney*
1949 J V Dobbs*
1950 James Sample PDDGM*
1951 Donald Wilson PDDGM*
1952 R E Neighbors*
1953 Ossie McBee*
1954 L B Walden*
1955 Glenn A Nicholson*
1956 A F Jorgensen*
1957 E S Burn*
1958 E R Day*
1959 D C Tarmstrom*
1960 J D Nelson*
1961 M E Brown*
1962 L M Addison*
1963 John W Black Jr*
1964 O D Shreckengost Sr*
1965 J A Jones*
1966 H C Bengel PDDGM*
1967 E E Whitaker*
1968 F H Lollis*
1969 C A Guild*
1970 Frank E Palmer*
1970 James Banketas*
1972 Robert C Wilson PDDGM
1973 L O Cole*
1974 Howard M Sharp
1975 Harold Thompson*
1976 Norton Harwood*
1977 Lynn Nelson Sr.*
1978 Elvin Raulerson*
1979 Bill Riordan*
1980 Jud Deakins*
1981 Paul Thompson*
1982 James Baughman*
1983 M M Miller
1983 William Cunningham UD*+
1984 Tom McCants PDDGM*
* = Deceased Past Master
Perpetual Members
Matthew Fulghum
Mark A George PM
Radford T Geralds PDDGM
James E Gillis Jr
David F Guilliams PM
Eric S Halbreg PM
Earl E Hingson Jr PM
Roy Allen Hodges Jr
Donald “Bud” Holmes PM
Robert S Holmes
Richard A Holt PDDGM
Stanley L. Hudson PGM
Jens Gilbert
Michael J Yuhas PM
1984 Milton S Weinberg*+
1985 Roy C Cooper*
1985 Bart Zarcone*+
1986 William Barbare*
1986 Earl D Lowing PDDGM+
1987 Donald “Bud” Holmes
1987 Ralph E Young PDDGM*+
1988 Joe Strokes`
1988 Edward A Bradford*+
1989 Ron Cochran
1989 Floyd Delosier*+
1990 Ken Moore
1990 Hampton E Thomas*+
1991 Larry Dutro
1991 Patrick F Duncan*+
1992 Ray Hall
1992 Dale E Meadows+
1993 Nathan Martin Jr
1993 Wayne Meadows+
1994 Bob Shonyo
1994 Robert McGhee+
1995 William Armstrong
1995 Steven P Weinkrantz*+
1996 Frank Conrad
1996 Richard Bellomy Sr*+
1996 Frederick Haefner* HPM+
1997 Carlo Spagnola*
1997 William R Smith+
1998 James Watkins*
1998 Frederick Stouky+
1999 Mark A George RH
1999 Richard Shepard PDDGM*+
1999 Gardner S Foote HPM*+
2000 David A Evans-Brown
2000 James E Gillis PDDGM+
2001 Radfort T Geralds PDDGM+
2001 W Harold Turner
2001 Carl Nelson HPM*+
2002 Dean Carroll PDDGM
2002 Paul Solet+
2003 David A Beasley
2003 Stanley L Hudson PGM+
2004 Larry L McGinnis
+ = Past Master of Cornerstone Lodge No.386
Michael J Kanaby
Earl S Kratzer
Larry L McGinnis PM
James B McLellen
Dale E Meadows PM
H Wayne Meadows PM
Charles E Miller
Michael T Miller PM
Warner R Olle PM
Patrick J Paparella
Michael Perez
Mitchell L Timblin PM
Samuel E Stokes
Kevin Petrol
2004 James Goodman+
2005 Eric S Halberg
2005 Clay Rigdon*+
2005 John Elias HPM+
2006 Rollin F Ankeny
2006 Mike Moriatis+
2006 B E "Ben" Davis HPM*
2007 Michael T Miller
2007 James Goodman+
2008 Rollin B Ankeny
2008 Harry Reynolds+
2009 Mitchell L Timblin
2009 Werner Olle+
2010 Douglas L Ankeny PDDGM
2010 Stanley L Hudson PGM+
2011 Douglas L Ankeny PDDGM
2011 Stanley L Hudson PGM+
2012 Eric S Halberg
2013 Brad Alumbaugh
2014 David Cardis
2014 John Reiff HPM
2015 Mark Marin
2016 James M. Barnes
2017 LeRoy Stumpp
2018 Michael Hafling
2019 Scott Nelson
2020
2021
Robert E Phelps Jr.
Milton L Phillips
Jessee W Porter
John Reiff HPM
Harry G Reynolds PM
Andrew C Rigdon PM*
Victor V Rowe II
Walter V Sawyer
Charles M Shepard
Richard J Shepard PDDGM*
Joseph Simms
Wesley L Taylor
Ramon Figueroa
Donald Carter
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Fort Pierce Lodge No.87
4590 Oleander Avenue
Fort Pierce, Florida 34982
The opinions expressed in this
publication belong to the individ-
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Editors, Staff Members or Offic-
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February 2020

REGULARLY SCHEDULED & SPECIAL EVENTS

Mon. February 10. 2020 Stated Meeting 6:30 PM Dinner
Mon. February 24, 2020 Stated Meeting 7:30PM Meeting

2nd Wednesday Each Open Books at Fort Pierce Lodge

6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Month

Wednesday Each Week Degree Practice 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM

1st & 3rd Monday Order of the Eastern Star 7:30 PM

International Order of Rainbow for Girls

2nd & 4th Sunday 2:00 PM
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OES Boy Scouts
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Rainbow 2 PM Stated Meeting Tyrian Council Open Books Boy Scouts Valentines Day
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Craft Demo Troop 479 Fair Fair

Upcoming events February

St. Lucie County Fair “Little Hands On The farm” for the Ben Davis Scholarship which support the
5 JROTC programs in each of the High Schools in St. Lucie County. Call or Email the Lodge
Secretary for available time slots, free admission & parking to the fair, Couples welcome for a shift
or two. Enjoy the Fair before or after your shift.