Please join us for the stated communication of your lodge to be held on Tuesday, April 21st at MAHOVA, with lodge opening at 7:00. Note the change of location and time! Winter dress of coat and tie is requested.

 

Dues! Brethren: around 3/4 of our dues-paying members have not yet paid 2026 dues. We sent our annual capitation check to Grand Lodge last month of around $4300 - the Lodge has to pay $55 for each of our members, which will be most of that amount.

 

This means that if you have not yet paid, the Lodge will have to take money out of its funds to pay your dues. It also means that much of the money the lodge has raised through our fundraisers - and the hard work of many members - will be going to pay your dues. Think about that for a minute.

 

Dues are $127.00 per year and are due January 1st each year. Payment may be mailed to the lodge address: P. O. Box 144, Providence Forge VA 23140, or you can just give me a check at a meeting.

 

Dates of all the upcoming fundraisers for the entire year (as well as lots of other good information) can be found at the Lodge website, which can found by clicking here.

 

Our Grand Lodge has a new membership system, Grandview. You may access the Grandview system to view and update your Masonic information by clicking here.

 

Please see the message below from our Worshipful Master, Thom Martin.

 

Steve Avent, PM, Secretary

(252) 955-2103

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Worshipful Master's Remarks

 

Greetings, Brethren,

 

April Showers (Well we can at least hope).

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Brethren, here is hoping all is well with your family and friends.

 

On April the 6th we held the Masonic Funeral for Brother Arlie Barber Wynne. We had 16 Brethren attend. Wor. Bro. Bill Clark, once again, conducted a respectful service.

 

Our April stated meeting will be held at MAHOVA - please make plans to be there, as this is always a well-received meeting. Dinner will be available from 5 to 6 pm ($10.00), with the Lodge opening at 7 pm.

 

We hold our Lodge training class on Wednesdays at 7:00 pm, and one or more good Brothers have whispered in my ear that I may not be as clear in my communications regarding these classes as I might be, particularly when a class is cancelled.

 

To hopefully rectify this, I’ve created an email list containing the majority of Mann Page members and I will attempt to use this to communicate to all any changes or cancellations regarding the class schedule. My plan is to notify all on this email list on a Monday if the Wednesday class will not be held. I just sent out a test email - if you would like your address to be removed, please reply to the same.

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We will be passing four Brothers to the degree of Fellow Craft in May.

 

As a reminder ,If you have not already sent in your annual lodge dues, please address this as soon as you are able. I appreciate all of your support, assistance and guidance.

 

Sincerely & Fraternally,

 

Worshipful Thom Martin

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April 2026 Masonic Birthdays

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Steven F Avent: 32 Years

Brian K Bennett: 23 Years

Craig A Cooper: 3 Years

Thomas M Dickinson: 3 Years

Ernest G Dollarhite: 52 Years

James E Durbin: 52 Years

Glenn F Fisher: 11 Years

David A Marcum: 3 Years

Thomas R Martin: 43 Years

Dominic G McCummings: 3 Years

Christopher J Palmateer: 30 Years

Jeremy R Steider: 10 Years

Joseph J Swartout: 3 Years

Michael V Teister: 3 Years

Christopher R Vaughn: 7 Years

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278 Years of Masonic Service