BRETHREN, 

      OCTOBER IS THE MONTH WHEN WE CLEAN UP ONE SEASON AND PREPARE FOR ANOTHER, WE CLEAN OUR YARDS, WE RAKE THE LEAVES, WE COVER THE POOL, AND WINTERIZE OUR CAMPERS. IN SIMILAR FASHION HARMONY PREPARES FOR OUR NEXT YEAR, WE HAVE OUR STEP UP NIGHT TO PREPARE OUR OFFICERS FOR THE NEXT CHAIR, AND OUR SENIOR WARDEN GETS A NEW PERSPECTIVE FROM THE EAST. IT IS A TIME FOR BUDGETS, AND CALENDARS, AND LAST MINUTE WORK BEFORE THE NEW YEAR BEGINS IN NOVEMBER. 

      WE STILL HAVE OUR ANNUAL HALLOWEEN PARTY TO LOOK FORWARD TO, WITH THE ADDITION OF SOME GAMES, CONTESTS, AND PRIZES, IT WILL BE HELD OCTOBER 28TH AND WILL START AT 8PM,A SCAVENGER HUNT WILL START AT 6 PM FOR ANYONE WISHING TO PARTICIPATE. 

     ON OCTOBER 26th AT 7:30 THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL MEETING FOR THE PROFICIENCY OF THE SUMMER CLASS AND THE BY LAWS SIGNING. 

    LETS TAKE A LOOK AT SEPTEMBER-

        ON SEPTEMBER 6TH WOR. STEVE WEBB FROM HARMONY 156 PLYMOUTH, ENGLAND ARRIVED WITH HIS LOVELY WIFE TINA. THEIR SON MATTHEW, AND DAUGHTERS SARAH AND CHARLENE. ACCOMPANYING THEM WERE BRO TREVOR FOLEY AND HIS LOVELY WIFE JOANNA. STEVE CHARRON AND I HAD THE PLEASURE OF HAVING THEM FOR HOSTS ON OUR JANUARY VISIT OVER THE POND, SO IT WAS INDEED A PLEASURE WHEN I HEARD TREVOR WAS COMING HERE WITH STEVE WEBB. 

     IT WAS 14 NON STOP DAYS , I HOPE THEY HAD AS MUCH FUN AS WE DID HAVING THEM HERE. ON SEPT 10TH BRO STEVE CHARRON HIS WIFE CINDY, MY WIFE JEANNIE AND I TOOK THEM TO NEW YORK CITY FOR THE DAY, WHAT A BLAST. ON SEPT 12TH WE HAD OUR REGULAR MEETING WHEN WE HOSTED A SWORDS OF BUNKER HILL DEGREE, 25 INCLUDING TWO ENGLISH BROTHERS, ANOTHER FIRST FOR HARMONY! 

     THE 13TH WAS A NIGHT I WONT FORGET, HARMONY HOSTED IT'S FIRST LADIES AT THE TABLE LODGE, AND IT WAS A SMASHING SUCCESS, ATTENDED BY 88 OUT OF A POSSIBLE 94 SEATS, IT WAS TRULY A NICE EVENING AND ONE I HOPE WILL CONTINUE IN THE FUTURE. ON THE 17TH WE TOOK OUR GUESTS TO SALEM, MASS ANOTHER GREAT DAY WAS HAD. WE ENJOYED HAVING THEM HERE AND LOOK FORWARD TO GOING TO VISIT THEM IN 2007. 

     ON SEPT 28TH WE HELD THE MASTER MASON DEGREE FOR OUR SECOND CLASS THIS YEAR, I MUST SAY WE ARE GETTING PRETTY GOOD AT DOING THESE DEGREES. FOR THOSE COUNTING WE'VE JUST READ OUR 32ND APPLICATION THIS YEAR, AND THERE IS STILL MORE OUT THERE, I HOPE THESE NUMBERS CONTINUE FOR YEARS TO COME. AS I WAS SAYING EARLIER WE ARE HAVING OUR REGULAR MEETING IN OCTOBER, OUR HALLOWEEN PARTY. AND THE PROFICIENCY AND BY LAWS SIGNING, PLEASE JOIN US, SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR OUR INCOMING MASTER AND OFFICERS AT THE OCTOBER MEETING FOR STEP UP NIGHT. 

     BEFORE I CLOSE, I WOULD AT THIS TIME WISH TO THANK RW RICHARD AULT FOR TELLING ME ABOUT THE LADIES TABLE LODGE HE ATTENDED, WHICH PLANTED THE SEED FOR OURS. ALSO OUR SW ALAN FRENCH FOR HIS HELP WITH THE SWORDS OF BUNKER HILL DEGREE, AND THE CATERING AND WINE FOR THE LADIES AT THE TABLE, GREAT JOB. OUR JW STEPHEN CHARRON FOR TAKING RESERVATIONS MAKING HIS LISTS AND CHECKING THEM TWICE, GREAT JOB AS ALWAYS. AND TO THE REST OF THE OFFICERS FOR THEIR HELP AND SUPPORT IN THESE RECENT EVENTS AND THROUGHOUT THIS PAST YEAR, THANK YOU, IT HAS BEEN A MOST EXCELLENT YEAR! 

FRATERNALLY ,

ARTY KURTZ