Master’s Letter | January 2011
Dearest Brethren and Friends,
Welcome to the New Year - a new calendar year and a new Masonic one as well. I want to take a moment to thank everyone involved that made our Officer Installation a smashing success. We had visitors travel from near and far, including Brethren, friends and family - both from our own Lodge and others. It will be a day that I will surely be emblazoned in my memory. I am honored and proud to serve as Master of our Lodge, ever-growing and vibrant - and look forward to working with you all to have an incredible year.
It will also be a year of great change. One very noticeable change is the lack of our long-standing secretary - Worshipful Brother Seymour D. Greenstone, PM. Our dear Brother has left us, but his impact of what our Lodge has become will long be felt - and will never be forgotten. In honor of his 
service, and his desire for our Lodge to find a permanent home, there will be a motion made at our first Regular Communication on January 5, 2011 to name our newly created building fund after Worshipful Brother Greenstone. I and others are working to solidify a name for this fund - one that will be used to acquire a new, permanent home in the future for Ann Arbor-Fraternity No. 262. Seymour always expressed to us his desire to find a new, final place to call our own. I can’t think of a better way to honor his contributions to our Lodge - and to keep his vision moving forward to the future. Please send along suggestions you might have to name the fund accordingly.
We are now also completely moved into our new location - at the Pittsfield Union Grange Hall, located at 3337 Ann Arbor-Saline Road. This new location affords us ample physical space for meetings and meals, as we were outgrowing our previous location at Hathaway’s Hideaway. I, for one, will miss Hathaway’s - but I and the other officers are also quite excited about what our new home offers us.
Our calendar is already very busy! Our first Regular Communication will be held on Wednesday, January 5th, 2011. Following that will be a rehearsal [the evening of Wednesday, January 12th] for our next degree evening - a Fellowcraft Degree [Wednesday, January 19th]. Details for the time and location of the rehearsal will be announced soon. We have several fine men, awaiting to partake in their degrees - with the first of our new Entered Apprentices to receive theirs in February. Please come to Lodge for these special evenings and help make the experiences of our incoming candidates even better than the one you had yourself.
As always, keep a keen eye on our website and the Trestleboard therein to learn more about these the incredible things we have going on at AAF 262.
Warmest fraternal regards,
brian cors
Worshipful Master
UPCOMING EVENTS from Our Trestleboard
- January 5, 2011
Regular Meeting - Pittsfield Grange - January 12, 2011
Degree Rehearsal - Location TBA - January 19, 2011
FC Degree - Pittsfield Grange - January 26, 2011
Master’s Table Dinner - Location TBA
