HIGH PLAINS
REPORTER
OFFICAL PUBLICATION OF THE SCOTTISH RITE BODIES, VALLEY OF LUBBOCK, ORIENT OF TEXAS
E-mail: lubsroffmgr@gmail.com
14° Lodge of Perfection
Venerable Master
Wes Campbell, 32° KCCH
December 2013
Web: www.lubbockscottishrite.org
HAPPY
HOLIDAYS
18° Chapter Rose Croix
Wise Master
Wayne Groce, 32° KCCH
30° Council of Kadosh
Commander Adam Walker, 32°
Ronnie Kinney, Gene Schneider, Jackie Matthews, Lyman Uland, Arden Hawkins, and
Roland Pirtle enjoy good fellowship from
Jackie as he tells about how he enjoyed his
Thanksgiving meal.
Going first through the November Thanksgiving meal is Bernell Scott and her husband James, followed by Bob Bland, Lloyd
Warden, Roland Martin, and Adam Walker,
Wes Campbell looks on.
This issue of the “High Plains Reporter” is dedicated to all the efforts of our members during the 2013 year.
We had a lot of fun and fellowship. It was a lot of work to put on four Reunions. However, we all pulled together to “getter done”. Reflect on this with pride and if you were not part of these Reunions, make a point to
participate in them during this coming year. We will have two-April 4 and 5 and October 24 and 25th.
32° Consistory
Master of Kadosh
M. M. Skipper, 33°
2013 was the “Honors” year. We had 5 members receive honors from the Supreme Council. A special congratulations go out to Bob Black and Wes Campbell for their 33 degrees. We had a special banquet for our
Honorees. This is something we had not done in quite a few years.
2014-A New Year-You should be excited. We will have new officers and new board members, new reunions,
and new resolutions. Make one of your resolutions to take an active part in the Lubbock Scottish Rite.
To the Families of
2013 MEMBERS-Who have passed on.
“May God give you that consolation which is beyond all earthly powers.”
Abraham Lincoln
Tommy
Robert
Cecil
Loyal
Vernon
Michael
Henry
Kelly
Robert
Robert
Marvin
William
William
Bobby
Harry
John
Dayton
Louis
Ray
Wane
Loren
Shannon
Wilburn
Lee
W.
Dale
Eugene
Dean
Assiter
Banks
Bivins
Boyles
Brazelton
Bruns
Butler
Chadwick
Clark
Dial
Drake
Randolph England
Sylvester Frost
Don
Galmor
Newton Garretson
Paul
Godwin
Weldon Goode
H.
Hair
William Grady Halbert
Jack
Hightower
Walter B.
Hite
Eugene
Jones
Clarence B.
Kelley
Leroy
King
Leslie Lynch King
Roy
Guy
Kiser
Robert Marvin Lawrence
Joseph William Lesueus
Calvin Clinard McAdams
Lowell Thomas McBroom
William Olin
McMillan
P
Glenn McWhorter
James Morgan Mecklin
Jerry
C.
Mull
Joe
Nagy
Armon Floyd Neff
Charles
Robert
Dale
William
John
Ray
Cecil
Gary
Charles
Robert
Lonzo
Marvin
Luther
Otis
Weldon
Joe
Billy
Bobby
James
A.
Ray
Keith
Park
Parks
Pearson
Person
C.
Pillans
Reddinger
Perry
Roberts
Duane
Satterfield
Alfred
Schroeder
Pearce Selby
Henry
Smith
L.
Standefer
Weldon Tucker
Gravnille Turner
Watkins
Charles Webb
G.
Wilcox
G.
Wilson
Wood, Jr.
Mail the below form with payment to:- Lubbock Scottish Rite Bodies
1101 70th Street
Lubbock, TX 79412
For information, please call: Lubbock. Scottish Rite at 806/747-3268
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JOHN DAVID SMITH, JR.
John is being featured because he is the longest living member of the
Scottish Rite in Lubbock. John joined the Scottish Rite on October
13, 1947 in El Paso. He belongs to the Yellowhouse Lodge #841.
John was born on August 16, 1920 in Clyde, Texas. He moved to
Slaton in 1926 and then on to Lubbock in 1934. During his early life,
he worked in Lamesa in a blacksmith shop and attempted to gain employment in Dallas in the manufacturing industry at the time he drove
a Ford Model A Roadster, which he had purchased for $35. It took
him three days to make the drive.
World War II came along and John joined the Merchant Marines and
served most of his time in the Pacific. Like so many during this time,
he had many memories of this time. He was in Japan after they surrender.
John came back from the war and got married, joined the Blue Lodge
and then the Scottish Rite, all in the same year (1947). He started his
own restaurant business on Main Street near the Yellowhouse Lodge
building.
John has two kids. Both, kids live here in Lubbock. His daughter,
Gloria and her husband bring John to our meetings. John’s son, Kenneth follows in his father’s footsteps and works as a horse-shoer.
That’s like the old blacksmith days. John’s wife died in 1998.
John said he became a Mason and a Scottish Rite because of B. E.
Adair.
CLINTON M. McPHERSON
Clinton is being feature because he is the oldest living member in
Lubbock. There are others that are older than Clinton, but they live
too far for an interview.
Many of you are very familiar with Clinton’s life as he has been featured in many local newspaper articles. We are proud that he is a
member of our Lubbock Scottish Rite.
Clinton has recalled his life so often that he knows it was a rainy
Sunday when he was born, October 16th, 1918. His Dad was in the
Navy and his Mother was living with her brother in Gainsville, Texas, in Cooke County.
Clinton became a mason in the Slaton Lodge #1094. He became a
Scottish Rite in Dallas on March 12, 1966. He is, also, a member of
the Lubbock York Rite and a member of the York Rite College.
Clinton’s military service during World War II was very distinguished. He flew 69 combat missions. He earned many combat medals to show for his service to his country.
After the war, Clinton became a professor in the chemical department at Tech. He was one of the first to start a winery here in Lubbock. His son, Kim, stills runs the McPherson’s Winery.
This last August, he and his wife, Clara, celebrated 70 years of marriage. Clara was an educator, also. Clinton says that being married to
Clara is the best thing that ever happened to him and he has lived a
very charmed life.
Lubbock Scottish Rite Bodies
(806) 747-3268
1101 70th Street
Lubbock, Texas 79412
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Chris Felton looks up as he is being knighted by Bob
Bland, Patrick Skipper, Ricky Sawyer, James Scott (not
seen) and Ray Copeland.
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Lubbock, Texas
Permit No. 396
Preparing to open our Stated Meeting are Wayne Groce,
West Campbell, Adam Walker, and M. M. Skipper.
ALLEGIANCE
The Bodies of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry sitting
in the Valley of Lubbock, Orient of Texas, acknowledge and yield allegiance
to the Supreme Council (Mother Council of the World) of the Inspectors
General, Knights Commander of the House of the Temple of Soloman, of the
Thirty-third and last Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of
Freemasonry for the Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of A Erica,
whose See is at the Grand Orient of South Carolina, now sitting at Washington, D.C. of which
DATES TO REMEMBER
STATED MEETINGS- All stated meetings will start at 6:00 P.M. with a meal
and the meeting will begin at 7:00 P.M.
Stated Meetings:
December 18, 2013, January 15, 2014, February 26, 2014,
March 26, 2014, April 23, May 28, June 25, July 23, August 27, September 24,
October (none due to Reunion) November 19, and December 17.
Reunions: April 4 and 5th and October 24 and 25.
ILL. RONALD A. SEALE, 33°
Is Sovereign Grand Commander
ILL. M. Douglas Atkins, 33°
is Sovereign Grand Inspector General in Texas, and
Contact Ronnie Kinney at the Scottish Rite office at (806) 747-3268 for further
information.
If you have not paid your 2014 dues yet-please do so. If you have not received
your 2014 dues card and should have, let us know.