Greetings,

Welcome to Western Star Lodge #26.


We are a friendly group and this web site is, hopefully, designed to keep everyone informed about the activities going on around us. If you are researching Freemasonry in Minnesota, go to the Links page for some interesting resources.

There are pages set aside for us to list:
  • up-coming events,
  • pictures of past events,
  • links to other events,
  • random thoughts and ideas and
  • a way to contact us.
If you have any ideas for additional pages, feel free to email to the secretary. Send anything of interest to the brethren. Attach pictures, tell stories or jokes. Schedule picnics, dinners and parties. Sorry, we are not set up for interactive blogs. This means, of course, there will be a filter to keep topics on track.
If you would like to meet us and get to know what we are like, join us for coffee on Wednesday mornings from 7:00 to 9:00 a.m. Informal, in the kitchen, like brothers, we just sit and talk.




You may read the Trestle Board for May 2008 in MS-WORDTM format by clicking here.


And now a message from the Worshipful Master... ( 04/25/2008 )

Brethren:

Summer is nearly upon us! We have been busy the first part of our year, and we have accomplished a lot.

I would like to welcome our new Master Masons, Mike Hill and Tom Combs. The third degree went very well. Brothers from Austin, Mason City and Stewartville joined us in the work and P.M. Bill Hubbard added some much appreciated music. P.M. Milan Hart cooked another fantastic meal. We had a very good team and everyone enjoyed the evening. I would like to thank everyone who participated in the evening. I was very pleased with the attendance.

Your Lodge decided to give out a forth $1,000 scholarship. The original applicants were all so very well qualified, it was to hard to limit it to three. We will hold another pancake breakfast on May 18th to raise the additional money.

We still have a few things to plan for the 150th anniversary. Our coins have been ordered and we will hold the dinner at the Elks Club on Saturday, October 25. Plan for it!

I would like to thank all the brethren on a very productive year thus far. I would like to celebrate together with a family style picnic this summer. Watch this page and the calendar for time and date.

May God bless you and our Troops!

With Brotherly Love,
Brandon Farris
Worshipful Master