Name: Past Masters\' Dinner - Family Event
Start: 2018-05-19T18:00:00+00:00
End: 2018-05-19T21:00:00+00:00
Location: Wheaton Lodge 269

Our New Website & Blog!

April 5, 2018April 5, 2018 John Jones Lodge News

Welcome to our new blog! To get this started, we plan to post excerpts from our recent newsletters to fill you in on what's been going on at lodge over the last few months. Anything dated before today's date (4/4/2018) was backdated to from prior newsletters to keep the dates appropriate to the content, but truly this blog starts today.

The reason the blog is new, is because the website is new! Our previous website was taken down after costs became prohibitive to maintain it with our previous host. Rather than rebuilding what was already there, we decided to give our site a whole new look. That new look includes our new logo!

Rich Did That!

April 4, 2018April 16, 2018 John Jones Lodge News

Congratulations Brother Rich Stark! This month our current Senior Warden and Temple Board President, Brother Rich Stark (pictured with Past GM Anthony Cracco), received a great promotion at work to provide much deserved advancement in his professional life. It's fun to see hard-workers get the rewards they deserve. Unfortunately for our lodge, this means he […]

Why are YOU a Mason?

April 3, 2018April 5, 2018 John Jones Freemasonry

In our March meeting we tried a new presentation idea that was suggested to us by our current District Education Officer of our district. He described a presentation we could give to help determine WHY we are each a Mason. We started by asking everyone in attendance of our stated meeting to write down on […]

Wheaton Lodge 269 made the cover of WI Grand Lodge Magazine!

April 2, 2018April 5, 2018 John Jones Lodge News

Back in January, Paul Cameron, JW of Wheaton Lodge 269 gave the 1795 Paul Revere Charge for an officer installation for Ozaukee Lodge 17 in Wisconsin. A previous post in this blog gives more detail about that. Long story short, he was blown away by the number of people there for that new Master. There […]

George Washington's Masonic Bible

March 5, 2018April 5, 2018 John Jones Freemasonry, Lodge News

President's Day was in February. Coincidentally, WM Watz and Brother Paul Cameron had the opportunity to see the actual bible on which George Washington took all 3 of his Masonic obligations! This is the 200 year anniversary of Masonry in Indiana, so the bible was loaned to the Grand Lodge of Indiana for the occasion. […]

An Amazing Indiana - Kentucky Tradition

March 4, 2018April 5, 2018 John Jones Freemasonry

On Feb 17, WM Watz and Brother Paul Cameron were very fortunate to witness a Kentucky 3rd degree at Keystone Lodge 251 in Indiana. It was absolutely incredible! 60 years ago, brothers from Suburban Lodge 740 of KY were headed to Chicago to do a degree but got stuck on the way in a blizzard. They reached […]

A Passed, Past Master Experience

February 2, 2018April 6, 2018 John Jones Freemasonry, Lodge News

This month we had the opportunity to meet the daughter of WB Elmer Pierce who was Master of Wheaton Lodge in 1954. She stopped by to return her father's Past Master Apron to us.

As she toured through the building she talked about how important this Lodge was to her father, and how much he sincerely loved Masonry. Although WB Pierce passed away in 2006, her eyes still watered as she [...]

Paul Revere Gets Surprised in Wisconsin!

February 1, 2018April 5, 2018 John Jones Freemasonry

Wheaton Lodge JW, Brother Paul Cameron has now had the chance to give the 1795 Paul Revere Charge in 3 different states, IL, IN, and WI. It's catching on! Indiana was interesting to see because of the differences in how they open and close their lodge, and many of their traditions that we don't get to see in Illinois. It was fascinating.

Wisconsin, however, was a complete shock. [...]