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== JAMES M. McBRIDE ==
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== JAMES M. McBRIDE 1922- ==
  
 
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Deputy Grand Master, 1974
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* MM 1955, WM 1961, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Orient Orient]
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* ''DDGM, '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAHydePark25_1927-2003 Hyde Park 25]''', 1971-1972''
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* Junior Grand Deacon 1973
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* Deputy Grand Master 1974
  
 
=== BIOGRAPHY ===
 
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=== SPEECHES ===
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==== FEAST OF ST. JOHN, DECEMBER 1973 ====
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''From Proceedings, Page 1973-309:''
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''Most Worshipful Grand Master, Distinguished Guests, and Brethren:''
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I rather expect that everyone thinks he knows what I am about to say because it has been rumored rather strongly that the pupil of my left eye is shaped like a dollar sign while the right is a perpetual pledge card.
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The Masonic Home Expansion Program is a project about which I am deeply serious. However, to make an appeal to the people who are here this evening gives me the feeling, which I am sure our Reverend Brother Grand Chaplains have on Sunday morning, the people who are here are not the ones who need it the most. Everyone here, by virtue of the fact that you are here, is well aware of the needs of our Masonic Home. I therefore must ask you to spread the word to the Brothers not present and encourage their participation.
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I am sure by the money that has been handed me during the day and pledge cards, as well as those going into the fund office, that the number which I have now is out of date, but as of ten o'clock this morning we had $165,139. Xow mind you this is before we have made any general solicitation.
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In order to accomplish our purpose I would like to suggest the following to you. Every Lodge have representation at an area meeting. Every Lodge have a Chairman with a committee large enough to solicit every Brother. We would suggest a ratio of one to ten. Every Lodge hold a Masonic Home Expansion Program meeting. And whenever possible each Lodge make a Lodge commitment in addition to the individual Brothers' personal commitments.
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We must look together after the needs of our senior citizens, who are our guests at Charlton and Shrewsbury.
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Wor. Brother Otis Oakman is to my knowledge one of the most informative and entertaining speakers at our Lodge of Instruction. One of his topics is "Four Generations of Yankee Masonry". This is indeed a proud heritage. I cannot boast of four generations of Yankee Masonry, but I can boast of four generations of Masonry. The other three were in the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, and regretfully none of these generations are alive today, although I am sure they are looking down together with great pride.
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I would be something less than truthful if I were to say that I am not proud. It is indeed a great honor to have been appointed Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, and when I think of the men who have held this position before me, I am overwhelmed.
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Coupled with this pride is a deep sense of humility derived in part from the teachings of the level, for we must all surely meet someday before our Maker and surely one of the biggest pluses that can be said at that time is that he was a true Mason.
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M. W. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMWJohnson Whitfield Johnson] has spoken on "Remembrances of a Past Grand Master". R. W. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLSDavis Stafford Davis] has paraphrased this with a similar title about a Grand Marshal. I in turn as a District Deputy Grand Master for the Hyde Park 25th District used the title, "The Ramblings of a District Deputy". I would ramble with you for a few moments.
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I think that next to service and fraternalism that which I get the most enjoyment out of Masonry is remembering things I would never have seen, places I would never have been, and most important, people I never would have met had I not started in the northeast corner of Orient Lodge in Norwood, Massachusetts in January of 1955. In September of that year I was appointed Inside Sentinel and with that I embarked on an experience which I am sure has no equal and for which I shall be eternally grateful.
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Things I shall always remember. While working as an electrician in 1955 in the Waltham Hospital, I inadvertently answered a question about the location of a piece of equipment with, "Try looking in the northeast corner." An operative Mason near by retorted, "What do you know about the northeast corner:" This Mason, operative and speculative, was R. W. Frank Harris, District Deputy Grand Master for the Waltham Fifth District. After a short conversation I was asked by R. W. Brother Harris, "Would you like to meet the Grand Master?" My answer obviously being yes I returned home to Norwood, changed my clothing and back to [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Pequossette Pequossette] Lodge in Watertown where I was introduced to a man after whom all Masons might well pattern their lives, M.W. Whitfield Johnson. In most recent years he has said in jest, I hope, "I signed your Master Mason's diploma? My, my, Grand Masters should be more careful what they sign."
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I attended my first Feast of Saint John when M. W. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMAJenkins Andrew Gray Jenkins] was Grand Master. This was the 225th anniversary of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts and Junior Wardens were seated in a place which I have never been able to find again, and there was no closed circuit television.
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As Senior Warden of Orient Lodge I attended unnoticed, I thought, many Lodge anniversaries, watching closely every move made by M. W. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMEaton Laurence E. Eaton] in order to prepare for the 100th anniversary of Orient Lodge. We, Wor. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLRWoodberry Roland Woodberry], then Junior Warden, and our present Grand Standard Bearer, each had a bright red vest and we thought that made us quite special. As it turned out, it did, because at the 100th anniversary of Orient Lodge when I met M.W. Brother Eaton at the entrance to Westwood High School, resplendent in my new tuxedo, he stepped from the car and said, "Where is your red vest?"
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Memories like this are priceless to me I am sure, like home movies, they wear quickly on the audience.
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After being a District Deputy Grand Master for M. W. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMJaynes Herbert Jaynes], another fast friendship formed, and then District Deputy Grand Master for M. W. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMVose Donald W. Vose] followed a year of Junior Grand Deacon, coupled with liaison work for the Grand Lodge with the Knights of Columbus, and presently General Chairman for the Masonic Home Expansion Program, I stand here appointed Deputy Grand Master by M. W. Brother Vose. I am most grateful and certainly most hopeful that I may fulfill the duties of this office in a manner which will make all those responsible justly proud. Thank you.
  
 
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JAMES M. McBRIDE 1922-

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  • MM 1955, WM 1961, Orient
  • DDGM, Hyde Park 25, 1971-1972
  • Junior Grand Deacon 1973
  • Deputy Grand Master 1974

BIOGRAPHY

SPEECHES

FEAST OF ST. JOHN, DECEMBER 1973

From Proceedings, Page 1973-309:

Most Worshipful Grand Master, Distinguished Guests, and Brethren:

I rather expect that everyone thinks he knows what I am about to say because it has been rumored rather strongly that the pupil of my left eye is shaped like a dollar sign while the right is a perpetual pledge card.

The Masonic Home Expansion Program is a project about which I am deeply serious. However, to make an appeal to the people who are here this evening gives me the feeling, which I am sure our Reverend Brother Grand Chaplains have on Sunday morning, the people who are here are not the ones who need it the most. Everyone here, by virtue of the fact that you are here, is well aware of the needs of our Masonic Home. I therefore must ask you to spread the word to the Brothers not present and encourage their participation.

I am sure by the money that has been handed me during the day and pledge cards, as well as those going into the fund office, that the number which I have now is out of date, but as of ten o'clock this morning we had $165,139. Xow mind you this is before we have made any general solicitation.

In order to accomplish our purpose I would like to suggest the following to you. Every Lodge have representation at an area meeting. Every Lodge have a Chairman with a committee large enough to solicit every Brother. We would suggest a ratio of one to ten. Every Lodge hold a Masonic Home Expansion Program meeting. And whenever possible each Lodge make a Lodge commitment in addition to the individual Brothers' personal commitments.

We must look together after the needs of our senior citizens, who are our guests at Charlton and Shrewsbury.

Wor. Brother Otis Oakman is to my knowledge one of the most informative and entertaining speakers at our Lodge of Instruction. One of his topics is "Four Generations of Yankee Masonry". This is indeed a proud heritage. I cannot boast of four generations of Yankee Masonry, but I can boast of four generations of Masonry. The other three were in the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, and regretfully none of these generations are alive today, although I am sure they are looking down together with great pride.

I would be something less than truthful if I were to say that I am not proud. It is indeed a great honor to have been appointed Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, and when I think of the men who have held this position before me, I am overwhelmed.

Coupled with this pride is a deep sense of humility derived in part from the teachings of the level, for we must all surely meet someday before our Maker and surely one of the biggest pluses that can be said at that time is that he was a true Mason.

M. W. Whitfield Johnson has spoken on "Remembrances of a Past Grand Master". R. W. Stafford Davis has paraphrased this with a similar title about a Grand Marshal. I in turn as a District Deputy Grand Master for the Hyde Park 25th District used the title, "The Ramblings of a District Deputy". I would ramble with you for a few moments.

I think that next to service and fraternalism that which I get the most enjoyment out of Masonry is remembering things I would never have seen, places I would never have been, and most important, people I never would have met had I not started in the northeast corner of Orient Lodge in Norwood, Massachusetts in January of 1955. In September of that year I was appointed Inside Sentinel and with that I embarked on an experience which I am sure has no equal and for which I shall be eternally grateful.

Things I shall always remember. While working as an electrician in 1955 in the Waltham Hospital, I inadvertently answered a question about the location of a piece of equipment with, "Try looking in the northeast corner." An operative Mason near by retorted, "What do you know about the northeast corner:" This Mason, operative and speculative, was R. W. Frank Harris, District Deputy Grand Master for the Waltham Fifth District. After a short conversation I was asked by R. W. Brother Harris, "Would you like to meet the Grand Master?" My answer obviously being yes I returned home to Norwood, changed my clothing and back to Pequossette Lodge in Watertown where I was introduced to a man after whom all Masons might well pattern their lives, M.W. Whitfield Johnson. In most recent years he has said in jest, I hope, "I signed your Master Mason's diploma? My, my, Grand Masters should be more careful what they sign."

I attended my first Feast of Saint John when M. W. Andrew Gray Jenkins was Grand Master. This was the 225th anniversary of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts and Junior Wardens were seated in a place which I have never been able to find again, and there was no closed circuit television.

As Senior Warden of Orient Lodge I attended unnoticed, I thought, many Lodge anniversaries, watching closely every move made by M. W. Laurence E. Eaton in order to prepare for the 100th anniversary of Orient Lodge. We, Wor. Roland Woodberry, then Junior Warden, and our present Grand Standard Bearer, each had a bright red vest and we thought that made us quite special. As it turned out, it did, because at the 100th anniversary of Orient Lodge when I met M.W. Brother Eaton at the entrance to Westwood High School, resplendent in my new tuxedo, he stepped from the car and said, "Where is your red vest?"

Memories like this are priceless to me I am sure, like home movies, they wear quickly on the audience.

After being a District Deputy Grand Master for M. W. Herbert Jaynes, another fast friendship formed, and then District Deputy Grand Master for M. W. Donald W. Vose followed a year of Junior Grand Deacon, coupled with liaison work for the Grand Lodge with the Knights of Columbus, and presently General Chairman for the Masonic Home Expansion Program, I stand here appointed Deputy Grand Master by M. W. Brother Vose. I am most grateful and certainly most hopeful that I may fulfill the duties of this office in a manner which will make all those responsible justly proud. Thank you.


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