Wadsworth Lodge #385 Inspection

Last night was the inspection of Wadsworth Lodge #385, my mother Lodge, in the Entered apprentice degree.  Wadsworth is located 12 miles southeast of Medina.  I have been asked why, when I live 1 mile from the Medina Lodge, I joined Wadsworth.   Wadsworth was my father's lodge so that is where I joined.

The Lodge was built in the 50s and is a typical lodge of that era.   It is two stories with the dining room on the first floor and the lodge room on the second.   The building was constructed by the brethren and is a plain lodge with very few frills.  Presently the bodies meeting in the building are Wadsworth Lodge #385 and Medina County Chapter #243 Royal Arch Masons.   The lodge has seating for about 100.

The evening began at 6:00 PM when the Lodge opened in Master Mason degree.   The lodge went to refreshment and dinner was served at 6:30 PM.

Up until this year Julia and I have been the chief cooks for the building.  But this year we turned this over to the officer serving as Senior Deacon.   Since he is younger and works doing a dinner on a week night presented a problem for him.   Julia and I offered to do the dinner.

We got to the lodge around noon and started a dinner of salad, stuffed chicken breast, succotash, mashed potatoes and gravy.  When it came time to serve the dinner we had a problem.   There were 34 reservations and 50 came to eat.   Because we always make about 10% extra and feed the kitchen help we had made 42 chicken breasts.   Somebody was not going to eat!!   However since the chicken breasts were about 12 ounces before we stuffed them, brothers offered to only take half of a breast.   Problem solved because of the willingness of the brothers to help.

 If the dinning room looks a little stark it is because some of the Brothers are redoing the walls.   Old paneling is coming down and dry wall going up.   Since the work it is being done it their spare time it is taking a while to finish.

The above picture is the kitchen crew minus me.   Julia, Medina Rainbow assembly, the Mother Advisor, Worthy Matron and Patron of Medina O.E.S., Holly (WM girl friend) and Julia.  Julia and I were Rainbow advisers for a number of years and the girls have helped us on many occasions.   Most of the profits from the dinner will go to the girls.

At 7:00 PM the lodge was called back to labor. Introductions made and back to refreshment.

A Lodge of Entered Apprentices was immediately opened and the Fellowcraft Degree conferred on one candidate.

I am probably just a little prejudiced but the WM did one fine job during the entire degree.  The SW did just as well.  The SD did the lecture in a fine manner.  All in all my lodge had a great inspection and at the end of the night it had another Fellowcraft.

This is a picture of our officers, notice the youth, our two DDGMs, the candidate and James F. Easterling, Grand Senior Warden of the Grand Lodge of Ohio.    REC Easterling was the installing officer for these officers and we were proud to have him in lodge for our inspection.   Thank you Right Worshipful.




Another great night.   We had 50 at dinner and 78 in lodge which is good attendance for both.  The roads were dry,  the dinner food went well, the degree went great and we saw old friends and made a few new ones.

'til the next time.