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Pasadena Scottish Rite Bulletin 

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Scottish Rite of Freemasonry 

Officers of the Pasadena Bodies 

Lodge of Perfection 

Jack M. Rose, 33º 

Venerable Master 

Chapter of Rose Croix 

Ronald W. alcorn, III, 32º KCCH 

Wise Master 

Council of Kadosh 

Donald E. Regis, 32º KCCH 

Commander 

Consistory 

W. Joseph Ryland, 33º 

Master of Kadosh 

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Carl T. Nelson, Jr., 32º KCCH assistant almoner 

W. Joseph Ryland, 33º Treasurer 

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Keep Friday Nights for Scottish Rite 

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Friday, January 7 

Consistory 

6:30 P.M. Dinner 

8:00 P.M. Stated meeting 

Election of Officers 

8:00 P.M. Women’s Association 

Wednesday, January 12 

7:30 P.M. Installation Practice 

Friday, January 14 

6:00 P.M. Grand Master’s Reception 

6:30 P.M. Dinner 

8:00 P.M. Installation of Officers 

Grand Master Presiding 

Monday, January 10, & 24 

Band Rehearsal 

7:00P.M. Downbeat 

9:00 P.M. Last Beat 

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Pasadena Scottish Rite 

Vol. 74 Valley of Pasadena - January 2011 

Meanings within meanings. 

No. 1

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Pasadena Scottish Rite Bulletin 15 


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Jim Hörricks, 32°, K.C.C.H. Editor 

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Change of address 

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when moving. We will notify the Scottish 

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allegiance 

The Bodies of the ancient and accepted 

Scottish Rite sitting in the Valley of Pasadena, 

Orient of California acknowledge and yield 

allegiance to the Supreme Council (Mother 

Council of the World) of the Inspector 

General Knights Commander of the House 

of the Temple of Solomon of the Thirty- 

Third and last degree of the ancient and 

accepted Scottish Rite of the united States 

of america. 

Ronald a. Seale, 33° 

Sovereign Grand Commander 

William F. Stovall, 33° 

Sovereign Grand Inspector General 

in California 

Henry H. P. Wilkins, 33° G. C. 

Personal Representative of 

The Sovereign Grand Inspector General 

in California 

Michael J. Bess, 33º 

asst. Personal Representative 

Jack M. Rose, 33° 

Venerable Master, Lodge of Perfection 


Pasadena, Ca 91101 

Ph. 626.795.4213 

Ronald W. alcorn, III, 32° KCCH 

Wise Master, Chapter of Rose Croix 



Ph. 626.795.4213 

Donald E. Regis, 32° KCCH 

Commander, Council of Kadosh 



Ph. 626.795.4213 

W. Joseph Ryland, 33° 

Master of Kadosh, Consistory 



Ph. 626.795.4213 

Language Center Contributions 

“365 Club” 

your most appreciated contributions to the Childhood Language Center may be 

made in any of several ways. The first being as an undesignated contribution, the 

second being a contribution designated as applying toward a “365 Club” membership 

and lastly as applying to either “in Honor of ” or as a “Memorial of ” anyone you may 

wish. 

Membership in the prestigious “365 Club” requires a contribution of at least 

$365.00 in any one calendar year. The contributions may be made in increments, and 

are accumulative over any given year and when the goal of $ 365.00 is met, suitable 

recognition will be published in the Scottish Rite Bulletin. For the year 2008 the “365 

Club” program will be retroactive to January 1, 2008 and will be renewed annually. 

Ill. James Halladay, 33°, Chairman Language Center Board 

Pasadena Scottish Rite Childhood Language Center 

150 N. Madison ave., Pasadena, Ca 91101-1710 

CONTRIBuTIONS / DONaTIONS 

$_______.00 In memory of __________________________ 

$_______.00 In honor of ____________________________ 

$_______.00 “365 Club” @ $365/year 

Donor Information: 

Name: _____________________________________ 

address: _____________________________________ 

City, State. Zip: _____________________________________ 

Send acknowledgement to: 

Name: _____________________________________ 

address: _____________________________________ 

City, State. Zip: _____________________________________ 

Make checks payable to the California Scottish Rite Foundation, Pasadena 

all contributions are tax deductible.

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work. He who cannot find his payment in his satisfaction of a task 

well done will receive no Master’s Wages for his labors on Lodge 

committees. 

There are brethren to be taught. Learning all the “work” is a 

man’s task, not to be accomplished in a hurry. Yet it is worth the doing, 

and in instructing officers and candidates many a Mason has found a 

quiet joy which is Master’s Wages pressed down and running over. 

Service leads to the possibility of appointment or election to the line of 

officers. There is little to speak of the Master’s Wages this opportunity 

pays, because only those who have occupied the Oriental Chair know 

what they are. The outer evidence of the experience may be told, but the 

inner spiritual experience is untellable because the words have not been 

invented. 

But Past Masters know! To them is issued a special coinage of 

Master’s Wages which only a Worshipful Master may earn. Ask any of 

them if they do not pay well for the labor. 

If practical Master’s Wages are acquaintances in Lodge, the 

enjoyment of fellowship, merged into friendship, is the same payment 

in larger form. Difficult to describe, the sense of being one of a group, 

the solidarity of the circle which is the Lodge, provides a satisfaction 

and pleasure impossible to describe as it is clearly to be felt. It is 

interesting to meet many men of many walks of life; it is heart- warming 

continually to meet the same group, always with the same feeling of 

equality. High and low, rich and poor, merchant and money-changer, 

banker and broom-maker, doctor and ditch-digger all meet on the level, 

and find it happy - Master’s Wages, value untranslatable into money. 

Finally - and best - is the making of many friends. 

Thousands of brethren count their nearest and their dearest friends on 

the rolls of the Lodge they love and serve. The Mystic Tie makes for 

friendship It attracts man to man and often draws together “those who 

might otherwise have remained at a perpetual distance.” 

Count gain for work well done in what coin seems most 

valuable; the dearest of the intangibles which come to any Master 

Mason are those Masonic friendships than which there “are” no greater 

Master’s Wages. 

For further light, check out TheMasonicTrowel.com. 

W. Joseph Ryland, 33° 

Master of Kadosh 

Consistory 

We have done it again, we have gone 

and completed another Masonic year and 

spread our Scottish Rite values throughout 

Freemasonry. Once again we must go boldly 

forth into the new year of 2011 spreading the 

Scottish Rite message wherever this bulletin 

gets read. 

We have several goals for the new 

year: First, to continue to seek Master Masons 

who will benefit from the additional light of 

Freemasonry that the Scottish Rite provides. 

Second, to give every Scottish Rite brother the 

brotherly love, care, and nurturing that is due a Masonic brother. Third, to 

strive to improve in all aspects so that the Valley of Pasadena will continue 

to exemplify that excellence for which we have a well-deserved reputation. 

No one can feel the warmth and understanding of being a 

Scottish Rite Mason without the experience of partaking, believing, and 

participating in the bonds of friendship and brotherly love that exist at the 

Valley of Pasadena. Soon, our Valley will conduct the annual installation 

of officers where we will pass the mantle of responsibility to new hands. 

We have no doubt that the new officers of all four bodies will lead us in a 

way that will make us all proud beyond our greatest expectations. So, as a 

final wish, I say to you God Bless America and God Bless you all. 

General George Washington once decreed, “When we assumed the soldier, we 

did not lay aside the citizen.” How insightful he was in this observation. For 

many former soldiers have now returned home and are the citizens who live 

next door, the worker standing at the tool and die machine next to you, and 

the mechanic who services your car at the local Ford dealership. 

- Capt. Jerry Moon, USA


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Scenes from 

the Christmas 

Party 

Ill. Jack Rose 

with Santa and 

Mrs. Claus. 

Santa and 

Mrs. Claus with 

Ill. Bob Sechrest’s 

grandchildren. 

Children caroling on the stage. A real fun time for all. 

The P.R.’s Corner 

Ill. Henry H. P. “Herb” Wilkins, 33º G.C. 

A most important thank you 

is extended to the Ill. LeRoi Crandall, 

33º Memorial Class for their generous 

gift to our Language Center. Class 

President Robert Artinian, 32º made 

the presentation at the December Stated 

Meeting Dinner. 

Please join us on January 14th for 

our Annual Installation of Officers. Ill. 

William J. Bray, III our Grand Master will 

preside. Call the Office for reservations. 

The Grand Master biography appeared in 

last months bulletin. 

Pasadena Scottish Rite Women’s Association 

Officers for 2011: 

President ……………………… Irene Wilkins, P.P. 

Vice President…………............. Lynda Lockhart, P.P. 

Secretary………………………. Dolores Pashby 

Treasurer ……………………… Karen Oaks, P.P. 

Members at Large ……………… Eugene Baldonado, Shirley Johansen, and 

Virginia Viramontes 

Arthur Zabourian, 32º, KSA, our indefatigable Librarian, was 

installed Master of San Marino Lodge #408 last month. His fellow 

Knight of St. Andrew, Bill Witten, 32º, KSA, was installed Master of 

Lancaster Lodge #437. Congratulations to them both ... now the hard 

work of governing a Lodge begins.



Childhood Language Center 

Contributions Recorded in November 2010 

Bill Rook “365 Club” 

Marceil Crandall “365 Club” 

David F. Philips Harold Hand, 33º 

Old West Demolay Language Center 

P.S.R. Women’s Assoc. Language Center 

Michael McLaird Grtrude Wells 

Robert Z. Cinke Language Center 

San Fernando Valley Language Center 

Simon McIlroy Language Center 

Albert Allen Language Center 

Avetik Vardanyan Language Center 

Patrick Meyers Language Center 

Philip George “365 Club” 

Jose Baldonado “365 Club” 

Wendell Ching Language Center 

Harvey Presser Pauline Handel 

T. J. Oliva Language Center 

Richard Parker Language Center 

Eugene McGregor Language Center 

John Wallace Language Center 

Scholarships 

Applications for college/university scholarships may be 

obtained by calling the Office at (626) 795-4213. Completed 

applications must be submitted to the California Scottish Rite 

Foundation 855 Elm Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90813-4414 no later 

than January 31, 2011. Call now for your application. No guaranties, 

but you can’t obtain a scholarship if you don’t try. 

Degrees of Participation 

If you would like to participate in our Degree Presentations, at 

any level, here are the Degree Masters for each Degree we present. Also 

we are in need of Wardrobe and Stagecraft Personal. 

4th and 5th Degrees……….....Michael Bess, 33º 

michaeljbess [at] yahoo.com 

14th Degree …………………William Rook, 33º 

claremontlodge436 [at] ca.rr.com 

18th Degree ……………… Jon Ericson, KCCH 

jrelink [at] sbcglobal.net 

30th Degree ……………… Carlos Martinez, 32º 

amlclegalmed [at] yahoo.com 

32nd Degree……………...Walter Ralston, KCCH 

(626) 445-1176 

Also, for Wardrobe and Stagecraft personnel, you may call the Secretary 

at 626-795-4213 to voice your interest.



The Master Mason’s Wages 

“. . . travel in foreign countries and receive Master’s Wages.” 

Our Operative brethren received their Master’s Wages in coin of 

the realm. 

Speculatives content themselves with intangible wages - and 

occasionally some are hard pressed to explain to the wondering initiate 

just what, in this practical age, a Master’s Wages really are. 

The wages of a Master may be classified under two heads; first, 

those inalienable rights which every Freemason enjoys as a result of fees, 

initiation and the payment of annual dues to his Lodge; second, those 

more precious privileges which are his if he will but stretch out his hand 

to take. 

The first right of which any initiate is conscious is that of 

passing the Tiler and attending his Lodge, instead of being conducted 

through the West gate as a preliminary step to initiation. For a time 

this right of mingling with his new brethren is so engrossing that he 

looks no further for his Master’s Wages. Later he learns that he also 

has the right of visitation in other Lodges, even though it is a “right” 

hedged about with restrictions. He must be in good standing to exercise 

it. It will be denied him should any brother object to his visit. If he is 

unaffiliated, in most Jurisdictions, he can exercise it but once in any one 

Lodge. If private business (such as election of officers or a lodge trial, 

etc.) is scheduled, the Master of the Lodge he would visit may refuse 

him entrance. But in general this right of visiting other Lodges is a very 

real part of what may be termed his concrete Master’s Wages, and many 

are the Freemasons who find in it a sure cure for loneliness in strange 

places; who think of the opportunity to find welcome and friends where 

otherwise they would be alone, as wages of substantial character. 

The opportunities to see and hear the beautiful ceremonies 

of Freemasonry, to take from them again an again a new thought, are 

wages not to be lightly received. For him with the open ears and the 

inquiring mind, the degrees lead to a new world, since familiarity with 

ritual provides the key by which he may read an endless stream of books 

about Freemasonry. 

The Craft has a glorious history; a symbolism the study of 

Cont. on pg. 8 

Dinner Reservations 

Stated Meeting Dinner 

Friday, January 7, 2011 

Stuffed Chicken Breasts 

Number of Reservations at $8.00 Per Person.................. 

Last Day for reservations: Wednesday, January 5 

mary@pasadenascottishrite.org or 626-795-4213 

Fish available if requested when making your reservation. 

Hiram, Khairum, or Khurum? 

It has often been asked of me why the pronunciation of the 

Master Hiram’s name changes throughout the degrees. For those seeking 

further light on this subject, I offer the word of Commander Pike: 

“The word Khairum or Khurum is a compound one. Gesenius 

renders Khurum by the word noble or free-born: Khur meaning white, 

noble. It also means the opening of a window, the socket of the eye. Khri 

also means white, or an opening; and Khris, the orb of the Sun in Job viii. 

12 and x. 7. Khrishna is the Hindo Sun-God. Khur, the Parsi word, is the 

literal name of the Sun.” 

- Albert Pike, Morals and Dogma, Chapter III. 

In the classroom, I generally remark that Commander Pike is 

very purposeful in his use of language. As you can see from the above 

reference, the various usages are quite meaningful. 

For those looking to further explore Pike’s work, I suggest 

participating in the Saturday study group.



Music Notes 

With much gratitude the Pasadena Scottish Rite Band members 

would like to thank the following brethren and friends of the band for 

promoting concert programs in 2010. Illustrious Herb Wilkins 33° 

GC, Illustrious Ernest Pooleon 33°, Illustrious Robert Sechrest 33°. 

Steve Pashby 32° KCCH, William Jones 32°, Mr. Peter Aguilar and Mr. 

Andre Giacomelli. Our Musical library consists of the 30‚s 40‚s 50‚s 

big band era, Christmas, Marches, Patriotic, Dixieland and Broadway 

musical show tunes. A few events which the band usually perform 

for are; Christmas, Constitution Observance, Lodge Anniversary, 

Hiram Awards, Family Night, Veteran Day and Widows Night. The 

band consist of 20-25 musicians and your musical programs is from a 

minimum of 45 minutes to 60 minutes. There is no monetary charge for 

your lodge musical. Have your program chairman contact us at least six 

weeks in advance, that we may clear our calendar for your special event. 

You may contact us at (626) 795-4213 and ask for Don Johansen 33° 

Band Manager. Happy New Year 2011 to all your Masonic family from 

your Pasadena Scottish Rite Band. 

Notice 

Somewhere out there exist outdated copies of the applications 

for Degrees. These “relies” indicate the fees for the Degree to be $100. 

The fee for Degrees was increased to $150 about two years ago. Please 

note, when you are “recruiting” your Masonic Brothers to attend the 

Degrees and become a member of our distinguished Valley that the fee 

is now $200 ($150 for Degrees $50.00 for the Cap). 

Because of the price of gold has skyrocketed upward the 

14º ring is extremely expensive. Instead, we have access to a stainless 

steel ring layered in 14 K gold. Presently the price is $39.95. They are 

available from Frontline Emblematies at 1-877-459-1440. The price 

may vary. 

In MeMorIaM 

December 3, 2010 

Russell T. Jacobs 

November 9, 2010 

Hollywood Lodge #355 

May almighty God, in his infinite mercy, 

Grant that we may meet again, to part no more. 

Good Cheer Report 

December 3, 2010 

Robert Sechrest 

Back Surgery 

Carlos Martinez, Jr. 

Hospital 

Please take a moment to call upon your distressed brethren. 

Mission Statement of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry 

Southern Jurisdiction, uSa 

It is the mission of the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, Southern Jurisdiction, USA, to 

improve its members and enhance the communities in which they live by teaching and 

emulating the principles of Brotherly Love, Tolerance, Charity, and Truth while actively 

embracing high social, moral, and spiritual values including fellowship, compassion, and 

dedication to God, family and country.



which is endless; a curious legal structure of which law-minded men 

never tire’ is so interwoven with the story of the nation as to make the 

thoughtful thrill; joins hands with religion in the secret places of the 

heart in a manner both tender and touching. These “foreign countries” 

have neither gate nor guard at the frontier . . . the Master Mason may 

cross and enter at his will, sure of wages wherever he wanders within 

their borders. 

Master’s Wages are paid in acquaintances. Unless a newlymade 

Master Mason is so shy and retiring that he seeks the farthest 

corner of his Lodge Room, there to sit and shrink into himself, 

inevitably he will become acquainted with many men of many minds, 

always an interesting addition to the joy of life. What he does with his 

acquaintances is another story, but at least the wages are there, waiting 

for him. No honest man insures his house thinking it will burn, but 

the insurance policy in the safe is a great comfort, well worth all that it 

costs. It speaks of help should fire destroy his home; it assures that all its 

owner has saved in material wealth will not be lost should carelessness 

or accident start a conflagration. 

No honest man becomes a Freemason thinking to ask the Craft 

for relief. Yet the consciousness that poor is the Lodge and sodden the 

hearts of the brethren thereof from which relief will not be forthcoming 

if the need is bitter, is wages from which comfort may be taken. 

Freemasonry is not, “per se,” a relief organization. It does not 

exist merely for the purpose of dispensing charity. Nor has it great 

funds with which to work its gentle ministrations to the poor. Fees 

are modest; dues are often too small rather than too large. Yet, for 

the brother down and out, who has no coal for the fire, no food for 

his hungry child, whom sudden disaster threatens, the strong arm of 

the Fraternity stretches forth to push back the danger. The cold are 

warmed, the hungry fed, the naked clothed, the jobless given work, the 

discouraged heartened. 

Master’s Wages, surely far greater than the effort put forth to 

earn them. 

Relief is not limited to a brother’s own Lodge. In most 

Jurisdictions there is a Masonic Home, in which, at long last, a brothers 

weary body may rest, his tired feet cease their wandering. No Freemason 

who has visited any Masonic Home and there seen old brethren and 

their widows eased down the last long hill in peace and comfort; 

the children of Masons under friendly influences which insure safe 

launching of little ships on the sea of life; comes away thankful that 

there is such a haven for him, should he need it, even if he hopes never 

to ask for its aid. 

Stranded in a strange place, no Freemason worries about 

getting aid. In all large centers is a Board of Masonic Relief to hear his 

story, investigate his credentials and start the machinery by which his 

Lodge may help him. In smaller places is almost invariably a Lodge 

with brethren glad to give a sympathetic hearing to his troubles. To 

the brother in difficulty in what to him is a “foreign country,” ability to 

prove himself a Freemason is Master’s Wages, indeed. 

Freemasonry is strong in defense of the helpless. The Widow 

and the orphan need ask but once to receive bounty. All brethren hope 

to support their own, provide for their loved ones, but misfortune 

comes to the just and unjust alike. To be one of a world wide 

brotherhood on which widow and child may call is of untold comfort, 

Master’s Wages more precious than the coin of gold. 

Finally is the right of Masonic burial. At home or abroad 

no Freemason, know to desire it, but is followed to his last home by 

sorrowing brethren who lay him away under the apron of the Craft and 

the Sprig of Acacia of immortal hope. This, too, is Wages of a Master. 

“Pay the Craft their Wages, if any be due . . .” 

To some the practical wages briefly mentioned above are the 

important payments for a Freemason’s work. To others, the more 

intangible but none the less beloved opportunities to give, rather than 

get, are the Master’s Wages which count them. 

Great among these is the Craft’s opportunity for service. The 

world is full of chances to do for others, and no man need apply to 

a Masonic Lodge only because he wants a chance to “do unto others 

as he would others do unto him.” But Freemasonry offer peculiar 

opportunities to unusual talents which are not always easily found in 

the profane world. 

There is always something to do in a Lodge. There are always 

committees to be served - and committee work is usually thankless 

Cont. on pg. 14

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