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CONTENTS Vol. 99 No. 3

5 What’s Important Now
6 Grand Master Schantz at Livingston Lodge No. 32
6 Helena No. 3 Degree Work with Visitors
7 New Red Hats Helena Valley
8 MWGM Schantz Inspecting Additions to Museum
9 Montana Masonic Foundation Presents Animal Wonders at Helmville School
10 Bigfork No. 150 Wives and Widows Night
10 MWGM Schantz at Ottawa No. 51 EA Degree
11 Grand Master and Rainbow Girls at Montana Youth Conference
11 Joint Visit of Sweet Briar 49 and Lily of the Valley 4
12 Halloween Madness, Ionic Lodge No. 38
12 Billings Lodge No. 113 Receives Beartooth District Travelling Gavel
13 By Merit Alone: The Basis Of Masonic Advancement
16 Hands of The Workman - Charles E. Coe, MWGM 1943-1944
17 Hiram Lodge No. 53 Celebrates 125th Anniversary & Re-dedication
18 The Masonic 24 Inch Gauge In Poetry and History
22 Doric Lodge 53 Welcomes New Entered Apprentice
22 Acacia No. 33 Wins Traveling 8-Ball
23 Ashlar No. 29 Welcomes Five New Entered Apprentices
23 50 Year Member Award Presented to Bro. Leonard C Hobby
24 Pre-Order Your 100 Years of Rainbow Girls in Montana Book
25 MMF Presents Grant to the Montana School for the Deaf and Blind
26 Leadership Is The Key To Success
28 The Little House On The Prairie
30 Friendship Lodge No. 37 Welcomes Two New Fellowcraft
30 Three Forks No. 73 & Sheridan No. 68 Welcome New Master Masons
31 Montana Masonic Foundation - Inspired Together We’re Preserving Our
Past and Building A Better Future
39 1717 Table Lodge, Bozeman, May 18th

About The Cover
Meriwether Lewis is the subject of the painting on the cover; the
painting depicts him wearing his apron as master of the lodge.
The Montana Masonic Foundation acquired it for the Masonry
in Montana exhibit that will be housed at the newly remodeled
Montana Masonic Museum when it reopens. Tom Saubert, a
Montana artist, created the painting. The fi rst freemason to enter
what would become Montana in 1805 was Meriwether Lewis,
who served as the leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
Meriwether Lewis joined Door to Virtue Masonic Lodge #44
when he was twenty-two in early 1797. Lewis was instrumental
in the creation of St. Louis Lodge #111 and served as its initial
‘Worshipful Master’ in 1808.