H.S. Fraternal Series - Masons Traditional Cache
H.S. Fraternal Series - Masons
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This P&G was actually placed over a year before being published. I visited with the caretaker, and he referred me to the Lodge Master. It took a while to contact him and he said his only concern was that it would be stolen. There is so much traffic at all hours, and sometimes street people sleep under the nearby awning. He wanted to see the cache and would call me. I told him what and where it was.
After another month with no response I contacted him again. He said that as he feared the cache was already missing. I said OK and did not even check on it. Recently while driving by, and thinking about the need for a cache here, I stopped by and immediately spotted the missing cache just as I left it over a year ago!
So now you get to search for the "missing" cache. As my ratings show I do not think that it will be as hard for a geocacher as it was for a muggle!
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I have never been a member of the Masons. My father , and my first step-father were both active members. As a result I did have a lot of exposure to the members and their activities in my younger days. I have nothing but respect for the organization and its members.
This lodge has a very significant history. In 1961, when President Kennedy was in his Camelot and the Cold War got colder as the Berlin Wall was erected, a 15 year old boy walked into this Masonic Temple and asked to join the Hot Springs Chapter of the De Molay, the youth organization sponsored by the Freemasons. That youth grew up to be the governor of Arkansas and later the President of the United States. William Jefferson Clinton has always been eager to point out that he owes a great deal to the order. He enjoyed learning the parts of the ritual, and says it helped him to develop his mind and his speaking ability. He also learned the benefits and enjoyment of working with others as a team. A lot of his close friends are the people that he met while he was in De Molay.
Contrary to the impression fostered by recent popular movies, from what I have observed the real Freemason Treasure is not gold, silver or jewels, but is the friendship, public service contributions, and moral example of this organization.
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