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Grand Master's Program
Jack Griffith
GRAND MASTER’S DEDICATION
I will dedicate myself, my time, and my efforts toward the moral leadership to motivate ourselves and our lodges to become recognized as a part of our community. Odd Fellowship promotes friendship, love, and truth to all people and nations. We can do it!
I want to thank my family, my lodge, and my friends for their support for letting me off the hook where I have failed them. My encouragement has come from your support. Working together, we can accomplish a lot.
I will pledge my support to Rosa Ford and her leadership in the Rebekah Assembly. She has been an inspiration to me with her cool, calm, shining light. I appreciate her and Frank for being the persons who I can rely upon for advise.
We all can and will work together in unity for a stronger Order.
Thank you in F. L. & T.,
Jack Griffith
Grand Master
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
Grand Master - Jack Griffith
Deputy Grand Master - Danny Wood
Grand Warden - James Teel
Grand Secretary -.James Curtis
Grand Treasurer - Frank Ford
Junior Past Grand Master - Connie Baker
Grand Marshal - Jerry McGee
Grand Conductor - James Daniel
Grand Chaplain - E. Dixon Toney
Grand Guardian -. Bobby Newman
Grand Herald - Robert Castleman
Grand Musician - Alan Cavitt
Grand Parliamentarian - Robert Reece
Grand Instructor - Joe Johnston
Grand Representative -.W. H. "Bill" Guy
Grand Representative - E. Dixon Toney
Membership & Education Chairman - Danny Wood
Degree Captain - E. Dixon Toney
Assistant Degree Captain - Jack R. Tatum
GRAND MASTER’S PROGRAM - 2008-2009
EMBLEM
Bee Hive
FLOWER
Morning Glory
COLOR
Blue
SONG
This Land is Your Land
SCRIPTURES
John 3:16: For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him, should not perish, but have everlasting life.
Psalm 23: The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul; he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil; for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; thou annointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
PROJECTS:
Aid weaker lodges with membership support.
Promote leadership support and better community recognition.
Contribute to the Visual Assistance Program and to other S.G.L. Projects through the sale of lapel buttons.
Beautify the Retirement Center with low maintenance flowers.
GRAND MASTER’S AWARDS:
Odd Fellow of the Year
Sponsor with most new members
All lodges with net increase of 5 or more new members
Top 3 lodges with most outstanding community projects
Outstanding Noble Grand
Outstanding Lodge Secretary
Outstanding D.D.G.M.
This Land is Your Land
By Woody Guthrie
Chorus:
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California, to the New York Island
From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters
This land was made for you and me.
As I was walking a ribbon of highway
I saw above me an endless skyway
I saw below me a golden valley
This land was made for you and me.
Chorus
I’ve roamed and rambled and I’ve followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts
And all around me a voice was sounding
This land was made for you and me.
Chorus
The sun comes shining as I was strolling
The wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling
The fog was lifting a voice come chanting
This land was made for you and me.
Chorus
As I was walkin’ - I saw a sign there
And that sign said - no tress passin’
But on the other side ... it didn’t say nothing!
Now that side was made for you and me!
Chorus
In the squares of the city - In the shadow of the steeple
Near the relief office - I see my people
And some are grumblin’ and some are wonderin’
If this land’s still made for you and me.
Chorus (twice)
ODD FELLOW VALEDICTION
I AM AN ODD FELLOW:
I believe in the Fatherhood of God and the Brotherhood of Man;
I believe in Friendship, Love and Truth as basic guides to the ultimate destiny of all mankind;
I believe my home, my church or temple, my lodge and my community deserve my best work, my modest pride, my earnest faith and my deepest loyalty, as I perform my duty "to visit the sick, relieve the distressed, bury the dead and educate the orphan" and as I work with others to build a better world, because in spirit and in truth, I am and must always be, grateful to my Creator, faithful to my country and fraternal to my fellow-man;
I AM AN ODD FELLOW!
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