1. December 12, 2012

3. Invocation Pledge of Allegiance

4. Honor the Texas flag; I pledge allegiance to thee, Texas, one state under God, one state under God, one and indivisible. one and indivisible.

5. Trestle Board... Next Wednesday - Square & Compasses December Stated – FRIDAY 12/28 Friday & Saturday, January 18 & 19

6. Grand Master's Weekend Walter Rogers, Grand Master (GM, DGM & GJD members of 33) South Padre Island PI Cornerstone – 2:00 PM Friday, 1/18 Banquet – 6:00 (7:00) PM Friday, 1/18 Open - $35.00 per person Conference – 9:00 AM Saturday, 1/19 Master Masons ONLY – No Charge

8. It's highly unlikely we'll ever know what really happened to William Morgan

9. TheMorganAffair

10. William Morgan: 1774 – 1826? Virginia Stone Cutter Canada Rochester, NY Batavia, NY Captain?Mason? Royal Arch

11. Morgan's Freemasonry Charter Member Expose Secrets Symbolic Secrets 287 years Printed since 1723 1826ArrestedKidnapped

12. “Morgan Affair” Jailed for debt ReleasedKidnapped? Fort Niagara DisappearanceDrowned? $500 & Canada? Cayman Islands?

13. Anti-Masonic Movement Governor DeWitt Clinton – Mason Six Masons Convicted Sentences from one to twenty-eight months Anti-Masonic Party Presidential Election William Wirt (anti-Mason) – 8% Henry Clay (PGM Kentucky) – 37% Andrew Jackson (PGM Tennessee) - 54%

14. Decline & Resurgence New York – From 480 to 75 Lodges Vermont – No meetings for 13 years Maryland – Thirteen Lodges survived Recovery began around 1840 Baltimore Convention – 1846 Stricter Tyling Dues Cards Good Standing

15. It's highly unlikely we'll ever know what really happened to William Morgan

16. Without Adversit y There Is No Success

17. The Morgan Affair remains today a Masonic Mystery

18. Please Don't Forget the Kitty!