BLOCKS ARE UP AND WE ARE READY TO BEGIN FRAMING.

	I HAVE ONLY PRAISE FOR OUR BLOCK LAYER, RICK MARCHAND AND HIS TEAM-MATE RAY. THEY WERE VERY CO-OPERATIVE, HARD WORKING AND THE
QUALITY OF THEIR WORK  SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. RICK ALSO HAD HIGH PRAISE FOR THE WORK OF OUR FOOTING CREW AS EVERYTHING WAS RIGHT-ON. BROS. GORD, DAVE, PAUL, HARVE AND WILBERT DESERVE A STANDING OVATION.      WE HAVE ALL BEEN IMPRESSED BY BROS. GEORGE DINGMAN AND HIS CREW. JUST WHEN YOU HOPE THAT THEY MIGHT SHOW UP TO DO SOME WORK....AND JUST BEFORE YOU CAN CALL THEM... THEY APPEAR. BRO. GEORGE MUST BE CHECKING THE SITE IN THE EVENINGS. THANKS TO ALL THE DINGMANS.
WE ARE NOW INTO THE FRAMING STAGE. EVERYONE WITH A HAMMER, SAW, AND A GOOD ATTITUDE IS WELCOME TO SHOW
UP WHEN EVER THEY CAN. WE HAVE A SMALL STEADY CREW OF WORKERS, HOWEVER MANY HANDS MAKE LIGHT WORK, SO PLEASE ACCEPT THIS COMMUNICATION AS AN INVITATION.  CALL SITE BOSS R.W.BRO. DAVID FOR TIMES.      SPEAKING ABOUT FRAMING, WE HIRED ALAN CALDWELL TO BE OUR SET-UP MAN WITH THE FRAMING. HE HAS PROVEN TO BE VERY CLEVER AND KNOWLEDGEABLE.      AT THIS MOMENT, THE MORTGAGE HAS STILL NOT BEEN ARRANGED SO WE ARE OPERATING ON OUR EXISTING FUNDS. THIS IS CUTTING IT CLOSE, HOWEVER, WITH KAY PURDY AND ALAN PURDY’S DONATIONS OF $1,000 EACH FOR A TOTAL OF $2,000 AND BROS. STAN DARLING’S GENEROUS DONATION OF $2,000 ON FRIDAY AT THE JOB SITE, WE ARE STILL ABLE TO PAY OUR DEBTS WITHOUT MAKING OUR TRADES WAIT. THIS COULD CHANGE HOWEVER, BECAUSE EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING SO QUICKLY AND WE CERTAINLY DON’T WANT TO SLOW THE JOB DOWN.      BY THE WAY, DID I MENTION THAT BROS. DAVID AND PAUL SCHMELER ARE USING THEIR HOLIDAYS TO HELP BUILD OUR LODGE? WHICH MEANS THAT JEAN AND DEBBIE ALSO DESERVE A LARGE THANK YOU FOR GIVING UP THEIR OWN SPECIAL MOMENTS.      ANY BROTHER KNOW OF A GOOD PLUMBER WHO COULD GUIDE US THROUGH THE PLUMBING PROCESS?      BRETHREN, WE HAVE SOME DEDICATED MASONS ON OUR TEAM. BROS. PAUL AND DAVE SCHMELER, HARVE FOWLER AND WILBERT STICKLAND. THEIR EFFORTS OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS HAVE BEEN INSPIRING. PARTICULARLY BRO. PAUL. OH, TO BE YOUNG AGAIN. TALKING ABOUT BRO. PAUL OF COURSE, THE REST ARE OLDER THEN DAMMIT.      I DON’T KNOW HOW SOON WE WILL HAVE ANY MORTGAGE MONEY BECAUSE OF CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.  SO IF ANY BROTHER IS CONTEMPLATING PRESENTING CORONA WITH A CASH DONATION TOWARDS OUR NEW LODGE - NOW IS A GOOD TIME, WELL ACTUALLY ANYTIME IS A GOOD TIME, IT’S JUST THAT NOW IS MORE EXCELLENT THAN LATER, BUT THAT DOESN’T MEANT THAT LATER IS NOT EXCELLENT EITHER.      IF BY CHANCE YOU VISIT THE SITE BEFORE THE CONCRETE FLOOR IS POURED AND YOU NOTICE A VERY WIDE FOOTING RUNNING DOWN THE CENTREOF THE BUILDING AND YOU CANNOT FIGURE IT OUT... DON’T ASK!  IT IS A TOP SECRET SYSTEM OF CONSTRUCTION AND IT MUST REMAIN A SECRET.

WE ARE GOING TO RUN HOT WATER HEATING COILS IN THE APARTMENT FLOORS. THIS IS A FAIRLY NEW CONCEPT WHICH IS FIRED BY NATURAL GAS. THE SYSTEM IS BEING SUPPLIED TO US BY W. BRO. JERRY STILLAR AT HIS COMPANIES COST. THE LODGE AND MEETING ROOM WILL BE HEATED BY A FORCED AIR NATURAL GAS FURNACE ALSO AT COST. THANK YOU VERY MUCH BRO. STILLAR.      WOR.BRO. ART CUBBERLEY DREW OUR ATTENTION TO A SPECIAL NOISE REDUCING BLANKET TO INSTALL BETWEEN THE TWO LEVELS. WE WERE GOING TO USE ABOUT 10" OF FIBERGLASS INSULATION, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN EXPENSIVE. USING THIS NOISE REDUCING BLANKET AND A SPECIAL DRYWALL CHANNEL STRAPPING, WE WILL GET BETTER RESULTS AND SAVE ALMOST $800. THANKS W. BRO. ART.      DOES ANYONE ELSE HAVE ANY GOOD, MONEY SAVING IDEAS?
BRETHREN OUR FIRST FLOOR IS UP, YOU CAN NOW SEE WHERE WE ARE GOING. THERE'S ALWAYS A SET OF PLANS ON THE JOB AND WE WOULD BE PLEASED TO
EXPLAIN THEM TO YOU. THIS IS YOUR LODGE, YOUR HOME AWAY FROM HOME. DON’T SUFFER ANY LONGER WITH NAGGING CURIOSITY, DROP BY AND SAY HELLO.   COFFEE IS GOOD.      TIM HARKNESS OF ANDERSON WINDOWS GAVE US A VERY GOOD DEAL ON OUR WINDOWS AND SPEAKING OF WINDOWS THE BROTHERS CONVINCED ME TO PUT FOUR WINDOWS IN THE LODGE. IT WAS TIM’S GOOD PRICE THAT REALLY CONVINCED ME, HOWEVER.      BROTHER LEO BAHR OF ALGONQUIN LODGE IS AN ELECTRICIAN. SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, WHEN WE ANNOUNCED THE BUILDING OF OUR LODGE, HE VOLUNTEERED HIS SERVICES. I AM PLEASED TO REPORT THAT HE IS A MAN OF HIS WORD. ONE CALL AND HE RESPONDED WITH ENTHUSIASM AND ON A SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT THAT.      OUR NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOURS, EMIL AND KEN LEY HAVE PERMITTED US TO USE THEIR HYDRO. THIS WILL SAVE US A SMALL FORTUNE ON A TEMPORARY HYDRO POLE, ETC. WE WILL COMPENSATE THE LEYS WITH A DONATION TOWARDS THEIR HYDRO BILL. BRO. LEO BAHR IS DOING THE HOOK-UP FOR US AND HE WILL GUIDE US THROUGH THE WHOLE ELECTRICAL PROCESS WHEN WE GET THERE.      OUR OTHER NEIGHBOUR, JOHN WILSON OF THOMPSON MACHINE SHOP HAS ALSO BEEN VERY CO-OPERATIVE BY SUPPLYING US WITH STEEL WHEN WE NEED IT AND ALSO BY LETTING US USE A LARGE PORTION OF HIS PROPERTY FOR WORKING SPACE AND MATERIAL STORAGE.      ONCE AGAIN, IF I CAN CONVINCE R.W.BRO. SECRETARY TOM TO MAKE UP A PILE OF ENVELOPES AND I CAN CONVINCE BRO. JOHN DARLING TO PHOTO COPY THIS BULLETIN, YOU SHOULD BE READING THIS IN A DAY OR TWO. WHICH OF COURSE HAS HAPPENED SINCE YOUR READING IT NOW. THANKS BROS. TOM AND JOHN. Until next time, Fraternally, W.Bro Jim

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