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GulfCoastMasons.com would like to thank our Grand Master Larry A. Hancock for his recent trip to Azalea #898 to oversea the raising of our newest Master Mason Brother Jim Webb Senior! Shown here with his Dad and our GrandMaster Hancock.  Additional photos can be seen on Azalea Lodges website! ATTENTION ABBA TEMPLE SHRINERS!!!  
it was also voted at the July 14th stated meeting that the temple be dark in August 2010, so we will see you back in September! For additional details and shriner news, please visit the Abba Shrine page from the Red Fez Corner link on the menu on the left. -Noble Bob Martin
The grand Lodge of Alabama has worked with the state, and the state now will offer an "Official" masonic license plate for your vehicle! 
Between may 1st, and April 30, 2010 a minimum of 250 plates must be ordered before the state will start manufacturing them. This should be an easy number to obtain from our states 28,000+ masons. The Masonic Plates will be available for an additional cost of $50.00 and the Grand Lodge will receive $41.25 of that fee to use for it's charity work. When you renew or ask for your plate, please be sure to put "Freemason" in the space to name your "tag Type". Our Grand Master Larry A. Hancock thanks you for your participation in this great program, now and in the future. Order your plate today and let our other state's traveling brothers know where you are from!
Congratulations to the five young people, who each recently received a $1,000 college scholarship at a local ceremony, from the Grand Lodge of Alabama! Shown below is District 5 representative Jim Webb, and four of the scholarship winners at the recent awards ceremony, held at Azalea Lodge in Mobile Alabama!  Brother Webb plans to be busy at several other lodges in the near future awarding more scholorships to our fine young adults!
ATTENTION TRAVELING BROTHERS!! While you are more than welcome to visit and attend work at our area lodges, please remember that prior to being admitted to an area lodge room, you WILL be required to present a current F&AM membership card and you will be tried at the door to prove you are an F&AM Master Mason. Brothers from other nations will be required to show a letter from their lodges secretary with the lodge seal.
Current Happenings!!!! Brethren, Please be adviced, that due to a hardship at their Building (caused by theives who ruined their A/C units & no Insurance to replace them), Starting this Thurs.,May 20, 2010 S.B. Adams Ldg.#884,F.&A.M. will be meeting under Dispensation from the Al. Grand Ldg. at the Azalea Ldg. building. Azalea Lodge is located at 2210 Dauphin Island Pkwy. one mile south of I - 10 on right side. S.B. Adams Ldg. will meet at Azalea Lodge until further notice. Please pass the word to everyone that you see. This was a discussed and desided at their last meeting held on May 6, 2010. I know that this is short notice but it is a must in this case given the fact that it is just too hot to continue meeting in their own building. Please come out and join us. We are still meeting at 7:30 p.m. and eating at 6:30p.m. Fraternally: Bro.Jack
Brothers, Congratulations to our Brother M. "Kenny" Chastain  
 
Who was Honored at the Feb. 13th, masonic conference at Guy T. Smith Lodge, as our GulfCoastMasons Mason of the year! Once again, the our annual outdoor MM degree at Fort Gaines on April 24th was a great success!  Thanks to all who attended the 5th annual outdoor Master Mason raising at historic Fort Gaines on Dauphin Island. In spite of the bad weather forecasts and the actual bad weather occuring elsewhere, we had near perfect weather. I must say this was the best event we have had to date! The weather kept many from attending but as it turned out, aside from a few sprinkles during Lodge, it was great. I did notice though that as the candidates obligation began, so did some thunder and lightning. And as the obligation ended, so did the thunder and lightning. I wonder what the significance of that was? We anticipated something between 250 and 300 in attendance but the weather kept many from arriving. Still, we had nearly 100 and I want to extend a hearty thank you to all of you who came. Thank you Brothers!! I also would like to thank all of those Masons of our lodge and those of other lodges who pitched in with sweat equity to make this event possible. My hat is off and my hand extended in friendship and brotherly love to you all!!! I am already looking forward to next year! Come on out next year brothers, this is an event you will enjoy talking about for years afterward! - Michael Griffin PM, WM, Mobile Masonic Lodge #40 Mobile Alabama Brothers, Our new Alabama Grand Lodge Building is now finished, and everybody has moved in.  Here is a link to several photos of our new State Grand Lodge! Link to Alabama Grand Lodge Building Photos Brothers of the Mobile Valley of the Scottish Rite. Important Local Scottish Rite Dates to remember for 2010: September 10&11 - Fall Reunion in honor of the late Billy Maloy October 4th, 2010 - Feast of Tishri
Brothers, Another great Grand Lodge has passed, and we are proud to publish some of the photos from this event! 
Thanks to Brothers Glen Thomas and Lance Outerbridge for providing these great photos. CLICK HERE to see the cornerstone laying photos at our New Alabama Grand Lodge Building. If you or your organization has an event coming up that you want to share with the other brothers, please let us know! Send us an email to GulfCoastMasons@comcast.net
Brothers, If you would like to get involved with the Gulf Coast Masons Internet Project, The brothers who Operate this and many other websites, will be having our next meeting (Giving you plenty of time to put it on your schedule) Sunday, July 18th, 2010, at 3pm at the Azalea Rd. Masonic Temple. 1/2 mile South of Airport Blvd. on Azalea road. Please make time to attend, and if this turns out to be a conflict with another Masonic event, please let us know! A 501(3)C Non-Profit Service & Education Organization for Gulf Coast F&AM brothers, lodges, and appendant bodies!  Illinois Car Accident Lawyer 
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