MARATHON LODGE #323 FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS P.O. BOX 500866 MARATHON, FLORIDA, 33050	OFFICERS: W.M. Chet Dunn S.W. Neil Gonzalez J.W. Jay Massaro Sec. Jeff Hutt Treas. Jeff Coldren
Y I Y F Chet Dunn W:.M:. Marathon Lodge 323
Brethren: Happenings of interest. FIND OUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN ALL THE FLORIDA KEYS LODGES GO TO;       WWW.FLORIDA KEYS MASONS.COM    ALL THE KEYS LODGES ARE LISTED WITH MEETING TIME AND DATES. 1.)There will be a visitation to the Florida Keys Lodge on Tuesday, Feb. 14 th.  We will leave the Marathon Lodge at 5.50pm and join W:. M:. Brian McCormick for their meal and Lodge Meeting.   Those Brothers that went to Anchor Lodge to get "OUR" gavel back had a great time, come on and travel with us and enjoy the camaraderie. 2.) There will be a Degree Day held at Marathon Lodge on the 3rd March, a Saturday to get the various Brethren caught up on their Degrees. There will be a Master Mason Degree starting at 8:30 am to get all the Fellow Crafts into a Master Mason Lodge,  Break for Lunch.  At 12:45 there will be a Fellow Craft Degree to get all the Entered Apprentices  moved up to Fellow Crafts.   The day will close with an Entered Apprentice Degree to get all candidates into a lodge of Entered Apprentices. All 5 Keys lodges will participate in this event. This should be a great day for the brethren. 3.) Grand Lodge will be May 28, 29, and 30th. If you are a Mason and new to the area, we invite you to attend our communications- 1st and 3rd Mondays of each month- 6PM Meal and 7PM for Lodge Meeting. You will have to present a current dues card- no exceptions. JAN 14- INSTALLATION at Blue Lodge was a huge success. My humble thanks to the Installing Suite, Past Grand Master Joe Fleites the Installing Officer,along with the Installing Marshals, W:. Robert Peryam and W:. Rick Ramsey, The Installing Chaplain was my brother, Brother Wayne Dunn. To all the protemp officer P.M's, a big thank you. You were the greatest, a special thanks to my Son in Law, P.M. Grant Cumming filling in as Marshal, a surprise visitor to me and my wife Hope, my Son, Duane, best friend Roy, and John.  Behold how good and how pleasant it is for the Brethren to dwell in unity. The new Officers are SW-Neil Gonzalez, JW- Jay Massaro, SD-Gary Brink Jr,  JD..Dale Baker,  SS. Ken Duffy,   JS..Peter McCulloch and the Tyler is Stephen Geopert,The Secretary is Bro. Jeff Hutt, Treasurer, Bro.Jeff Coldren, and the Chaplain is Bro. Seneca (Tucker) DeGraw.  The Lodge's youngest Past Master Darrel Walraven is the Marshall. The Mason of the Year award was presented to our Brother Ken Duffy.  Brother Duffy has been and continues to be a major asset to Marathon Lodge 323. If our building was a little bigger and a spare room in it with a TV, I think Ken would move in. Ken is a retired Firefighter and takes care of the Lodge as if it was his personal Fire House. There will be a toy Fire Truck placed in the Fellowship Hall, just so Ken doesn't get lonely! Congratulations again to the "Mason of the Year", Brother Ken Duffy,  our Senior Steward! Please send me any emails with info or pics you wish to have placed on this site and we will do the best to post them. More later as it happens.