Keith Thompson (left), Richard McClure (middle) and David Lueth load up furniture from the Sidney Mason Lodge to take to a Masonic Temple in Gulf Port, Miss.
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\n A Mississippi Masonic Temple lost everything when Hurricane Katrina devastated that area a year ago.<\/p>\n
Sidney’s Nisnabotna AF&AM Lodge No. 153 had lots of furniture it has accumulated over the years just gathering dust.<\/p>\n
The answer to both problems was a simple one.<\/p>\n
Friday morning, in a steady drizzle, members of the Sidney Masonic Lodge loaded up some of the excess furniture in a rented U-Haul. Saturday a group drove the truck containing the furniture 1,000 miles to Rectitude Prince Hall Association No. 323, a F&AM Masonic Temple in Gulf Port, Miss.<\/p>\n
“It was a great deal for both of us,” said David Lueth of the Sidney Masons.<\/p>\n
“We came up with the idea and then got the total support of the Grand Mason of the State of Iowa. In fact, they have a charity fund and we were able to get some money to help pay for the cost of the U-Haul.”<\/p>\n
The furniture the Sidney Lodge sent to Mississippi came from former lodges in Shenandoah, Farragut, Riverton, Hamburg, Thurman, Essex and Randolph.<\/p>\n
Those lodges, over the years, have combined with the Sidney Lodge.<\/p>\n
“Our lodge had to take all the other lodges furniture and fixtures, as well as those lodge’s debts, when we went together,” said Lueth.<\/p>\n
Two members of the Mason Lodge, Paul Beeler and Keith Thompson, drove the U-Haul the entire way. Two other members, Lueth and Richard McClure, flew down Saturday to help out.<\/p>\n
“We’re just glad we can do something for those folks,” said Lueth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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