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1) In the third section lecture of the first Degree the lodge is said to extend from the surface to the

center (of the earth).

2) A herbaceous plant commonly called bearsbreech, bearing large whitish flowers and broadpinnate leaves. It is the characteristic decoration on the bells or capitals of Corinthian and Composite

columns. In the typical Corinthian capital, eight large and eight small acanthus leaves rise from theneck and surround the bell.

3) Great, or Grand, Architect of the Universe.

4) The square, level and plumb. They are called immovable because they are permanently

appropriated to the East, West and South respectively.

5) John Jacob Astor was born in Germany in 1763 and came to New York in 1784. He became verywealthy in the fur trade and New York real estate. He founded the Astor Library which is now a part of

the Public Library in New York City and gave the government financial assistance in the War of 1812.He was raised as a Master Mason in Holland Lodge No. 8 in New York in 1790 and served as its tenth

Master in 1798. He was Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of New York from 1798 to 1801.

6) The drinking of a toast in the 18th

century was referred to as fire orfiring and when the toast wasdrunk, the whole company then hammered the table with their empty glasses. Accordingly, firing

glasses of a special type were necessary and the many specimens now preserved are observed to have

thick, heavy bottoms in order to stand the concussion.

7) The hour glass is an emblem of the passage of time or the brevity of life, and for that purpose,better than a clock, for one can see the sand steadily wasting away. It is one of the eight hieroglyphicalemblems which came into the lectures late in the 18 th century. Being coupled with the scythe it makes a

most impressive symbol of the certainty of death.

8) The ice of the Des Moines Lobe glacier carved the river valley through ancient rock. Some of the

limestone bluffs along the river in SE Iowa are 300 million years old. The river valley is at least a half

million years old. The present river channel was carved by the glacier, which receded and left the river

as it is about 30,000 years ago. Native Americans called this riverMoingona. The name was changedby the Wisconsin territorial government, which could not pronounce Moingona, to Des Moines. The

spirits of the ancient river cry out to us in the flood waters that swallow up towns and farms. If you

paddle the river trail, you will commune with the spirits of the ancientMoingona.

9) Philo J. (P.J.) Martin was born on a farm near New Providence, IA in 1860; in 1881 he removed to

Eldora and worked as telegraph operator. He married Miss Jessie Ayers of Eldora in 1884 and theywere blessed with three daughters. He moved to Waterloo in 1897 and became involved in the real

estate business. He was elected Mayor of Waterloo in 1901 and re-elected in 1903. Brother Martin was

Raised on August 8, 1885 in Montague Lodge at Eldora, affiliated with Masons Home Lodge at Iowa

Falls in 1890 and served as its Master in 1895. He then affiliated with Waterloo Lodge No. 105 in1897, was elected Master in 1899 and served seven consecutive years in that office. He served as

Grand Master of Masons in Iowa, 1908-09.

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10) A hidden thing; a mystery, a profound secret.

11) The Indian name of the stream, or, as they pronounce it, Wap-pe-se-no-e-noc, which, in theirlanguage or tongue signifies smooth surfaced meandering stream or creek. This stream is part of the

Cedar River watershed and originates just north of West Liberty, IA.

12) When it was little more than a post office it was named Stellapolis, by the then postmaster afterhis daughter, Stella. It was laid out as a town on May 26, 1866 and named Williams-burg in honor of

its founder, Richard Williams.

13) adj. - Belonging, pertaining, or relating to, situated or performed in, associated with, or

characteristic of, a wood or woods, i.e.: I once knew a man who found himself irresistibly determinedto sylvan honors; he spent whole days in the woods, pursuing nature.

14) Benjamin Franklin reprinted Andersons Constitutions in Philadelphia in 1734. A copy of this

book in its original condition may be viewed at the Iowa Masonic Library.

15) Samuel Prichard. An original copy may be viewed at the Iowa Masonic Library.

16) Saint John the Baptist, on June 24th; Saint John the Evangelist, on December 27th.

17) An implement in the nature of a reel, containing a cord or line, working on a pin. The pin beingpressed in the ground at a proper point the cord is then extended in the appropriate direction to mark

out the foundation of a building. It is known as a Masonic Working Tool in some jurisdictions

symbolizing the accuracy of conduct.

18) Temperance, fortitude, prudence and justice. They are expounded upon in the Third SectionLecture of the Entered Apprentice Degree.

19) One who lives without the constraint of conscience and is prepared to violate the moral law

without compunction, paying no heed to the precepts of religion.

20) A series of arches on the same plane: a series of arches, either open or closed with masonry,

supported by columns or piers or In medieval architecture, an ornamental dressing to a wall,consisting of colonnettes supporting moulded arches.

21) William W. (Bill) Brubaker was Grand Master of Masons in Iowa in 196667. He is one of threeBrothers who at some period (not at the same time) held the office of Sovereign Grand Inspector

General for Iowa, Scottish Rite Southern Jurisdiction and Grand Master of Masons in Iowa. The two

other Brothers were Theodore S. Parvin and Louis Block.

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