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**Ashlar521** · 06-23-2008, 10:11 AM

Sorry , but that's one of the main reasons . You may not buy it , you may not believe it , but that's how it is . The lodge my York Rite bodies meet in did not have A/C so we voted to go dark in July and August . We now have A/C but kept the rule of going dark because very few showed updue to vacations, baseball games ,fishing and other summer activities . It's no fun having a meeting with sweat running in your eyes and your shirts soaking wet .

There is also the Farmers that have to wait till they get home from their regular jobs to work on their farms and that is a 7 day a week job .So summer was the worst time for Masons to meet in country lodges . I was raised on a farm and I know from experience . Not all Freemasons or their lodges are in a city .

As for the vacations and all the other reasons you don't buy . I have been to lodge in summer when there is only 3 or 4 of us there . I see know reason why bother opening lodge if no one is coming . We opened lodge as not to violate the by-laws of the GL of KY , but closed it almost as soon as we opened .

I honestly do not see why that's so hard to buy anyways . From all Masons I have talked to and have read on other boards on this subject agrees with the above explanations with the exception of you or are you just trying to be difficult ?

06-23-2008, 10:11 AM	#9 (permalink)
Ashlar521 Semper fidelis Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Kentucky Posts: 670 Blog Entries: 3	Sorry , but that's one of the main reasons . You may not buy it , you may not believe it , but that's how it is . The lodge my York Rite bodies meet in did not have A/C so we voted to go dark in July and August . We now have A/C but kept the rule of going dark because very few showed updue to vacations, baseball games ,fishing and other summer activities . It's no fun having a meeting with sweat running in your eyes and your shirts soaking wet . There is also the Farmers that have to wait till they get home from their regular jobs to work on their farms and that is a 7 day a week job .So summer was the worst time for Masons to meet in country lodges . I was raised on a farm and I know from experience . Not all Freemasons or their lodges are in a city . As for the vacations and all the other reasons you don't buy . I have been to lodge in summer when there is only 3 or 4 of us there . I see know reason why bother opening lodge if no one is coming . We opened lodge as not to violate the by-laws of the GL of KY , but closed it almost as soon as we opened . I honestly do not see why that's so hard to buy anyways . From all Masons I have talked to and have read on other boards on this subject agrees with the above explanations with the exception of you or are you just trying to be difficult ? __________________ Freemasonry is "veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols" because these are the surest way by which moral and ethical truths may be taught. It is not only with the brain and with the mind that the initiate must take Freemasonry but also with the heart. -C. H. Claudy Last edited by Ashlar521; 06-23-2008 at 04:05 PM.