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WINNING – THE REAL “NATIONAL TREASURE”	Most Worshipful Grand Master, Brethren, Ladies and Guests, good evening: An airline pilot wrote that on this particular flight he had hammered his ship into the runway really hard. The airline had a policy which required the first officer to stand at the door while the passengers exited, smile, and give them a “Thanks for […]
ROUGH ASHLARS	Most Worshipful Grand Master, Brethren, Ladies and Guests, good evening. Garth Peterson, a former janitor at Princeton University, once shared this information with Omni magazine: ‘Most of the professors appreciated it when you washed off the blackboard but not Dr. [Albert] Einstein. Every morning he’d burst into tears. Way I see it, I had a job […]
SOUTHERN COMFORT	Most Worshipful Grand Master, Brethren, Ladies and Guests, good evening: There are three kinds of people; those who can count and those who can’t. I hope you can count on me to deliver an entertaining oration when I talk about: SOUTHERN COMFORT What do the words Southern Comfort mean to you? Does it portray the feeling of […]
FREEDOM AND FRATERNITY	Most Worshipful Grand Master, Brethren, Ladies and Guests, good evening: On this day – two-hundred-thirty years ago – September 8th 1776, the Continental Congress authorized the name “United States” and I hope we will all be united when I talk about: FREEDOM AND FRATERNITY I was going to start out by cracking a joke or quote a […]
FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE	Most Worshipful Grand Master, Brethren, Ladies and Guests, good afternoon. Bob Hope once accepted an invitation to address a convention of the American Bar Association. He began his talk by saying, “My being here results from a slight misunderstanding. I thought I was to talk to the American Bra Association.” I hope we don’t have a misunderstanding […]
PRESERVING OUR TRADITIONS	Most Worshipful Grand Master, Brethren, Ladies and Guests, good evening. There are four stages of life. First, you believe in Santa Claus. Second, you don’t believe in Santa Claus. Third, you are Santa Claus. And forth, you look like Santa Claus. And with all of this snowy weather we have had, I hope you don’t start […]
2006 Orations	Worshipful Bro Frank Baker, Grand Orator will be posting his Orations that he makes during the Masonic year. At the Bottom of this page you will find the link to last years Orations. CEMENTING OUR FOUNDATIONS Oration given at the Midvale visitation on 24 February 2006. This was the Grand Masters first offiicial visitation of the Masonic year. MASON […]
TAKING LATITUDE WITH ATTITUDE	Most Worshipful Grand Master, Brethren, Ladies and Guests, good evening. Did you know that if you yelled for 8 years, 7 months and 6 days you would have produced enough sound energy to heat-up one cup of coffee. I hope you won’t need the caffeine to stay awake while I flex my vocal cords during […]
OUR FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH	Most Worshipful Grand Master, Brethren, Ladies and Guests, good evening. A man walking down the street passes a house and notices a child trying to reach the doorbell. No matter how much the little guy stretches, he can’t make it. The man calls out, “Say there, let me get that for you,” and he bounds […]
THE ACTS OF PATRIOTISM	Most Worshipful Grand Master, Brethren, Ladies and Guests, good evening. When Japanese Prime Minister Nakasone visited President Reagan during his administration, he asked for the auto import restriction to be rescinded, saying “We’ve had a rougher time of it: consider Hiroshima.” The Gipper asked, “What has that got to do with it?” “Well, we’ve never destroyed one of […]
APATHY, COMPLACENCY AND OTHER DIRTY WORDS	Most Worshipful Grand Master, Brethren, Ladies and Guests, good evening. I quote George Carlin, “Scientists announced today that they have discovered a cure for apathy. However, they claim no one has shown the slightest interest in it.” I hope I will hold your interest in this oration which is titled… APATHY, COMPLACENCY AND OTHER DIRTY WORDS […]
MASON TIME	Most Worshipful Grand Master, Brethren, Ladies and Guests, good evening. In the last 24 hours – on average – you ate over three pounds of food, including this delicious meal. You drank nearly three quarts of water. You inhaled 438 cubic feet of air. You lost nearly a pound of waste. You spoke 25,000 words […]
CEMENTING OUR FOUNDATIONS	Most Worshipful Grand Master; Brethren, Ladies and Guests, good evening. The title of this oration is… CEMENTING OUR FOUNDATIONS There’s an old saying that many Roman orators used before making a speech. “There is a time when nothing must be said and a time when something must be said – but never a time when everything must […]