Visiting Lodges from Perth Scotland, Severn England and Mainaschaff Germany, were treated to an excellent Entered Apprentice Conferral by Spessart Lodge, on 14 May 2011. Also in attendance were the ACGL Grand Master, MW Paul Litteral and ACGL Past Grand Masters MW Paul Curran and MW Wolfgang Durst.

Spessart Lodge 875 celebrated Brother George Washington's birthday on 22 February by initiating David Fallman and Sven Steinwald into Freemasonry. We welcome them with open arms and look forward to helping them progress through the quarry of freemasonry to their next degree. In memory of their initiation into our fraternity they were presented a golden $1.00 coin by VWB Terry Johnson that features Brother George Washington.

14 September was an exciting day for the active resident members of our Lodge. Following the Annual Communication and Elections, the American Canadian Grand Lodge, Grand Master installed the elected and appointed officers and to top the evening off, the secretary read 4 Petitions for Affiliation.

The craft gathered to say good by to VW Joseph Gadea, Past Master of Spessart 875 and Past ACGL District Deputy Grand Master. Brother Joseph, (shown 4th from left), was a pillar of the Lodge and his parting will leave a void hard to fill.

Brother James Stowers recently completed a tour in Korea and has returned to Ft. Sill with a little more weight on his shoulders having been promoted to Master Sergeant after being selected over a year ago. Congratulations Brother James!
He leaves behind Brothers Clifford Hartley and Jesus Ayala who are also finishing up their time in "Kimchi land." 1SG Kenneth Snow will be our next ambassador to that lovely land beginning in June.

Brother Joseph Gadea returned home in March for a two week break in his assignment to Iraq. While he was here, he was coronated with the 33d Scottish Rite degree. Congratulations Brother Joseph!

Also home for a visit was Brother Freddie Doh who is working with the United Nations in the Ivory Coast. Brother Freddie hoped to have anthroscopic surgery on his knee, but the process to be accepted and follow-on rehabilitation prevented that procedure. We hope to see him again in June.

Members of Spessart 875 hosted WB Kenny Hedgespeth and his wife, Brigitte enjoying their visit to Germany. Brother Kenny lives in Clarksville, TN and works on Ft. Campbell in the training division. He maintains contact with Brothers Randy Putman, Rick Cabrera and Michael Campbell. It was a great visit and we look forward to their return.