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their lodge. Be ever respectful of the wearing of the Apron. Review the “Apron
Lecture” from time to time. Know the three Grand Honors of Private, Public and
Funeral. The Code requires any new Candidate to receive his lambskin apron upon
initiation.

A few key duties/recommendations are:

✓ Proper titles should always be used. A Brother has earned this respect.
✓ Ensure lodge aprons are clean and available both Officers and

guest/members.
✓ Read the Masonic Etiquette Book, several times.
✓ Come dressed clean and neat and appropriate for the function.
✓ Be courteous to all.
✓ Be respectful to speakers. You can’t listen when you’re talking.

Past Masters

These men are the backbone of your lodge. In fact, they may just be the
backbone of the entire Fraternity. They have given generously of their time and
talents in years past and many continue to do so. Try having a candlelight
ceremony for deceased Past Masters. It is impressive, and it doesn’t really take that
much time. Some lodges have successfully formed “Past Masters Associations”
which give freely of their time and money to specific projects. There is a special
kinship that develops between Past Masters that may be evident in and likened to
“Buzzards sitting on a fence” in the Southeast corner, (near the Secretary of
course). It is a wise Master who recognizes the talents of the Past Masters and who
uses them to good advantage.

✓ Past Masters should be addressed as Worshipful Brother.
✓ They are no longer Masters of the Lodge.
✓ Use them! They make great Tyler’s, Historians, and Marshals.
✓ Use them as sounding boards.
✓ Allow them to keep you on an “Even Keel”.
✓ Help them understand the reason his jewel is now at 60 degrees/not 90
degrees.