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Kempsville Lodge No. 196

4869 Princess Anne Road
Virginia Beach, VA 23462

Kempsville Lodge No. 196 - 2011

2011

Worshipful Michael Duane Johnstone

  • Initiated: 7/26/2005, Passed: 10/4/2005, Raised: 11/21/2005
  • Member, Khedive Shrine: 2007
  • Member, Norfolk Valley Scottish Rite: 2007
  • Life Member in Perpetuity: 2007
  • Life Member, Norfolk Scottish Rite: 2008
  • Recipient, William Hollowell Pierce Mason of the Year Award: 2008
  • Completed Grand Lodge Masonic Leadership Program Course I, II, III: 2008, Course IV:2009
  • Member, Order of the Eastern Star Kempsville Chapter No. 173: 2009
  • Member in Perpetuity, National Sojourner Hampton Roads Chapter No. 6: 2010
  • Recipient, National Sojourners Bridge of Light Award: 2010, 2011
  • Valley Fellow, Norfolk Scottish Rite: 2010
  • Invested Knights Commander Court of Honor, Scottish Rite Masons: 2011
  • Recipient, James Noah Hillman Award: 2011
  • Recipient, Grand Master's Award of Excellence: 2011
  • Recipient, Seymour Jonas Levy Award: 2011
  • Recipient, Get Fired Up! Award, Member Category: 2011
  • Hero of '76, Yorktown Camp of Heroes of '76: 2011
  • Affiliated, Newport News Scottish Rite: 2013
  • Member in Perpetuity, National Sojourners Past Masters Chapter No. 997: 2014
  • Master of Consistory, Norfolk Scottish Rite: 2015
  • President, Hampton Roads Chapter No. 6: 2014, 2015, 2016
  • Camp Commander, Yorktown Camp of Heroes of '76: 2016, 2016
  • Honorary Member of the Order of Demolay 2016
  • Appointed Promoter of Fraternal Relations, Bethel 42: 2017
  • Member Royal Arch Princess Anne Chapter No. 1607: 2017
  • Appointed Acting Committee Chairman for Membership Committee National Sojourners 2017
  • Treasurer, Scooter Patrol: 2018
  • District Masonic Home Ambassador: 2017, 2018
  • Tidewater Region MAHOVA Committeeman: 2018
  • Royal Order of Barrow Wheeler, National Sojourners: 2018
  • Appointed Committee Chairman for Membership Committee National Sojourners 2018
  • Member is Perpetuity National Sojourners Old Dominion Chapter No. 364: 2019
  • Appointed Regional Representative National Sojourners: 2019-2022
  • Member in Perpetuity National Sojourners 1776 Militia Chapter No. 560: 2019
  • Member in Perpetuity National Sojourners Patuxent Chapter No. 522: 2019
  • Elected Alternate District Deputy Grand Master Nominee of Dist. 56 for 2021: 2019
  • Member in Perpetuity National Sojourners Clarence H. Cohen Chapter No.162: 2019
  • Affiliated, Bannack Historic Lodge No. 3-7-77, Montana: 2020
  • Grand Lodge Committee on Masonic Home Ambassadors: 2020
  • Elected Scooter Patrol 1st Lieutenant 2020
  • Dual Membership: Virginia Research Lodge No. 1777: 2021
  • Elected Scooter Patrol Captain 2021
  • Dual Membership Payton Randolph Research Lodge No. 1774
  • Appointed Promoter of Fraternal Relations, Bethel 37: 2019-2021
  • Appointed Associate Bethel Guardian, Bethel 37: 2021-2022
  • Appointed Grand Junior Custodian, Grand Guardian Council: 2021-2022, 2022-2023
  • Elected Commander of the Council of Kadosh, Norfolk Scottish Rite Valley: 2022
  • Appointed Area Representative South Area National Sojourners: 2022
  • Appointed Promoter of Fraternal Relations Bethel 37, 2022
  • Elected Worthy Patron Kempsville Chapter No. 173 OES, 2022-2023
  • Elected National Sojourners Committee of 33: 2017, 2018, re-election due 2024
  • Appointed to be a Member of the Nominating Committee National Sojourners 2022 and 2023
  • Treasurer, Virginia Research Lodge: 2023 - present
  • Neptune Forest 141 Tall Cedars of Lebanon of North America Elected Grand Tall: 2023 - present
  • C. B. Vance Council Number 58 Allied Masonic Degrees Grand Council Allied Masonic Degrees of the United States of America initiated 12/2022 and elected Junior Deacon: 2023

Installation of Officers - December 18, 2010

Photo courtesy of Right Worshipful Emmett "Buddy" Pate
left to right
  1. Bill Peterson - Senior Warden
  2. Bill Nelligar - Treasurer
  3. Michael Johnstone - Worshipful Master
  4. John Preddy - Junior Deacon
  5. Scott Foxwell - Chaplain
  6. Robert Johns - Musician
  1. Jerry Hallal - Junior Warden
  2. Bob Stanek - Secretary
  3. Steve Ridgeway (proxy for Terry Bledsoe) - Senior Deacon
  4. Dave Borntrager (proxy for Greg Muir) - Marshal
  5. Thomas Beverly - Tiler

Worshipful Master's Pins

Honoring the New Potentate - January 11, 2011

Illustrious Don Meyer receiving his Potentate's Fez from Worshipful Michael Johnstone
Khedive Hillbillies in attendance
Photos courtesy of Right Worshipful Emmett "Buddy" Pate
Khedive Divan

Worshipful Bill Rawson's Portrait Presentation - January 11, 2011

Photo courtesy of Right Worshipful Emmett "Buddy" Pate
left to right
  1. Worshipful Michael Johnstone
  2. Worshipful Bill Rawson
  3. Brother Jerry Hallal

Brother Joe Smith's 107th Birthday Celebration - January 14, 2011

Photo courtesy of Worshipful Bob Stanek
left to right
  1. Right Worshipful Roger Cort
  2. Worshipful Frank Creasy
  3. Worshipful Bill Nelligar
  4. Brother Joe Smith
  1. Brother Joe Salt
  2. Worshipful Bob Stanek
  3. Brother Hank Foiles

800th Master Mason - January 18, 2011

Photo courtesy of Right Worshipful Emmett "Buddy" Pate
left to right
  1. Worshipful Bill Nolan
  2. Brother Matt Pilgrim
  3. Right Worshipful Harry Holland
  4. Worshipful Michael Johnstone

Scottish Rite Night, March 8, 2011

Photo courtesy of Right Worshipful Emmett "Buddy" Pate
Kempsville Lodge was honored to have Worshipful and Illustrious Ronald A. Seale, 33°, the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Southern Jurisdiction of the United States of America, as the guest speaker for its March Stated Communication.
left to right
  1. Right Worshipful Wayne Sawyer Flora, Grand Senior Deacon
  2. Worshipful and Illustrious Ronald A. Seale, 33°, Sovereign Grand Commander, AASR
  3. Worshipful Michael Johnstone
  4. Most Worshipful James Dean Cole, Grand Master - 2001
  5. Most Worshipful Clifford Alan Parker, Grand Master - 2002
  6. Most Worshipful William Lee Holliday, Grand Master - 2000
Photo courtesy of Right Worshipful Emmett "Buddy" Pate
Souvenir replica of the Scottish Rite House of the Temple presented to Worshipful Michael Johnstone by Worshipful and Illustrious Ronald A. Seale, 33°, Sovereign Grand Commander, AASR

Past Masters Night - March 29, 2011

Photo courtesy of Worshipful Bill Nolan
left to right
  1. Roger Cort - 2007
  2. Tom McGowan - 1983
  3. Bill Nelligar - 2003
  4. Bob Lockwood - 1984 (Oceanview No. 335)
  5. Ejnar Jorgensen - 1979
  6. Bill Knowles - 1982
  7. Bill Nolan - 1994
  8. Bobby Spruill - 1991
  9. Ray Connard - 2002
  10. Monte Howell - 1978
  11. Tommy Haste - 1970
  12. Adam Green - 2008
  1. Ray Hall - 1988
  2. Bob Stanek - 1996
  3. Don Meyer - 1992
  4. Shawn Garfield - 2006
  5. Jimmie Wilder - 1986
  6. Ralph Ward - 1987
  7. Mike Lombardo - 1974
  8. Bill Rawson - 2010
  9. David Weast - 1992 (Claude H. Morrison Lodge No. 747, California)
  10. Joe Thornton - 1984

Virginia Beach Technical and Career Center Scholarships

Letter of appreciation
Marquee at Virginia Beach Technical and Career Center on the day of the scholarship presentations.

Past Masters Night - September 27, 2011

Photo courtesy of Right Worshipful Emmett "Buddy" Pate
left to right
  1. Mike Lombardo - 1974
  2. Don Robinson - 2000
  3. Emmett "Buddy" Pate - 2005
  4. Bobby Spruill - 1991
  5. Ray Hall - 1988
  6. Ralph Ward - 1987
  7. Shawn Garfield - 2006
  8. Bill Knowles - 1982
  1. Jim Gardner - 1989
  2. Tom McGowan - 1983
  3. Don Meyer - 1992
  4. Bob Stanek - 1996
  5. Bill Nolan - 1994
  6. Adam Green - 2008
  7. Bill Rawson - 2010
  8. Roger Cort - 2007

Table Lodge - October 29, 2011

Photo courtesy of Worshipful Michael Johnstone
left to right
  1. Most Worshipful Edmund Cohen - Grand Master, 2008
  2. Worshipful Michael Johnstone
  3. Most Worshipful Donald Maynard Robey - Grand Master, 1987

Annual Stated Communication - December 13, 2011

Worshipful Michael Johnstone presents Certificates of Appreciation to the 2011 Officers
Right Worshipful Wayne S. Flora, Grand Senior Warden of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, being received in the East.
Worshipful Chip Winston receiving the District Travelling Gavel on behalf of the Brethren of Willis. V. Fentress Lodge No. 296
Photos courtesy of Right Worshipful Emmett "Buddy" Pate
It wouldn't be December at Kempsville Lodge if these socks didn't make an appearance.

Worshipful Mike Lombardo's 90th Birthday - December 17, 2011

Worshipful Mike Lombardo celebrates his 90th Birthaday during the 2012 Installation of Officers Reception.
Photo courtesy of Right Worshipful Emmett "Buddy" Pate

Mason of the Year - December 17, 2011

Photo courtesy of Right Worshipful Emmett "Buddy" Pate
Brother Dennis Eaton receiving the Mason of the Year Award during the 2012 Installation of Officers event.

That's a Knife

A gift to Worshipful Michael Johnstone from Brother Scott Vaughan as thanks for coaching him through his catechisms.

Lodge Of Sorrow

  • Darryl Raymond Moyers - 01/06/2011
  • John Angus Farrer - 01/12/2011
  • Selby Ray Ballance - 01/30/2011
  • Julius C. Anongus - 02/16/2011
  • Elbert Louis Lane, Jr. - 03/17/2011
  • William Andrew McPherson, Jr. - 03/31/2011
  • W∴ Robert Melvin Ohman - 04/23/2011
  • W∴ Lee Kelberg - 04/25/2011
  • William Stephenson Erekson - 06/04/2011
  • R∴W∴ Richard Alfred Davis, Jr. - 06/13/2011
  • Winfred A. Beamon - 08/16/2011
  • Iris Wilford Midgett, Sr. - 12/13/2011

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