Macaraeg Brothers Initiated One of Their Own

Photo shows the Macaraeg brothers Jose Sr, PM of Silverdale Lodge # 311 in Washington State; Ben, PM of Gateway Lodge # 339, Brea, CA; Daniel of Black Mountain Lodge # 854, San Diego, CA; Macario Jr of Cornerstone Lodge #659, Alhambra, CA; Aureo, PM of Peoria Lodge # 31, Peoria, Arizona; and new EA Bro Jose Sia Macaraeg Jr.

"On April 8, 2008, the Macaraeg brothers initiated one of their own into Masonry. Five brothers helped prepare and later welcome nephew and son Jose Sia Macaraeg Jr.

Participating in the very special event, Brother Dad sat in the East while Brother Uncles Ben and Oring sat in the West and South, respectively. Brother Uncle Tik was the Senior Deacon and Brother Uncle Mack Jr. occupied the Senior Steward position.

The five brothers came from five different Lodges and three Grand Lodge Jurisdictions of Arizona, California, and Washington. All the Macaraeg brothers are Senior DeMolays from Teodoro R.Yangco Chapter, with the exception of Jose Sr. who was raised in Lincoln Lodge No 34 in 1963."

Via email by Bro JD Macaraeg

Also see similar post by Bro Ollie Olano on his blog,... least Letters, Figures or Characters.

For another Macaraeg story, see Bro R M Olano's post regarding their group visitation, click here.

TRY Senior DeMolay Capt Sadsad US NAS Commander

Stock photo courtesy of NAS Whiting Field.

Former Olongapo City resident and TRY Senior DeMolay, Capt Enrique "Ric" Sadsad assumed the post of "Commanding Officer of NAS Whiting Field in a Change of Command Ceremony on Friday, August 17" a couple of years ago according to EscaRosa press.

Like most promising and talented young men from Olongapo, Bro Ric joined the US Navy in November 1977 after graduating from Olongapo City National High School (OCNHS) in 1973.

"He was already working as a helicopter technician at the Philippine Aerospace Development Corp. in Pasay City when he passed the entrance tests and joined the US Navy at age 21"; according to a blog post in the Subic Bay News by Rodney J. Jaleco - ABS-CBN North America News Bureau .

According to the same ABS-CBN news report, "I attribute a lot of where I am now to a desire to get advanced education, and I guess, just to do your job and do it well," he declares. We asked if he had a formula for success. "A lot of perseverance," he replied, "and a lot of luck"."

Another TRY Senior DeMolay following his footsteps in the US Navy is Bro Constantino Constantino, who now resides in San Diego and is based there.

Our congratulations to Bro Capt Ric Sadsad on this milestone in his US Navy career.

(To read the full articles, please click link of EscaRosa and blog post in the Subic Bay News above.)

In a follow up comment, Bro Ric said that he joined Pace Lodge No 349 of Milton, Florida just last summer [2008]. Congratulations to Bro Ric for taking the time out of his busy schedule to join Freemasonry, I am sure he will be a tremendous asset to the craft.