Bethels 14 & 277

Monday night we visited Bethel No 14 in Pleasanton, home of the Grand Bethel Honored Queen. Unfortunately she was unable to make it to the meeting, but she sent Jennifer a nice present. Pleasanton does not currently have a Marshal, so Jennifer was able to robe down with the other Daughters. Pleasanton is also home to two Supreme Bethel Officers, the Representatives to Missouri and Wyoming, who are sisters and the Jr and Sr Princesses of Bethel 14. Jennifer also won the coin march prize.

We made visiting Pleasanton a priority, because we lived there until Jennifer was 5, and Bethel 14 would have been her bethel if we had not moved to Oregon. One of the Daughters was a former neighbor of ours. After the meeting, we had a nice long conversation with the Bethel Guardian. It ended up being longer than expected, because Jennifer locked the keys in the RV when she went to change, and we had to wait for a tow truck to open the door.

Our last stop was Stockton, where we attended a non-regalia meeting of Bethel 277, and Jennifer visited with the Grand Bethel Representative to Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. The Guardian gave us a tour of the Masonic Temple, which is in downtown Stockton and has several Lodge rooms.