st. john's lodge no 2 - The Trestleboard

Charles A Newton, PM – 12/14/1977
Craig S Newton, PM – 12/19/1984
William C Norris – 12/20/1967
John K Norris – 12/6/2006
Edward A Ruth – 12/19/1951
Edwin W Ware, PM – 12/18/1968
James A Watson – 12/12/1986
Randall S Woods, PM – 12/5/2002

The Missing Five Dollar Bill

George worked for the Post Office and his job was to process all the mail that had illegible addresses. One day just before Christmas, a letter landed on his desk simply addressed in shaky handwriting: "To God". With no other clue on the envelope, George opened the letter and read:

Dear God,

I am an 93 year old widow living on socoal security. Yesterday someone stole my purse. It had $100 in it, which was all the money I had in the world and no social security check due until after Christmas. Next week is Christmas and I had invited two of my friends over for Christmas lunch. Without that money, I have nothing to buy food with. I have no family to turn to, and you are my only hope. God; can you please help me?

George was really touched, and being kind hearted, he put a copy of the letter up on the staff notice board at the main sorting office where he worked. The letter touched the other postmen and they all dug into their pockets to donate. Between them they raised $95. Using an officially stamped Post Office envelope, they sent the cash on to the old lady, and for the rest of the day, all the workers felt a warm glow thinking of the nice thing they had done.

Christmas came and went. A few days later, another letter simply addressed to 'God' landed in the Sorting Office. Many of the postmen gathered around while George opened the letter. It read,

Dear God,

How can I ever thank you enough for what you did for me? Because of your generosity, I was able to provide a lovely luncheon for my friends. We had a very nice day, and I told my friends of your wonderful gift - in fact we haven't gotten over it and even Father John,