Visitation Gavel

Current Holder: Oak Cliff # 705 Their stated communication is on the 2nd Thursday of each month - dinner at 6:00, meeting at 7:00.

If you intend to visit a lodge, it is courteous to let that lodge know well in advance, particularly if you are coming with a large entourage.


The 14th Districts Visitation Gavel was initially presented to Richardson Masonic Lodge #1214 at their 1999 Installation of Officers by Brother Arthur Karl "Dino" Dean of Cedar Creek Lodge #300, Kurten, TX.


It is now used to encourage visitation between the Lodges of the 14th Masonic Districts in the hope of fostering Brotherly Love and the sharing of ideas, lodge methods, and fellowship.

The "rules" for the Visitation Gavel are as follows:

  1. The current holder of the Gavel will keep it until another Lodge from the 14th Districts brings at least 8 of it's members to one of the current holder's stated meetings or degrees.

    In the interest of fairness, if a member of a visiting lodge is also a member of the lodge currently holding the gavel, he should not be considered a visitor and his attendance should not be included in any visiting lodge's total.

  2. That visiting Lodge then is allowed to take the Gavel and remain the holder until it is taken from them in the same manner.

  3. Every time the Gavel is taken, the new holder should:

    1. Log into the Record Book their Lodge's name, the number of members that visited the prior holder's Lodge, and the date taken.

    2. Call the current President of the MWS Association and let him know that they are now the new holder of the Gavel so he can inform the other Lodges of the Districts.

  4. Should 2 or more Lodge's with equal number of members of 8 or more visit the current gavel holder at the same stated meeting, a coin flip, or other method agreeable to the Lodges, will be used to determine the new holder.

Current and Previous Gavel Holders Date Received No. Visitors
Oak Cliff #705 December 11th, 2012 9
Metropolitan #1182 October 30th, 2012 14
Roy Stanley #1367 October 8th, 2012 9
Duck Creek #1419 September 11th, 2012 8
Garland #441 June 5th, 2012 10
George B. Dealey #1312 May 14, 2012 12
Trinity Valley #1048 April 10, 2012 9
Garland #441 March 12, 2012 8
Duck Creek #1419 February 14th, 2012 8
Garland #441 November 3, 2011 11
Washington Lodge #1117 September 13th, 2011 9
Garland #441 August 30, 2011 25
Roy Stanley #1367 August 2, 2011 15
Kiest #1310 June 8, 2011 8
Zavala #1059 May 31, 2011 9
Roy Stanley #1367 May 9, 2011 8
Sam P. Cochran #1335 November 11, 2010 9
John C. Pelt #1321 August 31, 2010 12
Roy Stanley #1367 August 3, 2010 15
White Rock #234 February 9, 2010 12
John L. DeGrazier #1349 September 14, 2009 10
Trinity Valley #1048 August 6, 2009 19
Washington #1117 July 7, 2009 10
Richardson #1214 May 7, 2009 11
Washington #1117 August 12, 2008 15
Mike H. Thomas #1314 July 10, 2008 8
Oak Cliff #705 March 4, 2008 10
George B. Dealey #1312 October 30, 2007 13
Roy Stanley #1367 September 10, 2007 12
Duck Creek #1419 September 6, 2007 10
Hillcrest #1318 August 11, 2007 13
James V. Callan #1422 October 3, 2006 8
Richardson #1214 January 31, 2006 13
Roy Stanley #1367 July 12, 2005 14
Tannehill #52 June 21, 2005 10
Lancaster #160 June 20, 2005 10
Hutchins #1154 May 12, 2005 8
Seagoville #654 March 21, 2005 10
Trinity Valley #1048 May 6, 2004 10
Cedar Hill Lodge #1380 March 13, 2004 9
Mountain Creek #511 September 2, 2003 12
Sam R. Hamilton #1031 June 5, 2003 11
Thomas B. Hunter #1356 May 6, 2003 17
Sam R. Hamilton #1031 April 3, 2003 14
Thomas B. Hunter #1356 March 13, 2003 19
DeSoto #1409 February 11, 2003 9
Mike H. Thomas #1314 April 9, 2002 13
Pentagon #1080 February 12, 2002 15
Garland #441 January 14, 2002 16
Duck Creek #1419 November 13, 2001 24
Garland #441 September 8, 2001 15
James V. Callan #1422 August 9, 2001 14
Alexander C. Garrett #1216 February 13, 2001 11
Aubrey Earl Hope #1446 November 21, 2000 11
Lancaster #160 November 13, 2000 10
Keystone #1143 October 3, 2000 13
Richardson #1214 Original Holder —