December 2011

Masonic Temple
210 Post Road East
Westport, Connecticut
Telephone: (203) 227-7711

These pages will provide Freemasons and Non-Masons alike with an introduction to Temple Lodge No.65. – its activities, its interests, its ideals and its desire to make Freemasonry a pleasant, instructive, useful and enjoyable part of a Mason’s life. The Brethren of the Lodge wish to share their knowledge and experiences on their journey through the Craft and in doing so hope to become more fulfilled in their declared goals of brotherly love, relief and truth.

Upcoming Degrees:


Stated Communications:
8:00 pm, Second and Fourth Thursday, exempt July,
August, and Fourth Thursday November and December.

Upcoming Social Events:

Officers Meeting
First Thursday of each month at 7:30 pm. Rehearsals afterwards

Blue Lodge Council:
Blue Lodge Council is Rotating the Lodge Meeting.

January: Monday 23, To be decided
February: Monday 27, To be decided

Trestle Boards:
Trestle Boards are now available on this website.
You can download past Trestle Boards at this link Past Trestle Boards

Welcome to Temple Lodge #65. Please browse this site for more information about the Lodge and Masonry. If you would like to become a member, click on the "Membership Info", fill in the form and we will contact you. For more information about Temple Lodge #65, please look through our site. We will be adding more content over the coming year. Please supply news, stories and photographs of our events.

You may contact our lodge secretary directly by using the form on the contact us page. 

Temple Lodge presents $3,000.00 to Westport EMS
Thursday August 18th, 2011

W.Brother Anthony Foote presented a check for $,3000 to Michael R. Salvatore, NREMT-P/EMS-I for and on behalf of all the brothers of Temple Lodge 65.

Brothers posing with the bikes and Michael R. Salvatore

Brothers of Temple Lodge raised $1,100 towards the total of $3,000 donated to Westport EMS. The bikes are specially built for the EMS department and carry a range of emergency first response equipment, offering fast emergency services to the people of Westport.

The bikes are 2010 Fuji Police Specials and each is equipeded with JANDD Mountaineering EMS Pannier Bags and Top Medication bag. The lights and siren unit are Alerte Trailblazer III LED Emergency lights with siren.

The total combined weight of the bags is about 35lbs when loaded.

Each team of two bikes consists of a Paramedic and EMT.
Each bike carries spare tire tubes, small tool kit, air pump.

The Paramedic bike carries:

Oxygen, IV Supplies, Intubation Equipment (breathing tubes), Oxygen masks and supplies, basic bandaging equipment, Blood pressure cuffs, and Medications for Allergic reactions, cardiac emergencies, diabetic emergencies, drug over doses, and medications for breathing problems.

The EMT bike carries:

Oxygen, AED (defribulator, to shock a patients heart), Oxygen supplies, bandaging and splinting equipment, Neck collars, ice and heat packs, child birthing kit, blood pressure cuffs, medications for allergic reactions.

They offer Bike Team stand-by for large crowd events in the town of Westport and surrounding towns (Out of towns require coordination with that towns ambulance service and approval from WEMS Director). They also provide information on bike safety, proper helmet fits, and public relations and information on Emergency Medical Services and EMS Cycling.

The REQUIRED training program is from IPMBA (International Police Mountain Bike Assoc). It is a very intense 32hr training program that teaching bike control, crowd control, safe riding skills, navigating in crowds, how to ride up and down stairs and over rough terrain.

By having a bike team we can get into areas much faster than am ambulance can get to a patient to begin care and stabilize until a transport unit arrives.

Visit to England & Scotland
In May, members of Temple Lodge 65 and other lodges made a visit to Scotland and England.

Grand Master, Jim McWain, Deputy Grand Master Gary Arsenau, and other brothers, toured Scotland and England and eventually ended up in Portsmouth, to visit the Mother Lodge of W. Bro. Tony Foote, Southsea Lodge 4071.

M.W. Jim McWain and R.W. Gary Arsenau with RW Bro Mike Wilks, Provincial Grand Master of Hampshire and
W. B. John Reid, WM of Southsea Lodge 4071