Manuel L. Quezon Masonic Lodge No. 262

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Masons from Nueva Ecija who were assigned in Aurora dreamed of establishing a Masonic lodge in the province. Cabanatuan Lodge No. 53 and Kapatiran Lodge No. 228 recommended the creation of the new lodge. Acting on a petition signed by 62 Master Masons, MW Rudyard V. Bunda issued the dispensation on 14 March 14 1983. In April 1984, MW Rosendo C. Herrera granted the charter to the Manuel L. Quezon Memorial Lodge No. 262. On 09 June 1984, MW Reynato S. Puno visited Baler, Aurora and formally constituted the lodge at the Gabaldon Hall of the Baler Central School. Thereafter, the following principal officers were installed: Rodolfo C. Beltran as Worshipful Master, Diosdado Mudlong as Senior Warden and Ildefonso Evangelista as Junior Warden. A few years after the lodge was constituted, Bros. Joselito J. Angara and Pedro Calixto each donated a 1,000 square meter lot where the present temple now stands. 

Among the notable members of the lodge are Gov. Gerardo A. Noveras, former Vice-Gov. Isaias A. Noveras, former Baler mayor Joselito J. Angara and Baler vice-mayor Pedro M. Ong, Jr.  

NOTE: This article was excerpted from the book "Philippine Blue Lodges (Heritage, Heraldry & Heart)" that was published by MW Abraham N. Tolentino in 2017.

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