Ballinger Ancillary Lodge of Perfection

04/08/2026

Reminder! Our Annual Remembrance and Renewal Dinner will be Monday, April 13th. We will have dinner at 6:30 with the ceremony and meeting to follow. Please text 325-668-4724 or comment below to make you dinner reservations. We're looking forward to seeing you there.

03/17/2026

03/05/2026

Ballinger Ancillary Lodge of Perfection Monthly Stated Meeting Monday, March 9th, dinner at 6:30 p.m. The meal is $13.00 - free for candidates. We will have degree practice following the meeting. Our Annual Reunion is Saturday, March 28th so let's get those petitions in. Text (preferred) or call Rick at 325-668-4724 for meal reservations.

02/05/2026

Reminder! Stated meeting Monday, Feb 9th. Dinner will be at 6:30 p.m. $13.00 pay at the door. We'll have degree practice following a short open meeting. Please call or preferably text for dinner reservations, include name. Rick 325-668-4724

01/21/2026

Update: "On the Way Home Ministries", while it arrived after Thanksgiving, we did recieve a check from the Waco Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation for $2500.00. This combined with some other recent donations totaled $2700.00. With Christmas fast approaching, I mailed the checks to Diane Walker. She sends her sincere thanks to the "Masons" who alway come together to help out the ministry. Thank you, Brothers and thanks to the Waco Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation. Total for the holidays nearly $5000.

01/08/2026

Stated Meeting Monday, 1/12/26. Dinner at 6:30. We will have degree practice following the meeting. Dinner is $13.00 at the door. Please think membership! Bring a prospect to dinner and we'll pick up the tab. Please text if you plan to attend. Rick 325-668-4724

01/03/2026

Brothers,

Services for Hon Hubert Smith KCCH are as follows:

North's Funeral Home Abilene
Visitation Tuesday 5-7
Funeral and Masonic Services Wednesday 1:00 p.m
Burial Thursday 11 a.m. North Belton Cemetery, Belton

Masons please assemble in the parking lot at North's Funeral Home at 12:30 p.m. to don aprons and regalia

Rick Trogdon
325-668-4724

01/03/2026

Update
A note of sadness, Hon Hubert Smith KCCH, has forever laid down his wokeing tools. He will be sorely missed. He was very active in his Lodge, Rainbow, Eastern Star, the York Rite Bodies and the Scottish Rite for over 50 years. Please keep his family in your prayers. We will post funeral arrangements when they become available.

12/31/2025

Hubert Smith, 32 KCCH in Hendrick Medical Center. They are in the process of moving him to hospice. Not verbally responsive at this time. Please keep Hubert in your Prayers. He was our third Venerable Master at BALOP #3.

12/09/2025

Diane Walker, Director of on the Way Home Ministries, recieves donations totaling over $2000.00. Thank you Ballinger Scottish Rite Ancillary Lodge of Perfection, Heart of Texas York Rite College, Stamford Commandery 75, Big Coutry Chapter and Council and Nazareth Tabernacle HRAKTP for your generosity.
the funds will go a long way in helping folks in the rural communites of Lawn, the Jim Ned Valley, Oplin, & Novice.

11/11/2025

Congratulations to our new officers for 2026!

Venerable Master....... Nick Kloster
Senior Warden........... Chris Harp
Junior Warden............ Donnie Vanadore
Orator......................... RC Caruthers
Almoner...................... Gary Galloway
Secretary..................... Rick Trogdon
Treasurer..................... Jonathan Carroll
Prelate......................... Jerry Pingle
Expert.......................... Clabe Webb
Assistant Expert.......... Jeff Miller
Captain of the Host.... Delton Chorn
Tiler......Mike Ault

11/06/2025

Reminder: Ballinger Ancillary Lodge of Perfection Stated Meeting Monday, Nov 11th. We will have dinner at 6:30 p.m. $13.00 at the door. We will elect and install officers for 2026. This will be a tiled meeting and it is the last meeting this year as we are dark in December. Please text (preferred) or call 325-668-4724 for meal confirmation.