Blackmer Lodge is currently offering raffle tickets for sale on a beautiful hand crafted "Jamestown Style" (Jamestown NC) percussion blackpowder rifle. This one of a kind rifle was produced by Brother Ken Fritts and comes complete with a custom made powder horn that has been crafted by Brother Ernest Tedder.

This is a .32 caliber percussion rifle, in curly maple, that has been engraved and inlayed with a total of 22 Masonic symbols in both brass and silver. It is definitely heirloom quality and would make for a great Christmas gift!

The drawing will be held at Blackmer Lodge on Tuesday, December 16, 2003, prior to our stated meeting. This raffle is open to all and you do not have to be present to win. If we cannot deliver the rifle to the winner, arrangements will be made to have it shipped to you.

For a chance at this beautiful piece, please send a check or money order in the amount of $5.00 per ticket, to Blackmer Lodge No. 127 Raffle, P. O. Box 265, Mount Gilead, NC 27306 (please make the check or money order payable to: Blackmer Lodge No. 127). Do not forget to include your contact information!

The bulk of the proceeds from this raffle will be donated to the Masonic Home for Children at Oxford and the Masonic and Eastern Star Home located in Greensboro. Questions, would you like to see better pictures? Please contact the webmaster.