Blackmer Lodge No. 127 of Mount Gilead, NC, is offering a chance to win a Ken Fritts original handcrafted blackpowder rifle. This year Ken has built a beautiful circa 1825 North Carolina .40 caliber flintlock and inlayed it with various Masonic emblems. The rifle can be viewed at the following webpage:
http://www.blackmerlodge.org/raffle.html.
Proceeds from the raffle will benefit The Masonic Home for Children at Oxford, The Masonic and Eastern Star Home, and the North Carolina Masonic Foundation.
Raffle tickets are $5.00 each and can be purchased by mailing payment to Blackmer Lodge No. 127, P. O. Box 265, Mount Gilead, NC 27306. Please remember to include your contact information with your order.
PS: Ken has offered to pay the winner of the rifle $1,000.00 if he would rather have the cash instead of the gun.
Another link:http://www.ncmason.org/special/blackmerlodge.htm
