Officers, 2026–27
Worshipful Master: Daniel Okafor
Senior Warden: Priya Raman
Junior Warden: Tom Bellweather
Treasurer: Marcus Hale
Secretary: Elias Whitcomb
Chartered 1907 · Grapevine, Texas
Our Lodge & Our Fund
A hundred and nineteen years of meeting on the first Tuesday, and forty-one years of sending students to school.
The lodge
A small hall on Ashlar Avenue
Real Fake Lodge No. 1234 received its charter in 1907 and has met in the same brick hall since 1961, when the membership built it themselves over two summers. Today the lodge counts just under two hundred members, roughly sixty of whom you will find at any given stated meeting, arguing amiably about the price of coffee.
The lodge’s public work is straightforward: a scholarship fund, a food pantry partnership, and a hall that any local nonprofit may use free of charge. The private work is older and quieter, and we are glad to talk about it with anyone who asks.
The fund
Forty-one years, one hat
The scholarship fund began in 1985 with $412 collected in a hat at a Friday fish fry and a single award to a senior headed for community college. Since then the lodge has awarded 214 scholarships totaling just over $390,000.
Awards go to graduating seniors from our four neighboring districts who are pursuing music, the visual and performing arts, or a skilled trade. Applications open in January, a committee of members and two local educators reads every one, and awards are paid directly to the school. Recipients are honored at the April stated meeting, where they are fed considerably more brisket than any one person should eat.
By the numbers
What the fund has done
1985
First award
214
Scholarships to date
$390k
Awarded since 1985
4
School districts served
Visit us
Stated meeting is the first Tuesday of the month at 7:30 PM, with dinner at 6:30. Guests are welcome at dinner and at every public event we host. Call the office first so we set a plate for you.
Use the hall
Local nonprofits, scout troops, and school groups may use the hall at no cost, subject to the calendar. Write the secretary with your dates and we will do our best.
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Join us on November 14
One evening funds twelve scholarships. Seats are limited to two hundred.