Eddie Rickenbacker – Freemason, successful race car driver, fighter pilot, airline executive, wartime advisor, and elder statesman

Eddie Rickenbacker   Freemason, successful race car driver, fighter pilot, airline executive, wartime advisor, and elder statesman

The American Ace of Aces, Eddie Rickenbacker, was an Freemason and a successful race car driver, fighter pilot, airline executive, wartime advisor, and elder statesman. Few aces achieved so much in so many different lifetime roles.

His twenty-six aerial victories came in only two months of combat flying, a spectacular achievement.

Lamesley Church Ladies Sewing Circle present beautiful newly restored banner

Sewing the Seeds of Love

Freemasons around the world are very proud of their history and customs, so much so than many lodge archives as well as masonic museums are full to bursting with artefacts and items of interest going back hundreds of years. One of the most iconic and obvious items that your attentions within a Freemasons lodge is the intricate lodge banner which hangs in an illuminated position for all to see. This is an item that lodges like to keep and display for all to see, despite many decades of wear and tear.

13 Father and sons in May Fair Lodge No. 8294

13 Father and sons in May Fair Lodge No. 8294

May Fair Lodge, No. 8294, which meets at Mark Masons’ Hall in London, has a strong family history with no less than 13 father and son relationships in its short 46-year history, three of which were sons initiating their fathers. The tradition has continued with a double initiation of Matthew Flynn and Dilip Singh Dhanjal, each aged 21.

Ormskirk Group golf in full swing

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During the afternoon the stiff breeze often presented a challenge to the competitors which added humour amongst the players with golf balls constantly spinning out of control. At the end of the competition the player’s ranks were swelled when the Ormskirk and Bootle Group Chairman Frank Umbers and others joined them for a well-earned drink at the 19th hole.