Cheque presentation evening – Southampton Masonic Centre

The highly successful and inaugural South Central Area cheque presentation evening

The highly successful and inaugural South Central Area cheque presentation evening, was held at Southampton Masonic Centre, Albion Place, last night in support of Area Lodges donating a fantastic sum of £21,808.75 to 22 non-Masonic Charities and good causes, locally.

Grand Union Lodge, 9641, present a cheque for £1,000 to Medical Detection Dogs

Donation to Medical Detection Dogs

Members of Buckinghamshire Freemasons were at Stowe School recently where an event to promote the work carried out by the Medical Detection Dogs team was held.

Medical Detection Dogs, (based in Great Horwood), trains dogs to detect the odour of human disease. It is at the forefront of the research into the fight against cancer and helping people with life-threatening diseases.

Frederick Bates – Freemason & American politician.

Frederick Bates   Freemason & American politician.

Bates was born on June 23rd, 1777 in Goochland County, Virginia. He was privately schooled by tutors on the family plantation. He attended college and would later read law with an established firm. In 1797, Bates moved to Detroit, Michigan. In 1803 he became the first postmaster of Detroit.