Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons Investiture Meeting 7 June 2016 » westyorksmark
Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons Investiture Meeting 7 June 2016
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Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons Investiture Meeting 7 June 2016
The Masonic Hall, King Street, Mirfield and, at the invitation of the Provincial Grand Master, Right Worshipful Brother James Steggles G.M.R.A.C, a goodly number of the Provincial Officers of the year and their Ladies, attended an excellent Sunday Lunch.
The National Sojourners have just made an important change to their bylaws concerning membership eligibility.
The resolution passed with nine votes more than the 75% required for the change
Eight miles of secret tunnels dug by allied forces during WWI deep in the forests of Northern France have recently been discovered by an amateur battlefield explorer. They were used, in part, by the American Expeditionary Force, sent by President Wilson
There is where you travel, and then there is how you travel. These days, John Bermudez’s ride is a pristine 1950 Chrylser New Yorker, powder blue – “You ever hear the expression, ‘land yacht’?” he says.
They have dispensation to hold an extra meeting on Tuesday June 28th at 6PM. This will be a third degree followed by a meal in the refectory at Hayle.
The subject of this paper is the possible connection between the arrival of the exiled Jacobites in France after 1688 and the appearance of the first masonic lodges at about the same time. It seems certain that the Scottish and Irish soldiers who formed part of this exile did frequent the first lodges and it is a possibility, still the subject of controversy’, that a lodge had existed at St Germain en La:i,e from the time of the first exile of the Stewarts in ]649. This was where they again took up residence in 1689.
On June 18th, Dave Hendricks, Director of Development and Programs for the Kansas Masonic Foundation, attended the scholarship presentation at Vulcan Lodge in Walnut and presented Brother Mike Carnes with his Platinum Level C-Club plaque and Brother Don Wheeler with his Diamond Level C-Club plaque in appreciation of their continued support of the KMF
The meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge saw Alan Jones step down and be replaced by Peter Schofield as Chairman of Furness and South Lakeland Group. To acknowledge the contribution Alan has made to the group, a dinner was held in his honour at the Fairfield Suite in Barrow-in-Furness Masonic Hall which was attended by 95 brethren
Ellesmere Golf Club, Worsley, which is a beautiful parkland course that measures 6287 yards and is a testing par 70 and has a clubhouse that was rebuilt in 1996 and has all the facilities required to accommodate golfers in comfort on completion of their rounds, was the venue for the annual Eccles and District Group golf competition.