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Provincial Grand Lodge Office Bearers The
collection at the Installation totalled £860 which was presented to the Grand
Lodge Benevolent Fund. The Dinner which followed was attended by 375 Brethren. The toasts were
presented by, Bro. Kenneth Kennedy (The Grand Lodge of Scotland), reply
by Bro. Sir Archibald Orr Ewing, Grand Master Mason. Bro. Alex Galbraith,
Provincial Grand Master of Renfrewshire West (P.G.L. Lanarkshire Middle Ward),
reply by Bro. James L.Jack P.G.M. Bro. George R. Kelly, Past Provincial Grand
Master (The Daughter Lodges) and
our own Bro. Andrew McAlpine, P.M. Secretary replied. Bro. James Jack, P.G.M.
intimated that the proceeds of the raffle would be donated to the Maggies Cancer
Care Centre, Wishaw. Excellent prizes, including a laptop computer, a four ball
golf match at Gleneagles and a bottle of blue label whisky. The target sum of £1,000
seemed to be achievable, but no one expected the magnificent sum of £2,218 to
be reached. This meant that two Charities would now benefit from our efforts.
The Maggies Centre £1,700 and the Lanarkshire Cancer Care Trust £500. The
P.G.M. also presented a cheque for £1,000 to the Grand Lodge Benevolent Fund
and £1,000 to the Scottish Masonic Homes Fund. The Grand Master Mason was
absolutely delighted to accept the Donations from our Province. At
the conclusion of the Installation around 120 Brethren and Ladies attended an
informal reception in our Temple. The reception which was arranged by Bro.
Ronnie McCarney was a tremendous success. The Right Worshipful Master of Lodge St. Bryde, Bro. Robert
Abercrombie presented the new P.G.M. with a beautiful decanter and
glasses and proposed a toast to his health and success. In reply Bro. James L.
Jack, P.G.M. thanked everyone who had helped make the day such a success and in
return asked the Brethren to be upstanding and toast Lodge
St. Bryde No. 579. Visit
the new Provincial Grand Lodge Homepage at, Provincial
Grand Masters Notes. I
hope (that if my duties as P.G.M. permit) to continue as Editor of The
Right Angle. I would like to pen a few lines with perhaps an update on what has been happening in the Province and what I have been doing as P.G.M. My Commission started on Thursday 8th. June and what a feeling it was to enter Grand Lodge in Procession as P.G.M. and take my place in the East. I n
the evening I attended the Regular Meeting of Lodge Robert Burns No. 440 with an
unofficial Deputation from P.G.L. and witnessed an excellent F.C. Degree. On
Saturday 10th. I was Installed by The Grand Master Mason and what a
tremendous occasion that was. On Tuesday 13th. June, I attended Lodge
Meridian No. 1779 of which I am a Founder Member and gave a Lecture on The
George Washington Masonic Memorial. On
Tuesday 15th. August, I lead a Deputation of Provincial Grand Lodge to the P.G.L.
of Kilwinning and there present a Lecture. Sat. 26th. Aug. I attend Lodge Burns
Immortal No. 1730, where our own Bro. Alasdair Dunlop is Right Worshipful
Master. September
is a busy month with the Grand Masters meeting
in Perth on Sat. 9th., Upper Ward
A.D.S. on 11th., Dedication of new Regalia at 579 on 13th., 50th.
nniversary Re-Dedication at Lodge Larchgrove No. 1518 on 16th.,
presentation of Jubilee Diploma to Bro. David Greenshields, P.M. 1288 on 20th.
Sept., P.G.L. Committee on 26th., and the 250th. Anniversary of the P.G.L. of
Dumfriesshire on Sat. 30th. Sept. I feel that one of my
objectives as P.G.M. will be to have a grass roots approach in that my
priority will be to the Lodges within our Province. I intend to visit Lodges in
an unofficial capacity and hope to share time with the Lodge members and discuss
their problems and successes
with them.
Apr 2006 Unique
Presentation.
Installation. The Installation was carried out by the P.G.M. and Bro. J.L. Jack, P.G. Secretary. Bro. Jack was delighted to Install Lodge St. Bryde members Bro. Alex Hamilton as P.G. Bible Bearer and Bro. Ronnie McCarney as P.G. Tyler. He praised the dedication of both Brethren to their Mother Lodge and Provincial Grand Lodge
Mar 2006 Installation
Tickets. Tickets for the
Installation of The Provincial Grand Master on Saturday 10th. June are on sale now.
Tickets £20 are available from the Lodge Secretary. However, the list closes at the end of this month. So if you are thinking of going ……. Get your ticket now.
Letter
from Bro James L Jack PM 579 Brethren,
At the Grand Lodge Regular Communication held in Edinburgh on Thursday 2nd.
February 2006 my Commission as Provincial Grand Master of Lanarkshire (Middle
Ward) was confirmed by Grand Lodge with effect from Thursday 8th.
June 2006.
I
would like to take this opportunity to thank the Right
Worshipful Master and Brethren of my Mother Lodge, Lodge St. Bryde No.
579 for their tremendous support and encouragement. It is a great honour not
only for me but also for our Lodge that after 130 years a member of Lodge St.
Bryde has been elected by the Brethren of the Province as Provincial Grand
Master.
I am now in a position to make you aware of the Brethren that I have Commissioned with effect from 8th. June 2006, Bro.
James Shanks, P.M. Lodge Coltswood No.1067, Depute Provincial Grand Master.
Bro.
Tom Davidson, P.M. Lodge Hamilton Kilwinning No. 7, Substitute Provincial Grand
Master. Bro.
Alex Kelly, P.M. Lodge Major Ness No. 948, Substitute Provincial Grand Master. Bro.
William Perry, P.M. Lodge Robert Burns No. 440,
Substitute Provincial Grand Master. Bro.
Angus Ross, P.M. Lodge Cambuslang Royal Arch No. 114, Substitute Provincial
Grand Master. Bro.
William Craig, P.M. Lodge Buchanan No. 1499,
Provincial Grand Secretary. Bro.
Rev. Peter Price, P.M. Lodge Meridian No. 1779.
Senior Provincial Grand Chaplain. Bro.
Jim Ferguson, P.M. Lodge Airdrie St. John No. 166, Junior Provincial Grand
Chaplain.
I
am sure that the members of Lodge St. Bryde will be
delighted that these Brethren have accepted a Commission and that 579
will give them the same support and encouragement as they have given me. Regards, James
L. Jack, P.M. Lodge St. Bryde No. 579, Provincial Grand Master Designate. Installation
of Office-bearers. The
Installation of Office-bearers will take place on Friday 3rd.
March. The Installing Masters will be Bro. Kenneth D. Kennedy, Provincial Grand
Master and Bro. James L. Jack, Provincial Grand Secretary. Lodge St. Bryde
Members are encouraged to attend and
support our two P.G.L. Office-bearers
, Bro. Alex Hamilton who will be Installed as P.G. Bible Bearer and Bro. Ronnie
McCarney who will again be Installed as Tyler. Bro. J. Stewart Wood, Depute
Provincial Grand Master will be presented with his Honorary Grand Rank of
Director of Ceremonies by Bro. Kenneth D. Kennedy at this meeting.
A Dinner will follow the Installation and tickets can be
purchased on the evening for £4. All Master Masons are welcome to
attend. Installation
of Provincial Grand Master. Preparations
for the Installation on Saturday 10th. June at 2pm. in the Civic
Centre, Motherwell are well under way. The demand for tickets for the
Dinner to follow the Installation is high and around 320 have been taken up.
Recently an application for 13 tickets was received from the Provincial Grand
Lodge of Ayrshire ! So if you are thinking of attending the Installation and
Dinner, contact the Lodge Secretary regarding ticket availability. Annual
Divine Service. P.G.L. Annual
Divine Service will take place on Sunday 30th. April at 6 for 6.30pm.
in Uddingston Old Parish Church.
P.G.L. are delighted that Rev. Norman McKee has again welcomed our Service to
The Old Parish. A large attendance of Brethren is requested at this Service as
this is a special year in that Rev. Norman McKee is presently Moderator of
Hamilton Presbytery. Lodge
Dura No. 1513. 50th.
Anniversary Re-Dedication Ceremony. Lodge Dura No. 1513 will celebrate their 50th.
Anniversary on Saturday 20th. May at 3pm. in the Masonic Temple,
Shotts. The Ceremonial will be conducted by Bro. Kenneth D. Kennedy, P.G.M. and
Bro. Tom Davidson, Junior Provincial Grand Chaplain. All Brethren are welcome to
attend the Re-Dedication and Dinner to follow.
Feb Installation of Office Bearers. The Installation of Office Bearers will take place on Friday 3rd. March 2006 at 7.30pm. in the Masonic Temple, Cambuslang. Installing Masters will be Bro. Kenneth D. Kennedy, P.G.M. and Bro. James L. Jack, Provincial Grand Secretary. Lodge St. Bryde will have two members Installed into Office, Bro. Alex Hamilton as P.G. Bible Bearer and Bro. Ronnie McCarney as P.G. Tyler. The Installation is open to all Master Masons. Tickets for the Dinner to follow the Installation can be purchased on the evening price £5. Annual Divine Service. Provincial Grand Lodge are delighted that Rev. Norman McKee and the Kirk Session of the Old Parish Church, Uddingston will again make us welcome on Sunday 30th. April 2006 at 6 for 6.30pm. Rev. McKee has been very supportive over many years and a large attendance is requested at this Service. Installation of the Provincial Grand Master. As previously announced the Installation of Bro. James
L. Jack will take place on Saturday 10th. June 2006 at 2pm. in
Motherwell Civic Centre. Tickets for the Dinner are available from the Lodge
Secretary price £20 each. These tickets are limited and should be booked as
soon as possible. Lodge St. Bryde will supply the Lodge furniture for the meeting and Lodge St. Enoch will loan their new carpet.
Jan 2006 Annual General Meeting. The
Annual General Meeting of P.G.L. will take place on Friday, 13th. January at 7.30pm. In the Masonic Temple,
Uddingston. Bro. Kenneth D. Kennedy, P.G.M. will present
Hon. Grand Rank Certificates at this
meeting. The
Installation of Bro. James L. Jack, Provincial Grand
Master and The Commissioned Office
Bearers will take place on Saturday,
10th. June 2006 at 2pm. In The Concert Hall, Civic Centre, Motherwell. Tickets
for the Installation Dinner will cost £20 (including commemorative token) and
as these tickets will be limited in
number I would now advise you of the ticket allocation procedure. 1. Provincial Grand Office Bearers, Members of Provincial Grand Committee and Past Provincial Grand Office Bearers, apply directly to William Craig, P.G. Treasurer. 2. Three tickets have been reserved for each Lodge. These can be secured by contacting P.G. Secretary. 3.
If Lodges require extra tickets, application must be made through the Lodge
Secretary to P.G. Secretary. The closing date for applications is Friday, 31st.
March 2006. Applications for tickets will be dealt with on a first come first
served basis. Bro.
Andrew McAlpine our Lodge Secretary has an Application Form for extra tickets,
it is important that this is returned as quickly as possible to secure tickets
for our Lodge members who wish to attend this historic meeting in our Lodges
history.
Installation of Elected Office Bearers. The
Installation of Elected P.G. Office Bearers will take place on Friday, 3rd.
March at 7.30pm in the Masonic Temple, Cambuslang. Tickets for the Installation
Dinner will cost £4.50 and will be available on the night of the Installation
from P.G. Treasurer.
Dec 2005 Provincial
Grand Lodge News. New
Carpet. Bro. Kenneth D.
Kennedy, Provincial Grand Master and a small Deputation from Provincial Grand
Lodge attended the Regular meeting of Lodge St. Enoch No. 1288 on Wednesday
16th. Nov. Bro. Rev. Peter O. Price and Bro. Tom Davidson, Provincial Grand
Chaplains carried out the dedication of the new Lodge carpet. The carpet
is a credit to the members of the Lodge who worked so hard to raise funds for
its purchase.
Nov 2005 Bill
Bryson. It was with great sadness
that we learned of the death of Bro. Bill Bryson, Hon. Grand Assistant
Secretary, Past Master Lodge Griffin No. 1254. Bill was a great supporter of his
Mother Lodge and P.G.L. He was a
D-Day veteran and was badly wounded while on active service with the HLI in
Belgium. He was a great piper and only played one set of pipes during his whole
life, the set that his mother bought him when he was age eleven. This quiet
gentleman will be sadly missed. Installation.
Provincial Grand Lodge at the October
Communication approved the date of 10th. June 2006 for the Installation of the
New Provincial Grand Master in
Motherwell Civic Centre. The ticket price was set at £20 and tickets
would be available from Lodge Secretaries early in the new year. 2006
Meetings. P.G.L. meetings for 2006
will be as follows. Friday 13th. January A.G.M. at 579, Friday 3rd. March,
Installation of Office Bearers at 114, Friday 2nd. June Regular Communication at
919, Friday 6th. October Regular Communication 203. 1288
Carpet. Bro. Kenneth D. Kennedy,
P.G.M. will lead a Deputation to Lodge St. Enoch No. 1288 on Wednesday 16th.
November to Dedicate the new Lodge carpet.
Oct 2005 P.G.M.
Installation. It looks
increasingly likely that our own Bro. James L. Jack will be the new P.G.M. The
Installation will take place on Saturday 10th. June 2006 in Motherwell
Civic Centre.Ticket Prices have been pegged at £20 and each Brother attending
the Installation Dinner will receive a special Provincial Token as a memento.
Ticket details will be available in the
New Year from the Lodge Secretary. Grand
Master Visit. Bro. Hugh Young
Past Grand Master of Alberta, Canada
Charity Ball. The P.G.L. Charity Ball held in the Colville Park Country Club was a great success. The venue was superb and the Big Band Sound certainly made it a special evening. Representatives from St. Andrew`s Hospice received a cheque for £4,000 from Bro. Kenneth D. Kennedy, Provincial Grand Master on behalf of Provincial Grand Lodge.
April 2005 Provincial Grand Lodge News. The Annual Installation of Office Bearers held in Cambuslang on 4th. March was a great success and seems to be getting even more popular. The attendance was 173 including a Deputation of 36 Provincial Office Bearers from 12 Sister Provincial Grand Lodges. Lodge St. Bryde were delighted to have two Brethren from the Lodge Installed into Office. Installing Masters, Bro. Peter O. Price, P.G. Chaplain and Bro. Tom Davidson, Junior P. G. Chaplain installed Bro. Alex Hamilton as P. G. Bard and Bro. Ronnie McCarney Installed as P.G. Tyler for the seventh time. The P.G.M. Bro. Kenneth Kennedy presented Bro. Joe McGown , P.P.G.W.S.W. with his regalia , certificate and jewel on behalf of P.G.L. Bro. McGown thanked the P.G.M. and all the Brethren of his mother Lodge, Woodhall St. John`s No. 305 who had given him great support over many years. The collection on behalf of Grand Lodge Benevolent Fund was £245.85p.
Around 150 Brethren attended the Dinner which followed the meeting.
Feb 2005 A Notice of Motion was passed at the Annual General Meeting on 14th. January 2005 which will reduce the number of Communications that Provincial Grand Lodge will have in the course of the year. The new format will be, The A.G.M. will be on the Second Friday in January. the Installation of Office Bearers will be the First Friday in March. A new Communication date will be the First Friday in June and a further Communication will be held on the First Friday in October. In effect this means that the old April and July Communications are combined into a new June Communication. It was great to see our Right Worshipful Master, Bro. Alex Hamilton take another step up the Provincial ladder, Alex was Elected to the Office of Bard and will along with Ronnie McCarney, Provincial Grand Tyler be Installed on 4th. March. Installation.
The Installation of Office Bearers and Dinner will take place in The Masonic
Temple, Cambuslang on Friday 4th. March, all M.M.`s may attend. Installing
Masters The Installing Masters will be Bro. Rev. Peter O. Price, Senior P.G.
Chaplain and Tom Davidson, Junior P.G. Chaplain. Tsunami Appeal. Following the tragic events of the Tsunami disaster in South East Asia, the Grand Lodge of Scotland has written to all Lodges in the Scottish Constitution urging them to make donations to the Disasters Emergency Committee. Grand Lodge has made an initial Donation of £20,000 to the Appeal and Bro. Rev. Canon Joseph Morrow, Grand Master Mason has given special Dispensation, which will allow Lodges to make Donations to the Appeal from their Benevolent Funds. At the A.G.M. on 14th. January P.G.L. unanimously agreed to donate £1,000 to the Appeal, £500 to the Scottish Masonic Homes, £500 Grand Lodge Benevolent Fund. An attendance of 155 was recorded at the meeting the largest at a P.G.L. meeting for some time. The collection was £202.74p.
Bro. David Lindsay, Hon. Grand Senior Deacon, P.M. Lodge Motherwell Caledonian No. 1228, Substitute Provincial Grand Master. Bro. David Greenshields, Hon. Grand Jeweller, P.M. Secretary of Lodge St. Enoch No. 1288. Bro. William Anderson, Hon. Grand Architect, P.M. of Lodge Cambuslang Royal Arch No. 114. Grand Charity Ball. The P.G.L. Charity Ball will be held on Friday 30th. September 2005 in the Colville Park Country Club. Tickets will be priced £25 each and application forms for tickets will be available from Bro. Andrew McAlpine Lodge Secretary. Bro. Kenneth D. Kennedy, P.G.M. has decided that the total proceeds of this years Fund Raising will go to The St. Andrew`s Hospice, Airdrie. Thanks. The thanks of P.G.L. are extended to the Brethren of Lodge St. Bryde who assisted at the preparation of the Hall for the A.G.M. Our especial thanks to Bro. Bruce Reidford for the fantastic meal after the meeting, his efforts were appreciated by all the Brethren.
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Copyright: Lodge St Bryde No 579 Revised: August 19, 2006 .
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visited our Province again in September.