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Centenary: Minerva, No. 300.
initiation of Bro . G . Mellor , gift by the late Bro . Eaton , and the stone laying at the Baths by Bro . Darnton , where there was no name to show who did the ceremony ancl was it not time for this to be considered ? It
was pleasing to those connected with it to see the Lodge so well supported . There is a full list of the names of most old Ashton families mentioned in the list of past masters of the Minerva Lodge . It made the little book all the more valuable .
In response , the W . M . Bro . J . Pownall thanked Bro . Andrew for the kind words expressed . Both himself and Officers would work well for Masonry in general , their own Lodge in particular . If it was a year leased would
of good works , then he would be p . They all leave their gathering with feelings of pleasure . They had all done their best , and he thought had succeeded in pleasing . He thanked each and every one , and wished them all a happy and prosperous New Year .
The Masonic Charities was entrusted to Bro . T . H Foreman P . M . Duke of Athol , 210 . May Masonry and Charity prosper , the principles brotherly love , relief and truth be found spreading around them ; abuses which are growing around be corrected , and principles
inculcated , pure and unpolluted to those around them , and to generations unborn . The acknowledgement came from Bro . Kershaw , charity representative . The Past Masters of Minerva Lodge ; the Officers of Minerva Lodge ; the absent brethren of Minerva Lodge ( Bro .
J . A . Eowley ' s name coupled , as he is now in Bombay ) each followed in rapid succession , the speakers being Bros . Siddali , W . Newton , Barlow , and others . The Lodge glee party were duly honoured , Bro . White complimenting them on the good , full , and varied
programme they had rendered . Bro . J . Eowley acknowledged , and then the closing of an evening to be remembered long , and enjoyably spoken of , when The Tyler ' s Toast is reached again and again . The programme of glees and songs rendered by the musical brethren , Bros ,
Eowley , Earnshaw , Andrew , Green , Jones , Wood , and Wolstencroft were studiously chosen , and were nice and brief relief dropping in , as the full list of toasts were being proposed and honoured . The evening concluded with the oft repeated and earnest supplication , " God save the Queen . "
The list of the Worshipful Masters of the Minerva Lodge since its consecration reveals the fact that the Lodge has had the good fortune to hold in its
membership many of the most prominent local men of the century , as might with truth be said of other equally distinguished Lodges when they come to celebrate their Centenary .
The Tyler.
THE TYLER .
AN important feature in the personal of a well worked Lodge is a good Tyler . It has been justly said that the Master and the Tyler are the two extreme points of the Lodge , and present ^ themselves more prominently before candidates and visitors than
any one else , and this is , to a very great extent , correct . Upon the impression made in the ante-room very much depends . Visitors and candidates have very often a fairly long wait there , with opportunities for observation , and they contemplate the Tyler and his work with good
or evil effect , as the case may be . Of the portal of the Lodge the Tyler has the first and most reponsible charge . He should see that the candidate is properly clothed , and not wait to have any discrepancy drawn attention to at a very inopportune moment , the time
when the I . G . has to admit to the Lodge . He it is who is strictly responsible , according to ancient practice , for the due perparation of candidates , for the office of Steward , to which such duties are generally delegated , is not one of necessity , and until recent times had
nothing to do with anything but the provision of refreshments . The duty of paying attention to visitors and seeing after their due admission to the Lodge is properly his , for many Lodges have no Director of Ceremonies and , in any case it is quite possible that a visitor may have to wait in the ante-room some considerable time before that official comes out of the Lodge to attend to him , more especially in those Lodges which make a
The Tyler.
custom of finishing their business before they receive visitors . The courteous official who can explain to the stranger the peculiar customs of the Lodge , can promptly provide him with an apron , and can pass the time away with a little conversation , instead of leaving him to
himself in a corner , earns good opinions for his Lodge as well as himself . And the preparation duties of the Tyler are not less important . Some Masons appear to have an idea that any decently intelligent man can do a Tyler ' s work . There never was a greater mistake .
An efficient Tyler must be a fairly accomplished and bright Mason . If he is not , he will neither take an interest in his work nor know how to do it properly . Nothing is more irritating than to find , when you are perhaps in the midst of a Degree , something has been
wrongly placed or is missing altogether , and no man who is not fairly up in Masonry can be relied upon to always fix up the Lodge properly . Your merely mechanical individual is certain to get into a fog occasionally . And your mere eye server will never take
that care of Lodge furniture which is essential in valuable property . Some Tylers will make furniture of twenty years' service look as well as that of their Brethren who have only put things in order in a perfunctory fashion just before the communications .
And on no occasion does the difference between a good and a bad Tyler come more prominently into notice than when great outdoor functions are on the tapis . The Master and the D . C . have quite enough on their shoulders at a funeral or a foundation stone laying
without having to see that every little thing that is wanted is forthcoming . In short , on the Tyler and the Secretary depend more of the smooth working of a Lodge than on any other officials . The W . M . cannot be expected to have an eye to everything . —South African Freemason .
We regret to hear that ' Bro . Dr . Jabez Hogg P . G . D . has been seriously ill . He is happily making rapid progress towards convalescence .
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GAIETYRESTAURANT,STBAND . THE VIENNESESTEINGBANDWILL PLAY DURING 3/6DINNERS,5/6 to 8-30 . SEPARATE TABLES . NO CHAEGE FOE ATTENDANCE .
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Centenary: Minerva, No. 300.
initiation of Bro . G . Mellor , gift by the late Bro . Eaton , and the stone laying at the Baths by Bro . Darnton , where there was no name to show who did the ceremony ancl was it not time for this to be considered ? It
was pleasing to those connected with it to see the Lodge so well supported . There is a full list of the names of most old Ashton families mentioned in the list of past masters of the Minerva Lodge . It made the little book all the more valuable .
In response , the W . M . Bro . J . Pownall thanked Bro . Andrew for the kind words expressed . Both himself and Officers would work well for Masonry in general , their own Lodge in particular . If it was a year leased would
of good works , then he would be p . They all leave their gathering with feelings of pleasure . They had all done their best , and he thought had succeeded in pleasing . He thanked each and every one , and wished them all a happy and prosperous New Year .
The Masonic Charities was entrusted to Bro . T . H Foreman P . M . Duke of Athol , 210 . May Masonry and Charity prosper , the principles brotherly love , relief and truth be found spreading around them ; abuses which are growing around be corrected , and principles
inculcated , pure and unpolluted to those around them , and to generations unborn . The acknowledgement came from Bro . Kershaw , charity representative . The Past Masters of Minerva Lodge ; the Officers of Minerva Lodge ; the absent brethren of Minerva Lodge ( Bro .
J . A . Eowley ' s name coupled , as he is now in Bombay ) each followed in rapid succession , the speakers being Bros . Siddali , W . Newton , Barlow , and others . The Lodge glee party were duly honoured , Bro . White complimenting them on the good , full , and varied
programme they had rendered . Bro . J . Eowley acknowledged , and then the closing of an evening to be remembered long , and enjoyably spoken of , when The Tyler ' s Toast is reached again and again . The programme of glees and songs rendered by the musical brethren , Bros ,
Eowley , Earnshaw , Andrew , Green , Jones , Wood , and Wolstencroft were studiously chosen , and were nice and brief relief dropping in , as the full list of toasts were being proposed and honoured . The evening concluded with the oft repeated and earnest supplication , " God save the Queen . "
The list of the Worshipful Masters of the Minerva Lodge since its consecration reveals the fact that the Lodge has had the good fortune to hold in its
membership many of the most prominent local men of the century , as might with truth be said of other equally distinguished Lodges when they come to celebrate their Centenary .
The Tyler.
THE TYLER .
AN important feature in the personal of a well worked Lodge is a good Tyler . It has been justly said that the Master and the Tyler are the two extreme points of the Lodge , and present ^ themselves more prominently before candidates and visitors than
any one else , and this is , to a very great extent , correct . Upon the impression made in the ante-room very much depends . Visitors and candidates have very often a fairly long wait there , with opportunities for observation , and they contemplate the Tyler and his work with good
or evil effect , as the case may be . Of the portal of the Lodge the Tyler has the first and most reponsible charge . He should see that the candidate is properly clothed , and not wait to have any discrepancy drawn attention to at a very inopportune moment , the time
when the I . G . has to admit to the Lodge . He it is who is strictly responsible , according to ancient practice , for the due perparation of candidates , for the office of Steward , to which such duties are generally delegated , is not one of necessity , and until recent times had
nothing to do with anything but the provision of refreshments . The duty of paying attention to visitors and seeing after their due admission to the Lodge is properly his , for many Lodges have no Director of Ceremonies and , in any case it is quite possible that a visitor may have to wait in the ante-room some considerable time before that official comes out of the Lodge to attend to him , more especially in those Lodges which make a
The Tyler.
custom of finishing their business before they receive visitors . The courteous official who can explain to the stranger the peculiar customs of the Lodge , can promptly provide him with an apron , and can pass the time away with a little conversation , instead of leaving him to
himself in a corner , earns good opinions for his Lodge as well as himself . And the preparation duties of the Tyler are not less important . Some Masons appear to have an idea that any decently intelligent man can do a Tyler ' s work . There never was a greater mistake .
An efficient Tyler must be a fairly accomplished and bright Mason . If he is not , he will neither take an interest in his work nor know how to do it properly . Nothing is more irritating than to find , when you are perhaps in the midst of a Degree , something has been
wrongly placed or is missing altogether , and no man who is not fairly up in Masonry can be relied upon to always fix up the Lodge properly . Your merely mechanical individual is certain to get into a fog occasionally . And your mere eye server will never take
that care of Lodge furniture which is essential in valuable property . Some Tylers will make furniture of twenty years' service look as well as that of their Brethren who have only put things in order in a perfunctory fashion just before the communications .
And on no occasion does the difference between a good and a bad Tyler come more prominently into notice than when great outdoor functions are on the tapis . The Master and the D . C . have quite enough on their shoulders at a funeral or a foundation stone laying
without having to see that every little thing that is wanted is forthcoming . In short , on the Tyler and the Secretary depend more of the smooth working of a Lodge than on any other officials . The W . M . cannot be expected to have an eye to everything . —South African Freemason .
We regret to hear that ' Bro . Dr . Jabez Hogg P . G . D . has been seriously ill . He is happily making rapid progress towards convalescence .
Ad00303
GAIETYRESTAURANT,STBAND . THE VIENNESESTEINGBANDWILL PLAY DURING 3/6DINNERS,5/6 to 8-30 . SEPARATE TABLES . NO CHAEGE FOE ATTENDANCE .