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The Boys School Festival.
London was represented by 160 Brethren , 21 Ladies aud 3 Lewises , a total of 184 ; and the Provinces and Foreign stations by 394 Brethren , 30 Ladies and 6 Lewises , a total of 430 . The Chairman ' s district of West Yorkshire took the lead among the Provinces , sending up no less than 207 Stewards : 194 Brethren , 10 Ladies
and 3 Lewises . Bro . McLeod then proceeded to summarise the contributions from the different Masonic divisions , the figures being those given elsewhere in this issue , and referred to any special lists that wero included in the different returns . He concluded by making the following announcement :
From London - - £ 7 , 082 11 0 | „ - „„ ... „ From the Provinces , & c . £ 11 , 500 5 7 ) * > J i 0 ' of which sum West Yorkshire contributed the handsome total of £ 4 , 454 , which included a personal donation of 50 guineas from the Chairman , who had not only worked hard himself but had also enlisted the support of his wife , daughter and son . Bro . Eve next proposed the toast of the Chairman , thanking him most heartily for what he had done , and referring to the great interest he had displayed in the work of Freemasonry thus early iu his career as a Provincial Grand Master .
In reply , Bro . Jackson said ho of course recognised that the flattering words used by Brother Eve were sanctioned by custom and precedent rather than founded on fact , but he thanked them from the bottom of his heart , not only for the reception they had accorded the toast , but also for the hearty response they had made to the appeal it was his duty to urge on behalf of the Boys
Institution . In this direction his special thanks were due to his own Brethren of West Yorkshire for the support of his presidency Of the seventy-six Lodges in his Province not one was absent on the occasion , and if any evidence was wanting to justify his acceptance of the chairmanship of that Festival it was given in the results achieved by his West Yorkshire Brethren .
The toast of the other Masonic Charities and success to them was next given , and with it was associated the name of Brother James Terry , who , said the chairman , was an old and valued friend of the Institutions ; it was to such men as he the Charities owed much of their present prosperity . He took the opportunity of tendering to their own Secretary , Bro . J . M . McLeod , not only tho thanks of all concerned in the welfare of the Boys School , for his
The Boys School Festival.
great exertions on its behalf , but the expression of their great obligation to him for what he had done to ensure tlie success of thi ' present Festival . Bro . Hedges also was deserving of a word oi praise for what he bad done aud was still doing in promoting the good fortunes of tho Girls School .
Bro . Terry responded , thanking tht . Brethren on behalf of tlie other Institutions , and heartily congratulating them on the success of the Boys Festival . This would complete the record of the year's work and it would be found that upwards of £ 50 , 000 had been given to the three Institutions during the period , or , in round figures , upwards of £ 1 , 000 a week had been subscribed for the relief of the aged , the widow and the orphan .
Tho Chairman proposed the toast of the Stewards of the day . The Board comprised 614 names , truly a very goodly number . As showing the interest taken by the Board of Management he might refer to tho fact that twenty-three of the thirty on the Board wero Stewards that day , and had contributed , by their personal donations and thoir advocacy , towards swelling the handsome total that had been announced . Bro . Smithson acknowledged the toast .
The Ladies was proposed by Bro . Gerald Loder , M . P ., who had much pleasure in submitting this last , though by no means least important toast . Were he to attempt to mention the many obligations they were under to the Ladies—from the time of their birth upwards—he would be face to face with an all but insurmountable task . The Ladies were specially deserving of thanks for what they
had done , by their advocacy and by their presence , to ensure tho success of that day's meeting . He ventured to think it was owing to the presence of the Ladies that very many of tho Brethren accorded their support to the Festival . He had much pleasure in selecting Bro . Thomas to acknowledge the toast , and to compliment him in recognition of the fact that his list was the largest personal
collection of the day , and that he was tho father of the youngest Vice-President of the Institution , the little boy . whose portrait appeared in the book before them as the " Lewis " Steward of their Festival . The toast was duly acknowledged and this part of the proceedings was brought to a conclusion , the company afterwards enjoying a concert and other attractions provided for their amusement in different parts of the grounds attached to the Pavilion .
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THE following is a list of the Stewards at the Festival , together with the amount of the list brought up by each . In view of the special exertions made by West Yorkshire in support of its Provincial Grand Master , as President of the day , we depart from our usual custom and give the results from that district first of all , instead of in the place they would occupy if all appeared in alphabetical order :
WEST YORKSHIRE . f Province Br William L Jackson , M . P ., Prov . Grand Master ( Chairman ) Unattached Br T W Tew , J . P . T B Fox , J . P . W F Smithson
Lodgo 61 Br Sir Reginald Hanson , Bart ., M . P . W Gaukroger , J . P . John W Balme George Buckley Walter Emmott Alfred Binns James Duff R M Houldsworth Alfred Arnold , J . P . Richard H Singleton C Holdsworth , J . P .
Walter Wright 139 Joseph Jackman W H Brittain , J . P . Geo W Hawksley J Sykes 154 Henry Slade Childe Geo H Parke P C Greaves W Aked Statter
T C Edwards 208 S J Chadwick , J . P . R I Critchley , J . P . T L Chadwick , M . A . Geo Day , J . P . John L Fox Arthur Horsfield Sam Shaw E Kilburn , J . P . 242 C Goldthorpe
258 Geo Heaton 264 E Townsend F W Akeroyd J Tomlinson 275 AJHFletcher A Armitage 289 R Wilson H J Palethorpo J W Foster W J Beck W G Beckett C-ABraim i
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289 Br J E Brownbill W Cookson F S Jackson R Jackson JDKay GWood 290 W Harrop
J Lumb J J Brook 296 F Harrison H Thomas JWragg A Deakin H B Sandford W Colver 302 J R Armitage
H Smith 304 J W Bailey J L Butler G A Suddick A Chadwick J W Booth R Chorley 306 W M Tate D Wedderspoou
W Blackburn J C Malcolm J Dyson W Towers J Towers S Peckovor A Redmane R A Blackburn
F Schofield 401 T Garnett 448 J T Simpson T Whitaker T H Thompson W Hanson 458 H Wilson 495 G Carbert J Hartley
W H Kingswell 521 W H Jessop J W Carter H M Smith J Dawson 600 C Crabtree 603 A Law
SLaw W Sharp 810 Colonel Robinson T Davis G Kendall *
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827 Br L Leo CFox W Thackrah , J . P . 837 R Wilkinson 904 F Cleeves G A Ilston P B Coward E I Hubbard J Mollors
C A Locke D Pagett 910 J H Greaves N Greaves A Davies 974 W C Lupton I Mossop H A Foster , J . P . J E Fawcett A W Sonnenthal
A P Rendell A E Preston E H Foster C H Drummond F Johnson R T Hesolton 1018 R C H Bonser J King W B Perkins
1019 J Wordsworth H G E Green W Hall J T Hall Dr . A Hess 1034 F Read J Haley lna . 5 ? TT Cowbrnnab
H Banks R J Smith H Cowbrough jun . R Waide A H Dougill T Hutchinson 1102 W Bailey W H Wilkinson W H Wilson
J Barker W Wilson T G Howell 1108 T Houlding W H Tetley W H Dawson 1211 G N Chadwick J C Eddison G F Crowe
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The Boys School Festival.
London was represented by 160 Brethren , 21 Ladies aud 3 Lewises , a total of 184 ; and the Provinces and Foreign stations by 394 Brethren , 30 Ladies and 6 Lewises , a total of 430 . The Chairman ' s district of West Yorkshire took the lead among the Provinces , sending up no less than 207 Stewards : 194 Brethren , 10 Ladies
and 3 Lewises . Bro . McLeod then proceeded to summarise the contributions from the different Masonic divisions , the figures being those given elsewhere in this issue , and referred to any special lists that wero included in the different returns . He concluded by making the following announcement :
From London - - £ 7 , 082 11 0 | „ - „„ ... „ From the Provinces , & c . £ 11 , 500 5 7 ) * > J i 0 ' of which sum West Yorkshire contributed the handsome total of £ 4 , 454 , which included a personal donation of 50 guineas from the Chairman , who had not only worked hard himself but had also enlisted the support of his wife , daughter and son . Bro . Eve next proposed the toast of the Chairman , thanking him most heartily for what he had done , and referring to the great interest he had displayed in the work of Freemasonry thus early iu his career as a Provincial Grand Master .
In reply , Bro . Jackson said ho of course recognised that the flattering words used by Brother Eve were sanctioned by custom and precedent rather than founded on fact , but he thanked them from the bottom of his heart , not only for the reception they had accorded the toast , but also for the hearty response they had made to the appeal it was his duty to urge on behalf of the Boys
Institution . In this direction his special thanks were due to his own Brethren of West Yorkshire for the support of his presidency Of the seventy-six Lodges in his Province not one was absent on the occasion , and if any evidence was wanting to justify his acceptance of the chairmanship of that Festival it was given in the results achieved by his West Yorkshire Brethren .
The toast of the other Masonic Charities and success to them was next given , and with it was associated the name of Brother James Terry , who , said the chairman , was an old and valued friend of the Institutions ; it was to such men as he the Charities owed much of their present prosperity . He took the opportunity of tendering to their own Secretary , Bro . J . M . McLeod , not only tho thanks of all concerned in the welfare of the Boys School , for his
The Boys School Festival.
great exertions on its behalf , but the expression of their great obligation to him for what he had done to ensure tlie success of thi ' present Festival . Bro . Hedges also was deserving of a word oi praise for what he bad done aud was still doing in promoting the good fortunes of tho Girls School .
Bro . Terry responded , thanking tht . Brethren on behalf of tlie other Institutions , and heartily congratulating them on the success of the Boys Festival . This would complete the record of the year's work and it would be found that upwards of £ 50 , 000 had been given to the three Institutions during the period , or , in round figures , upwards of £ 1 , 000 a week had been subscribed for the relief of the aged , the widow and the orphan .
Tho Chairman proposed the toast of the Stewards of the day . The Board comprised 614 names , truly a very goodly number . As showing the interest taken by the Board of Management he might refer to tho fact that twenty-three of the thirty on the Board wero Stewards that day , and had contributed , by their personal donations and thoir advocacy , towards swelling the handsome total that had been announced . Bro . Smithson acknowledged the toast .
The Ladies was proposed by Bro . Gerald Loder , M . P ., who had much pleasure in submitting this last , though by no means least important toast . Were he to attempt to mention the many obligations they were under to the Ladies—from the time of their birth upwards—he would be face to face with an all but insurmountable task . The Ladies were specially deserving of thanks for what they
had done , by their advocacy and by their presence , to ensure tho success of that day's meeting . He ventured to think it was owing to the presence of the Ladies that very many of tho Brethren accorded their support to the Festival . He had much pleasure in selecting Bro . Thomas to acknowledge the toast , and to compliment him in recognition of the fact that his list was the largest personal
collection of the day , and that he was tho father of the youngest Vice-President of the Institution , the little boy . whose portrait appeared in the book before them as the " Lewis " Steward of their Festival . The toast was duly acknowledged and this part of the proceedings was brought to a conclusion , the company afterwards enjoying a concert and other attractions provided for their amusement in different parts of the grounds attached to the Pavilion .
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THE following is a list of the Stewards at the Festival , together with the amount of the list brought up by each . In view of the special exertions made by West Yorkshire in support of its Provincial Grand Master , as President of the day , we depart from our usual custom and give the results from that district first of all , instead of in the place they would occupy if all appeared in alphabetical order :
WEST YORKSHIRE . f Province Br William L Jackson , M . P ., Prov . Grand Master ( Chairman ) Unattached Br T W Tew , J . P . T B Fox , J . P . W F Smithson
Lodgo 61 Br Sir Reginald Hanson , Bart ., M . P . W Gaukroger , J . P . John W Balme George Buckley Walter Emmott Alfred Binns James Duff R M Houldsworth Alfred Arnold , J . P . Richard H Singleton C Holdsworth , J . P .
Walter Wright 139 Joseph Jackman W H Brittain , J . P . Geo W Hawksley J Sykes 154 Henry Slade Childe Geo H Parke P C Greaves W Aked Statter
T C Edwards 208 S J Chadwick , J . P . R I Critchley , J . P . T L Chadwick , M . A . Geo Day , J . P . John L Fox Arthur Horsfield Sam Shaw E Kilburn , J . P . 242 C Goldthorpe
258 Geo Heaton 264 E Townsend F W Akeroyd J Tomlinson 275 AJHFletcher A Armitage 289 R Wilson H J Palethorpo J W Foster W J Beck W G Beckett C-ABraim i
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289 Br J E Brownbill W Cookson F S Jackson R Jackson JDKay GWood 290 W Harrop
J Lumb J J Brook 296 F Harrison H Thomas JWragg A Deakin H B Sandford W Colver 302 J R Armitage
H Smith 304 J W Bailey J L Butler G A Suddick A Chadwick J W Booth R Chorley 306 W M Tate D Wedderspoou
W Blackburn J C Malcolm J Dyson W Towers J Towers S Peckovor A Redmane R A Blackburn
F Schofield 401 T Garnett 448 J T Simpson T Whitaker T H Thompson W Hanson 458 H Wilson 495 G Carbert J Hartley
W H Kingswell 521 W H Jessop J W Carter H M Smith J Dawson 600 C Crabtree 603 A Law
SLaw W Sharp 810 Colonel Robinson T Davis G Kendall *
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827 Br L Leo CFox W Thackrah , J . P . 837 R Wilkinson 904 F Cleeves G A Ilston P B Coward E I Hubbard J Mollors
C A Locke D Pagett 910 J H Greaves N Greaves A Davies 974 W C Lupton I Mossop H A Foster , J . P . J E Fawcett A W Sonnenthal
A P Rendell A E Preston E H Foster C H Drummond F Johnson R T Hesolton 1018 R C H Bonser J King W B Perkins
1019 J Wordsworth H G E Green W Hall J T Hall Dr . A Hess 1034 F Read J Haley lna . 5 ? TT Cowbrnnab
H Banks R J Smith H Cowbrough jun . R Waide A H Dougill T Hutchinson 1102 W Bailey W H Wilkinson W H Wilson
J Barker W Wilson T G Howell 1108 T Houlding W H Tetley W H Dawson 1211 G N Chadwick J C Eddison G F Crowe