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Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
CROYDON . —The members of the East Surrey Lodge of Concord . No . 680 , having resolved to patronise a ball , the profits of which are to be applied in aid of the fund of benevolence of the lodge , the same took p lace at Bro . Bean ' s , the Greyhound Inn , on the Feast of St . Valentine , the day on which , according to common tradition , the feathered tribe select their mates . Perhaps the inference may be fairly drawn that certain of the brothers were equalldisposed with the songsters of the
y wood and grove to " pair" themselves for life , and hence the choice of this auspicious day . Whether such was the case or not , we can only say , that if those who were thus disposed could not , out of the gallery of beauty present , select one to their mind , they deserve to remain bachelors for life . The ball was admirably conducted by the Stewards . The ball and refreshment rooms were most tastefully decorated , under the superintendence of Bro . Bean , with the masonic insignia of the lodge ,
interspersed with flowers and evergreens , and when graced with the facinating presence of the lovely and fair , attended by the masonic brothers , in their glittering decorations , whether indulging in the lively polka , the mazy waltz , or the quiet quadrille , to the strains of Weippert ' s delightful bancl , presented a scene of extreme happiness and gaiety . The ball was most numerously attended , there being one hundred and twenty-two persons presentand it was honoured by the attendance of the provincial
, grand officers of the county , and most of the principal Freemasons and their friends resident in the neighbourhood . The greatest praise should be awarded to Bro . Bean for the excellence of the arrangements under his superintendence , the refreshments being of the best character , and profusely supplied .
HASTINGS . —Bro . A . Dobie , P . G . M . for Surrey , and Bro . Holland , M . P . have been elected members of our lodge . We are among the few remaining Athol Lodges ; but are not sorry to engraft " moderns" on our stem . We are even hopeful that we may in exchange remind them of some good old sayings and doings in Masonry .
FOLKESTONE , Jan . 29 . —Th e brethren of this neighbourhood h ad a treat . The D . P . G . Master , and several provincial officers , including Bro . Gravener , P . J . W . and P . M ., No . 700 , Dover , assembled with the brethren residing in Folkestone , for the purpose of consecrating a lodge and installing a Master , which , we are informed , is to be called the "Temple Lodge , " No . 816 . The ceremonies were ably performed by the D . G . Master , and Bro . Saunders , P . G . Steward . The brethren voted for Bro . J . G . Robinson to be W . Master for the year ensuing ,
and he was duly installed in tbe presence of those brethren who had acted as Masters of lodges , no other persons being admitted . The Wardens and subordinates being appointed , the lodge was closed about six o ' clock , with that good feeling so characteristic of Freemasons , when about thirty from Hythe , Margate , and Chatham , together with the brethren of the Temple Lodge , partook of a banquet at the Rose Inn , and it was not until a late hour the brethren separated , expressing themselves much gratified with the proceedings of the day . It is intended to hold the lodge on the Monday nearest the full moon in every month .
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Provincial.
PROVINCIAL .
CROYDON . —The members of the East Surrey Lodge of Concord . No . 680 , having resolved to patronise a ball , the profits of which are to be applied in aid of the fund of benevolence of the lodge , the same took p lace at Bro . Bean ' s , the Greyhound Inn , on the Feast of St . Valentine , the day on which , according to common tradition , the feathered tribe select their mates . Perhaps the inference may be fairly drawn that certain of the brothers were equalldisposed with the songsters of the
y wood and grove to " pair" themselves for life , and hence the choice of this auspicious day . Whether such was the case or not , we can only say , that if those who were thus disposed could not , out of the gallery of beauty present , select one to their mind , they deserve to remain bachelors for life . The ball was admirably conducted by the Stewards . The ball and refreshment rooms were most tastefully decorated , under the superintendence of Bro . Bean , with the masonic insignia of the lodge ,
interspersed with flowers and evergreens , and when graced with the facinating presence of the lovely and fair , attended by the masonic brothers , in their glittering decorations , whether indulging in the lively polka , the mazy waltz , or the quiet quadrille , to the strains of Weippert ' s delightful bancl , presented a scene of extreme happiness and gaiety . The ball was most numerously attended , there being one hundred and twenty-two persons presentand it was honoured by the attendance of the provincial
, grand officers of the county , and most of the principal Freemasons and their friends resident in the neighbourhood . The greatest praise should be awarded to Bro . Bean for the excellence of the arrangements under his superintendence , the refreshments being of the best character , and profusely supplied .
HASTINGS . —Bro . A . Dobie , P . G . M . for Surrey , and Bro . Holland , M . P . have been elected members of our lodge . We are among the few remaining Athol Lodges ; but are not sorry to engraft " moderns" on our stem . We are even hopeful that we may in exchange remind them of some good old sayings and doings in Masonry .
FOLKESTONE , Jan . 29 . —Th e brethren of this neighbourhood h ad a treat . The D . P . G . Master , and several provincial officers , including Bro . Gravener , P . J . W . and P . M ., No . 700 , Dover , assembled with the brethren residing in Folkestone , for the purpose of consecrating a lodge and installing a Master , which , we are informed , is to be called the "Temple Lodge , " No . 816 . The ceremonies were ably performed by the D . G . Master , and Bro . Saunders , P . G . Steward . The brethren voted for Bro . J . G . Robinson to be W . Master for the year ensuing ,
and he was duly installed in tbe presence of those brethren who had acted as Masters of lodges , no other persons being admitted . The Wardens and subordinates being appointed , the lodge was closed about six o ' clock , with that good feeling so characteristic of Freemasons , when about thirty from Hythe , Margate , and Chatham , together with the brethren of the Temple Lodge , partook of a banquet at the Rose Inn , and it was not until a late hour the brethren separated , expressing themselves much gratified with the proceedings of the day . It is intended to hold the lodge on the Monday nearest the full moon in every month .