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The Asylum For The Worthy Aged And Decayed Freemason.
" Sir and Brother , —I am requested to inform you that a Ball will take place at Freemasons' Hall , on Friday , the 11 th of January 1839 , for the benefit of the Masonic Charities , patronised by Alderman Thomas Johnson , and Alderman Thomas Wood , Sheriffs of London , and under the direction of the following Gentlemen , as a Board of Stewards
L . Chandler President . W . Rule Vice-President . b . Staples , jun Treasurer . G . Warriner ... . Hon . Secretary . J . P . Acklam R . T . Crucefix , M . D . M . Sangster F . Buckingham J . Dubourg J . L . Stevens JeI 1 W Houseman Scriven
V ; i - , T . er H . Belts F . Hogard J . A . 'Helens J . J . Blake S . Jones , jun . Z . Watkins J - Broadhurst E . Monnery J . Weichbrocht E . W . Cooper J . Pike
And further to solicit the favour of your personal support , and that of your friends . ' Tickets for the admission of Laches , at 7 s . 6 d ., and Gentlemen at Us . ( id ., Refreshment included ; may be had of either of my brother stewards , or of Your ' s very trul y , r , , ,. , „ , Gl- WARRINER , Hon . Sec . George and Vulture Tavern , Cornhill . "
November 11 . —Especial Committee . Brother J . C . Bell in the Chair . A report from the Sub-Committee appointed to confer with the Committees of the Boys' and Girls' Schools , was read , announcing that five members of the House Committee of the Girls' School had registered their names as Stewards for the proposed ball . That at the Boys' Committee the consideration of the subject stood over until the proceedings had been placed before H . R . H . the President of that Institution , but that several members of the Committee had enrolled their names , and that the number of Stewards had increased to nearly thirty .
Dec . 12 . —Bro . R . T . Crucefix , Treas ., in the Chair . Correspondence reported as favourable . The Chairman reported the outline of a communication from H . R . H . the Grand Master , which had been read at the Committees of the Girls' and Boys' School , at the Committee of Masters and m the Grand Lodge on the 5 th ; whereon it was resolved , among other matters , that it is now indispensable to prove the utility of this Charity , and that it should commence by granting annuities to the worthy aged and decayed Freemasons , and that a general meeting of the subscribers be convened for the 22 nd instant , to consider the subject .
GENERAL MEETING AT RADLEYS HOTEL , SATURDAY , 22 DECEMBER , 1838 . R . T . Crucefix , M . D . ( Treasurer , ) in the chair . _ The minutes of the last general meeting , and of all subsequent meetings of the committee were severall y read and approved . The Chairman drew the attention of the meeting to that resolution of the committee , which so strenuously urged the necessity of demonstrating the practical utility of the Asylum , by granting annuities , until VOL . V , 5 ,
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The Asylum For The Worthy Aged And Decayed Freemason.
" Sir and Brother , —I am requested to inform you that a Ball will take place at Freemasons' Hall , on Friday , the 11 th of January 1839 , for the benefit of the Masonic Charities , patronised by Alderman Thomas Johnson , and Alderman Thomas Wood , Sheriffs of London , and under the direction of the following Gentlemen , as a Board of Stewards
L . Chandler President . W . Rule Vice-President . b . Staples , jun Treasurer . G . Warriner ... . Hon . Secretary . J . P . Acklam R . T . Crucefix , M . D . M . Sangster F . Buckingham J . Dubourg J . L . Stevens JeI 1 W Houseman Scriven
V ; i - , T . er H . Belts F . Hogard J . A . 'Helens J . J . Blake S . Jones , jun . Z . Watkins J - Broadhurst E . Monnery J . Weichbrocht E . W . Cooper J . Pike
And further to solicit the favour of your personal support , and that of your friends . ' Tickets for the admission of Laches , at 7 s . 6 d ., and Gentlemen at Us . ( id ., Refreshment included ; may be had of either of my brother stewards , or of Your ' s very trul y , r , , ,. , „ , Gl- WARRINER , Hon . Sec . George and Vulture Tavern , Cornhill . "
November 11 . —Especial Committee . Brother J . C . Bell in the Chair . A report from the Sub-Committee appointed to confer with the Committees of the Boys' and Girls' Schools , was read , announcing that five members of the House Committee of the Girls' School had registered their names as Stewards for the proposed ball . That at the Boys' Committee the consideration of the subject stood over until the proceedings had been placed before H . R . H . the President of that Institution , but that several members of the Committee had enrolled their names , and that the number of Stewards had increased to nearly thirty .
Dec . 12 . —Bro . R . T . Crucefix , Treas ., in the Chair . Correspondence reported as favourable . The Chairman reported the outline of a communication from H . R . H . the Grand Master , which had been read at the Committees of the Girls' and Boys' School , at the Committee of Masters and m the Grand Lodge on the 5 th ; whereon it was resolved , among other matters , that it is now indispensable to prove the utility of this Charity , and that it should commence by granting annuities to the worthy aged and decayed Freemasons , and that a general meeting of the subscribers be convened for the 22 nd instant , to consider the subject .
GENERAL MEETING AT RADLEYS HOTEL , SATURDAY , 22 DECEMBER , 1838 . R . T . Crucefix , M . D . ( Treasurer , ) in the chair . _ The minutes of the last general meeting , and of all subsequent meetings of the committee were severall y read and approved . The Chairman drew the attention of the meeting to that resolution of the committee , which so strenuously urged the necessity of demonstrating the practical utility of the Asylum , by granting annuities , until VOL . V , 5 ,