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Article PROVINCIAL LODGES. ← Page 2 of 23 →
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Provincial Lodges.
required has richly earned the respect and esteem of the Brethren in this neighbourhood , and , it is gratifying to add , that it is generally accorded to him . Lodge was closed ( after some other routine business had been disposed of ) at a very seasonable hour . LODGE OF UNION , STARCROSS ( NO . 650 ) . —This lodge held its usual monthly meeting , on Saturday , the 2 nd inst . —In announcing the election of the W . M . of the above lodge , the name was accidentally spelt WilcocksoB instead of Wilcocks .
HERTFORDSHIRE . CEREMONY OF LAYING THE FIRST STONE OF THE NEW CORN EXCHANGE , AT WATFORD . ( From the Special Reporter of tlie Masonic Mirror . )
On Monday , the 18 th of June , the brethren of the Hertfordshire Lodges met in Grand Lodge , at the Freemasons' Hall , Watford , to celebrate the laying of the first stone of the New Corn Exchange . The weather was not very propitious . The brethren assembled at the Hall shortly after 1 o'clock , and proceeded to clothe , and after the usual preliminaries the Provincial Grand Lodge was opened in ample form by the R . W ., Br . Wm . Stuart , Provincial Grand Master for Hertfordshire , assisted by the Present and Past Provincial Grand Officers of the province , the R . W . Br . White ,
Grand Secretary of England , several Provincial Grand Officers , Past Masters , and Masters and Brethren of the London Lodges . The Provincial Grand Master stated from the chair , the reason of the goodly assemblage of the brethren of the Mystic Tie being called together , and dilated upon the forthcoming ceremony , & c , & c . Grand Lodge having been closed , a procession was formed , and the various working tools , ashlers , the golden cornucopia and ewers ( kindly lent for the occasion by the United Grand Lodge of England ) the volume of the Sacred LawBook of
Con-, , stitutions , silver trowel , & c „ being placed on handsome velvet cushions were given to the proper officers by the Provincial Grand Director of the Ceremonies , Br . Howe , assisted by Br . George Lambert , P . M . and D . C . of the Percy Lodge , No . 234 , according to the directions laid down in the Book of Constitution . All being ready , the procession moved from the Hall , through the town in the following order to Watford Old Church : —
Provincial Grand Tyler , bearing the Grand Banner of the Province . Shareholders in the Watford Corn Exchange Company . Directors . Chairman of Committee . Visiting brethren of Country Lodges . . Visiting brethren of London Lodges . Rough Ashler , carried on a white velvet cushion , by a Br . Master Mason . Working tools carried on a blue and white velvet cushion , by Br . M . Dennison , No . 19 . Smooth Ashler , carried on a blue velvet cushion , by a Br . of the Watford Lodgo ,
Master and Wardens of the Watford Lodge . Provincial Grand Superintendent of Works . The Architect ( Mr . Murray ) . Past Provincial Grand Officer , bearing the Ewer of Oil , Past Provincial Grand Officer , bearing the Cornucopia . Past Provincial Grand Officer , bearing the Ewer of Wine . Provincial Grand Secretary , Br . John Sedgwick , bearing the Book of Constitutions , on
purple velvet cushion . Provincial Grand Treasurer . Two Master Masons , bearing the columns of the Prov . G . S . W ., and P . G . I . W , Volume of the Sacred Law , carried by a past Provincial Grand Officer , on crimson velvet cushion . The Rev . R . W . Br . Owen , Prov . Grand Chaplain , for Leicestershire and Surrey . The Deputy Provincial Grand Master ,
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Provincial Lodges.
required has richly earned the respect and esteem of the Brethren in this neighbourhood , and , it is gratifying to add , that it is generally accorded to him . Lodge was closed ( after some other routine business had been disposed of ) at a very seasonable hour . LODGE OF UNION , STARCROSS ( NO . 650 ) . —This lodge held its usual monthly meeting , on Saturday , the 2 nd inst . —In announcing the election of the W . M . of the above lodge , the name was accidentally spelt WilcocksoB instead of Wilcocks .
HERTFORDSHIRE . CEREMONY OF LAYING THE FIRST STONE OF THE NEW CORN EXCHANGE , AT WATFORD . ( From the Special Reporter of tlie Masonic Mirror . )
On Monday , the 18 th of June , the brethren of the Hertfordshire Lodges met in Grand Lodge , at the Freemasons' Hall , Watford , to celebrate the laying of the first stone of the New Corn Exchange . The weather was not very propitious . The brethren assembled at the Hall shortly after 1 o'clock , and proceeded to clothe , and after the usual preliminaries the Provincial Grand Lodge was opened in ample form by the R . W ., Br . Wm . Stuart , Provincial Grand Master for Hertfordshire , assisted by the Present and Past Provincial Grand Officers of the province , the R . W . Br . White ,
Grand Secretary of England , several Provincial Grand Officers , Past Masters , and Masters and Brethren of the London Lodges . The Provincial Grand Master stated from the chair , the reason of the goodly assemblage of the brethren of the Mystic Tie being called together , and dilated upon the forthcoming ceremony , & c , & c . Grand Lodge having been closed , a procession was formed , and the various working tools , ashlers , the golden cornucopia and ewers ( kindly lent for the occasion by the United Grand Lodge of England ) the volume of the Sacred LawBook of
Con-, , stitutions , silver trowel , & c „ being placed on handsome velvet cushions were given to the proper officers by the Provincial Grand Director of the Ceremonies , Br . Howe , assisted by Br . George Lambert , P . M . and D . C . of the Percy Lodge , No . 234 , according to the directions laid down in the Book of Constitution . All being ready , the procession moved from the Hall , through the town in the following order to Watford Old Church : —
Provincial Grand Tyler , bearing the Grand Banner of the Province . Shareholders in the Watford Corn Exchange Company . Directors . Chairman of Committee . Visiting brethren of Country Lodges . . Visiting brethren of London Lodges . Rough Ashler , carried on a white velvet cushion , by a Br . Master Mason . Working tools carried on a blue and white velvet cushion , by Br . M . Dennison , No . 19 . Smooth Ashler , carried on a blue velvet cushion , by a Br . of the Watford Lodgo ,
Master and Wardens of the Watford Lodge . Provincial Grand Superintendent of Works . The Architect ( Mr . Murray ) . Past Provincial Grand Officer , bearing the Ewer of Oil , Past Provincial Grand Officer , bearing the Cornucopia . Past Provincial Grand Officer , bearing the Ewer of Wine . Provincial Grand Secretary , Br . John Sedgwick , bearing the Book of Constitutions , on
purple velvet cushion . Provincial Grand Treasurer . Two Master Masons , bearing the columns of the Prov . G . S . W ., and P . G . I . W , Volume of the Sacred Law , carried by a past Provincial Grand Officer , on crimson velvet cushion . The Rev . R . W . Br . Owen , Prov . Grand Chaplain , for Leicestershire and Surrey . The Deputy Provincial Grand Master ,