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W . M . * The ordinary * business having been transacted , Bros . Johnson and Pinch were raised to the Sublime Degree of M . M ., the W . M . doing his own work in that superior manner so well known to other Lodges , which he has so readily , and at all times , assisted in on emergency . The W . M . announced to the Brethren the intention of the Prov . G . M . to hold the Prov . Grand Lodge at Dudley , and it was resolved to appoint the W . M . Wardens and Sec . as a committee from No . 730 to act with No . 313 ( the Lodge visited ) in arranging
preliminaries . Upon the question of a procession , the general feeling was in favour of it , although last year , at Worcester , it had been dispensed with . Bro . the Rev . A . G . Davies , P . M ., Prov . G . Chap ., was afterwards added to the Committee of Management . Other business having been gone through with , and nothing further , & c , Lodge was closed in due form . The visitors present were Bros . W . Bristow , P . M ., No . 313 , and Prov . G . Swordbearer , and T . Wright , Hon . Sec , No . 838 , who adjourned , with the Brethren ^ to supper , at which the greatest harmony prevailed .
Bromsgrove . —The Olive Lodge ( No . 819 ) . —A meeting of this Lodge is called for Wednesday , the 27 th , to confirm the minutes of the preceding Lodge , relating to the transfer of the warrant to Dudley , and its change of name to the Vernon Lodge . Three candidates will be balloted for , but the ceremony of which will take place at its new place of meeting .
Dudley . —The Vernon Lodge ( No . 819 ) . —The first installation meeting of this Lodge after its transfer from Bromsgrove ( in which town , as on the Book of Grand Lodge , it was known as the Clive Lodge ) , will be held on Wednesday , the 17 th of September , at the Old Town Hall , Dudley . As the B . W . Bro . H . C . Vernon , the Prov . G . M ., has announced his intention of honouring the meeting with his presence , and performing the ceremony of installing the Bev . Bro . A . G . Davies ,
M . A ., P . M ., of No . 730 , and his Prov . G . Chap ., it is expected there will be a large muster of the Craft , and some few Prov . G . Officers to receive him . Lodge will be opened , we believe , at half-past three o ' clock precisely ; banquet at five o ' clock . The future meetings of this Lodge will be held at the Old Town Hall , on the third Wednesday in the month , at the customary hour of six P . M . We cordially wish it success , and although the motto of the Prov . G . M . ( which they have incorporated in their banner ,
says" Ver non semper viret , we say , heartily and truthfully , " May the Vernon ever flourish . "
Royal Arch.
ROYAL ARCH .
LONDON CHAPTERS . SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER . The Quarterly Convocation of Crand Chapter was held in the Temple on the 6 th of May , Comp . A . Dobie acting as Z . ; S . Bawson , as 11 . ; P . Patterson , as J . ; and Comps . Crohn , Torableson , and Jones , as Sojs . The G . B . ( Comp . White ) having read the minutes of the lust meeting , petitions from Berkhampstead , Liverpool , Dudley , and other places were read , protesting against the proposed alteration of the period for exalting a Master Mason to the Koyal Arch from twelve months to one .
* We have to apologize to this Bro . for the mutilation to which his name is sometimes subject , —Manfidd , Marejidd , & c , being frequently substituted . We will endeavour to call him right in future , although with even these names this Bro . is " not taken for another "
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Subbey.
W . M . * The ordinary * business having been transacted , Bros . Johnson and Pinch were raised to the Sublime Degree of M . M ., the W . M . doing his own work in that superior manner so well known to other Lodges , which he has so readily , and at all times , assisted in on emergency . The W . M . announced to the Brethren the intention of the Prov . G . M . to hold the Prov . Grand Lodge at Dudley , and it was resolved to appoint the W . M . Wardens and Sec . as a committee from No . 730 to act with No . 313 ( the Lodge visited ) in arranging
preliminaries . Upon the question of a procession , the general feeling was in favour of it , although last year , at Worcester , it had been dispensed with . Bro . the Rev . A . G . Davies , P . M ., Prov . G . Chap ., was afterwards added to the Committee of Management . Other business having been gone through with , and nothing further , & c , Lodge was closed in due form . The visitors present were Bros . W . Bristow , P . M ., No . 313 , and Prov . G . Swordbearer , and T . Wright , Hon . Sec , No . 838 , who adjourned , with the Brethren ^ to supper , at which the greatest harmony prevailed .
Bromsgrove . —The Olive Lodge ( No . 819 ) . —A meeting of this Lodge is called for Wednesday , the 27 th , to confirm the minutes of the preceding Lodge , relating to the transfer of the warrant to Dudley , and its change of name to the Vernon Lodge . Three candidates will be balloted for , but the ceremony of which will take place at its new place of meeting .
Dudley . —The Vernon Lodge ( No . 819 ) . —The first installation meeting of this Lodge after its transfer from Bromsgrove ( in which town , as on the Book of Grand Lodge , it was known as the Clive Lodge ) , will be held on Wednesday , the 17 th of September , at the Old Town Hall , Dudley . As the B . W . Bro . H . C . Vernon , the Prov . G . M ., has announced his intention of honouring the meeting with his presence , and performing the ceremony of installing the Bev . Bro . A . G . Davies ,
M . A ., P . M ., of No . 730 , and his Prov . G . Chap ., it is expected there will be a large muster of the Craft , and some few Prov . G . Officers to receive him . Lodge will be opened , we believe , at half-past three o ' clock precisely ; banquet at five o ' clock . The future meetings of this Lodge will be held at the Old Town Hall , on the third Wednesday in the month , at the customary hour of six P . M . We cordially wish it success , and although the motto of the Prov . G . M . ( which they have incorporated in their banner ,
says" Ver non semper viret , we say , heartily and truthfully , " May the Vernon ever flourish . "
Royal Arch.
ROYAL ARCH .
LONDON CHAPTERS . SUPREME GRAND CHAPTER . The Quarterly Convocation of Crand Chapter was held in the Temple on the 6 th of May , Comp . A . Dobie acting as Z . ; S . Bawson , as 11 . ; P . Patterson , as J . ; and Comps . Crohn , Torableson , and Jones , as Sojs . The G . B . ( Comp . White ) having read the minutes of the lust meeting , petitions from Berkhampstead , Liverpool , Dudley , and other places were read , protesting against the proposed alteration of the period for exalting a Master Mason to the Koyal Arch from twelve months to one .
* We have to apologize to this Bro . for the mutilation to which his name is sometimes subject , —Manfidd , Marejidd , & c , being frequently substituted . We will endeavour to call him right in future , although with even these names this Bro . is " not taken for another "