Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), November 6, 1969, p. 9

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r 1 t t many high masonic officials a presentation uo the grand master of the masonic order in canada was one of the high- lights of the centennial celebra- tlpns of the georgetown credit lodge a superb dinner serv ed by the ladies of holy cross church in the church auditor- ium marked the early part of 1 the evening table guests who wero received with much applause ltie evening was a colorful one with grand lodge officers some fifty of them present in the traditional white tie and jails and a large part of the imsstsoo guests in dinner v jackets 3f is x the evening odcned with uip toastmaster wor bro leslie clarkaying a brief word of v welcome and asking jbro an- ojewr mckeruie of acton dis- trict chaplain to say grace followed by a toast to the queen and the craft proposed by rt tvor bro james clin viiingham former rdgm hamil- i ilton district and a member of st clairlodge mitten rt wor bro edwin wilson ddgk for wellington and cre dit lodges grand lodge ap pointment was then called on to introduce district wms as well as past rasters of george town this included eighteen of the twenty two surviving mas ters wor bros sam macken zie 1938 wilfrid leslie 1941 his honor judge k m lang- don 1942 frank wilson 1944 ossthonppson 1945 denney iharles 1946 w j cleave jam jack lucas 1952 les clark 1954 james evans 1956 j e mccaig 1958 jim linton 1959 graham farnell 1960 jack addy 1961 irwin noble 1983 ed wilson 1964 bob la son 966 sam pen- rice 1967 w b hamilton 1968 apd of cpun the rul ing master doug latimer ifi after the dishes had been cleared the wor master doug las v latimer haltons crown attorney and ruler of the local lodge in this centennial year introduced each of the visitiny grand lodge officers and head bob latvson former wm as well as present district secre tary then highlighted the even ing with a most eloquent intro duction of the most wor the grand master bruce b foster who recently retired after a brilliant career educated at the ontario agricultural college now guelph university is a married man with a family in cluding a son recently gradua ted from guelph and grand son bruce foster has headed a great number of masonic groups of both york and scot tish rites culminated recently in his being coroneted to the supreme and rare degree of 33rd degree most wor bro foster than ked the speaker for his most kind introduction and said he had found in chatting with the chairman that they had both had the same math teacher at high school and of curiosity he wondered just how many pre sent had been taught by miss marjorie inham who had taught him at cayuga before her long career in the 30s and 40s in georgetown high in serious note hesaid that the serjons part of die even ing which lak ahead in the dedication of the temple was a great and solemn occasion he had toured the inside of rie temple and found it inspiring and beautiful his great est hope would be that all ma sons who took part in the cer emony would find themselves inspired by the ceremony to reaffirm their sacred vows to the order to be better citizens 1 of their community and of their great country he closed with a stirring plea as to the greatpeal masonry could play in the bull ing of a better a greater and more united canada bro paul armstrong senior deacon and chairman of the centennial committee then made a presentation to the grand master of a beauti ful meerschaum to which the g m replied fittingly wor bro clark thanked hint for an inspir ing address saying that cred it lodge had been visited by ma ny grand masters but he felt that the ruling head omhe ord er ranked with those gfeat spea kers such as judge john hard ing john s martin and the great john ross robertson- all of whom had visited us during our first century wor bro jim evans iocat school administrator and lodge secretary then gave a very fino toast to our guests which wax replied to by rt wor bro tom jackson of speed lodge a for mer ddgm wor bro clark then thanked the group for their attendance and hoped that they had en joyed a most pleasant and pro fitable evening he apologized to some who bad not gained seats but said that with such a crowd many who had arrived without obtaining tickets ah ead he hoped everyone would understand he then called for the ladies who had catered and thanked them for the superb meal especially being served un der circumstances where they had originally had a figure of 300 and had managed to cope with at least 361 seated when the evening got under way his remarks were greeted by a stan ding ovation by the brethren wor bro clark also said that as symbolism plays its part in masonry so it had that even ing as the brother who said the grace bad represented walker lodge acton who had masons from there in credit lodge on its formation on that historic occasion on oct 15th 1869 as had st clair lodge milton who had been largely responsible for the formation and had attended i its birth in large numbers by j train speed lodge guelph had played its part providing the j first ruling master who in fact had in 1866 three years before i been master at speed forma tion james m dunn some 14 attended from ac ton 10 from jmilton and 6 iriwri speed in guelph the traditional toast of the junior warden happy to meet sorry to part happy to meet again by junior warden john t armstrorig ended the dinner part of the evening during the evening organ music was supplied by wea- known local musician bro ralph ursel the group proceeded to the masonic temple at the west end of town where grand lodge officers including rt wor broi ed wilson assisted by pms of credit lodge conducted the solemn ceremony dedicating the new hall after the ceremony of consecration coffee was available and a social hour was spent as masons from all over ontario renewed old acquaint ahces and made new ones mm milree armstrong and mrs pat godden bad prepared the coffee for the group in the temple kit chen with the huge crowd at the dinner plus the large number who had foregone the dinner and gone directly to the tem ple could have provided quite a problem it was solved however by using our parking lot as reserved parking for the grand lodge cars and visitors while rockwood sales arena had very kindly loaned their parking lot for members and visitors buses courtesy bro bob mc- master ran a continual shuttle service to and from the rock- wood lot to the temple georgetown htrala f hursday n jv pagefl il mifci the story of beauty and the beast has been traced to the year 1550 r shipping moving by land air sea and rail overseas packing and crating modern heated storage local long distance moving 24 hour service calx arrow world wide shipping moving 8896269 metro toronto 0 m 2 yr picture tube a tuner warranty t 1 yr warranty en parts small tubes and horn strvic noted performance proved 25000 volt mark 11 chassis super bright 25 full screen rectangular picture family size viewing vivid tfoelolife beauty of new vista color oneset fine tuning seldom needs to be changed 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most worshipful the grand master most wor bro bruce b foster rt wor bro wilson became district deputy of wellington district recently this is the firsf time a georgetown man has hel3thetibrioi in over twenty years not just another beautiful body but a gar with brains behold the beautiful 1970 volkswagen fastback with a shapelier new shape optional auto matic transmission and its very own computer thafs right a computer its the brains behind the vw fastbacks fuel injection system it automatically figures uthow mych fuel to shoot into the engine which automatically boosts performance andtotsttownonfijelwasre it also eliminates carburetor problems be cause it eliminates the carburetor whats more free with every fastback comes the new vw didgftosls anct maintenance system it makes volkswagens last even longer so depending on how you look at it its a toss up whether the real beauty of the 1970 fast- back is on the outside or on the inside the 6lksvvagen fastback sedan s with close to 300 vw dealers across canada there has to beone close to yo i

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