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The Province Of Devonshire.
MASONIC HALL , ILFRACOMBK ( LOOKING KAS'J ) .
declined any personal gift , but on being consulted , suggested that the Central Masonic Charities might be aided , if the brethren so earnestly desired to make him a presentation . Accordingly it was announced at the Prov . G . L . in 1900 , that our zealous brother was thus the means of benefitting the three Institutions to the extent of 300 guineas . A handsome and
richly illuminated testimonial was likewise presented to him , and in May of this year he , in the kindest manner , made his mother lodge , No . 70 , Plymouth , the custodian of this valuable and artistic gift , in "the hope that it would be handed down to many generations as a testimony to the
kindness and sympathy with him in the work he was doing . " The portraits of the secretary and representative of the Committee of Petitions are by Mr . Yeo , of Plymouth . The Treasurers of the three local societies are respectively Bros . E . H . Shorto , P . Prov . G . W . ( Exeter ) ; John R . Lord , P . Prov . G . Treas . and Prov . G . D . C . ( Plymouth ) ; and F . B .
Westlake , P . D . G . D . C . of England , & c . ( Plymouth ) , who are always glad to receive subscriptions . Bro . Lord is also re-appointed annually as the Prov . Grand Director of Ceremonies by the Prov . G . M ., a plan that is found to work well , because of his knowledge of the usages and customs of the Craft , both locally and generally .
Quite a number of County Lodges are being formed in the Metropolis , the " Devonian , " No . 28 34 , being one of the latest . The Right Hon . the Earl Halsbury , Lord Chancellor , is the first W . M ., and its success is assured . Since writing the foregoing , a detailed account of the
Prov . Grand Lodge held at Honiton on the 14 th August has come to hand . The meeting was more numerously attended than was expected , the town not being the centre of much Masonic activity , and all the reports were of a most encouraging nature .
MASONIC HALL , ILKRACOMliE ( LOOKING WEST ) .
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The Province Of Devonshire.
MASONIC HALL , ILFRACOMBK ( LOOKING KAS'J ) .
declined any personal gift , but on being consulted , suggested that the Central Masonic Charities might be aided , if the brethren so earnestly desired to make him a presentation . Accordingly it was announced at the Prov . G . L . in 1900 , that our zealous brother was thus the means of benefitting the three Institutions to the extent of 300 guineas . A handsome and
richly illuminated testimonial was likewise presented to him , and in May of this year he , in the kindest manner , made his mother lodge , No . 70 , Plymouth , the custodian of this valuable and artistic gift , in "the hope that it would be handed down to many generations as a testimony to the
kindness and sympathy with him in the work he was doing . " The portraits of the secretary and representative of the Committee of Petitions are by Mr . Yeo , of Plymouth . The Treasurers of the three local societies are respectively Bros . E . H . Shorto , P . Prov . G . W . ( Exeter ) ; John R . Lord , P . Prov . G . Treas . and Prov . G . D . C . ( Plymouth ) ; and F . B .
Westlake , P . D . G . D . C . of England , & c . ( Plymouth ) , who are always glad to receive subscriptions . Bro . Lord is also re-appointed annually as the Prov . Grand Director of Ceremonies by the Prov . G . M ., a plan that is found to work well , because of his knowledge of the usages and customs of the Craft , both locally and generally .
Quite a number of County Lodges are being formed in the Metropolis , the " Devonian , " No . 28 34 , being one of the latest . The Right Hon . the Earl Halsbury , Lord Chancellor , is the first W . M ., and its success is assured . Since writing the foregoing , a detailed account of the
Prov . Grand Lodge held at Honiton on the 14 th August has come to hand . The meeting was more numerously attended than was expected , the town not being the centre of much Masonic activity , and all the reports were of a most encouraging nature .
MASONIC HALL , ILKRACOMliE ( LOOKING WEST ) .