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Reports Of Meetings.
REPORTS OF MEETINGS .
"We shall be pleased to receive particulars of Masonic meetings for insertion in our columns , and where desired will endeavour to send a representative to report Lodge or other proceedings .
CKAFT : PROYINCIA . L
BRECKNOCK LODGE , No . 651 . ON Tuesday of last week the members held a meeting at the Town Hall , Brecon , for the installation of the new Worshipful Master Bro . T . A . R . Littledale , and for the reception of Lord Llangattock Prov . Grand Master . The large assembly room had been tastefully arranged for the occasion , and there was a large gathering of Masons from Brecon and from adjoining Lodges . Bro . Marmaduke Tennant Deputy Provincial Grand Master performed the installation ceremony , and in the evening a banquet was held at the Castle Hotel .
EGERTON LODGE , No . 1030 . THE annual meeting and Festival of St . John took place at the George Hotel , Heaton Norris , on Monday , 19 th ult ., Bro . Geo . Ben Goodfellow W . M . There was a good attendance of members and visitors , to witness what ultimately proved to be a very excellent function , that of installing Bro . James W . Abbott P . M . P . P . G . D . C . into the chair of K . S .
Bro . Abbott having been regularly presented , answered the constitutional questions , and was for the second time in his Masonic experience placed in that position which entitles him to rule and govern the Lodge for a period of twelve months . Bro . Goodfellow was the Installing Master , he being assisted by other Past Masters , notably Bros . Abm . Pemberton P . P . G . D . C , who presented and explained the Working Tools of the three degrees , and also delivered the
address to the W . M . ; W . A . Vaughan , who rendered the address to the Wardens ; George Lingard Vaughan P . D . G . Reg ., who addressed the Brethren generally , and Dr . Henry Wilson , who invested and addressed the following Officers : Bros . A . E . Broome S . W ., Geo . E . Wright J . W ., Abm . Pemberton P . M ., & c . - , Treas ., Thos . Knott P . M Secretary , T . B . Brooks S . D ., Chas . Porter J . D ., Dr . Wilson P . M . D . C ., W . A . Bacon I . G . Bro . Abbott was re-appointed Charity Representative . >
Following closely upon the ceremony of installation was a recherche banquet , provided by Mr : T . S . Weekes , proprietor of the hotel , to which all the Brethren sat down . The loyal toasts having been disposed of , Bro . Abbott W . M . proposed the health of the Prov . Grand Master Col . Starkie , and subsequently that of the Deputy Prov . G . M . Capt . C . R . N . Beswicke-Royds .
The latter , in replying , apologised for having to leave at an early hour , adding that trains and appointments would wait for no one . Before closing his interesting remarks , he gave a slight forecast of one or two matters which are likely to occupy the attention of the next Provincial meeting , and which for obvious reasons we do not repeat here . Bro . Capt . E . G . Lingard P . M . P . P . J . G . W . proposed the health of the W . M . He said it was a most gratifying thing for a man to be able to look
back upon the fact that he was in the position of having been a member of his Lodge for a period of twenty-five consecutive years , without having missed a single regular meeting . He also reverted to a letter which had been addressed to a contemporary , asking for information as to any parallel case , and as no reply had been vouchsafed , he concluded that in this respect Bro . Abbott stood without a rival . A communication had been received from Bro . G . Wm . Speth , Bromley , Kent , to the same effect . Bro . Speth adduced two instances
which we think may prove interesting to our readers . He says : — "I was initiated in the Lodge of Unity , No . 183 , in January 1872 , went into office in November 1873 , into the chair in March 1876 , and from 1880 have been Organist and Secretary to date . It is close on twenty-five years ago now , and I have only missed , I think , four meetings , regular and emergencies included ,
and in each case I was either abroad , or in bed , once under the surgeon ' s hands . Besides the minor offices up to the chair , I have , you will see , nearly seventeen years of continuous office to my credit , most of the time Secretary . In the Quatuor CoroDati I was appointed Secretary at the first meeting , in January 1886 , and have attended every regular meeting , emergency , Committee and excursion from then to date . "
" The other case is Bro . S . Richardson , who was initiated in Unity , No . 183 , in October 1877 , became I . G . in March 1881 , followed up and went through the chair two years running , appointed D . C . on his leaving it to date , and has attended every meeting of the Lodge from his initiation , being a space of nineteen years , with continuous office for fifteen . And he was nearly fifty years old when he was initiated . "
In conclusion , Bro . Lingard asked the Brethren to show heartily how they appreciated Bro . Abbott's great services , his assiduity and attention in connection with the Egerton Lodge , the Ashbury Lodge , and the Lodge of Instruction , in the latter of which he was now Preceptor . Bro . Abbott responded , saying that he had had -very short notice in which to put his remarks together by way of answer to the toast so nicely proposed by Bro . Lingard , and so graciously received by the Brethren . He
preferred ( and the task to him would be considerably lighter of accomplishment ) to perform a ceremony in the Lodge , than to respond to a toast , especially when it related to one ' s self . When a man joined a Lodge at the age of thirty , and attended its meetings without intermission for twenty-five years it took a large slice out of his life-time . Bro . Abbott then entered into a history of his initiation , which , he said , took place as far back as October 1871 . Many of the Brethren who were present on that occasion , and whose
names he mentioned , had gone over to the great majority , some of them having left excellent records behind them . Personally he had occupied nearly the whole of the offices which led up to the principal chair , and he must thank his Brethren for the truly Masonic consideration which they had ever Bhown towards him , and which bad been accentuated that day by placing
him for a second time in a position to preside over the Lodge . He would try to do his duty in every way with unfailing effort , and if his temperament was at times somewhat brusque , it might only be for their ultimate good . During the last year or two tney had not registered a very successful time in the Lodge , but he confidently looked forward to a period of prosperity , and expected that the new Officers appointed would be able to make a good show
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whenever they were called upon . He felt that they had paid him a very graceful compliment that day , and though he might not be able to fully express his gratitude in words , yet he would so try to conduct himself as not to give them cause for regret in having placed him for the second time in the chair of K . S .
The toast of the I . P . M . was proposed by Bro . Walter Vaughan P . M . P . P . G . Reg , who concluded his speech by requesting the W . M . to pin upon the breast of Bro . Goodfellow a Past Master's jewel presented to him twelve months ago , but which upon his completion of a second period of Mastership , had been amended to meet the circumstances . The jewel contained the following legend :
Presented to BBO . GEO . B . GOODFEHLOW , by the Brethren of the Egerton Lodge , No . 1030 , for valuable services as W . M . 1894-5 . The emendation was as follows :
W . M . 1894-5 1895-6 . Bro . Goodfellow replied in a very neat and apropos speech . Many other toasts were proposed and duly responded , to , the proceedings being enlivened by the musical and recitative efforts of Bros . Fred Hilton P . M . 1458 P . P . G . D . C , Robert Dottie P . M . 1161 , Sam Luke J . D . 2363 , W . A . Bacon , and others .
Besides those already mentioned , there were present Bros . Chas . S . Lowe P . M . 764 P . P . S . G . W ., G . R . Brady P . M . 322 P . P . G . D . ( Cheshire ) , Henry Lomas P . M . 323 P . P . S . of W ., Col . S . W . Wilkinson P-M . P . P . G . S . W ( Cheshire ) , Jas . E . Smith P . M . 210 , Sam Bamford P . M . 1011 , G . T . Lenard P . M . 1077 , F . S . Bellhouse W . M . 322 , W . Wood W . M . 323 , John Orme W . M . 1459 , Edward Roberts P . M . 1459 , Arthur C K . Smith Treas . 2554 , and Henry Wood 2464 .
Bro . James W . Abbott P . M . Past Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies , whose portrait we reproduce in this issue , is a well-known Manchester personality , not only Masonically speaking , but in commercial circles also . For many years past we have seen his posters placed side by side with other mural literature—true and undisputed signs of a desire to make headway in the struggle which business of the present day
inexorably compels . To North of England readers of this notice it will scarcely be necessary to say that he is a printer , and that his premises are situate in Fennel Street , Manchester , where he has been located for a period of 33 years . How he has managed to devote so much time to Freemasonry and yet keep pace with the requirements of his numerous customers , will be best answered by the fact that he is not governed by impulse ; he possesses
every qualification of inherent strength which can formulate , devise , and supervise , and , untinged by any traditional formalism , he can be firm without ostentation , and rigidly exact without being misunderstood or decried . Both in Freemasonry and in business he seems to he governed by rules and regulations almost as stringent and obligatory as one of those vermillion edicts of a Chinese emperor , which binds to strict and uncompromising duty .
No wonder then that he has been successful where other men would have failed , and as an instance of this we may cite that iu the year 1884 the Prov . Grand Master of East Lancashire Col . Starkie appointed him , as Prov . Gr . Asst . Dir . of Cers ., while in 1885 he sent him another step higher , to that of Prov . Gr . Dep . Dir . of Cers ., and in the following year ( 1886 ) still further advanced him to the position of Prov . Gr . Dir . of Cers .
He is a Life Governor of the East Lancashire Systematic Masonic Educational and Benevolent Institution , and for several years has been a member of the relief and education boards in connection therewith . He is a Mark Mason , having been advanced in St . Andrew ' s Lodge , No . 34 , where , however , he did not take any office . In 1872 he joined the Lodge of
Instruction , No . 581 , and was in office for 14 years , either as Treasurer or Secretary . At the present moment he holds the high position of Preceptor to this Lodge , having nearly completed his third year of office . During this 'latter period the number of members has considerably increased , and it is due , without doubt , to Bro . Abbott ' s popularity as principal Officer .
He was one of the Founders of the Ashbury Lodge , No . 1459 , consecrated over 20 years ago , and was its first Junior Warden , as also its second Senior Warden , he having been invested and placed in the chair on each occasion by the late Bro . Romaine Callender , M . P ., Deputy Prov . Gr . Master of East Lancashire . In connection with this Lodge he was Treasurer for seven years , at the expiration of which time the members presented him with a
handsome Past Treasurer ' s jewel of special design . He was also urgently solicited on more than one occasion to accept the principal chair , but declined for the reason that the high and exalted position of Master was due in his mother Lodge , the Egerton , No . 1030 , and he was not desirous of holding such office in duality . He is still a subscribing member to the Ashbury Lodge .
Bro . Abbott ' s connection with the Installed Masters' Lodge of Instruction , which now numbers about forty members , is only of two years duration , but this institution , of which he was founder , has made its mark throughout Manchester , and will stand as a memento of his unswerving devotion to the cause of Freemasonry .
To give another instance of his indefatigability , he has paid upwards o £ ninety visits to Lodges in his own Province , and is well known as a sound , faithful , and correct worker of all the ceremonies of Craft Masonry , being frequently called upon to take that of installation in various parts of the Province , as reported in this journal .
In conclusion , although Bro . Abbott may not assume the gentle , deferent air which is often attractive in a man , yet his punctilious conscientiousness has gained for him a large circle of friends and acquaintances , and if he is content to accept without cavil this our eulogy of him , which , after all , is only a deciduous laurel , we portend that the time must come when his work will undoubtedly claim for him an honoured place in the hagiology of East Lancashire Freemasonry .
BENEVOLENCE LODGE , No . 1168 . THE installation of Brn . W . B . Wildman as Master took place in the new Lodge Room , at Sherborne , on Tuesday , -i 7 th ult ., when amongst the Brethren present were the Deputy Prov . Grand Master Bro . Colonel Brymer , M . P . The ceremony of installation was performed by Bro . A . J . DreweP . M . A banquet was afterwards held at the Di gby Hotel .
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Reports Of Meetings.
REPORTS OF MEETINGS .
"We shall be pleased to receive particulars of Masonic meetings for insertion in our columns , and where desired will endeavour to send a representative to report Lodge or other proceedings .
CKAFT : PROYINCIA . L
BRECKNOCK LODGE , No . 651 . ON Tuesday of last week the members held a meeting at the Town Hall , Brecon , for the installation of the new Worshipful Master Bro . T . A . R . Littledale , and for the reception of Lord Llangattock Prov . Grand Master . The large assembly room had been tastefully arranged for the occasion , and there was a large gathering of Masons from Brecon and from adjoining Lodges . Bro . Marmaduke Tennant Deputy Provincial Grand Master performed the installation ceremony , and in the evening a banquet was held at the Castle Hotel .
EGERTON LODGE , No . 1030 . THE annual meeting and Festival of St . John took place at the George Hotel , Heaton Norris , on Monday , 19 th ult ., Bro . Geo . Ben Goodfellow W . M . There was a good attendance of members and visitors , to witness what ultimately proved to be a very excellent function , that of installing Bro . James W . Abbott P . M . P . P . G . D . C . into the chair of K . S .
Bro . Abbott having been regularly presented , answered the constitutional questions , and was for the second time in his Masonic experience placed in that position which entitles him to rule and govern the Lodge for a period of twelve months . Bro . Goodfellow was the Installing Master , he being assisted by other Past Masters , notably Bros . Abm . Pemberton P . P . G . D . C , who presented and explained the Working Tools of the three degrees , and also delivered the
address to the W . M . ; W . A . Vaughan , who rendered the address to the Wardens ; George Lingard Vaughan P . D . G . Reg ., who addressed the Brethren generally , and Dr . Henry Wilson , who invested and addressed the following Officers : Bros . A . E . Broome S . W ., Geo . E . Wright J . W ., Abm . Pemberton P . M ., & c . - , Treas ., Thos . Knott P . M Secretary , T . B . Brooks S . D ., Chas . Porter J . D ., Dr . Wilson P . M . D . C ., W . A . Bacon I . G . Bro . Abbott was re-appointed Charity Representative . >
Following closely upon the ceremony of installation was a recherche banquet , provided by Mr : T . S . Weekes , proprietor of the hotel , to which all the Brethren sat down . The loyal toasts having been disposed of , Bro . Abbott W . M . proposed the health of the Prov . Grand Master Col . Starkie , and subsequently that of the Deputy Prov . G . M . Capt . C . R . N . Beswicke-Royds .
The latter , in replying , apologised for having to leave at an early hour , adding that trains and appointments would wait for no one . Before closing his interesting remarks , he gave a slight forecast of one or two matters which are likely to occupy the attention of the next Provincial meeting , and which for obvious reasons we do not repeat here . Bro . Capt . E . G . Lingard P . M . P . P . J . G . W . proposed the health of the W . M . He said it was a most gratifying thing for a man to be able to look
back upon the fact that he was in the position of having been a member of his Lodge for a period of twenty-five consecutive years , without having missed a single regular meeting . He also reverted to a letter which had been addressed to a contemporary , asking for information as to any parallel case , and as no reply had been vouchsafed , he concluded that in this respect Bro . Abbott stood without a rival . A communication had been received from Bro . G . Wm . Speth , Bromley , Kent , to the same effect . Bro . Speth adduced two instances
which we think may prove interesting to our readers . He says : — "I was initiated in the Lodge of Unity , No . 183 , in January 1872 , went into office in November 1873 , into the chair in March 1876 , and from 1880 have been Organist and Secretary to date . It is close on twenty-five years ago now , and I have only missed , I think , four meetings , regular and emergencies included ,
and in each case I was either abroad , or in bed , once under the surgeon ' s hands . Besides the minor offices up to the chair , I have , you will see , nearly seventeen years of continuous office to my credit , most of the time Secretary . In the Quatuor CoroDati I was appointed Secretary at the first meeting , in January 1886 , and have attended every regular meeting , emergency , Committee and excursion from then to date . "
" The other case is Bro . S . Richardson , who was initiated in Unity , No . 183 , in October 1877 , became I . G . in March 1881 , followed up and went through the chair two years running , appointed D . C . on his leaving it to date , and has attended every meeting of the Lodge from his initiation , being a space of nineteen years , with continuous office for fifteen . And he was nearly fifty years old when he was initiated . "
In conclusion , Bro . Lingard asked the Brethren to show heartily how they appreciated Bro . Abbott's great services , his assiduity and attention in connection with the Egerton Lodge , the Ashbury Lodge , and the Lodge of Instruction , in the latter of which he was now Preceptor . Bro . Abbott responded , saying that he had had -very short notice in which to put his remarks together by way of answer to the toast so nicely proposed by Bro . Lingard , and so graciously received by the Brethren . He
preferred ( and the task to him would be considerably lighter of accomplishment ) to perform a ceremony in the Lodge , than to respond to a toast , especially when it related to one ' s self . When a man joined a Lodge at the age of thirty , and attended its meetings without intermission for twenty-five years it took a large slice out of his life-time . Bro . Abbott then entered into a history of his initiation , which , he said , took place as far back as October 1871 . Many of the Brethren who were present on that occasion , and whose
names he mentioned , had gone over to the great majority , some of them having left excellent records behind them . Personally he had occupied nearly the whole of the offices which led up to the principal chair , and he must thank his Brethren for the truly Masonic consideration which they had ever Bhown towards him , and which bad been accentuated that day by placing
him for a second time in a position to preside over the Lodge . He would try to do his duty in every way with unfailing effort , and if his temperament was at times somewhat brusque , it might only be for their ultimate good . During the last year or two tney had not registered a very successful time in the Lodge , but he confidently looked forward to a period of prosperity , and expected that the new Officers appointed would be able to make a good show
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whenever they were called upon . He felt that they had paid him a very graceful compliment that day , and though he might not be able to fully express his gratitude in words , yet he would so try to conduct himself as not to give them cause for regret in having placed him for the second time in the chair of K . S .
The toast of the I . P . M . was proposed by Bro . Walter Vaughan P . M . P . P . G . Reg , who concluded his speech by requesting the W . M . to pin upon the breast of Bro . Goodfellow a Past Master's jewel presented to him twelve months ago , but which upon his completion of a second period of Mastership , had been amended to meet the circumstances . The jewel contained the following legend :
Presented to BBO . GEO . B . GOODFEHLOW , by the Brethren of the Egerton Lodge , No . 1030 , for valuable services as W . M . 1894-5 . The emendation was as follows :
W . M . 1894-5 1895-6 . Bro . Goodfellow replied in a very neat and apropos speech . Many other toasts were proposed and duly responded , to , the proceedings being enlivened by the musical and recitative efforts of Bros . Fred Hilton P . M . 1458 P . P . G . D . C , Robert Dottie P . M . 1161 , Sam Luke J . D . 2363 , W . A . Bacon , and others .
Besides those already mentioned , there were present Bros . Chas . S . Lowe P . M . 764 P . P . S . G . W ., G . R . Brady P . M . 322 P . P . G . D . ( Cheshire ) , Henry Lomas P . M . 323 P . P . S . of W ., Col . S . W . Wilkinson P-M . P . P . G . S . W ( Cheshire ) , Jas . E . Smith P . M . 210 , Sam Bamford P . M . 1011 , G . T . Lenard P . M . 1077 , F . S . Bellhouse W . M . 322 , W . Wood W . M . 323 , John Orme W . M . 1459 , Edward Roberts P . M . 1459 , Arthur C K . Smith Treas . 2554 , and Henry Wood 2464 .
Bro . James W . Abbott P . M . Past Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies , whose portrait we reproduce in this issue , is a well-known Manchester personality , not only Masonically speaking , but in commercial circles also . For many years past we have seen his posters placed side by side with other mural literature—true and undisputed signs of a desire to make headway in the struggle which business of the present day
inexorably compels . To North of England readers of this notice it will scarcely be necessary to say that he is a printer , and that his premises are situate in Fennel Street , Manchester , where he has been located for a period of 33 years . How he has managed to devote so much time to Freemasonry and yet keep pace with the requirements of his numerous customers , will be best answered by the fact that he is not governed by impulse ; he possesses
every qualification of inherent strength which can formulate , devise , and supervise , and , untinged by any traditional formalism , he can be firm without ostentation , and rigidly exact without being misunderstood or decried . Both in Freemasonry and in business he seems to he governed by rules and regulations almost as stringent and obligatory as one of those vermillion edicts of a Chinese emperor , which binds to strict and uncompromising duty .
No wonder then that he has been successful where other men would have failed , and as an instance of this we may cite that iu the year 1884 the Prov . Grand Master of East Lancashire Col . Starkie appointed him , as Prov . Gr . Asst . Dir . of Cers ., while in 1885 he sent him another step higher , to that of Prov . Gr . Dep . Dir . of Cers ., and in the following year ( 1886 ) still further advanced him to the position of Prov . Gr . Dir . of Cers .
He is a Life Governor of the East Lancashire Systematic Masonic Educational and Benevolent Institution , and for several years has been a member of the relief and education boards in connection therewith . He is a Mark Mason , having been advanced in St . Andrew ' s Lodge , No . 34 , where , however , he did not take any office . In 1872 he joined the Lodge of
Instruction , No . 581 , and was in office for 14 years , either as Treasurer or Secretary . At the present moment he holds the high position of Preceptor to this Lodge , having nearly completed his third year of office . During this 'latter period the number of members has considerably increased , and it is due , without doubt , to Bro . Abbott ' s popularity as principal Officer .
He was one of the Founders of the Ashbury Lodge , No . 1459 , consecrated over 20 years ago , and was its first Junior Warden , as also its second Senior Warden , he having been invested and placed in the chair on each occasion by the late Bro . Romaine Callender , M . P ., Deputy Prov . Gr . Master of East Lancashire . In connection with this Lodge he was Treasurer for seven years , at the expiration of which time the members presented him with a
handsome Past Treasurer ' s jewel of special design . He was also urgently solicited on more than one occasion to accept the principal chair , but declined for the reason that the high and exalted position of Master was due in his mother Lodge , the Egerton , No . 1030 , and he was not desirous of holding such office in duality . He is still a subscribing member to the Ashbury Lodge .
Bro . Abbott ' s connection with the Installed Masters' Lodge of Instruction , which now numbers about forty members , is only of two years duration , but this institution , of which he was founder , has made its mark throughout Manchester , and will stand as a memento of his unswerving devotion to the cause of Freemasonry .
To give another instance of his indefatigability , he has paid upwards o £ ninety visits to Lodges in his own Province , and is well known as a sound , faithful , and correct worker of all the ceremonies of Craft Masonry , being frequently called upon to take that of installation in various parts of the Province , as reported in this journal .
In conclusion , although Bro . Abbott may not assume the gentle , deferent air which is often attractive in a man , yet his punctilious conscientiousness has gained for him a large circle of friends and acquaintances , and if he is content to accept without cavil this our eulogy of him , which , after all , is only a deciduous laurel , we portend that the time must come when his work will undoubtedly claim for him an honoured place in the hagiology of East Lancashire Freemasonry .
BENEVOLENCE LODGE , No . 1168 . THE installation of Brn . W . B . Wildman as Master took place in the new Lodge Room , at Sherborne , on Tuesday , -i 7 th ult ., when amongst the Brethren present were the Deputy Prov . Grand Master Bro . Colonel Brymer , M . P . The ceremony of installation was performed by Bro . A . J . DreweP . M . A banquet was afterwards held at the Di gby Hotel .