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Essex.
Bro . Edmund Gowers P . M . 1024 being alone nominated for the office of Provincial Grand Treasurer he was , on the proposifcion of Bro . N . Fortescue , his predecessor in office , duly elected . The Earl of Warwick now invited Bro . Philbrick to continue in office as Deputv Grand Master , and invested him with the
insignia of office , Bro . Philbrick saying that by reason of his removal to another part of bhe kingdom he felt he had to rely on bhe forbearance of the Province in many respects . It afforded him the greatest pleasure to place . such services as he could render at their disposal . The Provincial Grand Master then appointed and invesbed his Officers , referring , in doing so , bo bhe
fact that the present was the twentieth year on which Bro . T . J . Balling had been invested as Provincial Grand Secretary—he really did not know what the Province would do without his kind help . Bro . Lucking also received special recognition , this being the commencement of his twenty-third year of office as Provincial Director of Ceremonies . The appointmenbs were as follow :
Bro . F . H . Bright 1024 - Senior Warden A . R . Meggy 214 - Junior Warden Rev . Donald Gotto 1024 - - - Chaplain E . Gowers 1024 - Treasurer C . E . Garrard 2339 - - - Registrar Thomas J . Railing 51 Secretary
Robert Cook 276 - - - - 1 o •-r , Harold Gurney 650 - - - } Senior Deacons Edward Hobbs 453 - - - ) , . ~ ™ - i . T _ ¦ «« r . Junior Deacons Charles Lewis 2508 1 UJ - ^^"" °
. , - - - J "" - « F . J . Eedle 2184 - Superintendent of Works A . Lucking 1000 - Director of Ceremonies A . G . Shenstone 2077 - - - Deputy Dir . of Ceremonies Charles Westwood 1343 - - - Assist . Dir . of Ceremonies C W . Barnard 1000 - - - Sword Bearer
W . D . Child 1437 - - - - 1 „ . , , „ Turner B . Ennew 2477 - - - / Standard Bearers Val . Mason 1000 - Organist E . A . Basham 1977 - - - Assistant Secretary G . J . Booth 697 - - - - Pursuivant F . Gooderham 1817 - - - Assistant Pursuivant
B . Orttewell 1024 - - - - \ W . Howard-Flanders 1024 J . G . Bryan 697 - - - - I at , J . W . Moss 2342 .... f Stewards W . J . Butler 1977 - - - - T . J . Grant 1977 - - - - / A . W . Martin .... Tyler .
In addibion to the above , Past rank was conferred on fche following , to mark bhe completion of the Prince of Wales ' s twentyfirst year as Grand Master : Bro . A . J . H . Ward W . M . 650 - - - P . P . S . G . W . J . R . Johnson I . P . M . & Sec . 2006 - - P . P . S . G . D . C Salter P . M . 2255 - - - P . P . S . G . D . G . A . Eustace P . M . & Sec . 1977 - - P . P . A . G . D . C
Bro . F . H . Bright Prov . S . G . W . was elected on the Charity Committee , in place of the member retiring by rotation . The Deputy Prov . G . M . proposed a vote of thanks to the two entertaining Lodges , who had made such excellent provision for their entertainment there that day , and in doing so specially
referred to the share taken by his Worship the Mayor of Maldon , who , although not a member of the Order , had shown he could take excellent care and great pleasure in the reception of the Masons to the town . Bro . Philbrick also referred to the kindly feeling evinced by the residents of Maldon , who had so profusely decorated the town .
The Provincial Grand Master felb thanks were particularly due for the handsome hall in which they were met , and for the kindness of the reception of the enterbaining Lodges . The Mayor—if he mighb so call him , his brobher colleague—deserved thanks for his courtesy , while they were also indebted to the Eailway Company , for so kindly making special arrangements for the arrival and departure of bhe Masonic visitors .
The Earl of Warwick announced bhat next year ' s meeting of fche Province would be held at Colchester , and then proceeded to close the Lodge . The company next journeyed to the new Marine Promenade and Eecreafcion Ground , where a Promenade Concert and Military Tournament had been arranged , and here a detachment . of fche 6 bh Dragoon Guards gave soma excellent exhibitions of tent pegging , sword v . sword , and other military exercises .
The banquet was served in a large marquee , and was attended by some 200 Ladies and Brethren , presided over by the Provincial Grand Master , who , at the conclusion of the dinner , submitted the usual toasts . He felt the health of Her Majesty the Queen would be drunk heartily on that occasion , as the women of England , equally with the men of England , wished Her Majesty a long continuation of that life thab had been so beneficial to the country .
Tbe next toast—the Prince of Wales—was equally sure of being received with the greatest cordiality , because tbey , as Masons , were loyal to their Grand Master , and knew how excellent a head they had in the Prince of Wales . Other members of the Eoyal Family before him had held distinguished
Essex.
positions in the Craft , but he ventured to say none with greater honour than the Prince of Wales . The toast of the Grand Officers was next given , and was acknowledged by Bro . Tijou P . G . P ., who felt the usual enthusiasm of the toast was increased by the presence of the
ladies , who must recognise that the Grand Master was assisted in the management of the Craft by their husbands , their brothers , or other relatives . He felt those in Essex were to be congratulated on having a fine governing body , just as they had in Grand Lodge .
The Provincial Grand Master next submitted a toasfc which , though it might be termed the toasfc of the evening , was not included on their list—the health of the Mayor of Maldon . Though he was not one of them he was glad to see him among the party , and the fact of his being among them induced the hope that on some future occasion some Brother or some lady
imbued with Masonic instincts might so influence him as to ensure that he would join the Craft . He trusted the Mayor would find Maldon none the worse for fche visit of fche Masons on that occasion , and cordially wished him , on behalf of the Brethren of the Province , health and long life to enjoy his position .
The Mayor responded , thanking all for the way in which his health had been drunk . Ib was a source of great gratification fco him to know thafc their Worshipful Master was a Mayor like himself , as he therefore knew the troubles and anxieties attached to the office . He hoped thafc on some future occasion they might
again have the pleasure of welcoming such an assembly . The names of the Earl and Countess of Warwick were household words in their midst , and they all hoped her ladyship might be speedily restored to health , both for the sake of her husband and the county of Essex , where he hoped they might long continue the munificent work fchey so ably carried oub .
The D . P . G . M . Judge Philbrick proposed fche next toasfc , which he might tell the ladies , as a real Masonic secret , was the toast of the evening—the health of their beloved Provincial Grand Master . The ladies would agree with him thafc fchey knew how to esteem him who ruled over them , and the Brethren partook enough of fche characber of bhe ladies , in bhis respecb , that fchey
knew when they had a good Master . The alacrity of their obedience was only equalled by pride in their possession , and he felt he need not say a word fco the wives and sweethearts of the Essex Freemasons to exhort those whom they cared for to stimulate their fidelity to the cause of Freemasonry . He thought the presence of the ladies that day justified him in the
remark that they in their Lodges reverenced their Grand Master , and that they had spread a good report of their distinguished Brofcher in their own family circles . The splendid gathering of that day , graced by the presence of the fairer sex , was an echo of that which had been carried home by many Masons . He could not pretend and would not try to paint the lily ,
especially as he felt he did not need in an assemblage of the Province or of their guests to say a word in praise of the Provincial Grand Master further than fchab bhey had known him for many years . They had seen bhe Province increase and mulbiply under his beneficient rule ; they had seen the great principles of fidelity adhered to and promulgated with the
utmost success ; they saw their Lodges increasing and prosperous ; fchey saw the Province maintaining a distinguished position amongst the supporters of the great boasts of the Order—the Charities . If every Institution was as faithful to its principles , continued Bro . Philbrick , as Masonry was to its charities , the sum of human suffering would be considerably diminished in
their midst . Let them show the affection and •the esteem in which they held their Provincial Grand Master . There was one regret associated wibh the meeting—a regret to them all—the Countess had been unable , through ill health , to attend as she would have been delighted to do , and then . hear the esteem in which her husband was held . He could assure her thafc the
first time she came among the Essex Freemasons no one would receive a heartier welcome—not even her husband . The Provincial Grand Master tendered thanks for fche way in which fche Brethren had responded to the toast of the Countess and himself . He looked forward with fche greatest of pleasure to the annual meetings with his Essex Brethren . He only wished
he could meet them oftener , and he tendered them on this occasion his humble and sincere apologies in that respecb . Ib was a great pleasure indeed to listen to the applause of the ladies around the table that evening . He had heard a good deal about rulers that day , but he assured the ladies they were the rulers . They were not able to initiate Ladies into all the mysteries of Freemasonry but he might assure them the Brethren were a very
harmless body of men , and that bhey did bheir besb , as no doubt the ladies did—and as they had often encouraged them out of Lodge to do—to support their poorer Brethren and others in all good and charitable works to the best of their ability . It was not often that they were able to extend their hospitality to ladies ; they would like to do so oftener , but those mysteries which they guarded ever most jealously would not permit ; and beyond that .
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Essex.
Bro . Edmund Gowers P . M . 1024 being alone nominated for the office of Provincial Grand Treasurer he was , on the proposifcion of Bro . N . Fortescue , his predecessor in office , duly elected . The Earl of Warwick now invited Bro . Philbrick to continue in office as Deputv Grand Master , and invested him with the
insignia of office , Bro . Philbrick saying that by reason of his removal to another part of bhe kingdom he felt he had to rely on bhe forbearance of the Province in many respects . It afforded him the greatest pleasure to place . such services as he could render at their disposal . The Provincial Grand Master then appointed and invesbed his Officers , referring , in doing so , bo bhe
fact that the present was the twentieth year on which Bro . T . J . Balling had been invested as Provincial Grand Secretary—he really did not know what the Province would do without his kind help . Bro . Lucking also received special recognition , this being the commencement of his twenty-third year of office as Provincial Director of Ceremonies . The appointmenbs were as follow :
Bro . F . H . Bright 1024 - Senior Warden A . R . Meggy 214 - Junior Warden Rev . Donald Gotto 1024 - - - Chaplain E . Gowers 1024 - Treasurer C . E . Garrard 2339 - - - Registrar Thomas J . Railing 51 Secretary
Robert Cook 276 - - - - 1 o •-r , Harold Gurney 650 - - - } Senior Deacons Edward Hobbs 453 - - - ) , . ~ ™ - i . T _ ¦ «« r . Junior Deacons Charles Lewis 2508 1 UJ - ^^"" °
. , - - - J "" - « F . J . Eedle 2184 - Superintendent of Works A . Lucking 1000 - Director of Ceremonies A . G . Shenstone 2077 - - - Deputy Dir . of Ceremonies Charles Westwood 1343 - - - Assist . Dir . of Ceremonies C W . Barnard 1000 - - - Sword Bearer
W . D . Child 1437 - - - - 1 „ . , , „ Turner B . Ennew 2477 - - - / Standard Bearers Val . Mason 1000 - Organist E . A . Basham 1977 - - - Assistant Secretary G . J . Booth 697 - - - - Pursuivant F . Gooderham 1817 - - - Assistant Pursuivant
B . Orttewell 1024 - - - - \ W . Howard-Flanders 1024 J . G . Bryan 697 - - - - I at , J . W . Moss 2342 .... f Stewards W . J . Butler 1977 - - - - T . J . Grant 1977 - - - - / A . W . Martin .... Tyler .
In addibion to the above , Past rank was conferred on fche following , to mark bhe completion of the Prince of Wales ' s twentyfirst year as Grand Master : Bro . A . J . H . Ward W . M . 650 - - - P . P . S . G . W . J . R . Johnson I . P . M . & Sec . 2006 - - P . P . S . G . D . C Salter P . M . 2255 - - - P . P . S . G . D . G . A . Eustace P . M . & Sec . 1977 - - P . P . A . G . D . C
Bro . F . H . Bright Prov . S . G . W . was elected on the Charity Committee , in place of the member retiring by rotation . The Deputy Prov . G . M . proposed a vote of thanks to the two entertaining Lodges , who had made such excellent provision for their entertainment there that day , and in doing so specially
referred to the share taken by his Worship the Mayor of Maldon , who , although not a member of the Order , had shown he could take excellent care and great pleasure in the reception of the Masons to the town . Bro . Philbrick also referred to the kindly feeling evinced by the residents of Maldon , who had so profusely decorated the town .
The Provincial Grand Master felb thanks were particularly due for the handsome hall in which they were met , and for the kindness of the reception of the enterbaining Lodges . The Mayor—if he mighb so call him , his brobher colleague—deserved thanks for his courtesy , while they were also indebted to the Eailway Company , for so kindly making special arrangements for the arrival and departure of bhe Masonic visitors .
The Earl of Warwick announced bhat next year ' s meeting of fche Province would be held at Colchester , and then proceeded to close the Lodge . The company next journeyed to the new Marine Promenade and Eecreafcion Ground , where a Promenade Concert and Military Tournament had been arranged , and here a detachment . of fche 6 bh Dragoon Guards gave soma excellent exhibitions of tent pegging , sword v . sword , and other military exercises .
The banquet was served in a large marquee , and was attended by some 200 Ladies and Brethren , presided over by the Provincial Grand Master , who , at the conclusion of the dinner , submitted the usual toasts . He felt the health of Her Majesty the Queen would be drunk heartily on that occasion , as the women of England , equally with the men of England , wished Her Majesty a long continuation of that life thab had been so beneficial to the country .
Tbe next toast—the Prince of Wales—was equally sure of being received with the greatest cordiality , because tbey , as Masons , were loyal to their Grand Master , and knew how excellent a head they had in the Prince of Wales . Other members of the Eoyal Family before him had held distinguished
Essex.
positions in the Craft , but he ventured to say none with greater honour than the Prince of Wales . The toast of the Grand Officers was next given , and was acknowledged by Bro . Tijou P . G . P ., who felt the usual enthusiasm of the toast was increased by the presence of the
ladies , who must recognise that the Grand Master was assisted in the management of the Craft by their husbands , their brothers , or other relatives . He felt those in Essex were to be congratulated on having a fine governing body , just as they had in Grand Lodge .
The Provincial Grand Master next submitted a toasfc which , though it might be termed the toasfc of the evening , was not included on their list—the health of the Mayor of Maldon . Though he was not one of them he was glad to see him among the party , and the fact of his being among them induced the hope that on some future occasion some Brother or some lady
imbued with Masonic instincts might so influence him as to ensure that he would join the Craft . He trusted the Mayor would find Maldon none the worse for fche visit of fche Masons on that occasion , and cordially wished him , on behalf of the Brethren of the Province , health and long life to enjoy his position .
The Mayor responded , thanking all for the way in which his health had been drunk . Ib was a source of great gratification fco him to know thafc their Worshipful Master was a Mayor like himself , as he therefore knew the troubles and anxieties attached to the office . He hoped thafc on some future occasion they might
again have the pleasure of welcoming such an assembly . The names of the Earl and Countess of Warwick were household words in their midst , and they all hoped her ladyship might be speedily restored to health , both for the sake of her husband and the county of Essex , where he hoped they might long continue the munificent work fchey so ably carried oub .
The D . P . G . M . Judge Philbrick proposed fche next toasfc , which he might tell the ladies , as a real Masonic secret , was the toast of the evening—the health of their beloved Provincial Grand Master . The ladies would agree with him thafc fchey knew how to esteem him who ruled over them , and the Brethren partook enough of fche characber of bhe ladies , in bhis respecb , that fchey
knew when they had a good Master . The alacrity of their obedience was only equalled by pride in their possession , and he felt he need not say a word fco the wives and sweethearts of the Essex Freemasons to exhort those whom they cared for to stimulate their fidelity to the cause of Freemasonry . He thought the presence of the ladies that day justified him in the
remark that they in their Lodges reverenced their Grand Master , and that they had spread a good report of their distinguished Brofcher in their own family circles . The splendid gathering of that day , graced by the presence of the fairer sex , was an echo of that which had been carried home by many Masons . He could not pretend and would not try to paint the lily ,
especially as he felt he did not need in an assemblage of the Province or of their guests to say a word in praise of the Provincial Grand Master further than fchab bhey had known him for many years . They had seen bhe Province increase and mulbiply under his beneficient rule ; they had seen the great principles of fidelity adhered to and promulgated with the
utmost success ; they saw their Lodges increasing and prosperous ; fchey saw the Province maintaining a distinguished position amongst the supporters of the great boasts of the Order—the Charities . If every Institution was as faithful to its principles , continued Bro . Philbrick , as Masonry was to its charities , the sum of human suffering would be considerably diminished in
their midst . Let them show the affection and •the esteem in which they held their Provincial Grand Master . There was one regret associated wibh the meeting—a regret to them all—the Countess had been unable , through ill health , to attend as she would have been delighted to do , and then . hear the esteem in which her husband was held . He could assure her thafc the
first time she came among the Essex Freemasons no one would receive a heartier welcome—not even her husband . The Provincial Grand Master tendered thanks for fche way in which fche Brethren had responded to the toast of the Countess and himself . He looked forward with fche greatest of pleasure to the annual meetings with his Essex Brethren . He only wished
he could meet them oftener , and he tendered them on this occasion his humble and sincere apologies in that respecb . Ib was a great pleasure indeed to listen to the applause of the ladies around the table that evening . He had heard a good deal about rulers that day , but he assured the ladies they were the rulers . They were not able to initiate Ladies into all the mysteries of Freemasonry but he might assure them the Brethren were a very
harmless body of men , and that bhey did bheir besb , as no doubt the ladies did—and as they had often encouraged them out of Lodge to do—to support their poorer Brethren and others in all good and charitable works to the best of their ability . It was not often that they were able to extend their hospitality to ladies ; they would like to do so oftener , but those mysteries which they guarded ever most jealously would not permit ; and beyond that .