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The Asylum For The Worthy Aged And Decayed Freemason.
It was resolved , that in future the salary of the Secretary should be 20 / . Brother Alderman Thomas AVood was unanimously elected one of the Trustees , vice Brother Henekey deceased . The following officers were then unanimously re-elected : — Bro . Dr . Crucefix , .... Treasurer .
" Farnfield , Secretary . " Begbie , Collector . The following Committee was unanimously elected : — . Bro . Acklam , Bro . Kincaid , Bro . Staples , S . Adamthwaite , Moran , Stevens , J . L . Baldwin , S . M'MuUen , Thomson , P .
Borrett , Phillips , H . Turner , G . AV . Buckingham , F , Pike , J . Udall , John Chandler , L . Rule , AVarriner , G . Hoare , H . A . Sangster , AA ilson , S . B .
Resolved unanimously , That the affaiis of the Asylum be conducted under the management of Five Trustees , the Tresurer , the Secretary , and a Committee of twenty-one , to be elected annually at the General Meeting in August , which Committee shall elect from among themselves three Auditors . The Trustees and Treasurer to be members of all committees ex officio .
Resolved unanimously , That the best thanks of the Governors and Subscribers be accorded to the Treasurer for his exertions on behalf of the Charity . Sept . 12 . —COMMITTEE . —The Treasurer reported that he hacl purchased 500 / . Stock . Brothers Pike , Sangster , and Staples , were unanimously elected
Auditors . The general correspondence and reports of intended support from the Lodges were satisfactory . GREENWICH , Aug . 2 d . —The Stewards of the late Festival , and their friends , assembled at the Crown and Sceptre , to recreate after their laboursand to do honour to the ChairmanAlderman Thomas Wood
, , , who had been invited as a guest . The worth y Brother , however , was prevented from attending , owing to unexpected circumstances . There were present several persons who were not of the Fraternity ; among them Mr . Charles Pearson , of civic fame , who commented with peculiar felicity upon the various sentiments expressed by the Chairman and others ; and stated , that the high intellectual enjoyment he had participated with the present company was suchas to direct his serious attention to the
, public principles of Masonry , with a view to his entrance into its hidden mysteries . Brother Collyer was in most excellent voice , the party altogether most agreeable , and were it not out of order , we would descant upon the very liberal catering in the way of the creature-comforts , among which the turtle was abundant .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Asylum For The Worthy Aged And Decayed Freemason.
It was resolved , that in future the salary of the Secretary should be 20 / . Brother Alderman Thomas AVood was unanimously elected one of the Trustees , vice Brother Henekey deceased . The following officers were then unanimously re-elected : — Bro . Dr . Crucefix , .... Treasurer .
" Farnfield , Secretary . " Begbie , Collector . The following Committee was unanimously elected : — . Bro . Acklam , Bro . Kincaid , Bro . Staples , S . Adamthwaite , Moran , Stevens , J . L . Baldwin , S . M'MuUen , Thomson , P .
Borrett , Phillips , H . Turner , G . AV . Buckingham , F , Pike , J . Udall , John Chandler , L . Rule , AVarriner , G . Hoare , H . A . Sangster , AA ilson , S . B .
Resolved unanimously , That the affaiis of the Asylum be conducted under the management of Five Trustees , the Tresurer , the Secretary , and a Committee of twenty-one , to be elected annually at the General Meeting in August , which Committee shall elect from among themselves three Auditors . The Trustees and Treasurer to be members of all committees ex officio .
Resolved unanimously , That the best thanks of the Governors and Subscribers be accorded to the Treasurer for his exertions on behalf of the Charity . Sept . 12 . —COMMITTEE . —The Treasurer reported that he hacl purchased 500 / . Stock . Brothers Pike , Sangster , and Staples , were unanimously elected
Auditors . The general correspondence and reports of intended support from the Lodges were satisfactory . GREENWICH , Aug . 2 d . —The Stewards of the late Festival , and their friends , assembled at the Crown and Sceptre , to recreate after their laboursand to do honour to the ChairmanAlderman Thomas Wood
, , , who had been invited as a guest . The worth y Brother , however , was prevented from attending , owing to unexpected circumstances . There were present several persons who were not of the Fraternity ; among them Mr . Charles Pearson , of civic fame , who commented with peculiar felicity upon the various sentiments expressed by the Chairman and others ; and stated , that the high intellectual enjoyment he had participated with the present company was suchas to direct his serious attention to the
, public principles of Masonry , with a view to his entrance into its hidden mysteries . Brother Collyer was in most excellent voice , the party altogether most agreeable , and were it not out of order , we would descant upon the very liberal catering in the way of the creature-comforts , among which the turtle was abundant .