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Charities , he has not overlooked the great central Institutions , having served as Steward for the Boys' School and the Benevolent Institution , and qualifying as Life Governor as well as Life Subscriber to the Girls' School .

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ASSISTANT GRAND DIRECTOR OK CEREMONIES . Bro . \\ . Alfred Dawson has had a Masonic experience of nearly thirty years , having been initiated in the Lodge of Industry , No . 421 , in February , 1872 . He afterwards became a founder and first W . M . of the Lodge of Progress , No . 17 68 ,

filling the offices successively of Secretary and Treasurer from 188 3 to the present time . In 1882 he took an active part in founding the Eastes Lodge , No . 19 6 3 , and was its first

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Chapter , No . 2060 , in each of which he occupied the position of M . E . Z . He has also taken an active part in the work of the Emulation Lodge of Improvement , having been elected on the Committee ( Preceptors ) , previously to which he had often worked the sections at the Festivals . In addition to this he was for several years Preceptor of the Royal

Commemoration Lodge of Instruction , Xo . 1583 . Bro . Dawson has also taken his share of the executive and charitable work of the Order , having been a member of the Board of General Purposes from 1883 to 1887 , and the Committee of General Purposes of Grand Chapter , 1886 to

1891 . He is a Life Governor and has served Stewardships for each of the Charitable Institutions , besides acting as special Steward at more than one of the great functions that have taken place at the Roval Albert Hall .

GRAND SWORD BEARER . Bro . Lieut .-Colonel C . M . Molony , C . B ., was initiated in St . Mary Abbott's Lodge , Xo . 1974 , in [ 8 90 , and in 18 97 joined the Elthotn and Middlesex Lodge , Xo . 2094 . He was installed W . M . of the former in 18 9 8 , and of the latter

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in the succeeding year . Col . Molony became a Roval Arch Mason in 18 94 , having been exalted in the Westminster and Keystone Chapter , Xo . 10 , and he is now Third Principal . He has served as Steward for the Boys' and Girls' Schools , and is a Life Governor of each .

DEPUTY GRAND SWORD BEARER . Bro . Lieut .-Colonel George William Dixon has a Masonic record of thirty years , having been initiated in the Etonian Lodge , No . 209 , in 1871 . He subsequently joined the Dalhousie Lodge , No . 863 ; the Buckingham Lodge , Xo .

391 ; the Gostling Murray Lodge , Xo . 1871 ; and the Lome Lodge , No . 1 347 ; and has filled the office of W . M . in the "Buckingham , " the "Dalhousie , " and the "Gostling Murray . " In 188 3 he was invested with the collar of Senior Grand Warden of Berks and Bucks by the late Sir Daniel

Good ) , who was then Provincial Grand Master of the combined provinces . In Royal Arch Masonry Bro . Dixon has also been an active worker , having been exalted in the Windsor Castle Chapter , No . 771 , in 1878 , joining the Buckingham Chapter , No . 391 , and the Lome Chapter ,