Aldershot Military Mark Loage, No. 54.

Aldershot Military Mark Loage , No . 54 .

THE installation meeting of the Aldershot Military Mark Lodge , No . 54 , was held at the Masonic Hall , Aldershot , on Thursday , the 19 th May , for the purpose of installing Bro . Thomas Hawtin Swan , S . W ., the W . M . elect , whose popularity in the town secured a numerous

attendance of the brethren ; W . Bro . J . J . Jackson , P . P . J . G . D ., occupied the chair , and a large number of brethren were present . He appointed W . Bro . J . J . Jackson , P . P . J . G . D ., as I . P . M ., and invested the following brethren as his officers for the ensiling year : —Bros . Norman Clinton , S . W . ; H . C . Allen , J . W . ; J . R . Croxford , M . O . ; G . Shirley Brooks ,

THE OFFICERS ,

S . D . ; Henry Lehmann , P . P . G . M . O ., Treasurer ; W . H . Bellingham , Secretary ; A . D . Wattson , R . of M . ; J . H . West , S . D . ; Osborne Ford , J . D . ; E . W . Wrenn , I . G . ; George Richardson , P . P . G . J . O ., D . C . ; A . W . Cox and G . J . Thorpe , Stewards . Before the lodge was closed , W . Bro .

J . J . Jackson , the I . P . M ., was warmly eulogised for the able and efficient manner in which he had discharged the whole of his duties , and to mark their sense of his merits the members

voted him a Past Master ' s jewel of the value of live guineas . At the banquet which followed , Bro . J . Youd , in giving the toast of " The newly-installed Worshipful Master , " expressed the pleasure it gave him to be present and testify to the many good qualities possessed by the brother they

had chosen to rule over them ; their acquaintance and friendship went back for a great number of years . The brethren knew the W . Master to be a gentleman of influence both in town and camp , with a large circle of friends , and who had that clay made an excellent selection in the officers who were to assist him .

W . Bro . J . H . Swan , in reply , said it was a pleasure to find himself the W . Master of a lodge with which he had been associated so many years , and in which he had so many friends . He would be well satisfied if he could ensure as successful a year of office as his predecessor had done , and

he trusted the lodge would assist him in his endeavour . Other toasts followed , and that of " The Visitors " was responded to by Bro . Bowyer , from Pretoria .

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