United Grand Lodge of Antient & Accepted Free Masons of Victoria
Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge
Newsletter No 9. MAY 1, 2014
Collecting for kids
� Wor. Bro. Rahim Samat and Bro. Damian Byrne (pictured above) took the morning shift at 7-Eleven Thornbury to collect for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal. Wor. Bro. Michael Holloway and Bro. Simon Browning worked the afternoon shift. More on Page 3.
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Good wishes to Bev ■ Special wishes to Bev Purcell, wife of Wor. Bro. Howard Purcell, who has been under medical care. Bev is seeing a cardiologist for stress-related issues ... Bev reckons Howard is the cause!
Praise for ‘584’ Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge No 584 Consecrated: July 2, 1946 Meets First Thursday of each month (except January) at Ivalda Masonic Temple 40 Salisbury Ave, Ivanhoe Temple Phone: 9499 1142 Post: PO Box 1278, Research, 3095 E-Mail: ash@long.com.au Secretary Bro Ash Long, MM Phone: 9439 9927 ash@long.com.au Almoner Brethren, who are aware of the sickness or distress of a Member of the Lodge or the Widow of a late Member of the Lodge, are asked to inform the Almoner, VWBro John Knorr, 9804 0305. The Mission of Freemasonry is to promote a way of life that binds likeminded men in a worldwide brotherhood that transcends all religious, ethnic, cultural, social and educational differences by teaching the Principles of Brotherly Love, Relief and Truth.
■ District Coordinator, Northern District 116, Wor. Bro. Ross Broad, has written a special letter of praise to Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge: "I would like to take this opportunity to congratulate your Lodge on the great ceremonial work that your Lodge officers carried out completing a Third Degree at the March meeting. "Please keep up the good work and enjoy your Craft. "Brother Secretary would you please pass on my comments to your Lodge officers and members.”
Welcome to Rhys ■ Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge welcomes Wor. Bro. Rhys Watson as a joining member. Rhys is a member of the IGS Class of 74. In 1988, he was proposed into Freemasonry by the late Wor. Bro. Bruce Skeggs, who was well known to members of our Lodge. Rhys, an accountant, of Toorak, has been a member of the Clifton Hill Lodge, The Lodge of the Golden Fleece and the Old Melburnians’ Lodge. He is due to be installed as Master of that Lodge on Tuesday (May 6). He is Past Junior Grand Deacon, serving as a Grand Standard Bearer in the 2011 year. Rhys is a Past Master.
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● Bro. Simon Browning and Wor. Bro. Michael Holloway collect for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal at Thornbury
RECORD AMOUNT FOR RCH
■ Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge members helped collect for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal which raised a record $16,846,832.09. Freemasons Victoria joined with the Uncle Bobs organisation to collect at 7-Eleven stores. Metropolitan and Geelong Freema-
sons collected $87,183, an increase of around $12,000. Grand Master, Most Wor. Broi. Hillel Benedykt, appeared on Channel 7, as part of the group handing over a cheque to Appeal organisers. Freemasons Victoria collections were co-ordinated by Graeme Kirney, assisted by Peter Harris.
Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge is affilated with the the United Grand Lodge of Antient and Accepted Free Masons of Victoria (Freemasons Victoria) The website - www.freemasonsvic.net.au - includes a comprehensive members’ area, and online shop.
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Congrats. Milton ■ A hearty welcome to Bro. Milton Tsaktsiras on his initiation into Freemasonry, and the Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge, tonight (May 1). Milton has attended a number of ‘Souths’ in past months. We understand he is quite a chef ... and we might get to sample his cuisine at a Lodge meeting in the future.
Forms available ■ A number of members have made enquiries about proposing new members to Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge. There are four forms available: two for the applicant; one for the Proposer; one for the Seconder. Copies of the forms are readily available from the Secretary.
Visit on Tuesday ■ A numkber of Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge members will be making their way to Prahran (36 St Edmonds Rd) on Tuesday May 6 for the installation of Wor. Bro. Rhys Watson as Master of Old Melburnians’ Lodge. Rhys will be installed by Most Wor. Bro. Vaughan Werner, Past Grand Master and the 2010-11 Grand Team, in whichRhys was Grand Std Bearer. Tile at 6.30 pm. Grand Lodge entry: 7.30pm. Supper fee: $20 by donation. Please RSVP to Secretary to assist with catering: richard_burman@bigpond.com
Lodges raise cash: Soldier On effort ■ Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge and Old Scotch Collegians’ Lodge raised more than $200 for the Soldier On collection held at our April joint meeting. The Soldier On campaign started after two soldiers were seriously wounded in Iraq. A $600 donation was raised toward a fund to send a group on a recovery mission to the Kokada Track. Some 22 ex-servicemen, including six very serious traumaticlystressed soldiers will take 16 ‘Young Leaders of the Future’ on the trek. The idea is that the soldiers, while mentoring the boys/girls, will aid their own recovery. Freemasons actually paid the full expense for one man. One of the ex-soldiers is himself a recovering vet who was wounded many times in action. One of the soldiers is wearing the ‘Queen’s Ribbon’, a high decoration after the VC. He is mentoring his very ill ‘mate’. In the USA, 84 ex-Marines have suicided, In Australia, 140 have suicided. It’s a huge problem as there are about 5000 service/ex-servicemen and women in dire trouble.
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What’s On May 2014
Sir James Hardy visits ■ Lodge Amalthea announces that Right Worshipful Brother Sir James Hardy OBE, Past Deputy Grand Master (NSW), will deliver this year's Sir Robert Menzies Address on Saturday, July 5, at the Athenaeum Club, Collins St, Melbourne. 7pm for 7.30pm. Sir James will be accompanied by Lady Joan Hardy OAM. Sir James is an outstanding Australian, and described by event organisesrs as “probably the most famous living Australian Freemason”. A renowned world champion yachtsman, Sir James represented Australia at two Olympic Games (Tokyo in 1964, and Mexico City in 1968), skippered three America’s Cup challenges (in 1970, 1974 and 1980),and competed in four Admiral's Cup Ocean Racing Championships. Dress: Dinner Suit for gentlemen, Ladies ‘After Five’. Cost: $125 per person, all inclusive Bookings close on Friday, June 27. The booking form is www.trybooking.com/84541 Queries to: Patrick Horton, 0417 455 233. E-mail” pdh@net2000. com.au
● Sir James Hardy and Lady Joan Hardy
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Combined Schools ■ The Combined Schools' Lodges meeting is to be hosted by Mount Scopus and Collegians Lodge No 689 on Tuesday, June 17, at the Sandringham Masonic Centre, advsies their Wor. Master, Harry Alderstein. Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge is due to host the meeting in May 2015, so a good attendance on June 17, would make for good preparation.
Workshop details ■ Wor. Bro. Nicholas LeRay-Meyer tells us that Centenary Lodge of Instruction No 142 is holding a workshop on ‘how to enhance your communication’. Wor. Bro. Brendan Kyne will deliver a 45-minute talk: ‘The Lodge Room of 300 Years Ago’. Wor. Bro Don Kinsey, a renowned professional communicator, will conduct a workshop for about 50 minutes on methods to improve your communication. He is informative and entertaining. Don assists in the training of the Grand Lodge Ceremonial Team, aiming to provide a sound basis for their delivery of ‘charges’. The workshop will be held at Brunswick Masonic Centre (Davies St, Brunswick), starting at 7.30pm on Thursday, May 22. Casual dress. No cost. For catering purposes, please advise Nick by either Email, text or phone. Phone: 0408 383 182 E-mail: nicklm2@bigpond.com
May 2014 in Date Thurs., May 1 Fri., May 2 Mon., May 5 Tues., May 6 Wed., May 7 Thurs., May 8 Fri., May 9 Sat., May 10 Mon., May 12 Tues., May 13 Wed., May 14 Thurs., May 15 Fri., May 16 Sat., May 17 Tues, May 20 Thurs., May 22 Sat., May 24 Mon., May 26 Tues., May 27 Wed., May 28 Thurs., May 29
Lodge Killara Macedon Ranges Ivanhoe Grammarians Civil Service M.A.P Preston Watsonia Daylight Whittlesea Melton L.O.I Antient York Gisborne Sunbury Commerce Ivalda L.O.I Pascoe Vale Daylight Lord Northcote Fairfield Samaritan Daylight Albert Victor Diamond Valley Army Lodge Vietnam Veterans Brunswick United Elrona Revival Centenary L.O.I Plenty Valley Aquila Admiral Collingwood Orana Weston Street United Metropolis
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Venue Work Greensborough Vacant Chair / Present a Unity Certificate Romsey Obligate Master Elect Ivalda First degree / Elections Brunswick Talk in Lodge First degree / casual dress / bring passports Greensborough Installation Whittlesea First degree Melton Work in the third degree and working tools Preston Ladies Day / No meeting Gisborne Installation Sunbury Installation Brunswick Full open and full close Ivalda Work in the first degree Preston Installation (district team) Ivalda Talk in Lodge / Ballot Ivalda Talk in Lodge on ANZAC Ivalda Third degree Ivalda Talk on the first degree Diamond Creek Third degree Ivalda Third degree (Tyle at 7pm) Ivalda No meeting this month Brunswick First degree Greensborough Talk in the first degree Greensborough Second degree (double) Brunswick Discussion night / Public Speaking Ivalda Second degree Brunswick Closed meeting Ivalda Second degree Greensborough First degree Brunswick Installation (district team) Brunswick Demonstration of the second degree
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Ladies welcome ■ Sunbury Lodge is conducting its Installation from 6.30pm on Friday, May 9 at Goonawarra Community Centre, Dornoch Dr, Sunbury. Ladies are invited. They will visit the Rupertswood Mansion while the Installation Ceremony is being conducted. A supper fee of $20 per person is being charged.
Social function ■ Fairfield Lodge is holding a luncheon at Greensborough RSL, 111 Main St, Greensborough, at 12 Non on Sunday,May 25. Contact Shane Rogers, 0438 740 111 or mailto: shanerogers5@ hotmail.com
Closed meeting ■ Acting Secretary, Wor. Bro. Bob Malcolm, PJGS, advises that Lodge Aquila will be having a closed meeting on Monday, May 26.
Gold coin idea ■ Members of Caulfield Grammarians Lodge have just held their 900th meeting. The next meeting on Monday (May 5) will debate that Lodge’s idea of members contributing a Gold Coin or $5 in the South to help to defray supper costs. Caulfield Grammarians will hold a first degree ceremony, to initiate Carl Collits, at Monday’s meeting at Moorabbin.
Workshops soon ■ Wor Bro. David Heazlewood, PGIWkgs, Assistant District Coordinator, advises of the Deacons'and DCs' Workshops to be conducted by the Grand Lodge Exemplification Team. The 116 Northern District invites Past Masters and Master Masons to attend. They are aimed at Deacons, DCs, and prospective Deacons and DCs desiring to make an advancement in their daily and Masonic skills The workshops will be held at Brunswick Masonic Centre, 6-8 Davies St, Brunswick on Saturday, May 31. Dress: Neat casual with gloves and Lodge shoes (no regalia). Number of participants is strictly limited. Cost: $15 per participant Program: 0830 - Registration 0900 - Welcome, Introductions and Housekeeping 0910 - Handover to the Grand Lodge Exemplification Team 1015 - Morning Tea 1030 - Continuation 1155 - Conclusion and Closing Remarks
To Far North Qld ■ Our Lodge Secretary, Bro. Ash Long, will be on a plane bound for Townsville, Far North Queensland, on Saturday (May 3), to celebrate the fifth birthday oh fis eldest grand-daughter Emma. Ash’s son, James, is at 1RAR, Lavarack Barracks, Townsville.
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Old Scotch visits
● Wor. Bro. Paul Daniels, Master of the Old Scotch Collegians Lodge, speaking in the South, at the joint meeting with Ivanhoe Grammarians. Seated next to Paul is Wor. Bro. Max Fraser, the Acting WM of Ivanhoe Grammarians. Between Paul and Max, on the table, is the plaque that OSCL received from Royal Freemasons ■ Wor. Bro. Gary Edwards, Secre- Grammarians at your Lodge.. Our tary of the Old Scotch Collegians members all greatly enjoyed the camaLodge, has written to thank Ivanhoe raderie of the evening. Grammarians Lodge for the hospital“Please convey to the members of ity shown at the joint meeting held in your Lodge, our thanks for their kind April. hospitality. At OSCL, we all look forGary wrote: “Many thanks for the ward to our joint meeting tradition bemost enjoyable time spent with Ivanhoe ing continued in future years.”
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Our 125 Years
Instruction Lodge ■ Ivalda Lodge Of Instruction No. 292 (now combining Bundoora District LOI) is held on the second Monday at 7pm at Ivalda Temple, Contact: Secretary David Heazlewood, phone: 9802 9029, mobile: 0403 02 9832.
Very Worshipful ■ Some suggested events that Lodges are being encouraged to conduct during Freemasons Victoria 125 Year celberations are; ■ Invite male friends and family to attend a Lodge activity and conduct a discussion about Freemasonry. ■ Host a series of sausage sizzles / barbecues throughout the year with information available on FV. ■ Plan to utilise the Mobile Lodge [bookings are essential] at Community Fairs/Shopping Centres. ■ Organise a Special Anniversary Event [or more] at your Lodge [or Lodge Centre] to mark the occasion. ■ Consider sponsorship of presentations to local sports clubs, schools, and community organisations. ■ Send the community groups that you presently support, copies of all FV press releases on the 125 Year Anniversary.
■ Our organist John Cantrill now has the pre-nominal Very Worshipful Bro. after being appointed as Past GRand Inspector of Workings. John is Assistant Grand Organist.
Graeme on the net ■ Our own Wor. Bro. Graeme Hawke is now on the internet. His e-mail address is: graeme.cheryl.hawke@gmail.com
In the chair ■ Bro Darryl Sinclair Young will be installed as Master of Gisborne Lodge No 298 at at the Gisborne Masonic Centre, Cnr Aitken and Fisher Sts., Gisborne on Thursday, May 8, tyling promptly at 6.30pm.
Name badges ■ We are ordering Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge name badges for Graeme Hawke, Bob Breame, Ian Gould, Wayne Motton, Milton Tsaktsiras and Rhys Watson. Last call! If anyone else wants a name badge, please speak tonight with the Secretary, Bro. Ash Long.
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Double Second ■ Wor. Bro. Nick LeRay-Meyer advises that due to the unavailability of a candidate, the work for Brunswick United Lodge’s May 20 meeting will now be a double Second Degree.
Tough start to year ■ The Old Ivanhoe Grammarians Football Club has had a tough start to the 2014 footy season. Round 1. April 5. AJAX 20.10 (130) d OIG 7.12 (54). Round 2. April 12. Caulfield Grammarians 17.6 (108) d OIG 10.11 (71). Round 3. April 26. Mazenod 15.10 (100) d OIG 13.13 (91). Round 4 sees OIG play University Blues at Chelsworth Park this Saturday (May 3) at 2pm. Round 5 has OIG visit Old Carey on Saturday, May 10. Other May fixtures are: Round 6. May 17. vs St Kevins at Chelsworth Park. Round 7. May 24. OIG visits Old Melburnians at the Junction Oval. Round 8. May 31. OIG visits Fitzroy at the Brunswick St Oval. There is no match on the Queen’s Birthday Weekend (Sat., June 7).
Masters’ Group ■ Wor. Bro Doug Ashley of Whittlesea Lodge 256 writes to invite our Master, Master-Elect and Senior Warden to join the Northern District 116 Jubilee Masters Group which meets on the fourth Sunday of each month except for December at the Greensborough RSL, starting at 11am.
Our Lodge Acting Master WorBro Max Fraser, PM Immediate Past Master RWorBro Geoffrey Davey, PJGW Senior Warden WorBro Charlie Freedman, PM Junior Warden Bro Stephen Carpenter, PSW Chaplain VWorBro Wayne Smith, PGIW Treasurer WorBro Neville Emerson, PM Secretary Bro Ash Long, MM Assistant Secretary WorBro LtCol David Waugh, RFD, PGStdB Director of Ceremonies WorBro Michael Holloway APM, PJGD Asst Director of Ceremonies Wor Bro Rahim Samat, PGStdB Almoner VWorBro John Knorr, PGIWkgs Senior Deacon WorBro Robin Dunstone, PM Junior Deacon Bro Simon Browning, MM Organist VWorBro John Cantrill, PGIW Choir Master WorBro Geoff Vardon, PM Inner Guard WorBro Graeme Hawke, PM Stewards WorBro Maurice Golden, PM Bro Ken Woolley, MM Bro John Harper, MM Bro Ashton Woolley, MM Tyler VWorBro Frank Jenkins, PGIWkgs
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2014-15 Calendar 2014 ■ Thursday, May 1. 7.30pm. 741th Regular Meeting. Planned to be 1st Degree for Mr Milton Tsaktsiras. ■ Monday, May 5. 7.30pm. MAP1 for Bro. Milton Tsaktsiras. At Preston. ■ Saturday, May 10. 10am. Ivalda Temple Trust Meeting. ■ Monday, May 19. 7.30pm. Rehearsal. Ivalda Temple. ■ Thursday, June 5. 7.30pm. 742th Regular Meeting. Planned to be 3rd Degree for Bro. Travers Gascogne. ■ Monday, June 16. 7.30pm. Rehearsal. Ivalda Temple. ■ Thursday, July 3. 7.30pm. 743rd Regular Meeting. Master’s Last Night. Obligation of Master-Elect. ■ Monday, July 7. 7.30pm. MAP3 for Bro. Travers Gascoigne. ■ Monday, July 21. 7.30pm. Rehearsal. Ivalda Temple. ■ Thursday, August 7. 6.30pm. 744th Regular Meeting. Installation. ■ Saturday, August 9. 10am. Ivalda Temple Trust Meeting. ■ Monday, August 18. 7.30pm. Rehearsal. Ivalda Temple. ■ Thursday, September 4. 745th Regular Meeting. ■ Monday, September 15. 7.30pm. Rehearsal. Ivalda Temple.
■ Thursday, October 2. 746th Regular Meeting. ■ Monday, October 20. 7.30pm. Rehearsal. Ivalda Temple. ■ Thursday, November 6. 747th Regular Meeting. ■ Saturday, November 8. 10am. Ivalda Temple Trust Meeting. ■ Monday, November 17. 7.30pm. Rehearsal. Ivalda Temple. ■ Thursday, December 4. 748th Regular Meeting. 2015 ■ Thursday, February 5. 749th Regular Meeting. Buckley Night. ■ Thursday, March 5. 750th Regular Meeting. ■ Thursday, April 2. 751st Regular Meeting. May be re-scheduled as this is the evening before Good Friday. Possibly to be instead held as a joint meeting with Old Scotch Collegians Lodge at Box Hill. ■ Thursday, May 1. 752nd Regular Meeting. Combined Schools Meeting. Hosted by Ivanhoe Grammarians. ■ Thursday, June 5. 753rd Regular Meeting. ■ Thursday, July 3. 754th Regular Meeting. ■ August 2015. Installation. Date to be advised.
Published for Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge by its Secretary, Bro Ash Long. ash@long.com.au Phone: 9439 9927 May 1, 2014.