ISSUE No: 5 October 2005
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Mq, sletter of Worcestershire Freemdsons
ROBERT WHITLOCK 1918 T 2OO5 AN APPRECIATION obert was 87 when he died and I I had known him for more than half of his life. We grew up together at Kings Heath when Lodges were two and three times bigger than
think
they are today and there was quite a keen
rivalry between Masefield Lodge
and
Lechmere Volunteer at that time.
Robert lived in a house on the perimeter
of Kings Heath Masonic Hall with Janet and their two children, Brian andChristine. It was a great sorrow when Janet died in 1966 and Robert was to gain increasing solace and friendship from Freemasonry in the ensuing years. We both flourished under the leadership
of
R..W.
Bro. Fred Griffiths and we saw
each other regularly on the circuit when he was appointed Provincial ADC in 1969. His appointment to Deputy DC followed in 1975 and Robert was the Provincial Grand
Director
of Ceremonies from L977 to
L982, when he was appointed Assistant Provincial Grand Master by R.W. Bro. Hanson. He was
undertook. He researched, preplanned a
nd orchestrated some
I
for our
Province and had a firm determination to uphold its constitution and tradition. He could be quite difficult if
he
quite meticulous in everything he
wonderfu
occasions. He had the greatest respect
thoug
ht these were
being
compromised in the slightest way.
THE TEDDIES HAVE ARRIVED! The "Teddies for Loving Care" (TLC) project was launched in May when the Provincial Charity Steward, John Gaston,
presented a quantity of teddies to the Accident & Emergency Department at Worcester Roya I Hospita I . The first young patient to receive a teddy was Chloe and, as the photograph shows, she soon became very attached to her new companion,
Sister Linda Ingles said that the bears have a calming effect on the children,
*Children
like the bears and are distracted
from any pain and discomfort they are feeling, and we would like to thank the Freemasons su
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of Worcestershire for their
pport'i she added
.
Since May, the scheme has been extended into Kidderminster, Redditch and Birmingham hospitals.