Worcestershire Source 7

ISSUE No= 7 OCTOBER 2006

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SID FALLS FOR THE FESTIVAL

he Province is making good progress

in its fund raising efforts to support the Royal Masonic Trust for Girls &

More details from your Charity Steward.

There will be a Ladies' brooch version as well.

Boys.

Small blue lapel badges, designed by W Bro Kerry Parkes, are becoming a popular sight in the Province. If you haven't managed to buy one yâ‚Źt, at f3,00 each, speak to your Charity Steward.

W Bro

Michael Woodcock from the Trust made an impassioned speech at the annua-l meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge appealing

for our support in helping the families of d

Brother or Companion who donates t100 towards the Appeal over the next five years, will be entitled to purchase the Jewel for f 15.

istressed Freemasons,

All Charity Stewards have been invited to attend Appeal Workshops

learn more

about the Trust and how they can encourage their members to support us,

If you require any information on the Appeal, please contact the Chairman, W Bro John Gorton, at j*hr:Smrtqrt(m-blqqnnect.So{fi , or the Deputy Chairman, W Bro Bob Clark, at bmb.pauline@tescq"net, or write to them at

Appeal 20tL, A very special Festival breast Jewel, with a unique design, will be available shortly. Any

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P G M AMBASSADOR FOR GRAND CHARITY

of Lickey Hills Lodge, undertook a sponsored parachute jump for his charity, the RNIB. He raised over f 3000. A magnificent achievement, especially when you consider that Sid is partially blind and BB years young Last year, W Bro Sid Moss

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Sid has volunteered to jump again for Festival 20tL If we all support him generously, we can make a significant contribution to the Festival Appeal. It is hoped that every Lodge will want to support Sid and all contributions will be

credited

to each Lodge's

Festival

account, For more information contact

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The major works in the Library and Museu 'are nearly finishe and books are already being placed on the shelves of the new Library area.

The really big job will now be to get everything else in place. This will

enable the refurbished area

to

be

open for business within the next month or so. This is a little later than was first estimated, that's true, but it will be worth waiting for. The Province will have the enlarged and improved Library and Museum that

was promised and which

the

Brethren supported so generously in the Appeal.

Thanks are also due to those Library and Museum Representatives who gave so freely of their time to sit in

The Grand Charity has committed to donated E30,000 over the next two years to Friends of the EIderly.

Our Provincial Grand Master, R W Bro Richard Goddard, was asked by the Grand Charity to make an official visit on its behalf and the photograph shows his visit to the Friends of the Elderly, Alexander Gardens Day Centre, Malvern Link where he met Mrs Sheila Bradley, who runs the centre, and both the Helpers and the Helped.

The PGM was taken on to the dance floor, one of the afternoon's activities, by Kaylie Bond, a Helper.

as t'doorkeepers" whilst the work was carried out; their efforts made the task of the Library and Museum team that much easier.

The next stage will be to implement the scheme being developed by the Library and Museum Consultant,

Chris Hudson. This, af necessity, will depend upon grant aid from the Heritage Lottery Fund, which may take some time. Watch this space.

The first Consecration of a new Lodge in Worcestershire since 1997 took place at Rainbow Hill, Worcester on Saturday l8th

overseas, and over B0 guests, enjoyed a very happy occasion with Richard Goddard appropriately arriving for the occasion in his daughter's beautiful "plus 4".

Lodge, No 9816.

One of the Lodge's first items of business was,

March when R W Bro Richard Goddard constituted and consecrated the Morgan

The new Lodge has been established for all Masons with a particular interest in that famous marquee of sports car and will, of course, regularly meet at Malvern, where the

unusually, to elect all of the Provincial Officers of the Year who took part in the Consecration as Honorary Members, a generous gesture appreciated by all the Officers.

factory producing the cars is established.

We wish the new Lodge, its first Worshipful Mastel Richard Smith, and all its members a

The Founders, from all over the country and

"clear road ahead".

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Junior Grand Warden was Initiated into the Lodge of

WORCESTERSHIRE CONSECRATES NEW CHAPTER

IN ANDORRA

St John in Bedwardine No

7458, meeting in in 1984 and

Worcester,

was Worshipful Master in

1990. He has remained Director

of

Ceremonies

since 1993.

Alan was appointed

a

Provincial Grand Steward in 1994 and was promoted

to Provincial Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies

then The photograph shows the Provincial Grand Senior Warden, W Bro Robert E H Gameson/ with his wife Valerie and the Provincial Grand Junior Warden, W Bro Alan Dally, with his wife, Loraine, at Worcester Cathedral on the day of the Provincial Cathedral Service.

This year's Provincial Senior Grand Warden was Initiated into Shenstone Lodge No 7037, meeting in Halesowen, in 19BB and was Worshipful Master in 1996 and 1997. In other Orders Bob has been through the Chair in Rose Croix, Mark, RoyalArk Mariners and Chapter.

Bob was appointed Provincial Grand Steward in 1998 and was promoted to Provincial Grand Senior Deacon in2002. He has ilso had acting Provincial rank in other Orders including Standard Bearer in Mark; ADC in Chapter and he will be remaining in the 'Z' Chair in Hope & Charity Chapter No 377 during September.

Due to his commitments, whilst remaining in Provincial Grand Stewards Lodge, Bob has had to resign from K Red Cross of Constantine, Secret Monitor and Rose Croix.

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Whilst Bob is not at a Masonic meeting in some degree or the other, he has had a driving school

since 1981 and his hobbies include Bowls, Guitars, his Ferraris and his family. Bob has been married to Valerie for 35 years;they have two daughters, Sally and Wendy, and three

to

in

L997 and

Past

Provincial Grand Registrar in 2000.

His skill at ritual having been recognised, Alan was DC of Provincial Grand Stewards' Lodge for 3 years before he was Worshipful Master in 2005-2006. His enthusiasm for ritual led him to be a Founder Member of the Provincial Grand Steward's Demonstration team.

In

other Orders, Alan

is a

Member of

Wenceslas Rose Croix, and will be a Founder of the new Wenceslas Craft Lodge. In addition to his new Office and duties he is currently'Z' of Sabrina Royal Arch Chapter.

Alan

is Head of

Science

at

Kirsten who is27, of whom they are immensely

proud,

sport. He trained at Loughborough t967-t970 - played a lot of Basketball up to West Midlands area level and was a first team member at Worcester Rugby Alan has always enjoyed

1970s. now a regular

In fact, the list of

Consecrating and Installing Officers is possibly unique as it includes not only Rulers of the Royal Arch in Worcestershire but also Rulers in the Craft and a past First Grand Principal of Spain who is also the current Third Principal of the Supreme Grand Chapter of France.

The Grand Superintendent, the

Second

Provincial Grand Principal E Comp Richard Hoare and the Third Provincial Grand Principal as

Consecrating Principals; M E Comp Andr6 Bassou P 1st GP (Spain), P 2nd GP, 3rd GP (SGCF) as Consecrating SE (Andorra), the Assistant Provincial Grand Masters of the Craft Province of Worcestershire acted as PS, 1st AS

and 2nd AS and the two Provincial Wardens acted as SN and Janitor. The Ceremony was directed by E Comp Henry France-Sargeant, Provincial GDC (Chapter) who had as his Deputy E Comp Michael Cole, Provincial GDC (Craft). They were assisted by E Comp Keith Evans, Deputy Provincial GDC and E Comp

John Cameron, Assistant Provincial

GDC

respectively of the Provincial Grand Chapter of

Worcestershire. E Comp Graham Perkins

supporter!

He now enjoys DIY

Worcestershire.

E Comp Geoffrey Weston acted Christopher

Whitehead Language College where he has taught since 1972. He has been married to Loraine, who is Director of Alternative Curriculum at the same school, for 34 years.

They have two children, Damien who is 32 and

Club in the early

The Consecration and Installation ceremonies were carried out by the Grand Superintendent of Worcestershire, E Comp Richard B W Price, and Officers of the Provincial Grand Chapter of

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Assistant Provincial GSE acted as Consecrating SE (England).

busy with their houses as well!

grandchildren.

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in Andorra to cater for this constituency. The Grand Master of Andorra, M.R"Germi Antoni D'Ortad6 i Lloveras-Puig, also wished to establish the Royal Arch in Andorra and it was

decided

to

establish

a

Masonry Universal

Chapter. The support of the United

Grand Lodge of England was obtained and the project was effectively "sponsored" by the Province of Worcestershire and our Provincial Grand Master, RW Bro Richard Goddard, At the same time, the Supreme Grand Chapter of England

gave its own support and encouragement to the founding of the Order in Andorra and the Grand Superintendent of Worcestershire, E Comp Richard B W Price, was authorized by Supreme Grand Chapter to act as the Consecrating Officer of the proposed Chapter.

Supreme Grand Chapter also arranged for the warrants of two moribund Chapters to be transferred to the GH, which will become

At the beginning of June this year a number of masons from the UK, dnd other jurisdictions, travelled to the Pyrenees to assist in the founding of English-speaking Freemasonry in Andorra.

Andorra has

a large English-speaking

expatriate communiW and welcomes some ten million visitors each year, many of whom are also English-speaking. was therefore recognized that there was a need for Masonry

respectively a Catalan-speaking and a French-

It

speaking Chapter, thus forming -

a

firm

foundation for the Royal Arch in Andorra.

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With the help of the Craft and Chapter Rulers in promoting the events and the wider audience to be reached in cyberspace, applications were soon received not just from Europe but from many other regions of the world -support of Country Members is a very important part of

Masonry Universal Lodge and Chapter

in

Andorra.

The consecrations took place on Thursday 1st and Friday 2nd of June.

On Saturday afternoon, the Brethren present were privileged to be invited to the meeting of the Grand t-odge of Andorra, where the R W Provincial Grand Masteq Richard Goddard was

given Honorary Membership by the Grand Master Antoni d'Ortado. At a Dinner for the Ladies given in the evening R W Bro Richard Goddard and Mrs Helena Goddard were able to return the favour with a presentation to the Gra

nd Master f rom the

Province of

Worcestershire.

PROVINCE OF WORCESTERSHIRE CRAFT RULERS INSTALL A NEW The series of meetings which took place last season produced a great response from the

MASTER AND INITIATE A NEW

CANDIDATE IN ANDORRA

Brethren, together

The Consecration of the Craft Lodge itself was carried out by the Grand Lodge of Andorra with the Grand Master acting as Consecrating Officer assisted by the Assistant Grand Master and other Grand Officers under the direction of the Grand Director of Ceremonies R G Felip Janin,

with W Bro Michael Cole acting as

his

Deputy.

Following

The team, led by David Cowell,

Consecratioh, the

installation of W Bro Adrian Leopard as the first Master of the Lodge was carried out by members of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Worcestershire with the R W

Provincial Grand Master acting as Installing Officer, the V W Deputy Provincial Grand Master, Robert Vaughan,

as Immediate Past

Maste6 Assistant

Provincial Grand Masters, W Bro Peter Band and W Bro Colin Young as Senior and Junior Wardens, Assistant Provincial Grand Master, W Bro Stuart Edwards as Inner Guard. The addresses were given by the R W Provincial Grand Master and the Provincial Wardens, W Bro Maynard Burton and W Bro Kerry Parkes. The Working tools of an Installed Master were presented by W Bro Andrew Skidmore Prov G Stwd, now Prov AGDC.

To round off a very full Masonic day, officers of the Provincial Grand Lodge of

OCTOBER 2006

Gerrard

Oldham, John Tapson and, latterly, John Ling have been working on collating the responses

Worcestershire then conducted the ceremony of Initiation for the first candidate of the Lodge, M. Xavier

Azalbert. V W Bro Robert Vaughan,

the

with much discussion

resulting in many ideas and suggestions aimed at "Secu ring the Futu re" of ou r Province.

acted as WM with W Bro Stuart Edwards and W Bro Colin Young as respectively

SW and

JW. W Bro Graham

Perkins,

Assistant Provincial Grand Secretary acted as Chaplain, W Bro Iain Sharratt Prov G Std B as SD, W Bro Peter Band Assistant PGM as JD, W Bro Adrian Leopard as Organist and W Bro David Evans as Inner Guard. As with most of the day's events, the whole team were kept up to their paces by W Bro Michael Cole, in this instance assisted by W Bro Keith Evans Prov AGDC. As is to be expected the ceremony was superb and an object lesson in how ritual should be performed. Not a hair was turned even when it was discovered that a slipshod

could not be found and the candidate was supplied with a complimentary hotel

slipper, supplied by one of the eminent brethren present. It is even rumoured

that the use of such a slipper may be established as a Lodge tradition.

under a series of headings with a view to helping the implementation of these ideas.

The four headings are:- Meeting Places, WAML, Lodge Guidance Notes and Publicity.

The aim is to begin to see the benefits of these ideas working through the Province during the coming season. Information will be sent to all Lodges during the next few months.

It is not too late to get

involved - in the first instance/ anyone who wishes to know more should contact the Provincial Information Officer on : - nfo@ robertva i

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The 2AL1 Appeal now has a stock of 2007 Masonic diaries for sale. The diary covers from 2L" August 2006 to 6'n January 2008 and includes a host

of other informatlon both

Masonic

and non Masonic. Each diary has the Appeal ZOLI logo on the front and is being sold for [6,50 in support of the Appeal. They are currently available

from W Bro Bob Clarke of Moseley Lodge No 5224 Tel. 012L7056156

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CONSECRATION OF GEORGE TAYLOR LODGE NO 9819 Lodge consecrations are not so frequent

appeal, Never was such refreshment

therefore quite something; but no-one who was at Rainbow Hill for the consecration of George Taylor will forget it. July 16th was as hot a day as any this summer and many of the Founders arrived for

welcome.

nowadays, two so far in 2006

is

the 1p.m. rehearsal in T-shirts and other casual attire. They were put through their

more

immaculately performed by the R W Prov G M and his team, with notable contributions from

Masonic memorabilia held in the Worcester Guildhall in August 1884. After the success of this, the Province offered to acquire George's large personal collection, which he sold at cost and that was the original basis of the Provincial

the small but beautifully balanced Provincial

Museum.

The

Consecration was, needless

to

say,

choir under the direction of W Bro Tim Morris

paces by the Prov D C, W Bro Mike Cole, with

and the Prov G.Organist, W Bro

his inimitable blend of geniality, humour and

Leopard. One hundred and ten Brethren were accommodated in the Temple and someone had had the foresight to organize four large electric fans in the corners; this, plus the fact that the emergency door in the south-east corner was propped open, made conditions

unchallengeable authority. This having ended to Mike's satisfaction, he was rewarded with a prolonged round of applause, then everyone dashed down to the car park, where Bro, Dean Clarke, a Founder, had his ice-cream van; all

proceeds generously going

to the

RMTGB

Adrian

bearable! The Prov G M had also given permission for bottles of water to be brought in, and numerous Brethren availed themselves of this.

On Saturday 13'n January 2007 Stechford

Lodge No 3185 will be celebrating its Centenary at its meeting at Moseley Masonic Hall, Kings Heath, For further

to arrange a visit, please

contact the Lodge's Secretary, Harry Rock

on 0L793 876L34 or at h

rock@ btopenworld. com

LADIES GIFT FUND XMAS FAYRE This year the Ladies Gift Fund Christmas

will be held on

Saturday

Taylor, had very efficiently solicited

founding Worshipful Master

remember!

of

Lechmere

Following on from the success of Securing the

Future and the feedback we have received after the last few years' seminars, the T&E Group has put. together the following programme for this season. Please do publicise this in your Lodges and ensure that the relevant Brethren can attend,

The use of Information Technology in Private Lodges, in Communication, and for Lodge and

John Hart

1B'n

November at the Clarendon Suite, Stirling Road, Edgbaston starting at 10.30 am.

NEWS UPDATE !!

Do you keep up to date ??? Do you know what information is on the website ???

Go to wlyw,woneestershErepsl,*rff " u.F< and you keep yourself up to date. In addition to the News from Province, there is an Events Calendar letting you know what is going on in YOUR Province. Take a look; browse; be enlightened/ informed and entertained !!!

Master Masons " A seminar with buffet for Master Masons below the Wardens' chair to discuss wider Masonic life available to them in the Province. Venure and date in December will be announced soon.

Secretaries - A new seminar for Secretaries to help keep up with changing procedures and systems. Date In early 2AA7 and venue will be annCIunced soon.

related masonic websites: Wed nesday Halesowen

Fayre

Ninety eight Brethren sat down to the Festive

Board, The Charity Steward, W Bro Derek

PROVINCIAL TRAINING AND EDUCATTOT{ SEMENAR.S

STECHFORD LODGE CENTENARY

details and

installed by W Bro. Stuart Edwards, Asst P G M, in a most gracious manner. AII but three of the Province's meeting-places were represented in the ranks of the officers invested, as well as two other Provinces.

intermission; then the Lodge's Oratoq W Bro Jeremy Mallin, addressed the Brethren with some observations on the choice of the Lodge's name. George Taylor was a member of Hope & Charity Lodge and in 1BB1 was the

a short

Lodge, now Lechmere Volunteer, No. 1874, which in those days met in Kidderminster. He

IN BRIEF

The Master-designate, W Bro John Hart, the present Curator of the Museum, was then

contributions from the Founders in advance and these, added to the ice-cream takings, the collection taken from visitors and the nominal fines levied from those Founders who omitted to wear thelr jewels, realised a total of well over f1,000 which was presented to the Provincial Grand Master. An evening to

The Consecration over/ there was

NEWS

was the brains behind the Exhibition of

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7.30pm at

Senior Wardens'/Master Elects' Dinner - The R W Provincial Grand Master will host this dinner

for next year's

Masters

in the Spring and

Monday 15 January at B,00pm at Kings Heath

details will be announced.

Mentoring Workshops, continuing the

Masters' Dinner - The R Provincial Grand Master will host a dinner for this year's reigning Masters on 23 March 2A07 "

outstanding training sessions for Mentors:

W

Monday, 9 October at 7.30pm at Stechford Tuesday, L7 October at 7,30pm at Halesowen

Initiates'Lunch

Developing the role of Freceptors in the Lodge, WAML and in wider Provincial activity:

recent Initiates and their Ladies, hosted by the R W Provincial Grand Master will be held at Ralnbow Hill, Worcester on Sunday Z?April.

- The annual luncheon

for

Monday, 13 November at 7.30p.m, at Kings Heath

Tuesday,28 November

at

7.30p.m, at

Worcester

Published by The Provincial Grand Lodge of Worcestershire, Provincial Office, 94 Birmingham Road, Bromsgrove, Woreestershire, 861 ODF Articles rnay not be reproduced without written authority, Editor: Keith Blizzard would be pleased to receive articles, news and photographs for publication Challinors BIizzard, Edmund House, L2-22 Newhall Street, Birmingham 83 3EF Tel: 0 L21 233 8610 Email: keith .blizzard@challinors.co.uk

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