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Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Canada In the Province of Ontario PROCEEDINGS 1976 " " -.^. lii l nli. ti . l iHnli i l »ii» m » » i ..«!.« I« H « l» l» « »« * » « » "» » H • «•«'»» '» « « » BROCK UNIVERSITY LIBRARY From the Masonic Library of Lawrence Runnalls St . Catharines August 1988 LIBRARY -irvr^L/ i iMtwttjCITV TURNER MW.BRO. GEORGE E. Grand Master GRAND LODGE A.F. & A.M. OF CANADA In the Province of Ontario PROCEEDINGS ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL COMMUNICATION HELD IN THE CITY OF TORONTO July 21st, A.D. 1976, A.L. 5976 The Property of and ordered to be read in all the Lodges and preserved. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2011 with funding from Heritage Lodge No. 730 G.R.C. & Grand Lodge A.F.& A.M. of Canada in the Province of Ontario http://www.archive.org/details/grandlodge1976onta GRAND LODGE, A.F. & A.M. OF CANADA in the Province of Ontario At the One Hundred and Twenty-first Annual Com- munication of the Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Canada, in the Province of Ontario, held in the City of Toronto, commencing Wednesday, July 21, A.D. 1976, A.L. 5976. Present were: THE GRAND MASTER M.W. Bro. E. W. Nancekivell THE DEPUTY GRAND MASTER R.W. Bro. R. E. Davies R.W. Bro. J. H. Hutchinson Grand Senior Warden R.W. Bro. C. J. Baxter Grand Junior Warden R.W. Bro. Rev. Wm. Fairley Grand Chaplain M.W. Bro. M. C. Hooper Grand Treasurer M.W. Bro. J. A. Irvine Grand Secretary R.W. Bro. Jack Sutton Grand Registrar V.W. Bro. W. R. Knapp Grand Director of Ceremonies PAST GRAND MASTERS M.W. Bros. W. L. Wright, J. A. Irvine, J. N. Allan, B. B. Foster, W. K Bailey, G. E. Turner, E. G. Dixon (Hon.), M. C. Hooper (Hon.) THE DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS Algoma Russell R. Mableson Brant Donald G. S. Grinton Bruce A. E. (Ted) Hardman lan Fenton Chatham Al A - Eastern Sheldon H. Cameron Frontenac Donald R. Hall Georgian William T. Kirkpatrick Grey Donald R. J. Brown Hamilton "A" Stephen Paton Hamilton "B" Reginald A. Coniam Hamilton "C" Albert T. Ayre London East John C. Spry London West John A. McLean Musk-Parry Sound Stanley J. Goodwin Niagara "A" Donald C. Cowan Niagara "B" Robert B. Biggar 4 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION Nipissing Centre R. T. Runciman (Acting) Nipissing East Hanlan E. Mcliroy Nipissing West Arthur G. Broomhead North Huron Mac R. Inglis Ontario Wilbur J. Dickinson Ottawa 1 Raymond E. Shane Ottawa2 Stanley G. Black Peterborough Ross A. Kidd Prince Edward Craig E. Watson St. Lawrence Donald M. Smith St. Thomas Andrew Cipu Sarnia Bruce A. Patterson South Huron Keith R. A. Flynn Temiskaming Alexander A. Nelson Toronto 1 Frank M. Greer Toronto 2 James M. McCrae Toronto 3 Nelson A. Houston Toronto 4 Oliver Booth Toronto 5 David S. Bruce Toronto 6 R. Harold Foote Toronto 7 Charles F. Peck Victoria Hugh M. Carter Waterloo Arthur T. Prestwich Wellington Irvin Schneider Western George A. Bremner Wilson Roston E. Hargreaves Windsor Gerald M. Wilson BOARD MEMBERS A. C. Ashforth, T. L. Wilson, J. J. Talman, N. R. Richards, C. D. MacKenzie, R. J. Connor, M. J. Damp, H. C. Steele, W. D. Stevens, H. O. Polk, P. S. MacKenzie, R. M. Gunsolus, H. A. Leal, R. W. Faithfull, E. C. Horwood, C. C. Lillico, Lome Pacey, G. C. Phair, A. E. Broadley, W. E. McLeod, Robert Colledge, D. E. Magee, A. M. George, C. A. Sankey, N. E. Byrne, G. B. Rickard, John Millar, Jas. Curtis, C. W. Emmett, Arthur Youngs. T. J. Arthur. GRAND REPRESENTATIVE GRAND LODGE OF W. L. Wright England J. A. Irvine Ireland W. K. Bailey Alberta C. A. Sankey British Columbia M. J. Damp Manitoba H. W. Lyons New Brunswick C. D. MacKenzie Nova Scotia W. H. Mortlock Prince Edward Island P. S. MacKenzie Quebec J. T. Minaker Saskatchewan W. E. McLeod India TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1976 Walter T. Robb New South Wales J. Ashton Turner New Zealand Charles Fotheringham Queensland Walter H. Quinn South Australia James Meek Tasmania B. C. McClelland Western Australia D. E. Magee Alabama O. M. Newton Arizona Robert G. Truscott Arkansas B. B. Foster California R. C. Fuller Colorado N. E. Byrne Connecticut M. C. Hooper Delaware D. W. Grierson Dist. of Columbia H. V. Bartlett Florida E. J. Langley Georgia George E. Turner Illinois G. Ivor Davies Indiana Alan Broughton Kansas Robert E. Davies Louisiana W. T. Overend Maine H. Allan Leal Maryland J. N. Allan Massachusetts David J. Miller Minnesota C. H. Heels Missouri Robert Colledge Montana E. W. Nancekivell Nebraska W. L. Sommerville Nevada C. C. Lillico New Hampshire H. I. Sparling New Jersey H. Cameron Steele New York A. C. Ashforth North Carolina J. J. Talman North Dakota M. B. Dymond Ohio C. M. Rawson Oklahoma Ewart G. Dixon South Carolina Harry Jowett South Dakota Ed. Balfour Tennessee E. C. Horwood Texas H.O.Polk Utah G. C. Searson Washington Jerald Anderson West Virginia R. M. GunsoluS Wisconsin K. J. Hay Argentina W. D. Stevens Austria T. E. Greenaway Belgium J. A. Foster Chile R. W. Faithfull China H. A. Cameron Colombia Bogota W. M. Newell Colombia Cartagena W. Lome Pacey Costa Rica A. M. George Ecuador 6 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION G. J. Patterson Finland T. L. Wilson France, Nationale N. R. Richards Germany, United Grand Lodges W. S. McVittie Greece J. W. Bradley Guatemala A. Gordon Skinner Iceland R. L. Elsie Iran A. L. Copeland Israel Herbert R. Banwell Italy (Grand Orient of) Clifford G. Wonfor Japan James C. Guy Luxembourg B. M. McCall Norway G. H. Gilmer Paraiba (Brazil) H. H. Dymond Peru J. I. Carrick Philippines R. J. Connor Puerto Rico James Jackson Southern Africa W. A. Stewart Sweden D. R. Shaw Switzerland T. John Arthur Turkey Robt. Strachan Venezuela W. B. Cannon York, Mexico The M.W. the Grand Master, E. W. Nancekivell, dis- tinguished guests and officers of Grand Lodge took their places in the Canadian Room of The Royal York Hotel at 9 a.m. in the forenoon. MASTER MASONS ADMITTED The Grand Master invited all Master Masons to enter. NATIONAL ANTHEM The brethren joined in singing the Royal Anthem followed by "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" and "Two Coun- tries by the Sea." The brethren then joined in singing three verses of "Unto the Hills." DELEGATES REGISTERED No. 2, Niagara, Niagara-on-the-Lake—H. E. Page, A. E. Doyle, D. J. Garrett, E. W. Stewart, F. L. Collard, D. McNeil, W. M. Secord, E. A. Staines. TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1976 7 No. 3, The Ancient St. John's, Kingston—C. E. Pearson, R. G. Halloran, D. W. Stevens, E. Guthrie, G. Dover, R. Hoddy, H. E. Mills, D. L. Hoenbeek, B. W. Taylor. No. 5, Sussex, Brockville—G. B. Carley, L. W. Henderson. No. 6, The Barton, Hamilton—J. T. Broadbent, B. B. Foster, H. L. Hastie, W. N. Paterson, R. J. Lord, V. T. F. Hannabuss, A. C. Campbell, E. S. McDougall. No 7, Union, Grimsby—R. Lawrence, J. Lenoury, G. May. No. 9, Union, Napanee—W. J. Finlay, D. W. Clark, G. H. Fresque, L. E. VanLuven, C. E. Henricks. No. 10, Norfolk, Simcoe—A. B. Keachie, J. H. Johnston, B. F. Johnson, B. B. Smith, W. R. Carpenter, D. M. Bruce. No. 11, Moira, Belleville—W. J. Reynolds, E. J. Kells, W. J. Anderson, M. M. Hackett, J. R. Grant, A. W. Marner, H. K. Elliott, S. T. Reid, G. W. Parrinder, E. W. Nancekivell. No. 14, True Britons', Perth—J. M. Wong, R. E. Hughes, M. H. Dowdall. No. 15, St. George's, St. Catharines—K. R. Simmons, R. W. Lewis, T. Silagy, M. M. Statton, J. Willcox, T. Linders, R. Lewis, J. L. Runnalls. No. 16, St. Andrew's, Toronto—R. Houghton, K. Turton, J. J. Henderson, T. H. W. Salmon, E. C. Fowler, S. M. Ketcheson, C. E. Waldron, A. M. Rhamey, A. G. Woolmer, C. W. Ness. No. 17, St. John's, Cobourg—J. Bull, T. MacMillan, J. Beedham, R. Jewell, W. T. Greenhough. No. 18, Prince Edward, Picton—H. Bellwood, F. Dulmage, E. S. Rutter. No. 20, St. John's, London—J. S. Mawdsley, S. H. Grant, H. P. Richmond, C. O. Logan, A. M. George, J. L. Paisley, A. J. Graham, W. J. Anderson, S. J. Hanna, G. A. Evans, A. R. Fraser, H. S. Hutchinson, J. A. Irvine. No. 21A, St. John's, Vankleek Hill—D. Bond. No. 22, King Solomon's, Toronto—T. G. Lewis, J. Parkin, R. G. Townley, R. Coultart, M. S. Atlas, G. E. Townley, H. F. Sutton. No. 23, Richmond, Richmond Hill—H. D. Thomson, G. Flagler, C. C. Mabley, H. Ince, K. W. Robbins, R. A. Jordan, J. W. Anderson, R. C. E. Gemmill, P. Mock, H. H. Dymond, G. E. Turner. No. 24, St. Francis, Smiths Falls—J. E. Acheson, G. H. Patterson. No. 25, Ionic, Toronto—A. F. Rodger, D. M. Fleming, D. M. Baldwin, C. S. Fox-Revett, J. J. Clark, S. W. E. Henderson. No. 26, Ontario, Port Hope—A. Honing, G. Joice, G. A. Finnie, F. H. Hueston, R. W. Goheen, W. J. Dickenson, D. L. Plummer, E. J. McKeever, M. Buckingham, C. MacKenzie. No. 27, Strict Observance, Hamilton—T. J. Morrison, G. Kimmins, B. Gallaway, R. G. Truscott, R. F. Billington, S. A. Tinson, G. W. Skinner, J. C. Guv, G. H. R. Crawshaw, J. A. Irvine, D. Bliss, F. A. B. Inch, J. H. Roger. 8 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION No.