Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Canada In the Proyince of Ontario PROCEEDINGS 1974 a BROCK UNIVERSITY LIBRARY From the Masonic Library of Lawrence Runnalls St. Catharines August 1988 LIBRARY C)CA< .IMIV/PRQITV Digitized by the Internet Arcliive in 2011 with funding from Heritage Lodge No. 730 G.R.C. & Grand Lodge A.F.& A.IVI. of Canada in the Province of Ontario http://www.archive.org/details/grandlodge1974onta GRAND LODGE A.F. & A.M. OF CANADA In the Province of Ontario PROCEEDINGS ONE HUNDRED AND NINETEENTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION HELD IN THE CITY OF TORONTO July 17th, A.D. 1974, A.L. 5974 The Property of and ordered to be read in all the Lodges and preserved. : GRAND LODGE, A.F. & A.M. OF CANADA in the Province of Ontario At the One Hundred and Nineteenth 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 17, A.D. 1974, A.L. 5974. Present were THE GRAND MASTER M.W. Bro. G. E. Turner THE DEPUTY GRAND MASTER R.W. Bro. E. W. Nancekivell R.W. Bro. R. S. Throop Grand Senior Warden R.W. Bro. M. J. Bradley Grand Junior Warden R.W. Bro. Rev. Roland de Corneille Grand Chaplain M.W. Bro. M. C. Hooper Grand Treasurer M.W. Bro. J. A. Irvine Grand Secretary R.W. Bro. F. N. Rupert Grand Registrar V.W. Bro. L. G. S. Parker Grand Director of Ceremonies PAST GRAND MASTERS M.W. Bros. W. L. Wright, H. L. Martyn, J. A. Irvine, J. N. Allan, B. B. Foster, W. K. Bailey, E. G. Dixon (Hon.), M. C. Hooper (Hon.). THE DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS Algoma Reginald H. Hookham Brant William H. Wells Bruce Neil D. Sinclair Chatham Jack L. Ford Eastern Lloyd Eady Frontenac Charles K. MacKenzie Georgian Charles H. Robertson Grey Clarence E. Gillis Hamilton "A" Clifford G. Battey Hamilton "B" S. Arthur Tinson London East Alfred Bamett London West Charles G. Phipps Musk-Parry Sound W. J. Ron McKay Niagara "A" Fred J. Maitland Niagara "B" George H. Castle Nipissing East William S. Lavery Nipissing West Robert T. Runciman North Huron Alex Robertson Ontario Alexander Hendry Ottawa 1 Preston W. H. Dell 4 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION Ottawa 2 William R. Leach Peterborough Roy E. Ballard Prince Edward William G. Slack Sarnia Jackson H. Clysdale St. Lawrence Fred Fairfield St. Thomas Hugh F. Lyle South Huron Allan H. Stoll Temiskaming Robert G. Childs Toronto 1 Alfred J. Grosvenor Toronto 2 Cyril N. Davison Toronto 3 David C. Bradley Toronto 4 Albert F. Williams Toronto 5 Arthur J. Dawson Toronto 6 James W. Pearce Toronto 7 Matthew Campbell Victoria W. Lionel Douglas Waterloo Robert J. Carse Wellington John B. Hunter Western Gerald A. Fitzgerald Wilson N. Eric Jensen Windsor George I. Baillie BOARD MEMBERS A. C. Ashforth, T. L. Wilson, J. J. Talman, G. I. Davies, N. R. Richards, C. D. MacKenzie, R. J. Connor, M. J. Damp, H. C. Steele, W. D. Stevens, R. E. Davies, H. O. Polk, P. S. MacKenzie, R. M. Gunsolus, H. A. Leal, R. W. Faithfull, F. M. Cass, H. L. Hastie, E. C. Horwood, C. C. Lillico, Lome Pacey, G. C. Phair, A, E. Broadley, W. E. McLeod, Robert CoUedge, D. E. Magee, A. M. George, C. A. Sankey, N. E. Byrne. GRAND REPRESENTATIVE GRAND LODGE OF W. L. Wright England J. A. Irvine Jreland H. L. Martyn Scotland W. K. Bailey Alberta F. M. Cass British Columbia M. J. Damp Manitoba H. W. Lyons New Brunswick C. D. MacKenzie Nova Scotia W. H. Mortlock Prince Edward Is. P. S. MacKenzie Quebec J. T. Minaker Saskatchewan W. E. McLeod India J. Ashton Turner New Zealand 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 C. C. Martin Connecticut TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1974 i M. C. Hooper Delaware D. W. Grierson Dist. of Columbia E. J. Langley Georgia George E. Turner Illinois G. Ivor Davies Indiana Alan Broughton Kansas Robert Montgomery Kentucky R. E. Davies Louisiana W. T. Overend Maine H. Allan Leal Maryland J. N. Allan Massachusetts D. J. Miller Minnesota W, H. Kipp Mississippi C. H. Heels Missouri R. Colledge Montana E. W. Nancekivell Nebraska W. L, Sommerville Nevada C. C. Lillico New Hampshire H. I. Sparling New Jersey H. C. Steele New York A. C. Ashforth North Carolina J. J. Talman North Dakota C. M. Rawson Oklahoma John O'Donovan Rhode Island Ewart G. Dixon South Carolina Harry Jowett South Dakota Ed. Balfour Tennessee H. O. Polk Utah W. J. Carnegie Vermont 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. Faithful! China H. A. Cameron Colombia Bogota W. M. Newell Colombia Cartagena W. Lome Pacey Costa Rica Neil MacEachern Denmark A. M. George Ecuador 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 Skiimer Iceland R. L. Elsie Iran A. L. Copeland Israel H. R. Banwell Italy 6 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION C. G. Wonfor Japan G. E. French Netherlands B. M. McCall Norway G. H. Vogan Panama G. H. Gilmer Paraiba (Brazil) J. I. Carrick Philippines R. J. Connor Puerto Rico James Jackson Southern Africa W. A. Stewart Sweden T. John Arthur Turkey Robt. Strachan Venezuela W. B. Cannon York, Mexico The M.W. the Grand Master, G. E. Turner, 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 National 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—A. K. Woodhouse, A. E. Woodhouse, I. B. Collard, F. L. Collard, E. A. Staines, W. L. Wright. No. 3, Ancient St. John's, Kingston—S. H. Chandler, E. W. Scrannage, B. W. Taylor, W. H. Gummer, E. H. Guthrie, W. D. Stevens, G. H. Dover, W. C. F. Saunders, H. R. Lyons, M. D. Dubin. No. 5, Sussex, Brock>ilIe—H. F. Blanchard, G. B. Carley. No. 6, The Barton, Hamilton—L. E. Williamson, F. J. Allan, B. B. Foster, J. T. Broadbent, J. G. Devitt, H. L. Hastie, A. Anderson. W. N. Paterson, V. T. Hannabuss, E. S. McDougall, G. F. Benton, W. L. Wright, E. G. Dixon. No. 7, Union, Grimsby—C. Mote, K. Brown, R. Lawrence, R. C. Bourne, G. May. No. 9, Union, Napanee—L. VanLuven, G. Fresque. No. 10. Norfolk, Simcoe—R. K. Thornton, W. Johnston, W. Bridger, B. B. Smith, N. E. Jensen, W. R. Carpenter, D. M. Bruce. TORONTO, ONTARIO, 1974 7 No. 11, Moira, Belleville—P. Anderson, G. Parrinder, W. J. Reynolds, W. J. Anderson, M. M. Hackett, J, R. Grant, A. W. Marner, C. A. Faulkner, R. A. Swan, H. K. Elliott, S. T. Reid, H. L. Martyn. No. 14, True Britons', Perth—D. R. Doran, O. Moore, J. M. Wong, R. E. Hughes, M. H. Dowdall. No. 15, St. George's, St. Catharines—T. Linders, R. Lewis, W. A. Barnes, A. J. Kinnear, G. Peters, R. E. Westlake, J. Willcox, I. Tod, W. A. Darker. No. 16, St. Andrew's, Toronto—F. Plue, A. Bigwin, R. Houghton, A. G. Woolmer, J. Connolly, J. Adams, A. M. Rhamey, S. M. Ketcheson, E. C. Fowler, J. J. Henderson, C. W. Ness. H. L. Martyn. No. 17, St. John's, Cobourg—W. H. Broomfield, J. Bull, W. F. Thompson, W. T. Greenhough. No. 18, Prince Edward, Picton—J. Borthwick, H. A. Hicks. No. 20, St. John's, London—R. J. Demaray, A. R. Eraser, J. S. Mawdsley, L D. White, W. H. Kipp, H. P. Richmond, C. O. Logan, A. M. George, J. L. Paisley, A. J. Graham, W. J. Anderson, H. G. Hotham. W. A. Graham, S. J. Hanna, G. A. Evans, J. A. Irvine, H. S. Hutchinson. No. 21a, St. John's, Vankleek Hill—W. Kothe, D. Bond. No. 22, King Solomon's, Toronto—T. G. Lewis. H. Sutton, R. Robinson. H. B. Cunningham, D. M. Tozer, R. G. Townlev, H. Mateer, L. S. Thomson, G. S. Pitcher, J. D. Alliston, M. S. Atlas, G. P. Warner, E. W. Brewer, N. Zolumoff, D. G. Mackay, G. E. Townley, J. B. Stevenson. No. 23, Richmond, Richmond Hill—H. D. Thomson, J. S. Morlev, H. Ince, K. W. Robbins, J. W. Anderson, H. L. Martyn. No. 24, St. Francis, Smiths Falls—C. A. Jackson, C. J. A. McFadden, J. J. Carpenter, G. H. Patterson. No. 25, Ionic, Toronto—J. J. Clark, S. W. E. Henderson, A. F. Rodger, D. M. Fleming. H. A. Leal, L. R. Evenson. W. H. Baillie. J. B. Allen, C. S. Fox-Revett, A. S. O'Hara. D. J. Thomas. No. 26, Ontario, Port Hope—D. L. Plummer, F. B. Scott, A. Honing, G. A. Finnie, M. Buckingham, C. MacKenzie, R. W. Goheen, W. J. Dickenson. No. 27. Strict Observance, Hamilton—D. H. Bliss, R. G. Truscott, W. J. Fulkerson, S. A. Tinson, G. W. Skinner, J. C. Guv, G. H. R. Crawshaw, J. A. Irvine, J.