GRAND LODGE OF A.F. & A.M. OF CANADA in the Province of Ontario P R O C E E D I N G S ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION HELD IN THE CITY OF TORONTO July 17th, A.D. 2013, A.L. 6013 The property of and ordered to be read in all the Lodges and preserved. The Proceedings should always be available for use by all members of the lodge. Established 1855 - Incorporated 2010 Grand Lodge Proceedings 2013.indd 1 13-12-02 2:16 PM MOST WORSHIPFUL BROTHER DONALD A. CAMPBELL GRAND MASTER Grand Lodge Proceedings 2013.indd 2 13-12-02 2:16 PM A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF OUR GRAND MASTER M.W. Bro. Donald A. Campbell was born in Niagara Falls where he received his primary, elementary and high school education. He graduated from Guelph University with a Bachelor of Applied Arts Degree in Justice Studies; a graduate of Humber College with a Diploma in Police Foundations Leadership with Honours; a graduate of the 201st Session of the FBI National Academy, Quantico, Virginia; graduate of the 59th Session of the DEA Drug Unit Commanders Academy, Quantico Virginia; Leadership Certificate from the University of Virginia and the Canadian Police College (Executive Development) in Ottawa. He has extensive emergency services training in Public Order and Crowd Management and is a trained National Incident Commander for major events. M.W. Bro. Campbell is a 38 year member of the Toronto Police Service; currently Unit Commander of No. 41 Division, with the rank of Superintendent. He is a recipient of the Queens Diamond Jubilee Medal; Canadian Police Exemplary Service Medal with 30 year bar; the Medal of Merit for acts of personal bravery and highly meritorious police service. Our Grand Master comes from a long line of Masons in his immediate family as well as his In-laws. He was initiated into and is an honorary life member of Scarboro Lodge No. 653, Scarborough, served as its Worshipful Master in 1987. He is a member of Heritage Lodge No. 730, Cambridge, serving as Worshipful Master in 2002. Along with his father (Stanley) and brother (Robert), he is a member of King Edward VII lodge, No. 471, Niagara Falls, a charter member of Templum Fidelis Lodge No. 746, Bath, and a member of Luxor Daylight Lodge No. 741, Ottawa. He also holds membership in Antiquity Lodge No. 571, Canada Lodge No. 532, Dufferin Daylight Lodge No. 570, Georgina Lodge No. 343, Perfect Column Lodge No. 510, Riverdale John Ross Robertson Lodge No. 494, and York Lodge No. 156, Toronto. M.W. Bro. Campbell was elected District Deputy Grand Master of Toronto Four District in 1994. He served the Board of General Purposes from July 1997 until July 2011 on several committees including; Management, Membership Resources (Friend to Friend and Mentors, DDGM Orientation and Officer Progression), Public Relations, Blood Donors and the Ad Hoc Committee for Amalgamations. He was elected to the office of Deputy Grand Master in July 2011 and installed and invested as Grand Master on July 18, 2013. He is a member of the Lodge of Perfection and Rose Croix Chapter, Toronto Valley, Moore Sovereign Consistory, Hamilton, and was inducted into the Royal Order of Scotland in 2013. He was coroneted Honorary Inspector-General 33° Supreme Council of Canada in September 2013. He is a Past Principal of Oakwood Chapter No. 233, R.A.M. and Ambassador Grand Lodge Proceedings 2013.indd 3 13-12-02 2:16 PM at Large of the A.A.O.N.M.S. Rameses Temple and serves as an Imperial Marshal’s Aid. He is a Past Director and Past Vice President of the Masonic Foundation of Ontario. A widower, our Grand Master was married for 34 years to the former Kathie Sauvé until her sudden passing in 2010. The Grand Master and Kathie were were blessed with son Kyle, partner Jessica, and granddaughter Olive, and daughter also named Jessica. He is also a member of St. Andrews United Church, Markham and an active member of the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police and the FBI National Academy Associates. He is the Grand Representative to the Grand Lodge of Alberta, near this Grand Lodge. Grand Lodge Proceedings 2013.indd 4 13-12-02 2:16 PM 5 GRAND LODGE OF A.F. & A.M. OF CANADA in the Province of Ontario _______________ At the One Hundred and Fifty-eighth Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of A.F. & A.M. of Canada, in the Province of Ontario, held in the City of Toronto, commencing Wednesday, July 17, A.D. 2013, A.L. 6013, Present were: THE GRAND MASTER M.W. Bro. D. Garry Dowling THE DEPUTY GRAND MASTER R.W. Bro. Donald A. Campbell R.W. Bro. Robert D. Stillwell ...........................Grand Senior Warden R.W. Bro. Ronald F. Janes.............................. Grand Junior Warden R.W. Bro. Gordon R. Maitland .............................. Grand Chaplain R.W. Bro. Thomas W. Hogeboom ............................ Grand Treasurer M.W. Bro. Terence Shand.................................. Grand Secretary R.W. Bro. James Harrison .................................. Grand Registrar R.W. Bro. Ian B. Dale .......................... Grand Director of Ceremonies PAST GRAND MASTERS M.W. Bros. R. E. Groshaw, C. E. Drew, T. Shand, D. H. Mumby, G. L. Atkinson, A. J. Petrisor, R. S. J. Daniels. THE DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS Algoma.............. Grant E. Poulin Peterborough ........ Walter Artymko Algoma East . E. George Mersereau Prince Edward . Harold E. Newton Brant................ Ronald G. File St Lawrence . J. D. Andrew Graham Bruce ...............Randall Willick St Thomas.......... John C. McIntyre Chatham . Robert W. Pennington Sarnia . Frederick C. Hoffner Eastern............. Scott H. Prosser South Huron......... James McTavish Frontenac.............. Hugh Goldie Sudbury-Manitoulin . Keith I. Jordan Georgian North . Douglas T. Steward Temiskaming .......... Patrick Toner Georgian South . Douglas R. Fleet Tor. Don Valley . Arthur Di Cecco Hamilton A......... Allan P. Quainton Toronto East . Bruce N. Palanik Hamilton B...........Lindsay Reiach Tor. Hum. Valley . Dennis R. Blake London East .........David J. Parisian Toronto West.......... William Bath London West ........ Norman R. Kerr Victoria..............Darren J. Byrne Muskoka-Parry S ....... David Hardie Waterloo......... Douglas A. Fickling Niagara A..........Donald J. Seyffert Wellington . David E. L. Cowell Niagara B . Thomas McClellan Western . W. Murray Alexander Nipissing East....... Douglas Cavener Wilson North . David R. Wilton North Huron . W. Harold Forbes Wilson South ...... Douglas G. Waller Ontario.............Colin B. Skilling Windsor . Craig M. Glenwright Ottawa 1............ Brain W. Griffin York.............. Walter W. Foster Ottawa 2............ Russell A. Staye BOARD MEMBERS F. Halpern, D. E. Jacklin, R. Kliaman, N. G. McCarthy, A. D. Nichols, H. E. Standish, J. C. Sutherland, J. L. Hay, L. Armstrong, D. M. Sheen, T. A. Siemiernik, B. Burchill, R. J. Cresswell, R. F. Manz, D. J. Cameron, J. C. Green, G. E. Hinds, W. A. Atkinson Sr., G. Crutcher, C. Reid, I. Wates, L. Felt, D. Galt, R. Kaufman, B. Koivu, S. W. Libbey, R. Morrow, C. Singh, S. Drumond, J. M. Forster, S. Kalinowsky, P. McConnell, G. R. Taylor, S. E. Warren, C. A. Woods. Grand Lodge Proceedings 2013.indd 5 13-12-02 2:16 PM 6 GRAND LODGE OF CANADA ANNUAL COMMUNICATION GRAND REPRESENTATIVES R. E. Groshaw .............Scotland G. E. Hinds . Ontario & Jurisdiction D. A. Campbell .............Alberta K. J. Hay................. Argentina A. P. Stephen............. Manitoba F. Halpern.................. Austria T. Shand . Newfoundland/Labrador J. H. Hough ............Burkina Faso F. G. Dunn............. Nova Scotia G. A. Napper .................Bahia R. S. J. Daniels..............Quebec R. F. Manz . Grand Orient (Brazil) T. Pachal............. Saskatchewan D. E. Swann............ Mato Grosso A. Simpson................Alabama G. H. Hazlitt . Mato Grosso do Sul T. W. Hogeboom ............ Alaska A. A. Atkins............ Mina Gerais J. C. Sutherland ........... Arkansas E. Jones ...................... Para R. S. Whitmore............California L. Martin ............. Rio de Janeiro G. L. Atkinson.......... Connecticut A. D. Nichols............. Sao Paulo D. Hawman .............. Delaware M. Dennis.................... Chile G. R. Taylor................ Florida S. W. Libbey .................China T. A. McLean.............. Georgia W. A. Atkinson, Sr. ...........Bogota D. A. Conway................ Idaho B. J. Hutton ..............Costa Rica G. R. Clauson............... Illinois P. G. Farrell ................ Croatia I. Wates ................... Kansas D. J. McFadgen ............... Cuba D. J. Cameron............. Kentucky G. Turek.............Czech Republic B. Burchill ..................Maine T. P. Hansen............... Denmark J. D. Angus ............... Maryland R. Charles . Dominican Republic I. D. Dale ............ Massachusetts R. Atsidakos.................Greece J. T. Cassie.............. Minnesota S. C. Dunlop..............Guatemala C. Woods ...............Mississippi P. J. McGrenere ............Honduras R. G. Wands.............. Nebraska J. A. J. Hughes .............. Iceland D. G. Dowling . New Hampshire G. W. Nelson.................. Iran W. E. Elgie............. New Jersey S. H. Cohen .................. Israel C. E. Drew.............. New York H. E. Standish................. Japan J. R. Hay.............North Carolina D. E. Jacklin...............Mauritius P. E. Todd............. North Dakota D. J. Purvis . Nuevo Leon/ Mexico A. J. Petrisor..................Ohio R. K. Campbell................ York M. J. Thompson.......... Oklahoma B. K. Schweitzer . Netherlands D. H. Mumby.......... Rhode Island J. C.