Rothesay
Writings March 2003
We were well entertained at the March meeting with
a lecture from Ken Wells of the Barron Barnett Lodge. Ken gave a well informed history of Freemasonry. There were lots of things that many of us
were previously unaware of.
One of the interesting items was the background to
the secrets of the degrees. When
operative mason wished to gain employment at a location where he was unknown
then it would take quite some time for him to prove that he was talented in his
craft. Thus if he knew the secrets then
it was evident that he was a mason straight away.
There were nine visitors present, four from Logan
City, three from Kianawah Lodge one of whom was Bob Clark our AGSW, Bill
Houghton from Yeronga Lodge and Ken Wells.
Bob Clark advised us that there is a publication
for the conference “Order in the House” held last December. It contains papers of all the talks that
were given. Allen Barden has a copy,
the secretary has it at the moment but he will return it to Allen at our next
meeting.
In the South we discussed the possibility of having
an open night. We have the suggestions
for holding such a night from GL. It
was suggested that we discuss it more formally at our next meeting. Yeronga Lodge have gained five new members
by holding open nights. In fact those
of us who have visited the Yeronga Lodge with David Smith in the last two
months have witnessed two Second degrees.
Work for April – Second Degree
Questions Bill Bailey
Secrets Allen Barden
Charge after Investiture Mike Murphy
SE Charge TBA
Tracing Board Noel Sharp
Charge After Passing Bert Crawshaw
Worshipful Master’s Visits
Itinerary
April 1st Kianawah Lodge at Wynnum Tyle 7:15 pm
15th Adolph
Hertzberg at Ann St Tyle
7:15 pm
21st Newmarket/Kelvin Grove at Vulture St Tyle 7:30 pm
24th Mt Pleasant at Stones Corner Tyle 7:30 pm
25th Anzac Day Service at Ann St
28th Prince Albert Lodge at Stones Corner Tyle 7:30 pm
May 13th Tarragindi Lodge at Stones Corner Tyle 7:30 pm
(Fraternal visit)
24th Loyalty Lodge at Stones Corner Tyle 7:30 pm
(Installation)
July 12th Myora Lodge at Stradbroke Tyle 5:30 pm
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