Installation of Excelsior Mark Lodge 359 |
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| On the 15th of February 2024 PGMs Representative W. Bro Mark Andrew Barton Provincial Grand Senior Warden was welcomed to the installation by W. Bro Les Brooks. | |
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| For the installation W. Bro Les Brooks called for the Master Elect to be presented to him, in compliance, the Master Elect W. Bro Barry Tomlinson was duly presented. | |
| W. Bro Les Brooks asked the usual questions which the Master Elect answered. The officers for the Inner Workings took their positions within the lodge. The Installing Master requested the Brethren below the rank of an Installed Master in the Mark Degree to withdraw. The Assembly of Installed Masters was opened, W. Bro Les Brooks performed the Ceremony of Installation in an impeccable manner. | |
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| W. Bro Barry Tomlinson then invested his IPM W. Bro Les Brooks as IPM and thanked him for his assistance in gaining the chair of Excelsior Mark Lodge. | |
| Following the closing of the Assembly of Installed Masters the Brethren were re-admitted into the Lodge. | |
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| W. Bro Les Brooks gave the Address to the Master in an excellent manner. | |
| The Address to the Wardens was given by W. Bro Basil Keys and the Address to the Overseers by V.W. Bro Eric Hughes were presented in fine style. | |
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| W. Bro Mark Andrew Barton gave the Address the Brethren and then thanked all who l had taken part in the ceremony, especially the Installing Master W. Bro Les Brooks. | |
| The Worshipful Master then offered a Cheque of £200, to the West Lancashire Mark Charities. | |
| Report and Photos by W Bro Dave Jones |
