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Provincial The annual meeting of Mark Golf Day 2006
Provincial Grand Lodge was
Meeting held at the Webbington Hotel,
Axbridge on Saturday 6 May Despite inclement weather an inaugural Mark Golf day was
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2006 under the banner of the held at Yeovil Golf club on Monday 26 June. Golfers were
Else Lodge of MMM No 102. playing for the Provincial Grand Masters Shield and the
The meeting was well attended day was organised by Richard Stone, who is Club Captain
by brethren of our Province and at Yeovil this year.
Provincial Grand Masters or their representatives from
20 other Provinces.
Appointments and Promotions. The PGM invested
David Hanks of the Monument Lodge as his Senior
Warden and Brian Hughes of the Nailsea Mark Lodge
as his Junior Warden, he then continued to invest and
promote a further f fty brethren of the Province.
Not just for Off cers. The Provincial meeting is not all
about appointing Provincial Off cers. It is an opportunity
for “junior’ brethren to come along to make new friends
and enjoy pageantry and ambiance of the occasion. It
is a meeting where all Mark Masters Masons whatever
their rank are welcome, together with their wife or
partner.
Ladies welcome! For some years now the Ladies
have been invited to join us at the dinner after the
meeting. This has always proved popular, this was no The Provincial Grand Master
exception 60 ladies came along and were entertained presents trophies to Richard Stone, Martin Hares,
by Mrs Jo Jeffrey who presented a ‘Festival of Flowers’ Colin Hope and David Perkins
while Provincial Grand Lodge was in progress. Next
year there will be a presentation on ref exology. Twenty golfers took part in the event and despite
Date of next meeting Saturday 5 May 2007 at poor weather it was a very enjoyable event. The team
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3.30pm followed by dinner at 6.00pm. competition was won by Martin Hares, Colin Hope and
David Perkins. Richard Stone won the longest drive
Provincial Lodge of competition and the overall winner of the singles stableford
competition was Ray Guthrie with a score of 38 points.
Improvement The competitors enjoyed a splendid meal after the
There appear to be some miss conceptions about the golf presided over by our David Nelson our PGM who
formation of the “Lodge of Improvement” which I would presented the prizes to the winners.
like to clarify through the pages of this news letter. The
Lodge of Improvement is an additional facility for Mark Golfers - a date for your diary
Brethren to receive extra tuition on the Mark ritual,
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may I stress that it is not a substitute for the Individual Next years competition will be held on Wednesday 18
Lodge rehearsals or Lodges of Instruction nor was it July 2007 at Bath G.C. (Sham Castle). All golfers, Mark,
formed to interfere in any way with what the Individual Craft Chapter etc are welcome! Please contact Richard
Mark Lodges arrange for their own rehearsals. There Stone or Ray Guthrie if you would like to play.
are two Preceptors one for the north of the Province
and one for the south of the Province. At
the inaugural meeting I was delighted to Obituaries
meet representatives from nearly every Due to space restrictions this news letter will not carry obituaries,
Lodge in the Province and I sincerely however May this year saw the passing to the Grand Lodge Above of
hope that they will provide feed back
two of our most distinguished brethren, both Past Provincial Grand
as to our “Aims and Objects” to all the Masters of the Province. On Thursday 11th May David Palmer collapsed
Lodges in the Province. and died while attending the PGL Oxford meeting at Banbury. Four days
David Nelson P.G.M later Jim Webber died at his home in Minehead.
David Palmer was advanced: 20 January 1956 in William Long Lodge
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L of I dates of MMM at Burnham on Sea, becoming WM in 1964. He was Provincial
David Platten (01935862512) will Grand Secretary from 1978 until 1982, when he was appointed Deputy
PGM. He held that off ce until 1986 when he was appointed PGM
hold a meeting of the Provincial L serving until 1997 when he retired. He was a tireless supporter of the
of I (South) at Glastonbury MH on Mark Degree right up to his death. In Knights Templar he was Provincial
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Wednesday 13 September at 7pm. Prior for Somerset for over 10 years.
Derek Wilton (01275545815) will hold Jim Webber had a distinguished military career in WWII and was holder
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a meeting of Provincial L of I (North) at of the Military Cross. He was Advanced into the Exmoor Lodge MMM 4
Clevedon MH on Monday 18 December 1947 and became Master in 1957. He was Grand Treasurer
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Sept at 7pm in 1974 before becoming PGM of Somerset in 1976, he retired in 1986.
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