WHITE ROSE 43 - Masonic Province of Yorkshire, West Riding

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CHANGING OF THE GUARD!THE Changing of the Guard is a time honoured affair - a militaryceremony that reminds us of the unending circle of life, thestandard set for tasks we have ahead of us and of those guardianswe are to replace that carefully went before us . . .Amphibious Lodge No 258 , eager to mark the changing of ITSguard, was pleased when the Master, W Bro John Wainwright,presented retiringAssistant ProvincialGrand Master W BroStewart G Carley with abeautifully framed printof the new AmphibiousLodge banner as atoken of the Lodge’sgratitude for histireless work in Area 1Saltaire based ‘Koot’of the Province andfor all the help andBrotherly Love he hasshown the Lodgeover the recent years.Signed by the banner artist himself, Saltaire based ‘Koot’, who isW Bro John Wainwright presents The APGM with a tokennot usually famed for his Masonic depictions, rather for quite the opposite, for hisaward winning punk and heavy metal record sleeve design work.The presentation to W Bro Carley was another marker in a long process that hasculminated in one of the most beautiful and unique banners in EnglishFreemasonry today.Having hung on the wall inside the Masonic Hall in Heckmondwike since 1850,the original, curiously painted Amphibious banner, was recently removed after much consideration for the first time in over150 years and carried, ever so carefully, to the workshop ofleading Harrogate art restorer David Everingham.Once safely removed from behind its antique frame andglass, David set about the task of cleaning what he described asthe most fragile thing he had everThe Master, Wardens, APGM and Prov Chaplain, banner dedicationtouched. After careful cleaning and even more carefulexamination, a Nile crocodile was found on the original banner,unseen by any living Lodge member, it having hidden behind years ofdirt.Armed with X-rays of the old banner, Koot was able to create the NEWLodge banner, based on two Nile crocodiles, carved in Yorkshire Stone, abanner that will lead Amphibious Lodge into the future whilstkeeping a foot in the past.The new Lodge bannerAMPHIBIOUS LODGE No. 258 IS PROUD TO SUPPORT THIS PAGE OF THE WHITE ROSE MASONIC NEWSMeeting on the 3rd Wednesday of each month Freemasons Hall, Market Street, Heckmondwike. WF16 0JU42
NEW BANNER FORAN OLD ANDRESPECTED LODGETHE Lodge of Harmony No 275, Founded in1789, and re-dedicated as a daylight Lodgeas recently as 2000, has had many largecelebrations over the years – witness its bicentenaryin 1989 - and its specialambience enhances such events.Thursday, 3 February 2011, atGreenhead Masonic Hall, was an occasionwhich proved no exception, for the Master,W Bro George Foster, had invited W BroColin Dent, APGM for Area 2, to perform theCeremony of Dedication for a replacementbanner.W Bro Dent was supported by W Bro TheRev Canon K J Phillips, Provincial GrandChaplain and W Bro Michael Butterworth,Deputy Provincial Grand Director ofThe Banner in close up, with W Bro Foster andHarmony Grand Officer W Bro John BradleyCeremonies, together with a large numberof guests, Province-wide, together with alarge gathering from the Province of EastLancashire.The Banner bearer was W Bro GeorgeBastow, with an escort comprising W BrosTrevor Sykes, Gerald Newsome, AnthonyParker, Roy Allonby, Anthony Ward andWilliam Daws. The entrance of W Bro Dent,accompanied by W Bro Phillips and 10Grand Officers in Full Dress regalia and theTemple packed tight with Provincial Officers,Masters, Past Masters and Master Masons,provided a magnificent burst of colour.W Bro Dent having accepted the gavel,dedicated the Banner to the Lodge ofHarmony in his usual erudite way, andhanded it to the Master, W Bro Foster.W Bro Kenneth J Phillips, Provincial GrandChaplain, during a delightful and compellingOration, said:“Banners, standards, flags and pennantshave had significance throughout the ages.“We see them in pictures of ancient warsand state occasions. Tales of gloriousoccasions abound, where the course of abattle has been changed by the bravery ofone or another holding a Standard aloft andrallying the warriors to its cause, when theymight otherwise have failed and fled.”We see them in times of peace, onceremonial occasions, being paraded withpride before all, bearing for all to see thePicture shows W Bro Philips and W Bro Dent with the banner, accompanied byW Bro Foster and members of the Lodge of Harmonymarks and designs of the folk theyrepresent. And we see them when they arelaid up in Cathedral and Church, moulderingaway almost to cobwebs, and yet still havinga glory of their own, silently communing withone another over past glories that each hasseen.“And this, Brethren of the Lodge ofHarmony, is your Banner, which – along withyour Charter is yours alone - and tells ofwhat it is that makes your Lodge special,and why you have joined it!” So, it is with a sense both of pride and ofhumility that I approach the dedication of thisLodge Banner tonight. I approach it withpride because a new Lodge Banner is beingdedicated, as a symbol of our MasonicFellowship, and to the glory of the GAOTU.“So, may your Lodge Banner be for you,not merely a beautifully worked hanging -which undoubtedly it is - but also a sourceof inspiration to you all, as you go on in yourwork for the good of the Society of which youare all members.”The Festive Board was an excellentrepast, with W Bro Dent delivering athought-provoking and sometimes amusingspeech, much appreciated by the Brethren.Everyone present had a most enjoyable dayeven to the extent of attracting two enquiriesfor membership of the Lodge!43
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