Gould's History of Freemasonry Around the World - Lodge Prudentia

OF CANADA AND NEWFOUNDLANDR. W . Bro . O. W . Kealy (3 z), junior Grand Warden .R. W . Bro . J . T. Macdonald (6), District Deputy Grand Master . i .R. W . Bro . C . E. Smyth (3 z), District Deputy Grand M aster . z .R . W . Bro . A . R . Dickson (83), District Deputy Grand M aster. 3 .R . W . Bro . E . N . Brown (z8), Grand Treasurer .R . W . Bro . J . J . Dunlop (78), Grand Secretary .R. W . Bro . J . Hinchliffe (73), Grand Registrar .R. W . Bro . Rev . J . S . Chiver s (4z), Grand Chaplain .Bro . J . Finch (6o), Grand Tyler .5The following appointments were made by the M . W . Grand Master :R . W . Bro . M . J . Macleod (65), Senior Grand Deacon .R . W . Bro . R . Patterson (37), junior Grand Deacon .V. W . Bro . C. H . S . Wade (78), Grand Director of Ceremonies .V. W . Bro . G. Murdock (z8), Grand Organist .W . Bro . H. W . Evans (4z), Grand Steward .W . Bro . S . J . Currie (S8), Grand Steward .W . Bro . F . J . Bennett (76), Grand Steward .W . Bro . A . M . Kay (8S), Grand Steward .R. W . Bro . Rev . G. H . Hogbin (z8), Grand Pursuivant .The election of Officers over and appointments made, Most Worshipful Bro .W . G. Scott, Grand Master of Manitoba, then assumed the Chair, the GrandLodge being in Ample form, assisted by Most Worshipful Bro . E . A . Braithwaite,Past Grand Master of Manitoba, he proceeded with the Installation of the MostWorshipful the Grand Master of Alberta and the other Grand Officers . At theclose of that ceremony, M . W . Bro . Dr . George Macdonald, Grand Master ofAlberta, thanked the assembled Delegates for the great honour they had conferredby electing him to be the first Grand Master of the Craft in the Province .He also expressed appreciation to the M . W. the Grand Master of Manitoba andto the Brethren of the Mother Grand Lodge for their Fraternal support andpresence at the inaugural meeting . A resolution was then moved by V . W . Bro .C . H . Stuart-Wade and R . W. Bro . J . Hinchliffe to confer the rank of PastGrand Master in the Jurisdiction of Alberta upon M . W . Bro. W . G . Scott,Grand Master of Manitoba, and M . W . Bro . E . A. Braithwaite, Past GrandMaster of Manitoba .During the meeting an application for Dispensation to form a new Lodgewas presented by a number of Brethren from High River, with the request thatits name be chosen by the Grand Lodge . The Application was granted and itwas decided that the Lodge should be called Cornerstone Lodge . On the receiptof its Charter the following year, Cornerstone Lodge became Lodge No . z9 onthe Register of the Grand Lodge of Alberta .The first Annual Communication of the Grand Lodge of Alberta was held inMedicine Hat on Tuesday, February 2.o, 19o6 . During his address, the M . W .