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66 125 YEARS OF MAKING GOOD MEN BETTER Wyong Lodge Traveling Gavel Collection Worshipful Brother Rick Howes of New South Wales, Australia is one busy fellow --- or ‘bloke’, as they say down under. A retired carpet layer, Brother Rick decided he wanted to bestow a lasting memento on another lodge to which he travelled witnessing a friend’s third degree. He struck upon the travelling gavel idea – beginning a monumental worldwide undertaking. Finding that other brothers warmed to the idea, Rick began creating more and more of the artefacts, putting them into circulation throughout Australia, Europe, Asia, and now – with the gavel which travelled through Moose Lodge – America. In all, there are now 12 Wyong Lodge Gavels spanning the globe. The Wyong Lodge Travelling Gavel enjoys a place of honour in Moosup Lodge A delight to speak with, WB Rick has that familiar Aussie brogue, and is a one-man tourism bureau for his native land – bragging not only of its beauty and charm, but of its residents’ famous grit. [This information for you though Rick: 5 below Celsius is a balmy 23 above Fahrenheit. Here in New England we call that ‘summer’. Going to great pains to fabricate these gavels, Rick cuts matchstick-sized pieces of wood to create the desired effect, with some of the gavels numbering over 23 odd thousand individual pieces. Rick also revealed that he is currently working on a forty thousand piece gavel! As they would say in Australia,”Blimey! The boy’s a loon!” Brother Rick tracks each individual gavel in its travels, calling to assure that the custodian lodge keeps the gavel moving on in a timely fashion. Rick also requests a letter from each lodge detailing a brief history of the area and the lodge itself. Rick sends copies of these letters to each lodge on the gavels’ trails, uniting lodges worldwide. Whenever these gavels have come to their collective end, Rick plans to turn the documents over for posterity. Thanks to Ionic Lodge No. 28, of Rhode Island for providing us with the opportunity to host this marvellous symbol of worldwide brotherhood and friendship. [Ionic received the gavel from Warwick Lodge of Providence, which had received it from Warwick Lodge of New York, which in turn had received it from Warwick Lodge of Warwick, England!] And another thanks and large tip of the hat to Wyong Lodge and WB Rick Howes, through whose dedication and effort, Moosup Lodge was able to share for a time one of Wyong Lodge’s fabulous Travelling Gavels. There being no more information about Moosup Lodge, once again this Gavel is on the march again, this time it travels to Massachusetts where it is presented into three (3) Lodges Moosup Moosup is a village in the town of Plainfield, Connecticut in the United States. The population was 3,237 at the 2000 census (January 2000) ------:------
67 MASSACHUSETTS Massachusetts was the 6 th State in the U.S.A. it became a State on 6 th February 1788 The Capital is Boston The population in 2000 was 6,349.097 Massachusetts is the 13 th most populous State in USA Massachusetts, according to the 2010 United States census, has a population of 6,547,629 * The Capital, Boston with a population of 617,594 The MostWorshipful Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, AF&AM 186 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02111 (617) 426-6040 (617) 426-6040 Link Grand Lodge of Massachusetts; http://www.glmasons-mass.org www.massfreemasonry.org 30 th Lodge to receive this Gavel 30 th May 2000 John Warren Lodge, A. F & A. M. Lodge Address: 6 Main Street Hopkinton, Middlesex 01748 Lodge Phone No: (508) 435-4631 Contact information: R. Arlen Johnson W: 508.473.7600// Mobile: 508.498.2759 508.498.2759 johnwarren@massfreemasonry.net Meeting information: Second Tuesday of each month between September and June. Australian Travelling Gavel Visits John Warren Lodge John Warren’s Link Address http://www.massfreemasonry.org/index.tpl?&NG_view=93&ng_id=99 Masonic year 2000 was the occasion we were honoured to be presented this Gavel from visiting Brethren of Moosup Lodge in Connecticut. We continued its journey by presenting it to Charles A. Welch Lodge in Maynard. This project is a rather daunting endeavour by Very W. Rick Howes (Past District Grand Inspector of Workings), a member of Lodge Wyong
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