On Friday 30th May 2014 i attended St. John Whiteinch No 683 in Ardery St It was A western District Reigning Masters Degree there were 6 of the 7 Reigning masters present it was a first Degree on a substitute candidate and the degree was Very Good with the bulk of it done by the master of Kelvin Partick Ricky Niven. It was well attended by the members of the various lodges The harmony was good and i did not win any rafffles but had a few Good conversations with other brethern
Provincial Quiz
On Thursday 29th May i attended the provincial quiz along with other members of St Vincent Plantation No 257 we entered 2 teams it was a good night but we did not win as we realised we were not going to win it became a copitition between the 2 teams great fun as my tean got the best score beating the other team by 3 points So mof the questions were rather vague and we came 4th place pretty bad as we won it 2 years previous there were 6 rounds with 10 questions in each but the 1 that sticks with me is who is the father of Geometry my answer is Pythagoras but they had the answer Euclid Which i dispute We were taught at school about Pythagorean theorem and not 47th Problem of Euclid
Great night and we wom Raffles as well
Glasgow Cryptic Council
On Wednesday 28th May i attended my Cryptic Council where the office bearers confered the Royal Masters Degree on a Substitute candidate, the Degree was to its usual high standard and the companions of the council gave the degree team thier full attention, the harmony was good and although they had many raffle prizes i did not win a thing
good night but early
St Vincent Plantation RAC No259
On Tuesday 27th May i Attended St. vincent Plantation R.A.C No 259 Where i am the First Principal. Although There were a few appologies and sick reports we were still quite well attended by the members and had a number of visitors, including a deputation from Partick Royal Arch Chapter No 113 who were there to confer the Royal Arch Degree. They were excellent and carried out the degree perfectly and M.E.C. Alex Harley (94 years old) Gave the Pedistal Lecture and a Charge on the Royal Arch.
At the harmony all masonic toasts were observed and a great time was had by all Very productive and Enjoyable night
Provincial convocation
On Monday 26th May i attended the Provincial Convocation as the office bearer of Superintendent of works it was well attended by the members of the Province and sister provinces. After the meeting we had a good harmony with a report by the Depute first Grand Principal on the consicration of the new chapter maryhill Prague the previous weekend And how great the weekend was there were a few raffle prizes and i did win a bottle of wine (going into my reserves)
Great night
Maryhill RAC No296
On Tuesday 20th May I visted Maryhill Royal Arch Chapter No 296. The first Principal was absent due to an Oral exam in Spanish the chapter was opened by past principal Andy Brodrick, after the usual business there was a report on the visit to Prague for the formation of the new Maryhill Prague chapter No 895. It seems to have went very well with a number of companions travelling from scotland . They have a number of brethern waiting to join and will be the only place in the Czech republic to get the mark , excellent masters and Royal Arch Degree under the Scottish Constitution, the nearest place to get the Mark Degree is Germany. They then had an exemplification of the Excellent Masters Degree were i made a comment on the degree work and how good it was put together at the last minute After the meeting we had a good harmony where M.E.C Erik Glencross Showed Photos of the visit to Prague and i did not win any raffles in the Swindle
Great night
St John 257
On Wednesday i attended my Mother chapter it was a productive night although most ofm our regular visitors were absent we did still have a few visitors. We were supposed to have A visitation from torrie Royal Arch degree but due to problems getting a degree team they called off We voted on moving the meeting night from the second Wednesday to the third Thursday of the month As the Scribe i now have to inform provincial and get dispensation and let all the other chapters in Glasgow know of the change as well as the non attending members and hopefully get some of them back
Good night
Lodge Centaury
On Monday 12th May I visited Lodge Centaury a Lodge of Research Where Past Provincial Grand Master and 1st Grand Principal John (Ian) Alexander Fraser was doing a lecture on the history of Lodge Allan Wilson his own lodge of Research originally started in Rhodesia it was a very interesting lecture with many facts about the man and the formation of the lodge to the eventual dormancy and reponing as a lodge of research
it was a very good and interesting night
Stirling Rock No2
On Saturday 10th May I attended Stirling Rocks Special May meeting where they conferred the Mark Masters Degree, the Excellent Masters and the Royal Arch Degree on 6 English Masons
It was a very long day with the meeting starting at 4pm and finishing at 8.30pm the Candidates received the full ritual in each Degree
It was a good day and I thoroughly enjoyed it and meeting old friends
Glasgow Cryptic Council No 50
On Wednesday 30th April I attended my Cryptic Council where they Balloted and did the Royal Masters Degree on 2 candidates It was well performed by the usual members of the council. The meeting was good and we had a good harmony A good night all in