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««»*«» »««««»«»«' '»«— ••*•' ^1»l»l»ll»l ..» Grand Lodge ^ & A.F. A.M. of Canada Inthe ProyinceofOntario PROCEEDINGS 1981 A t. , t - • * ^&^\ ^t^i BROCK UNIVERSITY LIBRARY From the Masonic Library of Lawrence Runnalls St. Catharines August 1988 LIBRARY or.K ik;i\/frcitv 1 DigitizedbytineInternetArchive in2011 witlifundingfrom HeritageLodgeNo.730G.R.C. &GrandLodgeA.F.&A.IVI.ofCanadaintheProvinceofOntario http://www.archive.org/details/grandlodge1981onta MOST WORSHIPFUL BROTHER HOWARD OLIN POLK GRAND MASTER GRAND LODGE A.F. & A.M. OF CANADA In the Province ofOntario PROCEEDINGS ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-SIXTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION HELD IN THE CITY OF TORONTO July I5th, A.D. 1981, A.L. 5981 The Property of and ordered to be read in all the Lodges and preserved. A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF OUR GRAND MASTER Howard Olin Polk, of Irish and United Empire Loyalist des- cent, was born in Lombardy (Leeds County), the youngest of a family of three, where his Father, the late Henry Edwin Polk, married to the former Annie Mabel Burns, operated a General Store and Post Office. Aftercompleting his Primary education intheoneroom brick School. S.S. No. 6, TownshipofSouth Elmsley, hegraduatedwith Ontario Honours Matriculation from the Smiths Falls Collegiate Institute, where he starred on the Track and Football Teams. At that time, the existing world economic situation prevented further academic advancement. Our Brother enlisted in the Canadian Army in 1940, serving with the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps until 1945. The last two yearsofserviceinvolved thedisposal ofMechanized Equipment, in Canada, Great Britain, and Continental Europe, through the War Assets Corporation. Following discharge in 1945, Bro. Polk was united in marriage with the former Doris Ullett, a dental nurse. This union hasmadethem both theproud parentsoftwodaughters (Pamela Lea Hoffman, a former Air Stewardess, residing with her husband Carl, and two children, in Miami, Florida; and Penny Heather, who operates her own business in Montreal, Quebec). Subsequently, our Brother entered the labour force, spending 18 years as a Sales Representative for a National Manufacturerof Paint and Protective Coatings throughout Eastern Ontario. During this time, he completed several extension courses in Sales and Sales Management, Business Management, and Common Law. In 1960, he was appointed a Justice of the Peace for the County of Carleton. This training and experience led to his appointment as Clerk ofthe County Court, and Registrar ofthe Surrogate Court forthe Judicial District of Ottawa-Carleton in 1963; and later as Local Registrar ofthe Supreme Court ofOntario, after having served as President oftheSheriffs' and Court Registrars' Association forthe Province of Ontario, in 1976, in which he still maintains a vital interest, as he does in the many aspects of Civil Law. Our Grand Master has devoted much thought and energy to his governmental and political undertakings, and he has dedicated the same degree ofeffort to his Masonic involvements during the past forty years, as can be noted from the hereunder listings: — Initiated in Otter Lodge No. 504, Lombardy in 1938, —and W.M. in 1959. Affiliated with, and Treasurer of Temple Lodge —No. 665 Ottawa for 18 years. Charter Member of Bytown Lodge No. 721, Ottawa. — Elected Grand Registrar, 1962. — —Elected to the Board of General Purposes in 1964. Re-elected to the Board of General Purposes in each alternate year from 1966 to 1978 — Served on the Committees of Audit and Finance, and Masonic Education — Chairman of the Committee on Warrants 1972-1976. — Chairman of the Committee on Printing and Supplies —from 1977 - 1979. Appointed Grand Representative in 1970 for the Grand Lodge of Utah. — Elected Deputy Grand Master in July 1979, thereby becoming President of the Board of General Purposes. — Concordant Bodies A. & A.S.R. — Past Thrice Puissant Grand Master, Ottawa Lodge of Perfection 14° — Member Mussay Chapter of Rose Croix, Ottawa 18° — Member Moore Sovereign Consistory, Hamilton 32° — Member of the Royal Order of Scotland. — Honorary Inspector General 33° RAM. — Member and Honorary Past First Principal of Carleton Chapter No. 16, Ottawa. Bro. Polk has been a life long member of the Anglican Church, and has served on various Committees, as well as a Sunday School Teacher. Vitally interested in the welfare ofthe National Capital, our Brother is involved in Community affairs, presently a member of the Children's Aid Society, the Men's Canadian Club ofOttawa, and the Central Canada Exhibition Association. His professed hobbies are: outdoor life at thei—r summer cottage, gardening, furniture refinishing and reading mostly biographies. Our Grand Master's sincere dignity and service to Masonry over the years is well known, highly respected, and wide spread. We can be confident that he will maintain and uphold the high ideals practiced and sustained by his predecessors.

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the same degree of effort to his Masonic involvements during the past forty .. The Grand Master invited all Master Masons to enter. G.McCourt.
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