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Grand Lodge A.F. & A.M. of Canada in the Province of Ontario PROCEEDINGS 20 11 GRAND LODGE A.F. & A.M. OF CANADA in the Province of Ontario PROCEEDINGS ESPECIAL COMMUNICATION HELD IN THE CITY OF OTTAWA October 16th A.D. 2010, A.L. 6010 , AND THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIXTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION HELD IN THE CITY OF TORONTO July 20th, A.D. 2011, A.L. 6011 Theproperty ofandorderedtobereadinall theLodgesandpreserved. The Proceedings shouldalwaysbeavailable foruseby allmembersofthe lodge. Established 1855-Incorporated2010 MOST WORSHIPFUL BROTHER GARRY DOWLING D. GRAND MASTER A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF OUR GRAND MASTER M.W. Bro. Garry Dowling was born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba where he graduated from the University ofManitoba with a Bachelor of Commerce Degree in 1969. HemarriedtheformerWendyWilsoninWinnipegin 1969andshortlyafter theymovedtoLondon, On. andhavelivedthereeversince. Theyhavetwo children, a son Christopher and partner Sharon, living and working in Toronto, and daughter Deanna, son-in-law Ryan and grandson Lawson living in Ottawa. Garry and Wendy are members of Riverside United Churchandhaveservedasboth servingeldersandvisitingelders formany years. He has participated in the London Community with service to Scouts Canadaforanumberofyearsandalsospentmanyyearsservingasacoach, referee and Committee Chairman in the Oakridge Optimist minor Soccer program. HewasemployedasaBusinessSystemsAnalystintheinformationsystems field, until his retirement in September of2009. GarryisaLifeMemberofKilwinningLodgeNo. 64, havingbeeninitiated in 1979. He served as Worshipful Master in 1987. He was proud to serve London East as District Deputy Grand Master in 1994-1995. After his term as DDGM, he served for several years on both the Grand LodgeLongRangePlanningCommittee andthe Seminars andWorkshops Committee. He was appointed to the Board ofGeneral Purposes in 1997 and elected to a two year term in 1998. He served as a member of the DDGM Orientation team for several years. He served as Chairman of Masonic Education from 1999 to 2001 and as Chairman ofthe Condition ofMasonry Committee from 2001-2003. InJuly2003, hewas appointeda memberoftheManagementCommitteeandservedonthatcommitteefrom 2003 until July of2009. Garry was elected as Deputy Grand Master in July 2009. M.W. Bro. Dowling has served as the Grand Representative ofthe Grand Lodge ofNew Hampshire near our Grand Lodge since July 2000. He is an Honorary Life Member of Doric Lodge 289, a member ofthe London Lodge of Perfection, London Sovereign Chapter Rose Croix, Moore SovereignConsistory andtheMochaTempleAlumniUnit. Hewas coronetedanHonouraryInspector-General33 degreesinMonctoninSept. 2010. He is also a member ofSt. John's and St. George's Chapter No. 3 Royal Arch Masons. Hewas accepted intothe Royal Order ofScotlandin Oct 2010. WhennotbusyatLodgeactivities, Garryenjoys severalhobbiesincluding running, wood carving andworking inthe yard. GRANDLODGEA.F. &A.M. OF CANADA intheProvinceofOntario AnEspecialCommunicationoftheGrandLodgeA.F. &A.M. ofCanada, intheProvince ofOntario,washeldintheCityofOttawaonSaturday,October 16,A.D.2010,A.L. 6010, todemonstrateaCondensedAnnual CommunicationofGrandLodge. TheMostWorshipfulGrandMaster,RaymondS.J.Daniels,distinguishedguestsand officers ofGrand Lodge tooktheirplaces in2140 Walkley Rd, Ottawa, at 9:00 a.m. and GrandLodgewasopenedforthwithat9:55 a.m. MASONSADMITTED TheGrandMasterinvitedallMasonstobe seated. ANTHEM ThebrethrenjoinedinsingingO Canada, followedbythe StarSpangledBannerandGod SavetheQueen. PASTGRANDMASTERS TheGrandMasterpresentedourPastGrandMasterswhowerepresent;namelyM.W.Bro. Terence Shand and M.W. Bro. D. H. Mumby, Grand Honours were given by the Grand DirectorofCeremonies. ADDRESS OFWELCOME TOGRANDLODGE W.Bro.MatthieuGeraldRavignat,W.M.ofCivilServiceLodgeNo. 148,Ottawa1District, deliveredtheAddressofWelcome,whichwasrespondedtobyM.W. Bro. RaymondS.J. Daniels, GrandMaster. RULES OFORDER AstheGrandSecretaryreadtheRulesofOrderasprescribedbytheConstitutionofGrand Lodge, itwasmovedbyM.W. Bro. D. H. Mumby, secondedbyR.W. Bro. Paul E. Todd, andresolved:ThattheOrderofBusinessoftheEspecialCommunicationbechangedatthe discretionoftheGrandMaster. MINUTES TheGrandSecretaryproceededtoreadtheMinutesofthelastmeetingheldinToronto,July 21,2010,whenitwasmovedbyR.W. Bro. BarryBurchill secondedbyV.W. Bro.Robert Kliaman, andresolved: That inasmuchasthe Minutes ofthe lastAnnual Communication heldinTorontoarebeingprintedanddistributedtoallconstituentlodgesthesamebenow takenasreadandconfirmed. GRANDMASTER'SADDRESS M.W.Bro. RaymondS.J.Danielswelcomedoneandallandprovidedacondensedversion ofhisJuly2010Address. WiththemessageGetKnowledge,GetWisdom,butwithallthy gettingGetUnderstanding. MEMORIAL SERVICE AbriefMemorial ServicewasconductedbyR.W. Bro. RonaldSmeaton,GrandChaplain. GRANDREPRESENTATIVESPRESENT D. A. Campbell Alberta S. R. Drummond WestVirginia T. Shand Newfoundland/Labrador G.E. Hinds PrinceHall(ON) R. S J. Daniels Quebec N. G. McCarthy Maranhao T. Pachal Saskatchewan G. H. Hazlitt MatoGrossodo Sul T. W. Hogeboom Alaska B. J. Hutton CostaRica G. R. Clauson Illinois R. K. Campbell York T. V. Horner Michigan J. C. Green Norway D. G. Dowling NewHampshire S. Kalinowsky SouthAustralia P. E. Todd NorthDakota R. C. Tate Venezuela D. H. Mumby RhodeIsland PRESENTATIONOFREPORTS Briefreportswerereceived, as follows: Grand Secretary'sReport Treasurer'sReport -M.W. Bro. T. Shand -R.W. Bro. ThomasW. Hogeboom GrandLodgeclosedat 11:30 a.m. FollowedbyTheGrandMaster'sLuncheonwith48 outofthe 77 Lodgesinthefive Districtspresent. Lunch Guest SpeakerwasR.W. Bro. D. Garry Dowling. 1:30p.m. Masonry inthe Round FiveTopicsofInterestto Mason'sToday Co-Chairman- R.W. Bros. Paul Todd, Sam Kalinowsky , GRANDLODGEA.F. &A.M. OF CANADA intheProvinceofOntario AttheOneHundredandFifty-sixthAnnualCommunicationoftheGrandLodgeofA.F. &A.M. ofCanada, intheProvinceofOntario,heldintheCityofToronto, commencing Wednesday,July20,A.D. 2011,A.L. 6011 Presentwere: THEGRANDMASTER M.W. Bro. Raymond S. J. Daniels THEDEPUTYGRANDMASTER R.W. Bro. D. GarryDowling R.W. Bro. JohnP. Logan GrandSeniorWarden R.W. Bro. StevenE. Warren GrandJuniorWarden R.W. Bro. Ronald Smeaton GrandChaplain R.W. Bro. ThomasW. Hogeboom GrandTreasurer M.W. Bro. Terence Shand GrandSecretary R.W. Bro. PerryM. J. McConnell GrandRegistrar R.W. Bro. DavidJ. Purvis GrandDirectorofCeremonies PASTGRANDMASTERS M.W. Bros. R. E. Groshaw, W. R. Pellow, C. E. Drew, T. Shand,D. H. Mumby, G. L. Atkinson,A. J. Petrisor. THEDISTRICTDEPUTYGRANDMASTERS Algoma WilliamA. Davis Ottawa 1 LeslieR. Richardson AlgomaEast BradleyW. Eagleson Ottawa2 JohnM. Forster Brant WilliamJ. Harris Peterborough KeithL. Buchanan Bruce WilliamV. Blackwell PrinceEdward J. GrantBrummell Chatham WilliamP. Vanderveeken StLawrence CameronD. Minor Eastern DouglasCameron StThomas RickHowe Erie JohnL. Spence Sarnia Jamie Ireland Frontenac WayneMartin SouthHuron Douglas Stewart GeorgianNorth JohnC. Vessey Sudbury-Manitoulin AlbertStonier Georgian South DouglasW. Hammill Tor. DonValley MichaelA. Litvak . . . Grey CliffordJ. Bricker TorontoEast LeylandA. Muss HamiltonA JosephMarshall Tor. Hum. Valley EugenePalacol HamiltonB VictorJ. Abraham TorontoWest MarkStoiko HamiltonC IanCraig Victoria GarethK. Kellett LondonEast J. Geoffrey Clays Waterloo RichardKaufman LondonWest StevenT. Pocock Wellington DavidG. Hyde Muskoka-Parry S Michael Grima Western BarryD. Jackson NiagaraA PaulW. Shaver WilsonNorth Kenneth Small NiagaraB GaryR. Hayward WilsonSouth JamesB. Smith NipissingEast . . . ThomasD. McParland Windsor BarryJ. Evans Ontario JamesWarne York WilliamL. Boyle BOARDMEMBERS F.Halpern,D.E.Jacklin,N.G.McCarthy,H.E. Standish,J.C. Sutherland,R.Kliaman,A. D.Nichols,L.Armstrong,W.A.AtkinsonSr.,J.D.Bell,B.Burchill,D.J.Cameron,D.A. Campbell,D.A. Conway,G. Crutcher,D.Dainard,J. C. Green,L.D.Hammell,J.L.Hay, G. H. Hazlitt, G. E. Hinds, T. Horner, B. J. Hutton, S. Kalinowsky, J. D. Kingston, W. Libbey,P. McGrenere,T. A. McLean, T. Pachal, C. Reid, D. Sheen, T. Siemiernik, G. R. Taylor,P. E. Todd, I. Wates. GRANDLODGEOFCANADAANNUALCOMMUNICATION GRANDREPRESENTATIVES R.E.Davies England F.Halpern Austria W.R.Pellow Ireland A.Stokes Bulgaria R.E.Groshaw Scotland J.H.Hough BurkinaFaso D.A.Campbell Alberta G.A.Napper Bahia R.A.Barnett BritishColumbia L.Bittle Ceara A.P. Stephen Manitoba R.F.Manz GrandOrient(Brazil) J.D.Bell NewBrunswick N.G.McCarthy Maranhao T. Shand Newfoundland/Labrador G.H.Hazlitt MatoGrossodoSul F.G.Dunn NovaScotia A.A.Atkins MinaGerais R.S.J.Daniels Quebec E.Jones Para T.Pachal Saskatchewan C.J.Woodburn Paraiba A.Simpson Alabama L.Martin RiodeJaneiro T.W.Hogeboom Alaska M.Dennis Chile A.B.Loopstra Arizona W.C.Frank China J.C.Sutherland Arkansas W.A.Atkinson,Sr Bogota R. S.Whitmore California B.J.Hutton CostaRica C.M.Miller Colorado P.G.Farrell Croatia G.L.Atkinson Connecticut D.J.McFadgen Cuba D.Hawman Delaware G.Turek CzechRepublic J.M.Wagg DistrictofColumbia T.P.Hansen Denmark E.P.Finbeiner Florida M.J.Duke Ecuador T.A.McLean Georgia N.Britton France,Nationale D.R.Dainard Hawaii Z.Loos Germany,U.G.L. D.A.Conway Idaho P.Atsidakos Greece D.J.Cameron Kentucky S.C.Dunlop Guatemala K.L.Whiting Louisiana P.J.McGrenere Honduras J.D.Angus Maryland G.W.Nelson Iran D.C.Bradley Massachusetts S.H.Cohen Israel T.V.Horner Michigan H.E.Standish Japan J.T.Cassie Minnesota D.Langridge Luxembourg J.V.Lawer Missouri D.E.Jacklin Mauritius K.L.Schweitzer Montana D.J.Purvis NuevoLeon/Mexico R.G.Wands Nebraska R.K.Campbell York B.Anderson Nevada B. K.Schweitzer Netherlands D.G.Dowling NewHampshire T.R.Davies NewSouthWales W.E.Elgie NewJersey A.D.Hogg NewZealand C.E.Drew NewYork J.C.Green Norway J.R.Hay NorthCarolina J.A.Mittelhotz Panama P.E.Todd NorthDakota J.P.Chua Philippines A.J.Petrisor Ohio P.W.Hooper PuertoRico P.J.Mullen Oregon R.T.Runciman Queensland D.H.Mumby RhodeIsland S.Kalinowsky SouthAustralia K.D.Beggs SouthCarolina W.Sanders Spain D.M. Sheen Tennessee L. W.Hammell Sweden C.H.M.Reid Texas J.W.Lidstone Switzerland M.L.Shea Utah G.C.Crutcher Tasmania R.Kliaman Vermont T.A.Siemiernik Uruguay A.W.Watson Washington R.C.Tate Venezuela S.R.Drummond WestVirginia A.A.Barker Victoria G.E.Hinds Ontario&Jurisdiction The Most Worshipful the Grand Master, Raymond S. J. Daniels, distinguished guests andofficers ofGrandLodgetooktheirplaces intheCanadian Room ofthe Fairmont Royal York Hotel at 8:35 a.m. in the forenoon, and Grand Lodge was opened forthwith. MASONS ADMITTED The GrandMaster invited all Masons to enter.