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Grand Lodge of A.F. & A.M. of Canada in the Province of Ontario PROCEEDINGS 2 12 GRAND LODGE A.F. & A.M. OF CANADA in the Province of Ontario PROCEEDINGS ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL COMMUNICATION HELD IN THE CITY OF TORONTO July 18th, A.D. 2012, A.L. 6012 Theproperty ofandorderedtobereadinall theLodgesandpreserved. TheProceedingsshouldalwaysbeavailableforuseby all membersofthe lodge. Established 1855-Incorporated2010 MOST WORSHIPFUL BROTHER GARRY DOWLING D. GRAND MASTER A BRIEF BIOGRAPHY OF OUR GRAND MASTER M.W. Bro. D. 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. andhave livedthere eversince. 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 Churchandhave servedasbothservingeldersandvisitingelders 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 and Workshops 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. In July 2003, 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 of the London Lodge of Perfection, London Sovereign Chapter Rose Croix, Moore Sovereign Consistory andtheMochaTempleAlumni Unit. Hewas coronetedanHonouraryInspector-General 33 degrees inMonctonin Sept. 2010. He is also a member ofSt. John's and St. George's Chapter No. 3 Royal Arch Masons. He was accepted into the Royal OrderofScotlandin Oct 2010. In August 2012, he was appointed Past Grand Master (Honourary) Prince Hall Grand Lodge, Ontario & Jurisdiction. Whennotbusy atLodgeactivities, Garry enjoys severalhobbies including running, wood carving andworking in the yard. GRAND LODGEA.F. &A.M. OFCANADA intheProvinceofOntario AttheOneHundredandFifty-seventhAnnualCommunicationoftheGrandLodgeofA.F. & A.M. ofCanada, in the Province ofOntario, held in the City ofToronto, commencing Wednesday,July 18,A.D. 2012,A.L. 6012, Presentwere: THEGRANDMASTER M.W. Bro. D. Garry Dowling THEDEPUTYGRANDMASTER R.W. Bro. DonaldA. Campbell R.W. Bro. Damon R. Smith Grand SeniorWarden R.W. Bro.N. FredBryant GrandJuniorWarden R.W. Bro. JeffHawkins GrandChaplain R.W. Bro. ThomasW. Hogeboom GrandTreasurer M.W. Bro. Terence Shand Grand Secretary R.W. Bro. EugenedeBeaupre GrandRegistrar R.W. Bro. Bruce W. Lyle 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, R. S. J. Daniels. THEDISTRICTDEPUTYGRANDMASTERS Algoma CedoJankovic Ottawa 1 Anthony C. St. Dennis AlgomaEast FrederickJ. Skeggs Ottawa2 Philip S. Easterman Brant AllanR. Haggith Peterborough RobertDucharme Bruce ThomasC. Whitcroft PrinceEdward .... LeonardG. Bedford Chatham Bradley W. Archer StLawrence RonaldP. Cross Eastern DennisJ. Tyrell StThomas T. Bilardino Segui Erie PaulM. Barber Sarnia J. DouglasHoelzli Frontenac RolandA. Morrow SouthHuron DavidA. Cousins GeorgianNorth RobertW. Broom Sudbury-Manitoulin . . SaliemJ. Khoury Georgian South JohnW. McKillip Temiskaming KianA. Jensen Grey StephenM. Doney Tor. DonValley .... ElliotS. Zovighian HamiltonA NickW. Ellis TorontoEast KeithJones HamiltonB LouisM. Domjan Tor. Hum. Valley JamesG.Vasko HamiltonC JohnK. Johnston TorontoWest JanKawenka LondonEast BradleyD. Fickling Victoria JohnW. Elburg LondonWest WilliamBooth Waterloo BrianLowery Muskoka-Parry S StephenR. Mclntyre Wellington JohnR. Thomson NiagaraA . . JosephM. Zoccoli Western WarrenO. Copeland NiagaraB Larry Williams WilsonNorth WaldoA. Redekop NipissingEast DuscanMihailovic WilsonSouth PaulB. Woods NorthHuron RonaldM. Duncan Windsor ThomasJ. Moffat Ontario DouglasE. Gait York Johnstone D. Trotter BOARDMEMBERS F.Halpern,D.E.Jacklin,N.G.McCarthy,H.E. Standish,J.C. Sutherland,R.Kliaman,A. D. Nichols, L. Armstrong, W. A. Atkinson Sr., J. D. Bell, B. Burchill, D. J. Cameron, G. Crutcher, S. Drummond,J.Forster,J. Green,J. G. H. Hazlitt,G. E.Hinds,T. Horner,B.J. Hutton,S.Kalinowsky,P.McConnell,P.McGrenere,T.A.McLean,T.Pachal,C.Reid,D. Sheen,T. Siemiernik, G. R. Taylor,I. Wates, C. Woods. GRANDLODGEOFCANADAANNUALCOMMUNICATION GRANDREPRESENTATIVES W. R. Pellow Ireland M. L. Shea Utah R. E. Groshaw Scotland R. Kliaman Vermont D. A. Campbell Alberta S. R. Drummond WestVirginia A. P. Stephen Manitoba B. W. Lyle Wisconsin J. D. Bell NewBrunswick G.E. Hinds Ontario&Jurisdiction T. Shand Newfoundland/Labrador A. Stokes Bulgaria F. G. Dunn NovaScotia J. H. Hough BurkinaFaso R. S. J. Daniels Quebec R. F. Manz GrandOrient(Brazil) T. Pachal Saskatchewan N. G. McCarthy Maranhao A. Simpson Alabama D. E. Swann MatoGrosso T. W. Hogeboom Alaska G. H. Hazlitt MatoGrossodo Sul J. C. Sutherland Arkansas E. Jones Para R. S. Whitmore California L. Martin RiodeJaneiro G.L. Atkinson Connecticut A. D.Nichols SaoPaulo J. M. Wagg DistrictofColumbia S. W. Libbey China G. R. Taylor Florida W. A. Atkinson, Sr Bogota T. A. McLean Georgia B. J. Hutton CostaRica G. R. Clauson Illinois P. G. Farrell Croatia I. Wates Kansas D. J. McFadgen Cuba K. L. Whiting Louisiana G. Turek CzechRepublic J. D. Angus Maryland T. P. Hansen Denmark T.V. Horner Michigan R. Charles DominicanRepublic J. T. Cassie . Minnesota M. J. Duke Ecuador J.V. Lawer Missouri J. A. J. Hughes Iceland R. G. Wands Nebraska G. W.Nelson Iran B. Anderson Nevada H. E. Standish Japan D. G. Dowling NewHampshire D. E. Jacklin Mauritius W. E. Elgie NewJersey D. J. Purvis NuevoLeon/Mexico C. E. Drew NewYork T. R. Davies NewSouthWales J. R. Hay NorthCarolina J. C. Green Norway P. E. Todd North Dakota J. P. Chua Philippines A. J. Petrisor Ohio P. W. Hooper PuertoRico M. J. Thompson Oklahoma J. Forster Queensland P.J. Mullen Oregon S. Kalinowsky SouthAustralia D. H. Mumby RhodeIsland J. W. Lidstone Switzerland K. D. Beggs SouthCarolina G. C. Crutcher Tasmania D. M. Sheen Tennessee T. A. Siemiernik Uruguay C. H. M. Reid Texas R. C. Tate Venezuela TheMostWorshipfultheGrandMaster,D.GarryDowling,distinguishedguests and officers of Grand Lodge took their places in the Canadian Room of the Fairmont Royal York Hotel at 8:35 a.m. in the forenoon, and Grand Lodge was openedforthwith. MASONS ADMITTED The GrandMasterinvitedall Masons to enter. TORONTO,ONTARIO,2012 ANTHEM Thebrethrenjoined in singingOCanada followedby the StarSpangled BannerandGod SavetheQueen. DELEGATES REGISTERED ALGOMADISTRICT No. 287 R.Neill,W.Boote,J. Horbow, S.Jagoe,G.Poulin M.Hrycyk,N.Lundberg,M. Salmi No. 584 D.Baxter No. 415 K.McDowell No. 636 R.Manz No. 499 R.Maloney,C.Dougherty, No. 662 W.Davis,K.McDowell W.Calder,C.Jankovic,M.Kusznier, No. 672 W.Robinson,G.Allan,W.Calder, R.Manz,K.McDowell C.Jankovic,R.Manz No. 511 R. Swan,T.Appelt,W. Davis, ALGOMAEASTDISTRICT No. 412 R.Crowie,S.Tarchuk,J.Richer J.Richer No. 442 F.Briel,K.Beggs,L.Beggs No. 622 W.Pellow No. 469 M. St.John,G.Marr,K.McCracken No. 625 I.MacKenzie,R. Schroeder E.Mersereau,W.Vair,W.Weeks No. 680 L.Dereski No. 487 A.Pitre,P.Fortino,A.Petrisor, No. 698 K.Pierce BRANTDISTRICT No. 35 R.Edwards,K.Hannah,W.Topp No. 193 D.Elliott,J.Frew No. 45 M.Biro,D.Dawson,W.Foster, No. 243 C.Logan,R.Bailey,R.GoveasJ. J.Herron,W.Martin,H.McClelland, Hibbert,W.Lawrence,R.Rowe,E. Sager A.Petrisor,D. Smith No. 319 J.Phillips No. 82 G.Atkinson,A.Devereux,T.Forbes No. 329 D.Dawson,J.Herron,W.Martin, C.Oliver,R. Stinson,C.Terreberry E.Payne,D. Smith R No. 106 S.Dekruyf,J.Mitchell,C.Oliver, No. 505 Hunt,F.Waller J.Vos No. 508 J.LaBerge,E.Morrison,R.Todd No. 113 R.Anderson,D.Kaufman, No. 515 A.McRae,S.Corbett H.Misener,D.Mumby,J.Paquette, No. 519 G.Buryta,R.Glass,A.Haggith, D. Specht R.Hunt BRUCEDISTRICT No. 131 F.Eagleson,D.Goar,E.Richard, B. Smith,R. Smith R. Shular No. 393 D.Chisholm,R.Dunn No. 197 R.Field,H. Stump,B.McNeil, No. 396 B.Burnett,T.Whitcroft D.Cunningham,D.Inglis,M.Reid, No. 429 K.Cunningham,K.MacLean, R D.Wilkie, Willick,H.Ziegler T.Willins No. 235 O.Parsons,B.Cumming, No. 431 A.Abell,L.Abell,S.Mannerow, B.Dayman,J.Green,J.Kline,K.MacLean, T.Rock J.Ryan No. 432 D. Watch,E.McDougall, No. 262 T.Heise,A.Jaunzemis,D. Simpson G.MacGregor,B.MacTavish,D. McCallum, P.Wallace A.Morrow,D.Wilde No. 315 L.Harkness,R.Ashbourne, No. 436 R.Pringle,J.Wallace,G.Atkinson, NoR..H3a6r2kneWs.s,LeJ.mLoyna,llA,.B.McSKhaanyn,onR,RRu.ffW,alsh ED..BMraotcwhne,s,W.T.HWyhnidt,crRo.ftLesperance, CHATHAMDISTRICT No. 46 M.Schrank,T.Anderson, No. 312 P.Polkinghorne D.Hamilton,W.Lockhart,W.Mugridge, No. 327 K.Newport,A.Long,J.Bremman, H.Tiffin W.Pellow No. 245 T.Maynard No. 336 B. Sloan,D.Gosnell,A.Fenton No. 267 J.Bedford,G.Betts,D.Hewitson, No. 391 D.Clark,W.Pellow,R. Spence, P.Japp,J.Simpson,G.Vojvodin K.Spence,T. Spence,W.Vanderveeken No. 274 D.Jacklin No. 422 J.Bremman,R.Hewitt No. 282 G.Atkinson,A.Long No. 457 G.Betts,D.Jacklin,D.McAleece EASTERNDISTRICT No. 21a N.DasEiras,A.Ciastek,R.Coo?kk,, No. 320 A.Naish D.Mumby,N.Ouellet No. 383 NOTREPRESENTED No. 125 L.Finnamore,S.Libbey No. 418 M.McConnell,J.Shields,G.White No. 143 G.Thompson No. 439 A.Ciastek No. 186 J.Clemens,J.Geary,R.Cook, No. 450 P. Whetstone,R.Cook D.Lingley No. 452 R.Berkvens,J.McKay,S.Prosser No. 207 G. Stokes,D.Fraser,D.Fraser, No. 491 R.Maginnis,D.McQuade G.MacGregor,D.Mumby,S.Upton No. 557 NOTREPRESENTED No. 256 T.Papineau,A.Cayer,D.Cayer, No. 596 NOTREPRESENTED G.Hillis,C.Rees,D.Tyrell ERIEDISTRICT No. 34 M.Restoule,W.Atkinson,P.Barber, No. 395 D.Moyes,J. Spence J.Boyle,D.Charette,B.Cozens, No.402 NOTREPRESENTED C.Glenwright No. 413 G.Ternoey No. 41 R.Lane,J.Cherwak,D.O'Leary, No. 448 D.Derbyshire,W.Kent R.Washburn No. 627 G.Hughson,D.Derbyshire,W.Kent, No. 290 J.Jackson,A.Dobbie,E.Jones, G. Sinden,J. Smith,R.Washburn,C.Whittle C.Whittle FRONTENACDISTRICT No. 3 G.Atkinson,T.Barber,H.Goldie, G.Reid R.Paddle,W.Robertson No. 460 R.Haley,L.Langille,K.Perry, No. 9 C.Alderson,P.Burrows,R.Morrow J. Schaeffer No. 92 D.Chamberlain,D.Hay,J. Schaeffer No. 497 Q.Mieske,F.Belwa,J.Gibbs, No. 109 K.Prohaska A.Maitland,T.Wellman,J. Wilson No. 119 P.Beyer,G.McDonald,T. Barber, No. 578 G.Brown,F.Belwa C.Falan,D.Gait,T.Hansen,T.Hogeboom, No. 621 J.Bowick T.Horner,D.Mumby,C.Sararas,E.Thomas, No. 739 G.Ballard,J.Bowick,C.Falan, V. Simpkins T.Hogeboom,K.Perry, E.Peters, No. 146 D.Zwicker,M. Switzer W.Prohaska,G.Reid,C. Sararas,J. Schaeffer, No. 157 M.Parliament,P.Clarke,J. Seeley M. Switzer,J. Wilson No. 201 J.Bezant,S.Pere,R. Winfield No. 746 T.Barber,D.Campbell,C.Farber, No. 253 R.Haley,D.Mumby,K.Prohaska, T.Hogeboom,T.Horner,G.McDonald, W.Prohaska R.Morrow,D.Mumby,S.Pere,A.Petrisor, No. 299 C.Farber,G.Atkinson,E.Peters, M. Switzer GEORGIANNORTHDISTRICT No. 90 R.Neate,C.Barnes,V.Bagwalla, No. 348 V.Aube,L.Brown,D.Don, C.Elliott,D.Graham,A.Petrisor W.Edmonds,W.Elliott,S.Maddock, No. 192 P.Whitton,D. Wiggins,R.Daniels, D.Walker S.Lem,J.Vessey No. 466 G.McPhail,J. Savage,D.Don, No. 234 NOTREPRESENTED W.Edmonds,S.Maddock,D. Snedden No. 249 K.Robertson,W.Elliott,L.Hanmer, No. 492 R.Beckett J.Lidstone,G.McPhail,D. Walker No. 659 R. Broom,D.Purvis,E. Robertson No. 266 N.Mclsaac,F. Bellumini, No. 718 J.Hough,A.Hurt E.McGauley,M.Tosh GEORGIANSOUTHDISTRICT No. 96 G.Quinn,R.Best,G.Atkinson, No. 304 D.Ferrie,L.Jack,K. Linegar, R.Daniels,D.Gillis,A. Petrisor,H. Welsh M.Long,E. Spring No. 230 B.Aikins,D.Crawford,H.Auty, No. 385 R.Groshaw B.Carrique,R.Daniels,D.Mumby, No. 444 W.Thomas,S.Jagoe,J.Jones, D. Snedden B.Lawson,S. Martin,D.Yaeck No. 236 J.Rowe,R.Brethour,J.McKillip, No. 467 A.Masters,R.Murdock,K.Pratt J.Wainwright,W. Walter,H. Welsh No. 673 C. Drew,J. Imrie No. 285 M. Sandford,J.Anderson,D.Fleet, No. 737 L.Jack,K.Linegar,M.Tosh, K. Haza,H.Oliver,T.Oliver,J. Sim, H.Welsh J. Wales,C.Winter