Proceedings of the Supreme Council of Canada Annual Session for 2009

2009·3.5 MB·English

by  Supreme Council of Canada

PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
SUPREME COUNCIL
OF THE
THIRTY-THIRD DEGREE
OF THE

ANCIENT AND ACCEPTED
SCOTTISH RITE OF FREEMASONRY
OF CANADA

TH
135
ANNUAL SESSION
HAMILTON, ONTARIO
SEVENTEENTH, EIGHTEENTH AND NINETEENTH
OF SEPTEMBER
2009
TABLE OF CONTENTS

PAGE

Mission and Vision Statement 5
IPSGC, SGC, LGC, GC, GTG 6
New Officers and Actives of Supreme Council 12, 95

Deputy‘s Meeting 28
Deputy‘s Reports
- Alberta and Northwest Territories 163
- British Columbia and Yukon Territory 168
- Manitoba and Nunavut Territory 171
- New Brunswick 174
- Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland /
Labrador 175
- Ontario - J. C. Fairthorne 179
- M. Hrycyk 188
- D. D. Thornton 193
- D. R. Thornton 199
- Quebec 204
- Saskatchewan 207

General Data and Statistics
Active Members Since 1874 298
Active Members contact information 256
Past Active Members contact information 262
Annual Sessions – Past and Future 253
Annual Session – Summary 328
Committees – Standing and Special 302
Constituent Bodies – Lodge, Chapter, Consistory 309
Grand Representatives 317
Honorary Inspectors-General by Province 268
Honorary Members from Other Supreme Councils since 1874 296
Membership - Annual Returns 304
Officers Supreme Council since 1874 318
Officers Supreme Council Current 60, 255
Registration and Attendance 144
Sovereign Grand Commanders Since 1874 252
Sovereign Grand Inspectors-General – Active by seniority 267
Sovereign Grand Inspectors-General - Past Active by seniority 268
Supreme Councils and Grand Lodges in Amity 315

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General Sessions
I - Wednesday P.M. 33
II – Thursday A.M. 59
III – Friday A.M. – Guest Reception and Allocution 94
IIII – Saturday A.M. – Reports 136
– Installation of Officers and Formal Closing 136

Allocution – Sovereign Grand Commander 104
Banquet – Sovereign Grand Commander 124
Banquet – Lieutenant Grand Commander 91
Get Acquainted Night 59

Reports
Finance
- Auditor‘s Report 148
- Board of Trustees Report 146
- Budget 159
- Financial Statements 149
- Grand Treasurer-General‘s Report 45
- Grand Secretary-General‘s Report 39

Special Committee Reports
- DeMolay 82
- Honorary Entitlement 35
- Library and Archives 81
- Membership Awareness and Community Relations 83
- Special Awards 38
- Clarion 79
- Unfinished Business 37
- Valley Publications 84
- 2010 World Conference 86

Standing Committee Reports
- Audit and Finance 62
- Dispensations 37
- Fraternal Relations 69
- General State of the Rite 53
- Jurisprudence and Legislation 50, 137
- Membership Nominations – Honorary Inspectors-General 35
- Ritual 52

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The Scottish Rite Charitable Foundation
- Executive Directors Meeting – Tuesday P.M. 21
- Members Annual Meeting – Wednesday P.M. 29
- Executive Directors Meeting – Friday P.M. 121
- Luncheon – Friday Noon 120
- President‘s Report 139

Thirty-Third Degree
- 2009 Class 90
- Formal Opening and Degree 90
- Address – Newly Coroneted Honorary Inspectors-General 93
- Introduction of Candidates 91
- Parts and Personnel 321

Vesper Service and Sermon 88

Obituaries 213

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Vision Statement

Scottish Rite Freemasonry in Canada must be an organization that is
well managed by highly motivated men with vision and leadership
skills, which is attractive to interested Masons of good character, is
well understood, is embraced by the family, and makes a positive
impact on the quality of life through the reinforcement of high moral
values.

Mission Statement

Scottish Rite is a fraternity of Master Masons whose Mission is to
teach, to train and to encourage members to practice the important
lessons of truth, of honour, and of virtue.
It promotes belief in a Supreme Being and brotherly love amongst all
people regardless of race, colour, or creed.
It improves the individual character through the lessons taught in the
degrees and through leadership training and relevant programs.
It seeks to make a positive impact on the welfare of mankind through
its charitable foundation.
It is a financially sound organization, which leads by example.

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ILLBROCHARLES ROBERT TOWNSHEND, 33º
IMMEDIATE PAST SOVEREIGN GRAND COMMANDER

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ILLBROMATTHEW FRANCIS TODD, 33
SOVEREIGN GRAND COMMANDER

Bro. Todd was born in North Sydney, Nova Scotia and received his high
school education there. He joined the Bank of Nova Scotia and served for 38
years in various locations throughout New Brunswick and Nova Scotia,
finishing his career in a management capacity in the Atlantic Regional Office,
Halifax.

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In his post retirement, he actively pursued a career as an Instructor/Trainer for
the Nova Scotia Safety Council. The Council takes a leading role, in the
Province of Nova Scotia, in the promotion of safety training in the
occupational, traffic and public areas of safety.

He has held the position of Secretary/Manager of Freemason‘s Hall Limited in
Halifax, since 1991-2009.

He takes a leading role in the Port Wallis United Church where he is an Elder
and has served as Chair of the Trustees for 10 years. He is also a member of
the Port Wallis Players, an amateur Dinner Theatre group that performs in the
Halifax area. He also serves on the Finance & Planning Committee of the
Halifax Presbytery, United Church of Canada.

He served on the Board of Directors of Windsor Elms since 2003. It is a
Senior Citizens Home in Windsor, Nova Scotia. He was Chair of the Finance
Committee during his time on the Board.

In 1970, he was initiated in Keith Lodge No. 17 in Halifax, and has served as
Worshipful Master on four occasions. He served as Lodge Secretary for 11
years and Treasurer for 10 years. He is a Past Grand Steward and Past
Grand Historian of the Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia. Bro. Todd was awarded
the Erasmus James Phillips Medallion as recognition of his achievements, in
1999.

He has been a member of Royal Union No. 1, Royal Arch Masons since 1991
and is Past High Priest and Past Grand Principal Sojourner. He has been a
member of the Royal Order of Scotland, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward
Island, since 1994 and served as Grand Secretary for 10 years. He is also a
member of Neptune Council No. 71, Universal Craftsmen Council of
Engineers. He is also a member of the Philae Temple, Ancient Order of
Nobles of the Mystic Shrine.

Bro. Todd joined the Victoria Lodge of Perfection in Halifax, on October 16th,
1982, Keith Sovereign Chapter of Rose Croix on November 20th, 1982, and
the Nova Scotia Consistory on March 19th, 1983. He served as Thrice
Puissant Grand Master in 1991/92.

He was coroneted an Honourary Inspector General in Calgary, in September
1996, an Active Member at Niagara Falls in September 1999 and as Deputy
for Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, in
Winnipeg, September 2000. He served in the latter capacity for six years. He
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was elected Lieutenant Grand Commander in Halifax, September 2006 and
Sovereign Grand Commander in Hamilton 2009.

He is a widower and has lived in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia for the past 40
years. He has two children, a daughter Shelley, and a son Douglas and three
grandchildren.

ILLBRORICHARD AUSTIN HOWELL BROWN, 33°
LIEUTENANT GRAND COMMANDER

Richard Brown was born in Regina,
Saskatchewan on September 6, 1948.
After attaining a Master‘s degree in
Mathematics from the University of
Waterloo, Richard joined the staff of the
Regina School Division as a High School
Mathematics teacher. In 1978 he joined
the central office staff holding various
positions in Human Resource
Management and school division
administration. He retired in June, 2004
as the Assistant Superintendent of Policy,
Planning and Research. In addition to his
ongoing interests within the Masonic
Family he enjoys gardening and spending time at his cottage with his family
and friends.

Richard joined Assiniboia Lodge No. 49 in March, 1973. He served the Lodge
as Worshipful Master for 1983 and since 1990 has been the Lodge's
Secretary-Treasurer. He is also a member of Solomon Lodge of Research No.
5986 and was a member of the Board of Directors of the Regina Masonic
Temple Company for several years.

Bro. Brown is a Senior DeMolay, a past Executive Officer for Saskatchewan
and served as the Grand Master of the Order of DeMolay of Canada (1983-
85).

In the Grand Lodge of Saskatchewan, Richard served as the Most Worshipful
Grand Master for 1997-98 and currently serves on several committees of the
Board of General Purposes and the Board of Custodians of The Work.

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Ill. Bro. Brown, 33°, is a Life Member of the Scottish Rite Bodies of Regina. He
served the Regina Chapter of Rose Croix as Most Wise Sovereign (1984-85),
as the Thrice Puissant Grand Master of the Regina Lodge of Perfection (1995-
96) and Commander-in-Chief of Saskatchewan Consistory (2002). In
September 1998 he was coroneted an Honourary Inspector-General and in
September, 2001 he was elected to become a Sovereign Grand Inspector-
General. On September 14, 2002 he was crowned a Sovereign Grand
Inspector-General and was appointed to serve as Deputy for Saskatchewan
for the Supreme Council. On September 19, 2009 he was installed as
Lieutenant Grand Commander.

Noble Richard joined WA WA Temple in June, 1976 and has been a member
of the Regina Drum Corps since that time. In 1992 he was President of the
Unit. He was appointed to the Divan of WA WA Temple in January 2001 and
served WA WA Temple as Potentate for 2008.

M. W. Bro. Richard has been a member of the Royal Order of Scotland since
1991 and is presently serving a five year term as Provincial Grand Master. He
is also a member of Prince of Wales Chapter No. 27 of the Royal Arch
Masons and a member of Wascana Preceptory No. 51 Knights Templar.

Richard is currently serving on the Vestry of St. Luke's Anglican Church,
Regina and has been Treasurer since 1993. He is also a member of the Board
of Directors of Qu‘Appelle House, a senior‘s residence within the health
district.

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