Hamilton B District

Battlefield Lodge No. 61

Battlefield Lodge No. 61

Battlefield Lodge has earned the designation:

 “Cornerstone Lodge 2012 – 2020″

“The lodge deserves to be extremely proud of the level of proficiency that it has achieved and you are to be commended for your dedication and determination in meeting the Cornerstone challenge.” – Brother 2 Brother Team

Meets Fourth Monday of Each Month, 7:14 p.m.

except December meets Third Monday

(dark July and August)

Location

Map – Battlefield Lodge No. 61

Meetings

DescriptionMonthDate
Regular MeetingsSept. – June4th Mon.*
Official VisitFebruary4th Mon.
InstallationNovember4th Mon.

*except December meets Third Monday

Contact Information

Masonic Trip to Scotland 2014

A THIRD trip to Scotland is planned for FEBRUARY 2014.

If you are interested in joining the group, please contact:


V.W. Bro Roy Cummings at rcummin@cogeco.ca or 905-632-1858

V.W. Bro. Roy Cummings’ “Address to the Haggis”

Robbie Burns Dinner January 28, 2013

Battlefield Lodge No. 61

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDrFMtHvagk

History

HISTORY of BATTLEFIELD LODGE NO. 61

DURING THE YEAR 1963, MEMBERS OF THE STELCO “M” CLUB DISCUSSED THE IDEA OF STARTING A NEW MASONIC LODGE IN HAMILTON. THE STELCO “M” CLUB CONSISTED OF APPROXIMATELY 600 MEMBERS FROM VARIOUS AREA LODGES, WHO AT THE TIME OF JOINING THE CLUB WERE ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE STEEL COMPANY OF CANADA LTD.

NOT BEING MEN OF IDLE TALK, A COMMITTEE WAS FORMED CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING BRETHREN: –

  W. BRO. GLEN HANSON           P.M.    TUSCAN LODGE NO. 551

  W. BRO. SANDY GRIFFIN         P.M.    WESTMOUNT LODGE NO. 671

  W. BRO. CLAYTON MALCHOW   P.M.    HAMILTON LODGE NO. 562

  W. BRO.  MARTY BIRHELMER    P.M.    St. JOHN’S LODGE NO. 40

       BRO. EVERETT GRAHAM                TUSCAN LODGE NO. 551

       BRO. BOB PHILIPS                       TUSCAN LODGE NO. 551

THE FRUITS OF THEIR LABOURS WERE REALIZED WHEN ON THE 29th JUNE 1964, BATTLEFIELD LODGE WAS CONSTITUTED WITH 60 CHARTER MEMBERS.

R.W. BRO. ERIC W. NANCEKIVELL, P.D.D.G.M. OF HAMILTON MASONIC DISTRICT “B”, LEAD 39 OF THE CHARTER MEMBERS INTO THE LODGE, AND R.W. BRO. LEN HEWITT THEN INSTALLED W. BRO. SANFORD GRIFFIN AS THE FIRST WORSHIPFUL MASTER OF BATTLEFIELD LODGE U.D.

  S.W.        W. BRO. CLAYTON MALCHOW

  J.W.         W. BRO. MARTY BIRHELMER

  SECT.       W. BRO. GLEN HANSON

  S.D.              BRO. JOHN GIGLIA

  J.D.               BRO. JACK PENTNEY

  TREAS.     W. BRO. HAROLD PROWSE

  CHAP.           BRO. EVERETT GRAHAM

21st SEPT. 1964, BATTLEFIELD LODGE U.D. INITIATED ITS FIRST CANDIDATE, Mr. WILLIAM GRUNDY. DURING OUR 1ST YEAR, WHILE UNDER DISPENSATION, THE LODGE INITIATED MR. ROBERT SHOWKENIK AND ACCEPTED THE APPLICATION FOR AFFILIATION FROM BRO. TED MILLS, THE FIRST MEMBER WHO WAS NOT A MEMBER OF THE STELCO “M” CLUB. R.W. BRO. JACK PIERCY, ON BEHALF OF W. BRO. ALEXANDER AND HIMSELF PRESENTED A SET OF THREE GAVELS TO THE LODGE. W. BRO. WALKER PRESENTED A PAIR OF DEACON’S WANDS AND A SET OF MOVEABLE JEWELS, ON BEHALF OF THE GOOSE AND GRIDDLE CLUB. W. BRO. N. SIMMS AND BRO. C. ROBINSON PRESENTED THE LODGE WITH A SET OF WORKING TOOLS IN A BEAUTIFUL CASE MADE BY THESE TWO BRETHREN

27th SEPT. 1965, AN EMERGENT MEETING WAS CALLED FOR THE CONSECRATION OF BATTLEFIELD LODGE U.D., WITH M.W. BRO. TRELEAVON P.G.M. OFFICIATING. WE NOW BECAME BATTLEFIELD LODGE NO.714, ON THE REGISTER OF THE GRAND LODGE OF CANADA IN THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO. W. BRO. T. MARSHALL PRESENTED THE LODGE WITH 17 BOOKS TO STAR OUR OWN MASONIC LIBRARY.

18th OCT. 1965, R.W. BRO. F.W. HYDER, D.D.G.M., ACCOMPANIED BY A LARGE NUMBER OF G.L. OFFICERS, OFFICIALLY INSTALLED THE SAME OFFICERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE CHAIRS. AT THIS TIME WE ALSO RECEIVED OUR FIRST INVITATION TO VISIT ANOTHER LODGE, FROM THE T.H. SIMPSON LODGE, WHICH PROVED THE STAR OF A LONG LASTING FRATERNAL FRIENDSHIP.

15th NOV. 1965, BRO. JACK. PENTNEY HEADED A DELEGATION FROM THE STELCO “M” CLUB, AND PRESENTED TO THE LODGE AN OFFICIAL SEAL OF BATTLEFIELD LODGE NO. 714 G.R.C.. BRO. NORM BUIST PRESENTED TO THE LODGE ON BEHALF OF HIS WIFE LYLIE AND HIMSELF, A BEAUTIFUL ALTER COPY OF THE V.O.T.S.L.. BRO. EVERETT GRAHAM PRESENTED TO THE LODGE ON BEHALF OF HIS WIFE MARGUERITE AND HIMSELF, THREE BIBLE MARKERS IN THE RESPECTIVE DEGREES. THE BY-LAWS OF BATTLEFIELD LODGE NO. 714 G.R.C. WERE PRESENTED BY R.W. BRO. PIERCY, REGULARLY PASSED AND DECLARED ADOPTED.

17th JAN. 1966, W. BRO. CLAYTON MALCHOW WAS INSTALLED AS THE W.M., W. BRO. G.E. OSWALD BEING THE INSTALLING MASTER. THE DEDICATION AND UNTIRING EFFORTS OF W. BRO. SANDY GRIFFIN WERE ACKNOWLEDGED AND A TOKEN GIFT OF APPRECIATION PRESENTED TO HIM. DURING 1996, CONGRATULATIONS WERE EXTENDED TO THE NEW D.D.G.M. FOR DISTRICT “B”, R.W. BRO. E. HEAL, A CHARTER MEMBER OF BATTLEFIELD LODGE. WARDROPE LODGE NO. 555, PRESENTED BATTLEFIELD LODGE WITH A UNION JACK FLAG, WHICH HAD GIVEN MANY YEARS OF SERVICE TO WARDROPE LODGE.

16th JAN. 1967, W. BRO. GLEN HANSON, AS INSTALLING MASTER CARRIED OUT HIS DUTIES BY INSTALLING W. BRO. MARTY BIRHELMER IN THE CHAIR OF KING SOLOMON.  

15th JAN. 1968, ANOTHER FIRST FOR BATTLEFIELD, DUE TO A SEVERE SNOWSTORM THE REGULAR MEETING AND INSTALLATION HAD TO BE RESCHEDULED TO THE 29th.JAN.. WHEN W. BRO. SANDY GRIFFIN INSTALLED BRO. JOHN GIGLIA AS WORSHIPFUL MASTER. DURING SUMMER CALL-0FF 1968, THREE OF OUR CHARTERED MEMBERS PASSED TO THE GRAND LODGE ABOVE:- W. BROS. G. HANSON, SECRETARY, T. MARSHALL AND H. SPRINGER. OUR NEWLY APPOINTED GRAND D of C., V.W. BRO. SANDY GRIFFIN, STEPPED IN RIGHT AWAY TO TAKE OVER THE SECRETARY’S DUTIES. THE MASONIC HALL ON JAMES ST.N. WAS DESTROYED BY FIRE AND MANY LODGES LOST FURNITURE AND REGALIA.

6th APRIL 1970, BATTLEFIELD HOSTED A MEETING OF THE THREE THIRD MONDAY NIGHT LODGES, AND WELCOMED DORIC AND BRANT LODGE OFFICERS AND BRETHREN.

19th OCT. 1970, R.W. BRO. FRED SCOTT LED A LARGE DELEGATION OF ROYAL ARCH MASONS, WHO THEN RAISED BRO. TOM IRVINE TO THE THIRD DEGREE

18th JAN. 1971, THE INSTALLATION AND INVESTITURE OF THE OFFICERS WAS CONDUCTED BY W. BRO. MARTY BIRHELMER, WITH BRO. HOWARD MULHEIISEN BEING INSTALLED AS MASTER. OUR NEWLY INVESTED J.W., BRO. TED MILLS THEN PRESENTED TWO WARDENS COLUMNS TO THE LODGE IN MEMORY OF BRO. GORDON GREY.

15th JAN. 1973, W. BRO. HOWARD MULHEISEN HAD THE PLEASURE TO INSTALL BRO. TED MILLS, THE FIRST WORSHIPFUL MASTER WHO WAS NOT A CHARTER MEMBER.

26th APRIL 1973, W. BRO. MILLS LED A FINE DELEGATION FROM BATTLEFIELD LODGE TO OAKVILLE, TO INITIATE THE ANNUAL SPRING AND FALL EXCHANGE OF FRATERNAL VISITS WITH TRAFALGAR LODGE NO. 712.

21st JAN. 1974, W. BRO. MARTY BIRHELMER ON HIS SECOND SUCH HONOUR AS INSTALLING MASTER, INSTALLED BRO. DON COTTTINGHAM AS MASTER. BRO. EV GRAHAM, OUR RETIRING CHAPLAIN, WAS PRESENTED WITH A TRAVELING CASE AS A TOKEN OF GRATITUDE FOR HIS 10 YEARS OF FAITHFUL SERVICE, DURING WHICH TIME HE HAD NOT MISSED A SINGLE MEETING. OUR BRO. NORM BUIST HAD TO GO INTO HOSPITAL, FOR THE FIRST OF TWO HIP REPLACEMENTS AND OTHER PARS, WHICH IN THE FUTURE WOULD MAKE HIM BATTLEFIELD’S FIRST BIONIC W.M.

16th SEPT. 1974, A VISIT BY THE SIX NATIONS INDIAN DEGREE TEAM, FROM SCOTLAND LODGE, IN FULL INDIAN DRESS PROVED A VERY COLOURFUL AND ENJOYABLE EVENING. AMONG THE MANY VISITORS WAS R.W. BRO. ANFIELD, PAST DISTRICT GRAND MASTER OF ZAMBIA, AND AN HONORARY G.S.W. OF SCOTLAND AND SOUTH AFRICA. W. BRO. SHAVAK MADON, W.M. OF TRAFALGAR LODGE NO. 712 WITH A DELEGATION OF HIS OFFICERS AND BRETHREN.

20th JAN. 1975, BRO. ROY HENDERSON, MASTER ELECT, SINCE OUR S.W., BRO. NORM BUIST HAD REQUESTED TO REMAIN IN HIS CHAIR ANOTHER YEAR FOR HEALTH REASONS, INTRODUCED W. BRO. JIM LORRIE, UNION LODGE, AS THE INSTALLING MASTER.

24th FEB. 1975, W. BRO. HENDERSON WELCOMED THE NEWLY FORMED “ULSTER CANADIAN SQUARE CLUB”, LED BY W. BRO. RANKIN BOYD, TO INITIATE INTO BATTLEFIELD LODGE MR. ROD BEATTIE AND MR. ALEX CREE.

15th SEPT. 1975, ON THE OCCASION OF OUR 10th ANNIVERSARY, V.W. BRO. SANDY GRIFFIIN ASSUMED THE CHAIR AND ASSISTED BY MOST OF HIS ORIGINAL OFFICERS PASSED BRO. A. HARKNESS TO THE 2nd DEGREE. W. BRO. JACK PENTNEY GAVE A SHORT TALK ON THE FOUNDING AND PROGRESS OF BATTLEFIELD LODGE.

20th OCT. 1975, THE W.M. EXPRESSED THE THANKS OF THE LODGE TO BRO. GEORGE THOMSON, AND HIS COMMITTEE FOR THE EXCELLENT NIGHT TO CELEBRATE OUR 10th ANNIVERSARY. W.M. STATED THE LODGE’S INTENT TO HOLD A LADIES NIGHT ANNUALLY AND HE ALSO WELCOMED TRAFALGAR LODGE ON THEIR ANNUAL FRATERNAL VISIT.

21st JUNE 1976, THIS BEING A FAMILY NIGHT, THE LADIES WERE ENTERTAINED IN THE BANQUET ROOM DURING THE BUSINESS MEETING, THEN WELCOMED INTO THE LODGE ROOM. W. BRO. JACK PENTNEY GAVE AN INFORMATIVE TALK ON THE DUTIES OF THE OFFICERS OF THE LODGE AND THEIR RESPECTIVE CHAIRS, W. BRO. NORM BUIST GAVE AN EXCELLENT PRESENTATION OF THE FINAL CHARGE IN THE FIRST DEGREE AND THE ALL RETIRED TO THE BANQUET ROOM FOR REFRESHMENTS AND ENTERTAINMENT.

20th DEC. 1976, A LETTER FROM BRO. JIM LOMAX, ALIAS HAMILTON’S SANTA CLAUS, OUTLINING HIS FUTURE PLANS AND THE ASSISTANCE HE WOULD REQUIRE TO ACCOMPLISH HIS GOAL.

21st MAR. 1977, BRO. DAVID TURNER WELCOMED BACK AFTER HIS SERIOUS HEAR ATTACK, INVESTED AND TOOK HIS CHAIR AS J.W.. THE HAMILTON FIREFIGHTER’S DEGREE TEAM, LED BY W. BRO. CASSIDY AND INCLUDING BRO. LEN SALTMARSH, FIRECHIEF, THEN CONDUCTED THE INITIATION OF MR. GLEN GUY PEACE INTO BATTLEFIELD LODGE.

16th MAY 1977, W. BRO. MARTY BIRHELMER LED A DEGREE TEAM OF JUNIOR OFFICERS AND YOUNG MEMBERS IN PERFORMING AN EXCELLENT 1st DEGREE.

20th MAR. 1978, MOTION WAS PASSED THAT WE CHANGE OUR ELECTION AND INSTALLATION DATES BY ADVANCING THEM TWO MONTHS TO AVOID THE BAD WEATHER, MOST RECENTLY EXPERIENCED IN JANUARY 1978.

18th SEPT. 1978, REPORTED THAT OUR BY-LAW CHANGES HAD BEEN APPROVED BY GRAND LODGE, AND THAT PROJECT HELP WAS NOW UNDERWAY. A NEW SETTING MAUL WAS PRESENTED TO THE LODGE BY BRO. JIM WHITE ON BEHALF OF THE W.M. OF AVONIEL LODGE NO.774, BELFAST, NORHERN IRELAND.

18th  DEC. 1978, AS INSTALLING MASTER , W. BRO. HAROLD PROWSE INSTALLED BRO. DAVID TURNER AS MASTER, THE FIRST AND ONLY TIME OUR INSTALLATION WOULD TAKE PLACE IN DECEMBER.

16th  APR. 1979, W. BRO. TURNER EXTENDED CONGRATULATIONS ON BEHALF OF THE LODGE TO BRO. BILL WRIGHT, THE LODGE CHAIRMAN OF THE G.L. PROJECT H.E.L.P..

17th SEPT. 1979, THIS ANNUAL VISIT BY TRAFALGAR LODGE NO. 712 WAS A PARTICULAR DELIGHT AS R.W. BRO. HERB SHROEDER WAS PRESENT NOT ONLY AS A P.M. OF TRAFALGAR LODGE BUT AS THE CURRENT D.D.G.M. FOR DISTRICT “A”.

19th NOV. 1979, W. BRO. MARTY BIRHELMER INSTALLED BRO. BILL MAYNARD AS THE W.M., THIS BEING THE FIRST TIME OUR INSTALLATION WAS HELD IN NOVEMBER, ANOTHER FIRST, WHICH PROVED VERY POPULAR, WAS THE EARLY SUPPER AT 6:30 pm.

18th FEB. 1980, ON THIS THE OFFICIAL VISIT OF OUR D.D.G.M. R.W. BRO. VICTOR LEPP, IT WAS AN EXTRA PLEASURE FOR W.BRO. MAYNARD TO WELCOME W.BRO. MARV WATERMAN AND 18 OF HIS BRETHREN FROM IRONDIQUOIT LODGE NO. 301. THIS WAS TO PROVE THE FIRST STEP TO SETTING UP FRATERNAL VISITS ANNUALLY BETWEEN IRONDIQUOIT AND BATTLEFIELD.

15th SEPT. 1980, THIS WAS THE ANNUAL STEP-UP NIGHT FOR THE OFFICERS AND BRO. DAVID PATTERSON LED THE WK OF THE EVENING. IT WAS THEN HIS PLEASURE TO WELCOME R.W. BRO. ROY S. HENDERSON, THE NEW D.D.G.M. FOR HAMILTON DISTRICT “B” AND BATTLEFIELD LODGE’S FIRST D.D.G.M.

17th NOV. 1980, BRO.DAVID  PATTERSON WAS INSTALLED AS W.M., BY W. BRO. NORM BOLES AND P.M.’S OF BATTLEFIELD AND OTHER LODGES IN THE THREE DISTRICTS, WITH THE IMPRESSIVE NUMBER OF 169 BRETHREN PRESENT. W. BRO. GEORGE THOMSON REPORTED ON A VERY ENJOYABLE VISIT TO IRONDIQUOIT LODGE NO.301, DUNKIRK, N.Y. WHICH INCLUDED THE PRESENTATION OF A CANADIAN FLAG. THANKS WERE EXTENDED BY THE LODGE TO W. BRO. THOMSON FOR HIS EFFORTS IN ARRANGING THIS FIRST ANNUAL FRATERNAL VISIT. A VERY ENJOYABLE TIME HELD DOWNSTAIRS IN OUR BANQUET HALL AS FOR THE FIRST TIME IT WAS PERMISSIBLE TO SERVE ALCOHOLIC REFRESHMENTS ON SPECIAL OCCASIONS.

16th FEB. 1981, BATTLEFIELD LODGE TOOK GREAT PLEASURE AND PRIDE IN WELCOMING THE D.D.G.M., R.W. BRO. ROY S. HENDERSON INTO HIS MOTHER LODGE ON HIS OFFICIAL VISIT.

27th APR. 1981, W. BRO. PATTERSON AND HIS OFFICERS ARRANGED A SPECIAL FAMILY NIGHT WITH 125 IN ATTENDANCE. EVERYONE THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THE 18th CENTURY DEGREE, PORTRAYED BY A GROUP OF MASONS FROM THE GUELPH AREA, IN PERIOD COSTUME.

13th JUNE 1981, THE FIRST OFFICIAL FRATERNAL VISIT OF IRONDIQUOIT LODGE NO. 301, DUNKIRK, N.Y., HEADED BY W. BRO. FRED HUDSON. AMONG THE VISITORS WERE R.W. BRO. PAUL CAVE I.P.D.D.G.M., AND R.W. BRO. RAYMOND OGDEN I.P.G. SECT. OF THE G.L. OF N.Y.. AFTER THE DEGREE WK THERE WAS A PRESENTATION OF THE AMERICAN FLAG TO BATTLEFIELD LODGE, AND W. BRO. MAYNARD PRESENTED A MAPLE LEAF TO ADORN THE CANADIAN FLAG PREVIOUSLY GIVEN TO IRONDIQUOIT LODGE. BRO. ROBERT McCUTCHEON, CHAPLAIN OF BATTLEFIELD LODGE LED A VERY SINCERE AND MOVING DEDICATION OF THE AMERICAN FLAG INTO SERVICE IN BATTLEFIELD LODGE. THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF W. BRO. GEORGE THOMSON AND HIS WIFE BARBARA, EVERYONE ENJOYED A GREAT SOCIAL EVENING WITH ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDED BY THE “WORLD FAMOUS CLAWHAMMERS.”

21st SEPT. 1981, W. BRO. PATTERSON, ON BEHALF OF THE LODGE, PRESENTED V.W. BRO. HAROLD PROWSE WITH THE REGALIA OF A GRAND STEWARD, HIS APPOINTMENT FOR HAVING SERVED AS DISTRICT SECRETARY TO R.W. BRO. ROY S. HENDERSON.

16th  NOV. 1981, S.W. BRO. ALEX CREE INFORMED THE LODGE THAT A BENEFIT DANCE TO AID THE ROY FAMILY WOULD BE HELD IN DOFASCO HALL ON JAN.30th 1982. W. BRO. GEORGE THOMSON ASSUMED THE CHAIR AND PROCEEDED WITH THE INSTALLATION OF BRO. ALEX CREE AS W.M. AND THE INVESTITURE OF THE OFFICERS FOR 1982. W. BRO. BILL KANE PRESENTED A FAMILY MASONIC BIBLE TO W. BRO. CREE ON BEHALF OF HIS AUNT AND UNCLE, BRO.AND MRS. ROBERT McCUTCHEON.

7th  DEC. 1981, W. BRO. ALEX CREE EXPRESSED HIS GREAT PLEASURE THAT HIS FIRST MEETING AS W.M., SHOULD BE SUCH A HISTORIC OCCASION FOR BATTLEFIELD LODGE. M.W. BRO. ERIC W. NANCEKIVELL, P.G.M., R.W. BRO. CLARK BROOKS D.D.G.M. AND MANY PAST AND PRESENT G.L. OFFICERS WERE IN ATTENDANCE FOR THE PRESENTATION OF THE WILLIAM MERCER WILSON MEDAL TO OUR OWN BRO. EVERETT GRAHAM. R.W. BRO. NORMAN E. BRYNE GAVE A TALK ON THE W.M.W. MEDAL AND HOW IT WAS AWARDED, WHICH WAS VERY FITTING AS NORM’S DAD HAD ALSO BEEN A RECIPIENT OF THE HONOUR.

18th FEB. 1982, R.W. BRO. CLARK BROOKS MADE HIS OFFICIAL VISIT TO BATTLEFIELD AND WAS VERY COMPLIMENTARY ON OUR LISA ROY PROJECT. THIS PROJECT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL THAT AFTER PAYING APPROXIMATELY $4,000 IN MEDICAL BILLS FOR LISA, THE REMAINING $4,000 WAS USED TO STAR THE “BATTLEFIELD LODGE SPECIAL BENEVOLENT FUND” FOR FUTURE BENEVOLENT WK IN OUR COMMUNITY.

19th APR. 1982, W. BRO. TED MILLS ASSUMED THE CHAIR OF KING SOLOMON FOR THE INITIATION OF HIS SON ROD.

17th MAY 1982, W. BRO. CHARLIE CRAWFORD ASSUMED THE CHAIR FOR THE RAISING OF HIS SON CARL TO THE THIRD DEGREE.

14th JUNE 1982, W. BRO. CREE LED A DELEGATION OF BATTLEFIELD BRETHREN ON OUR FIRST BI-ANNUAL VISIT TO IRONDIQUOIT LODGE NO. 301, DUNKIRK, N.Y.. A VERY ENJOYABLE WEEK-END WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE PRESENTATION OF A TRAVELING GAVEL AND BASE BY W. BRO.’S GEORGE THOMSON AND MARV WATERMAN, TO WHOM ALL CREDIT IS DUE FOR THIS FRATERNAL RELATIONSHIP.

JULY 1982, BATTLEFIELD LODGE WERE RECOGNIZED IN THE GRAND LODGE LODGE PROCEEDINGS, WHEN R.W. BRO. ROD CONNER USED OUR LISA ROY PROJECT AS AN EXAMPLE OF MASONRY IN ACTION.

9th NOV. 1982, A CARD AND FLOWERS WERE SENT TO LISA AND LEE ANN ROY TO MARK THE ONE YEAR MILESTONE OF LISA’S BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT, WHICH STILL APPEARS TO HAVE CURED HER FROM LEUKEMIA.

28th MAR. 1983, THE REGULAR MEETING ON THE 21st BEING CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER, BRO. ROD MILLS WAS THE CANDIDATE THIS EVENING TO BE RAISED TO THE THIRD DEGREE. W. BRO. HUGH MILLS FROM WELLINGTON LODGE NO. 64, BROTHER OF W. BRO. TED MILLS AND UNCLE OF THE CANDIDATE WAS WARMLY RECEIVED. W. BRO. TED MILLS ASSUMED THE GAVEL AND PROCEEDED TO CONDUCT THE DEGREE, AT THE CONCLUSION OF WHICH HE PRESENTED HIS SON WITH A MASONIC RING.

11th JUNE 1983, W. BRO. RAI MELLIKOW WELCOMED OUR AMERICAN BRETHREN FROM IRONDIQUOIT LODGE NO.301 ON THEIR BI-ANNUAL VISIT TO BATTLEFIELD. W. BRO MARV WATERMAN WAS THEN ELECTED TO BE THE “DUMMY” CANDIDATE FOR THE EXEMPLIFICATION OF THE 1st DEGREE. THIS WAS ENJOYED BY ALL AND MANY REMARKS WERE PASSED AS TO W. BRO. WATERMAN’S TALENT AS A DUMMY CANDIDATE. BRO. EV GRAHAM THEN PRESENTED W. BRO. WATERMAN WITH HIS OWN COPY OF THE V.O.T.S.L.

20th JUNE 1983, REPORTED WITH DEEP REGRET THAT R.W. BRO. E. HEAL HAD PASSED TO THE GRAND LODGE ABOVE. W. BRO. COLIN WILLIAMS LED A DELEGATION OF HIS OFFICERS AND BRETHREN FROM DORIC LODGE NO.382, ON A SOCIAL VISIT, BEING AS THEY MEET ON THE SAME NIGHT AS BATTLEFIELD. R.W. BRO. ROD CONNER, MEMBER of the BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSE, ACCEPTED AN INVITATION AS GUEST SPEAKER, AND PROVIDED A MOST INFORMATIVE AND ENJOYABLE QUESTION AND ANSWER PERIOD.

19th SEPT. 1983, W. BRO. JOHN McFEETERS WAS INVITED BY W. BRO. MELLIKOW TO ASSUME THE CHAIR FOR THE WK OF THE EVENING. ALTHOUGH HE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER OF BATTLEFIELD LODGE AS A M.M., W. BRO. McFEETERS HAD NEVER OCCUPIED THE CHAIR IN BATTLEFIELD LODGE.

21st NOV. 1983, W. BRO. SAM WHITE P.M. OF AVONIEL LODGE NO. 774, BELFAST N.I. WAS WARMLY RECEIVED INTO LODGE, HAVING TRAVELED OVER FOR THE INSTALLATION OF HIS SON BRO. S.J. WHITE. BEFORE CLOSING W. BRO. S.J. WHITE RECEIVED CONGRATULATORY TELEGRAMS FROM HIS MOTHER LODGE AND FROM R.W. BRO. WILSON OF THE GRAND LODGE OF IRELAND.

8th SEPT. 1984, BATTLEFIELD’S 2nd ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT WAS HELD AT SOUTHBROOK G. & C. CLUB IN GOOD WEATHER. 38 GOLFERS TOOK PAR AND WERE JOINED IN THE EVENING BY THEIR WIVES AND GUESTS FOR A VERY ENJOYABLE SOCIAL EVENING.  W. BRO. CONRAD WRAY FROM EVANS LODGE NO.304 ANGOLA N.Y. TRAVELED A LONG WAY TO PROVIDE A TARGET FOR A DRIVE BY W. BRO. ALEX CREE. CONGRATULATIONS WERE EXTENDED TO BRO. JIM McDOWELL AND HIS COMMITTEE FOR AN EXCELLENT DAY.

22nd OCT. 1984, THE ANNUAL P.M.’S MEETING WAS HELD IN THE STONEY CREEK TEMPLE. AT THIS MEETING FUTURE PLANS, WAYS TO IMPROVE ATTENDANCE AND THE OPERATION OF OUR SPECIAL BENEVOLENT FUND WERE DISCUSSED. OUR MASTER –ELECT, BRO. BILL WRIGHT WAS EXAMINED BY W. BRO. A. CREE, W. BRO. S.J. WHITE AND V.W. BRO. H. PROWSE.

19th NOV. 1984, W. BRO. BILL STANFIELD, A P.M. OF IONIC LODGE NO. 549, AND A FREQUENT VISITOR TO BATTLEFIELD, WAS  INTRODUCED INTO LODGE BY BRO. BILLY WRIGHT, MASTER–ELECT TO RUN THE INSTALLATION. W. BRO. WRIGHT THANKED ALL WHO ATTENDED WITH SPECIAL MENTION TO W. BRO. SAM WHITE, WHO HAD AGAIN MADE THE TRIP FROM BELFAST, NORTHERN IRELAND.

21st JAN. 1985, W. BRO. WRIGHT REGRETFULLY REPORTED THE PASSING TO G.L. ABOVE, OF OUR CHAPLAIN BRO. BOB McCUTCHEON, THAT MORNING. ALSO GRAND LODGE HAD INSTRUCTED THAT THE LODGE CHARTER BE DRAPED DURING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY IN HONOUR OF M.W. BRO. EWAR G. DIXON, WHO PASSED AWAY ON THE 22nd DECEMBER 1984.

18th MAR. 1985, W. BRO. WRIGHT, ON BEHALF OF W. BRO. ALEX CREE PRESENTED TO BRO. EV GRAHAM, A CHAPLAINS PIN TO BE PASSED ON TO SUCCEEDING CHAPLAINS OF BATTLEFIELD LODGE. W. BRO. CREE HAD FIRST PRESENTED THIS PIN TO HIS UNCLE, BRO. BOB McCUTCHEON ON THE NIGHT OF W. BRO. CREE’S INSTALLATION, AND HAD BEEN WORN BY BRO McCUTCHEON UNTIL HIS RECENT PASSING TO THE G.L.A. BRO. ANDREW DALRYMPLE PRESENTED THE LODGE WITH A BEAUTIFUL HANDMADE WOODEN SQUARE AND WAS APPROPRIATELY THANKED.

27th MAY 1985, AFTER LODGE WAS CLOSED, W. BRO. WRIGHT WELCOMED INTO THE LODGE MEMBERS OF THE WELL KNOWN GROUP “ THE CLAWHAMMERS.” INCLUDED IN THIS FINE GROUP OF MASONS WERE W. BRO.S BILL WRIGHT AND JIM WHITE, BRO D. McNIECE OF BATTLEFIELD LODGE, W. BRO. BILL STANDFIELD , IONIC LODGE AND BRO.S BOBBY CAMERON AND JOHN HALL, WESTMOUNT LODGE. ALSO IN THE GROUP WERE IAN WRIGHT, IAN WHITE AND KEVIN JARRET. THE CLAWHAMMERS THEN PRESENTED TO THE LODGE A BEAUTIFUL DIRECTOR of CEREMONIES WAND, IN MEMORY OF BRO. BOB McCUTCHEON, OUR CHAPLIN AND THE MANAGER OF THE CLAWHAMMERS FROM THEIR INCEPTION IN 1981. THIS WAS RECEIVED ON BEHALF OF THE LODGE BY W. BRO.S BILL WRIGHT AND BRO. McCUTCHEON’S NEPHEW W. BRO. ALEX CREE, WHO MADE FITTING REMARKS IN TRIBUTE TO A FINE MAN AND MASON.

17th JUNE 1985, J.W. BRO. JOHN McCUTCHEON REPORTED THAT OUR BRETHREN FROM IRONDIQUOIT / DUNKIRK LODGE AND THEIR LADIES THOROUGHLY ENJOYED THEIR VISIT WITH US ON 7th JUNE. THE ULSTER CANADIAN SQUARE CLUB JOINED US AGAIN TO RAISE BRO’S HUGH AND BILLY MILLS TO THE THIRD DEGREE. A BEAUTIFUL HANDMADE SQUARE AND COMPASSES FOR LODGE DISPLAY WAS THEN PRESENTED TO THE LODGE BY SILVER CREEK LODGE, U.S.A.

21st NOV. 1985, MASTER-ELECT, BRO. JIM Mc ARHUR INTRODUCED THE INSTALLING BOARD LED BY W. BRO. DAVE PATERSON. BRO. JIM McARHUR WAS DULY INSTALLED IN THE CHAIR OF KING SOLOMON BY W. BRO. BERNIE WALTERS.

16th DEC. 1985, W. BRO. ALEX CREE READ A LETTER FROM McMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE THANKING THE LODGE FOR THEIR GENEROUS DONATION TO THE CHILDREN’S CANCER AND LEUKEMIA RESEARCH. THIS WAS A PROJECT BY OUR SPECIAL BENEVOLENT FUND TO PURCHASE PAST MEDICAL RESEARCH PAPERS, AND WE WERE ASSISTED BY THE ULSTER CANADIAN [] CLUB AND THE BOARD OF RELIEF IN RAISING THE $1,200. W. BRO. McARHUR THEN HAD THE GREAT PERSONAL PLEASURE OF INITIATING AND OBLIGATING HIS TWO SONS INTO FREEMASONRY AS MEMBERS OF BATTLEFIELD LODGE.

20th JAN. 1986, J.W. BRO. SYD WRIGHT REPORTED PLANS FOR THE SPRING FLING, GOLF AND DANCE AND LADIES NIGHT WERE WELL IN HAND. W. BRO. ALEX CREE REPORTED ON A DINNER MEETING SPONSORED BY THE B.L.S.B.F. ON THE 5th APRIL 1986, GUEST SPEAKERS, DR. RONNIE BARR AND MRS. MICHELLE STOCKWELL R.N.

17th FEB. 1986, NOTICE OF MOTION BY W. BRO. CHARLIE CRAWFORD, TO BESTOW HONORARY MEMBERSHIP ON W. BRO. JACK PENTNEY AND BRO. EV GRAHAM FOR THEIR DEDICATED SERVICE TO BATTLEFIELD LODGE.

15th SEPT. 1986, A THANK-YOU CARD FROM MRS. GRACE MELLIKOW FOR THE ISOFOCUS-ELECTRO-THORESIS MACHINE DONATED TO THE McMASTER UNIVERSITY CHILDREN’S CANCER CLINIC IN MEMORY OF RAIMOND MELLIKOW. BRO. J.W. REPORTED ON THE SUCCESS OF OUR ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT. A DEGREE TEAM FROM ST. JOHN CHAPTER, R.A.M., WAS WELCOMED INTO LODGE TO DO THE WK OF THE EVENING.

25th MAY 1987, BRO. S.W. REGRETFULLY REPORTED THE PASSING OF BRO. JIM LOMAX”S SON RYAN, AFTER A LENGTHY BATTLE WITH LEUKEMIA. ACTING D.of C., BRO. EV GRAHAM INTRODUCED R.W. BRO. ROY HENDERSON LEADING A TEAM OF P.M.S OF BATTLEFIELD LODGE TO DO THE WK OF THE EVENING. W. BRO. RAY MELLIKOW THANKED THE BATTLEFIELD LODGE SPECIAL BENEVOLENT FUND FOR THE DONATION OF AN ISOFOCUS-ELECTRO-THORESES MACHINE TO McMASTER IN MEMORY OF HIS SON RAIMOND.

15th JUN. 1987, LETTER FROM R.W. BRO. CARER SMITH OF IRONDIQUOIT LODGE, THANKING THE LODGE FOR THE HONOUR OF BEING MADE A LIFE MEMBER. W. BRO. JIM WHITE THEN INTRODUCED W. BRO. BILL BRIMER, THE W.M. OF IONIC LODGE $549 AND A DELEGATION OF HIS BRETHREN IN WHAT IS HOPED TO BE THE STAR OF ANNUAL FRATERNAL VISITS.

19th OCT. 1988, BRO. DAVID LYELL,J.W. , REPORTED BOTH THE GOLF TOURNAMENT AND THE LADIES NIGHT TO HAVE BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL, AND THANKED THE BRETHREN FOR THEIR SUPPORT. W. BRO. CREE GAVE A VERY INFORMATIVE LECTURE ON THE PAST 600 YEARS IN MASONRY.

21st NOV. 1988, ACTING D. of C., BRO. ROD MILLS, INTRODUCED A DELEGATION OF VISITORS, HEADED BY R.W. BRO. HARRY MARQUARDT, P.D.D.G.M. OF DUNKIRK, N.Y.. BRO. ROD MILLS THEN INTRODUCED THE INSTALLING BOARD HEADED BY W. BRO. RAY MELLIKOW. A HIGHLIGHT OF THE EVENING WAS THE PRESENTATION TO W. BRO. ROD MILLS OF A 100 YR. OLD MASTERS APRON, WHICH HAD BELONGED TO HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER, BY HIS FATHER W. BRO. TED MILLS.

15th MAY 1989, W. BRO. CREE REPORTED THAT BATTLEFIELD LODGE HAD SO FAR DONATED $700 TO THE “NIP DRUGS IN THE BUD” PROJECT, WHICH WAS A VERY POOR RESPONSE FROM THE BRETHREN. W. BRO. JIM McARHUR INTRODUCED HIS BROTHER, BRO. EDWARD McARHUR, WHO BROUGHT FRATERNAL GREETINGS FROM HIS MOTHER LODGE, NO. 39 KILSYTH, SCOTLAND. R.W. BRO. NORMAN E.BRYNE, MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF G.L., EXPLAINED HOW HE MET OUR CANDIDATE AND SO HAD CAME TO SEE HIM INITIATED.

18th SEPT. 1989, A HEARTY VOTE OF THANKS WAS EXTENDED TO W. BRO.’S THOMSON, PATERSON AND THEIR COMMITTEE FOR AN EXCELLENT GOLF DAY AND DANCE. REPORTED THAT BATTLEFIELD LODGE HAD ONCE AGAIN TOPPED THE DONATIONS FOR THE MASTERS & WARDEN’S ASSOC. “WALK FOR CHARITY.” W. BRO. ALEX CREE, ACTING D. of C., INTRODUCED W. BRO. PAT BARETT, W.M. OF MOFFAT LODGE NO.399, AND SEVERAL MEMBERS, THIS BEING THE MOTHER LODGE OF OUR NEWEST GRAND STEWARD, V.W. BRO. TED MILLS. THE D. of C. THEN INTRODUCED R.W. BRO. NORMAN E. BRYNE, DEPUTY G.M. AND R.W. BRO. KEITH COZIER, D.D.G.M. OF THE G.L. of CANADA, in the PROVINCE of ONTARIO. R.W. BRO. BRYNE THEN INVESTED TED WITH HIS G.L. REGALIA WITH FITTING REMARKS, WHICH WERE ANSWERED BY TED.

16th SEPT. 1989, REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE FAMILY OF MISS SHARLENE NYE, A YOUNG DEAF/MUTE WOMAN, SEEKING TO PURSUE HER DREAM OF BECOMING A TEACHER TO THE DEAF AND MUTE, ADOPTED AS A PROJECT BY THE LODGE. W. BRO. SYD WRIGHT ASSUMED THE CHAIR AND CONDUCTED THE ELECTION OF THE OFFICERS FOR 1990. AS THIS WAS ALSO STEP-UP NIGHT BRO. DAVID LYELL LED THE OFFICERS IN PERFORMING A THIRD DEGREE ON BRO.TERRY THOMAS.

20th NOV. 1989, THANK-U CARD FROM MRS. NYE, FOR THE ASSISTANCE GIVEN BY THE LODGE TO HER DAUGHTER, SHARLENE. ACTING D. of C., BRO. DAVID LYELL INTRODUCED HIS INSTALLING BOARD LED BY W. BRO. ALEX CREE. W. BRO. BILL KANE, ON BEHALF OF W. BRO. CREE, MADE AN INSPIRING ADDRESS WHILE PRESENTING A MASONIC FAMILY BIBLE TO W. BRO. DAVID LYELL, FOLLOWED BY W. BRO. CREE PRESENTING GIFTS FROM THE W.M.’S WIFE AND FAMILY.

18th DEC. 1989, W. BRO. ALEX CREE REPORTED THAT NOT ONLY WAS LISA ROY NOW CONSIDERED TO BE CURED FROM LEUKEMIA BUT SHE WAS RECENTLY MARRIED. NOTED BY W. BRO. GEORGE THOMSON THAT IT WAS 25YEARS SINCE WESTMOUNT LODGE SPONSORED BATTLEFIELD LODGE. W. BRO. PAUL REEVE THEN PRESENTED THE W.M. WITH THE MASTERS AND WARDENS ASSOCIATION’S PLAQUE, AWARDED EACH YEAR TO THE LEADING LODGE IN THE FUNDRAISING “WALK-A-THON”, FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE YEAR.

28th MAY 1990, BRO. EV GRAHAM REPORTED ON THE GOOD PROGRESS OF SHARLENE NYE AND DISPLAYED SOME PHOTOGRAPHS. R.W. BRO. ROY HENDERSON GAVE A REPORT ON THE RECENT VISIT OF THE ULSTER CANADIAN SQUARE CLUB TO NORTHERN IRELAND. V.W. BRO.BERNIE WALTERS GAVE A VERY INTERESTING SLIDE SHOW PRESENTATION ON THE GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND IN THE BANQUET ROOM.

17th SEPT. 1990, THE W.M. SPOKE ON THE GOLF AND THE 25th ANNIVERSARY NIGHT WERE NOT BEING SUPPORTED VERY WELL AND ASKED FOR THE BRETHREN TO GET INVOLVED. W. BRO. GEORGE THOMSON SPOKE ON THE 25th ANNIVERSARY AND PLANS TO CELEBRATE SAME. THE W.M. THEN PRESENTED THE FOUR CHARTER MEMBERS PRESENT WITH A 25YEAR ANNIVERSARY PIN. R.W. BRO.RALPH HURST, V.W. BRO.HAROLD PROWSE, W. BRO. MARTY BIRHELMER AND BRO. EV GRAHAM. R.W. BRO. HURST AND V.W. BRO. PROWSE BOTH SPOKE ON THE FORMATION OF BATTLEFIELD LODGE FROM THE STELCO “M” CLUB.

19th NOV. 1990, LETTER FROM WESTMOUNT LODGE NO. 671, THANKING US FOR SUPPORTING THEM IN FORMING THE NEW DAYLIGHT LODGE, CENTENNIAL DAYLIGHT LODGE NO.679 A.F. & A.M.. R.W. BRO. HERB SHROEDER PRESENTED TO W. BRO. LYELL A BOOK ON THE HISTORY OF GNOLL LODGE NO. 5057,NEATH, WALES, U.K.. W. BRO. THOMSON THEN INTRODUCED V.W. BRO. PROWSE AND HIS INSTALLING BOARD. R.W. BRO. JOE WHITFIELD THANKED THE LODGE FOR THE VERY ENJOYABLE EVENING HE AND HIS WIFE ENJOYED AT OUR 25th ANNIVERSARY DANCE. W. BRO. CREE PRESENTED W. BRO. LYELL WITH HIS P.M.’S JEWEL AND A BOUND COPY OF HIS YEARS SUMMONSES, NOW A TRADITION COMPLIMENTS OF W. BRO. DAVID TURNER.

18th MARCH 1991, ACTING D. of C. W. BRO. CREE INTRODUCED W. BRO. MINOO KOORSHED AND THE BRETHREN FROM TRAFALGAR LODGE NO. 712 ON THE ANNUAL FRATERNAL VISIT. OUR CANDIDATE MR. ROBERT WOODARD WAS INITIATED INTO MASONRY BY THE TRAFALGAR BRETHREN, AS IS THE TRADITION ON OUR FRATERNAL VISITS.

27th MAY 1991, ACTING D. of C., W. BRO. CREE INTRODUCED W. BRO. BRIAN CARRUTHERS HEADING THE DEGREE TEAM FROM THE ULSTER CANADIAN SQUARE CLUB, WHICH ALSO INCLUDED BRO. ROD BEATTIE, CLUB PRESIDENT AND FATHER OF OUR CANDIDATE. THE W.M. THEN INTRODUCED V.W. BRO. LESLIE LEVITT, OUR GUEST SPEAKER AND BRO. HARRY FLETCHER FROM LODGE NO. 591 I.C. IN BELFAST, N. IRELAND.

21st OCTOBER 1991, W. BRO. DAVID LYELL CONDUCTED THE ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR 1992, THEN W. BRO. DAVID TURNER ASSUMED THE CHAIR TO INITIATE HIS SON MR. BILL TURNER INTO MASONRY.

20th APRIL 1992, W. BRO. CREE READ THANK –U CARDS FROM THE MOTHER OF SHARLENE NYE AND THE MOTHER OF 3 BLIND BOYS WHO RECEIVED BRAILLE WATCHES FROM THE B.L.S.B.F.. D. of C. W. BRO. DAVID LYELL INTRODUCED W. BRO. GEORGE KING, HIS OFFICERS AND BRETHREN FROM TRAFALGAR LODGE NO. 712 ON THEIR ANNUAL VISIT. THE TRAFALGAR BRETHREN THEN PROCEEDED TO PASS BRO. BOB McKEAG TO THE 2ND DEGREE IN EXCELLENT FORM, AND WERE CONGRATULATED BY THE BATTLEFIELD BRETHREN.

15th JUNE 1992, REPORTED THAT W, BRO. BILL MAYNARD HAD PASSED TO THE G/L ABOVE AND MANY MEMBERS OF BATTLEFIELD ATTENDED THE MASONIC SERVICE. D. of C.  W. BRO. DAVID LYELL INTRODUCED W. BRO. BILLY WRIGHT, HEADING THE DEGREE TEAM FROM THE ULSTER CANADIAN SQUARE CLUB, TO INITIATE W. BRO. WRIGHT’S SON-IN-LAW, MR. STEWART ALEXANDER.

16th NOVEMBER 1992, BRO. HUGH. MILLS M/E INTRODUCED W. BRO. DAVID LYELL AND HIS INSTALLING BOARD INCLUDING BRO. EV GRAHAM HOLDER OF THE WILLIAM MERCER WILSON MEDAL, WHO WOULD BE TYLER FOR THE BOARD. BRO. BILL ‘BUFFER’ MILLS PROUDLY PRESENTED HIS SON WITH HIS MASTER’S APRON AND CASE, ONLY TO TAKE IT BACK PENDING THE PROPER INVESTITURE. W. BRO. LYELL THEN CONDUCTED THE INSTALLATION AND INVESTITURE OF THE OFFICERS FOR 1993. W. BRO CREE PRESENTED W. BRO. WALTER MILLS, HUGH’S BROTHER, WITH HIS PAST MASTER’S JEWEL. W. BRO. MILLS THANKED ALL AND RECOGNIZED OUR AMERICAN BRETHREN FROM IRONDIQUOIT/DUNKIRK LODGE AND THANKED THEM FOR MAKING THE TRIP TO BE WITH US. R. W. BRO. ROY HENDERSON THEN EXPRESSED THE SINCERE THANKS OF BATTLEFIELD LODGE TO V. W. BRO. HAROLD PROWSE FOR HIS DEDICATION AND SERVICE AS TREASURER OVER THE LAST 28 YEARS, WISHED FOR HIM AND ISOBEL A HAPPY AND HEALTHY RETIREMENT UP NORTH.

21st DECEMBER 1992, MOVED AND SECONDED BY W. BRO.’S CREE AND PATERSON THAT V.W. BRO. HAROLD PROWSE BE BESTOWED WITH A LIFE MEMBERSHIP IN BATTLEFIELD LODGE FOR HIS 28 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE. BRO. WILLIAM TURNER WAS RAISED TO THE 3rd DEGREE AND CONGRATULATED BY R. W. BRO. BRIAN SCHWEITZER D.D.G.M.. W. BRO. BILLY STANFIELD INFORMED THE BRETHREN THAT ON 19th JANUARY 1993, W. BRO. ALEX CREE WOULD BE INSTALLED AS THE 1st PRINCIPAL OF THE HAMILTON CHAPTER R.A.M. NO. 175 G.R.C..

15th MARCH 1993, D. of C. W. BRO. GEORGE THOMSON INTRODUCED THE ULSTER CANADIAN SQUARE CLUB DEGREE TEAM LED BY W. BRO. TOMMY KINNEAR AND BRO. ROD BEATTIE, THE CLUB PRESIDENT. W. BRO. KINNEAR ASSUMED THE CHAIR AND PROCEEDED TO INITIATE MR. ROBERT G. McKEAG INTO MASONRY. R.W. BRO. HENDERSON THEN PRESENTED V.W. BRO. HAROLD PROWSE WITH LIFE MEMBERSHIP CERTIFICATE AND SPOKE OF HIS 28 YEARS AS TREASURER. HAROLD THANKED THE BRETHREN AND EXPRESSED HIS PRIDE AT BEING MADE AN HONORARY LIFE MEMBER.

15th NOVEMBER 1993, ACTING D. of C. BRO. ROD MILLS INTRODUCED HIS FATHER V.W. BRO. TED MILLS AND HIS INSTALLING BOARD. V. W. BRO. MILLS THEN HAD THE PLEASURE OF INSTALLING HIS SON AND INVESTING THE OFFICERS FOR 1994. ROD’S UNCLE, W. BRO. HUGH MILLS THEN PRESENTED THE W.M. WITH A WATCH FOB, WHICH HAD BELONGED TO HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER.

21st MARCH 1994, MOVED AND SECONDED BY W. BRO.’S JAMES McARHUR AND DAVID PATERSON THAT WE CHANGE OUR REGULAR MEETING NIGHT FROM THE 3RD TO THE 4TH MONDAY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF DECEMBER, EFFECTIVE SEPT. 1994. ACTING D. of C. W. BRO. RAY MELLIKOW INTRODUCED W. BRO. KEITH GREGG AND BRETHREN OF TRAFALGAR LODGE NO. 712 ON THEIR FRATERNAL VISIT. THE TRAFALGAR BRETHREN ASSUMED THE CHAIRS AND INITIATED Mr. LAWRENCE SMITH. THIS WAS THE 20th YEAR OF THESE FRATERNAL VISITS, AND R.W. BRO. HERB SHROEDER, ON BEHALF OF TRAFALGAR LODGE PRESENTED A BEAUTIFUL INLAID WOODEN MOSAIC PAVEMENT. W. BRO. MILLS THANKED THE BRETHREN OF TRAFALGAR AND R. W. BRO.’S SHROEDER AND WRIGHT.

26th SEPTEMBER 1994, STEP-UP NIGHT, R.W. BRO. RALPH HURST ACTING W.M. ACTING D. of C. R. W. BRO. ROY HENDERSON INTRODUCED W. BRO. JOHN McGRATH AND THE DOFASCO DEGREE TEAM, WHO WOULD BE DOING THE WORK OF THE EVENING. R. W. BRO. HENDERSON THEN PRESENTED FOR THE FIRST TIME, R. W. BRO. JAMES McARHUR AS D.D.G.M. FOR HAMILTON MASONIC DISTRICT “B” FOR 1994/5. THE BRETHREN OF THE DOFASCO DEGREE TEAM THEN PROCEEDED TO RAISE BRO. BOB CARLIN TO THE SUBLIME DEGREE OF A MASTER MASON. THE WORK OF THE DOFASCO TEAM WAS WELL RECEIVED AS SHOWN BY A HEARY ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

28th NOVEMBER 1994, 101 PRESENT, BRO. D. of C. INTRODUCED V.W. BRO. HAROLD PROWSE HEADING THE INSTALLING BOARD, HE THEN PRESENTED R.W. BRO. JAMES McARHUR, D.D.G.M. AND OTHER G.L. OFFICERS. R.W . BRO. RALPH HURST WAS THEN INSTALLED AS THE W.M. OF BATTLEFIELD LODGE NO. 714, OF WHICH HE WAS A CHARTER MEMBER IN 1964. V.W. BRO. TED MILLS PRESENTED HIS SON ROD WITH A BAR FOR HIS P.M.’S JEWEL AND COPIES OF HIS YEARS SUMMONSES, COMPLIMENTS OF W. BRO. DAVID TURNER.

25th SEPTEMBER 1995, 28 PRESENT, STEP-UP NIGHT, BRO. BOB WOODARD, S.W. CONDUCTING THE WORK OF THE EVENING. W. BRO. CREE REPORTED MISS SHARLENE NYE WAS NOW WORKING TOWARDS HER MASTER’S DEGREE AND THE S.B.F. WAS STILL ASSISTING HER, ALSO THAT THE B. of R.  WAS AGAIN SELLING THE ENTERTAINMENT BOOK AS A SOURCE OF RAISING MONEY.  ACTING D. of C. W. BRO. ROD MILLS PRESENTED R. W. BRO. PAUL REEVE, D.D.G.M. ON AN UNOFFICIAL VISIT, HE WAS ACCOMPANIED BY V. W. BRO. DAVID PATERSON, GRAND STEWARD. R.W. BRO. JAMES McARTHUR PRESENTED V.W. BRO. PATERSON WITH HIS G.L. REGALIA, AND THANKED HIM FOR HIS SERVICE AS THE DISTRICT SECRETARY. V. W. BRO. BILL COWELL PRESENTED V. W. BRO. PATERSON WITH A G.S.’s LAPEL PIN AND TOKEN GIFTS TO HIM AND R.W. BRO. McARTHUR.

25th MARCH 1996, W. BRO. CREE READ A LETTER OF THANKS FROM THE  “KIDS HELPHONE HOTLINE” FUNDRAISING COMMITTEE AND ALSO INFORMED THE BRETHREN HE HAD TICKETS FOR THE IONIC LODGE’S APPRECIATION NIGHT FOR W. BRO. BILLY STANFIELD.  W. BRO. BOB SHOWKENIK GAVE AN ENLIGHTENING TALK ON THE DUTIES OF THE DEACONS.

22nd APRIL 1996, V. W. BRO. PATERSON REPORTED ON HIS VISIT WITH W. BRO. JACK PENTNEY, 87 YRS. OLD, WHO EXPRESSED HIS THANKS FOR THE 25YR. P.M.’S PIN AND ASKED DAVE TO PASS ON HIS GREETINGS AND CONGRATULATIONS TO W. BRO. MARTY BIRHELMER ON HIS SIMILAR ACHIEVEMENT. DAVE THEN PRESENTED A CHEQUE FOR $500 TO THE LODGE FROM W. BRO. PENTNEY. Mr. ANDY McINTOSH WAS THEN INITIATED AND CONGRATULATED BY THE W.M. AND OUR DDGM, WHO WAS ON A FRATERNAL VISIT. W. BRO. ALEX CREE THEN MADE AN ELOQUENT PRESENTATION OF THE MASONIC ACHIEVEMENTS OF W. BRO. MARTY BIRHELMER AND PRESENTED MARTY WITH HIS 25YR. A P.M.’S PIN. THE W.M., DDGM AND BRETHREN FROM MARTY’S MOTHER LODGE, St. JOHN’S NO. 40 JOINED ALL THE BRETHREN PRESENT IN CONGRATULATING A VERY DESERVING MASON.

27th MAY 1996, W. BRO. CREE REPORTED THAT YOUNG LEUKEMIA VICTIM, ANGIE EDWARDS WAS AGAIN IN REMISSION AND HAD CELEBRATED HER 13th BIRTHDAY AT HOME, THE FIRST TIME IN QUITE A FEW YEARS OUT OF HOSPITAL.  ACTING D. of C. R. W. BRO. ROY HENDERSON THEN INTRODUCED W. BRO. PAT SELNES AND BRETHREN FROM TRAFALGAR LODGE NO. 712 ON THEIR ANNUAL VISIT. THERE BEING NO DEGREE WK R. W. BRO. RALPH HURST GAVE A VERY INTERESTING TALK ON MASONRY IN NEW YORK STATE AND ONTARIO DURING THE WAR OF 1812, AND ADDING HIS FAMOUS BRAND OF HUMOUR.

23rd SEPTEMBER 1996, WORK OF THE EVENING CONDUCTED BY BRO. BOB McKEAG, S.W., THE OTHER OFFICERS ADVANCING ONE CHAIR. W. BRO. CREE REPORTED THAT SHARLENE NYE HAD NOW COMPLETED HER SCHOOLING AND OBTAINED HER MASTER’S DEGREE, THE SUPPORT FUND FOR SHARLENE WAS CLOSED AND THE BALANCE GIVEN TO THE B. of R.  ACTING D. of C. R. W. BRO. ROY HENDERSON INTRODUCED A FINE DELEGATION OF 12 BRETHREN FROM OUR SISTER LODGE DUNKIRK/IRONDIQUOIT NO. 301, NEW YORK STATE, LED BY THEIR W.M., W. BRO. MARK O’DELL. THE TRAVELING GAVEL, WHICH HAD REMAINED WITH BATTLEFIELD LODGE FOR THE LAST 6 or 7 YEARS, WAS PRESENTED TO W. BRO, O’DELL WITH THE HOPE OF IT BEING EXCHANGED MANY MORE TIMES.

25th NOVEMBER 1996, ACTING D. of C., W. BRO. BOB McKEAG INTRODUCED R.W. BRO. ROY HENDERSON HEADING AN IMPRESSIVE INSTALLING BOARD CONSISTING OF AREA P.M’S, HE THEN PRESENTED R.W. BRO. DON WILSON ACCOMPANIED BY OTHER G.L. OFFICERS.  BRO. BOB McKEAG WAS PRESENTED WITH HIS MASTER’S APRON BY HIS FATHER, BRO. R. G. McKEAG PRIOR TO THE INSTALLATION AND INVESTITURE OF THE OFFICERS FOR THE ENSUING YEAR. THE BRETHREN SHOWED THEIR APPRECIATION FOR AN IMPRESSIVE INSTALLATION CEREMONY. R. W. BRO. JAMES McARTHUR PRESENTED W. BRO. BOB WOODARD WITH HIS P.M.’S JEWEL, WHICH HAD FORMERLY BELONGED TO W. BRO. NORM BUIST.

7th NOVEMBER 1997, THE PASSING OF OUR HIGHLY ESTEEMED BROTHER, EVERETT GRAHAM, HOLDER OF THE WILLIAM MERCER WILSON MEDAL, WAS RECEIVED WITH GREAT SADNESS. ACTING D. of C., BRO. STEWART ALEXANDER, MASTER-ELECT, INTRODUCED W. BRO. BILLY WRIGHT, HIS INSTALLING MASTER, AND THE INSTALLING BOARD. HE THEN PRESENTED R.W. BRO. BEV ALEXANDER, D.D.G.M. OF HAMILTON DISTRICT “B”, ACCOMPANIED BY MANY G.L. OFFICERS. W. BRO. WRIGHT ASSUMED THE CHAIR AND CONDUCTED THE INSTALLATION AND INVESTITURE OF THE OFFICERS FOR 1998.  R.W. BRO. ROY HENDERSON PRESENTED W. BRO. WILLIAM R. McKEAG WITH HIS PAST MASTER’S JEWEL, CERTIFICATE AND A BOUND COPY OF HIS YEARS SUMMONSES, COURTESY OF W. BRO. DAVID TURNER.

25th FEBRUARY 1998, 75 PRESENT, D.D.G.M.’S  VISIT, W. BRO. ALEX CREE REPORTED ON THE KID’S HOTLINE BOWL-A-THON, A TOTAL OF $23,000 RAISED, $2,647 BY THE BRETHREN OF BATTLEFIELD, IONIC AND WARDROPE LODGES, ALSO A LETTER OF THANKS FROM THE ROSCOVITCH FAMILY, REPORT OF THE B.L.S.B.F. AND THE BOARD of RELIEF ANNUAL B.B.Q.. W. BRO. ROD MILLS, D. of C. INTRODUCED W. BRO. IAN PIRIE, HEADING A DELEGATION OF OFFICERS AND BRETHREN FROM COMPOSITE LODGE NO.667 AS THE ACCOMPANYING LODGE. D. of C. THEN PRESENTED R.W. BRO. BEV ALEXANDER, D.D.G.M. OF HAMILTON DISTRICT ‘A’ ON HIS OFFICIAL VISIT, ACCOMPANIED BY GRAND LODGE OFFICERS. BRO. JAMES MATCHETT WAS PRESENTED WITH A SILVER JUBILEE PIN IN RECOGNITION OF HIS ACHIEVING 50 YRS, A MASON, PRESENTED BY HIS FRIEND AND BROTHER JACK CRANE. LODGE WAS CALLED OFF TO PERMIT MRS. MARGUERITTE GRAHAM AND MRS. KAREN MINAJI, WIDOW AND DAUGHTER OF BRO. EVERETT GRAHAM TO PRESENT A PLAQUE WITH HIS W.M.W. MEDAL, TO EV’S MEMORY.

27th APRIL 1998, THE D.of C. INTRODUCED W. BRO. WAYNE SMITH I.P.M.  AND A LARGE DELEGATION OF TRAFALGAR LODGE NO.712 ON THEIR 25TH ANNUAL VISIT TO BATTLEFIELD LODGE. W. BRO. SMITH AND HIS BRETHREN THEN PERFORMED THE WK OF THE EVENING, THE INITIATION OF MR. STEVEN DALL, THE OBLIGATION GIVEN BY W. BRO. STEWART ALEXANDER.  V. W. BRO. BILLY STANFIELD INFORMED THE BRETHREN THAT W. BRO. ALEX CREE HAD BEEN APPOINTED GRAND STEWARD OF THE GRAND CHAPTER OF R.A.M. OF CANADA, IN THE PROVINCE OF ONTARIO.

22nd FEBRUARY 1999, 69 PRESENT, D.D.G.M.’S VISIT, W. BRO. ALEX CREE REPORTED, THE KID’S HELP HOTLINE BOWL-A-THON HAD RAISED OVER $24,000, $4,648 FROM THE BATTLEFIELD, IONIC, WARDROPE AND ST. ANDREW’S LODGES.  W. BRO BOB McKEAG HAD TO GO FOR A 2nd HIP REPLACEMENT AND R/ W. BRO. RALPH HURST WAS NOT DOING VERY WELL.  W. BRO. ALF ARSENAULT, W.M. OF UNION LODGE NO. 7, THE ACCOMPANYING LODGE TO THE D.D.G.M., AND A DELEGATION OF HIS OFFICERS AND BRETHREN WERE INTRODUCED.  R. W. BRO. ED STANDISH, D.D.G.M. DISTRICT “B” WAS PRESENTED ON HIS OFFICIAL VISIT, ACCOMPANIED BY R. W. BRO. ED RAMSBOTTOM, D.D.G.M. DISTRICT “A”. BRO’S STEVEN DALL AND ALAN CAMPBELL PROVED THEMSELVES IN THE 3rd DEGREE AND WERE CONGRATULATED BY THE W.M. AND THE D.D.G.M., THEN PRESENTED WITH THEIR MASONIC BIBLES BY OUR CHAPLAIN, W. BRO. DAVE LYELL. BRO. BILL KIRK WAS PRESENTED WITH HIS 25 YRS. A MASON PIN AFTER WHICH W. BRO. BOB SHOWKENIK GAVE A PRESENTATION ON MASONRY, KNIGHT’S TEMPLAR AND THE ROSSLYN CASTLE IN SCOTLAND.

22nd NOVEMBER 1999, ACTING D. of C., BRO. BOB McKEAG SR., INTRODUCED HIS SON AND INSTALLING MASTER, W. BRO. BOB McKEAG JR. AND HIS INSTALLING BOARD. THE LODGE WAS CALLED OFF TO PERMIT THE MASTER/ ELECT’S WIFE, DAUGHTER AND TWO GRANDCHILDREN TO PRESENT HIM WITH HIS OWN GAVEL W. BRO. McKEAG THEN PROCEEDED WITH THE CEREMONY OF INSTALLATION AND INVESTITURE OF THE W.M. AND OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 2000. V.W. BRO. DAVID PATERSON PRESENTED W. BRO. BILL IMRIE WITH HIS PAST MASTER’S JEWEL AND CERTIFICATE.  W. BRO. ALEX CREE THANKED THE BRETHREN FOR THEIR GENEROUS DONATION TO THE TRUST FUND SET UP FOR HIS GRANDCHILDREN AFTER THE MURDER OF THEIR MOTHER BY THEIR FATHER.

27th MARCH 2000, BRO. S.W.  REPORTED THE PASSING OF BRO. MAURICE KIPP. D. of C. W BRO. ROD MILLS INTRODUCED W. BRO. PHIL SKIVINGTON. W.M. OF TRAFALGAR LODGE NO. 712 HEADING A LARGE DELEGATION OF HIS OFFICERS AND BRETHREN ON THEIR ANNUAL FRATERNAL VISIT TO BATTLEFIELD LODGE. THE VISITING BRETHREN THE PERFORMED THE WK OF THE EVENING, THE INITIATION OF MR. STEWART CAMERON, THE OBLIGATION GIVEN BY W. BRO. BOB McKEAG. THE CANDIDATE’S GRANDFATHER, BRO. JOHN CAMERON WAS INVITED TO CONGRATULATE HIS GRANDSON AND NOW BROTHER.  W. BRO. McKEAG THANKED TRAFALGAR LODGE FOR THEIR DONATION TO THE TRUST FUND ON BEHALF OF W. BRO. ALEX CREE WHO WAS ABSENT DUE TO COMMITMENTS WITH HIS GRANDSONS.

26th FEBRUARY 2001, R. W. BRO. ROY HENDERSON WAS PRESENTED WITH HIS 25 YRS. PAST MASTER’S PIN AND WARMLY APPLAUDED BY ALL BRETHREN PRESENT.

28th MAY 2001, IT WAS A GREAT PLEASURE TO HAVE R. W. BRO. BOB KERR WITH US AGAIN ON AN UNOFFICIAL VISIT. W. BRO. RAY CROFT AS AGAIN WELCOMED AND THIS TIME THE LODGE WAS INFORMED THAT HE HAD BEEN APPROVED FOR APPOINTMENT AS GRAND STANDARD BEARER OF THE GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND, TO BE INVESTED IN SEPTEMBER, MOST SINCERE CONGRATULATIONS WERE EXTENDED. THERE WAS NO DEGREE WORK, BUT THE MEETING WAS VERY IMPORTANT AS W. BRO. STEWART ALEXANDER ASSUMED THE CHAIR AND CONDUCTED AN OPEN FORUM FOR DISCUSSION AND SUGGESTIONS TO IMPROVE THE SERIOUS PROBLEMS OF POOR ATTENDANCE AND APPARENT LACK OF INTEREST IN THE LODGE.

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