Masonic Installation.
b'>:\ .'!rrr .- ♦■ ni 'The ceremony of installing'the officers elect for the ensuing year of the Feilding j Lodge, T5.C., 1940, waa performed* in the 'Lodge room, Feilding, on Thursday evening last. Bros T. King, P.M., Keeling, "P.M.; and Batt, P.M.,' from' the Manawatu 0 Lodge, Palmerston, were the installing t J dffieerßi r assisted by Bro. the Beverend Joshua 'Jones, S.C., Chaplain, and Bro Perkins, Organist. The following are the > names of the officers installed :— Bro -W. G' 'Haybittle, W.M ; Bro Hector Booth, S.W ; Bro A.J 'Dawson, . J.W ; Bro P Bartholomew, Treasurer;. Bro T. W,. K. Poster, Secretary; Bro J..H. Stevens, S.D ; Bro P. Thomson, J.D. On the board of installed masters were BrasT. King, Keeling, Batt, Jones. Bray, Fairfield Thomson, Hankins, Kanne«tad' and Kirton. ' Visiting Brethren :— A. K. Curtis, 463. S.C ; James Kingi 1721, E.C ; H. Hnnkins, R.W.M., ,Manawatu -Killwining, S.C; H. W. HayUitle^lTdl ; S. Abrahams, 1721 ;J. R. Bryant, 17211 E. G. Logan, 1721 ; S. S. Quinn, 1721; Bray, Keefton; E. "W. Perkins, 1721 ; : E. Malcolm, 450, 1.0 ; .Major Liddle, Celtic Lodge. At the conclusion ~of the ceremony the brethren adioumed. -. >' — After-the installation a ball was held in the Town Hall. The music was under the direction of Mr King, of Wanganui, and, as usual, gave - perfect satisfaction. Bro Hector Booth was master of cere- , monies. The caterers, Messrs Summers and Co., were eminently successful in carrying out their part of the proceedings. The hall was beautifully decorated with Masonic emblems, supported by an abundance of ferns. &c, which gave the j room a^pleasantand picturesque appear- ' ance. Dancing commenced at 9.30 pm. fond, continued s until, about 3 a.m. the morning. Upwards of 60 couples were present,^ and the assembly wash, brillianfone. ''-We would give a detailed account of J tlie drosses worn by theindies only we must frankly confess our inability to copewith' ' so'momentous • a task. 1 'Suffice it to say all the ladies looked charming, and their evident enjoyment ■added to their beauty. The decoration ,ofc the, ladieh with the. Masonic ltegalia also had a very pleasing effect.
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Feilding Star, Volume IV, Issue 19, 21 July 1883, Page 3
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