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Election of Officers — March, 1921

January 10th, 1922, it was decided to move all Lodge furniture the following day to the new Temple.

January 17th, 1922 was an outstanding day for Acacia Lodge. An Emergent Meeting was held for the purpose of Dedicating the New Temple.

M. W. Bro. J. Murray Lawson, of Yarmouth, was present and conducted the Dedication Service in the usual style, as prescribed by Grand Lodge.

There was a large number of Masons present. Various Lodges were represented, making a total of 188.

• Acacia, No. 39 126
• Charity 11
• Clarke 10
• Hillcrest 4
• Prince of Wales 2
• Zetland 5
• Mechanics 9
• Albert 4
• Taylor 1
• Unity 3
• Ionic & Eastern Star 3
• St. Marks 8
• Burns 2

Election of Officers took place at the March meeting, 1923. The three Principle Officers were: D. A. O’Neil, W.M., J. R. Cook, S.W. and L. L. Manning, J. W.

Installation of the Officers took place on April 10th. R. W. Bro. Reginald Hyson, D.D.G.M. of Charity Lodge, was the Installing Officer.

On June 26th, 1923, Unity Lodge No. 4 of Lunenburg was invited to visit Acacia and confer the Master Mason Degree on Fellow Craft Ernest Barnes.
There were 24 from Unity, 6 from Charity and 42 from Acacia.
C. U. Veinot, P.M. of Unity Lodge presided in the East.

M. W. Bro. D. A. O’Neil has called my attention to what he experienced during the meeting of March 11th, 1924.
Business of the meeting was the Election of Officers and the E. A. Degree on Bro. Arthur Himmelman.
It was nearing midnight, when the above business was finished.
At that time Fellow Craft Robert Bowers (a Master Mariner) who had received his F. C. Degree on January 8th, was reported in waiting and would like to receive his Master Mason’s Degree, as he would be going away for some time and did not know when he would get home again.

Bro. O’Neil says he called for volunteers to stay and confer the Degree. A good number responded and the Degree was conferred and Lodge closed about 2 a.m.

Grand Lodge having been invited to hold their Annual Communication at Bridgewater in the year 1924, opened the Session on Wednesday, June 11th. Our late M. W. Bro. J. H. Winfield presided.

There is no record as to the manner in which Acacia Lodge entertained Grand Lodge, except that a bill for $275.96 for the entertainment was presented and passed at the regular meeting in July.

• 1…Grand Master
• 9…D.D.G.M.
• 1…G. Sr. Warden
• 2…G. Jr. Warden
• 4…Grand Stewards
• 1…Grand Persuviant
• 1…Master of Ceremonies
• 1…Grand Sword Bearer

LIST OF PAST MASTERS

1. Andrew Gow	27. A. W. Olive	53. J. E. Hirtle
2. W.H. Owen	28. R. J. Paton	54. W. W. Graham
3. Peter Fraser	29. H. S. Barnaby	55. E. G. Leaman
4. J. W. Andrews	30. H. M. Clark	56. O. E. Corkum
5. J. S. Calder	31. D. B. Dauphinee	57. G. E. Mitchell
6. J. W. Wade	32. H. Mitchell	58. A. L. Lohnes
7. J. A. Curll	33. Rev. Dr. F. H. Eaton	59. V. L. Saunders
8. W. R. Wentzell	34. A. H. Naugler	60. W. N. Sabin
9. Rev. G. D. Harris	35. D. A. O’Neil	61. L. E. O’Neil
10. Rex S. March	36. J. Reg Cook	62. G. P. Porter
11. J. H. Moser	37. T. J. Dennis	63. W. J. Shaffner
12. J. A. MacLean	38. L. L. Manning	64. C. D. Allen
13. T. B. Simonson	39. H. A. Manning	65. R. N. Stewart
14. W. C. Hunter	40. J. G. A. Brignell	66. E. Fillingham
15. Robert Dawson	41. H. A. Cameron	67. C. M. Rafuse
16. Dr. C. S. Marshall	42. E. D. Killam	68. Roy Hirtle
17. J. Arthur Roberts	43. F. Boehner	69. Ray Veinotte
18. Rev. A. P. Shatford	44. C. W. Greene	70. W. D. Richards
19. L. C. Gelling	45. J. S. Harlow	71. L. C. Mader, PDDGM
20. Dr. F. Ford	46. A. F. Parmenter	72. H. A. MacLeod
21. D. L. Fraser	47. A. C. Barnaby	73. W. A. Hocking
22. N. P. Freeman	48. w. A. Eisenhauer	74. H. H. Whynott
23. W. A. Trethewey	49. T. F. Martin	75. W. N. Hebb
24. R. B. Cushing	50. C. G. Weagle	76. M. C. Pickings
25. R. R. Feindel	51. W. W. Brignell	77. C. E. Johnson
26. P. E. Rafuse	52. O. W. Baker

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