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Lodge
St John Stoneyburn
60
Years of Loyal Freemasonry
In March of 2005
the lodge received a letter from Old Inverness Kilwinning St John No.6,
informing the lodge that one of their Past Masters, Bro Thomas Barr
(83yrs), master mason of St John Stoneyburn 1186, was celebrating his
60th year in freemasonry.
The
brethren of 1186, excited at this prospect, arranged with the RWM of St
John Inverness to be present at a regular meeting on Saturday 15th
October 2005, where RWM Brother Thomas Doherty would present the
Diamond Certificate to Brother Barr.
Please
click to enlarge
Bro Barr Masonic History:-
Brother Thomas Barr, son of the late John Barr PM 1920-21, petition
book 231, applied to join the lodge on the 3rd February 1945. The
enquiry meeting was held after the regular meeting on the same date.
The ballot was found clear in respect of Brother Barr and three other
brethren on the 17th February 1945.
In
those days , Brother Barr was initiated on the same day as his
ballot, which was conducted by RWM Bro William Abbott and his very able
team of office bearers.
Collection for the evening received the sum of 7/2.5 (seven shillings
and two and a half pence).
On
the 3rd March 1945, Bro Barr was passed to the FC degree by his
father, Bro John Barr and his team of office bearers.
Collection for the evening received the sum of 9/9 (nine shillings and
nine pence)
Bother
Barr was raised to a Master Mason on the 2nd May 1945 by RWM Bro
William Abbott. Collection received the sum of 12/10 (twelve shillings
and 10 pence).
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Candidates (including Bro Thomas Barr) were advanced to M M Mason
on the 3rd November 1945 by PM Bro John Barr and his office bearers.
The collection recieved the very fine sum of 21/- (One pound and
one shilling).
Bro
Barr was then elected as Bible Bearer that same year and was installed
into the position on the 29th December 1945.
Brother
Barr continued to serve his mother lodge faithfully for a further
23 years before affliliating to Old Inverness Kilwinning St John No.6 .
What
was 1186's loss was certainly No.6's gain.
Bro
Barr continued where he had left off and actively participated in
the running of Old Inverness. He attained the rank of RWM in 1989, a
post which he held for 2 years.
Bro Barr also attained the rank of Depute Provincial Grand Master of
Inverness-shire.
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Roll
of Past Masters No.6
Past Master Thomas Barr 1989 - 1991 |
A
credit to St John Stoneyburn, Old Inverness Kilwinning St John
and more particularly to Scottish Freemasonry in general
Congratulations
Bro Barr on your Diamond Anniversary.
The Visit:-
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brethren made the visit up to Inverness (13 from St John Stoneyburn, 1
from St James 590 Harthill and 1 from Lodge Lord Bruce 1601).
Please click on the
photos to enlarge
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Raring
to go!
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Anyone
for a wee dram?
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Jimmy
Robertson (Co-Pilot)
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George
Neil & Tommy Duncan
Up for a song?
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Taxi
for Ronnie Gemmill
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TamWhite-
"Who round is it?"
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Too
much for George Neil
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Whos
holding up the traffic?
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After a 5 hr journey (1.5hr stop over in Pitlochry for some much needed
refreshment), we finally arrived at our destination....
The Accomodation:-
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Inverness
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The
Redcliffe Hotel
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Kinkell
Guest House
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11
of the brethren stayed at the Redcliffe Hotel (appx 40mtrs
from the lodge) whilst the remaining 4 brethren stayed at the Kinkell
guest house (owned by the same proprietors)
The Lodge:-
Following
the meeting, the brethren enjoyed an hour or three of lodge hospitality
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George,
Murray, Tam and Jazz with
me (Alan) behind the camera
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Top
table hospitality
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Only
the hardened drinkers remain at the end of the night!!
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Tam
, Junior (590), Alan
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We
are Merry Masons Oh! |
Ian
Redpath
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The following pictures show the "Old" Past Master Jewel design.
Bro Barr wears his fathers past master Jewel on one side with his own
past masters Jewel of No.6 on the other
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Ribbon
detailsof the old 1186 PM jewel
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Jewel
details of the old 1186 PM jewel
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A great weekend was had by all who travelled to Inverness.
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