ANNUAL MEETING of PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE

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1 PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE of ANCIENT, FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS of OXFORDSHIRE ANNUAL MEETING of PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE By command of RIGHT WORSHIPFUL BROTHER JAMES ROBERT GUY HILDITCH PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER VERY WORSHIPFUL BROTHER NEAL CLIVE SPENCER DEPUTY PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER WORSHIPFUL BROTHER ALAN PETER KNOWLES ASSISTANT PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER to be held at THE QUADRANGLE SUITE THE KASSAM STADIUM GRENOBLE ROAD OXFORD, OX4 4XP WEDNESDAY 7th OCTOBER 2015 at am

2 The past year has been exciting and rewarding. Among the highlights, we have launched a number of initiatives, that I am sure are helping to bring new life to the Province and to Freemasonry in Oxfordshire in general. I look forward to welcoming you all warmly to your Provincial meeting and joining you over lunch to celebrate your appointments and promotions, as well as the events of the year and to look to the future with renewed enthusiasm and vigour. James Hilditch Provincial Grand Master

3 Dear Sir and Brother, I am required to summon you to attend the Annual Meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge, which this year will be held in: The Quadrangle Suite within the The Kassam Stadium, Grenoble Road, Oxford, OX4 4XP on Wednesday the 7th of October 2015, for the purpose of transacting the business of the Province as set forth in the Agenda Paper. The Provincial Grand Lodge will be opened at 11 am punctually. By permission of the Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master, all Master Masons are invited to be present (though they cannot vote in the proceedings of Provincial Grand Lodge), and having signed the appropriate attendance paper, are requested to take their seats before am. Brethren being invested have reserved seats and are requested to take their places by 10.30am to receive instructions from the Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies. Provincial Grand Officers of the year are solely responsible for the safe return of their Provincial Jewel to the Provincial Grand Secretary, The Shambles, Church Street, Twyford, Near Buckingham MK18 4EU, by Monday the 14 th of September The Meeting will be followed by lunch at 1.30pm. Brethren wishing to attend the lunch must return the accompanying form, together with their dining fee, of (cheques payable to Provincial Grand Lodge of Oxfordshire) to: Bernd Wegerhoff, Provincial Assistant Grand Secretary, 48 Neithrop Avenue, Banbury, Oxon. OX16 2NG to reach him, at the latest, by Saturday the 19th of September. Regrettably bookings cannot be accepted by any other means. There is parking for some 2000 cars, including designated disabled parking at the venue. I am, dear Sir and Brother. Yours sincerely and fraternally. Ivor R. Hawkins PAGDC Provincial Grand Secretary. DARK MORNING DRESS or UNIFORM FULL DRESS MASONIC CLOTHING, WHITE GLOVES The attendance register will be compiled from admission papers available for signature at the meeting.

4 AGENDA 1. The Provincial Grand Lodge will be opened. 2. The Provincial Grand Master will be saluted 3. The Grand Officers will be saluted. 4. The Minutes of the Annual Provincial Grand Lodge Meeting of Wednesday the 1 st of October 2014 will be put for confimation. 5. The Obituary Roll will be read. 6. The Roll of Lodges in the Province will be read. 7. The Roll of Provincial Grand Officers will be called 8. The Provincial Grand Secretary will make his report. 9. The Provincial Grand Treasurer will present the accounts for 2014/ The Provincial Grand Treasurer will be elected: W.Bro. G. Singh (Cadogan Lodge No 8965) has been nominated for election. 11. The Provincial Grand Almoner will present his report. 12. The Provincial Grand Charity Steward will will present his report. 13. To authorise the Provincial Grand Master to nominate Brethren to fill vacancies on the Committees of the Masonic Institutions, Committees of Grand Lodge and the Committee of the Grand Charity as and when they occur. 14. To elect three Brethren to audit the accounts of Provincial Grand Lodge. 15. The Provincial Grand Officers will be appointed and invested. 16. The Provincial Grand Master will address Provincial Grand Lodge. 17. To collect Alms. 18. Any other business deemed necessary will be brought forward. 19. The Provincial Grand Lodge will be closed. Members of the Clavis Lodge No 8585 will ring a peal to Provincial Grand Lodge.

5 PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF OXFORDSHIRE Abstract of Minutes of Meeting held 1 st October 2014 A meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Oxfordshire was held at the Kassam Stadium on Wednesday the 1st of October 2014 at 4.30 p.m. There were present: RW.Bro. James Robert Guy Hilditch, Provincial Grand Master, W.Bro. Neal Clive Spencer, Deputy Provincial Grand Master, W.Bro. Alan Peter Knowles, Assistant Provincial Grand Master, 21 active Provincial Grand Officers of the year, together with 10 Right Worshipful and 8 Very Worshipful Brethren, 43 Grand Officers and Distinguished Guests and 157 Past Provincial Grand Officers, Reigning Masters, Past Masters, Brethren and Guests, giving a total of 242. Apologies were received from 68 Brethren. The Provincial Grand Lodge was opened in due form and with solemn prayer. The RW. Provincial Grand Master was saluted with seven; the Deputy Provincial Grand Master and the Assistant Provincial Grand Master were each saluted according to their rank with five. The distinguished guests were introduced by the RW. Provincial Grand Master and warmly welcomed by the Brethren. The Brethren were called to order and The Right Worshipful Brethren were saluted with seven; the Very Worshipful Brethren with five and the other Grand Officers present were saluted in turn according to their rank. RW.Bro. Russell Race, Metropolitan Grand Master, V.W.Bro. Rodney Staines PDPrGM, PGSwdB and W.Bro. Phillip Purves. PDepGDC, thanked the Brethren and greeted them well. The RW. Provincial Grand Master called upon the Provincial Grand Secretary for the Minutes of the Annual Provincial Grand Lodge of 2 nd October The PrGSec replied that those minutes had been circulated to every member of the Province in the order paper for the meeting and were in the Provincial yearbook published that day. W.Bro. Stephen Quant, Provincial Senior Grand Warden, proposed that, as those minutes had been so circulated and published, they be adopted, which W.Bro. Graham Turner, Provincial Junior Grand Warden, seconded. The Brethren approved their adoption. The RW. Provincial Grand Master called upon the Provincial Grand Secretary, to read the year s Obituary Roll. Following which, the Brethren were called to order by W.Bro Alan Baverstock, Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies, whilst the Provincial Grand Chaplain, W.Bro. Phillip Purves delivered the solemn prayer. The RW. Provincial Grand Master called upon the Provincial Grand Registrar, W.Bro. Thomas J. Byrne to call the Roll of Lodges in the Province following which, he reported that all Lodges were well represented. The RW. Provincial Grand Master again called upon the Provincial Grand Registrar to call the Roll of Provincial Grand Officers for the year all of whom were accounted for, an apology having been received from W.Bro. Adrian Barlow, Provincial Grand Sword Bearer. The RW. Provincial Grand Master called upon the Provincial Grand Secretary for his report. W.Bro. Anthony R. Taylor stated his report had been circulated to every member of the Province in the order paper for the meeting and was published in the Provincial yearbook. The RW. Provincial Grand Master called upon the Provincial Grand Treasurer to present his Accounts for 2013/2014. W.Bro. Norman Sawyer, stated that his report had been circulated to every member of the Province in the order paper for the meeting and was published in the Provincial yearbook. The Provincial Senior Grand Warden stated that as those accounts had been so circulated and published, he proposed their adoption. The Provincial Junior Grand Warden seconded that proposal, which was approved by the Brethren and a vote of thanks was tendered to the Provincial Grand Treasurer. The RW. Provincial Grand Master again called upon the Provincial Grand Treasurer, who in accordance with By- Law 8 of the Province of Oxfordshire By-Laws, announced that the subscription for the year 2015 (payable in arrears on 31st December, 2015) shall remain at The RW. Provincial Grand Master reported that as only one nomination had been received; W.Bro. Norman C. Sawyer, PAGDC, was therefore elected Provincial Grand Treasurer for the ensuing year.

6 The RW. Provincial Grand Master called upon W.Bro. Alan Peates, the Provincial Grand Almoner, to present his report. W.Bro. Alan Peates stated that the Almoner s report had been circulated to every member of the Province in the order paper for the meeting and was published in the Provincial yearbook. The RW. Provincial Grand Master called upon W.Bro. Roger Hampshire, the Provincial Grand Charity Steward, to present his report. W.Bro. Roger Hampshire stated that it too had been circulated to every member of the Province in the order paper for the meeting and was published in the Provincial Year Book. The Provincial Senior Grand Warden proposed that the R.W. Provincial Grand Master be authorised to nominate Brethren to fill vacancies on the Committees of the Masonic Institutions, Committees of Grand Lodge and the Committee of the Grand Charity, as and when they occur. The Provincial Junior Grand Warden seconded the proposal and it was approved by the Brethren. The RW. Provincial Grand Master called upon the Provincial Senior Grand Warden, who proposed that, W. Bro. Jonathan M. Russell PPrAGDC, Bro. Edward P. Parker and Bro. Keith R. Smith be elected to examine the accounts for Provincial Grand Lodge. This was seconded by the Provincial Junior Grand Warden and approved by the Brethren. The RW. Provincial Grand Master then called upon the Provincial Grand Secretary to read the Patent for W.Bro Neal Clive Spencer as Deputy Provincial Grand Master, as time constraints at the September Installation Meeting had prohibited the reading. The Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies presented the Deputy Provincial Grand Master to receive the Patent. The Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies escorted the Past Deputy Provincial Grand Master, W.Bro Mark Kenneth Harwood to the RW. Provincial Grand Master, who presented him with his collarette and thanked him for his work as Past Deputy Provincial Grand Master in Charge. The RW. Provincial Grand Master then called upon the Provincial Grand Secretary to read the Patent for W.Bro Alan Peter Knowles as Assistant Provincial Grand Master. The Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies presented the Assistant Provincial Grand Master to receive the Patent. The Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies escorted the Past Assistant Provincial Grand Master, W.Bro David James Laidlaw to the RW. Provincial Grand Master, who presented him with his collarette and thanked him for his work as Past Assistant Provincial Grand Master. The RW. Provincial Grand Master then appointed as his Senior and Junior Wardens W.Bro. Michael F. Hollis and W.Bro. David J. Carpenter respectively, they were afterwards escorted to their chairs by the Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies. The RW. Provincial Grand Master then appointed or reappointed, as applicable, his Provincial Grand Officers for the year. Brethren who were to receive Promotions In Past Rank (including under Rule 69a), First Appointments to Past Rank, all as in the order paper for the day and in the Provincial yearbook, were presented to the Provincial Grand Master. The RW. Provincial Grand Master then addressed the Brethren. A full copy of his Address is attached and will be published in the 2015/2016 Provincial Year Book. The Brethren responded with spontaneous applause in support and appreciation for the RW. Provincial Grand Master. Alms were collected and totalled 1, There was an additional alms collection made at the Provincial Grand Master s Installation, the total collected between the two meetings amounting to 2, There being no further Masonic business, the Lodge was closed in due form with solemn prayer. Members of the Clavis Lodge No rang a peal to the Province on hand bells. The Provincial Director of Ceremonies then called the Brethren to order for the National Anthem before the retiring procession was formed and paraded from the Hall. At the subsequent dinner in the Quadrangle Suite, 177 Brethren dined. W.Bro. Ivor R. Hawkins, Provincial Grand Secretary. October 2014

7 CRAFT MEMBERSHIP OBITUARY LIST YEAR TO 2 nd AUGUST 2015 Maurice R. Lawrence Anthony C. Puddifoot Edward Longthorp Norman Miles Owen W. Gardiner Robert Arthur Kirby Albert William Hollis William Owen Brooks Vernon Leonard Phillips John Peter Adams Anthony Francis Willis Roy Patrick Larkin Alan James Cambrey Patrick James Joseph Borthwick Robin George Woolgrove Barry Watson Malcolm Pearson Brothers Philip John Rothera Donald Hughes Charles Francis Lepper Alastair Hart Lyle John Stewart Greenall William George Springall John William Slight Robert George Sidney Hardy John Frank Annear Donald Kenneth Henry Parsons Michael Charles Gathercole John Keith Bunn Godwin Sunday Chibuogwu Okoye John Andrew Hall Robert John Rice Michael David Murphy William Angus Beveridge Graham Martin Jones L8828 L1572 L8828 L1763 L1763 L7240 L9162 L340 L6535, L9738 L599, L7770 L4242 L1763 L1515 L478 L1036 L6691 L2414 L8585 L7302 L357, L478 L7302 L5723, L7770 L6345, L8904, L9162 L8904 L1515 L5162 L357, L478 L8585 L8292, L8316, L8926, L9162 L5723 L478 L1399, L8828 L5723, L9738 L1703, L8501 L7770, L8292

8 Provincial Grand Lodge of Oxfordshire General Account Income & Expenditure Account for the year ended 30th June Income Lodge Dues (excluding Year Book Dues) 23, , Fees of Honour Income from Year Book 4, , Ties Dispensations Interest , , Expenditure Cost of Year Book 4, , Light Blues meetings Alfred Lodge Bi-Centenary meeting Cost of Meetings Provision for Installation 12, , Less Receipts 5, , PGL-Meeting cost 13, , Less Receipts 4, , , , Chapter Contribution to meetings (5,366.47) - 1, Administration Expenses Printing and Postage etc 4, , UGLE Subscription & Regalia (56.86) 2, Oxford Centre/Library Web Site R's Expenditure 2, Sundry Expenses , , Surplus for the year 5, ,788.21

9 Provincial Grand Lodge of Oxfordshire General Account Balance Sheet as at 30th June 2015 Assets Cash at Bank Current Account 7, , Savings account 54, , , , Sundry Debtors , , , , Less:Sundry Creditors 7, , , , Represented By General Fund Balance - 1st July , , Surplus/(Deficit) for the Year 5, , , , N.C.Sawyer, Provincial Grand Treasurer 19th July 2015 We have examined the various books and records of Provincial Grand Lodge and The Oxfordshire Masonic Charity and certify the accounts to be in accordance therewith. Auditors:, J M Russell PPr AGDC; E P Parker MM; K R Smith P PrG Stwd:

10 The Oxfordshire Masonic Charity Statement of Financial Activities for the Year ended 30th June Income Resources Transfer from PGL re Panto 9,440 Donations Contributions from Lodges 2, ,221 Estate Bequests 20, , festival launch Festival Donations 3, ,969 Sale of teddy bears and donations PGLF Fund - transfer from TLC Fund 533 Rent 9, ,900 Bank Interest ,014 Panto game 11, ,044 Donations to panto costs 5, ,532 Brewin Dividends 26, ,790 Brewin Dolphin Interest Total Income Resources 79,786 67,459 Resources Expended Administration Property Expenses 11,050 12,138 Direct Charitable Expenditure Grants Alzheymers Society 100 Bampton School 500 Banbury Family 500 Banbury Young Homeless 100 Bardwell FC 100 Blind Veterans 250 Blind Veterns 1,000 Child Bereavement 100 Chiltern Air 100 Clearsky Childrens Foundation 250 Clic Sargent 100 Daybreak Dementia 250 Donation Alex lewis 500 Downs Syndrome 100 Dyslexia UK 100 Flexicare 100 Foreign Family 200 Grand Charity RA2013 (Surgeons) 1,000 Friends of Amy 250 Great Ormond Street Hospital 100 Hedway Thames V 250 Helen and Douglas house Imps 1,000 Katherine House 200 Kathrine House Hospice 100 Leauge of Friends 200 Lifelites MacIntyre Care 1,000 Masonic Fishing Charity 1,000 2,000 McMillan Cancer Support 100 Motor Neurone Disease 250 Mrs Jarman 500 Multiple sclerosis society 100 Myeloma 250

11 Naomi House 100 Oxfor Brookes Univ 4,000 Oxford Children's Hospital 100 Oxford West Food bbank 300 Pathway 1,000 Polycystic Kidney Disease 250 Prostate Cancer 100 Prov Charity Donations 5,000 3,000 Rosy 750 Scouting 5,000 Seesaw 100 1,000 Sobel House 1,000 Special Effects 100 SSNAP 200 Sue Ryder Home 100 Thames Valley Air Ambulance 100 The Brodey Centre 100 The Maggie Harvey Trust 100 The Rifles Regiment Trust 5,000 Transfer to PGL Fund 533 Univ of Oxford Development Trust 5,000 4,000 Weyland Lodge re W.Brov Peter Duff 500 Witney Hospotal 100 Witney Talking Newspapers 100 Woodstock Youth Club Building Fund ,000 23,033 Sundry Expenses Widows Lunches 2,399 3,123 TLC Fund - Purchase of teddy bears 1,083 1,443 Panto Winners 7,850 6,000 Circus Costs 122 Panto 4,995 2,645 Other Panto Costs 1,533 1,122 Charity Gala Professional Fees Portfolio Management Fee 6,180 8,099 Total Resources Expended 65,520 58,458 Surplus/ Defecit on Revaluation of Investment Assets (3,847) - 40,297 Net Incoming (Outgoing)Resources 18,112 49,298 Fund Balances brought forward 1st July ,362,373 1,313,075 Fund Balances carried forward 30th June ,380, ,362,373

12 The Oxfordshire Masonic Charity Balance Sheet as at 30th June Fixed Assets Freehold Property - at Valuation 300, ,000 Current Assets Debtors 2,553 10,791 Investments - Brewin Dolphin - At Market Value 848, ,519 Cash at Bank and on Deposit 257, ,156 1,108,070 1,077,466 Liabilities Amounts falling due within one year 28, ,093 28, ,093 Net Current Assets 1,079,855 1,362,373 Net Assets 1,380,485 1,662,373 Funds Unrestricted Provincial Grand Lodge Fund 1,364,686 1,346,155 Panto Fund 15,509 13, Festival 290 2,969 1,380,485 1,362,373 Note: The accounts published here are an extract from the full accounts as prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Statement of Recommended Practice Accounting and Reporting by Charities' issued in March 2005

13 PROVINCIAL OFFICERS PrSGW Michael J.P. Hardy L8943 PrJGW Andrew J. Pickwick L8690, L9738 PrGChap Phillip J. Purves L340, L7770, L8316 PrGTreas Gurminder Singh L8965 PrGReg Thomas J. Byrne L9509 PrGSec Ivor R. Hawkins L8943, L7770, L8316 PrGDC Alan J. Baverstock L9738, L7770, L8316 PrGSwdB Steven Earl L3015 PrGSuptWks Stephen J. Bowles L8850 PrDGDC Paul G. Buck L6691, L7770 PrGAlm Allan S. Peates L2414 PrGChStwd Roger D. Hampshire L8501 PrGMentor Keith F. Harvey L6691, L7770 PrGOrator Stephen P. Quant L1895, L9660 PrSGD Bryndley F. Walker L8828 PrSGD Edward F. Peirce L8926 PrJGD Henry W. Franklin L8690 PrJGD Michael A. Treffler L9738 PrAGSec Bernd Wegerhoff L8690, L7302, L8316 PrAGDC Michael J. Murphy L1703, L9738 PrAGDC Roy G. Timms L7701 PrGOrg Peter D. Smith L1515, L7770 PrGStB David A. Dillon L3961 PrGStB Martin Rowe L9697, L7770 PrGPurs Timothy D. Robbins L357 PrGStwd Andrew K. O Sullivan L3831 PrGStwd Paul W. Stuart L3961 PrGStwd Andrew J. Trueman L9359, L7770 PrGStwd Garry J. Heath L9660, L7770 PrGTyler Allan R. Jenkins L2414

14 PROMOTIONS IN PAST RANK PPrSGW Brian D. Fairweather L6651, L7770 PPrSGW Arthur J.R. Hemsley L8943 PPrJGW Simon J. Borwick L357, L6290 PPrJGW James W. Flinn L3015 PPrJGW John R. Gorton L7240 PPrJGW Anthony Herbert L8850 PPrJGW Thomas A.C. Heritage L7725 PPrJGW Stewart A. Maxwell L599, L7770 PPrJGW Edward J. Pascoe L7701 PPrJGW Arthur T. Smith L9607 PPrGReg Kenneth A.E. Chapell L5723 PPrGReg John K. Day L1515 PPrGReg Graham P. Ellis L8696, L7770 PPrGReg Michael Freeman L5723 PPrGReg Peter A. Richards L9233 PPrGSwdB Michael D. Allsworth L8926 PPrGSwdB Nigel M. Berman L357 PPrGSwdB Andrew M. Keech L8585 PPrGSwdB Thomas M. Percey L1515 PPrGSwdB John W. Stanley L7240 PPrGSwdB David Thomson L6290 PPrGSuptWks Mervyn Knight L6691 PPrGSuptWks Michael C. Pacey L1703 PPrGSuptWks Michael A. Smail L8690 PPrGSuptWks Martin K. Walsh L8316 PPrGSuptWks David A. Wallis L9509 PPrSGD Matthew W.M. Delnevo L9359 PPrSGD Graham M. Jones L8292, L7770 PPrSGD Kevin M. Tomes L9233 PPrSGD Robert Townley L6535 PPrSGD Marshall E. Wilson L6290 PPrJGD Jonathan M. Russell L7240 PPrAGDC Richard S.R. Kell L6691

15 FIRST APPOINTMENTS TO PAST RANK PPrGSwdB Malcolm J. Earl L3015 PPrSGD Francis M. Barrington-Ward L478 PPrSGD Christopher K. Cooper L8585 PPrSGD Daniel W.G. Hayward L357 PPrJGD Keith Dale L7876, L7770 PPrJGD Peter J. Larner L599 PPrJGD Derek M. Wise L9607 PPrAGDC Martin S. Akehurst L8520 PPrAGDC Clifford D. Baker L1763 PPrAGDC Robert C. Bryant L1703, L8926 PPrAGDC Anthony J.E. Everex L2334 PPrAGDC Martin Fricker L2414 PPrAGDC Stephen M. Gatter L4242 PPrAGDC Rory A. Gear L9509 PPrAGDC Terence M. Mack L7701 PPrAGDC Percy F. Strange L1703 PPrAGDC Nicholas W. Sudworth L5723 PPrAGDC Michael A. Shayler L6535 PPrAGDC Melvyn T. Williams L1895 PPrGStB David A. Golby L6507 PPrGStwd Philip F. Harley L478, L7770 PPrGStwd Stephen W. Hignell L7240 PPrGStwd George W. Thomas L9233