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The Province of Worcestershire welcomed the UK National Heritage Day 2008 by throwing open the doors of many of theMasonic buildings for free access to the general public.

A number of Lodge Rooms were open on the weekend of 20th and 21st September as part of the national scheme. WorcesterMasonic Hall at Rainbow Hill was opened to the public, generating much interest from the local press. Graeme Collins, PressOfficer for the Province, spoke to the Worcester Standard and explained some of the traditions of Freemasonry and informationon how to become a Mason.

Reporters from the Worcester Evening Standard visited Rainbow Hill where the Provincial Grand Master explained "We're not a

secret society, a Freemason will always be happy to declare that he is a Freemason. What people want to know is why there is thisideaofaveilofsecrecy. ButlcancategoricallyaffirmthatifanyonewantstoknowanythingaboutFreemasonry, Iwilltellthem."

Several other Halls within the Province held Open Days, including Stourport, which registered twenty four visitors and Redditchwhich counted in seventy seven visitors, over fifty of whom were not Freemasons. At Kings Heath, the Deputy ProvincialGrand Master escorted those interested around the Temple, where there was a display of regalia, artefacts and an audio visualpresentation. As a result of their Open Day, Malvern Masonic Hall has four potential candidates, one of whom made a 200 mileround trip for the occasion!

TheSecondhalfoftheAppealb-eginswithanewChairman..o-ffi"#-ftW Bro HowardWilsonProv.C.Charity Steward has acceptedtheresponsibili$rcfttffiffifulpkflIL;Appeal, as W.Bro Derek Taylor has unforfunately found it necessary tr. {qlffiffinffiunexpected increase in his business commitments: The Appeat currently standS,at ffius-f,sffi;'c&.4a.:;tsirh;1!bpfiwious,4adnew,Chilqiian#orifi,tike.io say "Wellbor,"" to'ddf,i;,,8j#m{e'effiilto make their mark on the Appeal's target of f lm (plus GiftAid). However, with 3)"moLtfrr%E*Hffias aProvince are a little behind target. If we can aim to raise f20k per month for'the rermaiffi of thg"Appqali.tha,t,?*qunl:divi&d eW{}yrbs v.geo.the,:mmber,of lodges in the Province (and\Sg,'a j}ffi

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month for the next 32 months. The good news is that the Proviicial Grand Master is not asking eachmember to donate that figure, albeit many are, but to emulate those lodges with an active social uri n nAfaiCiqg,$rsffs s-clredule such as Brandwood Lodfe, ttfiai,:kavC,,,gtre1ay,pontributed f 15k with only 29nrgnrbier+ l{st'to be ignored but indeed thanked 6r theii.qiiifi6,;tali'tfu! oy\el degrees and side ord"rr,pafucnJarlytlheHolyRoyalArchChapterswhohavecontribirt"ageZt unsd.e6rryr6theProvincialLadiesCorinmittee who do such a wonderful job too, we thank them for their f5L far raised! (The rulersare now safe for a month or two).

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Very simply, we in Worcestershire presently have 23 children benefiting from their endeavours. Last year alone, the RMTGBspent in excess of f7m helping a total of 1800 children in distressedcircumstances. The Provincial Grand Master's 20ll$rp5a!,i

i sgiute$r.crp9ial ior the tuture of the childrenwhoqg,liy$ #gso,,irrl'i,tu'Ace 'edity and indeed rhe n rure of tfre\N,,$,$$ 1{Saf; 'ff iiri simp]y take the 23 beneficiaries in l[olqeqie*&rq{pnq; ths pof.frtia cosi ir uppro* f 75k per year. Withthg,wgy,'thatlthe Feqrival,s,y,stem is strucrdred, we probgtily,, woh?Ue4strld, to:'fu,p *, e nNffCe again for anoihei40 years!f$s;,i.s1.nerggt2,:g,:lafc;inalifetime" opportunity-tri rn.ad!tAjft*no",'.';;.-',,:Si,dieir sake!

WBro Howard, who many of you will remember as the Chairman of the very successful Worcestershire Masonic Library &Muszum Appeal which flnished in 2005, will be organising a series of Appeal Workshops. These will take place at variousIocations throughout the Province where you will provided withthe facts and figures ofwhere theAppeal is now and where it needsto be. There will be a question & answer session at each of these Workshops for you to really get to grips with the structure of theAppeal.Anlronecanattendtheworkshops.buttle\{qcte* v/ardens a,,iChori'.',5tet'a"rJ-.-.}e:chlocleeareoafticular.lr-rrior,.lto attend.

There are a number of Lodges who have achieved honorific stahrs and bave either received or wi,ll be receiving "*tifi.ut",

utthe aforementioned Workshop meetings in recognition of their efforts to date. Two lodges have already become'Paffons of thenMrcs'4lodgesMcePatronsandafurtherTwentytwoLodgeshaveachievedSubscr"ibgrstahrs;

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Ric Abbotts has offered to put items on Ebay if people wantto get rid of them and they have a value. He will do all of thework and the proceeds will go straight to App eal2}ll .

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Through various fund rasing activities, the following Lodgeshave made it to the Honours Board.

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Royds 1204Masefl eld 2304Arter 2654Abbot Lichfleld 3308Page 337 8

Avon 3569St Mary's 3 879Bordesley Abb.y 4495Fort Royal 4565Bon Accord 4935Halesowen 5635

tt 5,000Elmley Castle 6247Brandwood 7 679

{10,000Lechmere Volunteer 181 4Moseley 5224Old Bromsgrovian 57 43St John in Bedwardin e 7 458

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WythaII 5665Dofra 5715

Lickey Hills 5947

St Kenelm 6082St Johns 6414WIML 6889Malvern Hills 6896White Ensign 9169Elgar 9254Forge Mill 9658George Taylor 9819

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2 6247 Elmley Castle 1s820 .43 1734.31 17 554.7 4 s6 282.s 1

1J 9254 EIgar 6122.48 1507 .94 7 630.42 24 255. 10

4 7 4s8 St. John in Bedwardine 9369.s0 991.36 10360.96 37 253.23

5 5635 Halesowen 504r.40 663.7 6 57 05 .16 2t 240.07

6 187 4 Lechmere Volunteer 94t4.36 798.7 3 10213.09 43 219.94

7 s224 Moseley 8100 .40 2228.62 103 29 .02 38 213.17

8 493s Bon Accord 5690. 1 0 680 .72 $7A.82 27 2r0.7 4

9 26s4 Arter 5392.s0 780 .79 6173.29 26 207.40

10 6455 Futurity 3 863.00 427 .48 4290.49 20 T93.1 5

11 2034 Masefleld 5424.66 863 .96 6288.62 30 180 .82

t2 5407 Halas Abbey 3222.4r 597 .49 3819.90 18 r79.02

13 577 5 Dofra 4966.11 547 .39 55 13.50 29 17 1.25

t4 566s Wythall 5967.5 s 1248.3 6 7 2t5.9 1 3s 17 0. s0

15 8180 North Worcs 3s6s.00 1s9 .32 3724.32 2t 169.7 6

T6 57 43 Old Bromsgovian 105 57 .01 t999.90 12556.91 64 164.95

t7 2724 St. Lawrence 2625.00 533.75 3158.7s t6 r64.06

18 3 308 Abbot Lichfleld 7 t7 4.43 989 .s2 8163 .95 46 155 .97

T9 5947 Lickey Hills 4733.80 955.88 s689.68 3T rsz.70

20 3s69 Avon 4566.7 5 862.s4 5429.29 30 tsz.23

2l 6082 St. Kenelm 5460.09 1098.00 6558.09 36 ls 1 .67

Contribution by Lodge (per capita)We are now half way through the Appeal and the following lodges have all reached half of the f,300 per person target, great

effort thank you !

Appeal Boxing NightOnce again W.Bro Vic Southan has organised one of his famous Charity Boxing Nights to be held in aid of the 201 I Appealfor the Royal Masonic Trust for Girls and Boys. This will take place from 7.30p.m. on Wednesday 29th October at theKingfisher Counky Club, Kidderminster Road, Wall Heath, DY6 0EN. Opporhrnities are available for advertisers at f50 andfight sponsors at f,20 per fight. Raffie prizes would be greatly appreciated. The evening will comprise a three course dinnerand coffee at 8:00pm with ten bouts of boxing organised by the ABA. Tickets at f30 per head are available from Vic Southanon marvic@sky.com

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2 c7 679 Brandwood 1257 .20 st.66 1 3 09.96 21 s9.87-,J c3643 Campbell 647.00 84.s9 73I.59 t2 53.92

4 c6879 Merston Culy 79s.00 9r.65 886 .65 t6 49.69

5 c493s Wigornta 853.00 L66.88 101g.gg 22 38.77

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7 cs028 Mosaic 948.1 0 73.04 l02L.L4 28 33.86

8 c2034 Masefield t4t9.47 266. 15 168 s.62 43 33.01

9 c238s Godson 5 85.00 133 .39 718.39 18 32.s0

10 c252 Dudley s67 .31 11s .7 6 683 .07 18 3r.s2

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The flrst Ladies' Luncheon held while the Brethren attendedProvinctal Grand Lodge took place on Saturday 28th June atMoseley Masonic Hall, Kings Heath.

A bucks fizz reception greeted the '165 ladies attending,together with an opportunity to meet informally with the guestspeaker, Henry Sandon, star of "The Antiques Roadsho'w",and his wife Barbaru. During lunch, there was a fashion showfrom "Debut", d ladies dress shop in Hagl.y, and the modelsparaded a gre at varteU of outfits, with an opportunity to try onand purchase them afterwards.

Helena Goddard thanked everyone who had supported her,Steve Vaughan, Greta Band, Valerie Edwards and Jan Youngin their efforts, with a special mention of the brethren who hadassisted in helping to make the day a great success and shehoped to see all the Ladies againnext year.

The function raised f2059.08 for Appeal 2011 - added to theproflt achieved from the sale of their eco-friendly bags last

Yaffi, the Ladies are well on their way to reaching a significantamount! They are now busy preparing their next ventures -watch this space ! !

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Old Carolian Lodge No I599, consecrated on l st September1958 and Red Rose Lodge No 7600, consecrated on 5thSeptember 1958, celebrated Golden Jubilee anniversariesrecently. Established only a few days apart in 1958, eachLodge celebrated in style and their members and visitorsenjoyed the very special festive boards commemorating 50years of freemasonry.

Trmfrm*ffiffi ffiffid ffiduffiffittmnOn 30th Octoffir at Halesowen Masonic Rooms there will be asession on running a White Table Evening. This is of interestto all Lodges for it is a relatively painless way of introducingnon-masons to Freemasonry.

On November 3rd at Northfleld Masonic Rooms there will bethe follow-up session to the very successful evening held lastyeff on creating a Lodge Website. Here brethren will be ableto see examples, exchange ideas and views and, it is hopedinvolve themselves in a self-help group which the Training andEducation team plan to establish to carry forward the wholeprogramme of building Lodge Websites.

In December we explore something a little different. OnDecember 4th at The Ramada Hotel, Bewdley which,incidentally, is the newest Masonic venue in the Province,there will be a seminar entitled Learning the futual. It isintended to give those attending useful and effective methodsof committing ritual to memory and is based on well-provenmethods.

Information about all these events is sent to the secretary ofeach Lodge and they have all details, but remember all arewelcome.

ffihrEmtrrsffis ffimyrffiThe 56th AnnualChristmas Fayre,presented by TheLadies'GiftFund, willbe held on Saturday15th November, from10.3Oa.m. until 12noon. This popularevent is to take placeat The ClarendonSuite, StirlingRoad, Edgbaston,Birmingham. Please come and support this enjoyable morningand bring your family and friends with you. There areattractions for all age groups, young and less young! Youcan purchase some cakes, greeting cards, presents, plants andChristmas decorations.You can meet Father Christmas, be entertained with brassband music while having a coffee break and enter the rafflefor Christmas hampers and lots of other brilliant prrzes, so justgenerally enjoy the morning!

Tickets are available from all Lodge Almoners or CharityStewards or you cafipay 50p on the door on the day.

However, unlike Bannockburn, Bro. Bruce's installation wasconducted in 'peace and harmony' by the Presiding Officer,the V.W. Bro. Robert C Vaughan, Depufy PGM, and althoughit was sad to leave these Rooms it was a most enjoyable andhappy occasion, thoroughly enjoyed by the members of theLodge and 33 Visiting Brethren.

For the immediate future the Lodges meetin g at 'The Briars'have found temporary accommodation for the forthcomingseason at the nearby Ramada Hotel. Finally, the eveningalso marked the 66th Installation Meeting attended by theProvince's 'Peripatetic Provinctal Steward', W. Bro. AdrianHarris, during his year in Office. It was certainly a night toremember and a fitting and happy ending to these MasonicRooms.

tmrd Lilmutmrtffiffit ffit Lmdffim ffif ffitGe*rSffiFollowing on from the great success of their last two midweekmeetings, the Lodge of St George continues its lunch timemeetings with the Guest Speaker, Mr Paul Sabap athy CBE,Lord Lieutenant for the West Midlands and Chairman andPro-Chancellor of the University of Central England.

The Lodge is very privileged to hav e affanged this visit andhopes for a good attendance to hear Mr Sab apathy speak. Thedate is Wednesday 18th February 2009 at Moseley MasonicHall, Kings Heath - full details will be published before the.ld of this year.

MT ms#mEc EtrTmtffirH ffiffiThe Provincial Grand Master has approved the formationof a Motoring Club, open to all members of the Province,together with their partners. The pu{pose of the new clubis to hold regular social events and viJits with an interest in"all things motorin1", including motor cycling, os well as

the occasional friendly competitive occasion. The club wasofficially launched with a Barbeque held in August at theChaddesley Corbett Sports Club.

If you are interested in receiving fuither details about the club,contact Bob Knight on 01926 84 2615

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He completed the two lap course in 3hrs 43 minutes. Eddecided to do this run in aid of the 2011 Festival aftermanaging to lose nearly five stone in weight in 2007 , and thengoing on to run the Reading Half Marathon in March of thisyeaLIf you would like to swell the festival coffers, its not tooLate - please either contact Ed on 07979 757074 or for those

of you with access to the internet and a credit card, please

visit wwwjustgiving.com/edbaker6Ol0 and join in - Justgiving deals with all the gift aid reclaiming and significantlyeases the burden on the Provincral office and the RMTGBoffices too! Ed would like to thank all those who have alreadysponsored him and those who are still going to.

The 45th Annual meeting ofthe Worcestershire MasonicGolfing Society was held at

Kings Norton Golf Club onSth July 2008, attended by thePresident of the Society RWBro.JGHGoddardPGMandVice President VW Bro. R CVaughan DPGM and togetherwith 47 Brethren from 30Lodges, competing for theFellows Bowl (Individual event), Weatheroak Bowl, (Pairsevent) and Veterans Cup.

Ed Baker, Secretaryof WorcestershireProvincial Grand Stew-ards' Lodge No 9142,successfully complet-ed his first ever fullMarathon in the lovelycity of Wolverhampton,in the rain!

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The winners of the Weatheroak Bowl were W.Bro. A EPowers and Bro. A L Wynne, Elmley Castle Lodge No. 6241with 64 pts.

The result of the Fellows Bowl was:

- 1st Bro. A T Hill, Halesowen Lodge No. 5635 with 35 pts.

- 2nd W.Bro. J F Icke, Elmley Castle Lodge No. 6247 with34 pts

- 3rd W.Bro. F C Spencer, Red Rose Lodge No 7600 with 33

pts (back 9),

The winner of the Veterans Cup was W.Bro. G I Sykes,

St Thomas Lodge No 7940, with 31 pts. The prizes werepresented after the Festive Board by the Provincial GrandMaster and the Socre[,. raised the sllm of €248 in suppoflof the Worcestershire Masonic Charity Organisation 20lLFestival Appeal.

re# Y*ffirffi ffimru&mmAlan Bearman has recently decided to retire from his positionas Treasurer of The Association of Halesowen MasonicLodges after nearly 30 years of dedicated service in office.He reluctantly came to this decision after sorne months ofindifferent health but still serves on that Committee as a

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' Masonic Hall has surely earned himself a place in the history

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eleven to be taken on a well earned break. The organisationprovides support to children whos lives arc affected as a resultof caring for a dependant family member.

Letter ta the ffi#$tmnTenbury Masonic and Community ChurchService - My wife and I had the pleasureof attending the Tenbury Masonic and Community Churchservice held in St Mary's Church Tenbury Wells on theevening of Thursday 25th September.

This is the second year The Lodge of St Michael No. 1097 has

held the event and it was lovely to see a strong turnout by theLodge members, their families and friends in support of theChurch and its community all of whom were cordially invited.The service was led by Reverend Claire Lording who greeted

everyone with a warrn welcome and community spirit togetherwith the Choir and Organist .

Readings were given by W Bros Lionel Conyers, Alan Daleand John Moore together with an enlightening talk aboutFreemasonry and Spirituality by W Bro Kevin Bryant whichdispelled a lot of myth members of the community may haveheld.

The service was followed by refreshments in the Lodge roomsattended by all.

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The R W Provincial Grand Master Frank Spencer and his wifeAmanda joined members of St Egwins Lodge of Mark andRoyal Ark Mariners, together with masons from across theprovince, at George and Jenny Simpson's home on Sunday20th July for a treasure hunt and cream tea.

The sunshine was tinged just a little by a blustery wind butthis didn't put off the teams who completed in the treasurehunt. The winning team led by Bro Allan Wynne scored amagniflcent 30 points out of a possible 31 and were followedclosely by Bro David Stean's family team with 29 points.

The collection of classic cars on show was worth the visitand for those who booked seats in the vintage Rolls, it was anafternoon to renlember. Best of all was the wonderful f,625raised for the Provincial Grand Masters festival appeal.

Special thanks to George and Jenny Simpson and John and

Carol Icke and to all who supported the event.

ffirmwHremfim$ Wmn#ffiffisAs a patr, they could be called the Mikeand Raz Show. Mike Dancer and BarrieSimpson have completed their first yearresp^ectively as Prbvincial Senior "and

Junior Grand Warden and have becomewell known in the Province for theirobvious enjoyment and enthusiasm forthe jobs

In the flrst year they each attended 50installations,- 25 of ihem together, andto ring the' changes they alternate theaddresles to the w[rdens and the brethren."In fact we had to leam three pieces incase we are called on to do the address tothe installed Master" said Mike, whoseday iob is runnins the lons- establishedfamily clothing ouTfitters in

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support gf my wife Diane and my family.suppofl or my wlle Dlane and mv lamrlv.Afthough we-arerow 'past' wardens, wti have another five years to go. lt's a pleasurebeing entertained by so many lodges-and meeting so many hice peofile.

"One of the hazards, of course, is the tendency to put weisht on. but I think I'vecoped with that. I've learned to differentiate between'puddin[s and sweets!"

one of the lessons Mike has learned is to be at the lodses in olentv of time. "Itavoids stress all round," he said, "and it stood us in good-stead when we turned upat Northfield only to find the meeting was at Kinss HEath!" Banie Simoson echoeilMike's words. '"we had never met btfore we bedame Provincial wardeins but Mikeis a great_bloke and we're having a wonderful time," said Barrie. Like Mike he hasbeenwell supported by his wife Flazel.

He is a past master of the Lodge of Bon Accord. SW of Moselev Lodge and fW ofGeorge Taylor Lodge. Well, he needs to have something to do in his sfare time. Insummer he is a deciicated cricketer. ''i keep wicket anci iri-the iast match'of rhe seasonI had a few teeth knocked out," he said,^"but I'll still be there asain next season!"Barry retired from West Midlands Police in 2000 as Detective-suoerintendent i/cof-murderinvestigations. Now he is a forensic archeologist and is ialled in to helpsolve murders. No=t much change there, then.

His forensic work has taken him all over the UK and also to Iraq for nine months,several missions in the Balkans and once to Ascension Island, wheie, he says, he wadlooking for shipwrecked sailors.

"I found one in Halesowen called Dancer," he added.

Written by W.Bro Peter Rickets, a Member of the Lodge of Hope and Charity No. j77

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