December 8, 2011

December 8th, 2011 was the annual Installation of the Worshipful Master and the Investiture of the Officers of Trafalgar Lodge A.F. & A.M. No. 712

The evening began with a fine dinner in the banquet room with over 70 brethren in attendance.

Upon resuming business in the Lodge Room, the Director of Ceremonies retired and returned to Present R.W. Bro. Donald A. Campbell, D.G.M and R.W. Bro. Nick W. Ellis, D.D.G.M. Hamilton District "A" accompanied by R.W. Bro. N. Fred Bryant G.J.W. and R.W. Bro. Stephen E. Warren, P.G.J.W. Member of the Board.

W. Bro. Roy Oldfield, W.M. requested W. Bro. Pat Selnes to receive the gavel and proceed with the duties of conducting the ceremony of Instalation of the Worshipful Master.

W. Bro. Pat Selnes assisted by the members of his installing team proceeded with the Installation of W. Bro. Robert Dunne as Worshipful Master and the Investiture of the Officers for the ensuing year.

The ceremony was conducted with the utmost of skill and ability and the Officers and members of this lodge are extremely proud of the time and effort by these worthy brethren.

A job well done.  

December 9, 2010

50 Year A Mason Presentation to V.W. Bro. Shavak R. Madon

On December 9th, 2010, the Lodge was called from labour to refreshment for the purpose of making a presentation.

The Director of Ceremonies retired and on his return escourted V.W. Shavak Madon's wife Freeny and family to the East where they were able to witness the Ceremony of the presentation of a Fifty Year Pin to V.W. Bro. Shavak Madon.

The Ceremony was conducted by W. Bro. Mark Haynes W.M. assisted by V.W. Bro. Madon's sons, Bro. Cyrus Madon, Bro. Dan Madon and other Lodge Members.

R.W. Bro. Joseph Marshall, D.D.G.M. Hamilton District "A" presented V.W. Bro. Madon with a 50 year Pin and Certificate and then also presented the Veteran Jubilee Medal.

V.W. Bro. Shavak Madon was Initiated into Mount Meru Lodge No. 7504 E.C. in Zanzabar on December 17th, 1960. He affiliated with Trafalgar Lodge No. 712 on November 22, 1973, served as Worshipful Master of Trafalgar Lodge 1977, served as Hamilton District "A" Secretary 1979-1980 and was appointed Grand Steward 1980.

Our congratulations are extended to V.W. Bro. Madon for his Masonic dedication.

June 7 2009:

Why should someone apply for an account?

Membership to this site is limited to members of Trafalgar Lodge No. 712 only.  The only advantage of signing up for membership  to the website is so that you can participate in polls, and so that you can post comments on some pages.  If you do not wish to participate in polls, or post any comments - you can enjoy the site without signing up - there are NO RESTRICTED BLOCKED pages for signed up users on this website.   The only reason you would need to sign up is if you wish, as a member of Trafalgar Lodge, to post a comment on page that allows comments, or if you wish to vote on polls.

When you apply for membership, an email is sent to Paraag Suchak (the author of the site), who, if not known to himself, in association with the secretary determine if the person applying is a member of Trafalgar Lodge No. 712.   Once determined, the membership will be approved and the person applying will be able to post comments and participate in polls.

Please allow 2-3 days to allow your membership to be processed.

 

May 18 2009:

Photo album page created and a new album added - displaying photos from the last DDGM visit to Trafalgar Lodge.

 

May 2009:

New website launched

April 2009:

Trafalgar Lodge has started a pilot e-mail summons program.  Contact the secretary, Wayne Smith to get details on how to join in or check your summons.

August 2003:

Updated to reflect changes in meetings for the months of January and June, and changes to the emergent meeting.

December 2002:

The website was updated to show the new slate of officers.  Congratulations to all new officers!

June 27 2001:

A picture and a write-up about the Help-2-Hear Cheque presentation & the evening honoring Jim Stott appeared in today's local newspaper, The Oakville Beaver, on page B3.  The following scan has been extracted for the web.

 

June 2001:

We are now an approved website as per Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario.  We are proudly displaying our approval icon on two pages off the site.  

We are also now officially linked off the District Website on the links page.  You can now get to Trafalgar Lodge's website by clicking links off the Grand Lodge page.

April 2001:

We now have a place where people who visit our site can deposit comments and read comments.  These can be reached by clicking the read / sign guest book buttons from the navigate panel on the left.

March 2001:

The district now has its own website, which can be reached via links from the Grand Lodge page.  We cannot be listed on it at the present time, as we do not have an approval from them on our site.

Later this month, I will add links to known lodges of the district, and to the District web site.

November 2000:

Well, as you may have noticed, the website has had a facelift and some minor improvements.  I finally fixed those darned spelling mistakes that were constantly nagging me.

Also, I have made changes from the preview version of the website, as the Grand Lodge has finally come up with some guidelines and official approval process.  This, as far as I understand, means that we can have an approved website (which gives us a fancy button and a website number) or continue to have this website un-approved website.  The changes I made were to allow us to be an approved website.  There are things that need to happen before we obtain approval - the Master of the lodge has to approve of the site and we need to notify the District Deputy, via his secretary.  If you want to see the guidelines, please surf over to the Grand Lodge Webmaster guidelines.

October 2000:

Alan (Wight) asked me the other day why we did not have the official Lodge logo anywhere on the page.  Alan - I hope you like the logo on the banner now. 

If any of you get fed up of the Magic Flute in the background, let me know and I will put in some code and put up buttons to change the music, and/or stop it.

Colin told me to get rid of the pound signs as a short form of "number". Therefore I replaced all the Trafalgar Lodge #712 with Trafalgar Lodge No.712