Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge Newsletter. No 16. September 2015.
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Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge Newsletter No 16. SEPTEMBER 1, 2015 United Grand Lodge of Antient & Accepted Free Masons of Victoria Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge is affilated with the the United Grand Lodge of Antient and Accepted Free Masons of Victoria (Freemasons Victoria) The website - www.freemasonsvic.net.au - includes a comprehensive members’ area, and online shop. ‘We have installed in the chair of a great lodge’ ● Most Wor. Bro. Vaughan Werner, Past Grand Master, and newly in- stalled Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge Wor. Bro. Wayne Motton, PGStdB, pictured at the Ivalda Masonic Temple on Saturday, August 22. The Installation and Open Investiture was attended by more than 115 people.
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Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge
NewsletterNo 16. SEPTEMBER 1, 2015
United Grand Lodge of Antient & Accepted Free Masons of Victoria
Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge is affilated with the
the United Grand Lodge of Antient and Accepted
Free Masons of Victoria (Freemasons Victoria)
The website - www.freemasonsvic.net.au - includes
a comprehensive members’ area, and online shop.
‘We have installed in thechair of a great lodge’
●●●●● Most Wor. Bro. Vaughan Werner, Past Grand Master, and newly in-
stalled Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge Wor. Bro. Wayne Motton, PGStdB,
pictured at the Ivalda Masonic Temple on Saturday, August 22. The
Installation and Open Investiture was attended by more than 115
people.
Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge Newsletter: 2
Ivanhoe Grammarians LodgeNo 584
Consecrated: July 2, 1946
Meets First Thursday ofeach month (except January)
at Ivalda Masonic Temple40 Salisbury Ave, Darebin.Temple Phone: 9499 1142
sickness or distress of a Memberof the Lodge or the Widow of alate Member of the Lodge, areasked to inform the Almoner,
WBro Howard Purcell, 9457 2864.
Surgery for John■ VWor. Bro. John Knorr is expectedto undergo heart surgery at the EpworthHospital, Richmond, today (Tues.,Sept. 1).
John has just returned from a familyholiday at Port Douglas where threebirthdays were celebrated: Rosemary;son Jonathan was 52 , and Sophieturned 21.
John expects to be back at Lodge inthe New Year. Best wishes John.
Bon Voyage■ Wor. Bro. Charlie Freedman istravelling overseas, and will be away forthe September and October meetings.■ Bro. Milton Tsaktsiras has just hada quick trip to Las Vegas, Nevada.■ RWor. Bro. Geoffrey Davey will betouring Rome-Turin from October 7-24. Geoffrey plans to be at our October1 meeting at which it is planned thatBro. Lachlan Gould will be raised. Hewill be away for the October 19 ‘Lodgeof Emergency’ at which Bro. AlexGould is to be raised.
Coming Up■ Bro. Stephen Carpenter advisesthat the Ivanhoe Grammar SchoolCentenary Concert will be held at6.15pm for 7pm on Thursday, Septem-ber 17 at Buckley Hall. The RidgewayEnsembles and soloists will feature.■ Lodge members are having a casuallunch from 12.30pm on Friday, Octo-ber 2 (Grand Final Eve public holiday)at the Lower Plenty Hotel. Pay yourown way, choose your meals and drinks,come and go as you please.
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Working bee success
●●●●● Wor. Bro. Graeme Hawke loads a trailer at the Hurstbridge prop-erty of Wor. Bro. Max Fraser, watched by Wor. Bro. Michael Holloway
■ Some 15 Ivanhoe GrammariansLodge members attended a ‘WorkingBee’ at the Hurstbridge property ofWor. Bro. Max Fraser on August 8.
The outgoing Master and his familyare selling the property and moving toa new address at Doreen.
Members of the Lodge thought theycould best show their appreciation toMax in a practical way.
Max thanked members just prior tothe opening of the August 22 meeting.
Max continues to have weekly che-motherapy treatment at Warringal Pri-vate Hospital. It was good to have hisfamily at the Installation.
●●●●● Wor. Bro. Max Fraser withWor. Bro. Wayne Motton
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Press coverage‘To be happy, andto communicate
happiness to others’
Lodge of Instruction■ Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodgesends an annual $50 donation to theIvalda Lodge of Instruction.
The LOI meets at 7pm on the 2ndMonday of the month at Ivalda Temple,Darebin.
For further details contact GrahamPitcher, Secretary, phone 9719 7390,mobile 0419 115 748.
●●●●● Several pages of photos fromthe Installation were published inthe Melbourne Observer newspa-per on August 28. They can beaccessed through the ‘IvanhoeGrammarians Lodge’ page onFacebook. There is a link at ourIvanhoeLodge.com.au website.●●●●● MWor. Bro. Vaughan Werner
certainly follows the charge “tobe happy, and communicatehappiness to others’. The PastGrand Master is being nomi-nated for Honorary Membershipof Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodgeat the October meeting.
MWor. Bro. Vaughan Wernerofficiated at the Installation,and brought happiness to ournew Master, Wor. Bro. WayneMotton, seen at right.
Melbourne PeopleIvanhoe Grammarians Lodge
Installationa and Open Investiture
Photos: Ash Long
●●●●● Darko and Meredith Kolosov ●●●●● Enid Dodemaide with Dr Robin Dunstone
●●●●● Past Grand Master Vaughan Werner with new Master Wayne Motton
●●●●● From left: Paula Davey, Dr Allan Davey, Helen Stuckey, Michael Davey.
Geoffrey Davey and Caroloine Davey
●●●●● Peter Tibballs and mother Lois Tibballs ●●●●● Max Fraser and daughter Melinda ●●●●● Lt. Col. David Waugh and Val Jones
●●●●● Principal-Elect Gerry Foley and Don Armstrong ●●●●● Barry Reaper and Bev Werner
www.MelbourneObserver.com.au
●●●●● Charlie Freedman and Astrida Cooper
Page 12 - Melbourne Observer - Wednesday, August 26, 2015
●●●●● David George and Michael Nardella
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What’s On
Meeting with PrincipalSeptember 2015
■ Our Master, Wor. Bro. WayneMotton, made an official call upon theIvanhoe Grammar School Principal-Elect, Gerry Foley, last Friday.
Gerry was a welcome guest at theIvalda Masonic Temple for our LodgeInstallation and Open Investiture onSaturday, August 22.
The annual visit to the Principal atthe start of our Masonic Year wasstarted by RWor. Bro. Geoffrey Daveyin 2013-14, and continued by Wor. Bro.Max Fraser in 2014-15.
Wayne presented a cheque for theLodge’s annual donation to the Schoolfor citizenship prizes at The Ridgewaycampus and the Plenty campus.
Wayne is an ‘Old Boy’ of theSchool, and a contemporary of AstridaCooper, Ivanhoe’s Director of Devel-opment.
Just Briefly■ Bro. David McGuinness was dueto attend a MAP2 session at Prestonthis week, accompanied by Wor. Bro.Max Fraser, IPM. Well done David.■ Fairfield Lodge’s meeting onWednesday, September 9 starts at7pm.■ Arm mobility of RWor. Bro.Brian Austen is improving, reportsvisitor RWor. Bro. Geoffrey Davey.
New location■ The Quarterly Comunicationfor Grand Lodge will be held at7.30pm on Wednesday, September16, at the Melbourne and OlympicPark in Batman Ave. You can viewthe event through the GL website.
●●●●● Ivanhoe Grammar School Prin-cipal-Elect Gerry Foley with DonArmstrong at our Installation.
Pith and Point■ Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodgehad an historic connection with theDuke of Clarence Lodge, Yea.(Ivanhoe Grammar School evacu-ated to Yea in World War II,)
A number of the Yea members arenow members of the Albert EdwardLodge No 59 at Alexandra. OurLodges exchanges Summons.
A Ladies’ Night is being held onThursday, September 17 with theAlexandra Entertainers performingas Burlington Bertie And Friends.
■ The Leadership Electoral Col-lege met on Wednesday, August 12,and selected RWBro Keith Murray,PJGW, PBGP as the next DeputyGrand Master.
■ We are investigating the possibil-ity of a Lodge Honour Board in theentrance to Buckley Hall at IvanhoeGrammar School.
■ The Royal Freemasons residen-tial aged care facilities at MonashGardens in Mulgrave and CoppinCentre in Melbourne require volun-teer mini-bus drivers. They are alsolooking for volunteers to assist in thegift shop at Coppin [email protected]
or call 9452 2445.
Sept. 2015 in
●●●●● Did you know that you can
view back copies of the Ivanhoe
Grammarians Lodge Newsletter
at our website:
www.IvanhoeLodge.com.au
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Venue WorkGreensborough Presentation by a Lodge officer on his working life Preston Second degree / Casual dress / Bring passportsWhittlesea First degreeIvalda Planning meeting/Scholarship launch/Wine tastingMelton Continue work in first degree/Obligation of M.EGreensborough Demonstration first degreeRomsey Second degreeBrunswick Talk in LodgeBrunswick Third degree (Tyle 7.15pm)Brunswick Demonstration Scottish Third degreePreston Talk in Lodge “An explanation of the first degree”Ivalda Master’s last nightPreston Second degree (double ) Tyle 7.30pmSunbury First degreeIvalda Specialist small group training, allocation of chargesBrunswick Second degreeIvalda Third degree (double)Gisborne First degreeIvalda Presentation of a 60 year and a 65 year jewelDiamond Creek Obligate Master ElectIvalda No meeting this monthBrunswick Third degreeIvalda Obligate Master ElectBrunswick Third degreeBrunswick Working third degree / One on one training as neededBrunswick Obligate Master Elect / Full closing
the Northern District
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Open InvestitureLatest Installations■ The Grand Puruivant distributesa schedule each month of comingInstallations. If you would like toreceive this list, please advise theSecretary.
In the Northern District, our Dis-trict Co-Ordinator, Wor. Bro. RossBroad, advises that The RevivalLodge will hold its Installation atGreensborough from 6.30pm onThursday, September 24. HarryPitaro will be proclaiming.
At Killara Lodge■ RWor. Bro. Geoffrey Davey willbe representing Ivanhoe Grammar-ians Lodge at the Killara Lodgemeeting being held on Thursday,September 3.
This Thursday■ We hope to carry out the Investi-tures of VWor. Bro. Wayne Smithand Bro. Milton Tsaktsiras as Chap-lain and Stward, respectively, at ourmeeting on Thursday (September 3).Arrangements are in the hands ofAssistant Director of Ceremonies,Wor. Bro. Rahim Samat.
$130 donation■ Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodgehas met the challenge of the GrandMaster, Most Wor. Bro. HillelBenedykt, to make a donation of$130 towards the Breast Care Net-work. The Lodge cheque was for-warded by Wor. Bro. Neville Emerson.
At Mount Scopus■ We see our Brothers from MountScopus and Collegians Lodge at theannual Combined Schools Lodgesmeetings.
Wor. Bro. Izaak Presser was a visi-tor to our Installation on August 22.
He is being installed as Master at ameeting to be held at 3pm on Sunday,September 20 at Moorabbin. The cer-emony will be conducted by MWor.Bro. Hillel Benedykt, Grand Master.
●●●●● David George abd MichaelNardella at our Installation
■ Wor. Bro. Michael Nardella is re-turning to the Chair of Albert VictorLodge next month.
He extends an invitation to IvanhoeGrammarians Lodge members to at-tend the Installation and Open In-vestiture at Ivalda on a special date: at4.30pm on the fifth Saturday of Octo-ber (Oct. 31).
There is no supper charge for thisspecial event.
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Thanks!
■ The Open Instillation and In-vestiture was a fascinating eveningand we would like to thank theIvanhoe Grammarians Lodge forinviting us to be part of such a won-derful occasion.
My father and grandfather wouldbe proud of your ongoing commit-ment to the widows and those inneed.
My mother, June, once again feltmore connected with her past lifeand the value and meaning of herhusband's and father's involvementwith Freemasonry.
We wish Worshipful MasterWayne Motton all the best in hisresponsible role and the many andvaried parts the brethren will per-form as his supportive team.
I thoroughly enjoyed the pag-eantry and symbolism of the cer-emony and the privilege of being inthe beautiful Ivalda MasonicTemple.
Sincerely,Fiona Mackenzie
Letter to the Lodge
●●●●● Wor. Bro. Dr Robin Dun-stone, June and Fiona Mac-kenzie at the IGL Installation.
■ Thanks to Cheryl Hawke for pro-viding a cheese platter, and many ex-tras, for the Lodge members at theWorking Bee.■ Thanks to Bro. Travers Gascoigneand his staff for the clean-up at theIvalda Masonic Temple prior to the In-stallation.■ Thanks to Wor. Bro. GraemeHawke for all his work at, and prior to,the Installation. The garden at theIvalda Temple looked the best that hasbeen in years.■ Thanks to our Treasurer, Wor. Bro.Neville Emerson, for his considerablework in preparing the Lodge’s annualaccounts.■ Thanks also to our Auditors, Wor.Bro. Ian Gould, and Wor. Bro. CharlieFreedman, for their exemplary work.■ Thanks to VWor. Bro. JohnCantrill, our Organist, for selectingsome special musical works for the In-stallation and Open Investiture.■ Thanks to Wor. Bro. Vin Coles forstanding in as Chaplain on InstallationNight.■ Thanks to Astrida Cooper for theway in which she proposed the ToastTo The School ... probably the firstwoman to propose a Toast in theLodge’s 70-year history.■ Thanks to Principal-Elect GerryFoley for being so generous with histime, in a very busy schedule.■ Thanks to our Tyler, Wor. Bro.Frank Jenkins, for his incredible ef-fort in extending his courtesies to 115people on Installation Night.
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Enid looks fit■ We were delighted to see Enid Dode-maide as our guest at the Installation.
Enid has been in hospital and rehab-ilitation, but drove herself from MountWaverley to be with us.
Wayne’s words■ “Ladies Gentlemen and Brethren all.
“Thank you to all of you for attend-ing our Open Installation.
“It is the first time in 70 years thatwe have opened our installation to thegeneral public, and we do hope you’veenjoyed yourself.
“As I stood today proudly wearingthe Reverend Sydney Buckley’s actualmasonic apron, I could not be morethankful to every Lodge member whohave worked diligently to ensure ourshowcase evening - was just that.
“I am thankful for our connection tothe school and to the help of those wecome into contact with.”
E-mail addresses■ Please notify the Secretary ifyou have acquired a new e-mail ad-dress and have changed any of yourpersonal details recently.■ Are you receiving a copy of En-gage by e-mail from Grand Lodgeevery fortnight or so? If not, pleaselet the Secretary know.
Bank details■ You can pay your Lodge dueselectronically to the Lodge’s bankaccount (Bendigo Bank, East Ivan-hoe).
BSB: 633 108.Account No: 144 000 510
Scholarship bid■ The Lodge is now in fund-rais-ing mode for the second PeterHolloway Ivanhoe GrammarSchool Masonic Lodge Scholar-ship. The Lodge’s $4000 cheque isdue to be presented at the 2016Buckley Night due to be held onThursday, February 4.
An invitation has been extendedto the Deputy Grand Master,RWor. Bro. Don Reynolds and hispartner, Mya, to attend our specialnight.
Written application has beenmade by our Lodge to FreemasonsFoundation Victoria Ltd for amatching grant. There are no guar-antees that FFV will provide match-ing grant. Applications are subjectto stringent examination by the FFVDirectors.
●●●●● Deputy Grand Master,
RWor. Bro. Don Reynolds and his
partner Mya (see at left).
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Our LodgeWorshipful Master
Wor. Bro. Wayne Motton, PGStdBImmediate Past Master
Wor. Bro. Max Fraser, PGStdBSenior Warden
Bro. Stephen CarpenterJunior Warden
Bro. Simon BrowningChaplain
VWorBro Wayne Smith, PGIWTreasurer
WorBro Neville Emerson, PMSecretary
Bro Ash Long, MMAssistant Secretary
WorBro LtCol David Waugh,RFD, PGStdB
Director of CeremoniesWorBro Michael Holloway
APM, PJGDAsst Director of Ceremonies
Wor Bro Rahim Samat, PGStdBAlmoner
Wor. Bro. Howard Purcell, PGStdBSenior Deacon
Bro. Darko Kolosov, MMJunior Deacon
Bro. Damian Byrne, PMOrganist
VWorBro John Cantrill, PGIWChoir Master
RWor. Bro. Geoffrey Davey, PJGWInner Guard
Bro. Travers Gascoigne, MMStewards
Bro. Milton Tsaktsiras, PMBro Steve Austin, MM
TylerVWorBro Frank Jenkins, PGIWkgs
Electronic donation
Vale Viv Mortimer■ The Newsletter apologises that itwas unaware of the passing of our latebrother, Basil Irving Vivian (Viv)Mortimer on October 15 last year. Hewas 81.
Viv was initiated in 1969, and wasMaster of our Lodge in 1978-79 and1991-92. he was husband of Christobel(dec.), father of Keith and Catherine,Pa of Shannon and Justin, and friendof June.
●●●●● Peter and Lois Tibballs
■ It is a fast moving world. Our Mas-ter, Wor. Bro. Wayne Motton, re-quested guests at the Installation andOpen Investiture to consider makinga donation to the Lodge’s annual ‘ToysFor Tots’ effort.
Peter Tibballs (son of the late EricTibballs), accompanying his motherLois, brought out his mobile phone, andmade an instant transfer to the Lodge’sbank account. Thanks Peter.
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■ Thursday, September 3. 7.30pm.755th Regular Meeting.■ Thursday, September 17. 6.15pmfor 7pm. Ivanhoe Grammar SchoolCentenary Concert. Buckley Hall.■ Monday, September 21. 7pm:Committee of General Purposes.7.30pm: Rehearsal. Ivalda Temple.■ Thursday, October 1. 7.30pm.756th Regular Meeting. 3rd Degree.Bro. Lachlan Gould.■ Monday, October 19. 7.30pm.Lodge of Emergency. 3rd Degree. Bro.Alex Gould.■ Thursday, November 5. 7.30pm.757th Regular Meeting. 3rd Degree.Bro. D. McGuinness.■ Monday, November 16. 7.30pm.Rehearsal. Ivalda Temple.■ November - Date To Be Advised.Traditional Christmas Roast Dinner.■ Thursday, December 3. 7.30pm.758th Regular Meeting. 3rd Degree.Bro. B. Akdeniz.
2015-16 Calendar2016
70th Anniversary Year■ Thursday, February 3. 7.30pm.759th Regular Meeting. ‘BuckleyNight’. Ivalda Temple.■ Monday, February 22. 7.30pm. Re-hearsal. Ivalda Temple.■ Thursday, March 3. 7.30pm. 760thRegular Meeting. Possibly 1st Degree.■ Monday, March 21. 7.30pm. Re-hearsal. Ivalda Temple.■ Friday, March 25. Collection forRoyal Children’s Hospital Good FridayAppeal.■ Thursday, April 7. 7.30pm. 761stRegular Meeting. Joint meeting withOld Scotch Collegians’ Lodge. Cer-emony of the Vacant Chair.■ Monday, April 18. 7.30pm. Re-hearsal. Ivalda Temple.■ Thursday, May 5. 7.30pm. 762ndRegular Meeting. Ivalda Temple.■ Monday, May 15. 7.30pm. Re-hearsal. Ivalda Temple.■ Thursday, June 2. 7.30pm. 763rdRegular Meeting. Ivalda Temple.■ Monday, June 20. 7.30pm. Re-hearsal. Ivalda Temple.■ Thursday, July 7. 7.30pm. 764thRegular Meeting. Ivalda Temple.■ Monday, July 18. 7.30pm. Re-hearsal. Ivalda Temple.
Published for Ivanhoe Grammarians Lodge by its Secretary,
Summer Dress■ Option of white long sleeved softcotton business shirt with collar at-tached (no arm or sleeve bands). Selfsupporting black trousers, (nobraces), black cummerbund, blackbow tie, black socks and black shoes.
