OrangeLodge15Apr1909N04P0689

 

 

GRAND ORANGE LODGE CLOSES CONVENTION

Delegates From all Parts of the Province Hold Two Day Session.-- Mayor Lee Gives Address of Welcome.-- Next Convention in Calgary in March, 1910.

The annual gathering of the Provincial Grand Orange Lodge of Alberta concluded in the Mechanics' Hall at twelve o'clock today, after a two days' session.
At yesterday's session an address of welcome was read by Mayor Lee and responded to by E. H. Crandall, of Calgary. Addresses followed by Grand Master J. Carmichael, of Calgary, and Grand Secretary A. Chapman, of Cochrane. It was decided that the next annual convention will open in Calgary on March 16, 1910.
Among the resolutions passed by the convention were the following:
"That it is the opinion of this Grand lodge that there should be but one system of national schools in the province of Alberta, and that all public moneys set apart for educational purposes should be applied only for the benefit of national schools, and we desire to reiterate that it should be in the best interests of the public sentiment and loyalty that the Separate school system be established in the province of Alberta and elsewhere in the Dominion of Canada.
(2) That this Grand Lodge of Alberta strongly protests against any manipulation or alteration of the coronation oath, and recommends that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the chairman of the Protestant Federation of Great Britain, with the intimation that this lodge is unalterably opposed to the passing of the bill conceding privileges to the Church of Rome, now before the Imperial parliament.
A meeting of the Scarlet Chapter was held this morning in connection with the Edmonton County Lodge.
The officers for the ensuing year are as follows: Grand Master, W. G. Niblock, Medicine Hat; deputy grand master, A. Chapman, Cochrane; junior grand master, J. W. Clarke, Calgary; grand treasurer, A. Davidson; grand secretary, J. M. Nowlan, Hardisty; grand lecturer, A. R. Carmichael, Calgary; director of ceremonies, R. V. Campbell, Calgary; auditors, E. L. Crumb (Strathcona) and J. A. Macdonald (Edmonton); deputy grand secretary, A. D. Callbeck, M D., Hardisty;  deputy grand chaplain, Rev. W. Corden

Visiting Delegates.

The following were the delegates present:
J. Carmichael, P.G.M., Strathcona.
W. G. Niblock, P.D.G.M., Medicine Hat.
J. W. Clarke, J.D.G.M., Calgary.
A. Chapman, grand secretary, Cochrane.
George Power, Innisfail.
B. V. Campbell, Innisfail.
S. P. Fream, P.G.M., Innisfail.
J. G. Nowlan, co. master, Hardisty.
Albert Armstrong, Leduc.
Arthur Wheeler, Crossfield.
J. E. Williams, Mannville.
A. S. Deneck, Smith's Falls, Ont.
D. Grant.
W. Piper, Red Deer.
James N. Bryden, Mannville.
Joh Watson, Irma.
J. J. Bell, Islay.
J. A. Neely, Killam.
James Hole, Medicine Hat.
E. L. Crumb, Strathcona.
A. Dawson, jun., Strathcona.
W. G. Walford, Edmonton.
Angus McDonald.
Stephen Echer, Leduc.
W. H. Stonehouse, Leduc.
Albert C. Wynne, Wetaskiwin.
J. B. Johnston, Calgary.
Harry W. Curry, D.M., Strathcona.
J. A. McDonald, Edmonton.
John W. Gilpin, Islay.
A. R. Carmichael,  Calgary.
A. D. Callbeck, M D., Hardisty.
Samuel Jackson, Strathcona.
R. L. Jones, Strathcona.
Samuel Lamb, Cochrane.
George M. Lockey, East Clover Bar.
E. H. Crandell, Calgary.
C. A. Bellati, Strathcona.
Thomas A. Duff, of Toronto, was a visitor of the lodge.

 

Extracted by J. Kynman 2007-06-03