Mount Tom Lodge
1949
Feb. 25, 1949
Another father raises his son. After receiving our newly appointed D. D. G. Master R. W. Ralph B. Wilson, Wor. Bro. James R. Smith*, our Junior Past Master had the privilege of again occupying the East and of raising his son to the sublime degree of Master Mason. The son, as well as Mount Tom Lodge, can well be proud of the work that Wor. Bro. Smith gave not only tonight but whenever he is called upon. At the conclusion of the work Wor. Bro. Smith presented his son with a Masonic pin, the gift of his uncle.
May 6, 1949
It was called to the attention of the members that our Hundredth Anniversary would be in March 1950 and it was voted that R. W. Robert Gillette be elected as General Chairman of the occasion.
Sept. 9, 1949
This was the Official Visitation of R. W. Ralph B. Wilson, D. D. G. Master. After the usual introduction and inspection of the charter, records, etc., the District Deputy presented R. W. Ronald Astley, Sr. Gr. Warden of the Grand Lodge who installed R. W. Charles H. Steele as D. D. G. Master to fill out the unexpired term of our late brother R. W. John Edward Almgren D. D. G. Master of the Chicopee District.
Sept. 30, 1949
Installation of Officers. After witnessing a number of installations one comes to accept them as a matter of course. Occasionally there is an exception worthy of mention. Tonight when Robert H. Aitken was being installed, his father was called to the East and requested to invest his son with the jewel of his office, to place in his hand the gavel of authority, to escort him to the Oriental Chair and to take a seat in the East for the remainder of the meeting. Rt. Wor. Charles Gillette was asked to install his father Rt. Wor. Robert Gillette as Secretary. These diversions from the usual procedure added interest to the occasion and one could easily imagine Rt. Wor. David Glassford, the installing Master, adding just such "human interest" touches to the occasion
*Transcriber's Note: I cannot resist saying with some pride that James R. Smith is my grandfather, and James R. Smith, Jr., the son mentioned here is my father and the driving force behind the Lodge's Museum, featured elsewhere on this site.
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