The Citizen, 2005-05-19, Page 20PAGE 20. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 19, 2005.
Masons,
This past Sunday afternoon was
the annual North Huron Masonic
District Divine Worship Service at
Trinity Anglican Church in Blyth.
Accompanying the Masonic
service was the re-dedication of the
Cornerstone of Trinity Church,
which was originally laid in 1878
when' the church was built with
Masonic Honours.
The cornerstone re-dedication is
part of ttye celebrations of the 150th
anniversary of the Grand Lodge of
Canada in the Province of Ontario
being organized in 1855. As part of
the Grand Lodge’s 150th
anniversary celebrations, it has been
trying to identify all the buildings in
Ontario that were laid with Masonic
Honours.
In this part of Ontario, it is known
that besides Trinity Church in Blyth,
that Knox Presbyterian Church in
Auburn had its cornerstone
dedicated with Masonic Honours in
1904.
Officiating in the Divine service
was the Bishop of the Anglican
Diocese of Huron, the Right
Reverend Bruce H. W. Howe; and
the preacher was the Right Reverend
C. Robert Townshend, the retired
Anglican Bishop of Georgian Bay in
the Diocese of Huron. Rev.
Townshend spoke about how it is
important to work together and The
Reverend Tom Wilson, Priest and
Rector of the Parish of Blyth and
Brussels and chaplain of the North
Huron Masonic District, assisted in
the service.
Scripture readings were offered by
the District Deputy Grand Master of
North Huron District, Rick Elliott;
the Grand Master of the Grand
Lodge of Canada in the Province of
Ontario for all Masonic Lodges of
Ontario, Donald H. Mumby; and
North Huron District Chaplain, Tom
Wilson.
Musical accompaniment for -the
service was provided by Trinity’s
musical director,. Lynda McGregor.
She was accompanied by Juanita
Wilkins of Clifford on guitar, and
Cappucine Onn of Blyth with her
violin. Wilkins and Onn also offered
a solo during the service. Heather
Elliott of Blyth provided vocal
accompaniment, and also sung a
solo during the time of worship.
The service included a procession
from the Blyth Arena of the Masons
from North Huron District and other
parts of Ontario, being led to the
church by the Grand Master of the
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
of Canada in the Province of
Ontario, the Most Worshipful
Anglicans rededicate cornerstone
Cornerstone of Trinity
Donald H. Mumby, and the District
Deputy Grand Master of North
Huron, the Right Worshipful J. Rick
Elliott.
At the church, an overflow crowd
of parishioners, and members of the
Blyth community, as well as many
guests from further afield, joined in
praising God for all the blessings
that have been bestowed upon the
world.
Following the service, the Masons
present paraded outside the church
and assembled for the re-dedication
of the
Church. Bishop Howe and Grand
Master Mumby both gave brief
remarks; and the Worshipful Master
of the Blyth Masoriic Lodge, Kevin
Walker gave a brief history of the
original laying of the church
cornerstone with Masonic Honours
in 1878.
W.M. Walker indicated that at the
cornerstone dedication in 1878,
there were over 2,000 people,
(Masons and non-Masons) in
attendance.
The Grand Master, Donald
Mumby directed the Masonic
Officers present to apply the
working tools of the Lodge to
determine that the cornerstone was
still square and true. After applying
the level, the square, and the plumb
rule, the stone was reported still in
proper condition. North Huron
District Chaplain, the Rev. Brother
Tom Wilson then called the Masons
present to attention, with the sign of
fidelity, and the stone was dedicated
by them.
The Grand Master then
proclaimed the cornerstone re
dedicated and Bishop Howe offered
a blessing of the stone, the church
and those who worship there.
The cornerstone will be placed
back in the wall of Trinity Church
later this week. When the
cornerstone was originally placed in
the wall in 1878 it included a large
mason jar containing a copy of the
following newspapers: The Blyth
Review, The London Free Press
Weekly, The Globe newspaper, and
The Mail newspaper, both of
Toronto. Also included was a copy
of the Dominion Churchman, the
national newspaper of the Anglican
Church of Canada at the time; and a
copy of an Anglican Church booklet.
As well, as the newspapers, a set
of the coins in common use in Blyth
at the time of the cornerstone
dedication were included.
The original contents of the
cornerstone will be re-interred in the
stone along with a new time capsule
and re-dedication of the cornerstone of Blyth’s Trinity
The service begins
The annual District divine service
Anglican Church began with a procession of the Masons from North Huron District and other
parts of Ontairo, led by the Grand Master of the Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of Canada
in the Pronvice of Ontario, and the District Deputy Grand Master of North Huron. (Vicky Bremner
photo)
containing copies of The Citizen
newspaper, The London Free Press,
and a set of current coins used in
Blyth. Also being included is a
current membership list of Trinity
Church, and a membership list of the
Blyth #303 Masonic Lodge and
North Huron District lodges along
with a 150th Anniversary Coin of the
Grand Lodge of Canada in the
Province of Ontario, and two lapel
pins from R. W. Bro. J. Richard
Elliott DDGM of North Huron
District; Letters of Congratulations
from the Governor General of
Canada, Adrienne Clarkson; Prime
Minister of Canada, Hon. Paul
Martin; Huron Bruce MPP, Hon.
Paul Steckle. Hon. Paul Steckle
MPP also presented a business card
AMDSB to hire outside agency
to assess administration
holder from Parliament.
Following the District Divine
Service and the cornerstone re
dedication, the Masons paraded back
to the Blyth arena to enjoy the music
of the Blyth Festival Orchestra and a
banquet with Bishops Howe and
Townshend; and Grand Master
Mumby, as well as other numerous
guests..
the forced
on an
of the
finance
told
Closer look
Brussels Masons Doug Davidson, left, and Alf Sutton look
at the items in the time capsule on display at the special
day for the re-dedication of the cornerstone at Trinity
Anglican Church in Blyth on Sunday. (Vicky Bremner photo)
By Stew Slater
Special to The Citizen
Six years after
amalgamation of its Perth and Huron
County predecessors, the Avon
Maitland District School Board will
hire an outside agency to assess how
well its administrative centre runs
the system.
At a regular meeting Tuesday,
May 10, following a request from
the five-member finance committee,
trustees gave the go-ahead to spend
as much as $35,000
“organizational review”
board. According to
committee chair Randy Wagler, 10
proposals for conducting the study
' have already been received, with an
“ad hoc committee on central office
organization” whittling that list
down to five candidates
interview.
After the meeting, Wagler
reporters the finance committee
hopes to have the assessment
completed by the end of the 2004-05
school year.
“They’ll make recommendations,
we hope, for immediate things we
can do, and other things we can have
for further study, for looking at
down the road.”
Wagler wouldn’t offer any
specific recommendations he’s
expecting to come out of the
organizational review. But the South
Huron trustee stressed the
importance of the process, even if
trustees believe things are being run
efficiently and are buoyed by the
fact the board spends less money on
administration than is allocated to
that area by the provincial
government.
“It hasn’t been looked at in detail
since amalgamation (in 1999),” he
said. “There was a lot of
rationalization then. We may not
need to look at that type of thing
now but there may be some things
we need to think about.
A review might even say we
should be doing more in certain
areas (of administration).”
Wagler also expressed hope that,
despite the short timeline before the
2005-06 budget is approved, some
savings might be possible if the
review is conducted quickly.
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