 FROM
THE PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER
We are
very honoured and privileged to join with you in the 175th
celebrations of Lodge Bannockburn Bruce & Thistle No. 312.
Your charter was granted on the First day
of November 1824, Bro. Thomas Crawford being your first Right
Worshipful Master. Three years later on October 23rd
1827, the Lodge was consecrated by Bro. John Prentice, Right Worshipful
Master of Lodge Ancient Stirling No. 30.
Throughout the 175 years of your existence the
brethren of '312' have strived at all times to maintain the highest
principles of Freemasonry with dignity and decorum, both within
the Lodge and throughout the community.
This Lodge is held in very high esteem within the
Province of Stirlingshire and beyond. It is worth noting that
several brethren who have graced the chair have progressed into
office in the Provincial Grand Lodge of Stirlingshire, surely
a measure of the quality of Lodge Bannockburn Bruce & Thistle.
It is pleasing to note that Lodge St. Andrew Denny
& Loanhead No. 176, my own Mother Lodge, was one of your sponsor
Lodges along with the Lodge of Alloa No. 69 and that friendships
with both these Lodges are maintained to this day.
It is with great pleasure I offer sincere congratulations
on behalf of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Stirlingshire and wish
you continued success in the years that lie ahead.
Bro. John McLeod Sneddon
Right
Worshipful Provincial Grand Master
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