From the old minute books of No XII

7 brethren from No XII recently attended the Centenary Rededication of Lodge Crawfurdsburn Greenock No 1121.  This looks like a timely moment to publish these references to Lodge Crawfurdsburn from the minute book of 1933-34 ….

Tuesday 14th March 1933

Bro John Waddell, RW Master, in the Chair

The lodge was then passed to the Fellowcraft Degree when Bro Walter Guy Shaw-Stewart who had served some time as an Apprentice Mason was passed to the higher degree of Fellowcraft.

Invitation to confer a degree in Lodge Crawfurdsburn

The Master referred to the invitation which had recently been given to the Office Bearers of Greenock Kilwinning to confer a degree in Crawfurdsburn Lodge and intimated that arrangements had been made for our Office Bearers to carry out the ceremony of the 3rd Degree on Friday evening.

Tuesday 30th January 1934

Bro John Waddell, RW Master, in the Chair

Deputation from Lodge Crawfurdsburn to confer Master Mason Degree

The Deputation from Lodge Crawfurdsburn No 1121 was received and, after a cordial reception had been accorded Bro John Sinclair the RW Master, his office bearers and accompanying brethren, Bro Waddell requested that he and his office bearers take over the conduct of the Lodge………

The degree was efficiently carried out and as the manner of working it differed from ours in some respects, it held the interest of the brethren and gave an opportunity of comparing both methods.

Thereafter, Bro Waddell resumed the Chair and in replying to his thanks to the Master and Office Bearers of Lodge Crawfurdsburn for conferring the Degree, Bro Sinclair very cordially congratulated our RW Master on the rapid recovery he had made since his illness.