RW Bro.Ewart James celebrated his 100th birthday in March this year and at a unique occasion at the Silhill Lodge of Mark Master Masons, the Most Worshipful Pro Grand Master presented Ewart with a certificate celebrating his 100th Birthday, another to celebrate 60 years as a Mark Master Mason and as the ‘icing on the cake’, a field promotion to the exalted rank of Past Grand Junior Warden carrying with it the style of Right Worshipful Brother. Our ‘Provincial Poet’ has penned an ode to further mark this momentous occasion…..

SILHILL LODGE OF MMM No.972

PRESENTATION  OF A 60 YEAR LONG SERVICE CERTIFICATE TO V.W.Bro. EWART PERCIVAL JAMES

 THURSDAY 28th MARCH 2019

DEAR  EWART  TONIGHT YOU HAVE BEEN TRULY APPLAUDED

YOUR ACHIEVEMENTS IN MARK MASONRY  WELL LAUDED

BY THOSE IN HIGH OFFICE IN THIS DEGREE HERE TONIGHT

AND WELL LOVED BY THE BRETHREN WHO HAVE WITNESSED THE SIGHT

A SIXTY YEAR CERTIFICATE SO WELL DESERVED WITHOUT DOUBT

WORTHY OF CELEBRATION IS WHAT THIS NIGHT IS ABOUT

EWART YOU ARE TO BE CONGRATULATED AND YOUR PRAISES SUNG

FOR YOUR LOVE OF MASONIC RITUAL AND YOUR GOOD HUMOUR AND FUN

WITH THE CONTINUOUS SUPPORT  OF YOUR LOVING WIFE

YOU COULD NOT HAVE WISHED FOR A BETTER LIFE

NO DOUBT A LIFE FULL OF MEMORIES CAPTURED OVER THE YEARS

SOME FULL OF GLADNESS AND THE OCCASIONAL TEARS

BUT TONIGHT DEAR EWART AS YOU JOURNEY HOME

TREASURE THIS EXPERIENCE YOU ARE NOT ALONE

THE BRETHREN HERE PRESENT AND THOSE FROM AFAR

RECOGNISE YOU AS A BRIGHT SHINING STAR

YOU WILL EVER REMAIN AS AN EXAMPLE TO US ALL AS A MARK MAN

MAY WE IN TURN THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO BE WITH YOU WHENEVER WE CAN 

William T. Clark P.Prov.G.J.W. Our Provincial Poet