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