Page 25 - Needles Lodge 2838 History

November 2008 - The Secretary informed the Master Elect Bro.

Philip J. Thorne that he had broken Needles record of time taken

to attain the ‘Chair’, only having been initiated into Needles

Lodge on 7 January 2004 (some four years and ten months). The

lodge had the highest number of visitors at this ‘Installation

Meeting’ numbering 50, the highest number since the ‘Centenary

Meeting’ in 2001 at which there were 57.

March 2009 -At the request of the Worshipful Master the Island

Group of Grand Officers carried out a Ceremony of Raising. On

completion, W. Bro David Perkis presented the Walking Charge.

November 2009 - For the first time since W. Bro. H. H. Lee in

1921, the Worshipful Master W. Bro. Phil Thorne was proclaimed

Worshipful Master to hold office for a second successive year.

June 2010 - In the event of having no ceremony for this meeting,

selected brethren performed several portions of ritual not

generally worked at Needles Lodge.

W. Bro. Wayne Pritchett explained the Master Mason’s Apron.

W. Bro. Peter Cattle delivered The Charge after Raising.

For the benefit of those Master Masons present, the Worshipful

Master gave the Walking Charge.

The lodge was then closed in all three degrees.

At the October 2010 meeting, brethren were informed of the

passing to the Grand Lodge above of W. Bro. I. I. Purkis

following 63 years faithful service to Freemasonry.

At the January 2011 meeting, a ballot took place for a new Lodge

Trustee W. Bro. David Morey. The ballot proved favourable.