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on Activities of Lodges for the period ending
30th November 2004
1. Lodge Southern Cross No. 46 Palayamkottai
No Ceremony done.
2. Lodge Trivandrum No. 168 Thiruvananthapuram
Past Masters’ Day. Passing Ceremony of Bro.M.R.Karmachandran.
W.Bro.K.S.Pillai WM of the Lodge during the year 1994 occupied
the eastern chair. W.Bro.P.B.Menon explained the wkg.tls. W Bro.S.Ramnath
gave the charge after passing, and the ARGM W.Bro.R.Sushil Raj
explained the TB. As part of Dhanya Dhan program, 20 kgs of rice
was given
3. Lodge Kottayam No. 245 Kottayam
No Ceremony done.
4. Lodge Vivekananda No. 254 Kanyakumari
No Ceremony done.
5. Lodge Vanchinad No. 273 Kollam
Initiation ceremony of Bro.Shashidharan Menon. The highlight
of the meeting was that the meeting was held at the Crowther Masonic
Temple. The brethren from Lodge Quilon No.5839 EC were present.
The Lodge has entered into an agreement with Lodge Quilon to meet
regularly in the temple. The efforts of the WM, W.Bro.R.Sree Kumar,
the Secy. V.W.Bro.Abraham Markos and W.Bro.Krishna Pilla of Lodge
Quilon the main architects of this historic return to the temple
after a gap of 12 years deserve all praise.
6. Lodge Alleppey No. 275 Alleppey
No ceremony done. The Lodge celebrated ‘Ladies
– Nite’ that evening.
7. Lodge Ananthapadmanabha No. 280 Trivandrum
Past Masters’ Day. Bro.K.Raju Menon was initiated
by W.Bro.M.Ramaswamy Iyer. W.Bro.K.Sasikumar explained the wkg.tls.
W.Bro.T.Ravindran gave the charge after initiation and W.Bro.T.J.Babu
Sebastian explained the TB. The Lodge also took part in the Second
Stage of RWC in an emergency meeting with a ‘dummy candidate’
8. Lodge Tamiravarni No. 289 Tirunelveli
Raising Ceremony of Bro.M.Kanagasabapathi.
9. Lodge Pearl City No. 290 Thoothukudi
Meeting postponed to First week of December because of
Grand Festival.
10. Lodge Aruvi No. 293 Courtallam
No meeting during the month.
11. Lodge Palai No. 318 Palai
No meeting during the month.
12. Lodge Travancore No. 329 Thiruvananthapuram.
Initiation Ceremony of Bro. Venugopal. It was an emergency
meeting for participating in the second stage of RWC. The regular
installation meeting was postponed to the first week of December
due to the Grand Festival. The Lodge built a house for a widow
at a cost of Rs.101200/- as part of charity. The project was inaugurated
by RW the RGM R.W.Bro.Dr.B.Biswakumar.
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Report on
the visit of R.W. The RGM R.W. Bro. Dr. Balaram Biswakumar on
the 14th of November to Trivandrum
The RGM R.W.Bro.Dr.B.Biswakumar arrived on the
morning of Sunday the 14th of November 2004. He inaugurated the
charity project of Lodge Travancore No.329, a house for a poor
widow at Thiruvallam near Trivandrum and handed over the key.W.Bro.R.Sushil
Raj ARGM, WM, W.Bro.S.M.Ashraf, R.W.Bro.K.R. Rajasekharan Nair,
PRGM, R.W.Bro.M. Ramaswamy Iyer and many other brethren were present.
Later that evening at 6.00 pm RW the RGM attended
the joint meeting of Lodge Trivandrum No.168, Lodge Ananthapadmanabha
No.280 & Lodge Palai No.318, held to conduct the memorial
service of W.Bro.Augustine Mathew Kayyalakkakom who ascended to
the Grand lodge above on the 25th of Sept. 2004.
W.Bro.A.S.Ben Roy WM of Lodge Trivandrum was
the WM. W.Bro.Dr.NandaKumar K.Menon WM of Lodge AP. No.280 was
the SW and W.Bro. G.Sudheeshkumar of Lodge Palai No.318 was the
JW. The Lodge was opened in three degrees.
W.Bro.R.Sushil Raj the ARGM then occupied the
eastern chair and conducted the memorial service, ably assisted
by W.Bro.T.Ravindran as the D of C and W.Bro.Abraham Kallivayalil
as the Chap.
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