MANCHESTER UNITY.

Press, Volume LXV, Issue 19732, 24 September 1929, Page 15

MANCHESTER UNITY.

OPENING OF NEW LODOE. T%er* *r«o * lbrgo sttendsnee of fellows at the Btanmore road Methodist Schoolroom to assist in Sit* Loyal PrOgrssl Lodge on District Grand Master, Bro. S. T. Monn*or, presided as Nobte Grand, and the remaining chairs ware llll*d by ® r^- S" W, Gourlay, Vice Orand; P.P.U.M. B*o. H. E. Morgan, Imm*diat« Pa*» W.G.; P.D.G.M. Bro. W. J. Roberts, Lecture Master; Bros. C. Mellington and L.P. Longuet, P.P.O.Ji. a, supporters to Noble Orand; Bro*. J. R. Merrlman and H. B. Veitoh, P.P.G.M, *, ittp* Dorters to Viot-Oirftfld. . The Lodge wa* duly opened at i o elock, ard the certificate* of candidates fof inlti*•1. n were road, and on a ballot being taken were declared ttnanlmoualjf elected. Th# initiation ceremony wa* toon carried out, H MI w j Beattie. A. L. Oonrlay, and G. ? CtillotL P.P.G.M. *, aetlng a* oonduotort. There w*s also on* m*nb*r Initiated on bohalf of the Loyal Citjr of Ohristchdrch Lodge. Bro. Longuet addressed Wie new members on the aims and objects of the Manchester 'Unity, and urged them to devote their attention to the work of the Lodge. He emphasised the educational and ? oc '*' ® Oddfellowship, and stressed that philanthropic side the *! none In It* provision* tot «M !*• 6«* « il,| X?e™ swly-'nitlatod **mb«rs, those workers who had organised 'hs open ?,vr ,^»'^yjgjT»Sg! Past Grand Mister Bro. W. K-. * and from the sWretor# of C4nter * bnry Oi*trlet, Bro. Afo*. Ooodall. election of offleer* wa* »•« takOft, and »e*nited as follows;-—Jfofele G»nd. B«. « J Ofsry; Viee-G**n<ls Brt. ?■ Parsons; eleetive **«r«tary, d; financial secretary. Bro. WlfgHMroMb. treasurer Bro. W. Castle; trust***, Bro. 8. Sr. Geary' and Scott. These ottc *T« i stalled In their ehairs by ln*to»lng B" W . h J en ti. P oba% of t®*'«"»t set Of Officeri of tbo I Bf©r niclUoV "j'enkln'l'wb**, Arsons, an! ; trie the new Lodge, to Bro. W. H. Ph«llps attached a placard invl»t details of the 4nv*nUA uicnic on Lioottr I }u \f" r Ijfi n Itford offifed to present a „ to "the metttl)*' iHtrodncing the most Sir Candidates d«rin( It.. 12 frotn ,h '-,l*#*he* f delivered f.v district Grand U»«t#tßro. S. T. Msnneer I'liPMJl. Bro. H. «• Morgan, Hither was served ——