DRUIDS’ LODGE RITUAL

Hawera Star, Volume LIII, 30 September 1933, Page 5

DRUIDS’ LODGE RITUAL

SOUTH TARANAKI CONTEST. STRATFORD WINS SHIELD. On Wednesday evening last there was large gathering of Druids at the Foresters’ Hall, Eltham, the occasion being a contest for the Alackay Ritual Shield. Three teams competed, the lodges represented being those from Stratford, Hawera and Eltham. The judges were P.D.P. Bro. J. Ivenny (Eltham) P.-S. Bro. Baker (Hawera), and P.A.D. Bro. White (Stratford). The teams were as follow:

Stratford Lodge.—J.P.A. Sister 0 Whitwill. A.D. Sister E. Cummins, V.A.D. Bro. F. Alger, secretary and treasurer, P.D.P. Bro. W. Whitwill, LG. Sister Crofsky, O.G. Bro. P. Jones A.D. Bards, Sister G. Hyndman, Bro. H. Adams, V.X. Bards, Bro. D. Hyndman, AI.G.D.P. Bro. Jefferies, candidate, Bro. J. Alanser.

Hawera lodge.—J.P.A. Bro. L. Hall, A.D. Bro. N. J. Grant, V.A.D. Bro. B. Martis, secretary, P.D.P. Bro. G. Brough, treasurer, P.D.P. Bro. W. Adams, M.S. Bro. Ooombe, I.G. Bro. Smith. O.G. Bro. Jones, A.D. Bards, P.A.D. Bro. Ewington, P.A.D. Bro. Woolliams, V.A.D. Bards, Bro. Parkinson. Bro. Cooper, pianist, Bro. Billow, M.C., P.A.D. Bro. Ramsay, candidate, P.A.D. Bro. AI. A. Rowlands. Eltham Lodge.—J.P.A. Bro. Radicle. A.D. Bro. Butler, V.A.D. Bro. G. Morton, secretary, Bro. Drabble, I.G. Bro. Carter, O.G. Bro. R. Allen, A.D. Bards, Sister AL Williams, Sister D. Williams, V.A.D. Bards, Bro. Vincent, Bro. Hargreaves M. 0.. P.D.P. Bro. IT. L. Kasper, candidate, Bro. J. Alanser.

The contest was a very spirited one, the judges awarding the shield to the Stratford lodge with 342 points, Hawera lodge receiving 334$ points. At the conclusion of the evening D.P. Bro. Jefferies presented the shield to A.D. Sister Cummins of the Stratford Lodge, who suitably responded.