A “Doubly Good” Ceremony in Chard

The Lodge of Prudence and Industry in Chard has had a large queue of candidates for initiation so they have been doing multiple ceremonies and extra “emergency” ceremonies. The last meeting was a case in point. The Lodge performed a double First Ceremony to initiate Mr Gary Huntley and Mr Mark Davies. A third candidate had to withdraw late on or this would have been a triple ceremony.

The ceremony was conducted by the Master Andrew (Mac) Mackay, ably assisted by his team and some stand-in  officers replacing others who were away on holiday. It went extremely well, and a thoroughly good evening was had by all.

L to R     Bro Jason Stevens  SD;  Bro Mark Davies; WM  WBro Andrew (Mac) Mackay; Bro Gary Huntley; WBro Jamie Jones (Acting) JD

The Proposer and seconders with the candidates. L to R    WBro Paul Brice-Bullows; WBro Jamie Jones; Bro Mark Davies; Bro Gary Huntley; WBro Jim McNally; Bro Andrew Pidgeon.     With the WM at the back.