Province of West Wales
August Update
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Greyhound Racing
The Picton Castle Mark Lodge invite one and all, your family and friends to a Social Evening to be held at the Picton Community Centre, Haverfordwest at 7:30 pm on the Tuesday 6th August 2013. You can read the full advert here.
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Ladies' Festival Dinner
Loyal Welsh Lodge and Castlemartin Lodge are holding a joint Ladies' Festival Dinner on Saturday 10th August 2013. The venue is The Quins Rugby Club in Pembroke Dock, 7.00pm for 7.30pm. You can read the full advert here.
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Worshipful Brethren Take the Stage!
W Bros Jim Roberts (front) and Andrew Wood (rear) of Cambrian Lodge no 464, together with W Bro Gary Crane (centre) of Kemes Lodge no 3152 will be appearing at the Torch Theatre, Milford Haven in the Xenon Liberal Arts production of  “The Hollow” a gripping murder mystery from the pen of the Queen of Crime herself, Agatha Christie.
 
Performances are on Thursday and Friday 12th and 13th of September 2013 at 7.30pm. Why not come along and support your brethren and see if you can discover 'who dunnit'. Tickets are £9 (£8 concessions) and are available from the Torch Theatre booking office on 01646 695267.
 
Photo courtesy of Karen Lewis Photography
01646 600223 or 07816 042856
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Summer Holidays
There are no Installation Meetings in August, but keep watching the Provincial Website for updates on Masonic matters within the Province of West Wales and beyond.
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Contact the Secretary
You can contact any Lodge Secretary via their Lodge page which you will find here.
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Corrections
If you spot an error on the website, please email asec@westwalesmason.com, so that we can correct it - especially errors on the Meetings Calendar!!
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Why not follow the Province??
 
You can follow what's going on in the Province on the website, or by clicking on the links to go to the Twitter Feed, or the Facebook page. There is also a new Facebook Group administered by W Bro John Watson, where you can have your say on Masonic issues in the Province of West Wales.
Provincial Grand Chapter & Provincial Grand Lodge 2013
The Provincial Grand Chapter and Provincial Grand Lodge meetings were held at The Halliwell Centre, Trinity St David's, Carmarthen on Thursday 4th July 2013. Follow this link to find out all about the day. The Provincial Grand Master was pleased to award this year's Order of Merit to W Bro Trevor Hills of Old Priory Lodge. You can read the citation here.
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The Colin O'Dare Masonic Bursary Award 2013
High flying student, Rhodri Jones was the recipient of this year’s Colin O’Dare Masonic Bursary Award. Rhodri has just graduated from Pembrokeshire College with a First Class Pass in his BSc (Hons) Architectural Technology Course and is planning to use the award to fund a Masters Degree.
The Provincial Grand Master of West Wales, RW Bro Eric Mock & The Assistant Provincial Grand Master, W Bro Steve Hookey presented Rhodri with a cheque for £1500 and a certificate to commemorate the award on Monday 1st July 2013. The award is given annually by the Provincial Grand Charity of the Masonic Province of West Wales to encourage worthy students to further their education and Rhodri was selected this year because of his outstanding achievement during his time at Pembrokeshire College.
Rhodri has already started his own consultancy business, RSJ Design and his new website will soon be available at www.rsj-design.com. Rhodri has a bright future and all the Brethren of the Province of West Wales wish him well in his future endeavours.
 
Photos courtesy of Fiona Gray of Pembrokeshire College
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And Finally....
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Have a good one!
Contact the Province of West Wales by
emailing asec@westwalesmason.com
or by calling the secretary on 01239 683141