On which day and date, a regular Meeting was held within the Masonic Hall 14 Maddiston Road

Brighton’s at 1930hrs.

Present were the RWM Bro Alex Muir, office bearers and Brethren as per the attendance

register 41 brethren from lodge Polmont 17 visitors giving a total of 58 brethren signing the tyle

5 visiting sister lodges were represented on the evening and apologies were received from 10

Brethren.

The lodge was opened in the 1st degree.

RWM then presented the gavel to PM Ure in order for him to carry out the Mark degree.

The degree was carried out by the Bro Sec PM Alex Ure and the degree team chosen for the

evening and this was carried out in a most solemn, entertaining and sombre manner which has

come to be expected by the office bearer’s and Past Masters of lodge Polmont and on the

conclusion of the ceremony the Bro Sec accompanied by our RWM descended on to the floor

to be the first to congratulate the candidates on becoming lodge Polmont’s newest mark master

masons after a few words of encouragement and thanks from the RWM and Bro Sec the Bro

Sec addressed the distinguished East worshipful warden’s brethren and visitors charging

them to ever meet, to greet and treat Bro Ross Mcculloch, Bro Greg Mcculloch, Bro Ian Wood

Bro Alan Robertson and Bro Shane Donaldson as such but in the meantime to give them a very

warm welcome among us.

PM Ure went on to thank the RWM for giving him the opportunity sit in the chair of his mother

lodge and for the honour of conferring the Mark Master degree at Lord Bruce No 1601 he then

went on to thank the degree team for an excellent rendition of the Mark degree thanking the

candidates for taking part and the brethren in the Columns for their quiet attention while the

ritualists performed their particular pieces of ritual.

Having thanked various brethren PM Ure returned the gavel to the RWM the RWM thanked PM

Ure for a degree well executed and on his choice of brethren to perform the degree also

thanking the candidates having taken part in the ritual the RWM then resumed the lodge in the

2^nd degree and asked the degree team to vacate office in favour of the office bearers of lodge

Polmont.

The RWM then thanked the brethren in the columns for their quiet attention during the

ceremonial to the members of lodge Polmont he once more thanked them for their continued

support to the visitors he thanked them for their attendance and asked that they take warm

and fraternal greetings from Lodge Polmont back to their mother lodges at their earliest

convenience and asked the brethren of lodge Polmont to once more give the visitors a hearty

vote of thanks.

PM Sandy Macintosh replied on behalf of the visiting brethren for the warmth and cordiality on entering the lodge this evening and for the excellent work done by Bro Alex Ure PM and the office bearers of lodge Polmont and congratulating the candidate’s on becoming lodge Polmont’s newest mark master masons. PM Sandy Macintosh then concluded by bringing warm and fraternal greetings from all the visiting sister lodges but more in particular his own mother lodge, lodge St Baldred No 313.

There being no further business the lodge was closed in due and ancient form by the RWM.