On which day and date, a regular Meeting was held within the Masonic Hall 14 Maddiston Road Brighton’s at 1930hrs.

Present were the Right Worshipful Master Bro Alex Muir, office bearers and Brethren as per the attendance register. 49 brethren signed the tyle, 37 brethren from lodge Polmont, 12 visitors and apologies were received from 12 brethren a copy of which is recorded and held on file and there was a total of 7 visiting lodges in attendance.

Opening

The lodge was opened in the 1^st degree in due and ancient form. The RWM welcomed all into the lodge and to the brethren of lodge Polmont he offered his thanks for their continued support a warm welcome was extended to the visiting brethren from the sister lodges both within and out with the Province of Stirlingshire, the RWM then called on the brethren of lodge Polmont to afford the visitors a very warm welcome.

Application

An application to join Lodge Polmont was received and handed to the Bro secretary which was read out in the lodge. Mr Cunningham proposed by the RWM bro Alex Muir and seconded by Bro Alan Campbell PM this will remain on the secretary’s desk for the appropriate length of time

3rd Degree

The Rwm then passed and raised the lodge to the high and sublime degree of a master mason at this point he instructed the deacons to retire, prepare and introduce Bro Josh Moonie in order to confer the master mason degree, which was carried out with most solemn, Precise and dignified manner as practiced by the RWM and office bearers of lodge Polmont, at the conclusion of the degree the RWM descended onto the floor and made his way to the West to be the first to congratulate Bro Moonie on being raised to the high and sublime degree of a master mason and to introduce him to the brethren addressing the brethren and distinguished East he charged the brethren ever to meet, greet and treat bro Moonie as such but in the meantime give him a very warm welcome among us.

The RWM then instructed the deacons to uplift the collection which realised the sum of £151 to which the RWM thanked the brethren.

The RWM then thanked the brethren in the columns for their quiet attention during the ceremonial and that the brethren once again shown their appreciation to the degree team for a job well done.

To the members of Lodge Polmont he once more thanked them for their continued support and 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 give the visitors a hearty vote of thanks, the RWM then went on to thank Bro John Galloway for his musical accompaniment, also thanking bro Ross Mcculloch for his solo musical accompaniment of the pipes.

Invitation to speak

The RWM then invited anyone from the body of the lodge if they had anything to say for the benefit of freemasonry or this lodge in particular he would hear them Bro Alan Campbell PM spoke of the upcoming whisky tasting due to take place on the 2^nd of May with a total of 25 taking part at £20 per head and a raffle at £5 with a fine selection of malts to sample with that and there being no further business from the body of the lodge the RWM then invited anyone who was sitting in the East if they had anything to say for the craft in general or for lodge Polmont in particular that he would hear them now in reply Bro Barry Hamilton replied on behalf of the visiting brethren for the warmth and cordiality on entering the lodge something that has always come to be expected at lodge Polmont congratulating the RWM for an exceptional 3^rd degree carried out by the RWM and his degree team and congratulating in his absence Bro Josh Moonie on becoming lodge Polmont’s newest Master Mason he also thanked Bro John Galloway for his musical accompaniment and congratulated Bro Ross McCulloch on playing the pipes finishing off by bringing warm and fraternal greetings from all the visiting sister lodges but more in particular his own affiliate lodge, lodge Pioneer No 1305 .

Intimations

The RWM gave the following intimation that the next regular meeting is on Wednesday the 23^rd  of April which will be the Mark degree conferred by Bro Alex Ure PM Sec he then invited those who could to stay behind to do so for some lodge hospitality and to the brethren that could not that they have a safe journey home there being no further business the RWM closed the lodge in due and ancient form.