50 Years Membership Jewel

Extract from the Grand Lodge Annual Report 1977  
       
The Grand Lodge Board of General Purposes authorised the production of a Jewel to mark 50 years’ Membership of the Order. The Jewel consists of a Five Pointed Star in the centre of which are the figures 50. The Jewel is suspended by a Blue Ribbon and is worn on the lapel.
     
The following members of Lodge 23 have been presented with the Jewel.      
       
          Year Joined   50 year jewel  
               
      Bro. W. Slinger   1941    
               
      Bro. J. Rowland   1948    
               
      Bro. T. Whitten   1948    
               
    W. Bro. J. Brown   1949    
               
    W. Bro. D. Whiteside   1950    
               
    W. Bro. Jim Brown   1950    
               
    W. Bro. R. Thompson   1955: Affiliated from Lodge 702 on 21/12/1970    
               
  V. W. Bro. P.D.H. Simms   1956: Affiliated from Lodge 649    
           
    W. Bro. H. Dennison   1956    
               
    W. Bro. R.W. Moorhead   1963    
           
           
    50 YEAR JEWEL AND 10 YEAR BAR      
             
    W. Bro. Jim Brown   1950      
  V. W. Bro. P.D.H. Simms   1956: Affiliated from Lodge 649