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Masons give double donation delight to York Hospital (From York Press)
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Masons give double donation delight to York Hospital
8:46am Thursday 2nd August 2012 in News
The Lord Mayor of York, Coun Keith Hyman, presents a cheque for £5,000 to Sister Janet Heppell on Ward 39 (stroke rehabilitation).The money was raised by four York Masonic Lodges
FREEMSONS have given a £5,000 boost to a £300,000 appeal to carry out improvements to York Hospital ’s stroke unit.
The donation was presented by the Lord Mayor, Coun Keith Hyman , to the York Teaching Hospital Charity in support of the Star Appeal for the unit.
Four York Lodges were represented and the chairman of the Provincial Grand Charity of Yorkshire North and East Ridings was also there.
The Star (Stroke Treatment And Rehabilitation) appeal, was launched last November, with the aim of helping to fund a huge overhaul and modernisation of the unit to boost patients’ recovery.
The first phase will be the installation of a track-hoist system to make it easier for them to get in and out of bed.
Meanwhile, the Freemasons’ Minster lodge and the Provincial Grand charity have also presented £1,280 to the orthopaedic ward for the purchase of equipment.
Comments(6)
idlehousewife
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12:37pm Thu 2 Aug 12
I am eternally grateful to the team for returning me to 101% fitness.
MarkyMarkMark
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1:46pm Thu 2 Aug 12
I think we should be told ....
I would hope that any person of influence within the city council is not a freemason - basically a semi-secret society in place primarily for the benefit of its' own members, and subject to obeying (under voluntary oath) the orders of their lodge/masters even when they conflict with the public service councillors and council employees are responsible for.
eboracum
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2:16pm Thu 2 Aug 12
MarkyMarkMark wrote:I thought that the council chiefs were basically a semi-secret society!
So is the Lord Mayor a Freemason? I think we should be told .... I would hope that any person of influence within the city council is not a freemason - basically a semi-secret society in place primarily for the benefit of its' own members, and subject to obeying (under voluntary oath) the orders of their lodge/masters even when they conflict with the public service councillors and council employees are responsible for.
Woody G Mellor
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5:59pm Thu 2 Aug 12
MarkyMarkMark wrote:Oh grow up.
So is the Lord Mayor a Freemason?
I think we should be told ....
I would hope that any person of influence within the city council is not a freemason - basically a semi-secret society in place primarily for the benefit of its' own members, and subject to obeying (under voluntary oath) the orders of their lodge/masters even when they conflict with the public service councillors and council employees are responsible for.
First off, females are not Masons, it's a tradition thing.
They are not semi-secret. The induction maybe, but again, its just tradition If you ask nicely you'll be invited into the Lodge for a beer.
This is not The De Vinci Code. They are a charitable organisation not some Medieval sect.
piaggio1
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10:26pm Thu 2 Aug 12
sounds more like a very very dodgy church,usually based in rome
Tom6187 says...
11:49am Thu 2 Aug 12