Recipient's of the Years of Service Award 2001
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This page is a tribute of respect and esteem to our distinguished brothers of Mount Vernon Masonic Lodge #691, A.F.&A.M.
From time immemorial, freemasonry has taught a proper reverence and veneration for age.
This is particularly so when years of age stand united with years of service and when an honor is conferred upon a reciepient who is both worthy and esteemed.
Age has always been the "crowning glory of man".
It affords an opportunity to reflect upon the past, and
from the experience of the past the present receives its most useful counsel and guidance.
It is to age we look for wisdom, and it is upon wisdom
that Freemasonry builds each and every laudable enterprise.
There are three steps which are symbolic of the three principal stages of human life,
namely:
Youth, Manhood and Age.
In Youth we should industriously occupy our minds in the attainment of useful knowledge;
in Manhood we should apply that knowledge to the discharge of our respective duties to God, Our neighbor and ourselves;
but it is only in Age, that we enjoy the happy reflections consequent upon a life well spent.
It is, therefore, a source of great pride and pleasure that Mount Vernon Lodge #691 Ancient Free and Accepted Masons, havewithin its midst upon this occassion beloved members who, for fifty years, has been a Mason.
James H. Connelly 62 Years
Robbie Keith Campbell 50 Years
Murray Collins 50 Years
J. B. Lowry 50 Years
Bobby Mitchell 50 Years