Willoughby No. 231 Inspection

Tonight REC Young and I were off to Willoughby to see Willoughby #231's inspection in the Mark Master.   It is about an hour drive to the east side of Cleveland.   Once again my Garmin GPS took me there one way and brought me home another.

Willoughby Lodge is located on the second floor of a building just out of the center of town.   This is one of the hardest Lodges to find that I have ever been to. It has a sign right out front but I'll drive by it every time I visit this Lodge and this was my 3rd visit. Parking is in the rear by the library and space is at a premium.   Now if you go in the back door you go directly into the dinning room.  From here you have a small maze of hallways to navigate to reach the stairs to the Lodge room.  Once having found the stairs you go up to a very nice Lodge room.


The room is not ornate but fairly large with a unique ceiling.  If you click on and enlarge the picture of the beams you will see black squares painted along the edge.  It looks nice but I have no idea what they are supposed to represent.  The ends of the cross beams have a design painted on them as the other picture shows.  It looks nice but I don't know if it has any significance.

Beam design

Ceiling, click on to see the design on the cross beams

Since it was the Chapter's stated meeting it was opened in the full form Royal Arch degree.  EC George Tegner did a very nice job.   As soon as introductions were made and all necessary business conducted a Chapter of Royal Arch Masons was closed.

REC Robert Thomas assumed the east and a Lodge of Mark Masters was opened in full and proper form.  There was one candidate, Brother Theodore Banaszer, who received a very fine degree.   REC Thomas did an excellent job as did all the other officers in the degree.   REC Jeff Addis was the guest inspecting officer and gave the shortest review I have every heard an inspecting officer give.   It was great.   He gave them a good report in all aspects.

 There were about 30 in attendance.   PGHP Robert Draye was the only past grand there but the following Grand Officers were in attendance.   All RECs: Abraham Kay, Grand Parliamentarian; William Young, Grand Guard; Jeff Addis, GM3V; Robert Thomas, Capt.of the Host.

After the degree we retired to the dinning room for a choice of 4 or 5 types of cold cuts, cheese, chips, cookies and soda.  Very nice refreshments.

Tonight Bill and I had dry roads, saw a new Mark Master, made a few new friends and had good refreshments.   What more could you ask for.

'til the next time.