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Meeting on 3rd Monday of the Month (except July, & August) at 7:30 PM at the Uxbridge Masonic Hall Click Here for Uxbridge Masonic Hall History 26 Spruce Street, Uxbridge

Officers for 2010/2011
Worshipful Master	W. Bro. Krzysztof (Chris) Opydo
Immediate Past Master	W. Bro. Angus Milne
Senior Warden	Bro. Brent Broadhurst
Junior Warden	Bro. Kevin Morash
Chaplain	TBD
Treasurer	Bro. Andrew Kari Luukonen
Secretary	W. Bro. Mark Young
Senior Deacon	Bro. Ben Dirksen
Junior Deacon	Bro. Glen James
Director of Ceremonies	W. Bro. Ronald Northrop
Inner Guard	W. Bro. Loyd Grose
Senior Steward	Bro. Eric Pay
Junior Steward	Bro. Christopher Wilson
Tyler	Bro. Norman Goodspeed
Assistant Secretary	W. Bro. Emilio Testa
Historian	V.W. Bro. Bruce Beveridge
Organist	Bro. Allan Williams

Zeredatha Lodge #220 G.R.C. Uxbridge

An item in the "Uxbridge Journal", the community's newspaper, in its issue of 10 November 1869, reads as follows - "We understand that the Masonic Brethren have opened a Lodge in this place. Meetings will be held at Annand's Hotel on Mondays, on or about the full moon in each month".

While it may seem peculiar in our modern day with street lights and automobiles, it appears that the practice of holding lodge meetings at the time of the full moon was once quite common. In the somewhat isolated towns and villages of rural Upper Canada, travel was done on horseback or on foot over roads that we would probably consider impassible. Since many of the members would have been farmers with chores to complete before going to Lodge, the light of the moon would have been the only illumination through these passages on a dark winter's evening.

Zeredatha Lodge # 220 G.R.C., which takes its name from a city on the River Jordan that is recorded in the Bible, received its charter from Grand Lodge on the 4th of July 1870. The first Worshipful Master was Bro. G.H. Dartnell. Lodge records indicate that the first Grand Lodge dues were paid on the 29th September of 1870 in the amount of $10.00 dollars. The purchase of the Lodge Seal cost $7.00 dollars. The sum of $17.25 was paid for the first Lodge Jewels. By the 26th January 1880 Brother Dartnell had become the D.D.G.M. and was received in that capacity as the first official visitor from Grand Lodge. The first official visit by a Grand Master took place on the 14th March 1892. Serving as Grand Master at that time was the Most Worshipful Brother John Ross Robertson.

Zeredatha Lodge is the home of an art collection painted by the late Brother James T. Dowling, a prolific artist and a member of the lodge who served as Lodge Master in 1875. The collection consists of a number of wall plaques mounted in the lodge sanctuary, and some 40 large panels painted on canvas scrolls. The above sample shows his interpretation of a typical workday in the ancient Holy Land. It illustrates a variety of workers, including two masons finishing a Perfect Ashlar. This photo is supplied courtesy of V.W.Bro. Norman Meek.