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South Africa Freemason Jack Folly Lodge
in the District of South Africa North
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Freemasons: Jack Folly Lodge No. 8335
P.O. Box 853
Benoni
District Benoni
Consecrated: 1970
Meetings: 4th Monday Jan, Mar, May, July, Sep, Nov
Meeting place: Benoni Masonic Centre Vlei/Pretoria
Rds., Rynfied, Benoni
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Jack Folly Lodge although not the first dining lodge
in the Transvaal introduced a variation by meeting
at 17.30, members coming in lounge suits direct from
their place of work and then going, after the
ceremony to wine and dine at the local country club,
the dinner being interspersed with the Master
'taking wine' with brethren. In short, it was to be
a dining lodge, in the full English tradition. The
designated Charter Master, W Bro B A Keene, had
settled in Benoni from Zimbabwe, where he had helped
to form two similar dining lodges in Harare. Benoni
Lodge, somewhat cautious, after 64 years, in
sponsoring a second English Constitution lodge in
the town, accepted Bro Keene's premise that a dining
lodge would not compete but would complement
existing masonic activity, and agreed to sponsor the
venture.
The new style lodge grew rapidly and was able, in
1976, to sponsor a daughter lodge, the Lodge of
Emulation No 8717.
In 1986 W Bro Albert Spencer, one of the lodge's
founders, was appointed Assistant District Grand
Master and became the Deputy in 1994. Many other
honours have been accorded to Jack Folly brethren
for their services to Transvaal Freemasonry, now
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Exsequi Lodge meets at Park
Lane in Johannesburg, South Africa on the fourth Monday of
February (Election Meeting), April (Installation Meeting),
June, August, October and November. Exsequi is a Freemasons
Dining Lodge and masonic guests are most welcome.
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