In the middle of the 1970's candidates for freemasonry were coming forward in good numbers in Benoni, and in addition there were a number of unattached brethren seeking a masonic home. However, it was felt that any new lodge should have a distinctive character, so the founders of Lodge of Emulation decided that - in addition to the emphasis on good ritual implicit in the name - the lodge should be a dining lodge, meeting at about 5.30pm at the masonic hall in Benoni and holding its festive board at the Benoni Country Club.
With twenty founders the lodge was off to a good start, and it did not baulk at quite considerable financial commitments, which included furnishing a room at the Masonic Haven, contributing its quota to the Heritage Fund, and shortly after consecration facing a commitment to contribute R9000 to the Benoni Masonic Centre Building Fund.
The Charter Master, W Bro Albert Spencer, earned promotion to the rank of Assistant District Grand Master in 1986, subsequently attained Grand Rank, and in 1994 RW Bro Fotinakis appointed him his Deputy for several years.

Meeting place: Benoni Masonic Centre Vlei/Pretoria Rds, Rynfield Benoni