P G P END OF TERM SPEECH 2010
WELL BROTHERS
ANOTHER YEAR IS DRAWING TO A CLOSE, AND IT HAS
FALLEN ON ME AS THE PROVINCES CHIEF OFFICER TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
IT HAS BEEN QUITE AN UNUSUAL YEAR.
I WAS INSTALLED AS YOUR PGP BACK IN NOVEMBER 2009 BY THE OUT GOING
PGP Bro. PETER HARRY ROH.
THE YEAR STARTED VERY WELL
, OR THOUGH IT SEEMED , WE WERE HIT
BY A SPELL OF VERY BAD WEATHER WHICH CAUSED ME TO POSTPONE THE JANUARY MEETING THAT WAS DUE TO TAKE PLACE ON 9th
UNTILL THE 16th, WE AT LAST OPENED
THE PGL WITH 29 OFFICERS AND DELIGATES
AND WE BID WELCOME TO ALL NEW DELIGATES AND
OFFICERS , IT WAS GOOD TO SEE A RENEWED INTEREST.
DURING THE JANUARY MEETING I
EXPLAINED WHY I HAD CHOSEN THE SOUTHERN SPINAL INJURIES TRUST CHARITY FOR MY APPEAL. THE LODGES HAVE SUPPORTED ME IN RAIASING
FUNDS FOR THE CHARITY AND I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY
TO THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU
FOR THAT SUPPORT WITHOUT YOU I WOULD BE NOTHING AND OUR WONDERFUL ORDER WOULD
NOT EXIST .
THERE WERE SEVERAL BROTHERS WHO WERE RAISED DURING THE YEAR AND TO THEM I OFFER MY PERSONAL CONGRATULATIONS AND
HOPE THAT THEY WILL GROW STRONGER IN THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE ARE
ALL HERE TO ,SUCCUR AND DEFEND ANY
BROTHER WHO NEEDS IT.
OUR GRAND LODGE DELIGATES WERE CONFIRMED AND
ACCEPTED BY GRAND LODGE AND THROUGHOUT
THIS YEAR HAVE HAD TO TRAVEL A LONG DISTANCE TO DUNDEE IN SCOTLAND TO ATTEND
FOR US, UNFORTUNATLY THEY WERE NOT ABLE
TO TRAVEL TO DUNDEE FOR THE DECEMBER AND
LAST MEETING FOR 2010, DUE TO THE VERY BAD WEATHER BUT APPART FROM THAT BROTHERS MERVIN , ROBERT , AND
RON ON BEHALF OF THIS PGL I THANK YOU ALL
MOST SINCERELY FOR A JOB VERY WELL
DONE, BETWEEN YOU , YOU HAVE GIVEN US SOME VERY FULL
AND COMPREHENSIVE REPORTS.
IN JANUARY OUR NOW
PGP FOR 2011 FOUND HIMSELF IN HOSPITAL WHICH RESULTED IN HAVING A KIDNEY TRANSPLANT
THANKFULLY HE RECOVERED AND WILL BE TAKING THE ROYAL CHAIR FOR NEXT YEAR .
LAST YEAR THE WINNER OF THE JEFF ASHCROFT CUP WAS BRO DOUG HEWITT AND WHAT A POPULAR CHOICE THAT WAS
, ALL THROUGH OUT THIS YEAR JUST
ENDING BRO DOUGIE HAS SHOWN HIS
SPIRIT AND DEDICATION , WE HAVE ALL
COME TO LOVE AND RESPECT HIM , I
WAS ABSOLUTLY GUTTED TO HEAR YOUR TERRIBLE NEWS BRO DUG , BUT TO US IN THE WEST
CORNWALL PROVINCE YOU’RE A SHINING EXAMPLE OF BUFFALOWISN AND LONG MAY YOU CONTINUE TO INSPIRE US .
THIS YEARS WINNER OF JEFFS CUP IS KNOWN ONLY TO MYSELF AND WILL REMAIN ANNON UNTILL IT IS TIME TO NAME HIM HE IS A BROTHER WHO HAS
MET ALL THE CRITERA THAT BRO JEFF SET DOWN WHEN HE PRESENTED US WITH THE LOVELY CUP.
SINCE WE RAISED OUR GRAND LODGE LOTTERY INTEREST , WE HAVE HAD
SOME SUCCESS WITH SEVERAL WINNERS IN
THE PROVINCE . WE ALSO CHANGED THE PRIZE ALLOCATION FOR OUR OWN LOTTERY. FOLLOWING
A MEETING WHERE WE DISCUSSED THE CHANGES , THE MOST POPULAR OUTCOME WAS THAT
THE PRIZES SHOULD BE PAID MONTHLY WITH 5 EQUAL AMOUNTS OF £20.00 EACH , WHICH WAS SUBMITTED BY THE PENLEE LODGE ,THIS HAS
PROVED TO BE A VERY FINE AND WELL
THOUGHT OUT SOLUTION , IT HAS BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE JANUARY THIS YEAR AND IF YOU CAST YOUR MIND BACK TO JANUARY THE FIRST
WINNER ACTUALLY CAME FROM THE PENLEE LODGE. MMMMMMMMMMMMM.
AT THE MAY PGL WE WERE TOLD OF THE PASSING OF BRO MALCOMBE TREGENSA WHO WAS A STAUNCH MEMBER OF THE JOHN HARRIS LODGE ATTENDING ON A VERY REGULAR BASIS , TO
ALL THE BROTHERS WHO HAVE PASSED TO THE GRAND LODGE ABOVE, YOU WILL BE SORELY
MISSED AND MAY
YOU ALL REST IN PEACE.
ON THE 21st MAY
WE WERE PRIVELIDGED TO BE INVITED TO BRO ANDREW PERRYS HONARY MEMBERSHIP CEREMONY.
CONGRATULATIONS TO BRO ANDREW, HE IS NOW
IN THE RANKS OF THE BAND OF BROTHERS WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR TIME AND ENERGY TO THE ORDER AND HAVE BEEN RECOGNISED
FOR THIS AND CAN NOW GO TO ANY LODGE
OF THE GLE AND PAY NO REGISTRATION FEE. THEY HAVE ALL
EARNED THAT PLEASURE AND WE MUST RESPECT THEM FOR THE TIME AND
EFFORT THEY HAVE MADE.
ON THE 17th JULY WE HAD THE GARDEN FETE IN THE GROUNDS
OF HANOVER COURT CAMBOURNE, WHERE
THE AMMOUNT RAISED WAS QUITE SUBSTANCIAL I HAVE ALREADY ASKED BRO TREVOR TO CONVEY
MY MOST GRATEFULL THANKS TO THE RESIDENTS OF HANOVER COURT AND THE GRENVILL LODGE,
FOR ORGANISING THIS NOW YEARLY EVENT. LONG MAY IT CONTINUE AND IF ANY BROTHER WOULD LIKE ANY FURTHER DETAILS, THEN
BRO TREVOR IS YOUR MAN .
THE SUMMER SEEMED TO FLY
BY AND BEFORE WE KNEW IT , IT WAS GONE
AND THE AUTUMN WAS
UPON US .
TOGETHER WITH THE OFFICERS AND
SOME PAST PROVINCIAL GRAND PRIMO’S WE VISITED ALL OF THE LODGES IN THE
PROVINCE AND WE WERE RECEIVED IN ALL
LODGES WITH CURTESY AND POLITENESS. THE VISITS ARE VERY TIME CONSUMING AND
EXPENSIVE BUT A PLEASURE TO DO. BUT TO US IT’S A VERY IMPORTANT FUNCTION
AND HELPS WITH THE BONDING OF OUR PROVINCE, WITHOUT WHICH WE HAVE NOTHING .
THE PICTURE THAT I TOOK AROUND TO ALL
THE LODGES WAS WON BY BRO ERNIE
MATTHEWS ROH , FROM THE HUMPHREY DAVEY LODGE PENZANCE THROUGH THE VISITS WE HAVE MADE, I HAVE COME TO KNOW Bro ERNIE BUT I AM TOLD THAT NORMALLY IS A QUIET AND UNASSUMING BROTHER , ????. THE PICTURE NOW HOLDS A PLACE ON HIS LOUNGE WALL AND
HE IS VERY PROUD OF IT.
THE PGP’S DINNER WAS WELL
SUPPORTED IT WENT OFF WELL WITH ALL
THE BROTHERS AND THEIR GUESTS ENJOYING
THE EVENING.
BY THIS TIME SOME
OF YOU WILL HAVE HAD YOUR LODGE CHRISTMAS DINNERS I HOPE THEY ALL WENT WELL AND
THE RESOLUTIONS THAT WILL HAVE BEEN MADE ARE ABLE
TO BE KEPT.
THE GRAND DRAW WAS HELD ON THE 4th DECEMBER AT THE
RAOB CLUB PENRYN ,THERE WERE SO MANY PRIZES GOING TO SO MANY DIFERENT PLACES , THE DISTRIBUTION WILL BE A HEADACHE BUT HEY
HO I’LL GET BY AND HOPEFULLY
IT WILL ALL BE FINISHED BEFORE CHRISTMAS. A LIST OF PRIZE WINNERS IS AVAILABLE.
ALTOGETHER I HAD MANY PRIZES DONATED TO ME TO RAISE FUNDS, SOME WERE SPECICALY FOR THE RAFFLE BUT
MOST WERE TO BE USED IN WHATEVER WAY I SAW FIT. THE
BREAKDOWN WAS AS FOLLOWS 15 TO ASSIST THE HANOVER COURT RAFFLE 15 TO ASSIST
THE HARVEST HOME AUCTION IN PZ AND
SOME EVEN RAISED MONEY FOR THE APPEAL AT THE PGP’s DINNER. THE WINNER OF THE FIRST PRIZE WHICH WAS OF COURSE THE 19”DIDITAL TV WITH A DVD PLAYER WAS BRO JOHN BODY WHO SAID HE NEVER WINS
ANYTHING.
IN NOVEMBER WE WERE DUE TO HAVE A HORSE RACING EVENING AT THE
CLIPPER WAY , BOSLOWICK, FALMOUTH THE WEATHER THAT EVENING WAS SO FOUL THAT WE HAD A STEWARDS ENQUIRY THE RESULT OF WHICH
WAS THAT THE GROUND WAS SO SOGGY IT WIULD HAVE BEEN TO DANGEROUS TO CONTINUE SO WE HAD
TO POSTPONE THE RACE EVENING UNTILL 18th DECEMBER WHEN IT IS
HOPED THAT THE GROUND WOULD BE FIRMER. (IF YOU BELIEVE ALL THAT ,THERE IS NO
HOPE FOR YOU.) SO THERES STILL TIME FOR YOU TO COME ALONG AND HAVE A LITTLE FLUTTER.
TOWARDS THE END OF NOVEMBER THE VERY COLD AND
SNOWY WEATHER LEFT ME THINKING THAT WE MIGHT END THE YEAR AS WE HAD STARTED IT WITH. WELL
THERE WE HAVE IT THE END OF ANOTHER YEAR ALL THERE IS LEFT TO DO IS TO THANK
ALL MY OFFICERS AND SOME OF THE
PAST PGP’S ONCE AGAIN FOR THEIR HELP AND SUPPORT . AT THIS TIME I MUST
SAY A BIG THANKYOU TO THE OFFICER THAT RARELY GETS ANY THANKS AND DOES AN AUFUL
LOT FOR THE PROVINCE I CERTAINLY WOULD NOT LIKE HIS JOB
,BRO BOB TAYLOR ROH
MOVING SWIFTLY ON TO THE JEFF ASHCROFT CUP
THE CRITERIA AS SET DOWN FOR THE WINNER OF
THIS CUP IS AS FOLLOWS:-
TO A BROTHER OF THE PROVINCE WHO IN THE OPINION OF THE PGP HAS DEMONSTRATED “BROTHERHOOD” AND HAS SHOWN TO HAVE GIVEN SOMETHING EXTRA TO THE ORDER. THAT
LITTLE BIT SPECIALTHAT HAS BEEN NOTICED BY THE RETIRING PGP .
THIS YEAR I FEEL THERE ARE
MANY BROTHERS WHO QUALLIFY, AND IT WOULD BE UNFAIR TO NAME THEM , SO THIS IS
WHAT I HAVE DECIDEDTO DO THERE IS A
BROTHER WHO QUALLIFIES IN A DIFFERENT WAY TO ALL THE OTHERS, THIS BROTHER IN MY OPINION HAS GIVEN THAT LITTLE BIT EXTRA
I FEEL THAT WHAT HE HAS DONE HAS AFFECTED ALL
OF US,
THE BROTHER, WHO IS WITHIN THIS PGL, HAS ATTENDED JUST
ABOUT EVERY FUNCTION HE POSSIBLY COULD SINCE JOINING PGL AND
HE HAS ALWAYS FOUND TIME TO HELP OTHERS
WHEREVER POSSIBLE,
BRO DOUGGIE HEWITT,
KNOWS HE IS NOT THE RECEIPIENT TODAY.
DUOG NEEDS A CERTAIN
AMMOUNT OF HELP, HIS CHEERFULL BANTER IS KNOWN TO US ALL AND
OUR LIVES HAVE BEEN ENRICHED BY HIS PRESENCE BUT THE BROTHER WHO HAS HELPED DOUGGIE THAT LITTLE BIT MORE THAN MOST, BY TAKING HIM OUT ON TRIPS IN HIS CAR, SITTING
TALKING TO HIM , MAKING SURE DOUGGIE HAS ALL
THE HELP HE NEEDS AND A WHOLE LOT
BESIDES ETC ETC. IS WORTHY OF SPECIAL CONSIDERATION AND THAT IS WHY
I HAVE CHOSEN HIM TO RECEIVE THIS CUP .
HIS HELPFUL AND CONSIDERATE MANNOR MUST HAVE BEEN SEEN AND HEARD
BY US ALL I EXPECT THIS WILL BE
A BIG SURPRISE TO HIM BUT THE WINNER THIS YEAR IS ,OF COURSE , BRO. ROBIN HARRIS KOM.
BRO. ROBIN WILL YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD TO RECEIVE MY THANKS AND CONGRATULATIONS AND YOUR VERY MUCH DESERVED CUP
BEFORE I FINISH I WOULD JUST
LIKE TO SAY AGAIN GOOD LUCK AND CONGRATULATIONS TO BRO
RON AND HOPE THAT 2011 WILL BE A GOOD YEAR FOR YOU.
LASTLY I WISH EVERY
ONE OF THE BROTHERS OF THIS PROVINCE AND
OUR ORDER A VERY HAPPY AND PEACEFULL NEW
YEAR . BROTHERS THANK YOU.
Bro. JOHN S PALMER ROH
PGP 2010
