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Photo Of Temple Lodge No. 33 Member Ormond Towers Smythe On Mt. Prevost, Circa 1920

Posted on October 6, 2021 by admin

Duncan resident Larry Kier has allowed us to use this photo of Ormond Towers Smythe (1882-1948, former Duncan Mayor and member of Temple Lodge No. 33, from his family collection.

Ormond Towers Smythe on Mt. Prevost, circa 1920. The tent is for the surveyors' pin that is still on the west hump of Mt. Prevost. (photo courtesy of Larry Kier - private collection) — Ormond Towers Smythe on Mt. Prevost, circa 1920. The tent is for the surveyors’ pin that is still on the west hump of Mt. Prevost. (photo courtesy of Larry Kier – private collection)

The photo shows Ormond Towers Smythe on the west peak of Mt. Prevost, circa 1920. The tent in the photo is covering the surveyors’ pin that is still in place on the west peak of Mt. Prevost.

We will take a hike on Mt. Prevost in the near future to get a photo of this site.

Ormond Towers Smythe, Mayor of Duncan 1914-16, 1923 (photo courtesy of City of Duncan)

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Duncan Baseball Team, 1905

Posted on August 13, 2020 by admin

Duncan resident Larry Kier has kindly provided Temple Lodge No. 33 with a copy of this photo from his personal collection. The photo shows the Duncan baseball team in 1905.

This photo shows the following members of Temple Lodge No. 33:

Andrew Peterson – founding partner in Cowichan Merchants with Thomas Pitt and William P. Jaynes.
Kenneth F. Duncan – first Mayor of Duncan in 1912
Ormond T. Smythe – Mayor of Duncan 1914-1916, 1923

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Featured Deceased Member of Temple Lodge No. 33 For May 2017 – Ormond Towers Smythe (1882-1948)

Posted on May 2, 2017May 2, 2017 by admin

Each month Temple Lodge No. 33 featured a Deceased Brother as a way remembering our Deceased Brethren while highlighting the contributions Temple Lodge No. 33 members have made to Duncan and the Cowichan Valley.

The Featured Deceased member of Temple Lodge No. 33 for May 2017 is Ormond Towers Smythe (1882-1948), one of the ten Freemasons who have served as Mayor of Duncan.

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Masonic Mayors of Duncan

Posted on January 13, 2016 by admin

Since the City of Duncan was incorporated in 1912, there have been sixteen Mayors of Duncan. Ten of those sixteen Mayors have been Freemasons and eight of those ten have been members of Temple Lodge, No.33.

Thomas Pitt as District Deputy Grand Master, circa 1918. Thomas Pitt was Mayor of Duncan 1914-16 and in 1924 (photo copyright Temple Lodge, No.33)

Here is a list of the Freemasons who have served as Mayor of Duncan, followed by a list of Freemasons who have served on Duncan City Council.

Kenneth Forrest Duncan – Mayor of Duncan 1912.
Ormond Towers Smythe – Mayor of Duncan 1914-16, 1923. City Councillor 1912-14, 1920-22, 1924.
Thomas Pitt – Mayor of Duncan 1914-1916, 1924. City Councillor 1914, 1922-1924.
J. Islay Mutter – Reeve of North Cowichan 1914, 1918, 1919. Mayor of Duncan 1924-28. J. Islay Mutter is the only person to have served as both Mayor of Duncan and Reeve of North Cowichan.
Harold Fairfax Prevost – Mayor of Duncan 1929-1935. City Councillor 1919-1921
James Grieg – Mayor of Duncan 1936-1939. City Councillor 1940-1943
George Henry Savage – Mayor of Duncan 1943-1946. City Councillor 1937-1942
James Chesterfield Wragg – Mayor of Duncan 1947-1955. James C. Wragg was initiated in Malahat Lodge, No. 107.
Ken Paskin – Mayor of Duncan 1974-79. City Councillor 1972-74 and 1981-82. (Malahat Lodge, No.107)
Douglas William Barker, D.S.M. – Mayor of Duncan 1983-86. City Councillor 1976-83.

Freemasons Who Have Served On Duncan City Council

Douglas William Barker, D.S.M. – City Councillor 1976-83. Mayor of Duncan, 1983-86.
Gordon M. Berry – City Councillor 1970-76
Robert Keddie Cairns – City Councillor 1942-43, 1947-56, 1959-62
James McLeod Campbell – City Councillor 1912-14,1916,1918-19,1925. Also served as Reeve of North Cowichan, 1907
Wilfred Taylor Corbishley – City Councillor 1929-36
Herbert William Dickie – City Councillor 1919-22, 1925-28
James Grieg – City Councillor 1940-43. Mayor of Duncan 1936-1939.
Alexander Stuart Hadden – City Councillor 1923-24
John Homer – City Councillor 1971-85
Walter Maxwell Hudson – we’re currently confirming the dates he served on City Council
Joseph Kerrone – City Councillor 1956-60
James Farley LeQuesne – City Councillor 1947-58
Martin Kurtas Lukaitis – City Councillor 1967-2002
Charles William O’Neill – City Councillor 1917
Ken Paskin – City Councillor 1972-74, 1981-82. Mayor of Duncan 1974-79. A member of Malahat Lodge, No. 107
Thomas Pitt – City Councillor 1914, 1922-24. Mayor of Duncan 1914-1916, 1924
Harold Fairfax Prevost – City Councillor 1919-21. Mayor of Duncan 1929-1935
George Henry Savage – City Councillor 1937-42. Mayor of Duncan 1943-1946
Ormond Towers Smythe – City Councillor 1912-14, 1920-22, 1924. Mayor of Duncan 1914-1916, 1923

Kenneth F. Duncan, circa 1920. First Mayor of Duncan, 1912 (Photo courtesy of City of Duncan)

J. Islay Mutter, Mayor of Duncan and Reeve of North Cowichan (photo courtesy of City of Duncan)

George Henry Savage, Worshipful Master of Temple Lodge, No.33 in 1923. Mayor of Duncan 1943-46 (photo courtesy of City of Duncan)

Ken Paskin, Mayor of Duncan 1974-1979. He was a member of Malahat Lodge, No. 107 in Mill Bay, B.C. (photo courtesy of City of Duncan)

Douglas William Barker, Mayor of Duncan, (photo courtesy of City of Duncan)