{"id":97324,"date":"2024-10-26T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/?p=97324"},"modified":"2024-10-24T00:16:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T13:16:22","slug":"freemason-celebrates-60-years-of-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/news\/freemason-celebrates-60-years-of-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Freemason celebrates 60 years of service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>IN front of family members and guests, WBro Hugh O&#8217;Neill Robertson was presented with his 60-year jewel at Heathcote Masonic Lodge last week.<\/p>\n<p>The jewel was presented by lodge secretary Gus Martonhelyi.<\/p>\n<p>Before presenting the jewel, Mr Martonhelyi spoke about the history of Masonic Lodges \u2013 now over 300 years old in their present form.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Masonic Lodges maintain a strict moral code to which good men gravitate,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone in Freemasonry is equal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>WBro Robertson was born in Perth, Scotland.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_30038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30038\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-30038 \" src=\"https:\/\/static.timesnewsgroup.com.au\/prod\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2024\/10\/Freemasons_01860.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-30038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Support: WBro Hugh Robertson with family members David Stammers, Joan Stammers, Cameron Ewart, Celeste, Douglas Ewart and Annabelle. Photo: SANDRA JAMES<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I married my wife Marion in 1959, and we migrated to Australia in 1963,&#8221; Mr Robertson said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We spent Christmas aboard ship and arrived in an Australian summer, straight out of a Scottish winter.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I was initiated into Freemasonry in Glasgow in 1962 and since moving to Australia have been a member of several Masonic Lodges.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Mr Robertson moved to Heathcote in 2017 to enable family here to better look after Marion, who was ill.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is an honour to receive my 60-year jewel,&#8221; Mr Robertson said, &#8220;especially surrounded by my family.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IN front of family members and guests, WBro Hugh O&#8217;Neill Robertson was presented with his 60-year jewel at Heathcote Masonic Lodge last week. The jewel was presented by lodge secretary Gus Martonhelyi. 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