Formal Opening in Yuen-ming-yuen Road on Saturday The Masonic Club's new quarters, situated at 8B Yuen-ming-yuen Read, were formally opened at 12.18 pam, on Saturday, by Worshipful Brother A. M. A. Evans. A large percentage of members and many fof their friends were present.
After Mr. Evans had unlocked the front door,: the assembly, Mr. Evans leading and escorted by Mr. R. P. Philips (President) and Mr. S.C. Young (Vice-President), entered the spacious rooms which the organization has made possible. The ceremony was entirely informal and Mr, Evans, who proposed the toast of "Health, wealth, and pros. perity to the new Masonic Club," outlined in short the history of the institution.
The First Proposals early as 1865, the speaker, Masons of Shanghai had pro-poted having a club which they could call their own, but which for various reasons was not formed until nearly two decades later. It was in 1882, that portions of the Masonic Building were being: ya ed, and it was suggested that these six rooms might provide suitable quarters for a Masonic Club. A temporary committee investigated the.conditiens, and, on January 16, 1882, future charter members subscribed $300, which had been deemed necessary to outfit the rooms. Within five minutes the entire amount was pledged. Mom-bers of the English, American, and Scottish Lodges, the prine movers being Messrs. 'H. Evans, D.C. Jansen, and Tom Pemberton, feccupied their club formally on
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