W. Bro. RON SANSOM
W/BRO RON SANSOM WAS BORN IN BUDE CORNWALL IN MARCH 1922, THE YOUNGEST OF 8 CHILDREN.
HE WAS 97 YEARS OF AGE WHEN HE PASSED TO THE GRAND LODGE ABOVE.
HE SERVED IN THE ARMY DURING WW2 AND THEN BEGAN A CAREER AS A PAYMASTER WITH BRITISH RAIL.
HE WAS MADE A MASON IN RED ROSE LODGE NO 2565 IN LONDON AND SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME A MEMBER OF SPINNAKER LODGE NO 8395 AND THE EAST KENT SCRIVENORS LODGE NO 9622. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF SPINNAKE CHAPTER.
IN 2006 HE BECAME A MEMBER OF ETHELBERT LODGE AND IN 2014 HE WAS ELECTED AN HONORARY MEMBER OF THE LODGE.
MANY OF THE BRETHREN IN THE LODGE WILL NOT KNOW WHO W/BRO RON WAS AND WOULD NOT HAVE RECOGNISED HIM OF THEY HAD PASSED HIM IN THE STREET.
THEY MAY BE SURPRISED THEREFORE THAT W/BRO RON WAS MADE AN HONORARY MEMBER OF HE LODGE AFTER SUCH A SHORT TIME.
BRETHREN, TAKE A LOOK AROUND YOU THIS EVENING. THE CENTRE YOU SEE IS RON SANSOM'S LEGACY TO FREEMASONRY IN HERNE BAY.
DURING HIS TIME IN SPINNAKER LODGE, RON BECAME A MEMBER OF THE OLD TEMPLE MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT.
HE SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE AND SECRETARY ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS.
HE RECOGNISED THE NEED TO IMPROVE THE CENTRE OR SEE IT FADE AWAY AND WORKED FOR MANY YEARS TO RAISE FUNDS TO IMPROVE THE BUILDING.
IN 2004 AND 2005, WHEN HE WAS ONCE AGAIN CHAIRMAN, HE PERSUADED THE COMMITTEE TO COMMIT TO THE WORK THAT PRODUCED THE CENTRE WE NOW ENJOY. A MUSTY SLIGHTLY SHABBY OLD CHURCH WAS CONVERTED INTO THE MASONIC CENTRE THAT WE ALL KNOW TODAY.
IT WAS RONS ENERGY, VISION AND ENTHUSIASM THAT DROVE THE PROJECT. IT WAS REMARKABLE THAT A MAN OF 82 YEARS SHOULD HAVE HIS EYES SO FIRMLY FIXED ON THE FUTURE.
FOR HIS WORK RON WAS REWARDED WITH THE RANK OF PPSGW AND RECEIVED THE PGMS AWARD FOR SERVICE.
THE CERTIFICATE IS ON DISPLAY IN THE ROBING AREA OUTSIDE THE LODGE DOORS
WHEN HIS HEALTH BEGAN TO FAIL AND HE COULD NO LONGER ATTEND LODGE, ETHELBERT LODGE ELECTED HIM AN HONORARY MEMBER IN RECOGNITION OF THE WORK HE HAD DONE FOR FREEMASONRY IN HERNE BAY.
WE OWE HIM A LOT AND SHOULD RECOGNISE AND REMEMBER HIS CONTRIBUTION.
Ron Samson - 1922 to 2019 by W.Bro. Clifford Norris PPGReg
HE WAS 97 YEARS OF AGE WHEN HE PASSED TO THE GRAND LODGE ABOVE.
HE SERVED IN THE ARMY DURING WW2 AND THEN BEGAN A CAREER AS A PAYMASTER WITH BRITISH RAIL.
HE WAS MADE A MASON IN RED ROSE LODGE NO 2565 IN LONDON AND SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME A MEMBER OF SPINNAKER LODGE NO 8395 AND THE EAST KENT SCRIVENORS LODGE NO 9622. HE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF SPINNAKE CHAPTER.
IN 2006 HE BECAME A MEMBER OF ETHELBERT LODGE AND IN 2014 HE WAS ELECTED AN HONORARY MEMBER OF THE LODGE.
MANY OF THE BRETHREN IN THE LODGE WILL NOT KNOW WHO W/BRO RON WAS AND WOULD NOT HAVE RECOGNISED HIM OF THEY HAD PASSED HIM IN THE STREET.
THEY MAY BE SURPRISED THEREFORE THAT W/BRO RON WAS MADE AN HONORARY MEMBER OF HE LODGE AFTER SUCH A SHORT TIME.
BRETHREN, TAKE A LOOK AROUND YOU THIS EVENING. THE CENTRE YOU SEE IS RON SANSOM'S LEGACY TO FREEMASONRY IN HERNE BAY.
DURING HIS TIME IN SPINNAKER LODGE, RON BECAME A MEMBER OF THE OLD TEMPLE MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT.
HE SERVED AS CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMITTEE AND SECRETARY ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS.
HE RECOGNISED THE NEED TO IMPROVE THE CENTRE OR SEE IT FADE AWAY AND WORKED FOR MANY YEARS TO RAISE FUNDS TO IMPROVE THE BUILDING.
IN 2004 AND 2005, WHEN HE WAS ONCE AGAIN CHAIRMAN, HE PERSUADED THE COMMITTEE TO COMMIT TO THE WORK THAT PRODUCED THE CENTRE WE NOW ENJOY. A MUSTY SLIGHTLY SHABBY OLD CHURCH WAS CONVERTED INTO THE MASONIC CENTRE THAT WE ALL KNOW TODAY.
IT WAS RONS ENERGY, VISION AND ENTHUSIASM THAT DROVE THE PROJECT. IT WAS REMARKABLE THAT A MAN OF 82 YEARS SHOULD HAVE HIS EYES SO FIRMLY FIXED ON THE FUTURE.
FOR HIS WORK RON WAS REWARDED WITH THE RANK OF PPSGW AND RECEIVED THE PGMS AWARD FOR SERVICE.
THE CERTIFICATE IS ON DISPLAY IN THE ROBING AREA OUTSIDE THE LODGE DOORS
WHEN HIS HEALTH BEGAN TO FAIL AND HE COULD NO LONGER ATTEND LODGE, ETHELBERT LODGE ELECTED HIM AN HONORARY MEMBER IN RECOGNITION OF THE WORK HE HAD DONE FOR FREEMASONRY IN HERNE BAY.
WE OWE HIM A LOT AND SHOULD RECOGNISE AND REMEMBER HIS CONTRIBUTION.
Ron Samson - 1922 to 2019 by W.Bro. Clifford Norris PPGReg