Notable Accomplishments by True Blue Lodge

Between 1983 and 2008

  • Total number of Degrees completed :203
    • Number of 1st Degrees: 79
    • Number of 2nd Degrees: 62
    • Number of 3rd Degrees: 62
  • Most Degrees in one year:
    • 15 (in 1983-84 with Worshipful Master VW Bro. Lloyd Bittle).
  • Member achieving 3 Degrees in the shortest time span:
    • Bro. Bryan Shapcott (63 days).
  • Total number of new members affiliating:
    • 18.
  • Total number of members passing to the Grand Lodge Above:
    • 52.
  • Most often the Installing Master:
    • RW Bro. Paul Egan (10 times).
  • Most often the Master of a Special Evening (Past Masters / Senior Wardens):
    • VW Bro. Donald Wylie (6 times).
  • Longest time between terms as Worshipful Master of True Blue:
    • 19 years - W Bro. Michael Walmsley.
  • Total number of Grand Lodge appointments for members of True Blue:
    • 6 (VW Bro. Lorne Whetstone, VW Bro. Lloyd Bittle, VW Bro. Donald Wylie, VW Bro. John Holding, VW Bro. Michael Carter, VW Bro. Ralph Botting).
  • Total number of True Blue brethren elected to position of District Deputy Grand Master:
    • 1 (RW Bro. David Syme).
  • Most years as Chair of a Lodge Committee:
    • Bro. Bruce Wilson as Chair of the Sick and Visiting Committee (all 25 years).
  • Most consecutive years for a charitable donation:
    • 25 years of True Blue donations to Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children - combined with previous consecutive donation years for a total of 111 consecutive years.