To All Ontario District Brethren:

It seems such a short time ago! - From last July at the Royal York Hotel attending the ceremony of my installation as DDGM for Ontario District, and now we are looking to do the same for my successor next month.

Brethren, it seems a blur tracing our path through this past year. The month of August 2009 spent in planning the year and briefing the District as to how the limits of the trestleboard were going to point the direction and timing of our profit and pleasure. How after our 15 Official Visits and 15 Installations we were still going to have time to attend other installations and official visits of Lodges outside the District.

To the various District Chairmen - my thanks for the way in which the Lodges of Instruction were handled, as well as the enthusiastic and frequent manner in which the Lodge Resources programs were put to the test at various breakfast and evening events. It confirms that the F2F, B2B and Mentors programs really are working.

The Masoni-Ch.I.P. program is gaining momentum, we are gaining back ground in our Blood Donors program, we have almost doubled the targeted amount of $10,000 for the current District Project (Cure for Prostate Cancer). The District Gala is a benchmark event in Ontario District and is a large source of income for the DDGM’s project. The Lodge Librarian as well as the District Pipers travelled many miles with me over this past year. My sincere thanks to the Advisory committee for their assistance and advice when called upon and the gracious way they supported the District by supporting me. To W. Bro. Craig Robinson thanks for a job well done as District Secretary.

The Grand Master's reception was a wonderful success due in no small part to the leadership provided by the Reception committee and the support of the District Brethren and their Ladies. The same must be said for the fine attendance at the District Divine Service in Port Hope during the same weekend.

I must thank the Brethren of Hope Lodge No. 114 for the work accomplished in hosting a well attended party on the occasion of the 150th anniversary since Hope Lodge received it's charter.

The quality of the floor work and ritual in the degrees put on by the various Lodges of our District always makes it a pleasure to be in attendance. Keep up the good work! Continue visiting!!

In closing, I would like to say that serving as DDGM of Ontario District has been the high point of my Masonic career. The Masters, Secretaries, Chairmen and Brethren have only themselves to thank for making this happen. Thank you all!!

• Raised on a farm north of Port Hope, Ontario. Attended Dale Public School and Port Hope High School.
• Joined the RCAF in 1958, leaving the military in 1970.
• Spent the past 39 years associated with commercial flying primarily as a helicopter pilot.
  

• Joined Hope Lodge AF & AM No.114 in Port Hope, Ontario in May 1969.
• Joined Ouaniniche Chapter No.21 in Wabush, Labrador in May 1976
• Joined Moore Preceptory No.13 in Peterborough, Ontario in October 1988.
• Joined Kawartha Shrine Club in Peterborough in 1992
• Joined Rameses Temple of Mystic Shrine in June 1992.
• Installed as Master of Hope Lodge No.114 in Port Hope, Ontario in December 1999.
• Affiliated with Victoria Chapter No.37 in Port Hope in November 2000.
• Joined Heritage Lodge No.730 in May 2004.
• Joined L. of P. and Chapter Rose Croix in Peterborough Valley in March 2006.
• Joined Kawartha Council No.143 of Allied Masonic Degrees of Canada in Feb. 2007.
• Joined Peterborough Valley Scottish Rite (32nd) Hamilton Consistory, May 2007.
• Installed as District Deputy Grand Master of Ontario District on 16 July 2009.

• Married Margaret (Marg) More in July 1962.
• Two sons and one Daughter
• Two grandsons and three granddaughters
• Two great grandsons

• (Marg's father - David Reginald More was a member of Minto Lodge in Lochgelly, Fife, Scotland. Passed to the Grand Lodge Above in Sep 1961).
• (Bob's father - Allan Frederick Ough was a member of Hope Lodge No.114 in Port Hope and a member of Victoria Chapter No.37 in Port Hope. Passed to the G. L. Above Dec 1994.)