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Prince of Wales Officers 2009

Worshipful Master Prince of Wales Lodge No. 146


W. Bro. Ken Vyse A.F. & A.M., G.R.C., Constituted 1861

Immediate Past Master


R.W. Bro. Gord Rittwage
Senior Warden
V.W. Bro. Jim McCallum
Junior Warden
Bro. Doug Zwicker
Secretary
W. Bro. Doug Scott
Treasurer
V.W. Bro. Gord Small
Chaplain
W. Bro. James Troyer
Historian
W. Bro. Doug Stitt
Director of Ceremonies
W. Bro. Ian Troyer
Senior Deacon
Bro. Terry Rittwage
Junior Deacon
Bro. Doug Lawless
Senior Steward
Bro. Brian Mellon
Junior Steward
Bro. Tom Potter
Inner Guard
Bro. Matt Murphy On the Occasion of the Official Visit of the
District Deputy Grand Master, Frontenac District
Tyler
W. Bro. LaVern Switzer R.W. Bro. Marvin J. Switzer
November 4, 2009
Worshipful Master’s Welcome
W. Bro. Ken Vyse

Invocation
Bro. Doug Lawless

Royal Anthem

Toast to the Queen and the Craft R.W. Bro. Marvin J. Switzer is a member of Prince of Wales Lodge No. 146 in
Bro. Patrick Edmison Napanee. He lives just north-east of Napanee in Newburgh, a village of 500 people with
his wife Kate, son Michael and daughter Jennifer. Marvin works at Hotel Dieu Hospital
Banquet in Kingston as a Biomedical Technologist, where he repairs and maintains medical
equipment used in daily patient care. He is a member of the Ontario Association of
Introduction of the Head Table
Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists and the Canadian Medical and
W. Bro. Ian Troyer
Biological Engineering Society.
Appreciation to the Caterer Freemasonry has always been in Marvin’s family, with both his grandfather and father
Bro. Doug Zwicker being Masons and his mother a member of the Eastern Star. R.W. Bro. Marvin Switzer
Toast to the Visitors was initiated into Freemasonry in April of 1995 and having passed through the chairs
Bro. Tom Potter served as master in 2002 and 2007. Marvin affiliated with Daylight Lodge No. 739 in
October of 2007.
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Marvin has chaired various Lodge and District Committees and was elected to
W. Bro. Gord Mylks
Management Committee in 2006. As Vice-President of the Masonic Association of
Toast to the Grand Master and Grand Lodge Frontenac District in 2007 – 2008 he organized the Grand Junior Warden’s Degree
Bro. David Mosgrove Team and was a member of the Grand Master’s Reception Planning Committee.

This year as President of the Masonic Association of Frontenac District he enjoyed


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the challenge of organizing the Grand Senior Warden’s Degree team and chairing the
R.W. Bro. Marvin J. Switzer, D.D.G.M., Frontenac District
reception committee for the visit of the Deputy Grand Master to Frontenac District.
Junior Warden’s Toast On July 16th, 2009 his nomination was confirmed by the Grand Master M.W. Bro.
Bro. Doug Zwicker Raymond S. Daniels as the Grand Master’s representative to Frontenac District.
O Canada Outside of lodge Marvin is very active in both his church and work communities. In
church he leads and sings with a Praise Band, serves on various committees and leads
services. At work he has been involved with and volunteered as a Member of the United
Way Committee, Member and Team Captain – Hotel Dieu Hospital Food Blitz, and
Organizer, Hotel Dieu Hospital Annual 5 km and 10 km run.

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