West Wales Mason
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Cliff was Initiated into Teifi Lodge 14 April 1960.
The W. Master and his officers certainly worked hard in those days because Cliff was initiated in a double ceremony with Jason Wynne Lewis, sadly deceased in 1971, and a double Second Degree for John Sands Evans and Daniel Gethin James who became W. Master of Frenni Lodge in 1975. He was Passed to the Second Degree on 9 November 1960 again as a double ceremony with JW Lewis and one month later on 8 December 1960 was Raised to the Degree of Master Mason. Cliff was a Bank Clerk in Cardigan when he was initiated and as he had set his sights on promotion within the Banking world he was obliged to forgo the pleasures of rising to the Chair of Teifi Lodge as he was moved away to other towns like Llandovery and Talgardd and his skills eventually led him back to Cardigan as Manager. It was whilst he was away from home in Cwm Cou that he visited a certain garage in St. Dogmaels where he saw a very nice Triumph car, but being a canny Banker was a bit careful in spending money so he did not do a deal. The proprietor of said garage on seeing a potential customer leaving and knowing where he lived took another Triumph car to where Cliff was living, did the deal and drove Cliff’s old car back to Cardigan. Now that is a car salesman for you. The salesman? Yes you have guessed it, was none other that W. Bro B. V. Rees. The love of Cliff’s life is his wife Glenys whom he married on 9 May 1950 and they celebrated their Diamond Wedding Anniversary last year.
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