Brethren of Ontario District,

Even though one charts a course toward a target known to take many years down the road, the arrival can be overwhelming.

This somewhat describes what transpired in mid-July of this year at the Grand Lodge communication in Toronto. It finally hit me that first of all, because Hope Lodge 114 Past Masters and Members supported the idea of me becoming their candidate for D.D.G.M., our journey was beginning. Then over the course of the next three or four years, there was a support action by Ontario District that became even more wonderful to experience than you can ever imagine. On July 15th this year the District made it official and all of a sudden the reality hit - we had arrived.

I know that with the continued support of Ontario District and the absolute trust and support of Grand Lodge, everything will work out well.

I want to thank the Masters, Secretaries, District Chairmen, and all the Officers and members of Ontario District for the way you have at this early date shown your enthusiasm for this, our Masonic craft.

We will have a great year ahead, built onto the great years of the past. While visiting this subject, I want to thank R.W. Bro. Blain Moffat I.P.D.D.G.M. for his staunch support, and to V.W. Bro. Gerry Garnett for his efforts to make the transition seamless between the Masonic years. I want also to thank W. Bro. Craig Robinson for answering the call to become District Secretary and for the support he has already displayed.

This year I have chosen "Cure for Prostate Cancer" as the Ontario District Project. The project number is 2387 and I know we will have a banner year in reaching our goal.

Finally Brethren as we proceed through this coming 12 months, let us ask the G.A.O.T.U. for guidance and protection for all our Brethren in the Grand Lodge as well as all 44 Districts of the Grand Jurisdiction.

• 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.)