| Summary: | Oral interview with Larry Bentley, conducted by Dale Gibert Jarvis, recorded at the Can-am Masonic Lodge in Stephenville. 00:00 — Larry gives biographical information; working for Hudson’s Bay Company, broken leg, Labrador, meeting wife; 04:29 — transferred to Frobisher Bay; working for department of Northern Affairs; returning to Newfoundland, working in Government; marrying; 07:51 — working up through Newfoundland Government; moving to Stephenville; describes government agencies; 11:57 — getting involved with the Masonic Lodge; family history with the Masons; 16:48 — history of the Can-Am Masonic Lodge; 22:45 — Lodge furnishings from the United States; 24:24 — lodge membership, military and civilian; 27:27 — military support of the lodge; meetings in Goose Bay before Stephenville; 29:34 — sending out Summons; planning meetings; 31:52 — where members ended up afterwards; members returning to Stephenville; 33:31 — future of the Lodge in Stephenville; population on the move, lack of interest by the youth; how Stephenville has changed; lack of interest in other organizations; 37:38 — membership pressure through family; son’s not attending after fathers pressed them to join; more interest in social rather than the traditions; 40:18 — if the rules don’t change, will it survive?
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