St.Peter's Operative Lodge No.284

At a meeting held on the 3rd March 1948, it was intimated that the Charter had been granted  and the name and number of the Lodge was:- Lodge Latheron No.1424, also at this meeting the brethren were informed that the Masonic carpet had been gifted to the Lodge by Office Bearers and Brethren of       St Peter's No.284.

On the 31st. March, arrangements were put in hand for the Erection And Consecration of the Lodge. This took place on the 28th. May 1948, when the Lodge was Consecrated by Depute Grand Master Mason of Scotland,
Sir Malcolm Barclay-Harvey K.C.M.G.D.L. of Kinord along with the following members of Grand Lodge:-

At a meeting held on the 20th. November, 1963, a Rough and a Perfect Ashlar was presented to the Lodge, by Brothers W.Tait and W.Gunn of St Peter's Lodge No.284. The gifts were gratefully accepted by the R.W.M. and thanked the brethren for their generosity.

At a meeting held on the 18th. March 1964, it was intimated that the Lodge should be consecrated when the Grand Lodge visited the Province. No date as to when this will take place but will be after the building program was completed.

It is recorded, that a special meeting held on the 18th. November 1964, that due to a power failure the proceedings had to be carried out by candle light, which appreciably added to the dignity of the meeting. The degree being worked was that of Fellowcraft.

The question of the Lodge Consecration was again brought up at a meeting held on the 5th. October 1966. The secretary was to contact Provincial Grand Lodge and report back to the Lodge. Two globes fitted to the Lodge room were gifted by Brother G. Galleitch of St Fergus Lodge.

The Lodge was dedicated on the 2nd. October 1971 by the Most Worshipful Grand Master Brother David Liddel-Grainger Of Ayton, assited by Brother Robert A .Miller, the Right Worshipful Provincial Grand Master. A dinner to celebrate the occasion was held in the Portland Arms Hotel in Lybster.

On the 25th. May 1973, the Lodge celebrated its Silver Jubilee by holding a dinner in the Portland Arms Hotel in Lybster. At the Divine Service held in the Lodge to mark the Silver Jubilee, the Provincial Grand Chaplain dedicated a new pedestal donated by the R.W.M. Bro. W.H.Sutherland.

It was reported to the Lodge that during excavation work being carried out at the North Quay at Wick Harbour, quite a large stone had been retrieved from the rubble, after blasting operations had been carried out by Kestrel Marine.

After a careful scrutiny by an observant electrical contractor Bro. W.J.MacCleod and the harbour master Bro. Hamish Moore, revealed that it bore the 'Mark' of a Mark Master Mason, which was cut on the stone perhaps,  ( one hundred and fifty years or more ago.) P.M Gunn had the stone removed to Lodge St Fegus No.466 for further cleaning and research into its history.