W.BRO. ROY McGREGOR WATT JR. passed to the Grand Lodge Above on Sunday, January 18, 2009 at the age of 91. Initiated on January 8, 1963 he was Worshipful Master of Civil Service Lodge No. 148 in 1971 and received a 25-year Past Master Award in 2003. He was awarded Life Membership in 1997.

Roy's life work was that of a Civil Engineer involved with the St. Lawrence Water Authority controlling the levels of the Great Lakes. He was a Canadian representative on the International (Canada/USA) Joint Commission governing use of the waterways.

W.Bro. Watt was a Companion of the Carleton Chapter of Royal Arch Masons of Canada in the Province of Ontario. He is remembered by all as a man of humble generosity - both in kind and in spirit; a good man and a good mason.

We will cherish his memory in our hearts forever.

V.W.Bro. Ronald G. Dixon, Lodge Secretary