Brooklyn Mechanics host first gala
honor ceremony since pandemic
By Nelson A. King
The Brooklyn-headquartered
Independent United Order of
Mechanics (IUOM) on Saturday
hosted its first gala ceremony
since the onset of the COVID-19
pandemic, honoring outstanding
Mechanics and a member
of the community during its
12th Annual Luncheon at Paradise
Caterers Catering Hall on
Avenue U in Brooklyn.
The sold-out ceremony –
organized by IUOM’s Resource
and Finance Commission,
chaired by Grenadian-born
Commissioner David Williams
– honored American-born Sis.
Ricci Maggette, a member of
Lily of the Morning Chapter #4,
under the jurisdiction of Composite
District Grand Lodge #2;
and the Venerable Maurice F.
King, former Executive Grand
Secretary.
Other honorees were: Hon.
Roger Kirton, District Grand
Master of New England District
Grand Lodge #1; and Sis.,
Jamaican-born, Hyacinth Robinson
Goldson, Community
Liaison of the Order to the
Executive Committee of Grand
Council.
IUOM also presented, surprisingly,
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a Certificate of Appreciation
to Caribbean Life’s senior
writer, Dr. Nelson A. King,
“in grateful recognition and
gratitude for your years of
excellent, devoted, dedicated
and committed support.”
“Love your brothers and sisters,
love your friends, treat
them good and be kind to
each other,” Rt. Hon. Errol G.
Collins, The Most Worshipful
Grand Master of the worldwide
fraternity, told the ceremony
before presiding over
the awards.
“In Mechanism, we’ve
learned, or were taught, that,
when you work, you must get
pay,” he added. “There are some
Mechanics who have been working,
working, working. And so,
we must say thank you.”
Sis. Ricci Maggette receives award from Rt. Hon. Casper
Edwards, Executive Grand Treasurer, and former Chairman
of the Resource & Commission (right) and Rt. Hon. Errol
G. Collins. Photo by Nelson A. King
Before introducing Collins,
the Rt. Hon Glenver Jones,
Grand Deputy Master of the
Order, said he could not recall
IOUM having “a function,
and we had to put out tables
(extra).
“From 2019, in Panama, we
never had a function,” he said,
expressing delight about the
massive turn-out in spite of the
pandemic.
In introducing Maggette,
Grand Counselor Casper
Edwards said she did a “marvelous
job” and that she was
“a quiet leader with a wealth
of talent.”
Hyacinth Robinson-Goldson, community liaison, receives
plaque and portrait, fl anked by Most Worshipful Grand
Master Rt. Hon. Errol G. Collins (left) and Rt. Hon. Glenver
Jones, deputy master. Photo by Nelson A. King
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