Keith C
Registered User
We give our outgoing WM a PM lapel pin. We have a WM's square lapel pin that gets handed down. At the annual installation, there is a pin swap. The outgoing guy takes off the square pin and puts it on the new guy after he is installed, and then the new WM presents the outgoing guy with his on PM pin.
We do the same at our lodge, with the PM receiving the lapel pin, jewel and PM apron. Apparently a few years back they had an issue with the supplier of the PM Apron, so at February's stated meeting we took a vote authorizing the purchase of the PM jewel and apron for our current WM who was just installed in December.
I am up in the air about wearing a personal apron at lodge meetings. One of the brothers who went through the degrees along the same time-line as me showed up at a stated meeting with his own, rather elaborate (compared to the Lodge's) apron. He explained that he wanted to look his best and not wear the "crummy" aprons everyone else, excepting Officers and PMs wear. A more senior brother over heard him telling us this and was a bit upset, saying "Here we meet on the level, the lodge's apron are worn from the honorable work of Masons."
I can see both points. On the good side, we have new Lodge aprons on order, so they will not look "crummy" for a while.