MYRA
LODGE #529
Myra Lodge No. 529
On May 12th, 1915, Myra Lodge of Komoka was organized and constituted by members from Delaware Valley Lodge No.358 and Doric Lodge No.289, Lobo. They had rented a hall on the main street of Komoka, and in 1954, became the owners of the building, which had also been used by the Woodmen of the World, by the Ancient Order of Foresters, and by the Independent Order of Foresters.
The question was once asked, "Where did the name Myra come from"? Research has come up with the following:
I would hope that those responsible for choosing the name Myra were well read in the "Volume of the Sacred Law", and aware of the reference to Myra in "Acts 27, Verse 5, the only place in the Book that reference is made to Myra. Myra was a city of Lycia on the south shore of Asia Minor, about 150 miles northwest of Cyprus. In early Christian times it was the capital of Lycia, a province of Asia Minor. It was the stopping off place on Paul's last voyage to Rome.
It is hard to say why the name was chosen for our Lodge, or what was in the minds of the Brethren when they chose it. The word Myra comes from the Greek word "Mura" (the English spelling of it), and is connected with myriad or numberless. Possibly Myra was chosen as a stopping off place, and numberless would indicate that the visitors would always receive a welcome.
At the time Myra Lodge was instituted, before the days of modern motor transport, our village had a Hotel for the convenience of travellers, as well as being a junction point on the railway. Therefore, it would seem to follow that, as Myra Lodge was a stopping off place in early Christian times, Myra Lodge was expected to become a stopping off place for Brothers and fellows where worthy visitors would always receive a welcome.