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2004

DONALD G. HICKS, JR., Grand Master

Roy J. Leone, Deputy Grand Master
David R. Price, Sr., Senior Grand Warden
Thomas E. Pulkkinen, Junior Grand Warden

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

• 03/10: 2004-7;
• 06/09: 2004-39;
• 09/08: 2004-109;
• 12/08: 2004-163; (Annual Communication)

03/10 Agenda

• 2004-18: Installation of Bro. Frederick Shane as District Deputy Grand Master for China.
• 2004-18: Greetings to Grand Representatives.
• 2004-28: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 2004-28: Presentations.

06/09 Agenda

• 2004-56: Greetings to Grand Representatives.
• 2004-69: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 2004-70: Presentations.

09/08 Agenda

• 2004-118: Greetings to Grand Representatives.
• 2004-124: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 2004-125: Presentations.

12/08 Agenda

• 2004-180: Greetings to, and appointment of, Grand Representatives.
• 2004-184: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 2004-185: Election of Rt. Wor. Jeffrey Black Hodgdon as Grand Master. Election of other Grand Lodge officers.
• 2004-186: Presentations.
• Visits by Grand Master Hicks, beginning on Page 2004-202:
  • Anniversaries:
    • Mount Hermon, Medford (08/08; 150th Anniversary)
  • Consolidations:
    • Rural and Wollaston (01/23; Special Communication)
    • Amity and Mosaic (03/19; Special Communication)
    • Star in the East-Paskamansett and Wamsutta (06/12; Speciql Communication)
    • Simon W. Robinson and Belmont-Beaver (06/19; Special Communication)
    • St. Paul's-Algonquin and Hesperia (06/24; Special Communication)
    • Price-Benton and Germania-Revere (08/19; Special Communication)
    • Paul Dean and Paul Revere (09/29; Special Communication)
    • Hiram, John Abbott-Samuel Crocker Lawrence and Russell (11/09; Special Communication)
    • Bay State, Mechanic's and Harmony (11/17; Special Communication)
    • Isaiah Thomas and Morning Star (12/21; Special Communication)
  • Hall Dedications and corner-stone layings:
    • Boston, Cornerstone ceremony (06/04)
    • Phoenix, Hanover (09/25; dedication of lodge room; Special Communication)
    • Plymouth, Cornerstone ceremony (10/08; Special Communication)
  • Lodge visits:
    • Columbian, Boston (01/01)
    • Wamesit, Tewksbury (01/05)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (01/21)
    • Thomas Talbot, Billerica (01/24; Reception for Deputy Grand Master Roy J. Leone)
    • Mount Holyoke, South Hadley Falls (01/29)
    • Columbian, Boston (02/05)
    • Acushnet (02/07; reception for Senior Grand Warden David R. Price, Sr.)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (02/18)
    • Social Harmony, Wareham (02/21)
    • St. John's (Newburyport) (02/28; reception for Junior Grand Warden Thomas E. Pulkkinen)
    • Wamesit, Tewksbury (03/01)
    • Columbian, Boston (03/04)
    • Oriental #13, Bridgeton, Maine (03/06; 200th Anniversary)
    • Grand Lodge of Maine (03/13; Grand Master reception)
    • Nehoiden, Needham (03/16)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (03/17)
    • Hiram, Arlington (04/01)
    • Charles River, Medway (04/03)
    • St. John's (Boston) (04/05)
    • Wellesley, Needham (04/06)
    • Noquochoke, Westport (04/09)
    • Norfolk, Needham (04/12)
    • The Massachusetts, Boston (04/19)
    • Guiding Lights, Auburn (04/23)
    • Grand Lodge of New Jersey (04/27-04/29)
    • St. John's, Concepción, Chile (05/10-05/11)
    • Bethesda, Valparaiso, Chile (05/12)
    • Huelen, Santiago, Chile (05/13)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (05/19; installation)
    • Meridian, Natick (05/23; reception for Grand Master of DeMolay)
    • Columbian, Boston (06/03)
    • Hampshire (06/06; 350th Anniversary of Northampton MA)
    • Wamesit, Tewksbury (06/07)
    • William Parkman, Winchester (06/08)
    • Winslow Lewis (06/11; Danversport)
    • Corinthian, Concord (06/14; Concord Award Night)
    • St. John's #1, New York, NY (06/16-06/17)
    • Waverly #597, Edinburgh, Scotland
    • Bethany, Merrimac (08/28; installation)
    • Gideon #84, Kingston, NH (09/07)
    • St. John's (Boston) (09/10)
    • Wamesit, Tewksbury (09/11; installation)
    • Wamesit, Tewksbury (10/04)
    • Columbian, Boston (10/07)
    • Russell, Arlington (10/09)
    • Grand Lodge of Georgia (10/25-10/27)
    • Isaiah Thomas, Worcester (10/28)
    • Wamesit, Tewksbury (11/01)
    • Columbian, Boston (11/04)
    • John Hancock, Methuen (11/13; concert)
    • Grand Lodge of Maryland (11/14-11/16)
    • The Harvard, Cambridge (11/18)
    • Simon W. Robinson, Lexington (11/22)
    • Thomas Talbot, Billerica (11/29)
    • Brigham, Ludlow (11/30)
    • Columbian, Boston (12/02)
    • Winslow Lewis (12/10; installation)
    • Wamesit, Tewksbury (12/13)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (12/15)
    • Putnam #46, South Woodstock, CT (12/18)
  • Visits by other Grand Lodge officers begin on Page 2004-207.
• 2004-210: Audit.

Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals

• 03/10: 2004-22; Discussion on proposal to amend Section 711.
  • 06/09: 2004-60; adopted.

Grand Master's Address

• 03/10: 2004-28; public awareness; websites and e-mail; staffing; Country Fair; Campaign for Masonry; visitations.

• 06/09: 2004-70; opening remarks; Grand Master's Fair; scholarships; New England CHIP Day; Chile visit (visits to Bethesda, Huelen and St. John's (Concepción) Lodges); Campaign for Masonry; Grand Lodge Open House;

• 09/08: 2004-126; opening remarks; membership; visits; Campaign For Masonry; CHIP; Overlook; conclusion.

• 12/08: 2004-186; opening remarks; Annual Reports; visits; Grand Lodge dues; Overlook; discipline; Campaign For Masonry; Grand Lodge Museum; scholarships; library; insurance; service; education; CHIP; visits; medals.

Lodge By-Law Changes

• 03/10: 2004-16;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Eliot-Hyde Park, Matthew John Whittall (with changes), Mount Carmel, Mount Tabor, Norfolk Union, Paul Revere, Rising Star, The Tyrian-Acacia; approved. Beth-Horon, Olive Branch; not approved.

• 06/09: 2004-47;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Brigham, Budleigh, Columbian, Esoteric (with changes), Ezekiel Bates (with changes), Frank W. Thompson, Gatun, Good Samaritan, Harmony, Indian Orchard Masonic, Isaiah Thomas, King David, Lafayette-Dover, Middlesex, Milton, Montgomery, Mount Hope, Olive Branch, Orange, Orient, Oriental-Martha's Vineyard, St. Mark's, Social Harmony, Thomas Talbot, Union (Dorchester), Upton; approved. Ashler, Caribbean Naval, Matthew John Whittall; not approved.

• 09/08: 2004-116;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Ashler, Boylston, Bristol, Charles C. Dame, Chicopee, Esoteric, Old Colony, Republican, Wamesit, West Roxbury-Dorchester; approved.

• 12/08: 2004-175;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Amity-Mosaic, Bay Path, Beth-Horon, Caleb Butler, Charles C. Spellman, Charles W. Moore, Corner Stone, The Consolidated, Jerusalem, John T. Heard, Logia America, Philanthropic, Republican; approved.

Necrologies and Memorials

• NECROLOGIES:
  • 03/10: 2004-19; Rt. Wor. Paul William Anderson, Past Senior Grand Warden.
  • 03/10: 2004-19; Rt. Wor. Henry Crosskill Betcher, Jr., Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/10: 2004-19; Rt. Wor. Howard Ernest Perry, Past District Deputy Grand Master, Past Grand Deacon.
  • 03/10: 2004-20; Rt. Wor. Richard Wesley Phillips, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/10: 2004-20; Rt. Wor. Clarence Murray Pendleton, Past District Deputy Grand Master, Past Grand Steward.
  • 06/09: 2004-57; Rt. Wor. Edwin Hovey Carpenter, Jr., Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/09: 2004-57; Rt. Wor. C. Allen Norman, Jr., Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/09: 2004-57; Rt. Wor. Clifford Osburn Brown, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/09: 2004-58; Rt. Wor. John D. Manning, Jr., Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/09: 2004-58; Rt. Wor. Douglas Herman Meattey, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/09: 2004-58; Rt. Wor. William Bassett Kent, Jr., Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/09: 2004-58; Rt. Wor. Charles A. Cross, Past Senior Grand Warden.
  • 06/09: 2004-58; Rt. Wor. Shant L. Chebookjian, Past Senior Grand Warden.
  • 06/09: 2004-58; Rt. Wor. Lloyd Alvin Williams, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/08: 2004-118; Rt. Wor. Norman Benjamin Davison, Past District Grand Master.
  • 09/08: 2004-119; Rt. Wor. Oscar Lionell Baron, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/08: 2004-119; Rt. Wor. James Phillip Dout, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/08: 2004-179; Rt. Wor. Herman Edward Hasenjager, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/08: 2004-179; Rt. Wor. Irving Alexander Bornstein, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/08: 2004-180; Rt. Wor. Earl Douglas Leake, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/08: 2004-180; Rt. Wor. Gerald Kenneth Rosenfield, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/08: 2004-180; Rt. Wor. Herbert Louis Corwin, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/08: 2004-180; Rt. Wor. Harold Francis Nye, Past District Deputy Grand Master.

• MEMORIALS:
  • 03/10: 2004-20; Rt. Wor. Herbert M. Tinkham, Past Junior Grand Warden, presented by Rt. Wor. Robert H. Hartley, for the committee.
  • 09/08: 2004-119; Rt. Wor. Shant L. Chebookjian, Past Senior Grand Warden; presented by Most Wor. David W. Lovering, for the committee.
  • 12/08: 2004-181; Rt. Wor. Charles A. Cross, Past Senior Grand Warden.

Petitions for Charters

• 03/10: 2004-22. Petition by St. Paul's-Algonquin and Hesperia, as St. Paul's-Algonquin; granted.

• 03/10: 2004-24. Petition by Star in the East-Paskamansett and Wamsutta, as Star in the East; granted.

• 03/10: 2004-26. Petition by Simon W. Robinson and Belmont-Beaver, as Simon W. Robinson; granted.

• 06/09: 2004-61. Petition by Paul Dean and Paul Revere, as Paul Revere; granted.

• 06/09: 2004-63. Petition by Bay State, Mechanic's and Harmony, as Harmony; granted.

• 06/09: 2004-65. Petition by Price-Benton and Germania-Revere, as The Consolidated Lodge; granted.

• 06/09: 2004-67. Petition by Ionic (Easthampton) and Jerusalem, as Jerusalem; granted.

• 09/08: 2004-121. Petition by Hiram, John Abbott-Samuel Crocker Lawrence and Russell as Mystic Valley; granted.

• 12/08: 2004-183. Petition by Isaiah Thomas and Morning Star, as Morning Star; granted.

Petitions for Dispensation for New Lodges

• (not listed in Proceedings): Petition for J. Philip Berquist, Foxborough; granted.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 01/23: 2004-1; Quincy. Consolidation of Rural and Wollaston, as Rural.
  • 2004-2: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 2004-2: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 2004-5: Charge by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

• 03/19: 2004-33; Danvers. Consolidation of Amity and Mosaic, as Amity-Mosaic.
  • 2004-34: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 2004-34: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 2004-37: Charge by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

• 06/12: 2004-75; New Bedford. Consolidation of Star in the East-Paskamansett and Wamsutta, as Star in the East.
  • 2004-76: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 2004-76: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 2004-79: Charge by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

• 06/19: 2004-81; Lexington. Consolidation of Simon W. Robinson and Belmont-Beaver, as Simon W. Robinson.
  • 2004-82: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 2004-82: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 2004-84: Installation of officers of Simon W. Robinson Lodge.
  • 2004-85: Charge by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

• 06/24: 2004-87; Braintree. Consolidation of St. Paul's-Algonquin and Hesperia, as St. Paul's-Algonquin.
  • 2004-88: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 2004-88: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 2004-91: Charge by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

• 06/27: 2004-93; Leominster. Celebration of John the Baptist Day.
  • 2004-94: Grand Lodge opened at the Pilgrim Congregational Church in Leominster.
  • 2004-94: Address by the Grand Master, reproduced in full.

• 07/28: 2004-99; Edinburgh, Scotland. Fraternal Visit to Lodge Waverley #597.
  • 2004-100: Grand Lodge opened at the Edinburgh Masonic Building and was received by the Brethren of Waverley Lodge #597.
  • 2004-100: Fellow Craft Degree.
  • 2004-100: Presentations.

• 08/19: 2004-103; Boston. Consolidation of Price-Benton and Germania-Revere, as The Consolidated Lodge.
  • 2004-104: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 2004-104: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 2004-107: Charge by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

• 09/25: 2004-131; Hanover. Dedication of Lodge room.
  • 2004-132: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of Phoenix Lodge.
  • 2004-132: Dedication of Lodge room to honor the memory of Past Grand Master Richardson, "in the traditional Masonic manner."
  • 2004-132: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.

• 09/29: 2004-135; Brockton. Consolidation of Paul Dean and Paul Revere, as Paul Revere.
  • 2004-136: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 2004-136: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 2004-139: Charge by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

• 10/08: 2004-141; Plymouth. Cornerstone Laying at the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds.
  • 2004-142: Grand Lodge opened at the site of the new Registry of Deeds.
  • 2004-142: Cornerstone laying ceremony, described in detail.
  • 2004-143: Remarks by the Grand Master and other attendees.

• 11/09: 2004-145; Arlington. Consolidation of Hiram, John Abbott-Samuel Crocker Lawrence and Russell as Mystic Valley.
  • 2004-146: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the three Lodges.
  • 2004-146: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 2004-150: Charge by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

• 11/17: 2004-153; Montague. Consolidation of Bay State, Mechanic's and Harmony, as Harmony.
  • 2004-154: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 2004-154: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 2004-158: Charge by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

• 12/03: 2004-159; Leominster. Presentation of a copy of the Charter of Aurora Lodge.
  • 2004-160: Grand Lodge opened at Kendall Tavern.
  • 2004-160: Grand Lodge recessed and welcomed guests. Mr. Mark Baldanza, historian, made a presentation on the early members of Aurora Lodge.
  • 2004-160: Presentations, including a copy of the charter of Aurora. Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.
  • 2004-162: Excerpt from the centennial history of Aurora Lodge.

• 12/21: 2004-227; Worcester. Consolidation of Isaiah Thomas and Morning Star, as Morning Star.
  • 2004-228: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 2004-228: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 2004-231: Charge by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/27/2004)

• 2004-239: Opening and roll call.
• 2004-246: Reception of guests, including Grand Representatives.
• 2004-246: Report of Grand Secretary; 1,538 diplomas issued. List of lodges not represented in Grand Lodge in 2004, as well as the past 2 years.
• 2004-247: Installation of Grand Master Jeffrey Black Hodgdon. Installation of other Grand Officers.
• 2004-250: Feast of St. John. Toasts and names of speakers:
• 2004-251: The Grand Master.
• 2004-252: Deputy Grand Master Harvey J. Waugh.
• 2004-256: Most Wor. William O. Walls, Past Grand Master of British Columbia and Yukon. (Not recorded).

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 2004

There were 31 districts in Massachusetts in 2004 (numbered 1 through 31), as well as districts for Chile, China, the Caribbean and Panama.

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