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2000

FRED K. BAUER, Grand Master

Richard W. Burgess, Deputy Grand Master
Bruce K. Pratt, Senior Grand Warden
Donald W. Gillis, Jr., Junior Grand Warden died in office

Seated: R. W. Bruce K. Pratt, Senior Grand Warden; Grand Master Fred Kirby Bauer; M. W. Fred K. Bauer, Grand Master; R. W. Richard W. Burgess, Deputy Grand Master.
Standing: R. W. Donald W. Gillis, Jr., Junior Grand Warden; R. W. Christopher W. Huntoon, Grand Treasurer; R. W. Paul W. Rolston, Grand Secretary.

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

• 03/08: 2000-21;
• 06/14: 2000-65;
• 09/13: 2000-95;
• 12/13: 2000-117; (Annual Communication)

03/08 Agenda

• 2000-33: Greetings to, and appointment of, Grand Representatives.
• 2000-37: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 2000-37: Presentations.

06/14 Agenda

• 2000-76: Discipline.
• 2000-78: Greetings to, and appointment of, Grand Representatives.
• 2000-78: Recognition of the Grand Lodges of Acre, Brazil; Croatia; Paraiba, Brazil; Bulgaria; Sinaloa, Mexico; and Mali.
• 2000-80: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 2000-81: Presentations.

09/13 Agenda

• 2000-103: Greetings to, and appointment of, Grand Representatives.
• 2000-107: Budget for 2001 (motion only).
• 2000-107: Presentations.

12/13 Agenda

• 2000-132: Greetings to, and appointment of, Grand Representatives.
• 2000-135: Re-election of Grand Master Fred K. Bauer. Election of other Grand Lodge officers.
• 2000-136: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 2000-139: Presentations.
• Visits by Grand Master Bauer, beginning on Page 2000-157:
  • Anniversaries:
    • Mount Zion, Barre (04/01; 200th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Everett C. Benton, Boston (04/15; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Rising Star, Stoughton (04/30; 200th Anniversary; held in Randolph)
  • Consolidations:
  • Hall Dedications and corner-stone layings:
    • Auburn (04/25; Hall rededication; Special Communication)
    • Charlton (06/25; Dedication of stained glass window; Special Communication)
    • Lexington (07/29; Cornerstone laying at Supreme Council Headquarters; Special Communication)
    • Charlton (10/29; Dedication of Torah Scroll; Special Communication)
  • Lodge visits:
    • The Masters, Newtonville (01/19)
    • The DeMolay, Boston (02/31; German night)
    • Good Samaritan, Reading (02/05; reception for Deputy Grand Master Richard W. Burgess)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (02/12; George Washington celebration)
    • (unknown lodge, Brockton) (02/12; reception for Senior Grand Warden Bruce K. Pratt)
    • St. Matthew's, Andover (02/14)
    • Jordan, Peabody (02/16)
    • Howard, Yarmouth (02/25)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (03/04; reception for Junior Grand Warden Donald W. Gillis, Jr.)
    • Starr King, Salem (03/13)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (03/15)
    • North Reading, North Reading (03/20)
    • Lynnfield, Lynnfield (03/23)
    • Grand Lodge of Connecticut (04/04-04/05)
    • Grand Lodge of Iran in Exile (04/09)
    • Grand Lodge of New Jersey (04/10-04/13)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (04/19; Ladies' Night in Quincy)
    • Satucket, East Bridgewater (04/20; TV interview; in Brockton)
    • Pequossette, Watertown (04/22; Awards Night; Special Communication)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (05/12; lobster bake in Danversport)
    • Grand Lodge of Maine (05/01-05/03)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (05/17; installation)
    • Grand Lodge of New Hampshire (05/19-05/21)
    • Grand Lodge of Ireland (06/02-06/10; 275th Anniversary)
    • Gate of the Temple, Stoughton (06/21)
    • John Hancock, Methuen (09/07)
    • Cochichewick, North Andover (09/08)
    • North Reading, North Reading (09/09; installation)
    • Nehoiden, Needham (09/22; installation)
    • Acacia, Gloucester (11/08)
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (11/09; installation)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (11/15)
    • Grand Lodge of Maryland (11/19-11/21)
    • Kilwinning, Lowell (11/30; Feast of St. Andrew)
    • Grand Lodge of Washington DC (12/08-12/10)
  • Visits by other Grand Lodge officers begin on Page 2000-161.
• 2000-185: Audit.

Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals

• 03/08: 2000-38; Discussion on proposals to amend the Grand Constitutions in the following areas:
  • Change the age requirements for an applicant for the degrees
  • Change the requirement for a unanimous ballot for the election of a candidate
  • Change the requirement for a four week interval between degrees
    • 06/14: 2000-77; All proposals failed to meet the two-thirds requirement.

Grand Master's Address

• 03/08: 2000-39; Freemasonry, A Link to the Twenty-First Century; opening remarks; trip to Panama; CHIP; internet information; discipline; One-Day Class; Masonic Home; visitations; conclusion.

• 06/14: 2000-82; Community activities; trip to England and Scotland; Masonic Home; Shrine membership proposals; scholarship; discipline; Grand Master's Fair; conclusion.

• 09/13: 2000-108; Call to Labor!; Shrine; CHIP; Masonic Home; Supreme Council cornerstone; One-Day Class; conclusion.

• 12/13: 2000-140; opening remarks; Relief Funds ruling; Torah dedication; Masonic Home; cruise; internet; discipline; visits; One-Day Class; membership; appreciation; Education; Service; Library; insurance; scholarship; visits; medals.

Lodge By-Law Changes

• 03/08: 2000-31;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Alpha, Fidelity, Major General Henry Knox, Milton, Rabboni, Richard C. MacLaurin, Rose of Sharon, Satucket, Social Harmony, Somerville; approved.

• 06/14: 2000-74;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Blue Hill, Cawnacome Sunshine, Frank W. Thompson, Golden Fleece, Longmeadow, Satuit, Tahattawan, Wamesit, Wisdom, Wollaston; approved.

• 09/13: 2000-102;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Bethlehem, The DeMolay, John Hancock, North Reading; approved.

• 12/13: 2000-131;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Ancient York, Charles C. Spellman, Evening Star, Matthew John Whittall, Mount Horeb (Dennis), Old Colony, St. Paul (Ayer), Satucket; approved.

Necrologies and Memorials

• NECROLOGIES:
  • 03/08: 2000-33; Rt. Wor. George Nathan Morris, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/08: 2000-34; Rt. Wor. Philip M. Turner, Past Junior Grand Warden.
  • 03/08: 2000-34; Rt. Wor. Norman Wesley Whitcomb, Jr., Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/14: 2000-79; Rt. Wor. Charles D. Batchelder, Jr., Past Senior Grand Warden.
  • 06/14: 2000-79; Rt. Wor. Leslie Whittaker Bissett, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/14: 2000-80; Rt. Wor. Albert Frank Fitzpatrick, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/14: 2000-80; Rt. Wor. Malcolm Douglas Leonard, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/14: 2000-80; Rt. Wor. Frank Harlowe McDewell, Jr., Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/13: 2000-104; Rt. Wor. Armond Joseph LaBelle, Jr., Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/13: 2000-104; Rt. Wor. Philip Michael McCaffrey, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/13: 2000-104; Rt. Wor. Frederick Andrew Wood, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/13: 2000-105; Rt. Wor. Theodore Robert Sherpey, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/13: 2000-105; Rt. Wor. Stephen William Latham, Past District Deputy Grand Master, Past Grand Deacon.
  • 12/13: 2000-133; Rt. Wor. Donald Wallace Gillis, Jr., Junior Grand Warden.
  • 12/13: 2000-133; Rt. Wor. Albert Sheafe, Past District Deputy Grand Master.

• MEMORIALS:
  • 03/08: 2000-34; Rt. Wor. Philip Mason Turner, Past Junior Grand Warden; presented by Most Wor. David W. Lovering, for the committee.
  • 09/13: 2000-105; Rt. Wor. Charles Dana Batchelder, Jr., Past Senior Grand Warden; presented by Rt. Wor. W. Terence Stephens, for the committee.
  • 12/13: 2000-134; Rt. Wor. Donald Wallace Gillis, Jr., Junior Grand Warden; presented by Rt. Wor. Warren R. Davis, for the committee.

Petitions for Charters

• 12/13: 2000-137. Petition by Damascus and Mount Carmel, as Mount Carmel; granted.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 01/22: 2000-11. Vista Hermosa, Panama. Visit to District Grand Lodge and Hall Dedication.
  • 2000-12: Grand Lodge opened and received Most Wor. Dennis Allen-Frias, Grand Master of Panama.
  • 2000-12: Installation of District Grand Lodge officers.
  • 2000-12: Presentations, including a Henry Price Medal to District Grand Master Jack R. Tutzauer.
  • 2000-13: Dedication of the District Grand Lodge Masonic Hall.

• 01/24: 2000-15. Vista Hermosa, Panama. Joint visit to Sojourners, Ancon and Gatun Lodges.
  • 2000-15: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. George F. Klein, Master of Sojourners Lodge.
  • 2000-16: Fellow Craft degree.
  • 2000-16: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.

• 01/26: 2000-17. Panama City, Panama. Visit to the Grand Lodge of Panama.
  • 2000-18: Reception of Grand Lodge by the Grand Lodge of Panama.
  • 2000-18: Remarks by the Grand Master of Panama, Grand Master Bauer, and other Brothes.

• 03/11: 2000-45. Boston. Grand Master's One-Day Class.
  • 2000-45: Grand Lodge opened on the First Degree.
  • 2000-46: Conferral of the degrees by the Grand Lecturers and degree teams.
  • 2000-46: Remarks by the Grand Master.

• 04/01: 2000-47. Barre. 200th Anniversary of Mount Zion Lodge.
  • 2000-47: Grand Lodge opened at the Colebrook Country Club and was received by the Brethren and guests of Mount Zion Lodge.
  • 2000-48: Presentations and remarks; proclamations from state government.
  • 2000-48ff: History of Mount Zion Lodge, 1800-2000, by Wor. Walter E. Flister.

• 04/15: 2000-53. Boston. 75th Anniversary of Everett C. Benton Lodge.
  • 2000-54: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of Everett C. Benton Lodge.
  • 2000-54: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.
  • 2000-55ff: History of Everett C. Benton Lodge, by Wor. Franklin E. Kartun.

• 04/22: 2000-57. Watertown. Visit to Pequossette Lodge.
  • 2000-58: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of Pequossette Lodge.
  • 2000-58: Presentations to Bro. Alexander S. Kananovich (50-year Medal) and Bro. Neil Edward Tillotson (80 year membership).
  • 2000-59: Dedication of a room to honor Bro. Burton E. Hunt.

• 04/25: 2000-61. Auburn. Rededication of Lodge Hall.
  • 2000-62: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of Joel H. Prouty Lodge.
  • 2000-62: Dedication of the Lodge building "in accordance with ancient usages."
  • 2000-62: Remarks and presentations.

• 06/25: 2000-87. Charlton. Dedication of stained glass window.
  • 2000-88: Grand Lodge opened at the Masonic Home.
  • 2000-88: Church service; dedication of the Aleppo Temple stained glass window "in accordance with ancient usage."
  • 2000-88: Remarks by the Grand Master.

• 07/29: 2000-91. Lexington. Cornerstone laying at Supreme Council Headquarters.
  • 2000-92: Grand Lodge opened at the new Supreme Council Headquarters and proceeded to the outside of the building.
  • 2000-92: Cornerstone ceremony by the Grand Master, with representatives of the fourteen other Grand Jurisdictions.
  • 2000-93: Remarks by the Sovereign Grand Commander and the Grand Master.

• 10/29: 2000-113. Charlton. Dedication of Torah Scroll.
  • 2000-114: Grand Lodge opened at the Masonic Home.
  • 2000-114: Dedication of the Torah Scoll "in accordance with ancient Masonic usages."
  • 2000-114: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/27/2000)

• 2000-165: Opening and roll call.
• 2000-172: Reception of guests, including Grand Representatives.
• 2000-173: Report of Grand Secretary; 674 diplomas issued. List of lodges not represented in Grand Lodge in 2000, as well as the past 2 years.
• 2000-174: Installation of Grand Master Fred Kirby Bauer. Installation of other Grand Officers.
• 2000-176: Feast of St. John. Toasts and names of speakers:
  • 2000-176: The Grand Master.
  • 2000-177: Deputy Grand Master Eugene B. Nichols.
  • 2000-179: Most Wor. J. Philip Berquist, Past Grand Master.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 2000

There were 45 districts in Massachusetts in 2000 (numbered 1 through 33), as well as districts for Chile, China, the Caribbean and Panama.

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