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1969

HERBERT H. JAYNES, Grand Master

Thomas G. Walters, Deputy Grand Master
George R. Dewhurst, Senior Grand Warden
James Krigman, Junior Grand Warden

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

• 03/12: 1969-33;
• 06/11: 1969-190;
• 09/10: 1969-234;
• 12/10: 1969-301; (Annual Communication)

03/12 Agenda

• 1969-42: Reception and introduction of guests.
• 1969-42: Greetings from the Grand Lodge of São Paulo, Brazil.
• 1969-53: Report of Committee on Records.
• 1969-54: Greetings to Grand Representatives.
• 1969-70: Election of Rt. Wor. Kenneth G. Swindell to Board of Masonic Relief.
• 1969-70: Moral Lesson: Life Is Tons of Discipline, by Wor. Rev. John Prescott Robertson, Grand Chaplain.

06/11 Agenda

• 1969-199: Reception and introduction of guests, including Grand Representatives.
• 1969-199: Greetings from the Grand Lodge of São Paulo, Brazil.
• 1969-200: Report of Committee on Records.
• 1969-223: Moral Lesson: Watch, by Wor. Rev. Ralph Ernest Bayes, Grand Chaplain.

09/10 Agenda

• 1969-243: Reception and introduction of guests.
• 1969-243: Greetings from the Grand Lodge of São Paulo and Santa Catarina, Brazil.
• 1969-244: Report of Committee on Records.
• 1969-244: Greetings to Grand Representatives.
• 1969-250: Recognition of the Grand Lodge of Iran.
• 1969-264: Budget for 1970.
• 1969-267: Moral Lesson: Stones, by Wor. Rev. Daniel A. Thurston, Grand Chaplain.

12/10 Agenda

• 1969-311: Reception and introduction of guests, including Grand Representatives.
• 1969-311: Greetings from the Grand Lodge of São Paulo, Brazil.
• 1969-312: Report of Committee on Records.
• 1969-328: Recognition of the Grand Lodge of Brasilia, Brazil.
• 1969-330: Report of the Committee on Returns.
• 1969-267: Moral Lesson, by Wor. Rev. Carl F. Schultz, Grand Chaplain (not included in text.)
• Visits by Grand Master Jaynes, beginning on Page 1969-362:
  • Anniversaries:
    • Bethesda (Brighton) (03/04; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Mount Holyoke, South Hadley Falls (04/26; Centenary; Special Communication)
    • Morning Sun, Conway (05/03; Centenary; Special Communication)
    • Charity, Cambridge (05/05; Centenary; Special Communication)
    • Norfolk Union, held in Quincy (06/07; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Upton, Cheshire (06/21; Centenary; Special Communication)
    • Howard, Yarmouth (09/26; Centenary; Special Communication)
    • Bethany, held in Newburyport (12/05; Centenary; Special Communication)
  • Hall Dedications and corner-stone layings:
    • Athol (10/11; Special Communication)
  • Lodges visited:
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (01/09)
    • Belmont, Belmont (01/16; reception for Grand Master Jaynes)
    • Boston. (01/21; reception for Junior Grand Warden James Krigman)
    • Norumbega and Garden City, Newtonville (01/22; reception for Deputy Grand Master Thomas G. Walters)
    • Montacute, Worcester (01/27; unveiling of a portrait of Most Wor. Thomas S. Roy; Special Communication)
    • (no location) (03/14; reception for Senior Grand Warden George R. Dewhurst)
    • United; held in Boston (03/19; Rhode Island Night; Special Communication)
    • Grand Lodge of Connecticut (04/01-03)
    • Grand Lodge of North Carolina (04/14-16)
    • Grand Lodge of South Carolina (04/23-25)
    • Freedom, Somerville (05/01; presentation of medals)
    • Republican, Greenfield (05/10; presentation of Québec degree)
    • Grand Lodge of New Hampshire (05/16-17)
    • Grand Lodge of Indiana (05/19-21)
    • Grand Lodge of Michigan (05/26-28)
    • Grand Lodge of Québec (06/03-05)
    • Golden Rule, Wakefield (06/15; St. John's Sunday observance)
    • Grand Lodge of Canada (Ontario) (07/16-17)
    • Grand Lodge of Delaware (10/01-02)
    • Grand Lodge of West Virginia (10/13-14)
    • Grand Lodge of Ohio (10/16-18)
    • Grand Lodge of Kentucky (10/21-23)
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (11/13; installation)
    • Grand Lodge of Maryland (11/18-19)
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (12/01; Feast of St. Andrew)
    • Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania (12/02-03)
    • Beth-Horon, Brighton (12/08; Firefighters' Degree Team)

Visits by Deputy Grand Master and Grand Wardens appear beginning on Page 1969-366.

• 1969-368: Re-election of Grand Master Herbert H. Jaynes. Election of other Grand Lodge officers.

Grand Master's Address

• 03/12: 1969-54; opening remarks; necrology; visitations; Masonic Home and Hospital; Building Department.

• 06/11: 1969-201; opening remarks; necrology; visitations; contributions to the Masonic Home for a new infirmary; blood drives
  • 1969-215: presentation on Lodge Programs by Wor. Herbert G. Dunphy, Jr., Master of Norfolk Lodge.

• 09/10: 1969-245; opening remarks.
  • 1969-245: presentation by Bro. John W. Morgan of Bethlehem Lodge, on blood donation.
  • 1969-247: presentation of a Veteran's Medal to Rt. Wor. Ralph Lowell.
  • 1969-252: continuation of address. Necrology; visitations; Feast of St. John; charity and relief funds; Mississippi relief after Hurricane Camille; Negro Masonry.

• 12/10: 1969-313; opening remarks: welcome to Junior Wardens; necrology; visitations; annual reports; membership (2% loss since the previous year); Mississippi relief after Hurricane Camille; Home and Nursing Home; blood program; Education Department; Canal Zone report; closing; Library and Museum; Service; Board of Masonic Relief; Education; Audit; visits; medals.

Lodge By-Law Changes

• 03/12: 1969-68;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Joel H. Prouty, Old Colony, Puritan, Republican, Upton; approved.

• 06/11: 1969-220;
  • Full Codes : Saggahew; approved.
  • Amendments: Berkshire, Brotherhood (with changes), Chicopee (with changes), Corner Stone, Everett C. Benton (with changes), Friendship, Garden City, Golden Rule, Greylock, Martha's Vineyard, Morning Star, Mount Horeb (Harwich) (with changes), Mount Zion, Netop, Norumbega, St. James, St. Matthew's, St. Paul's (Braintree), Sojourners, Springfield (with changes), West Roxbury, Wollaston; approved. Loyalty, North Star, Richard C. MacLaurin; not approved.

• 09/10: 1969-249;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Hayden, King Solomon's, Lafayette (North Adams), Mount Hollis, Noquochoke, Norfolk Union, Richard C. MacLaurin, St. Bernard, Wayfarers; approved.

• 12/10: 1969-68;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Beth-Horon, Fraternity, Level, Mount Sinai (reducing fees for the degrees), North Star, Perfection, St. Martin's, Williams; approved.

Necrologies and Memorials

• NECROLOGIES:
  • 03/12: 1969-55: Rt. Wor. Charles Stuart Fessenden Lincoln, Past District Grand Master, China.
  • 03/12: 1969-56; Rt. Wor. Wallace Edwin Lowe, Past District Deputy Grand Master, Past Grand Deacon.
  • 03/12: 1969-56; Rt. Wor. William Robert Gilman, Past District Deputy Grand Master, Past Grand Deacon.
  • 03/12: 1969-56; Rt. Wor. Thomas Frederick Brunton, Past Senior Grand Warden.
  • 03/12: 1969-56; Rt. Wor. Archibald Dresser, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/11: 1969-201; Rt. Wor. Charles Frederick Murch, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/11: 1969-201; Rt. Wor. William Sharpe Hamilton, Past Junior Grand Warden.
  • 06/11: 1969-202; Rt. Wor. Rawson Clinton Jenkins, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/11: 1969-202; Rt. Wor. John William Wilde, Past Junior Grand Warden.
  • 09/10: 1969-253; Rt. Wor. Reginald Freeman Goldsworthy, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/10: 1969-253; Rt. Wor. Rutherford Endicott Smith, Past Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/10: 1969-253; Rt. Wor. Edmund Lawrence Seaquist, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/10: 1969-254; Rt. Wor. Irving Chapin Langley, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/10: 1969-314; Rt. Wor. Carl Campbell Peterson, Past Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/10: 1969-314; Rt. Wor. Thomas Hulbert Nickerson, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/10: 1969-315; Rt. Wor. Karl Walter Hofman, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/10: 1969-315; Rt. Wor. Elbridge Reed Holmes, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/10: 1969-315; Rt. Wor. Frank William Ryan, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/10: 1969-316; Rt. Wor. Edgar MacKay Mills, Past District Deputy Grand Master.

• MEMORIALS:
  • 03/12: 1969-64: Rt. Wor. Charles Stuart Fessenden Lincoln, Past District Grand Master, China; presented by Rt. Wor. Robert P. Beach, for the committee.
  • 03/12: 1969-56; Rt. Wor. Thomas Frederick Brunton, Past Senior Grand Warden; presented by Rt. Wor. Leland C. Richardson, for the committee.
  • 06/11: 1969-202; Rt. Wor. William Sharpe Hamilton, Past Junior Grand Warden; presented by Rt. Wor. Ronald Astley, for the committee.
  • 06/11: 1969-205; Rt. Wor. John William Wilde, Past Junior Grand Warden; presented by Most Wor. Andrew G. Jenkins, for the committee.
  • 09/10: 1969-254; Rt. Wor. Rutherford Endicott Smith, Past Deputy Grand Master; presented by Most Wor. Laurence E. Eaton, for the committee.
  • 12/10: 1969-314; Rt. Wor. Carl Campbell Peterson, Past Deputy Grand Master; presented by Most Wor. Laurence E. Eaton, for the committee.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 01/27; Worcester. Unveiling of portrait of Most Wor. Thomas S. Roy.
  • 1969-2: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Robert W. Eaton, Master of Montacute Lodge.
  • 1969-2: Remarks by the Grand Master concerning Most Wor. Thomas S. Roy. Remarks by other Brothers.
  • 1968-3: Presentation of portrait. Would hang near portrait of Most Wor. Isaiah Thomas.

• 03/04: 1969-5; Boston. 150th Anniversary of Bethesda Lodge of Brighton.
  • 1969-6: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Clifford B. Porter, Master of Bethesda Lodge.
  • 1969-6: Address by the Grand Master. Remarks by other Brothers.
  • 1969-7: 50-year Veteran's Medals presented to Wor. Chester G. Parsons and Bro. Clarence E. Conkey.
  • 1969-7: (03/07) Anniversary Banquet at Sheraton-Plaza Hotel; (03/09) Devotional service at Allston Congregational Church, with sermon from Rev. Bro. Harold E. Bursey.
  • 1969-8ff: History of Bethesda Lodge, by Wor. Roy B. Stewart.

• 03/18: 1969-74. Melrose. 50th Anniversary of Fidelity Lodge. Deputy Grand Master Thomas G. Walters presiding.
  • 1969-75: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. William F. Neil, Master of Fidelity Lodge.
  • 1969-75: Address by the Acting Grand Master "in an inspiring manner," along with other Brothers.
  • 1969-77ff: History of Fidelity Lodge, by Wor. M. Dudley Williams, Jr.

• 03/19: 1969-85. Boston. Rhode Island Night at United Lodge of Brighton.
  • 1969-86: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Leon Halperin Master of United Lodge.
  • 1969-86: Welcome to Grand Master Kenneth G. Pearson, Grand Master of Rhode Island, and members of Redwood Lodge #35 of Rhode Island, who exemplified the Master Mason Degree in Rhode Island form.
  • 1969-87: Remarks by the Grand Master, the Grand Master of Rhode Island, and other Brothers.

• 04/17: 1969-88. Dorchester. Centenary of Rabboni Lodge.
  • 1969-89: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Walter E. Oak, Master of Rabboni Lodge.
  • 1969-89: Address by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.
  • 1969-91ff: History of Rabboni Lodge, by Rt. Wor. Henry S.C. Cummings.

• 04/26: 1969-128. South Hadley Falls. Centenary of Mount Holyoke Lodge.
  • 1969-129: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Wilfred O. Hatch, Jr., Master of Mount Holyoke Lodge.
  • 1969-130: Address by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers. 50-year Veterans' Medals presented to Brothers Edwin H. Moffatt, Eugene A. Rainaud, and Robert Burnett.
  • 1969-131ff: History of Mount Holyoke Lodge, by Bro. Samuel J. Somerville.

• 05/03: 1969-152. [1]. Centenary of Morning Sun Lodge.
  • 1969-153: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. John L. Parker, Master of Morning Sun Lodge.
  • 1969-153: Address by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.
  • 1969-154ff: History of Morning Sun Lodge, by Wor. Hugh E. Ralston. A few notes on the first Morning Sun Lodge.

• 05/05: 1969-160. Cambridge. Centenary of Charity Lodge.
  • 1969-161: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Stanley F. Hall, Master of Charity Lodge.
  • 1969-161: Address by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.
  • 1969-162ff: History of Charity Lodge, by Wor. Pierre Belliveau.

• 05/23: 1969-169. Boston. 50th Anniversary of West Roxbury Lodge of Roslindale. Deputy Grand Master Thomas G. Walters presiding.
  • 1969-170: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. John M. Shalhoub, Master of West Roxbury Lodge.
  • 1969-170: Address by the Acting Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers. Presentation of medals.
  • 1969-171: (05/24) Ladies' Night at the Holiday Inn, Waltham; (05/25) Church Service at Bethany Methodist Church, Roslindale.
  • 1969-172ff: History of West Roxbury Lodge, by Bro. Lawrence H. Rosen.

• 06/07: 1969-176. Quincy. 150th Anniversary of Norfolk Union Lodge of Randolph.
  • 1969-177: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Walter F. Pawlowski, Master of Norfolk Union Lodge.
  • 1969-177: Address by the Grand Master, including comments on the Declaration of 1831; remarks by other Brothers.
  • 1969-178: (06/08) Divine Worship at First Baptist Church, Randolph; public procession of the Lodge in aprons and regalia from Holbrook to Randolph.
  • 1969-179ff: History of Norfolk Union Lodge, by Bro. John H. Pierce.

• 06/21: 1969-227. Cheshire. Centenary of Upton Lodge.
  • 1969-228: Grand Lodge opened at the Cheshire School and was received by Wor. Albert J. LaVigne, Master of Upton Lodge.
  • 1969-228: Address by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.
  • 1969-230ff: History of Upton Lodge, by Rt. Wor. Frank S. Reynolds and Wor. Hollis J. Nuttall.

John Howard, namesake of the Lodge

• 09/26: 1969-272. Yarmouth. Centenary of Howard Lodge.
  • 1969-273: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Frederick V. Olson, Master of Howard Lodge.
  • 1969-273: Address by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.
  • 1969-274: (09/17) Open House and Ladies' and Guests' Night.
  • 1969-275ff: History of Howard Lodge, by Bro. Andrew H. Miller. Origin of the name of the Lodge, named for John Howard, an English philanthropist.

• 10/11: 1969-280. Athol. Dedication of a Masonic Temple.
  • 1969-281: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Edward C. Carver, the Master of Athol Lodge, and Wor. Francis W. Foster, the Master of Star Lodge.
  • 1969-281: Dedication of the Temple "to the purposes of Masonry in full form and ceremony in accordance with ancient usage."
  • 1969-281: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.
  • 1969-283ff: History of the Masonic Temple in Athol.

• 12/09: 1969-285. Newburyport. Centenary of Bethany Lodge of Merrimac.
  • 1969-286: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Merton E. Chute, Master of Bethany Lodge.
  • 1969-286: Address by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers. Presentation of Veterans' Medals to Brothers Moses Clifton Pattee and William Sherman Grant.
  • 1969-286ff: History of Bethany Lodge, by Wor. Alvin F. Heath.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/29/1969)

• 1969-370: Opening and roll call.
• 1969-376: Reception and introduction of guests, as well as Grand Representatives.
• 1969-377: Report of Grand Secretary; 1,894 diplomas issued. List of lodges not represented in Grand Lodge in 1969, as well as the past 2 years.
• 1969-378: Greetings from Israel.
• 1969-378: Presentation of a Past Master's Jewel to Most Wor. Thomas A. Booth. Presentation of a Henry Price Medal to Rt. Wor. Leverett Saltonstall.
• 1969-379: Installation of Grand Master Jaynes. Installation of other Grand Officers.
• 1969-381: Feast of St. John. Toasts and names of speakers:
  • 1969-381: The Grand Master. Remarks on Most Wor. Joseph Warren and Most Wor. William Sewall Gardner, Grand Masters 200 and 100 years ago.
  • 1969-385: Deputy Grand Master Lewis L. Huston.
  • 1969-388: Grand Master Harold L. Chute of Maine.
  • 1969-391: Grand Master Harold W. Horne of Nova Scotia.
  • 1969-393: Grand Master William Grimball of South Carolina.
  • 1969-397: Most Wor. William Lockridge Wright, Past Grand Master of Canada (Ontario).

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1969

There were 47 districts in Massachusetts in 1969 (numbered 1 through 33), as well as districts for Chile, China, Cuba and the Canal Zone.

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