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MOUNT MORIAH LODGE (Westfield)

Location: Westfield

Chartered By: Winslow Lewis

Charter Date: 12/12/1856 V-65

Precedence Date: 02/12/1856

Current Status: Active

PAST MASTERS

These are the living PMs; need a full list

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1906 (50th Anniversary)
• 1956 (100th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1879 (Welch; Address on Grand Lodge debt, 05/25)
• 1882 (Lawrence; Address on commutation, 11/01)
  • Quote: "contrary to my intentions I was beguiled into a discussion of commutation at the banquet."
• 1906 (Blake; 50th Anniversary, 05/16; Special Communication)
• 1909 (Flanders; Dedication of Westfield Masonic Temple, 09/15)
• 1927 (Simpson; Veterans' Night, 07/06)
• 1942 (Schaefer; Masonic church service, 04/12)
• 1943 (Schaefer; Masonic church service, 05/02)
• 1952 (Roy; 06/25)
• 1956 (W. Johnson; 100th Anniversary, 02/11; Special Communication)
• 1963 (Osgood; Corner-stone laying and dedication of Masonic Temple, 06/15; Special Communication)
• 1973 (Vose; Knights of Columbus Ball, 05/05)
• 1978 (Melanson; reception for Junior Grand Warden Virgil W. Liberty, 03/15)
• 1987 (Ames; Mortgage burning ceremony, 06/17; Special Communication)
• 1989 (Ames; 01/18)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1870 1874 1875 1877 1878 1889 1901 1903 1905 1912 1914 1925 1926 1927 1931 1937 1942 1946 1949 1953 1957 1963 1967 1974 1975 1978 1979 1982 1988 1989 1990

HISTORY

• 1856 (Petition for dispensation, 02/12; Westfield)
• 1856 (Petition for Charter, 12/10; granted.)

OTHER

• 1858 (Hall Dedication, 06/24; by Rt. Wor. F. Weston)
• 1886 (Resolution of dispute with Hampden Lodge regarding jurisdiction over a rejected candidate)
• 1924 (Springfield, Corner-stone laying for a Masonic Temple, 06/24; Special Communication)
• 1937 (Reduction of fees refused, 09/08)
• 1937 (Reduction of fees approved, 12/08)

YEARS

1989 1990 1993 1998 1999 2001 2006 2011

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• William H. Farnsworth, DDGM, District 16 (Chicopee), 1897-1898; Memorial
• Clarence A. Brodeur, DDGM, District 16 (Springfield), 1906-1908; Senior Grand Warden, 1910
• William E. Gibbs, DDGM, District 18 (Springfield), 1913-1914; Memorial
• Archie J. Agan, DDGM, District 18 (Springfield), 1936-1937; N
• Paul E. Brodeur, DDGM, District 18 (Springfield), 1950-1951; Junior Grand Warden, 1966; N
• Arnold T. Wiggin, DDGM, District 18 (Springfield), 1956-1957; SN
• Ray L. Bartlett, Jr., DDGM, District 18 (Springfield), 1964-1965; SN
• Virgil W. Liberty, DDGM, District 18 (Springfield), 1974-1975; Junior Grand Warden, 1978
• Philip F. Zych, DDGM, District 18 (Springfield), 1988-1989
• Donald E. Keene, Sr., DDGM, District 18 (Springfield), 1996-1997; SN
• Scott A. Rogers, DDGM, District 29, 2011-2012

DISTRICTS

• 1856: District 9
• 1867: District 9 (Pittsfield)
• 1883: District 16 (Chicopee)
• 1902: District 16 (Springfield)
• 1911: District 18 (Springfield)
• 1927: District 18 (Springfield)
• 2003: District 29

LINKS

• Lodge hall description from Westfield 250th Anniversary Celebration
• Massachusetts Lodges