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RURAL LODGE

Location: Randolph; Quincy (1803)

Chartered By: Samuel Dunn

Charter Date: 06/08/1801 II-185

Precedence Date: 06/08/1801

Current Status: Active

NOTES

PAST MASTERS

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Charter: 1801
• Petition for Restoration of Charter: 1853
• Consolidation Petition (with Wollaston Lodge): 2003

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1901 (Centenary)
• 1926 (125th Anniversary)
• 1951 (150th Anniversary)
• 1976 (175th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1804 (Thomas; Consecration and installation; Special Communication)
• 1876 (Everett; Dedication of apartments)
• 1882 (Lawrence; Dedication of Crane Memorial Hall and Public Library; Special Communication)
• 1892 (Wells)
• 1901 (Gallagher; Centennial; Special Communication)
• 1904 (Sanford; Hall dedication; Special Communication)
• 1926 (Simpson; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1930 (H. Dean; 2 visits)
• 1947 (Wragg; reception for Deputy Grand Master Raymond C. Warmington)
• 1951 (Roy; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1956 (W. Johnson)
• 1966 (Booth)
• 1968 (Booth; installation)
• 1976 (Maxwell; 2 visits, including 175th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1977 (Maxwell)
• 1979 (Melanson)
• 1982 (Berquist)
• 1984 (Richardson)
• 1987 (Ames)
• 1990 (Darling; mortgage burning; Special Communication)
• 1996 (A. Johnson)
• 2001 (Bauer; 200th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 2004 (Hicks; Consolidation; Special Communication)
• 2007 (Hodgdon)
• 2009 (Pageau)
• 2010 (Pageau; installation)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1874 1882 1887 1888 1891 1904 1907 1908 1922 1925 1929 1936 1941 1942 1943 1945 1950 1954 1957 1965 1971 1980 1983 2007

HISTORY

• 1926 (125th Anniversary History, 1926-279)
• 1951 (150th Anniversary History, 1951-148)
• 1976 (175th Anniversary History, 1976-206)
• 2001 (200th Anniversary History, 2001-37)

OTHER

• 1803 (Permission to remove to Quincy granted, II-231)
• 1854 (Lodge granted a "note of hand" by Grand Lodge, V-507)

MEMORIALS

SAMUEL WALES, 1779-1861

• MM 1802, Rural
• Junior Deacon 1802

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XX, No. 9, July 1861, Page 283:

Those of our readers to whom he was personally known, will deeply regret to learn that this excellent Brother died at Randolph on the 18th ult., aged 82 years. He was a member of the Boston Encampment of Knights Templars; and in former days, when that body was the stay and support of the Order in this Commonwealth, he was among the most active and faithful of its members. During the entire period of the anti,asonic persecution, he was one of the few who remained faithful to their engagements, and had the courage to manifest their attachment to the Institution by boldly facing its enemies, and by contributing of his services and means to its defence. He was rarely absent at the meetings of the Encampment, which were then held once a week at the residences of the members for consultation, and once a month, or often as occasion required, at the hall, for business. To a knowledge of the technicalities and ritual of Masonry he made no claim, but he understood its principles and its teachings better than many of larger pretensions; and he also comprehended the nature and realized the full force of his own duties and obligations as a Mason, in the practice of a long and useful life. The older members of the Fraternity in the city will cherish his memory in the sun-light of past friendships and common joys. His funeral was attended by a delegation from the Encampment and a large concourse of friends.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Richmond P. Carlson, DDGM, District 8, 2010, 2011
• H. Everett Crane, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1918, 1919; SN
• David S. Elsner, DDGM, District 8, 2006, 2007
• Henry O. Fairbanks, DDGM, District 24 (Brockton), 1889, 1890; SN
• Curtis M. Gifford, DDGM, District 2 (Cambridge), 1980-1981; SN
• Irvin B. Gifford, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1961, 1962; N
• Samuel T. MacQuarrie, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1924, 1925; N
• C. Murray Pendleton, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1979, 1980; N
• Lawrence E. Piper, Jr., DDGM, District 8, 2008, 2009
• Roy Prout, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1930, 1931; N
• Robert W. Stark, Sr., DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1997, 1998; N
• John W. Sutterley, DDGM, District 28 (Taunton), 2002; District 8, 2003
• Raymond C. Warmington, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1943, 1944; Deputy Grand Master 1947; N
• Hartley L. White, DDGM, District 24 (Brockton), 1910; District 26 (Quincy), 1911, 1912; SN

DISTRICTS

1803: District 1 (Boston)

1821: District 1

1853: District 5

1867: District 16 (Plymouth)

1878: District 19 (Taunton)

1880: District 3 (Boston Highlands)

1883: District 24 (Brockton)

1911: District 26 (Quincy)

1927: District 26 (Quincy)

2003: District 8

LINKS

Lodge web site

Massachusetts Lodges