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CHARLES C. SPELLMAN LODGE

Location: East Longmeadow

Chartered By: Arthur D. Prince

Charter Date: 03/08/1922 1922-45

Precedence Date: 04/12/1921

Current Status: Merged with Longmeadow Lodge to form The Meadows Lodge, 05/21/2007.

PAST MASTERS

Need list of living PMs

Allan Robb 1921, Irving Arnold 1922, LewisWhitaker 1923

John Carto 1924, Warner Jackson 1925, Cyril Wood 1926

Harrie Handy 1927, James Shaw 1928, Seabury Colby 1929

Clarence Cooley 1930, Frederick Cope 1931, Raymond Iles 1932

Edward Reid 1933, Joseph Metcalf 1934, Ray Longueil 1935

James Teel 1936, Ray Jones 1937, Halstead Gordon 1938

Gustave Suhm 1939, Philip Knowlton 1940, David Albertson 1941

Charles Steele 1942, James Longwill 1943, Thomas Tyrer 1944

Everett G. Priest 1945, Arthur W. Johnson 1946, John Dearborn 1947

Carl McNeilly 1948, Roland Congdon 1949, Harold Porter 1950

Gordon Crapser 1951, Ben Libby 1942, Leonard Austin 1953

John Lundgren 1954, Charles Fuller 1955, Robert Barker 1956

Frederick Enos 1957, Russell Watkins 1958, Rollyn Hatch 1959

Donald Heenan 1960, Granville Hubbard 1961, Donald Washburn 1962

Lewis Howarth 1963, Everett Hutchinson 1964, Charles Packard 1965

Ronald Brown 1966, Robert Falk 1967, George Michael 1968

Merrill Amsden 1969, James Plowman 1970, Kenneth Falk 1971

Henry Vagts 1972, Harry Jernstrom 1973, Clifford Silas 1974

Merrill Amsden 1969, James Plowman 1970, Kenneth Falk 1971

Kenneth Barry 1978, John Maruca 1979, Raymond Leger 1980

Walter Benoit 1981, Kenneth Barry 1982, George Bailey 1983

James Garvey 1984-1985, David Feldman 1986, Ramon LaPointe 1987

Warren Hutchinson 1988, Joseph Westcott 1989, David Feldman 1990

Paul Ramey 1991, Joseph Westcott 1992, John Parker 1993

Stanley Peritz 1994, Stanley Brown 1995, John Parker 1996

Stanley Peritz 1997, Joseph Westcott 1998, Paul Ramey 1999

Donald Hollister 2000, Robert Blakeslee 2001, Anthony Langone, Sr. 2002

Richard Wellspeak 2003-2004, Terrence Garner 2005, Robert W. Allard 2006-2007

NOTES

This lodge is named for Rt. Wor. Bro. Charles C. Spellman, whose biography was presented at the constitution of the Lodge in 1922 (1922-94).

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1921
• Petition for Charter: 1922
• Consolidation Petition (with Longmeadow Lodge): 2007

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1971 (50th Anniversary)
• 1996 (75th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1922 (Prince; Constitution of Lodge and installation)
• 1924 (Ferrell; Cornerstone laying in Springfield)
• 1935 (Allen; at Masonic Home)
• 1971 (Jaynes; 50th Anniversary and Hall dedication)
• 1980 (Melanson; Mortgage burning)
• 1990 (Darling)
• 1996 (A. Johnson; 75th Anniversary, with Samuel D. Sherwood)
• 2007 (Hodgdon; consolidation with Longmeadow)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1927 1930 1932 1937 1939 1950 1954 1958 1959 1962 1968 1972 1973 1978 1981 1982 1991 1993 2000 2003 2004 2005

HISTORY

• 1971 (50th Anniversary History, 1971-416)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Frederick W. Cope, DDGM, District 18 (Chicopee), 1935, 1936; SN
• Rollyn H. Hatch, DDGM, District 18 (Chicopee), 1986, 1987
• Granville B. Hubbard, DDGM, District 18 (Chicopee), 1966, 1967; SN
• Everett C. Hutchinson, DDGM, District 18 (Chicopee), 1976, 1977; N
• John R. Lundgren, DDGM, District 18 (Chicopee), 1958, 1959; N
• Paul D. Ramey, DDGM, District 18 (Chicopee), 1996, 1997; N
• Charles Henry Steele, DDGM, District 18 (Chicopee), 1946, 1947, 1949; N
• Joseph N. Westcott, DDGM, District 18 (Chicopee), 1994, 1995

DISTRICTS

1921: District 18 (Springfield)

1927: District 18 (Chicopee)

2003: District 28

LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges