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ARMY LODGE
Location: Balboa, Canal Zone
Chartered By: Melvin M. Johnson
Charter Date: 03/08/1916 1916-62
Precedence Date: 06/08/1915
Current Status: merged with Darien Lodge to form Balboa Lodge, 07/28/1983.
NOTES
Though there is no dispensation date for this lodge in the Proceedings, the history of the beginnings of the Lodge in the 1924 Proceedings mentions the request for dispensation as being submitted in the spring of 1915 on Page 1924-755.
The actual dispensation date is given in the 50-year history of the Lodge on Page 1965-23.
PAST MASTERS
- Herbert A. White, 1916
- John J. Bradley, 1917
- Frank L. Heald, 1918
- William F. Ilgen, 1919, 1920
- 1921, 1922?
- Walter H. Sims, 1923
- Arlington B. C. Deppe, 1924
- Peter A. Freehan, 1925, 1926
- William C. Oleson, 1927
- Frank M. S. Johnson, 1928
- Samuel E. Bardell, 1929
- Cleveland A. Schecker, 1930, 1937
- Frederick E. Reinhart, 1931
- Herbert E. Pace, 1932, 1933
- Lester F. Bailey, 1934
- George H. Bevins, 1935
- Norman E. Trusty, 1936
- Robert L. Davis, 1938
- Clare L. Comins, 1939
- Herman E. Price, 1940
- Milton S. Treadwell, 1941
- Subert Turbyfill, 1942; N
- Joseph J. Lukacs, 1943
- Otis C. Myers, 1944
- John J. Lieberman, 1945
- Ray H. Hefington, 1946
- William Trost, 1947
- Edwin G. Tucker, 1948
- William B. Godfrey, 1949
- James R. Kimball, 1950
- Charles L. Leslie, 1951
- Warren K. Gerhart, 1952
- Paul M. Jamesson, 1953
- Donald M. McDonald, 1954
- James C. Kennedy, 1955
- Llewellyn Zent, 1956
- Dean I. Studebaker, 1957
- Carl E. Borgis, 1958
- Kenneth D. Bergere, 1959
- Francis M. Baggott, 1960
- Oliver E. Richardson, 1961
- M. Wayne Poland, 1962
- Elmer E. Steakley, 1963
- Robert A. Botzenmayer, 1964
- Joseph W. E. Bourgeois, 1965 ?
- Richard H. Kinsey, 1965; N
- John W. Purvis, 1966
- Jack M. Wilson, 1967
- Joseph W. Winn, Jr., 1968
- Ivan L. Jenkins, 1969
- Harry Van Loon, 1970
- Aldon Fulcher, 1971
- Rubert B. Mathews, II, 1972
- David E. Stocker, 1973
- Wesley H. Sparling, 1974
- Ralph O. Sheppard, 1975
- Kenneth R. Littrell, 1976
- William H. Breaden, 1977
- Charles F. Schermerhorn, 1978
- Eric P. Castleton, 1979
- David E. Stocker, 1980
- Clinton E. Trowbridge, 1981
- Nicholas L. Unger, 1982
- Thomas E. Sellers, 1983
REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
- Petition for Dispensation: 1915; not in Proceedings; see above
- Petition for Charter: 1916
- Consolidation Petition (with Darien Lodge): 1983
ANNIVERSARIES
- 1965 (50th Anniversary)
VISITS BY GRAND MASTER
Canal Zone visit, January 1939
From the collection of the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts
- 1916 (Acting Deputy Grand Master Wor. John B. Fields; Constitution of Lodge and installation)
- 1917 (Acting Grand Master [1]; Installation of District Grand Master Herbert A. White; Special Communication)
- 1921 (Prince)
- 1922 (Prince; Cornerstone Laying)
- 1925 (Ferrell)
- 1928 (Simpson)
- 1934 (Chipman)
- 1939 (Perry; Special Communication; see picture above)
- 1952 (Roy; Cornerstone laying, Special Communication)
- 1956 (W. Johnson; Special Communication)
- 1958 (A. Jenkins; Special Communication)
- 1965 (Osgood; 50th Anniversary, Special Communication)
- 1967 (Booth; Special Communication)
- 1971 (Jaynes; Special Communication)
- 1976 (Maxwell; Special Communication)
- 1979 (Melanson; Special Communication)
- 1982 (Berquist; Special Communication)
BY-LAW CHANGES
1924 1928 1929 1930 1934 1935 1937 1940 1943 1945 1949 1950 1951 1963 1968 1976 1979 1981 1982
HISTORY
OTHER
- 1964 (Remarks at Grand Lodge by Wor. Joseph J. Lukacs, Secretary, 1964-168)
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- James E. Cook, District Grand Master 1996-1998
- Richard H. Kinsey, District Grand Master 1975-1977; N
- Subert Turbyfill, District Grand Master 1960-1962; N
- Herbert A. White, District Grand Master 1917
