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UNITED BRETHREN LODGE

Location: Marlborough

Chartered By: Winslow Lewis

Charter Date: 09/12/1860 VI-322

Precedence Date: 11/24/1859

Current Status: Active

St. Bernard's Lodge merged into this lodge, 04/27/1996.

PAST MASTERS

• Alexander C. Felton 1859, 1860
• Burleigh Morse 1861, 1862, 1863, 1866
• Samuel J. Shaw 1864
• W.E.C. Worcester 1865
• George N. Cate 1867, 1874
• George H. Adams 1868, 1869, 1870, 1871
• William S. Frost 1872, 1873
• Lewis I. Hapgood 1875
• George H. Whitney 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879
• Benjamin F. Greeley 1880, 1881, 1882, 1885
• Frederic J. Jewett 1883, 1884
• Edwin A. Evans 1886, 1887, 1888
• J. Francis Child 1889, 1890
• George A. Stacy 1891, 1892
• George B. Copeland 1893, 1894
• George R. Hall 1895, 1896
• Charles H. Stevens 1897, 1898
• Edward E. Allen 1899, 1900
• John L. Stone 1901, 1902
• Clifton F. Whitney 1903, 1904
• Stillman R. Stevens 1905, 1906
• C. Lester Bartlett 1907, 1908
• G. Otis Adams 1909, 1910
• Charles S. Thomson 1911, 1912
• William H. Witherbee 1913, 1914
• Leroy M. Craig 1915
• Eugene Closson 1916, 1917
• William H. Trull 1918
• Charles G. Swenson 1919, 1920
• Walter E. Fiske 1921
• Ernest A. Larrabee 1922
• Fred A. Hunter 1923
• Winfield Temple 1924, 1925
• Lyman W. Evans 1926
• Everett L. Angier 1927
• Thomas Kenney 1928
• Edward F. Craig 1929
• Harry F. Morse 1930
• William H. Wright 1931
• Bradford P. Cutler 1932, 33
• Walter L. Huntington 1934
• John N. Lowell 1935
• Lionel A. Cahill 1936
• Herbert A. McKenzie 1937
• Walter A. Hollis 1938
• Robert E. Howe 1939
• Guy Sargent 1940
• Kenneth E. Post 1941
• Lambert H. Bigelow 1942
• Gunnar V. Johnson 1943
• Richard S. Temple 1944
• Almon H. Crossman 1945
• Edward F. Bigelow 1946
• Theophile Goudreau 1947
• Wendell H. Williams 1948
• John Cummings 1949
• Henry Martin 1950
• George L. Cunningham 1951
• Charles E. Clayton 1952
• Valmore D. Morris 1953
• Robert H. Hastings 1954
• Gordon P. Hamilton 1955
• John M. Schleyer, Jr. 1956
• Fred F. Sleeper 1957
• Frank R. Staniunas 1958
• William E. Moriarty 1959
• Ernest W. Carr 1960
• James M. Weeks, Jr. 1961
• George Pantelopoulos 1962
• Alden W. Pomeroy 1963
• Arthur D. Marsh 1964
• Arthur F. Whittemore 1965
• Robert T. Goudreau 1966
• Frank H. Foss 1967
• Robert W. Bailey 1968
• Asa K. Moody 1969
• V. Joseph Aykanian 1970
• Carl E. Headberg 1971
• James T. Karzes 1972
• Arthur A. Pratt, Jr. 1973
• Alvin Kramer 1974
• Leon S. Barsamian 1975
• Murad Mooradian 1976
• Lee T. Whittemore 1977
• Robert F. Jones 1978
• Richard S. Corrinne 1979
• A. Keith Piper 1980
• Walter Demoorjian 1981
• William M. Streeton, Jr. 1982
• Richard E. Johnson 1983
• William C. Carr 1984
• David V. Silvernail 1985
• Walter A. Vickers 1986, 1987
• Freeman J. Selig, Jr. 1988
• Richard C. Hendrickson 1989
• Donald C. Richards 1990
• Louis M. Papagni 1991, 2003
• Alexander D. Campbell 1992, 1996
• Thomas Stafford 1993
• Peter A. Simmons 1994, 1998
• Dennis E. Reebel 1995, 2000
• Kenneth J. Urato 1997, 2008
• Richard A. Johnson 2001
• Louis C. Nason 1999, 2002
• Douglas M. Spiller 2004
• Robert G. Jessee 2005, 2006
• Keithley R. Sutton, Jr. 2007
• Robert H. C. Archibald 2009
• Andrew L. Staley 2010
• Steven C. Weston Honorary, 2003

See also the pages for Doric and St. Bernard.

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REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1859
• Petition for Charter: 1860
• Consolidation Petition (with St. Bernard's Lodge): 1995

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1909 (50th Anniversary)
• 1934 (75th Anniversary)
• 1959 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1860 (Lewis; Constitution of Lodge and Hall dedication)
• 1880 (Welch)
• 1882 (Lawrence; address on commutation)
• 1885 (Howland; Hall dedication)
• 1892 (Wells; Hall dedication)
• 1909 (Wells; 50th Anniversary)
• 1912 (Benton)
• 1917 (Abbott)
• 1927 (Simpson; Veterans' Night)
• 1934 (Deputy Grand Master Schaefer; 75th Anniversary)
• 1952 (Roy; 24th District Meeting)
• 1959 (A. Jenkins; Centenary)
• 1977 (Maxwell; Cornerstone and hall dedication)
• 1980 (Melanson)
• 1981 (Melanson; reception for Junior Grand Warden Fred F. Sleeper)
• 1990 (Darling; reception for Deputy Grand Master Richard E. Johnson)
• 1994 (Lovering)
• 1996 (A. Johnson; consolidation with St. Bernard's Lodge)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1870 1882 1888 1892 1902 1904 1909 1913 1920 1921 1923 1939 1953 1959 1960 1965 1966 1972 1973 1974 1979 1983 1988 1991 1992 1996

HISTORY

• 1934 (75th Anniversary History, 1934-169)
• 1959 (Centenary History, 1959-247)

OTHER

• 1883 (Granting of a replacement charter for one destroyed by fire)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• George R. Hall, DDGM, District 21 (Framingham), 1910; DDGM, District 24 (Marlborough), 1911, 1912; Memorial
• G. Otis Adams, DDGM, District 24 (Marlborough), 1915, 1916; SN
• Winfield Temple, DDGM, District 24 (Marlborough), 1927, 1928; Senior Grand Warden, 1931
• Walter L. Huntington, DDGM, District 24 (Marlborough), 1937, 1938; N
• William H. Wright, DDGM, District 24 (Marlborough), 1947, 1948; N
• Fred F. Sleeper, DDGM, District 24 (Marlborough), 1967, 1968; Junior Grand Warden 1981; N
• Richard E. Johnson, DDGM, District 24 (Marlborough), 1986, 1987; Deputy Grand Master 1990
• Walter A. Vickers, DDGM, District 24 (Marlborough), 1992, 1993
• Alexander D. Campbell, DDGM, District 24 (Marlborough), 1998, 1999; Junior Grand Warden 2008
• Peter J. Simmons, DDGM, District 15, 2005, 2006
• Robert K. Jessee, DDGM, District 15 North, 2011, 2012

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DISTRICTS

1867: District 11 (Worcester)

1883: District 21 (Framingham)

1911: District 24 (Marlborough)

1927: District 24 (Marlborough)

2003: District 15

2009: District 15 North

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LINKS

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