Berkshire2

BERKSHIRE LODGE

Location: South Adams

Chartered By: John T. Heard

Charter Date: 09/08/1858 VI-190

Precedence Date: 11/04/1857

Current Status: Active

PAST MASTERS

Daniel Upton, 1857-1862, 1865, 1866, 1869; SN
Horace M. Holmes, 1863, 1864
1867?
David B. Bowen, 1868, 1870, 1871
John M. Morin, 1872-1874, 1877
Charles E. Sayles, 1875, 1876
Dallas J. Dean, 1878-1883
Robert N. Richmond, 1884-1886; SN
Herbert O. Hicks, 1887, 1888; Mem
Julius C Anthony, 1889, 1890
Charles E. Legate, 1891, 1892
Arthur B. Daniels, 1893, 1894
George H. Holden, 1895, 1896; SN
Herbert E. Harington, 1897, 1898
David Follet, 1899, 1900
Edwin F. Jenks, 1901, 1902
Stephen L. A. Hall, 1903, 1904
John S. Adams, 1905, 1906
Clarence E. Benson, 1907, 1908
Hiram E. Wilbur, 1909, 1910; SN
John E. Donovan, 1911
Henry A. Wilbur, 1912
Thomas D. Brown, 1913
Arthur A. Hall, 1914
James K. Ferguson, 1915
Clifford E. Wilbur, 1916
Felix H. Scharmann, 1917; Mem
Perley W. Aldrich, 1918
Harry V. Higham, 1919
John Lawson, Jr., 1920
Robert H. Dunn, 1921
Edwin K. McPeck, 1922
William G. Voigt, 1923
A. Winslow Harrington, 1924
Elgin S. Niles, 1925
Donald A. Linscott, 1926; SN
Herbert E. Kiontke, 1927
Henry J. Arnold, 1928
Harry E. Davis, 1929; SN
Albert M. Hisler, 1930
Philip S. Sayles, 1931
George T. Crandall, 1932
Emil R. Langner, 1933
Frederick R. Armstrong, 1934
Arthur G. F. Langner, 1935
Alexander S. Grieve, 1936
Andrew J. Newlands, 1937
Arthur P. Wagenknecht, 1938
W. Elwin Dunn, 1939
Fred W. DeRosia, 1940
Albert H. Toupence, 1941
Bernard W. Langner, 1942
Venger O'Brien, 1943
Edward H. Haczela, 1944
Arnold J. Sime, 1945
Raymond G. C. Langner, 1946
John H. Bigelow, 1947
John Miles, 1948
George C. Zarvis, 1949
Everet J. Newlands, 1950
Warren M. Pushee, 1951
Gilbert E. Loffler, 1952, 1966; N
Edward A. Barnini, 1953
A. Edward Horton, 1954
Lester R. Horton, 1955, 1984
Ralph L. Horton, 1956, 1965
Robert H. Joppich, 1957
Ernest Richardson, 1958, 1961
Fritz H. Koch, 1959, 1970; N
George E. Schwarzer, 1960
Robert L. Barschdorf, 1962
Percival E. Sherman, 1963, 1986
Daniel L. LaFleur, 1964
Harold L. Jones, 1967; N
Edwin Luczynski, 1968
Ferdinand Sherman, 1969
Frederick N. Foster, 1971
Robert L. LeMay, 1972
Charles W. Gaudette, 1973
Allan H. Goodrich, Sr., 1974; PDDGM
Lyle A. Blanchard, 1975
Francis W. Michalski, 1976
Henry E. Comstock, 1977
Lawrence A. Martin, 1978, 1979
Joseph Oleskiewicz, 1980, 1985
Ralph L. Sherman, 1981, 1983; PDDGM
Andrew C. Rumgay, 1982
Harvey A. Blanchard, 1987
Francis A. Zabek, Jr., 1988
Jeffrey L. Horton, 1989
Robert W. Kilty, 1990
Wilfred R. Bourdon, Jr., 1991
Steven C. Shaw, 1992, 1993
Roger LaMarre, 1994
Robert J. Ciempa, 1995, 2000; PDDGM
John E. Grant, 1996, 1997; PDDGM
Richard L. Blanchard, 1998, 2009
Murray C. Norcross, 1999
Mark E. Feder, 2001, 2002, 2010, 2011
Stanley P. Cote, 2003, 2004
Mark A. Dunn, 2005
Leroy D. Schaffrick, 2006
Robert E. Briggs, 2007
Walter L. Bradley, 2008

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1857
Petition for Charter: 1858

ANNIVERSARIES

1907 (50th Anniversary)
1957 (Centenary)
1982 (125th Anniversary)
2007 (150th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1858 (Heard; Constitution of Lodge and Hall dedication)
1907 (Blake; 50th Anniversary)
1916 (M. Johnson; Hall dedication)
1957 (A. Jenkins; Centenary)
1968 (Booth; Unveiling of cornerstone)
1982 (Berquist; 125th Anniversary)
2007 (Hodgdon; 150th Anniversary)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1892 1895 1907 1916 1919 1921 1925 1926 1927 1932 1933 1947 1957 1967 1969 1970 1975 1981 1993 2003 2010

HISTORY

1907 (50th Anniversary Historical Address, 1907-139)
1957 (Centenary History, 1957-151)
1968 (History of Berkshire Masonry, 1968-232)
1982 (125th Anniversary History, 1982-129)
2007 (150th Anniversary History, 2007-150)

OTHER

1867 (Suspension and expulsion of Master)
1895 (Centennial celebration of Evening Star Lodge)
1896 (Centennial celebration of Cincinnatus Lodge)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Robert J. Ciempa, DDGM, District 30, 2006, 2007
Harry E. Davis, DDGM, District 15 (North Adams), 1930, 1931; SN
Allan H. Goodrich, Sr., DDGM, District 15 (North Adams), 1988, 1989
John E. Grant, DDGM, District 15 (North Adams), 2000, 2001
Herbert O. Hicks, DDGM, District 14 (North Adams), 1907, 1908; Memorial
George H. Holden, DDGM, District 14 (North Adams), 1899, 1900; SN
Harold L. Jones, DDGM, District 15 (North Adams), 1970, 1971; N
Fritz H. Koch, DDGM, District 15 (North Adams), 1980, 1981; N
Donald A. Linscott, DDGM, District 15 (North Adams), 1950, 1951; SN
Gilbert E. Loffler, DDGM, District 15 (North Adams), 1960, 1961; N
Robert N. Richmond, DDGM, District 14 (North Adams), 1895, 1896; SN
Felix H. Scharmann, DDGM, District 15 (North Adams), 1940, 1941; Memorial
Daniel Upton, DDGM, District 9 (Pittsfield), 1869-1874; Junior Grand Warden 1876; SN
Hiram E. Wilbur, DDGM, District 15 (North Adams), 1923; SN