MassachusettsYear1997

1997

ARTHUR E. JOHNSON, Grand Master

Robert L. Steadman, Deputy Grand Master
Robert J. Leach, Senior Grand Warden
Frederick H. Schulenberg, Junior Grand Warden

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QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

• 03/12: 1997-11;
• 06/11: 1997-85;
• 09/10: 1997-125;
• 12/10: 1997-173; (Annual Communication)

12/10 Agenda

• Visits by Grand Master Johnson, beginning on Page 1997-211:
  • Anniversaries:
  • Consolidations:
  • Hall Dedications and corner-stone layings:
  • Lodge visits:

• • Visits by other Grand Lodge officers begin on Page 1997-217.

Grand Master's Address

• 03/12: 1997-35;

• 06/11: 1997-102;

• 09/10: 1997-142;

• 12/10: 1997-198;

Lodge By-Law Changes

• 03/12: 1997-29;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments:

• 06/11: 1997-94;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments:

• 09/10: 1997-133;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments:

• 12/10: 1997-187;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments:

Necrologies and Memorials

• NECROLOGIES:

• MEMORIALS:

Petitions for Charters

• 03/12: 1997-29. Petition by Montgomery and Blackstone River, as Montgomery; granted.

• 03/12: 1997-31. Petition by Star and Athol, as Star-Athol; granted.

• 06/11: 1997-98. Petition by Nauset Light, Orleans, for a charter; granted.

• 09/10: 1997-135: Suspension of the charter of William Whiting Lodge.

• 09/10: 1997-139. Petition by Mount Vernon and Galilean, as Mount Vernon-Galilean; granted. Charter amended, 1997-141.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 01/25: 1997-1. Balboa. Visit to District Grand Lodge.

• 01/27: 1997-5. Balboa. Visit to District Lodge of Instruction.

• 01/30: 1997-9. Balboa. District Table Lodge.

• 03/24: 1997-37. Springfield. Uniting of Roswell Lee-Samuel Osgood and Indian Orchard-Shawmont, as Roswell Lee-Indian Orchard.

• 04/05: 1997-43. Quincy. 150th Anniversary of St. Paul's-Algonquin.

• 05/03: 1997-47. Marshfield. Hall dedication and mortgage burning.

• 05/17: 1997-51. Concord. 200th Anniversary of Corinthian.

• 05/24: 1997-69. Greenfield. Cornerstone laying and building dedication.

• 05/31: 1997-73. Cotuit. 125th Anniversary of Mariners'.

• 06/07: 1997-83. Saugus. 75th Anniversary of Galilean.

• 06/12: 1997-105. Milford. Uniting of Montgomery and Blackstone River, as Montgomery.

• 06/14: 1997-107. North Attleboro. 200th Anniversary of Bristol.

• 06/28: 1997-111. Wellfleet. 200th Anniversary of Adams1.

• 09/13: 1997-145. Athol. Uniting of Star and Athol, as Star-Athol; 125th Anniversary of Star-Athol Lodge.

• 09/20: 1997-151. Andover. 175th Anniversary of St. Matthew's.

• 12/05: 1997-169. Malden. Uniting of Mount Vernon and Galilean, as Mount Vernon-Galilean.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/29/1997)

• 1997-249: Opening and roll call.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1997

There were 45 districts in Massachusetts in 1997 (numbered 1 through 33), as well as districts for Chile, China, the Caribbean and Panama.

DISTRICT 1: Boston

Philip L. Silberstein, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A3

• St. John's (Boston, 1733)
• Lodge of St. Andrew, (Boston, 1752)
• The Massachusetts (Boston, 1770)
• Columbian (Boston, 1796)
• Mount Lebanon (Boston, 1801)
• Germania (Boston, 1854)
• Winslow Lewis (Boston, 1855)
• Revere (Boston, 1856)
• Shawmut (Newtonville, 1911)

DISTRICT 2: Cambridge

James A. Moller, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A4

• Amicable (Cambridge, 1805)
• Mizpah-Faith (Cambridge, 1867)
• Charity (Cambridge, 1869)
• Joseph Webb (Boston, 1876)
• Richard C. MacLaurin (Cambridge, 1920)
• The DeMolay (Boston, 1975)

DISTRICT 2: Boston

David D. Honick, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A5

• Mount Olivet (Cambridge, 1863)
• Zetland (Boston, 1867)
• Euclid (Boston, 1916)
• The Harvard (Cambridge, 1922)
• Boston University (Boston, 1925)
• Moses Michael Hays (Needham, 1931)
• Logia America (Cambridge, 1993)

DISTRICT 3: Boston

James E. Dixon, Sr., District Deputy Grand Master; 4 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A6

• Mount Tabor (Boston, 1846)
• Henry Price (Boston, 1858)
• Hammatt-Ocean (Saugus, 1859)
• Seaview (Revere, 1917)

DISTRICT 3: Chelsea

Raymond A. Dembkoski, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A7

• Star of Bethlehem (Wakefield, 1844)
• Baalbec (East Boston, 1852)
• Adelphi-Noddle's Island (Watertown, 1920)
• Everett C. Benton (Boston, 1925)
• Major General Henry Knox (Boston, 1926)

DISTRICT 4: Boston

Kenneth P. Lodge, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A8

• Union (Dorchester, 1796)
• St. Paul's-Algonquin (Braintree, 1846)
• Gate of the Temple (Stoughton, 1855)
• Rabboni (Milton, 1869)
• Prospect (Roslindale, 1890)
• Macedonian (Quincy, 1893)
• West Roxbury-Dorchester (Dorchester, 1912)
• Cosmopolitan (Stoughton, 1920)
• Milton (Milton, 1922)
• Hesperia (Boston, 1925)

DISTRICT 5: Waltham

George A. Serafinas, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A9

• Dalhousie (Newtonville, 1860)
• Beth-Horon (Brookline, 1870)
• Fraternity and Fuller (Newtonville, 1875)
• Wellesley (Needham, 1912)
• Victory (Watertown, 1920)
• Nehoiden (Needham, 1927)
• Garden City (Newtonville, 1954)
• The Masters (Newtonville, 1983)

DISTRICT 5: Brighton

Paul E. Kennedy, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A10

• Bethesda (Brighton, 1819)
• Waltham Triad (Newtonville, 1820)
• Pequossette (Watertown, 1856)
• Belmont-Beaver (Belmont, 1864)
• Norfolk (Needham, 1874)
• Norumbega & Brookline (Newtonville, 1920)
• Maugus Hill (Wellesley, 1957)

DISTRICT 6: Somerville

Bernard M. McGinnity, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A11

• King Solomon's (Charlestown, 1783)
• Mount Hermon (Medford, 1854)
• Joseph Warren-Soley (Boston, 1856)
• Simon W. Robinson(Lexington, 1870)
• Friendship (Wilmington, 1901)
• Russell (Arlington, 1923)
• Simonds (Burlington, 1955)
• Frank W. Thompson (Bedford, 1955)

DISTRICT 6: Arlington

Paul F. Gleason, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A12

• Washington (Lexington, 1796)
• Hiram (Arlington, 1797)
• Mount Horeb (Woburn, 1855)
• John Abbot (Somerville, 1857)
• William Parkman (Winchester, 1864)
• Somerville (West Somerville, 1912)
• Samuel Crocker Lawrence (Medford, 1920)
• Freedom (Arlington, 1947)

DISTRICT 7: Malden

Donald A. Bates, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A13

• Mount Vernon-Galilean (Malden, 1857) merged 12/05
• Good Samaritan (Reading, 1870)
• King Cyrus (Stoneham, 1875)
• Fidelity (Melrose, 1918)
• Mount Scopus (Malden, 1930)
• North Reading (North Reading, 1955)

DISTRICT 7: Melrose

John J. Girdvainis, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A14

• Wyoming (Melrose, 1856)
• William Sutton (Saugus, 1866)
• Palestine (Everett, 1868)
• Converse (Malden, 1887)
• Golden Rule (Wakefield, 1888)
• The Lodge of Stirling (Malden, 1910)
• Lynnfield (Lynnfield, 1946)

DISTRICT 8: Salem

Carl F. Aylward, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A15

• Essex (Salem, 1791)
• Mount Carmel (Lynn, 1805)
• Mosaic (Danvers, 1870)
• Damascus (Lynn, 1906)
• Wayfarers (Swampscott, 1914)
• Budleigh (Beverly, 1921)
• New Meadows (Topsfield, 1958)

DISTRICT 8: Lynn

John W. Burt, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A16

• Philanthropic (Marblehead, 1760)
• Jordan (Peabody, 1808)
• Amity (Danvers, 1863)
• Starr King (Salem, 1864)
• Golden Fleece (Lynn, 1864)
• Bethlehem (Lynn, 1920)
• North Shore Daylight (Beverly, 1992)

DISTRICT 9: Gloucester

J. Gregory A. Hill, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A17

• The Tyrian (Gloucester, 1770)
• Liberty (Beverly, 1824)
• Ashler (Rockport, 1851)
• John T. Heard (Ipswich, 1864)
• Acacia (Gloucester, 1865)
• Manchester (Manchester, 1920)

DISTRICT 10: Newburyport

Merton E. Chute, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A18

• St. John's (Newburyport, 1766)
• Merrimack (Haverhill, 1802)
• St. Mark's (Newburyport, 1803)
• Warren (Amesbury, 1822)
• Saggahew (Haverhill, 1864)
• Charles C. Dame (Georgetown, 1867)
• Bethany (Merrimac, 1868)

DISTRICT 11: Lawrence

Frank G. Holt, III, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A19

• St. Matthew's (Andover, 1822)
• LawrenceUnited (Lawrence, 1825)
• John Hancock (Methuen, 1860)
• Cochichewick (North Andover, 1874)
• Merrimack Valley Daylight (Lawrence, 1990)

DISTRICT 12: Lowell

Peter S. Alexis, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A20

• Corinthian (Concord, 1797)
• Pentucket (Lowell, 1807)
• Ancient York (Lowell, 1852)
• Kilwinning (Lowell, 1866)
• William North (Lowell, 1867)
• Thomas Talbot (Billerica, 1889)
• Wamesit (Tewksbury, 1921)
• William Sewall Gardner (Lowell, 1928)

DISTRICT 13: Fitchburg

Kenneth B. Johnson, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A21

• St. Paul (Ayer, 1797)
• Aurora (Leominster, 1801)
• Trinity (Clinton, 1858)
• Caleb Butler (Ayer, 1859)
• Wilder (Leominster, 1859)
• Charles W. Moore (Fitchburg, 1865)
• Tahattawan (Littleton, 1929)

DISTRICT 13: Barre

Fabian R. Trudeau, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A22

• Mount Zion (Barre, 1800)
• Orange (Orange, 1859)
• Hope (Gardner, 1864)
• Star-Athol (Athol, 1864) merged 09/13
• Artisan (Winchendon, 1865)

DISTRICT 14: Greenfield

Armond J. LaBelle, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A23

• Republican (Greenfield, 1795)
• Harmony (Northfield, 1796)
• Mountain (Shelburne Falls, 1806)
• Bay State (Montague, 1872)
• Mechanic's (Montague, 1878)

DISTRICT 15: North Adams

Ralph L. Sherman, District Deputy Grand Master; 4 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A24

• Lafayette-Greylock (North Adams, 1847)
• Berkshire (South Adams, 1857)
• Upton (Cheshire, 1869)
• Williams (Williamstown, 1871)

DISTRICT 16: Pittsfield

Percy F. Kuhn, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A25

• Cincinnatus (Great Barrington, 1795)
• Evening Star (Lenox, 1795)
• Wisdom (West Stockbridge, 1803)
• Mystic (Pittsfield, 1810)
• Globe (Hinsdale, 1869)
• Occidental (Stockbridge, 1870)
• Crescent-Pittsfield (Pittsfield, 1873)
• Unity (Dalton, 1896)

DISTRICT 17: Holyoke

Linwood G. Buczala, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A26

• Jerusalem (South Hadley, 1797)
• Pacific (Amherst, 1860)
• Mount Tom (Holyoke, 1850)
• Ionic (Easthampton, 1867)
• Mount Holyoke (South Hadley, 1869)
• Hampshire (Haydenville, 1871)
• William Whiting (Holyoke, 1909) charter suspended 09/09

DISTRICT 18: Chicopee

Paul D. Ramey, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A27

• Chicopee (Chicopee, 1848)
• Brigham (Ludlow, 1891)
• Esoteric (Springfield, 1909)
• Charles C. Spellman (East Longmeadow, 1921)
• Samuel D. Sherwood (Springfield, 1921)

DISTRICT 18: Springfield

Donald E. Keene, Sr., District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A28

• Hampden (Springfield, 1817)
• Mount Moriah (Westfield, 1856)
• Huntington-Federal (Russell, 1866)
• Springfield (Springfield, 1895)
• Mount Orthodox (West Springfield, 1913)

DISTRICT 19: Palmer

Douglas J. Frye, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A29

• Thomas (Palmer, 1796)
• Quaboag (Warren, 1858)
• Day Spring (Monson, 1862)
• Eden (Ware, 1863)
• Vernon (Belchertown, 1869)

DISTRICT 20: Blackstone

Oliver J. Chapdelaine, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 4 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A30

• Solomon's Temple (Uxbridge, 1818)
• Blackstone River (Blackstone, 1855) merged into Montgomery 06/09
• Webster (Webster, 1858)
• Oxford (Oxford, 1859)
• Mumford River (Douglas, 1877)

DISTRICT 21: Brookfield

Samuel R. Cook, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A31

• Morning Star (Worcester, 1793)
• Quinebaug (Southbridge, 1859)
• Hayden (Brookfield, 1863)
• Spencer (Spencer, 1871)
• Meridian Sun (North Brookfield, 1894)
• Rufus Putnam (Rutland, 1912)
• Isaiah Thomas (Worcester, 1920)
• Bay Path (West Brookfield, 1923)
• Rose of Sharon (Worcester, 1927)

DISTRICT 22: Worcester

Robert E. McDuffie, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A32

• Olive Branch (Millbury, 1797)
• Franklin (Grafton, 1851)
• Montacute (Worcester, 1858)
• Athelstan (Worcester, 1865)
• Quinsigamond (Worcester, 1870)
• Boylston (West Boylston, 1876)
• Joel H. Prouty (Auburn, 1927)
• Matthew John Whittall (Shrewsbury, 1928)
• Level (Worcester, 1952)

DISTRICT 23: Natick

Wallace Jack Bennett, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A33

• Meridian (Watertown, 1797)
• Montgomery (Milford, 1797)
• John Warren (Hopkinton, 1860)
• Mount Hollis (Holliston, 1864)
• North Star (Ashland, 1864)
• Siloam (Westborough, 1866)
• Charles River (Medway, 1871)
• Alpha (Framingham, 1875)

DISTRICT 24: Marlboro

Richard E. Manelis, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A34

• Middlesex (Framingham, 1795)
• United Brethren (Marlborough, 1859)
• Doric (Hudson, 1864)
• Charles A. Welch (Maynard, 1872)
• Perfection (Framingham, 1957)

DISTRICT 25: Hyde Park

James B. Kershaw, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A35

• Rising Star (Stoughton, 1799)
• Orient (Norwood, 1861)
• Blue Hill (Canton, 1863)
• Lafayette-Dover (Norwood, 1865)
• Eliot-Hyde Park (Westwood, 1866)
• Constellation (Dedham, 1871)
• Azure (Walpole, 1921)

DISTRICT 26: Quincy

Robert W. Stark, Sr., District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A36

• Rural (Quincy, 1801)
• Norfolk Union (Randolph, 1819)
• Weymouth United Masonic (Weymouth, 1825)
• Delta (Braintree, 1868)
• Wollaston (Quincy, 1899)

DISTRICT 27: Plymouth

Richard F. Faust, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A37

• Old Colony (Hingham, 1792)
• Corner Stone (Duxbury, 1801)
• Plymouth (Plymouth, 1825)
• Konohassett (Cohasset, 1864)
• Phoenix (Hanover, 1873)
• Satuit (Scituate, 1875)
• Daniel Webster (Marshfield, 1964)

DISTRICT 28: Taunton

Vernon S. Bowers, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A38

• King David (Taunton, 1798)
• May Flower (Middleboro, 1864)
• Paul Dean (North Easton, 1867)
• Charles H. Titus (Taunton, 1872)
• Eastern Star (Rehoboth, 1924)
• Metacomet Daylight (Taunton, 1989)

DISTRICT 28: Attleboro

Lawrence E. Williams, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A39

• Bristol (North Attleboro, 1797)
• St. Alban's (Wrentham, 1818)
• St. James (Mansfield, 1864)
• Excelsior (Franklin, 1866)
• Ionic (Taunton, 1867)
• Ezekiel Bates (Attleboro, 1870)

DISTRICT 29: Brockton

Bruce K. Pratt, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A40

• Fellowship (Bridgewater, 1797)
• Paul Revere (North Bridgewater, 1856)
• John Cutler (Abington, 1859)
• Puritan (East Bridgewater, 1869)
• St. George (Brockton, 1877)
• Satucket (East Bridgewater, 1881)
• Baalis Sanford (Brockton, 1917)
• Wampatuck (East Bridgewater, 1946)

DISTRICT 30: Fall River

Walter L. Craveiro, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A41

• Mount Hope (Fall River, 1824)
• Pioneer (Somerset, 1863)
• King Philip (Fall River, 1866)
• Massasoit-Narragansett (Fall River, 1915)
• Watuppa (Fall River, 1926)

DISTRICT 30: New Bedford

Stephen W. Latham, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A42

• Star in the East-Paskamansett (New Bedford, 1823)
• Quittacus (New Bedford, 1865)
• George H. Taber (Fairhaven, 1872)
• Noquochoke (South Westport, 1878)
• Abraham H. Howland Jr. (New Bedford, 1915)
• Wamsutta (New Bedford, 1949)

DISTRICT 31: Nantucket

David L. Maxim, Sr., District Deputy Grand Master; 4 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A43

• Union (Nantucket, 1771)
• Social Harmony (Middleboro, 1823)
• Oriental-Martha's Vineyard (Oak Bluffs, 1859)
• Pythagorean (Marion, 1861)

DISTRICT 32: Hyannis

William F. Carr, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A44

• Marine (Falmouth, 1798)
• Fraternal (Centerville, 1801)
• DeWitt Clinton (Sandwich, 1855)
• Howard (Yarmouth, 1869)
• Mariners' (Cotuit, 1871)
• Cawnacome Sunshine (Bourne, 1992)

DISTRICT 32: Provincetown

Herbert B. Kinney, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges + 1 U.D.
Tabular: 1997-A45

• King Hiram's (Provincetown, 1795)
• Mount Horeb (Dennis, 1854)
• Pilgrim (Harwich, 1859)
• Adams (Wellfleet, 1865)
• St. Martin's (Chatham, 1872)
• Universal (Orleans, 1917)
• Nauset Light (Orleans, U.D.)

DISTRICT 33: Springfield

Leslie P. Lohnes, District Deputy Grand Master; 4 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A46

• Roswell Lee-Indian Orchard (Springfield, 1864) merged 03/24
• Elm-Belcher (Agawam, 1870)
• Newton (Wilbraham, 1870)
• Longmeadow (Longmeadow, 1931)

PANAMA CANAL DISTRICT

James E. Cook, District Grand Master; 3 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A47

• Sojourners (Cristobal, Canal Zone, 1912)
• Ancon (Ancon, Canal Zone, 1913)
• Gatun (Empire, Canal Zone, 1915) merged 05/31

CHILE DISTRICT

Daniel E. Cerda, District Deputy Grand Master; 3 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A48

• Bethesda (Valparaiso, Chile, 1854)
• Huelen (Santiago, Chile, 1876)
• St. John's (Concepción) (Concepción, Chile, 1884)

CHINA DISTRICT

Joe A. Diele, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1997-A49

• Ancient Landmark (Shanghai, China, 1863) In recess
• Shanghai (Shanghai, China, 1903) In recess
• Sinim (Tokyo, Japan, 1903)
• International (Peking, China, 1915) In recess
• Hykes Memorial (Tientsin, China, 1922) In recess

CARIBBEAN DISTRICT

Aston Wright, District Deputy Grand Master; 1 Lodge
Tabular: 1997-A50

• Caribbean Naval (Guantánamo, Cuba, 1966)

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