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MERIDIAN SUN LODGE
Location: North Brookfield
Chartered By: Otis E. Weld
Charter Date: 12/12/1894 1894-138
Precedence Date: 12/28/1893
Current Status: merged with Spencer Lodge into Hayden Lodge, 10/18/2003.
PAST MASTERS
- Sumner Holmes, 1894, 1895
- J. W. D. Fifield, 1896
- H. P. Bartlett, 1897, 1898
- Clarence E. Brown, 1899, 1900
- Harry S. Lytle, 1901, 1902
- Ernest D. Corbin, 1903
- William O. Edwards, 1904, 1905
- Herbert T. Maynard, 1906, 1907
- George O. Rollins, 1908, 1909
- Alfred Curtis Stoddard, 1910, 1911
- George H. Edwards, 1912, 1913
- Allen B. Edwards, 1914, 1915
- Ethan A. Harwood, 1916, 1917
- Herbert E. Cummings, 1918, 1919
- Windsor Smith, 1920, 1921
- Jay C. Griffith, 1922
- Clarence E. Sibley, 1923
- Colby H. Johnson, 1924, 1925
- Roy C. Varnum, 1926, 1927
- Norman S. Chadwick, 1928
- Russell H. Smith, 1929
- Ira D. Taylor, 1930
- Charles B. Thompson, 1931, 1932
- Harry B. Feldman, 1933, 1934
- Willard G. Bemis, 1935, 1936
- Alvin L. Newman, 1937, 1938
- Douglas S. Rutherford, 1939
- Donald C. Walker, 1940
- William R. Raymore, 1941, 1942
- Clarence W. Kenerson, 1943, 1944
- Raymond H. King, 1945
- Carl M. Kingsbury, 1946
- Gordon H. Bishop, 1947
- Franklin D. Hayes, 1948; SN
- Ellis E. Ingram, 1949
- Ralph E. Green, 1950
- William C. Smith, 1951
- Frank G. Spooner, 1952
- Ira W. Moulton, Jr., 1953
- Walter J. King, 1954
- Earl R. Varnum, 1955
- Clarence J. Brown, 1956
- Irving A. Nicoll, 1957
- Andrew J. Loux, Sr., 1958
- Leroy E. Canada, 1959
- Carl R. Littlefield, 1960
- Walter W. Maki, 1961
- Arthur E. Reed, 1962, 1978; N
- W. Douglas Crandall, 1963, 1977
- Stanley F. Hanson, 1964, 1982, 1983
- Lawrence S. Gordon, 1965
- Charles R. Wilson, 1966, 1967
- Oren H. Howard, 1968, 1969
- David Goddard, 1970
- Robert E. Borelli, 1971, 1972
- William L. Parsons, 1973, 1976
- Robert W. Bishop, 1974
- Wayne A. Granat, 1975, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1988
- Bruce DeMaine, 1979
- Robert R. Tremblay, 1986, 1987
- Wayne W. Burkhardt, 1989
- Leo D. Forget, 1990, 1993-1995
- Paul A. Gendreau, 1991, 1992
- John A. Scarlett, 2000
- Edward E. Wilkins, Jr., 1996-1999, 2001-2003
REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
- Petition for Dispensation: 1894
- Petition for Charter: 1894
- Consolidation Petition (with Spencer and Hayden Lodges): 2002
ANNIVERSARIES
VISITS BY GRAND MASTER
- 1895 (Holmes; Constitution of Lodge and installation; Special Communication)
- 1907 (Blake)
- 1937 (Allen; presentations)
- 1943 (Schaefer; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
- 1973 (Vose; Corner stone laying; Special Communication)
- 1981 (Berquist; Hall dedication; Special Communication)
- 1993 (Lovering; Centenary; Special Communication)
- 2003 (Hicks; Consolidation)
BY-LAW CHANGES
1897 1927 1930 1933 1936 1943 1946 1950 1952 1953 1963 1977 1988 1999
HISTORY
- 1943 (50th Anniversary History, 1943-259)
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- Franklin D. Hayes, DDGM, District 21 (Brookfield), 1950, 1951; SN
- Arthur E. Reed, DDGM, District 21 (Brookfield), 1972, 1973; N
DISTRICTS
1893: District 19 (Southbridge)
1911: District 20 (Southbridge)
1927: District 21 (Brookfield)