Spencer

SPENCER LODGE

Location: Spencer

Chartered By: Sereno D. Nickerson

Charter Date: 12/11/1872 1872-260

Precedence Date: 11/03/1871

Current Status: in Grand Lodge Vault. Merged with Meridian Sun Lodge into Hayden Lodge, 10/18/2003.

PAST MASTERS

George P. Ladd, 1871
Edwin A. Hill, 1872-1875; SN
Isaac Niles, Jr., 1876, 1877
James H. Ames, 1878-1880
Charles H. Allen, 1881-1883
James Holmes, 1884-1886
Walter E. Barton, 1887, 1888
George S. Green, 1889-1891
Nathan E. Craig, 1892
Erwin S. Tirrell, Jr., 1893-1896
Frank S. Eaton, 1897, 1898
Frederick W. Boulton, 1899, 1900
Charles H. Green, 1901, 1902
Harry S. Tripp, 1903, 1904
John G. Prouty, 1905, 1906; SN
Arthur F. Warren, 1907, 1908
Walter S. Wiggin, 1909, 1910
W. Harry Vernon, 1911, 1912
DeWitt Tower, 1913, 1914
Frederick B. Traill, 1915, 1916; SN
George H. Burkill, 1917, 1918
Elton F. Prouty, 1919, 1920
John E. Goddard, 1921, 1922
Charles M. Durell, 1923, 1924
Edward F. Jerome, 1925
Albert L. Blanchard, 1926, 1927
Edmund H. Squire, 1928, 1929; N
Ambrose L. Tower, 1930, 1931
Henry Cote, 1932, 1933
Raymond M. McMurdo, 1934, 1935
Leslie D. Marden, 1936
Clayton F. Fisher, 1937, 1938
Frederick W. Flint, 1939, 1940
Norman F. MacLeod, 1941
C. John W. Sperry, 1942, 1943
John Beatrice, 1944
Ernest L. Roberts, 1945
Evert M. Story, 1946
Walter H. Lyon, 1947
George T. Ensom, 1948
Harold R. Frazel, 1949
Helmer G. Anderson, 1950
Wesley S. Stevens, 1951
Robert M. Bemis, 1952
Wendell P. Barthemlee, Sr., 1953
John S. Konrad, 1954, 1974
J. Harry Robertson, 1955
Samuel K. Cook, 1956
Everett E. Messier, 1957
Scott L. Allen, 1958
Harold E. Lindberg, 1959
Wendell D. Ring, Sr., 1960
Herbert P. Dobie, 1961
David J. Smith, 1962
Gordon H. Carey, 1963
Clarence L. Smith, Jr., 1964
Joseph E. Marsh, 1965
Robert L. Olmsted, 1966
Stuart E. Gilbert, 1967
John I. Gilbert, 1968
Robert A. Anderson, 1969
Philip E. Kennen, 1970
Charles E. Forkey, 1971
George E. Vinton, Jr., 1972
Neil T. Mulrain, 1973, 1976, 1986; PDDGM
David L. Konrad, 1975
Wendell R. Nygren, 1977
Philip F. Mulrain, 1978
Arthur M. Kinne, 1979
Wayne D. Allen, 1980, 1984, 1993
Paul F. Gatto, 1981
George J. Seymour, Jr., 1982, 1983
Mark S. Lammi, 1985
Karl K. Makela, 1987
Robert F. Kelly, 1988
Walter H. Belcher, 1989
Robert A. Hartman, 1990
Robert K. Mase, 1991
Robert R. Tremblay, 1992
Henry C. Wheaton, 1994
Walter J. Golden, Jr., 1995, 2002
Kenneth R. Wheeler, 1996
Ronald C. Engvall, 1997, 1998
David W. Sweet, 1999
Philip D. Harding, Sr., 2000, 2001

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1871
Petition for Charter: 1872
Consolidation Petition (with Meridian Sun and Hayden Lodges): 2002

ANNIVERSARIES

1941 (70th Anniversary)
1946 (75th Anniversary)
1971 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1873 (Nickerson; hall dedication, Special Communication; see below)
1927 (Simpson; hall dedication, Special Communication)
1941 (Schaefer; 70th Anniversary, Special Communication)
1946 (Wragg; 75th Anniversary, Special Communication)
1952 (Roy; reception for Junior Grand Warden Clayton F. Fisher)
1971 (Jaynes; Centenary, Special Communication)
1975 (Maxwell)
2003 (Hicks; Consolidation) not described in Proceedings

BY-LAW CHANGES

1880 1881 1888 1916 1923 1927 1930 1937 1951 1953 1954 1956 1960 1973 1976 1980 1981 1988 1991 1994 1995

HISTORY

1941 (70th Anniversary History, 1941-129)
1946 (75th Anniversary History, 1946-270)
1971 (75th Anniversary History, 1971-448)

EVENTS

CONSTITUTION OF LODGE, JANUARY 1873

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXXII, No. 2, February 1873, Page 53:

This is a new Lodge, located in the pleasant and flourishing town of Spencer, in the county of Worcester, and having worked its year of probation under a dispensation, and received a Charter from the Grand Lodge, was duly constituted by the M. W. Grand Master and his officers, on Tuesday the 7th of January ult.

The Grand Lodge present consisted of

M. W. Sereno D. Nickerson, G. M.
Percival L. Everett, D. G M.
Henry Endicott, S. G. W.
Charles W. Moore as J. G. W.
Henry C. Willson, as G. Treas.
Joseph B. Knox as R. G. Sec.
Chas. H. Titus, as G. Chap.
Wm. H. Chessman, Gr. Marshal.
Nelson R. Scott, Grand Steward.
Sumner Holmes as Grand Steward
Geo. P. Ladd, Architect.
Fred. A. Pierce, Grand Tyler.

The Grand Lodge was opened at 4 o'clock P. M., and immediately proceeded with the dedication of the Masonic apartments to the purposes of Freemasonry, in the usual form and with the usual ceremonies. The constituting of the Lodge immediately followed; at the conclusion of which ceremony the Grand Lodge took a recess until the evening; at which time it assembled in the beautiful hall in the large and imposing building recently erected in the centre of the village for public and other purposes. This hall, we understand, is capable of seating about six hundred persons. There were probably present on this occasion between three and four hundred, including ladies and other invited guests. The ceremonies of Installation were opened with singing by an excellent quartette. Bro. Edwin A. Hill, Master elect was then introduced and installed by the Grand Master; the Senior Warden, Bro. Charles H. Allen was installed by R. W. Henry Endicott, S. G. W.; and the Junior Warden, Bro. Isaac Niles, Jr., was installed by R. W. Charles W. Moore as J. G. W. pro tem. The remainder of the officers were then installed by the M. W. Grand Master, the usual proclamation was made by the Grand Marshal, and the ceremonies were closed with prayer by the Grand Chaplain; previous to which, however, the Grand Master addressed the brethren and the company present in terms and on subjects appropriate to the occasion, and was listened to with great attention and apparent gratification by the audience. The Grand Lodge then retired, and having been closed, the members were immediately conducted to the banqueting hall in the same building, where they were joined by some two hundred ladies and gentlemen in a bountiful and well spread banquet, and where an hour was spent in a very pleasant way. The speakers at the table, so far as we can recollect them were, the Grand Master, and Bros. Moore, Knox, Titus and others.

The apartments of the new Lodge are admirably well adapted to the purposes for which they are designed, and especially so is the principal hall, which is neatly frescoed and handsomely furnished. The Lodge itself is composed of young and enterprising brethren, and its future prospects are highly encouraging.