BenjaminFArrington

BENJAMIN F. ARRINGTON LODGE

Location: Lynn

Chartered By: Frank L. Simpson

Charter Date: 12/12/1928 1928-414

Precedence Date: 03/13/1928

Current Status: in Grand Lodge Vault; merged into Wayfarers Lodge, 05/08/1984 (1984-21).

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NOTES

This lodge was named for Benjamin F. Arrington, Deputy Grand Master 1927, who died at the end of his term as Deputy. The lodge was chartered shortly afterward.

PAST MASTERS

• Alonzo E. Quick, 1928-1929
• Henry O. Silsbee, II, 1930-1931
• Elbert N. Fuller, 1932-1933
• Henry J. Harch, 1934-1935
• George T. Hart, 1936-1937
• Clair T. H. Woodall, 1938-1939
• Frederick A. Wood, 1940-1941; N
• Leroy W. Chapman, 1942-1943
• Elbert N. Fuller, Jr., 1944
• Thomas Wheeler, 1945
• J. Norman Panall, 1946; N
• Charles M. Marshall, 1947
• Robert T. Eldridge, 1948
• George V. Keller, Jr., 1949
• Albert G. Johanson, 1950
• Elmer Z. Haggman, 1951
• Wesley S. Gahagan, 1952
• Arthur M. Gray, 1953
• Hayward MacWhinnie, 1954
• Albert J. Ralph, 1955
• Carl Caefer, Jr., 1956
• George Barnes, Sr., 1957
• George W. Estes, 1958
• Dudley Bacon, 1959
• Frank W. Dore, 1960
• Roland A. Ruggles, 1961
• Charles S. Nugent, 1962
• George D. Eastman, 1963
• James I. Starratt, 1964
• Stanley J. Wydra, 1965
• William H. Doughty, 1966-1967
• Walter Stepleton Jr., 1968
• Harold M. Myers, 1969
• Arnold P. Iveson, 1970
• Carl C. Crowell, 1971-1972
• Russell W. Hennan, 1973, 1982
• Douglass R. Grant, 1974
• Francis W. Melendy, 1975, 1981
• David S. Eynon, 1976
• Warren C. Hyam, 1977
• Gerald L. MacLean, 1978
• James F A Chapman 1979
• Earl N. Coombs, 1980
• James N. Liberato, Sr. 1983-1984

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1928
• Petition for Charter: 1928
• Petition for Consolidation (with Wayfarers): 1984

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1953 (25th Anniversary)
• 1978 (50th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1928 (Simpson; Constitution of lodge)
• 1953 (Roy; 25th Anniversary)
• 1978 (Melanson; 50th Anniversary)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1928 1946 1954 1955 1965 1976

HISTORY

• 1953 (25th Anniversary History, 1953-107)
• 1978 (50th Anniversary History, 1978-54)

OTHER

• 1933 (Petition to reduce fees)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• J. Norman Panall, DDGM, District 8 (Salem), 1947, 1948; N
• Frederick A. Wood, DDGM, District 8 (Salem), 1967, 1968; N

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DISTRICTS

1928: District 8 (Salem)

LINKS

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