CharlesRiver

CHARLES RIVER LODGE

Location: West Medway

Chartered By: William Sewall Gardner

Charter Date: 03/08/1871 1871-43

Precedence Date: 03/09/1870

Current Status: Active

PAST MASTERS

Only living Past Masters list available

Clarke P. Harding, 1881, 1882, 1883; SN
Almond G. Partridge, 1888, 1889, 1899; Mem
Herbert W. Shaw, 1908, 1909; SN
William W. Ollendorff, 1910, 1911; N
Albert L. Saunders, 1923, 1924
Edward A. Harding, 1930, 1936, 1960; SN
Abraham T. Handverger, 1941; SN
Allan A. Kingsbury, 1963
Morris Geller, 1964; N
C. Theodore Whitley, 1965 PDDGM
Howard N. Kane, 1966
J. Stanley McQuade, 1967
Keith A. Krewson, 1970
Ronald J. Dolloff, 1972
Alexander Boudreau, 1973
Alfred B. Wood, 1974
James R. Matthews, 1975
Philip A. Prairie, 1976
Robert L. Ripley, 1978
John T. Doyle, 1979
Wayne M. Vinton, 1980, 1991, 2004, 2005
Richard W. Graham, 1981 PDDGM
Frederick H. McMaster, 1982
Robert S. Doucette, 1983
Hugh F. McGrail, 1984
Philip E. Hollister, 1985
Eugene R. Liscombe, 1986
Thomas A. Lacouture, 1988
Norman E. Vine, 1989
Mark G. Cerel, 1990, 1998-2001
Richard M. Huber, 1992
Timothy C. Eburne, 1993
Francis E. Martinis, 1994
Barry J. Vidito, 1995
Stephen S. Abate, 1996, 1997
Frederick R. L. Wise, 2002, 2003
John A. Rose, 2006, 2007
Robert A. Mosher, 2008, 2009

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1870
Petition for Charter: 1871

ANNIVERSARIES

1945 (75th Anniversary)
1971 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1927 (Simpson)
1930 (H. Dean; hall dedication)
1931 (H. Dean)
1937 (Allen; Reception for Senior Grand Warden Albert L. Saunders)
1945 (Wragg; 75th Anniversary)
1971 (Jaynes; Centenary)
1988 (Ames)
1991 (Darling)
2004 (Hicks)
2011 (Stewart; 2 visits; hall rededication, reception for Junior Grand Warden Wayne Vinton)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1872 1874 1876 1889 1899 1910 1912 1923 1933 1937 1945 1956 1960 1974 1979 1985 1989 1991 2003

HISTORY

1945 (75th Anniversary History, 1945-121)
1971 (Centenary History, 1971-172)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Morris Geller, DDGM, District 23 (Natick), 1974, 1975; N
Richard W. Graham, DDGM, District 23 (Natick), 1990, 1991
Abraham T. Handverger, DDGM, District 23 (Natick), 1954, 1955; SN
Clarke P. Harding, DDGM, District 20 (Milford), 1887, 1888; SN
Edward A. Harding, DDGM, District 23 (Natick), 1938, 1939; SN
William W. Ollendorff, DDGM, District 22 (Blackstone), 1914, 1915; N
Almond G. Partridge, DDGM, District 20 (Milford), 1904, 1905; Memorial
Albert L. Saunders, DDGM, District 22 (Blackstone), 1926, District 22 (Milford), 1927; Senior Grand Warden 1937
Herbert W. Shaw, DDGM, District 22 (Blackstone), 1913; SN
Wayne M. Vinton, DDGM, District 15, 2007, 2008; Junior Grand Warden 2011
C. Theodore Whitley, DDGM, District 23 (Natick), 1970, 1971