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CHARLES W. MOORE LODGE

Location: Fitchburg

Chartered By: Charles C. Dame

Charter Date: 09/12/1866 VII-94

Precedence Date: 10/10/1865

Current Status: Active

This lodge is named for Charles W. Moore, former Grand Secretary, named Honorary Past Grand Master in 1873.

PAST MASTERS

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E. Dana Bancroft, 1865-1867; Mem
Moses G. Lyon, 1868-1870
Thomas W. Davis, 1871, 1872
Joel Joel, 1873-1877
George B. Woodward, 1878, 1879
Frederick H. Rideout, 1880, 1881
Dwight S. Woodworth, 1882, 1883
Joseph C. Beaulieu, 1884
Seth E. Brigham, 1885
Edward W. Ackley, 1886
James H. Tebbetts, 1887
Thomas Kelty, 1888
Albert L. Pratt, 1889
Harry Aitchison, 1890
Charles H. Proctor, 1891, 1892
Guy Woods, 1893
C. Willis Bennett, 1894; Mem
Nathan C. Upham, 1895; SN
Henry D. Robbins, 1896
Thomas H. Crane, 1897, 1898
Herman D. Horton, 1899, 1900; SN
William R. Pulsifer, 1901
Walter A. Atwood, 1902, 1903
George T. Greenwood, 1904; N
Herbert J. Banta, 1905
J. Lovell Johnson, 1906
Franklin S. Upham, 1907
William T. Hidden, 1908
Fred L. Bigelow, 1909
Cyrus Page, 1910
Guy H. Chase, 1911
G. Burton Lord, 1912
Frank H. Sibley, 1913
Elbert I. Brigham, 1914
I. Edward Ferson, 1915
Carl B. Joel, 1916
John F. Widlund, 1917
Edward M. Harris, 1918
Arthur R. Lemay, 1919
Aldrich H. Meyer, 1920
John H. Peterson, 1921
Clyde A. Sanderson, 1922
S. Edwin Story, 1923
William Smith, 1924
James B. Ferguson, 1925
Guy L. Cossaboom, 1926
M. Lees MacCracken, 1927
Raymond C. Whicher, 1928
Percy C. Insley, 1929
Peter Paul DuBois, 1930
Edward A. A. Lamere, 1931
F. Merle Matthews, 1932
Ralph A. Stevens, 1933
Maurice L. Whitcomb, 1934
Carl H. Irons, 1935
Edwin M. Nettleton, 1936
Everett H. Dudley
Milton G. Peterson, 1939; N
Charles T. Kimball, 1940
Harry D. Penan, 1941
Merton W. Demont, 1942; N
Arthur J. Hunt, 1943
Walter K. Rautio, 1944
Henry F. Cutting, 1945
Alden S. Marble, 1946
Robert H. Demont, 1946
James Lucas, 1947
Hollis P. Thacher, 1948
Aime Dufort, 1949
George E. Bishop, 1950
O. V. Armas Lane, 1951
John V. McArthur, 1952
Stephen E. Chase, 1953
Winford H. Hartford, 1954
Max W. A. Wagner, 1955
Erling M. Olsen, 1956
Robert G. Nurnberger, 1957
Toivo I. Niemi, 1958
F. Michael Chase, 1959
Peter L. Peters, 1960
Philip L. Mills, 1961
Robert A. Schreiner, 1962
George R. Meldrum, 1963
James F. Pollock, 1964
U. John Pera, 1965
Edwin H. Holt, 1966
Richard S. Sleeper, 1967, 1998, 2003 PDDGM
Walter T. Santaviita, 1968
Charles E. Koski, 1969
James R. Pollock, 1970
Joseph F. Gendreau, 1971
Duane Armstrong, 1972
Olavi A. Tastula, 1973
Jack Smethurst, 1974, 2010, 2011 PDDGM
Paul E. F. Morey, 1975, 1988-1990
James Dean Gauntlett, 1976
John Rice, III, 1977
Michael S. Kaulback, 1978, 1994
Andrew W. Waugh, 1979; N
Hans J. Bellerman, 1980
Willis James Rice, 1981
Vergil E. Rearick, 1982
Maurice Crepeau, 1983
Carl Useforge, 1984
Kurt E. Olafsson, 1985, 1997
Philip E. Klein, 1986
William V. Shultz, 1987
Kenneth B. Johnson, 1991-1992, 1997; PDDGM
Philip E. Klein, 1993
John H. Dickerson, 1995, 1996
Olevi V. Koski, 1999
David B. St. Onge, 2000
Stephen A. Rubinstein, 2006-2007
Kenneth D. Ruel, 2009
Daniel T. Bilek, 2012

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1865
Petition for Charter: 1866

ANNIVERSARIES

1936 (70th Anniversary)
1940 (75th Anniversary)
1965 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1866 (Dame; Constitution of Lodge)
1881 (Lawrence)
1883 (Lawrence)
1890 (Wells)
1924 (Ferrell)
1927 (Simpson; Veterans' Night)
1936 (Allen; 70th Anniversary)
1940 (Perry; 75th Anniversary)
1964 (Osgood; Hall dedication)
1964 (Osgood; Centenary)
1979 (Melanson)
1983 (Berquist)
2006 (Hodgdon)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1873 1879 1880 1905 1912 1920 1923 1928 1929 1937 1944 1946 1951 1955 1956 1958 1966 1974 1976 1980 1982 1983 1984 1997 2004 2010

HISTORY

1940 (75th Anniversary History, 1940-283)
1965 (Centenary History, 1965-339)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

C. Willis Bennett, DDGM, District 13 (Fitchburg), 1911, 1912; Memorial
Thomas W. Davis, DDGM, District 4 (Cambridge), 1881, 1882; Junior Grand Warden 1883; Recording Grand Secretary
Merton W. Demont, DDGM, District 13 (Fitchburg), 1947, 1948; N
George T. Greenwood, DDGM, District 13 (Fitchburg), 1933, 1934; N
Herman D. Horton, DDGM, District 13 (Fitchburg), 1915, 1916; SN
Kenneth B. Johnson, DDGM, District 13 (Fitchburg), 1997, 1998.
Milton G. Peterson, DDGM, District 13 (Fitchburg), 1957, 1958; N
Richard S. Sleeper, DDGM, District 13 (Fitchburg), 1971, 1972
Jack Smethurst, DDGM, District 22, 2004, 2005.
Nathan C. Upham, DDGM, District 12 (Fitchburg), 1898, 1899; SN
Andrew W. Waugh, DDGM, District 13 (Fitchburg), 1989, 1990; N