Damascus
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DAMASCUS LODGE
Location: Lynn
Chartered By: John Albert Blake
Charter Date: 09/11/1907 1907-120
Precedence Date: 11/14/1906
Current Status: in Grand Lodge Vault; merged with Mount Carmel Lodge, 03/12/2001
PAST MASTERS
partial list, living PMs and GL officers only
- Benjamin F. Arrington, 1906, 1907
- 1908-1913?
- Frank E. Swain, 1914, 1915; N
- 1916-1926?
- John H. Mattson, 1927, 1928; N
- 1929-1940?
- Mial D. Chase, 1941; N
- 1942, 1943?
- Marshall W. Hunt, 1944, 1945; N
- 1946-1967?
- Harry W. Dill, Jr., 1968; N
- 1969?
- Dean E. Benedict, 1970
- 1971-1980?
- George L. Katz, 1981
- 1982, 1983?
- John A. Foss, 1984, 1999, 2000, 2001
- Daniel P. Banker, 1985
- 1986?
- Robert L. Gove, 1987
- Neil S. Mitchell, 1988, 1990, 1991; N
- Bruce D. Mitchell, 1989
- 1992-1998?
REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
- Petition for Dispensation: 1906
- Petition for Charter: 1907
- Consolidation Petition (with Mount Carmel Lodge): 2000
ANNIVERSARIES
- 1956 (50th Anniversary)
VISITS BY GRAND MASTER
- 1907 (Blake; Constitution of Lodge and installation)
- 1908 (Blake)
- 1911 (Flanders; cornerstone laying in Swampscott)
- 1912 (Benton; cornerstone laying in Nahant)
- 1918 (L. Abbott)
- 1919 (L. Abbott)
- 1924 (Ferrell; 2 visits)
- 1956 (W. Johnson; 50th Anniversary)
- 2001 (Bauer; consolidation with Mount Carmel Lodge)
BY-LAW CHANGES
1912 1920 1933 1936 1937 1951 1954 1973 1982 1992 1994 1995 1998
HISTORY
- 1956 (50th Anniversary History, 1956-339)
OTHER
- 1936 (Reduction of fees)
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- Benjamin F. Arrington, Deputy Grand Master 1927
- Dean E. Benedict, Grand Chaplain
- Harlan S. Cummings, DDGM, District 8 (Lynn), 1923, 1924; Memorial
- Mial D. Chase, DDGM, District 8 (Salem), 1943, 1944; N
- Harry W. Dill, Jr., DDGM, District 8 (Salem), 1983, 1984; N;
- Marshall W. Hunt, DDGM, District 8 (Salem), 1955, 1956; N
- John H. Mattson, DDGM, District 8 (Salem), 1932, 1933; N
- Neil S. Mitchell, DDGM, District 8 (Salem), 1995, 1996; N
- Frank E. Swain, DDGM, District 8 (Lynn), 1917, 1918; Senior Grand Warden 1921; N
