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
- Josiah P. Croscup, 1908
- John M. Nelson, 1909, 1910
- Jesse M. Holder, 1911, 1912
- Alonso E. Quick, 1913
- Frank E. Swain, 1914-1916; N
- Holder M. Jameson, 1917
- William A. Childs, 1918, 1919
- Frank L. Simpson, 1920
- Edward C. Kimball, 1921, 1922
- Thomas S. Bubier, 1923, 1924
- Louis F. P. Spindell, 1925, 1926
- John H. Mattson, 1927, 1928; N
- Harry W. Davis, 1929, 1930
- Alfred L. Poor, 1931, 1932
- Harry W. Braun, 1933, 1934
- John M. Nichols, 1935, 1936
- Earle N. Downing, 1937, 1938
- Edward P. Hamill, 1939, 1940
- Mial D. Chase, 1941; N
- Lester P. Marsh, 1942, 1943
- Marshall W. Hunt, 1944, 1945; N
- 1946?
- William H. Bates, 1947
- Harold J. Crowley, 1948
- Howard L. Hamill, 1949, 1950
- Robert G. Carlson, 1951
- Albion L. Hogan, 1952, 1953
- Oscar M. Keene, 1954, 1955
- Rodney L. MacNeill, 1956, 1957
- James R. Drolet, 1958
- John A. Duncan, 1959
- Paul L. Teal, 1960
- Frank B. Skalkos, 1961
- Arthur S. Smith, 1962
- George A. Downing, 1963
- Harry M. Kriebel, 1964
- Charles H. Miller, 1965
- Warren B. Bowley, 1966
- Francis E. Bates, 1967
- Harry W. Dill, Jr., 1968; N
- Harold Bartlett, 1969
- Dean E. Benedict, 1970
- 1971?
- David Shadoff, 1972
- Joseph Milaiko, Jr., 1973
- Thomas Reid, 1974
- Leo Morgan, 1975
- Arthur S. Smith, 1976
- Robert E. Wetherell, 1977
- David Shadoff, 1978
- Warren B. Bowley, 1979
- Arthur S. Smith, 1980
- George L. Katz, 1981
- Stanley Smith, 1982, 1983
- John A. Foss, 1984, 1999, 2000, 2001
- Daniel P. Banker, 1985
- David Shadoff, 1986
- Robert L. Gove, 1987
- Neil S. Mitchell, 1988, 1990, 1991; N
- Bruce D. Mitchell, 1989
- Leroy E. Foss, 1992, 1993
- Robert L. Varnum, 1994, 1995
- James A. Mitchell, 1996
- George Rogosa, 1997, 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 L. Simpson, Deputy Grand Master 1924, Grand Master 1926-1928
- Frank E. Swain, DDGM, District 8 (Lynn), 1917, 1918; Senior Grand Warden 1921; N
