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Chartered By: '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMParkman William Parkman]'''   
 
Chartered By: '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMParkman William Parkman]'''   
  
Charter Date: ''03/11/1863''  tbd
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Charter Date: ''03/11/1863''  VI-449
  
 
Precedence Date: ''03/13/1862''
 
Precedence Date: ''03/13/1862''
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=== YEARS ===
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1862 1862]'''
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=== PAST MASTERS ===
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1863 1863]'''
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1864 1864]
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1865 1865]'''
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* Joseph L. Reynolds, 1863
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1866 1866]'''
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* Edward C. Robinson, 1864
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1867 1867]
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* Elisha W. Sholes, 1865
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1868 1868]
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* Joel B. Williams, 1866
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* Edward F. Morris, 1867
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* E. E. Towne, 1868
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* K. Thayer, 1869
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* G. O. Henry, 1870, 1871
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* Alvin A. Gage, 1872-1875, 1878-1880, 1891, 1892; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASuppNecrologiesAG#GAGE.2C_ALVIN_AARON_1841-1894 SN]'''
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* J. M. Phipps, 1876, 1877, 1881
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* Carlos M. Gage, 1882, 1883, 1889; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASuppNecrologiesAG#GAGE.2C_CARLOS_MYRON_1849-1934 SN]'''
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* G. E. Fuller, 1884-1886
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* D. W. Letter, 1887
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* C. R. Buffington, 1888
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* R. F. Bradway, 1890, 1893-1895
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* A. H. Shaw, 1896-1898
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* H. G. Wentworth, 1899, 1900
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* H. Roehm, 1901
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* G. E. Wills, 1902, 1903
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* W. L. Ricketts, 1904, 1905
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* G. H. Seymour, 1906, 1907
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* F. L. Bliss, 1908, 1909
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* P. W. Soule, 1910, 1911
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* Norman P. Dempsey, 1912, 1913;  '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASuppNecrologiesAG#DEMPSEY.2C_NORMAN_P._1876-1952 SN]'''
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* E. R. Sisson, 1914
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* E. R. Cooke, 1915
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* R. E. Shaw, 1916
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* A. R. Brown, 1917
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* F. G. Maguire, 1918
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* F. J. Blakeborough, 1919
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* W. S, Morse, 1920
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* C. L. Ricketts, 1921
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* Ralph T. Entwistle, 1922; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesAG#ENTWISTLE.2C_RALPH_TAYLOR_1892-1948 N]'''
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* F. R. Rees, 1923
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* W. Kimber, 1924
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* J. O. Murray, 1925
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* J. Kemp, 1926
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* J. M. Carlin, 1927
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* L. K. Hale, 1928
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* C. W. Albro, 1929
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* H. A. Folkins, 1930
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLHHolley Henry O. Holley], 1931; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesHM#HOLLEY.2C_HENRY_ORSON_1898-1979 N]'''
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* R. E. Crofton, 1932
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* C. C. Williams, 1933
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* Raymond C. Orcutt, 1934; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesNR#ORCUTT.2C_RAYMOND_CHARLES_1900-1986 N]'''
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* H. J. Bennett, 1935
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* O. E. Bradway, 1936
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* R. N. Aldrich, 1937
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* H. A. Snow, 1938
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* K. A. Grindell, 1939
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* C. F. Moulton, 1940
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* S. D'Agostino, 1941
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* W. H. Letter, 1942
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* C. W. Bailey, 1943
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* J. F. McConchie, 1944
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* S. L. Young, 1945
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* C. W. Lunden, 1946
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* H. C. Sanderson, 1947
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* L. P. Meacham, 1948
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* W. F. Kenerson, 1949
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* W. A. Heintz, 1950
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* R. E. Bruce, 1951
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* K. F. Hunter, 1952
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* Herman E. Hasenjager, 1953; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesHM#HASENJAGER.2C_HERMAN_EDWARD_1917-2004 N]'''
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* E. C. Harrington, 1954
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* D. J. Loux, 1955
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* R. J. Guertin, 1956
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* L. T. Moores, 1957
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* A. H. Galas, 1958
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* G. W. Meacham, 1959
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* ''C. L. Brown, Jr.'', 1960
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* R. R. Thomas, 1961
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* W. J. Holley, 1962
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* ''R. H. Long'', 1963
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* ''H. G. Wheaton'', 1964
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* L. A. Blethen, Jr., 1965
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* R. C. Allen, 1966
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* W R. Lombard, 1967
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* ''R. A. Shorette'', 1968
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* ''G. P. Letter'', 1969
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* ''W. J. Anair'', 1970
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* ''S. E. Johnson'', 1971
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* R. L. Hodge, 1972
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* Kenneth J. Petras, 1973; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesNR#PETRAS.2C_KENNETH_JOSEPH_1941-2012 N]'''
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* R. I. Hermanson, 1974
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* ''R. B. Smith'', 1975, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
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* ''R. E. Tower'', 1976
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* B. W. Tower', 1977
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* ''D. J. Mott'', 1978
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* H. S. Smith, Jr., 1979
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* D. H. Paine, 1980
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* ''R. Dupras, Jr.'', 1981, 1987
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* ''G. L. Marketos'', 1982
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* ''P. M. Dempbowski'', 1983, 1984
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* A. Marketos, 1985, 1986
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* ''P. G. Bazinet'', 1988
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* ''R. R. Marketos'', 1989
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* ''D. W. Prew, Sr.'', 1990, 1991
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* G. W. Shumway, 1992, 1993
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* ''R. A. Whipple'', 1994, 1995
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* ''P. A. Marktos'', 1996
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* R. Dodson, 1997, 1998, 2001
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* ''R. R. Weldon'', 2003
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* ''R. J. Weldon, Jr.'', 2004-2009
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* ''D. S. Johnson'', 2010
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* ''E. F. Miodowski'', 2011, 2012
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* ''Ryan Wheaton'', 2013-2014
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* ''William R. Dart'', 2015
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* ''Jesse Beaudoin'', 2016
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* ''Douglas Battige'', 2017, 2020
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* ''Edward F. Miodowski'', 2018
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* '' Ryan A. Maslak'', 2019 (PDDGM District 25)
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== REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS ==
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* Petition for Dispensation: '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1862 1862]'''
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* Petition for Charter: '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1863 1863]'''
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=== ANNIVERSARIES ===
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1938 1938]''' (75th Anniversary)
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1962 1962]''' (Centenary)
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=== VISITS BY GRAND MASTER ===
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1865 1865]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMParkman Parkman]; Dedication of hall)
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1938 1938]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMPerry Perry]; 75th Anniversaryl)
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1955 1955]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMWJohnson W. Johnson]; reception for Senior Grand Warden [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLHHolley Henry O. Holley])
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1961 1961]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMEaton Eaton]; Dedication of hall)
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1962 1962]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMEaton Eaton]; Centenary)
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=== BY-LAW CHANGES ===
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<blockquote>
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1869 1869]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1869 1869]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1870 1870]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1870 1870]'''
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1871 1871]
 
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1872 1872]
 
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1873 1873]
 
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1874 1874]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1874 1874]'''
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1875 1875]
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1887 1887]'''
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1876 1876]
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1892 1892]'''
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1877 1877]
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1900 1900]'''
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1878 1878]
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1901 1901]'''
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1879 1879]
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1912 1912]'''
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1880 1880]
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1927 1927]'''
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1881 1881]
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1937 1937]'''
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1882 1882]
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1939 1939]'''
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1883 1883]
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1949 1949]'''
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1884 1884]
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1959 1959]'''
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1885 1885]
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1960 1960]'''
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1886 1886]
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1966 1966]'''
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1887 1887]
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1981 1981]'''
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1888 1888]
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1982 1982]'''
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1889 1889]
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear2009 2009]'''
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1890 1890]
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear2010 2010]'''
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1891 1891]
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</blockquote>
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1892 1892]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1893 1893]
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=== HISTORY ===
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1894 1894]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1895 1895]
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1938 1938]''' (75th Anniversary History, 1938-109; see below)
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1896 1896]
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1962 1962]''' (History of Masonry in Monson, 1962-115; see below)
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1897 1897]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1898 1898]
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==== 75TH ANNIVERSARY HISTORY, MAY 1938 ====
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1899 1899]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1900 1900]
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''From Proceedings, Page 1938-109:''
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1901 1901]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1902 1902]
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''by Wor. Charles Ricketts.''
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1903 1903]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1904 1904]
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While today we celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of Day Spring Lodge it seems fitting that we enlarge the subject to Masonry in Monson, as at the time of the establishing of a Lodge here it not only served Monson, Brimfield, and Wales, as we do today, but also Palmer and even disregarded the State boundary and included Stafford, Connecticut.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1905 1905]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1906 1906]
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At the time Samuel Guthrie, David Young, Peter Walbridge, Hezekiah Fisk, Ephriam Allen, Elisha Woodward, Amasa Stowell, John Moore, David Peck, Zebediah Butler, Jesse Converse, and Isaiah Blood, Jr., twelve Freemasons of Monson and vicinity, petitioned the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts for the establishment of a Lodge of Freemasons. In 1796 there were but twenty Lodges in the state and but four recently established West of Worcester. These twelve Masons presumably came from the eastern part of the state.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1907 1907]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1908 1908]
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This petition was acted upon favorably and on December 13, 1796, a Charter was granted under the name of [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Thomas Thomas] Lodge, giving them and their successors full power and authority to convene as Masons within the town of Monson, to receive and enter apprentices, pass fellowcrafts, and raise Master Masons.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1909 1909]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1910 1910]
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This Charter is remarkable and priceless as it bears the signature of [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRevere Paul Revere] as Most Worshipful Grand Master. An outstanding Mason and patriot immortalized in Longfellow's "Midnight Ride of Paul Revere."
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1911 1911]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1912 1912]
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The document also has the signature as Grand Senior Warden of another patriot, [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMThomas Isaiah Thomas], for whom the Lodge was named, who gracefully acknowledged the honor conferred upon him by the gift of a valuable set of jewels. He later bequeathed the sum of one hundred dollars to the Lodge.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1913 1913]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1914 1914]
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The meeting place was on the second floor of the new tavern known as the Century Hotel and was used continuously until the closing of the Lodge in 1835.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1915 1915]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1916 1916]
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Active work began March 7, 1797, but left no record of its proceedings for nearly two years. Dr. Samuel Guthrie was the first Master. The Lodge is fortunate in having in its possession a certificate of membership signed by him in 1801. At first notes were accepted from initiates, but the practice was discontinued after two years and only cash payments accepted.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1917 1917]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1918 1918]
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The following years were prosperous. Of special note was the raising of four clergymen in 1819 whose names will ever be honored by the Fraternity. All of them later received the merited degree of Doctor of Divinity.   These gentlemen were;
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1919 1919]
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* Dr. Simeon Colton, a Yale graduate, settled over the church in Palmer, then principal of Monson Academy for some years and later President of Clinton College, Miss. A man of scholarly attainments.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1920 1920]
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* Dr. Benjamin M. Hill, a graduate of Brown, Pastor of the Baptist Church in Stafford, later moving to New Haven. Instrumental in establishing the Commandery in New Haven.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1921 1921]
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* Dr. Hosea Ballou 2nd, first settled pastor of the Universalist Church at Stafford; a profound scholar who later became the first President of Tufts College which he served until his death.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1922 1922]
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* Dr. Alfred Ely, a man of marked ability and strength of character, settled as minister of the Congregational Church in Monson for sixty years, of whom it has been said, "No man has ever exerted a greater influence for good in this community." A great believer in Masonry.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1923 1923]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1924 1924]
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As many members of the Lodge lived a long distance away it was customary to open the Lodge at 9 A.M. and close at 7 P.M.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1925 1925]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1926 1926]
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About 1830 the Lodge voted to dispense with the use of spirituous liquors in the Lodge.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1927 1927]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1928 1928]
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It was customary to charge visiting Brethren twenty-five cents each meeting.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1929 1929]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1930 1930]
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As extreme care was exercised in selecting new members, the Lodge enjoyed an enviable reputation. Many leading citizens
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1931 1931]
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in the several towns were among its members. Notwithstanding this the anti-masonic feeling, so strong in the early thirties in New York State, spread to this locality and was very intense and bitter; described by one of former days as "fearful times, families, churches and communities were separated by what appeared as irreparable breaches." Dr. Ely and seventeen influential members of his church, Masons, were violently opposed by others of the congregation. The Doctor was urged to publicly denounce the order and its principles. This he refused to do but offered to remain away from the meetings.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1932 1932]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1933 1933]
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Under such circumstances it seemed wise for the Lodge to close until times should be more favorable, so on January 14, 1835 thirty members met for the last time. The bible was given to Dr. Ely and the jewels were to remain in the custody of those who last wore them. Joseph L. Reynolds was Master at the time.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1934 1934]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1935 1935]
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In view of subsequent events it is reasonable to suppose that at sundry times and in divers places members of the craft must have met together for after a period of twenty-one years, in 1856, the feeling against the Fraternity having subsided, a few former members of the Lodge petitioned the M. W. Grand Lodge that the Lodge be reorganized and located in Palmer. Accordingly the charter was restored to the petitioners, Brothers Elias Turner, Joseph L. Reynolds, S. F. Newton, Jacob Thompson, J. R. Flynt, Alfred Ely, J. Nichols, D. B. Hannum, Otis Bradford, and Joel Tucker, on September 10, 1856 and on October 11th the Lodge opened with the same officers in the East and West.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1936 1936]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1937 1937]
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In 1862 the Masons residing in Monson petitioned the M. W. Grand Lodge for a Charter for a new Lodge in Monson. This petition, signed by every Mason in Monson, was destroyed in the fire in the Grand Lodge apartments in 1864. It bore the names of Dr. Alfred Ely, Pastor; Hon. Joseph L. Reynolds, manufacturer; Captain Joel Tucker, farmer; David B. Hannum, blacksmith; Cyrus W. Holmes, manufacturer; Captain Lucius F. Newton, builder; Jacob Thompson, a country squire; Timothy Packard, merchant and postmaster; Joel B. Williams, bookkeeper; Otis Bradford, wool sorter; Daniel D. Moody, manufacturer of spectacles; Sherman Converse, farmer; Nelson F. Rogers, manufacturer of Shaker bonnets; Elisha W. Sholes, manufacturer; Edward C. Robinson, bank cashier; Elmer B. Miles, merchant; John Thayer, stone cutter, and Henry F. Miller, merchant tailor.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1938 1938]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1939 1939]
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A Dispensation was granted March 12, 1862. Joseph L. Reynolds was the first Master. He thereby enjoyed the unusual distinction of serving three Lodges as Master. There can be no question of his love for Masonry. His son Theodore also showed his love for the Fraternity in a substantial manner.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1940 1940]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1941 1941]
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The full Charter of Day Spring was conferred by the Grand Lodge March 11, 1863 and the Lodge Constituted by the grand officers March 17th. At this time W.M. Joseph Reynolds on being asked by the M.W. [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMParkman Grand Master] why he chose the name Day Spring replied, "It was in remembrance of words spoken by the prophet Zacharias—Luke 1—78-79." "Through the tender mercy of our God, whereby the Day Spring from on high hath visited us, to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet in the way of peace."
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1942 1942]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1943 1943]
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Edward F. Morris, who served the local National Bank for years, and had long entertained a favorable impression of Masonry through intimate association with the members of the Craft, was the first initiate. We prize a letter to the Lodge which he left at the call of the Supreme Architect.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1944 1944]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1945 1945]
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The first meeting place was in the original Barton's Block on Main Street, called Union Hall, which stood on land now occupied by dwellings owned by Worshipful Brother P. W. Soule. The building, together with the Lodge records, was destroyed by fire in 1865. The second story of a new block on the same site was for many years the Lodge home. It also occupied for a time a room fitted for the purpose on the second floor of a storehouse of Brother Reynolds on a private way off Bliss Street, owned at present time by Brother George Field. It also used the Vestry, so-called, on Fountain Street, which was later removed. After several years spent in Central Block on the site of the present postoffice the Lodge in 1893 moved to its present quarters in the Bank Building.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1946 1946]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1947 1947]
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During all these years good will and harmony have prevailed.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1948 1948]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1949 1949]
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Our history since then is more properly a record of peaceable, law abiding citizens who have practiced out of the Lodge its great moral duties.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1950 1950]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1951 1951]
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==== HISTORY OF MASONRY IN MONSON, MAY 1962 ====
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1952 1952]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1953 1953]
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''From Proceedings, Page 1962-115:''
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1954 1954]
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''by R. W. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLHHolley Henry O. Holley] and Bro. Milton W. Makepeace.''
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1956 1956]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1957 1957]
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Day Spring Lodge of Masons celebrates its 100th Anniversary in 1962. The history of Masonry in Monson, however, goes back 166 years to 1796. In that year there were only twenty Lodges in the State, four of which had recently been established west of Worcester. Samuel Guthrie, David Young, Peter Walbridge, Hezekiah Fisk, Ephraim Allen, Elisha Woodward, Amasa Stowell, John Moore, David Peck, Zebediah Butler, Jesse Converse and Isaiah Blood, Jr., all Freemasons of Monson and vicinity, petitioned the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts for the establishment of a Lodge of Freemasons.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1958 1958]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1959 1959]
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On December 13, 1796, a charter was granted under the name, of [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Thomas Thomas] Lodge. This charter was signed by the Most Worshipful Grand Master, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRevere Paul Revere], and by the Grand Senior Warden, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMThomas Isaiah Thomas], for whom the Lodge was named. This Lodge served not only Monson but Brimfield, Wales, Palmer, and even crossed the state border to include Stafford, Connecticut. Meetings were held on the second floor of the Century Hotel until 1835, when Thomas Lodge surrendered its Charter to the Grand Lodge.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1960 1960]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1961 1961]
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Dr. Samuel Guthrie served as the first Master of Thomas Lodge. At first, notes were accepted from initiates, but after two years, the practice was discontinued and only cash payments were accepted. As many members of the Lodge lived at some distance, it was customary to open Lodge at 9 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Visiting Brethren were charged twenty-five cents per meeting. About 1830, the Lodge voted to dispense with the use of spiritous liquors in the Lodge.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1962 1962]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1963 1963]
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Brother Edward F. Morris describes the next years as follows:  
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1964 1964]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1965 1965]
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"The years 1826 to 1832 were memorable for what was termed ''the anti-Masonic excitement''. It had  been supposed, whether truly or not has never been determined, that a member of the Masonic society, one William Morgan, a thriftless tailor, of Batavia, N. Y., who had pretended to unlawfully divulge the secrets of Free Masonry, had been forcibly taken by night to a place of concealment, and later drowned in Lake Ontario. It appears that no evidence supported this story beyond the fact that he did mysteriously disappear. It proved, however, to be the occasion of widespread prejudice and opposition to the society of Freemasons, which quickly spread wherever Masons had lodges or resided. It was the means of dividing families, churches and communities, the people being separated into three classes, to wit: Masons, Anti-Masons, and Jacks. The latter were those who took no decided position with either the Masons or Anti's, and it was said that the Anti's felt more bitterly to the Jacks than to the Masons themselves. People of the present generation have very little conception of the depth, intensity and bitterness of feeling against members of this society which pervaded our community, and many others in the eastern and middle states."
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1966 1966]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1967 1967]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1968 1968]
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Seventeen members of the Congregational Church, including the Pastor, Rev. Alfred Ely, were Masons. Because of this, in the year 1830, it was anticipated that Dr. Ely would be obliged, in the interests of peace, to give up his charge, and that the church would be divided. It was proposed, therefore, to erect a conference house. Three hundred shares of stock at $5.00 each were sold, nearly all the stock being taken by Masons. The lot between the present houses of George Letter and Ralph Miller on Fountain Street was purchased and a building known for years as the "Vestry" was erected in 1831-32.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1969 1969]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1970 1970]
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Due to the Anti-Masonic Times, the Lodge Brethren deemed it wise to close until times should be more favorable, so on January 14, 1835, thirty members, with Joseph L. Reynolds as Master, met for the last time. The Bible was given to Dr. Ely and the jewels were to remain in the custody of those who last wore them.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1971 1971]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1972 1972]
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It is reasonable to suppose that at sundry times and in diverse places members of the Craft must have met, for in 1856, the feeling against the Fraternity having subsided, a few former members petitioned the Grand Lodge to reorganize Thomas Lodge in Palmer. Accordingly, the charter was restored to the petitioners, Brothers Elias Turner, Joseph L. Reynolds, S. F. Newton, Jacob Thompson, J. R. Flynt, Alfred Ely, J. Nichols, D. B. Hannum, Otis Bradford and Joel Tucker on September 10, 1856, and on October 11th, the Lodge opened in Palmer with the same officers in the East and West as had held these stations in Monson.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1973 1973]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1974 1974]
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Six years later, those Masons residing in Monson petitioned for a new Lodge to be formed in Monson. The petition was destroyed in the fire in the Grand Lodge apartment in Boston April 5, 1864. However, Edward F. Morris, the first man to be initiated under the dispensation granted March 12, 1862, has recorded the petitioners as follows: Rev. Alfred Ely, senior pastor; Hon. Joseph L. Reynolds, manufacturer; Capt. Joel Tucker, farmer on East Hill; David B. Hannum, blacksmith at the quarry; Cyrus W. Holmes, manufacturer; Captain Lucius F. Newton, builder; Jacob Thompson, a country squire; Timothy Packard, farmer, merchant and postmaster; Joel B. Williams, bookkeeper for Merrick Fay & Co.; Otis Bradford, formerly wool sorter for the Monson Woolen Manufacturing Company; Daniel D. Moody, manufacturer of spectacles; Sherman Converse, farmer; Nelson F. Rogers, manufacturer of Shaker bonnets; Elisha W. Sholes, manufacturer at the North Village, who formerly practiced dentistry; Edward C. Robinson, cashier of the local bank from 1859 to 1864; Elmer B. Miles, merchant; Henry F. Miller, merchant tailor; and John Thayer, stone cutter.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1975 1975]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1976 1976]
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Joseph L. Reynolds was the first Master of Day Spring Lodge, thereby enjoying the unusual distinction of having served three Lodges as Master. The full charter was conferred by the Grand Lodge on March 11, 1863, and the Lodge constituted by the Grand Officers on March 17th. When Brother Reynolds was asked by the M.W. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMParkman Grand Master] why he chose the name Day Spring, he replied: "It was in remembrance of words spoken by the prophet Zacharias, Luke 1:78 and 79: 'Through the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, to give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet in the way of peace."
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1977 1977]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1978 1978]
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Meetings were first held in the Barton Block, which stood a little south of the present bowling alley. The building burned in the spring of 1865, destroying all the first year's records. It was rebuilt and meetings continued to be held on the second floor for many years. The Lodge also occupied for a time a room fitted for the purpose on the second floor of a storehouse of Brother Reynolds on a private way off Bliss Street, owned at the present time by Mrs. George Field. Later, for five years, it occupied the Vestry on Fountain Street, built during the "Anti-Masonic Times". From there it moved to the Central Block, and from 1893 to 1956, Day Spring Lodge made its headquarters on the third floor of the bank block.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1979 1979]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1980 1980]
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The seventy-fifth anniversary of Day Spring Lodge was observed with appropriate ceremonies on May 10, 1938. ''{corrected from original text}'' Two hundred members attended the banquet in the vestry of the Methodist Church. M.W. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMPerry Joseph Earl Perry], Grand Master of Masons in Massachusetts, was guest of the evening.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1981 1981]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1982 1982]
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The twenty-five years since our seventy-fifth anniversary have witnessed a normal healthy growth. Two observations are worthy of note. The large majority of our present membership has been admitted to our Lodge during these years. Some of these Brethren affiliated from [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Bethel Bethel] Lodge of Enfield at the time that it relinquished its charter, but the greater number had their degrees conferred upon them by Day Spring Lodge. Our older members have thinned out and new blood has taken their places. We owe much to these former pillars of our Lodge, but are thankful for their replacements. It is interesting to note that the memberships of just two of our Brethren could span the entire century of Day Spring Lodge's existence. Some of our present members can recall the contributions of the early founders of this Lodge.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1983 1983]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1984 1984]
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The other factor that has contributed much to our success during the past quarter of a century is the continuity in tenure of the three key posts of Treasurer, Secretary and Tyler. In each case these officers have been faithfully served by one Brother for the greater part of the time. In this manner the old has been nicely blended with the new and tended to healthful growth.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1985 1985]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1986 1986]
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Day Spring Lodge has adjusted very well to this period of change. We survived the throes of the second World War and made our contributions to our country's cause. One of our members, Lt. Gilbert Wayne Stansfield, died in action in France November 24, 1944. A stone was dedicated in his memory and will be placed at the Cathedral of the Pines in New Hampshire.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1987 1987]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1988 1988]
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In 1955 the Grand Lodge saw fit to recognize the [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAPalmer19_1927-2003 Palmer 19th Masonic District] by electing R.W. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLHHolley Henry O. Holley] to the office of Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1989 1989]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1990 1990]
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In the spring of 1956 the Brethren were stunned with the announcement that our lodge-rooms were no longer to be available, due to renovations at the bank building. This misfortune proved a blessing in disguise, however, since immediately thoughts of new quarters were thrust upon us. We were granted the use of Holmes Gymnasium September 11, 1956, and the officers for the next few years deserve much credit for carrying on under trying conditions. Again these difficulties proved a boon since the Building Fund, inaugurated in 1954, assumed greater importance.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1991 1991]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1992 1992]
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Wor. Brother Donald Loux was the moving spirit in this matter and in May 1957, he sponsored a third degree with the Police Square Club at Tantasqua High School that resulted in $1200 for the new building fund. For the balance of his life, Wor. Bro. Loux continued to be active on this committee. His work was augmented by Wor. Bro. Frank Maguire's interest and, due to his generous cooperation, and the support of the members, our new Temple was dedicated on May 20, 1961.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1993 1993]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1994 1994]
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Thus we stand on the threshold of our second century of existence in a situation we may well be proud of. We have a glorious history, ideal quarters, an enthusiastic membership, and capable leadership. If we can all cooperate, we can look forward with anticipation to the years to come and hope for the day when we may complete the task so ably inaugurated in the past few years.
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1995 1995]
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[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1996 1996]
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1865 1865]''' (Report of fire at hall)
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1999 1999]
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1866 1866]''' (Jurisdictional dispute)
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=== EVENTS ===
  
[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1867 1867]: District 10 (Springfield)
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''From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXV, No. 4, February 1866, p. 128:''
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The M. W. [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMDame Grand Master] dedicated a new hall for Day Spring Lodge at Monson on the 22d, and another for Mt. Horeb Lodge at West Harwich on the 25th ult. Both halls, we understand, are neat and convenient structures, and well adapted to the purposes for which they are designed.
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* Norman P. Dempsey, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAPalmer19_1911-1926 District 19 (Palmer)], 1917, 1918; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASuppNecrologiesAG#DEMPSEY.2C_NORMAN_P._1876-1952 SN]'''
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* Ralph T. Entwistle, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAPalmer19_1927-2003 District 19 (Palmer)], 1930, 1931; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesAG#ENTWISTLE.2C_RALPH_TAYLOR_1892-1948 N]'''
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* Alvin A. Gage, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAPalmer18_1867-1882 District 18 (Palmer)], 1881;  '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASuppNecrologiesAG#GAGE.2C_ALVIN_AARON_1841-1894 SN]'''
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* Carlos M. Gage, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAPalmer17_1883-1910 District 17 (Palmer)], 1905, 1906; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASuppNecrologiesAG#GAGE.2C_CARLOS_MYRON_1849-1934 SN]'''
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* Herman E. Hasenjager, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAPalmer19_1927-2003 District 19 (Palmer)], 1962, 1963; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesHM#HASENJAGER.2C_HERMAN_EDWARD_1917-2004 N]'''
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLHHolley Henry O. Holley], DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAPalmer19_1927-2003 District 19 (Palmer)], 1942, 1943; Senior Grand Warden 1955; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesHM#HOLLEY.2C_HENRY_ORSON_1898-1979 N]'''
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* ''Ryan A. Maslak'', DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MADISTRICT25_2003andAfter District 25], 2019, 2020
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* Raymond C. Orcutt, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAPalmer19_1927-2003 District 19 (Palmer)], 1952, 1953; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesNR#ORCUTT.2C_RAYMOND_CHARLES_1900-1986 N]'''
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* Kenneth J. Petras, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAPalmer19_1927-2003 District 19 (Palmer)], 1976, 1977; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesNR#PETRAS.2C_KENNETH_JOSEPH_1941-2012 N]'''
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1911 1911]''': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAPalmer19_1911-1926 District 19 (Palmer)]
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DAY SPRING LODGE

Location: Monson

Chartered By: William Parkman

Charter Date: 03/11/1863 VI-449

Precedence Date: 03/13/1862

Current Status: Active


PAST MASTERS

  • Joseph L. Reynolds, 1863
  • Edward C. Robinson, 1864
  • Elisha W. Sholes, 1865
  • Joel B. Williams, 1866
  • Edward F. Morris, 1867
  • E. E. Towne, 1868
  • K. Thayer, 1869
  • G. O. Henry, 1870, 1871
  • Alvin A. Gage, 1872-1875, 1878-1880, 1891, 1892; SN
  • J. M. Phipps, 1876, 1877, 1881
  • Carlos M. Gage, 1882, 1883, 1889; SN
  • G. E. Fuller, 1884-1886
  • D. W. Letter, 1887
  • C. R. Buffington, 1888
  • R. F. Bradway, 1890, 1893-1895
  • A. H. Shaw, 1896-1898
  • H. G. Wentworth, 1899, 1900
  • H. Roehm, 1901
  • G. E. Wills, 1902, 1903
  • W. L. Ricketts, 1904, 1905
  • G. H. Seymour, 1906, 1907
  • F. L. Bliss, 1908, 1909
  • P. W. Soule, 1910, 1911
  • Norman P. Dempsey, 1912, 1913; SN
  • E. R. Sisson, 1914
  • E. R. Cooke, 1915
  • R. E. Shaw, 1916
  • A. R. Brown, 1917
  • F. G. Maguire, 1918
  • F. J. Blakeborough, 1919
  • W. S, Morse, 1920
  • C. L. Ricketts, 1921
  • Ralph T. Entwistle, 1922; N
  • F. R. Rees, 1923
  • W. Kimber, 1924
  • J. O. Murray, 1925
  • J. Kemp, 1926
  • J. M. Carlin, 1927
  • L. K. Hale, 1928
  • C. W. Albro, 1929
  • H. A. Folkins, 1930
  • Henry O. Holley, 1931; N
  • R. E. Crofton, 1932
  • C. C. Williams, 1933
  • Raymond C. Orcutt, 1934; N
  • H. J. Bennett, 1935
  • O. E. Bradway, 1936
  • R. N. Aldrich, 1937
  • H. A. Snow, 1938
  • K. A. Grindell, 1939
  • C. F. Moulton, 1940
  • S. D'Agostino, 1941
  • W. H. Letter, 1942
  • C. W. Bailey, 1943
  • J. F. McConchie, 1944
  • S. L. Young, 1945
  • C. W. Lunden, 1946
  • H. C. Sanderson, 1947
  • L. P. Meacham, 1948
  • W. F. Kenerson, 1949
  • W. A. Heintz, 1950
  • R. E. Bruce, 1951
  • K. F. Hunter, 1952
  • Herman E. Hasenjager, 1953; N
  • E. C. Harrington, 1954
  • D. J. Loux, 1955
  • R. J. Guertin, 1956
  • L. T. Moores, 1957
  • A. H. Galas, 1958
  • G. W. Meacham, 1959
  • C. L. Brown, Jr., 1960
  • R. R. Thomas, 1961
  • W. J. Holley, 1962
  • R. H. Long, 1963
  • H. G. Wheaton, 1964
  • L. A. Blethen, Jr., 1965
  • R. C. Allen, 1966
  • W R. Lombard, 1967
  • R. A. Shorette, 1968
  • G. P. Letter, 1969
  • W. J. Anair, 1970
  • S. E. Johnson, 1971
  • R. L. Hodge, 1972
  • Kenneth J. Petras, 1973; N
  • R. I. Hermanson, 1974
  • R. B. Smith, 1975, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002
  • R. E. Tower, 1976
  • B. W. Tower', 1977
  • D. J. Mott, 1978
  • H. S. Smith, Jr., 1979
  • D. H. Paine, 1980
  • R. Dupras, Jr., 1981, 1987
  • G. L. Marketos, 1982
  • P. M. Dempbowski, 1983, 1984
  • A. Marketos, 1985, 1986
  • P. G. Bazinet, 1988
  • R. R. Marketos, 1989
  • D. W. Prew, Sr., 1990, 1991
  • G. W. Shumway, 1992, 1993
  • R. A. Whipple, 1994, 1995
  • P. A. Marktos, 1996
  • R. Dodson, 1997, 1998, 2001
  • R. R. Weldon, 2003
  • R. J. Weldon, Jr., 2004-2009
  • D. S. Johnson, 2010
  • E. F. Miodowski, 2011, 2012
  • Ryan Wheaton, 2013-2014
  • William R. Dart, 2015
  • Jesse Beaudoin, 2016
  • Douglas Battige, 2017, 2020
  • Edward F. Miodowski, 2018
  • Ryan A. Maslak, 2019 (PDDGM District 25)

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

  • Petition for Dispensation: 1862
  • Petition for Charter: 1863

ANNIVERSARIES

  • 1938 (75th Anniversary)
  • 1962 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

BY-LAW CHANGES

1869 1870 1874 1887 1892 1900 1901 1912 1927 1937 1939 1949 1959 1960 1966 1981 1982 2009 2010

HISTORY

  • 1938 (75th Anniversary History, 1938-109; see below)
  • 1962 (History of Masonry in Monson, 1962-115; see below)

75TH ANNIVERSARY HISTORY, MAY 1938

From Proceedings, Page 1938-109:

by Wor. Charles Ricketts.

While today we celebrate the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of Day Spring Lodge it seems fitting that we enlarge the subject to Masonry in Monson, as at the time of the establishing of a Lodge here it not only served Monson, Brimfield, and Wales, as we do today, but also Palmer and even disregarded the State boundary and included Stafford, Connecticut.

At the time Samuel Guthrie, David Young, Peter Walbridge, Hezekiah Fisk, Ephriam Allen, Elisha Woodward, Amasa Stowell, John Moore, David Peck, Zebediah Butler, Jesse Converse, and Isaiah Blood, Jr., twelve Freemasons of Monson and vicinity, petitioned the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts for the establishment of a Lodge of Freemasons. In 1796 there were but twenty Lodges in the state and but four recently established West of Worcester. These twelve Masons presumably came from the eastern part of the state.

This petition was acted upon favorably and on December 13, 1796, a Charter was granted under the name of Thomas Lodge, giving them and their successors full power and authority to convene as Masons within the town of Monson, to receive and enter apprentices, pass fellowcrafts, and raise Master Masons.

This Charter is remarkable and priceless as it bears the signature of Paul Revere as Most Worshipful Grand Master. An outstanding Mason and patriot immortalized in Longfellow's "Midnight Ride of Paul Revere."

The document also has the signature as Grand Senior Warden of another patriot, Isaiah Thomas, for whom the Lodge was named, who gracefully acknowledged the honor conferred upon him by the gift of a valuable set of jewels. He later bequeathed the sum of one hundred dollars to the Lodge.

The meeting place was on the second floor of the new tavern known as the Century Hotel and was used continuously until the closing of the Lodge in 1835.

Active work began March 7, 1797, but left no record of its proceedings for nearly two years. Dr. Samuel Guthrie was the first Master. The Lodge is fortunate in having in its possession a certificate of membership signed by him in 1801. At first notes were accepted from initiates, but the practice was discontinued after two years and only cash payments accepted.

The following years were prosperous. Of special note was the raising of four clergymen in 1819 whose names will ever be honored by the Fraternity. All of them later received the merited degree of Doctor of Divinity. These gentlemen were;

  • Dr. Simeon Colton, a Yale graduate, settled over the church in Palmer, then principal of Monson Academy for some years and later President of Clinton College, Miss. A man of scholarly attainments.
  • Dr. Benjamin M. Hill, a graduate of Brown, Pastor of the Baptist Church in Stafford, later moving to New Haven. Instrumental in establishing the Commandery in New Haven.
  • Dr. Hosea Ballou 2nd, first settled pastor of the Universalist Church at Stafford; a profound scholar who later became the first President of Tufts College which he served until his death.
  • Dr. Alfred Ely, a man of marked ability and strength of character, settled as minister of the Congregational Church in Monson for sixty years, of whom it has been said, "No man has ever exerted a greater influence for good in this community." A great believer in Masonry.

As many members of the Lodge lived a long distance away it was customary to open the Lodge at 9 A.M. and close at 7 P.M.

About 1830 the Lodge voted to dispense with the use of spirituous liquors in the Lodge.

It was customary to charge visiting Brethren twenty-five cents each meeting.

As extreme care was exercised in selecting new members, the Lodge enjoyed an enviable reputation. Many leading citizens in the several towns were among its members. Notwithstanding this the anti-masonic feeling, so strong in the early thirties in New York State, spread to this locality and was very intense and bitter; described by one of former days as "fearful times, families, churches and communities were separated by what appeared as irreparable breaches." Dr. Ely and seventeen influential members of his church, Masons, were violently opposed by others of the congregation. The Doctor was urged to publicly denounce the order and its principles. This he refused to do but offered to remain away from the meetings.

Under such circumstances it seemed wise for the Lodge to close until times should be more favorable, so on January 14, 1835 thirty members met for the last time. The bible was given to Dr. Ely and the jewels were to remain in the custody of those who last wore them. Joseph L. Reynolds was Master at the time.

In view of subsequent events it is reasonable to suppose that at sundry times and in divers places members of the craft must have met together for after a period of twenty-one years, in 1856, the feeling against the Fraternity having subsided, a few former members of the Lodge petitioned the M. W. Grand Lodge that the Lodge be reorganized and located in Palmer. Accordingly the charter was restored to the petitioners, Brothers Elias Turner, Joseph L. Reynolds, S. F. Newton, Jacob Thompson, J. R. Flynt, Alfred Ely, J. Nichols, D. B. Hannum, Otis Bradford, and Joel Tucker, on September 10, 1856 and on October 11th the Lodge opened with the same officers in the East and West.

In 1862 the Masons residing in Monson petitioned the M. W. Grand Lodge for a Charter for a new Lodge in Monson. This petition, signed by every Mason in Monson, was destroyed in the fire in the Grand Lodge apartments in 1864. It bore the names of Dr. Alfred Ely, Pastor; Hon. Joseph L. Reynolds, manufacturer; Captain Joel Tucker, farmer; David B. Hannum, blacksmith; Cyrus W. Holmes, manufacturer; Captain Lucius F. Newton, builder; Jacob Thompson, a country squire; Timothy Packard, merchant and postmaster; Joel B. Williams, bookkeeper; Otis Bradford, wool sorter; Daniel D. Moody, manufacturer of spectacles; Sherman Converse, farmer; Nelson F. Rogers, manufacturer of Shaker bonnets; Elisha W. Sholes, manufacturer; Edward C. Robinson, bank cashier; Elmer B. Miles, merchant; John Thayer, stone cutter, and Henry F. Miller, merchant tailor.

A Dispensation was granted March 12, 1862. Joseph L. Reynolds was the first Master. He thereby enjoyed the unusual distinction of serving three Lodges as Master. There can be no question of his love for Masonry. His son Theodore also showed his love for the Fraternity in a substantial manner.

The full Charter of Day Spring was conferred by the Grand Lodge March 11, 1863 and the Lodge Constituted by the grand officers March 17th. At this time W.M. Joseph Reynolds on being asked by the M.W. Grand Master why he chose the name Day Spring replied, "It was in remembrance of words spoken by the prophet Zacharias—Luke 1—78-79." "Through the tender mercy of our God, whereby the Day Spring from on high hath visited us, to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet in the way of peace."

Edward F. Morris, who served the local National Bank for years, and had long entertained a favorable impression of Masonry through intimate association with the members of the Craft, was the first initiate. We prize a letter to the Lodge which he left at the call of the Supreme Architect.

The first meeting place was in the original Barton's Block on Main Street, called Union Hall, which stood on land now occupied by dwellings owned by Worshipful Brother P. W. Soule. The building, together with the Lodge records, was destroyed by fire in 1865. The second story of a new block on the same site was for many years the Lodge home. It also occupied for a time a room fitted for the purpose on the second floor of a storehouse of Brother Reynolds on a private way off Bliss Street, owned at present time by Brother George Field. It also used the Vestry, so-called, on Fountain Street, which was later removed. After several years spent in Central Block on the site of the present postoffice the Lodge in 1893 moved to its present quarters in the Bank Building.

During all these years good will and harmony have prevailed.

Our history since then is more properly a record of peaceable, law abiding citizens who have practiced out of the Lodge its great moral duties.

HISTORY OF MASONRY IN MONSON, MAY 1962

From Proceedings, Page 1962-115:

by R. W. Henry O. Holley and Bro. Milton W. Makepeace.

Day Spring Lodge of Masons celebrates its 100th Anniversary in 1962. The history of Masonry in Monson, however, goes back 166 years to 1796. In that year there were only twenty Lodges in the State, four of which had recently been established west of Worcester. Samuel Guthrie, David Young, Peter Walbridge, Hezekiah Fisk, Ephraim Allen, Elisha Woodward, Amasa Stowell, John Moore, David Peck, Zebediah Butler, Jesse Converse and Isaiah Blood, Jr., all Freemasons of Monson and vicinity, petitioned the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts for the establishment of a Lodge of Freemasons.

On December 13, 1796, a charter was granted under the name, of Thomas Lodge. This charter was signed by the Most Worshipful Grand Master, Paul Revere, and by the Grand Senior Warden, Isaiah Thomas, for whom the Lodge was named. This Lodge served not only Monson but Brimfield, Wales, Palmer, and even crossed the state border to include Stafford, Connecticut. Meetings were held on the second floor of the Century Hotel until 1835, when Thomas Lodge surrendered its Charter to the Grand Lodge.

Dr. Samuel Guthrie served as the first Master of Thomas Lodge. At first, notes were accepted from initiates, but after two years, the practice was discontinued and only cash payments were accepted. As many members of the Lodge lived at some distance, it was customary to open Lodge at 9 a.m. and close at 7 p.m. Visiting Brethren were charged twenty-five cents per meeting. About 1830, the Lodge voted to dispense with the use of spiritous liquors in the Lodge.

Brother Edward F. Morris describes the next years as follows:

"The years 1826 to 1832 were memorable for what was termed the anti-Masonic excitement. It had been supposed, whether truly or not has never been determined, that a member of the Masonic society, one William Morgan, a thriftless tailor, of Batavia, N. Y., who had pretended to unlawfully divulge the secrets of Free Masonry, had been forcibly taken by night to a place of concealment, and later drowned in Lake Ontario. It appears that no evidence supported this story beyond the fact that he did mysteriously disappear. It proved, however, to be the occasion of widespread prejudice and opposition to the society of Freemasons, which quickly spread wherever Masons had lodges or resided. It was the means of dividing families, churches and communities, the people being separated into three classes, to wit: Masons, Anti-Masons, and Jacks. The latter were those who took no decided position with either the Masons or Anti's, and it was said that the Anti's felt more bitterly to the Jacks than to the Masons themselves. People of the present generation have very little conception of the depth, intensity and bitterness of feeling against members of this society which pervaded our community, and many others in the eastern and middle states."

Seventeen members of the Congregational Church, including the Pastor, Rev. Alfred Ely, were Masons. Because of this, in the year 1830, it was anticipated that Dr. Ely would be obliged, in the interests of peace, to give up his charge, and that the church would be divided. It was proposed, therefore, to erect a conference house. Three hundred shares of stock at $5.00 each were sold, nearly all the stock being taken by Masons. The lot between the present houses of George Letter and Ralph Miller on Fountain Street was purchased and a building known for years as the "Vestry" was erected in 1831-32.

Due to the Anti-Masonic Times, the Lodge Brethren deemed it wise to close until times should be more favorable, so on January 14, 1835, thirty members, with Joseph L. Reynolds as Master, met for the last time. The Bible was given to Dr. Ely and the jewels were to remain in the custody of those who last wore them.

It is reasonable to suppose that at sundry times and in diverse places members of the Craft must have met, for in 1856, the feeling against the Fraternity having subsided, a few former members petitioned the Grand Lodge to reorganize Thomas Lodge in Palmer. Accordingly, the charter was restored to the petitioners, Brothers Elias Turner, Joseph L. Reynolds, S. F. Newton, Jacob Thompson, J. R. Flynt, Alfred Ely, J. Nichols, D. B. Hannum, Otis Bradford and Joel Tucker on September 10, 1856, and on October 11th, the Lodge opened in Palmer with the same officers in the East and West as had held these stations in Monson.

Six years later, those Masons residing in Monson petitioned for a new Lodge to be formed in Monson. The petition was destroyed in the fire in the Grand Lodge apartment in Boston April 5, 1864. However, Edward F. Morris, the first man to be initiated under the dispensation granted March 12, 1862, has recorded the petitioners as follows: Rev. Alfred Ely, senior pastor; Hon. Joseph L. Reynolds, manufacturer; Capt. Joel Tucker, farmer on East Hill; David B. Hannum, blacksmith at the quarry; Cyrus W. Holmes, manufacturer; Captain Lucius F. Newton, builder; Jacob Thompson, a country squire; Timothy Packard, farmer, merchant and postmaster; Joel B. Williams, bookkeeper for Merrick Fay & Co.; Otis Bradford, formerly wool sorter for the Monson Woolen Manufacturing Company; Daniel D. Moody, manufacturer of spectacles; Sherman Converse, farmer; Nelson F. Rogers, manufacturer of Shaker bonnets; Elisha W. Sholes, manufacturer at the North Village, who formerly practiced dentistry; Edward C. Robinson, cashier of the local bank from 1859 to 1864; Elmer B. Miles, merchant; Henry F. Miller, merchant tailor; and John Thayer, stone cutter.

Joseph L. Reynolds was the first Master of Day Spring Lodge, thereby enjoying the unusual distinction of having served three Lodges as Master. The full charter was conferred by the Grand Lodge on March 11, 1863, and the Lodge constituted by the Grand Officers on March 17th. When Brother Reynolds was asked by the M.W. Grand Master why he chose the name Day Spring, he replied: "It was in remembrance of words spoken by the prophet Zacharias, Luke 1:78 and 79: 'Through the tender mercy of our God, whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us, to give light to them that sit in darkness, and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet in the way of peace."

Meetings were first held in the Barton Block, which stood a little south of the present bowling alley. The building burned in the spring of 1865, destroying all the first year's records. It was rebuilt and meetings continued to be held on the second floor for many years. The Lodge also occupied for a time a room fitted for the purpose on the second floor of a storehouse of Brother Reynolds on a private way off Bliss Street, owned at the present time by Mrs. George Field. Later, for five years, it occupied the Vestry on Fountain Street, built during the "Anti-Masonic Times". From there it moved to the Central Block, and from 1893 to 1956, Day Spring Lodge made its headquarters on the third floor of the bank block.

The seventy-fifth anniversary of Day Spring Lodge was observed with appropriate ceremonies on May 10, 1938. {corrected from original text} Two hundred members attended the banquet in the vestry of the Methodist Church. M.W. Joseph Earl Perry, Grand Master of Masons in Massachusetts, was guest of the evening.

The twenty-five years since our seventy-fifth anniversary have witnessed a normal healthy growth. Two observations are worthy of note. The large majority of our present membership has been admitted to our Lodge during these years. Some of these Brethren affiliated from Bethel Lodge of Enfield at the time that it relinquished its charter, but the greater number had their degrees conferred upon them by Day Spring Lodge. Our older members have thinned out and new blood has taken their places. We owe much to these former pillars of our Lodge, but are thankful for their replacements. It is interesting to note that the memberships of just two of our Brethren could span the entire century of Day Spring Lodge's existence. Some of our present members can recall the contributions of the early founders of this Lodge.

The other factor that has contributed much to our success during the past quarter of a century is the continuity in tenure of the three key posts of Treasurer, Secretary and Tyler. In each case these officers have been faithfully served by one Brother for the greater part of the time. In this manner the old has been nicely blended with the new and tended to healthful growth.

Day Spring Lodge has adjusted very well to this period of change. We survived the throes of the second World War and made our contributions to our country's cause. One of our members, Lt. Gilbert Wayne Stansfield, died in action in France November 24, 1944. A stone was dedicated in his memory and will be placed at the Cathedral of the Pines in New Hampshire.

In 1955 the Grand Lodge saw fit to recognize the Palmer 19th Masonic District by electing R.W. Henry O. Holley to the office of Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts.

In the spring of 1956 the Brethren were stunned with the announcement that our lodge-rooms were no longer to be available, due to renovations at the bank building. This misfortune proved a blessing in disguise, however, since immediately thoughts of new quarters were thrust upon us. We were granted the use of Holmes Gymnasium September 11, 1956, and the officers for the next few years deserve much credit for carrying on under trying conditions. Again these difficulties proved a boon since the Building Fund, inaugurated in 1954, assumed greater importance.

Wor. Brother Donald Loux was the moving spirit in this matter and in May 1957, he sponsored a third degree with the Police Square Club at Tantasqua High School that resulted in $1200 for the new building fund. For the balance of his life, Wor. Bro. Loux continued to be active on this committee. His work was augmented by Wor. Bro. Frank Maguire's interest and, due to his generous cooperation, and the support of the members, our new Temple was dedicated on May 20, 1961.

Thus we stand on the threshold of our second century of existence in a situation we may well be proud of. We have a glorious history, ideal quarters, an enthusiastic membership, and capable leadership. If we can all cooperate, we can look forward with anticipation to the years to come and hope for the day when we may complete the task so ably inaugurated in the past few years.

OTHER

  • 1865 (Report of fire at hall)
  • 1866 (Jurisdictional dispute)

EVENTS

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXV, No. 4, February 1866, p. 128:

The M. W. Grand Master dedicated a new hall for Day Spring Lodge at Monson on the 22d, and another for Mt. Horeb Lodge at West Harwich on the 25th ult. Both halls, we understand, are neat and convenient structures, and well adapted to the purposes for which they are designed.


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DISTRICTS

1862: District 9

1867: District 10 (Springfield)

1873: District 18 (Palmer)

1883: District 17 (Palmer)

1911: District 19 (Palmer)

1927: District 19 (Palmer)

2003: District 28


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