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EDEN LODGE

Location: Ware

Chartered By: William Parkman

Charter Date: 06/08/1864 III-506

Precedence Date: 06/11/1863

Current Status: Active.

Bethel Lodge merged into this Lodge, 10/27/1939.


PAST MASTERS

  • George Robinson, 1864-1867; SN
  • John W. Robinson, 1868-1872
  • William O. Gould, 1873-1875
  • Henry F. Barnes, 1876, 1877
  • George S. Marsh, 1878, 1879, 1882, 1888, 1889; SN
  • Jerome Gates, 1880
  • Walter P. Sutliff, 1881, 1885
  • Charles F. Merrill, 1883
  • Elgin R. Foster, 1884, 1890
  • Jasper L. Fairbanks, 1886
  • Henry C. Davis, 1891
  • William A. Newcomb, 1892, 1893
  • Alfred A. Green, 1894, 1895
  • Hubert M. Coney, 1896-1899; SN
  • John D. Smith, 1900, 1901
  • Arthur B. Howard, 1902, 1903
  • Herbert W. Sibley, 1904
  • Paul R. Bridgman, 1905; Mem
  • Minot C. Wood, 1906
  • Charles B. Wetherby, 1907
  • James E. Allen, 1908, 1909
  • Guy A. Cummings, 1910
  • David Wooley, 1912
  • Waldo C. Lincoln, 1913
  • John H. Schoonmaker, 1914; N
  • George W. Dunham, 1915
  • Bernard Southworth, 1916
  • Willie A. Green, 1917
  • Charles M. Lindsey, 1918
  • Philip W. Robinson, 1919
  • Herbert H. Ward, 1920
  • Robert S. Greenwood, 1921
  • Herbert W. Bryan, 1922
  • D. Thomson Hastings, 1923, 1933; N
  • Carl E. Williams, 1924
  • Robert A. Stanford, 1925
  • Arthur Besser, 1926
  • Merrill S. Howard, 1927
  • Myron E. Richardson, 1928; N
  • Howard S. Neff, 1929
  • Roger B. Estey, 1930
  • J. Cutler Paige, 1931
  • George W. Cox, 1932
  • Donald Wood, 1934
  • W. Howard Sibley, 1935
  • Richard R. Bradbury, 1936
  • Fred S. Conkey, 1937
  • George G. Petrie, 1938; N
  • Donald Dinsmore, 1939
  • Leonard B. Campbell, 1940; N
  • George Goodwin, 1941
  • A. Richmond Walker, 1942
  • Walter G. Irving, 1943, 1944
  • Austin H. Carroll, 1945
  • Thomas D. Bruce, 1946
  • Charles L. Aldrich, 1947
  • Gardner Davis, 1948
  • Franz E. Baker, 1949
  • William A. Towlson, 1950
  • Arthur Farr, 1951
  • John W. Davis, 1952
  • Wilmer F. Kallock, 1953
  • Walter V. Dunham, 1954
  • Thomas H. Kulke, 1955
  • Ralph E. Turner, 1956
  • Horatio Bisbee, 1957; N
  • Kenneth R. Dorman, 1958
  • Joseph E. Rabschnook, 1959
  • Richard A. Winslow, 1960
  • William E. Gould, 1961
  • Harlon W. Fulton, 1962
  • Constant Southworth, 1963
  • Edwin H. Belcher, 1964
  • William M. Verbeck, 1965
  • Edward J. Kress, 1966; PDDGM
  • Matthew Kierys, 1967
  • Merle G. Brigham, 1968
  • Maurice A. Renaud, 1969
  • Wayne G. Goddard, 1970
  • Donald M. Giguere, 1971
  • Robert G. Goodfield, 1972, 1981; PDDGM
  • John L. Dowell, 1973
  • Kenneth F. Simmons, 1974
  • Edward D. DellaPenna, 1975
  • Neil A. Noble, 1976, 1979; PDDGM
  • John H. Campbell, 1977
  • Richard A. Walker, 1978, 1980; N
  • Robert L. Greenwood, 1982
  • Robert J. Bready, 1983
  • Arthur G. Rossi, 1984, 1985
  • William M. Verbeck, 1986
  • David A. Deschamps, 1987, 1988
  • John L. Dowell, 1989, 1991
  • David A. Stebbins, 1990
  • Brian M. St. Onge, 1992, 1993
  • Douglas J. Fry, 1994; PDDGM
  • Peter B. Markert, 1995; PDDGM
  • Richard S. Zebrowski, 1996
  • Charles L. Lowell, 1997, 2002
  • Erik W. Erikson, 1998
  • Richard H. Maynard, 1999
  • Wayne A. Lobley, 2000
  • John W. Drawec, 2001
  • James D. Hodgen, 2003
  • Edward F. Bock, 2005, 2006
  • Thomas E. Cooke, 2007
  • Scott R. Rae, 2008
  • Scott J. Chapman, 2009, 2010
  • Michael J. Beaupre, 2011
  • Jeffery A. Haughey, 2012

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

  • Petition for Dispensation: 1863
  • Petition for Charter: 1864
  • Consolidation Petition (with Bethel Lodge): 1939

ANNIVERSARIES

  • 1938 (75th Anniversary)
  • 1964 (Centenary)
  • 1988 (125th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

BY-LAW CHANGES

1911 1924 1927 1953 1957 1962 1976 1983 1992 2006

HISTORY

  • 1938 (75th Anniversary History, 1938-425)
  • 1964 (Centenary History, 1964-186)

OTHER

  • 1864 (In charter petition report, information on a disastrous fire in 1863; VI-503)
  • 1881 (Election declared invalid; 1881-165)
  • 1979 (Presentation of a 75-year member award, 1979-143)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS


DISTRICTS

1863: District 6

1867: District 10 (Springfield)

1883: District 17 (Palmer)

1911: District 19 (Palmer)

1927: District 19 (Palmer)

2003: District 25


LINKS

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