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EVERETT C. BENTON LODGE
Location: East Boston
Chartered By: Frank L. Simpson
Charter Date: 03/10/1926 1926-83
Precedence Date: 05/04/1925
Current Status: in Grand Lodge Vault; merged with Henry Price Lodge to form Price-Benton Lodge, 11/21/2002; now part of The Consolidated Lodge.
REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
- Petition for Dispensation: 1925
- Petition for Charter: 1926
- Consolidation Petition (with Henry Price Lodge): 2002
ANNIVERSARIES
VISITS BY GRAND MASTER
- 1926 (Simpson; Constitution of Lodge and installation; Special Communication)
- 1930 (h. Dean)
- 1932 (Chipman)
- 1933 (Chipman)
- 1935 (Allen; Ladies' night)
- 1937 (Allen; 2 visits: Ladies' night at the Copley Plaza, and at Masonic Home)
- 1942 (Schaefer)
- 1950 (Keith; 25th Anniversary; Special Communication)
- 1976 (Maxwell; 3 visits, including 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
- 1983 (Berquist)
- 2000 (Bauer; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
- 2002 (Hicks; consolidation with Henry Price Lodge; Special Communication)
BY-LAW CHANGES
1926 1927 1930 1934 1946 1947 1948 1952 1953 1955 1961 1963 1969 1970 1982
HISTORY
- 1950 (25th Anniversary History, 1950-57)
- 1976 (50th Anniversary History, 1976-108)
- 2000 (75th Anniversary History, 2000-55)
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- Josiah H. Benton, DDGM, District 3 (Chelsea), 1944, 1945; N
- Harry J. Borofsky, DDGM, District 3 (Chelsea), 1954, 1955; N
- Gary C. Miller, DDGM, District 3 (Chelsea), 1999, 2000
- Sidney Schlager, DDGM, District 3 (Chelsea), 1969, 1970; N
- Charles Philip Wilson, DDGM, District 3 (Chelsea), 1981, 1982; SN
DISTRICTS
1925: District 3 (East Boston)
