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FRANKLIN LODGE
Originally named Ben Franklin Lodge
Location: Grafton
Chartered By: George M. Randall
Charter Date: 03/10/1852 V-372
Precedence Date: 03/15/1851
Current Status: Active
PAST MASTERS
- Levi Rawson, 1852 SN
- Charles A. Jenks
- George W. Cromb, Jr.
- George F. Slocomb
- W. D. Wheeler, 1862
- John W. Slocomb, 1863-1865
- John W. Bigelow, 1866
- Fred Waterman, 1867
- Gilbert Cummings, 1868, 1869
- Silas A. Forbush, 1870, 1871
- Herbert F. Allen, 1872
- Andrew Kerr, 1873, 1874, 1886
- John F. Searles, 1875
- Marquis E. Steele, 1876, 1887
- Benjamin F. Gibson, 1878, 1879, 1880, 1883
- Solon F. Smith, 1881-1882, 1884
- Charles W. Cambell, 1885, 1888
- Loender C. Emerson, 1889, 1890, 1893, 1894
- Frank H. Prentice, 1891-1892
- Sumner F. Leonard, 1895-1896
- Stanley H. Holmes, 1897-1899
- John F. Buxton, 1900, 1902, 1903
- William Larmour, 1901
- George A. Dipper, 1904, 1905
- James H. Johnstone, 1906, 1907
- Alfred Young, 1908, 1909
- Lyman A. Isham, 1910, 1911
- Robert B. Stannis, 1912
- Walter W. Scott, 1913
- Michael Hoone, 1914, 1915
- Walter W. True, 1916, 1917
- Ernest I. Webster, 1918
- Lewis A. Hastings, 1919
- Wallace G. Holbrook, 1920
- Samuel B. Young, 1921
- Earle D. Hargraves, 1922
- Raymond F. Johnson, 1923
- J. Edwin Wilcox, 1924
- B. Alfred Wheeler, 1925
- Albert T. Carpenter, 1926
- LaForrest W. Lincoln, 1927
- Alvrado Henry, 1928
- Carl E. Hatch, 1929
- J. Warren Ramsey, 1930
- Ralph W. Nichols, 1931
- Corydon R. Nichols, 1932
- Albert Sawyer Cole, 1933
- William Lyle Macintosh, 1934; N
- Edward Eames Taft, 1935
- Henry Rufus Hoyle, 1936
- Eugene N. Yarrington, 1937
- Halmer Victor Tornwall, 1938
- Arthur A. Phelps, 1939
- Peter Brown Fleming, 1940
- Charles M. Wade, 1941
- Leonard Rawn, 1942; N
- Maurice W. Buck, 1943
- Milton E. Temple, 1944
- Willard Barrett Brown, 1945
- Perley E. Goddard, 1946
- Clayton H. Cook, 1947
- Raymond D. Jordan, 1948
- S. Howard Ricker, 1949
- James H. Fields, 1950
- Paul L. Budge, 1951
- Clyde E. Brown, 1952
- Nelson L. Pratt, 1953
- Newell A. Gordon, 1954
- Leonard E. Richardson, 1955
- Clayton C. Fowler, 1956
- Robert C. Roney, 1957
- Raymond H. Allen, 1958
- Benjamin J. Garland, Jr, 1959
- Clarence F. Logan, 1960
- Wallace E. Lowe, 1961; N
- E. Andrew Harvie, 1962
- Clifford F. Howe, 1963, 1983; N
- Robert W. Forsberg, 1964
- Sydney H. Arnold, 1965
- Kazar D. Kazarian, 1966
- Gilbert W. Nichols, 1967, 1992
- Clifford O. Brown, 1968; N
- Donald E. Vorce, 1969
- William E. Cressey, 1970
- Robert C. Fox, 1971
- Allen H. Ojerholm, 1972
- Richard L. Randal, 1973
- Russell E. Richardson, 1974
- Barry L. Dennis, Sr., 1975
- Wendell P. Barthelmes, Jr., 1976
- Robert M. Stuart, 1977
- 'Paul J. Ustin, 1978
- Wayne R. Modig, 1981, 1982
- David F. Beaber, 1984
- William E. George, 1985
- Richard H. Wood, 1986
- Herbert Wheeler, 1987
- Robert W. Dills, 1988, 2003
- David V. Mankevetch, 1989
- Jeffrey H. Adams, 1990, 1998, 2000, 2006
- Steven D. Boyns, 1991, 1999
- Ross E. Schacher, 1993, 1997
- Ernest H. Bates, 1994, 1995
- John B. Campbell, 1996
- William A. Marks, Sr., 2001, 2002
- Michael T. Swanson, 2004
- Grant B. Fritchey, 2005
- Joseph F. Wronski, 2007
- Kevin R. Hansen, 2008, 2009
- John R. Herrmann, 2010
- Matthew C. Wood, 2011
- Raymond F. Beland, 2012
REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
ANNIVERSARIES
VISITS BY GRAND MASTER
- 1882 (Lawrence)
- 1942 (Schaefer; 90th Anniversary; Special Communication)
- 1952 (Roy; Centenary; Special Communication)
- 1964 (Osgood; reception for Senior Grand Warden Leonard Rawn; with Level Lodge)
BY-LAW CHANGES
1881 1917 1919 1920 1924 1929 1931 1935 1949 1957 1967 1979 1993 2003 2006
HISTORY
OTHER
- 1869 (Complaint by a Brother left off the charter; VII-406)
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- Clifford O. Brown, DDGM, District 22 (Worcester), 1985, 1986; N
- Clifford F. Howe, DDGM, District 22 (Worcester), 1968; N
- Wallace E. Lowe, DDGM, District 22 (Worcester), 1967; N
- William L. MacIntosh, DDGM, District 22 (Worcester), 1936, 1937; N
- Leonard Rawn, 1951, 1952; N
- Levi Rawson, DDGM, District 4, 1857-1859; SN
EVENTS
CONSECRATION, JUNE 1852
From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XI, No. 9, July 1852, Page 288:
Franklin Lodge, Grafton, Mass., was consecrated on the 2d of June, by R. W. Horace Chenery, Dist. Dep. G. Master for the sixth District,-after which rhe following Brethren were installed as the officers for the present year,-
- W. Levi Rawson, M.
- C. B. Jencks, S. W.
- R. W. Flagg, J. W.
- J. W. Slocumb, Treas.
- J. W. Leland, Sec.
- A. P. Benchley, S D.
- H. Fernald, J. D.
- J. Merriam, Jr. and J. Robinson, Stewards
- W. F. Slocumb,Mar.
- Rev. H. Baker, Chaplain; and
- C. R. Leland, Tyler.
