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CURTIS CHIPMAN 1876-1935

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Deputy Grand Master, 1925
Grand Master, 1932-1934.


TERM

1932 1933 1934

MEMORIAL

From Proceedings, Page 1935-207:

Most Worshipful Brother Chipman was born in Boston November 1, 1876, and died in Cambridge October 9, 1935.

He was educated in the Public Schools of Boston and spent his whole active life in the banking business, being an officer in the First National Bank of Boston at the time of his death. For many years he was Assistant Treasurer of the Free Hospital for Women in Brookline. He served as Assistant Quartermaster of the Ambulance Corps, M.V.M., from 1896 to 1899, his service covering the period of the Spanish War,

Of Colonial and Revolutionary ancestry, he was a member of several patriotic-historical societies.

He took his Masonic degrees in Eliot Lodge in 1904, and was a Charter member of Loyalty Lodge in 1920, serving as its Master in 1923 and 1924. He was Deputy Grand Master in 1925, by appointment of Most Worshipful Dudley H. Ferrell. He was Grand Master of Masons in 1932, 1933, and 1934. On his retirement, he was elected a member of the Board of Directors of the Grand Lodge. During his Grand Mastership came the Bicentenary of the Grand Lodge, for which he prepared with great efficiency and over which he presided with a grace and dignity which won for him golden opinions from the very unusual group of delegates assembled to attend the ceremonies. The year following the Bicentenary he represented the Grand Lodge with distinction at the dedication of the new Masonic Temple in London. He was an honorary member of the Grand Lodges of Ireland and Scotland.

He was a Past High Priest of Mount Vernon Chapter and Grand High Priest in 1922, 1923 and 1924. He was a member of Boston Council and a member and Past Commander of St. Bernard Commandery. He was a member of the Scottish Rite Bodies in Boston, a Past Most Wise Master of Mount Olivet Chapter of Rose Croix, and an Honorary Member of the Supreme Council, having received the Thirty-third degree in 1933.

Most Worshipful Brother Chipman had a courteous and agreeable manner, a power of simple and direct speech, and a delightful sense of humor which endeared him to the hearts of his Brethren throughout the jurisdiction, and a care and firmness in the discharge of official duty which added respect to affection. His very sudden death, terminating so abruptly a career from which we .expected much more of service in the future, was a great shock as well as a great grief to all who knew him.

Numerous expressions of appreciation and regret have come to us from Grand Lodges and from individuals, many of them of great Masonic prominence. Among the messages which the senders particularly desired to have communicated to the Grand Lodge were those from the District Grand Lodge of the Canal Zone, the District Deputy for Chile, the Grand Lodges of England, Ireland, Scodand, Lessing of the Three Rings (Czechoslovakia), Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and New Jersey, and the Masonic Service Association of the United States.

From Proceedings, Page 1935-245:

M. W. Curtis Chipman
Born at Boston, Mass., Nov. 1, 1875
Died at Cambridge, Mass., Oct. 9, 1935
Age 59 years, 11 months </blockquote>

  • Raised in Eliot Lodge, June 16, 1904.
  • Charter Member of LoyaltyLodge in 1920.
  • Worshipful Master of LoyaltyLodge, 1923-1,924.
  • Exalted in Mt. Vernon R. A. Chapter, June 7, 1905.
  • Ex. High Priest of Mt. Vernon R. A. Chapter, 1915-1916.
  • Greeted in Adoniram Council, R. and S. M., 1908.
  • Membership in Boston Council R. and S. M., lanuary 28, 1909.
  • Knighted in St. Bernard Commandery No. 12, June 7r 1906.
  • Eminent Commander St. Bernard Commandery, 1916.
  • Grand Master of Masons in Massachusetts 1932-1933_1934.
  • Grand High Priest of The Grand Royal Arch Chapter of Massachusetts 1922-1923-1924.
  • Joined Boston-Lafayette Lodge of Perfection October 2, 1908.
  • Joined Giles F. Yates Council, Princes of Jerusalem, October 9, 1908.
  • Joined Mt. Olivet Chapter of Rose Croix, October 16, 1908.
  • Joined Massachusetts Consistory, January 8' 1909.
  • M. W. Master of Mt. Olivet Chapter of Rose Croix, 1931-1932.
  • Crowned Sovereign Grand Inspector General 33° Hon. September, 1933.
  • Member of Ambulance Corps M. V. M. 1896-1899.
  • Member of Massachusetts College Societas Rosicruciana.
  • Member of Sons of the Revolution of which he was President in 1921-1922.
  • Member of Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants.
  • Member of Order of Founders and Patriots of America.
  • Member of Algonquin and City Clubs of Boston.
  • Honorary Member of The Grand Lodge of Ireland, March, 1933, The Grand Lodge of Scotland, November 1933, six Massachusetts Lodges, and three Royal Arch Chapters.
M. W. Brother Chipman was educated in the Public Schools of Boston and followed the banking business all through his life, holding at the time of his death a responsible position with the Old Colony Trust Company branch of the First National Bank. He was twice married, first to Fannie M. Chipman of Bellows Falls, Vermont. Two children were born of this marriage, Catherine E. Chipman and John Howland Chipman, both of whom are living. ln 1928 he married Maude Oliver Harding, who survives him. He was a communicant of Christ Church, Cambridge, where the funeral ceremonies were held in the presence of a multitude of sorrowing friends, and strictly in accordance with his wishes, which he had, with characteristic care, set down in his own hand to the last detail.

"So passed Death's wings. It was a little moment, that of dying and after that comes a long immortality. The life he lived has not gone out of the world. What he loved is here, beauty and art, intellectual heritage, keen humor and the affection of friends. What he wrought out of what he loved remains, living and imperishable. Life is holy ground and upon it he walked; working with minute care upon the design given him by God, exulting in the gift of life itself, passing it on to others for their profit and example."

We shall not soon forget the sharp impact of that unexpected message that said: "Curtis Chipman is dead." Some of us could not, would not believe it true, so recently had we sat with him in happy fellowship. But, alas, it was all too true and for a while we stood among the ruins, desolate and discouraged. But as Time, that great comforter, led us on through the days and weeks, we began to see the better, the truer light; that what Curtis Chipman wrought in his life is with us yet; that the stones he added to the Temple of Freemasonry are cemented firmly to its enduring foundation, an example and challenge to those who remain behind.

It is said of the great Caesar, sitting at supper with friends, that he was asked which sort of death was best, he replied "That which is unexpected." This perhaps is truest when death comes to those of middle years, when the tree of life has not withered and while the vigor of manhood still controls the activities of mind and body. So it came to our friend, to whom we paytribute today, when he seemed in the full vigor of health and in the very prime of life. At the very pinnacle of reputation and successful accomplishment - enshrined in the love and affection of his Brethren, Death placed its finger upon his heart and it was still.

Words cannot encompass the many fine qualities of our Brother and without doubt his legion of friends and admirers will have treasured some favorite characteristic in their hearts for remembrance. He was a great lover of and possessed a fine taste for, things of beauty and art; he loved good literature and was a critical reader of the greater writers; he had a keen appreciation for fine humor, but among his many qualities perhaps his capacity for friendship was outstanding and had its greatest scope and opportunity for development in our Fraternity.

He had a great love for detail and approached all of his problems with meticulous care. His humanity was evidenced by his deep interest in the welfare of our Masonic dependents.

His service to Masonry was very broad and covered responsibilities in many of the collateral groups of our Fraternity. In our Grand Lodge, he occupied the Chair at the very important period when the celebration of our Bicentennial as a Grand Lodge was prepared and consummated. In all this he had the leading and responsible duty and his success is a part of the imperishable record of the Grand Lodge.

At the dedication of the Masonic Temple in London our M. W. Curtis Chipman, acting as spokesman for the American delegations, represented the Masons of Massachusetts with his accustomed dignity and grace, and the unusual recognition accorded to him by the Grand Lodge of Scotland and the Grand Lodge of Ireland was a well deserved tribute not only to his official position, but to his personality which had created such a fraternal and favorable impression upon the Craft overseas.

In our country, his contacts with our sister Grand Lodges have advanced to a material degree the harmony and co-operative efforts among American Freemasons.

His labor in our interest as Grand Master was untiring and unceasing and since his retirement he had had an important responsibility on the Board of Directors which he has fulfilled in his characteristic manner.

Curtis Chipman was Grand High Priest of the Grand Royal Arch Chapter for three busy and eventful years. He brought to that office an effort, the effects of which are in evidence at this time.

A friendly man, he made friends: and he made a special effort to enlarge our circle of fraternity among Grand Chapters of the United States and Canada. While neglecting none of the local responsibilities incumbent upon a Grand High Priest, he traveled outside of our jurisdiction, carrying with him the refreshing perfume of fraternal good fellowship. Reciprocal relations were soon established and we witness today the happy results of such a program and as an earnest that the effect of his efforts was not entirely official, there is no name more often mentioned in our neighbor Grand Chapters than that of Curtis Chipman.

He placed a mark on our Grand Chapter-that of brotherly hospitality - which has never been allowed to dwindle in importance and from his day our Grand Chapter has maintained its rightful place among the Grand Chapters of the United States. Methods he established for the proper regulations of Capitular matters are faithfully followed by his successors.

In the midst of other great honors which came to him, he was constant in his interest and regard for the Grand Chapter and in his regular attendance on its Convocations one would sense his inward feeling that he was coming home to the scene of his earlier success. In his passing Capitular Masonry has lost one of its bright lights.

We cannot dwell here upon his ideal home life, which has been so rudely shattered, upon his pride in his splendid children, or upon his loyal service to the banking institution which he served so long and so well. To her, the companion of his joys and responsibilities, our hearts go out in deepest sympathy.

"A guardian angel over his life presiding
Doubling his pleasures and his cares dividing."

He has left all that a mortal man can hope to leave to posterity. A life well rounded in its usefulness and devotion to duty. A life that has left no stain upon his memory and a benediction to the friends who loved him.

So we take leave of him, ever remembering his deep and abiding faith in the Great Father of us all and his forward look to the future life.

"The Drama's over - lights are out,
Reinfred's passed beyond our ken;
God grant his parting words come true
'Sirrah-we shall meet again' ."

Arthur D. Prince
Herbert W. Dean
Robert J. MacKenzie

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