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GOOD SAMARITAN LODGE

Location: Reading

Chartered By: William Sewall Gardner

Charter Date: 09/13/1871 1871-100

Precedence Date: 11/09/1870

Current Status: Active.

King Cyrus Lodge merged here, 05/22/2003.

PAST MASTERS

Nathan D. Stoodley, 1871
James Reid, 1872, 1873
Dan A. Emery, 1874-1876, 1883-1885
William D. Deadman, 1877, 1878
John G. Morrill, 1879, 1880
Stillman J. Putney, 1881, 1882
J. Fred Parker, 1886, 1887
William H. Wightman, 1888
William E. Gray, 1889
John G. Roberts, 1890
Frank Parker, 1891
Walter S. Parker, 1892, 1893; SN
J. Albert Stott, 1894
Daniel T. Bickford, 1895, 1896
Charles A. Loring, 1897, 1898
Edward B. Eames, 1899, 1900
George A. Shackford, 1901, 1902
Richard F. Loring, 1903, 1904
William S. Kinsley, 1905
John F. Turner, 1906, 1907
George H. Clough, 1908
Harry E. Cook, 1909
Edward W. Bancroft, 1910
Edgar O. Dewey, 1911, 1912; Mem
Warren L. Fletcher, 1913, 1914
William S. Badger, 1915, 1916
Henry H. Kinsley, 1917, 1918
R. Scott Burgess, 1919, 1920
Edward E. Harnden, 1921
H. Raymond Johnson, 1922
George H. Stimpson, 1923
Lester K. Pratt, 1924
W. Homer Morrison, 1925
Charles S. Hasty, 1926
Arthur W. Bancroft, 1927, 1928
Preston F. Nichols, 1929
Donald H. Morse, 1930
Albert E. Sargent, 1931
Frederick E. Smith, 1932; N
Robert M. Brown, 1933
Herbert S. Richardson, 1934
Ernest T. Wakefield, 1935
Ralph W. Smith, 1936
Ralph G. Babcock, 1937; N
Ralph S. Kennedy, 1938
William T. Fairclough, 1939
Clifton S. Nichols, 1940
Percy E. Anderson, 1941
Ernest R. Leavitt, 1942
Frank C. Graupner, 1943
Boyd H. Stewart, 1944
Stanley F. Maxwell, 1945
Carlton B. McIntyre, 1946
M. Russell Meikle, 1947
Clifton H. Turner, 1948
Milton B. Viall, 1949
Dudley B. Killam, 1950
W. Frederick Wilson, 1951
Walter E. Shultz, 1952
Roy L. Sherrod, 1953
G. Burton Long, 1954
Edwin O. Lundberg, 1955
Bernard M. Creaser, 1956
Ernest R. Leavitt, Jr., 1957
James E. Calvin, 1958
Robert C. Birdsall, 1959
Laurence W. Hutchinson, 1960
Ralph C. Marden, Jr., 1961
Ernest R. Poor, 1962
E. Earl Thomas, 1963
Bernard F. Cann, 1964
Roy L. Parsons, Jr., 1965
H. Sterling French, 1966
C. Ward Roop, 1967
John W. Merrill, Jr., 1968
Anthony Catanzano, 1969
Richard G. Flint, 1970; SN
C. Russell Hoffman, 1971
Walter D. Moore, 1972
George M. Richards, 1973
Richard H. Curtis, 1974
Edward A. Webb, 1975
Thomas W. Wilshere, 1976
Neil H. Murray, 1977
Richard W. Burgess, 1978; PDDGM
George S. Burkholder, 1979
Raymond D. Stephens, Jr., 1980, 1993, 1994; PDDGM
Charles R. Prescott, 1981
Lawrence C. Marr, 1982
Raoul E. Daigle, 1983
Willard Z. Margossian, 1984
Robert K. Burgess, 1985
Kenneth J. Beech, 1986
Benjamin R. DeMaria, 1987
Victor H. Call, 1988
William H. Cook, Jr., 1989
David C. Fallman, 1990
Robert P. White, 1991
William R. Bogiages, 1992
William A. Spinney, Jr., 1995, 1996
James C. Baxter, 1997
Ralph C. Marden, III, 1998
Kenneth C. Latham, Jr., 1999
John B. Douglass, II, 2000
Douglas F. Kydd, 2001
Paul F. Bekkenhaus, 2002
James W. Killiam, III, 2003
Paul B. Craigie, 2004
Donald L. Scribner, 2005, 2006
Michael J. Alves, 2007
Bradford VanMagness, 2008
W. Gordon Rogerson, 2009, 2010
David S. Craigie, 2011

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1870
Petition for Charter: 1871

XXXXXXXXX* Consolidation Petition (with St. Bernard's Lodge): 1995 XXXXXXXXXXXX* Consolidation Petition (with Doric Lodge): 2002

ANNIVERSARIES

1920 (50th Anniversary)
1945 (75th Anniversary)
1970 (Centenary)

2009 (150th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1871 (DDGM Henry P. Perkins; Constitution of Lodge and installation)
1882 (Lawrence)
1883 (Lawrence)
1898 (Hutchinson)
1903 (Sanford)
1909 (Flanders)
1919 (L. Abbott)
1920 (Prince; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1944 (A. Coolidge; Canopy Club)
1945 (Wragg; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1954 (W. Johnson)
1964 (Osgood; reception for Deputy Grand Master Maxwell)
1970 (Wragg; Centenary; Special Communication)
1975 (Maxwell; 3 visits: with Knights of Columbus; cornerstone laying; Grand Master's reception)
1981 (Berquist)
1990 (Darling; Mortgage burning; Special Communication)
1992 (Darling)
1994 (Lovering)
1995 (Lovering)
2000 (Bauer; Reception for Deputy Grand Master Richard Burgess)
2003 (Hicks; Consolidation with King Cyrus Lodge; Special Communication)
2011 (Stewart)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1873 1876 1880 1887 1889 1898 1900 1912 1914 1917 1918 1920 1921 1922 1927 1932 1940 1941 1942 1946 1947 1952 1953 1956 1958 1967 1976 1978 1982 1990 1998 2004 2007 2008

HISTORY

1920 (50th Anniversary History, 1920-365)
1945 (75th Anniversary History, 1945-377)
1970 (Centenary History, 1970-548)

OTHER

1883 (Petition, 1883-26)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Ralph G. Babcock, DDGM, District 7 (Malden), 1945, 1946; N
Richard W. Burgess, DDGM, District 7 (Malden), 1994, 1995; Deputy Grand Master 2000
Edgar O. Dewey, DDGM, District 7 (Malden), 1925, 1926; Memorial
Richard G. Flint, DDGM, District 7 (Malden), 1973, 1974; SN
Stanley F. Maxwell, DDGM, District 7 (Malden), 1955, 1956; Deputy Grand Master 1964; Grand Master 1975-1977; Grand Treasurer 1989-1990
Walter S. Parker, DDGM, District 7 (Lynn), 1900, 1901; SN
Frederick E. Smith, DDGM, District 7 (Malden), 1937, 1938; N
Raymond D. Stephens, Jr., DDGM, District 7 (Malden), 1984, 1985