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The ceremonies of Installation having been concluded, (says the Lawrence ''Courier'',) the audience, comprising about six hundred persons, listened attentively for about three-fourths of an hour, to an address by R. W. Rev. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRandall Geo. M. Randall], Deputy Grand Master, of Boston. At the conclusion of the services at the church, the Masons, with their wives and families, and a large number of invited guests, repaired to Masonic Hall, where a collation had been provided. The tables were spread in good taste, and the remains at the conclusion of the repast gave ample proof that they proffered plenty as well as hospitality. The company was large, and if conviviality and pleas ant countenances can be taken as an index to the general gratification of the assembly, it would be difficult to find a happier company than the one here congre gated. The company broke up about half-past ten o'clock.
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The ceremonies of Installation having been concluded, (says the Lawrence ''Courier'',) the audience, comprising about six hundred persons, listened attentively for about three-fourths of an hour, to an address by R. W. Rev. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMRandall Geo. M. Randall], Deputy Grand Master, of Boston. At the conclusion of the services at the church, the Masons, with their wives and families, and a large number of invited guests, repaired to Masonic Hall, where a collation had been provided. The tables were spread in good taste, and the remains at the conclusion of the repast gave ample proof that they proffered plenty as well as hospitality. The company was large, and if conviviality and pleas ant countenances can be taken as an index to the general gratification of the assembly, it would be difficult to find a happier company than the one here congregated. The company broke up about half-past ten o'clock.
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''From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XV, No. 10, August 1856, p. 309:''
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Grecian Lodge, at Lawrence Mass. celebrated the 24th, on its own account, and in a very commendable manner; for the following particulars of which, we are indebted to the Lawrence ''Sentinel'': —
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Tuesday the 24th, being the festival of St. John the Baptist, to whom all Masonic Lodges are dedicated, was observed by the craft of this city in a peculiar manner. It is customary, in Masonic observations of this day, to have a public address, an ode, &c; but the craft connected with Grecian Lodge in this city, preferred a pleasant and social excursion. Arrangements were accordingly made for a general mustering of the Order, residing here and at Andover and Methuen, with their wives, daughters and sweet-hearts, and some of the good fellows in town, with the same ''attaches'', among whom were the editors of the ''Courier'' and the ''Sentinel'', and were successful.
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At an early hour in the A. M., of the 24th, the company assembled at the Lodge room, where a procession was formed, which, preceded by the Lawrence Brass Band, marched up Essex Street to the Depot, where they took the cars for Salem. Arrived at Salem, the company embarked upon the steamer ''Argo'', Capt. Bracy, which, after a short but pleasant sail, landed at Lowell Island, where they spent the day in quiet luxury. The company numbered over an hundred and fifty, full one half of whom were ladies. The sports and pleasures of the day were as varied as the tastes of so large a company must necesarily be; some danced, some sang, some bathed, some played at bagatelle, others at billiards, while many rambled over the rocks and shores of the Island ; all were happy and everywhere the cheering smile and sparkling eye told how deep the enjoyment was.
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It would be folly to crack on a dinner, which Larrabee gets up. Every one knows the character and reputation of his table, which, on this occasion was fully appreciated and had ample justice done to it.
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At six o'clock, P. M., we bade adieu to the Island and its landlord, and embarked on board our cosy craft again. We steamed out into the bay and partook of old Ocean's genuine breath, then heading about passed on the opposite side of the light house, on our way up. We found the train waiting for us at the wharf, which soon started with us for home. We arrived at Lawrence, soon after eight. Thus terminated one of the most pleasant and agreeable jaunts, which we ever enjoyed. No accident or untoward circumstance occurred to mar the general pleasures. The whole company are loud in their praises of the arrangement,.the Band, the ride, the boat, the Island, and all that conduced to the general enjoyment and happiness.
  
 
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Revision as of 17:46, 16 July 2013

GRECIAN LODGE

Location: Methuen; Lawrence (1856)

Chartered By: John Abbot

Charter Date: 12/14/1825 III-562

Precedence Date: 12/14/1825

Current Status: merged with Tuscan-Phoenician Lodge to form Lawrence United Lodge, 12/10/1986.

PAST MASTERS

Need living PMs

  • Alvah Josselyn, 1825, 1826
  • Charles O. Kimball, 1827, 1828
  • Thomas Thaxter, 1829
  • Steven Huse, 1830-1834, 1848, 1850, 1854, 1855
  • DARK 1835-1847?
  • Benjamin Bordman, 1849, 1856, 1857
  • Leonard Stoddard, 1851, 1852
  • Thomas Wright, 1853
  • Quimby W. Lovering, 1858
  • Nathaniel P. H. Melvin, 1859, 1860
  • Nathan W. Harmon, 1861
  • James R. Simpson, 1862-1864
  • James H. Kidder, 1865, 1866
  • John Haigh, 1867-1869
  • George W. Chandler, 1870, 1871
  • Salmon W. North, 1872, 1873
  • Charles H. Littlefield, 1874; Mem
  • Merrill N. Howe, 1875, 1876
  • Samuel R. Davis, 1877
  • Marcus M. Chandler, 1878, 1879
  • John A. Brackett, 1880, 1881
  • J. Wilbur Stott, 1882, 1883
  • Aaron M. Stahl, 1884, 1885
  • Harry M. Eames, 1886, 1887
  • John D. Morrison, 1888, 1889
  • William Wilkinson, 1890
  • John Smith, 1891, 1892
  • Edward F. Hartwell, 1893, 1894
  • William R. Sawyer, 1895, 1896
  • Alexander A. Davis, 1897, 1898
  • Eugene E. Gilman, 1899, 1900
  • Arthur D. Marble, 1901, 1902; Mem
  • Henry D. McGregor, 1903, 1904
  • Fred R. Warren, 1905, 1906
  • Andrew W. Campbell, 1907, 1908
  • Thomas Bredbury, 1909, 1910
  • Christopher T. Dover, 1911, 1912
  • Fred S. Hibbard, 1913, 1914
  • Charles A. Stone, 1915, 1916; Mem
  • Gustav A. Stachelhaus, 1917, 1918; Mem
  • Frank S. DeBertram, 1919, 1920
  • Carl P. Griffin, 1921, 1922
  • John E. McCrillis, Jr., 1923, 1924
  • James G. Newall, 1925, 1926
  • Leon G. Flint, 1927, 1928
  • Walter Butler, 1929, 1930
  • Andrew Haldane, 1931, 1932
  • Arthur A. Minzner, 1933, 1934
  • Frederick G. Caspar, 1935, 1936; N
  • Marshall A. Ryder, 1937, 1938
  • Clemens B. Emmert, 1939
  • Paul A. Morgan, 1940, 1941
  • Sydney Haldane, 1942, 1943
  • Gustav A. Stachelhaus, Jr., 1944
  • Charles R. Vose, Jr., 1945, 1946
  • Charles D. Hodgson, 1947, 1948
  • Donald F. A. Begg, 1949, 1950
  • Henry D. Ramm, 1951, 1952; N
  • Walter H. Mann, 1953, 1954
  • Clinton P. Vose, 1955, 1956
  • Philip K. Ryder, 1957, 1958
  • Thomas S. Marjerison, Jr., 1959
  • Eugene G. Oldfield, 1960, 1961, 1982; N
  • James G. Johnstone, 1962, 1963
  • John Begg, 1964, 1965
  • Niall O. Fleming, 1966
  • Michael P. Pappas, 1967
  • Charles A. Paris, 1968
  • Bruno A. Pietuchoff, 1969
  • Sidney L. Weinberg, 1970
  • Julius W. Emmert, 1971, 1976
  • John R. Hay, 1972; PDDGM
  • Ernest L. Parsons, 1973
  • Raymond Hammer, Jr., 1974
  • William R. Hayward, 1975
  • Nathan A. Hayward, Jr., 1977, 1981
  • G. Robert Edgecomb, 1978
  • Thomas A. Connors, Jr., 1979
  • Vernon L. Sewade, 1980
  • Paul G. Lund, 1983, 1984
  • William N. Hovanasian, 1985
  • Willard H. Patterson, 1986

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

ANNIVERSARIES

  • 1925 (Centenary)
  • 1950 (125th Anniversary)
  • 1975 (150th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

BY-LAW CHANGES

1870 1875 1880 1881 1894 1898 1902 1904 1909 1912 1913 1916 1920 1931 1933 1934 1948 1952 1957 1958 1960 1961 1962 1965 1970 1975 1981 1982

HISTORY

  • 1925 (Centenary History, 1925-419)
  • 1935 (Notes on anti-Masonic period in 75th Anniversary History of John Hancock Lodge, 1935-161)
  • 1950 (125th Anniversary History, 1950-251)
  • 1960 (Notes on early history in Centenary History of John Hancock Lodge, 1960-181)
  • 1975 (150th Anniversary History, 1975-179)

OTHER

  • 1856 (Report on jurisdictional dispute, VI-37)

EVENTS

INSTALLATION, JANUARY 1849

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. VIII, No. 4, February 1849, p. 137:

GRECIAN LODGE, LAWRENCE.

The officers of the above Lodge were publicly installed at the Lecture Room of the Congregational Society, in Lawrence, on Tuesday evening, Jan. 6. St. Matthew's Lodge, from Andover, and Pentucket Lodge, from Lowell, were present. The ceremonies of Installation devolved upon R. W. Br. G. G. Smith, of Boston. The following are the Officers:—

  • Benjamin Boardman, W. M.
  • Leonard Stoddard, S. W.
  • John B. Atkinson, J. W.
  • Fairfield White, Trees.
  • David Dana, Sec
  • Thomas Wright, S. D.
  • John McGregor, J. D.
  • Rev. George H. Clark, Chaplain
  • George A. Lloyd, S. S.
  • Andrew J. Anderson, J. S.
  • Bartlett D. Crockett, Tyler.

The ceremonies of Installation having been concluded, (says the Lawrence Courier,) the audience, comprising about six hundred persons, listened attentively for about three-fourths of an hour, to an address by R. W. Rev. Geo. M. Randall, Deputy Grand Master, of Boston. At the conclusion of the services at the church, the Masons, with their wives and families, and a large number of invited guests, repaired to Masonic Hall, where a collation had been provided. The tables were spread in good taste, and the remains at the conclusion of the repast gave ample proof that they proffered plenty as well as hospitality. The company was large, and if conviviality and pleas ant countenances can be taken as an index to the general gratification of the assembly, it would be difficult to find a happier company than the one here congregated. The company broke up about half-past ten o'clock.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, JUNE 1856

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XV, No. 10, August 1856, p. 309:

Grecian Lodge, at Lawrence Mass. celebrated the 24th, on its own account, and in a very commendable manner; for the following particulars of which, we are indebted to the Lawrence Sentinel: —

Tuesday the 24th, being the festival of St. John the Baptist, to whom all Masonic Lodges are dedicated, was observed by the craft of this city in a peculiar manner. It is customary, in Masonic observations of this day, to have a public address, an ode, &c; but the craft connected with Grecian Lodge in this city, preferred a pleasant and social excursion. Arrangements were accordingly made for a general mustering of the Order, residing here and at Andover and Methuen, with their wives, daughters and sweet-hearts, and some of the good fellows in town, with the same attaches, among whom were the editors of the Courier and the Sentinel, and were successful.

At an early hour in the A. M., of the 24th, the company assembled at the Lodge room, where a procession was formed, which, preceded by the Lawrence Brass Band, marched up Essex Street to the Depot, where they took the cars for Salem. Arrived at Salem, the company embarked upon the steamer Argo, Capt. Bracy, which, after a short but pleasant sail, landed at Lowell Island, where they spent the day in quiet luxury. The company numbered over an hundred and fifty, full one half of whom were ladies. The sports and pleasures of the day were as varied as the tastes of so large a company must necesarily be; some danced, some sang, some bathed, some played at bagatelle, others at billiards, while many rambled over the rocks and shores of the Island ; all were happy and everywhere the cheering smile and sparkling eye told how deep the enjoyment was.

It would be folly to crack on a dinner, which Larrabee gets up. Every one knows the character and reputation of his table, which, on this occasion was fully appreciated and had ample justice done to it.

At six o'clock, P. M., we bade adieu to the Island and its landlord, and embarked on board our cosy craft again. We steamed out into the bay and partook of old Ocean's genuine breath, then heading about passed on the opposite side of the light house, on our way up. We found the train waiting for us at the wharf, which soon started with us for home. We arrived at Lawrence, soon after eight. Thus terminated one of the most pleasant and agreeable jaunts, which we ever enjoyed. No accident or untoward circumstance occurred to mar the general pleasures. The whole company are loud in their praises of the arrangement,.the Band, the ride, the boat, the Island, and all that conduced to the general enjoyment and happiness.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

DISTRICTS

1825: District 2

1856: District 3

1867: District 6 (Newburyport)

1883: District 10 (Lawrence)

1911: District 11 (Lawrence)

1927: District 11 (Lawrence)

LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges

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