JohnCutler

JOHN CUTLER LODGE

Location: Abington

Chartered By: Winslow Lewis

Charter Date: 09/12/1860 VI-321

Precedence Date: 11/22/1859

Current Status: Active

PAST MASTERS

Samuel B. Thaxter, 1859-1861; SN
Micah Nash, 1862, 1863
James F. Cox, 1864-1866
Hosea F. Whidden, 1867-1869
James E. Smith, 1870-1872
Samuel E. Ring, 1873-1875
Albert F. Kelly, 1876-1878
Joseph F. French, 1879-1881
Cornelius A. Faunce, 1882-1884
William Pierce, 1885-1887
Ernest W. Calkins, 1888-1890; SN
David V. Poole, 1891-1893
Charles B. Shaw, 1894, 1895
Charles S. Beal, 1896-1898
James M. Llewellyn, 1899-1901
Charles F. Dudley, 1902, 1903
Arthur T. Faunce, 1904, 1905
George W. S. Hyde, 1906, 1907
Olin D. Dickerman, 1908, 1909
Peter R. Curtis, 1910, 1911
Wesley C. Gilman, 1912, 1913
Frederic O. Baker, 1914, 1915
John A. Radcliff, 1916, 1917
Fred L. Blake, 1918, 1919
Clarence E. Rice, 1920, 1921; SN
Carrol A. Easton, 1922, 1923
Ernest W. Calkins, Jr., 1924
Lester A. Hall, 1925, 1926
William Tribou, 1927, 1928
George W. McGill, 1929, 1930
Albert W. Johnson, 1931, 1932
Ernest Clark, 1933, 1934; N
Donald D. Wyman, 1935, 1936
Wolstan E. Brown, 1937, 1938
Arthur L. Fish, 1939, 1940
Carl O. Bolinder, 1941, 1942
Royal A. Mabee, 1943, 1944
Norman T. Howe, 1945, 1946
Bruce F. Coburn, 1947, 1948
Ralph B. Starbard, 1949, 1950
Herbert I. Perry, 1951, 1952; N
Carl R. MacPherson, 1953, 1954
Clyde F. Poole, 1955, 1956
Lawrence S. Holbrook, 1957, 1958; N
Lawrence B. Shearer, 1959, 1960
Oliver H. Ramo, 1961, 1962
Donald L. Charlton, 1963, 1964
Charles H. Bonjokian, 1965, 1966
Kendall P. Kellaway, 1967
Joseph R. Steinberg, 1968, 1969
Carl J. R. Carlson, 1970, 1971
Alexander O. MacKay, 1972, 1973
Albert F. Fitzpatrick, 1974, 1975; N
Eaton G. Elz, 1976, 1977
Harry F. L. Winslow, 1978, 1979
C. Robert Bolinder, 1980
Paul S. Chase, 1981, 1982; PDDGM
Winthrop M. Cummings, 1983, 1984
Robert W. Morgan, 1985, 1986
Donald C. Gustafson, 1987, 1988
Roger A. Moore, 1989, 1990
Charles J. Flynn, 1991-1993
Donald E. Farish, 1994
Roland J. Turcotte, 1995-1998
Walter D. Thomas, 1999, 2000
Thomas R. Dennehy, 2001, 2002
E. Lawrence Doten, 2003, 2004
Thomas R. Dennehy, 2005
Stephen I. Vinal, Jr., 2006-2008
John C. Robbins, 2009, 2010
Thomas R. Dennehy, 2011, 2012
Aaron D. Sellers, 2013

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1859
Petition for Charter: 1860

ANNIVERSARIES

1909 (50th Anniversary)
1934 (75th Anniversary)
1959 (Centenary)
1984 (125th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1860 (Lewis; Constitution of Lodge and installation; see below)
1881 (Lawrence)
1886 (Howland)
1895 (Holmes)
1908 (Blake)
1909 (Flanders; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1918 (L. Abbott; Past Masters' Night)
1934 (Chipman; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1959 (A. Jenkins; Centenary; Special Communication)
1974 (Vose)
1982 (Berquist)
1984 (Richardson; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1872 1876 1886 1887 1890 1891 1900 1908 1911 1914 1916 1917 1921 1923 1926 1931 1938 1946 1955 1957 1970 1976 1978 1979 1982 1985 1989 1993 1994 2010

HISTORY

1909 (50th Anniversary History, 1909-130)
1934 (75th Anniversary History, 1934-169)
1959 (Centenary History, 1959-255)
1984 (125th Anniversary History, 1984-79)

OTHER

1862 (Description of jurisdictional issues, VI-408)

EVENTS

CONSTITUTION OF LODGE AND HALL DEDICATION, SEPTEMBER 1860

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XIX, No. 12, September 1860, Page 359:

JOHN CUTLER LODGE. This is the appropriate name of a new Lodge, recently constituted at Abington, in this State. John Cutler was the first Grand Master after the union of the two Grand Lodges of Massachusetts in 1792. The ceremonies of constituting the Lodge and dedicating the new hall, which is a very neat one, were performed by the R. W. Deputy Grand Master, Dr. J. V. C. Smith, assisted by the officers of the Grand Lodge, on Tuesday the 14th September last. The installation service was performed by the R. W. Junior Grand Warden, Wm. D. Coolidge, in his usual happy manner. The prospects of the Lodge are highly encouraging, and we wish it the most abundant success.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Ernest W. Calkins, DDGM, District 24 (Brockton), 1895, 1896; SN
Paul S. Chase, DDGM, District 29 (Brockton), 1989, 1990
Ernest Clark, DDGM, District 29 (Brockton), 1937, 1938; N
Olin D. Dickerman, DDGM, District 29 (Brockton), 1913, 1914; Junior Grand Warden 1922
Albert F. Fitzpatrick, DDGM, District 29 (Brockton), 1979, 1980; N
Lawrence S. Holbrook, DDGM, District 29 (Brockton), 1971, 1972; N
Herbert I. Perry, DDGM, District 29 (Brockton), 1959, 1960; N
Clarence E. Rice, DDGM, District 29 (Brockton), 1927, 1928; SN
Samuel Thaxter, DDGM, District 5, 1863; SN