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THOMAS GUY WALTERS 1901-1978

Grand Sword Bearer, 1944-1945
Deputy Grand Master, 1969

MEMORIAL

From Proceedings, Page 1978-36:

"Right Worshipful Thomas Guy Walters was born in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia on January 14, 1901, the son of William Thomas and Mary Elizabeth (Smith) Walters. He died in Newton, Massachusetts on Christmas Day, 1977 after a long illness.

"Following his graduation from Lunenburg Academy, he attended King's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, graduating in 1923 with the Degrees of Bachelor of Science, and Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1934 having been awarded the Degree of Education Master.

"In 1929, he married Audrey Aline Davis of Contoocook, New Hampshire. Mrs. Walters died suddenly in 1955. They had one child, a son, Donald Wayne Walters, presently living in Dayton, Ohio.

"Brother Walters was a teacher of Mathematics in Newton High School for twenty-six years until he retired in 1955. Subsequently, he taught in Chauncey Hall School in Boston and Belmont Hill School in Belmont. He was truly a "Mr. Chipps" of whom his former pupils were apt to say, "he was more appreciated after, rather than during, the year's work". Far more than we shall ever know, many of his students blessed him for his unheralded financial and moral support as they sought to continue their education.

"Brother Walters received his symbolic Lodge degrees in June, September and October of 1933 in Norumbega Lodge, Newton, of which he became Worshipful Master in 1941. In 1954 and 1955 he was the Worshipful Master of Garden City Lodge, U.D., and continued as such in its second year under constitution. His early Grand Lodge offices were those of Grand Sword Bearer in 1944 and 1945, and District Deputy Grand Master of the Brighton Fifth Masonic District in 1946 and 1947. He was appointed Deputy Grand Master in 1969, serving the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts with distinction and friendliness, and early in that year he was awarded the Henry Price Medal.

"His Scottish Rire career began in April 1938 when he became a member of the Valley of Boston. He was elected Most Wise Master of Mount Olivet Chapter of Rose Croix in 1951 and continued in that office to 1954. He was created a Sovereign Grand Inspector General, 33°, Honorary Member of the Supreme Council in September, 1953 in Chicago.

"Brother Walters was a member of the york Rite Bodies, having been exalted in Newron Royal Arch Chapter in 1934 (High Priest in 1940 and District Deputy Grand High priest in 1943), greeted in Cryptic Council of Newton in 1937 and knighted in Saint Bernard Commandery No. 12 in 1945 (Commander in 1950-1951 ). Other Bodies, in which membership is contingent on a Masonic tie and with which he was affiliated, are: Aleppo Temple, A.A.O.N.M.S.; Massachusetts College, Societas Rosicruciana in Civitatibus Foederatis; Saint Matthew's and Saint Andrew's Conclaves, Red Cross of Constantine (Puissant Sovereign of Saint Matthew's in 1959); and Damascus Tabernacle No. XXVI, Holy Royal Arch Knight Templar Priests.

"After cremation, a private service of committal was held at the family lot in Newton Cemetery, Newton, Massachusetts, and a memorial service was held on January 4, l978, in Saini John's Episcopal Church, Newton. He is survived by his son, Donald Wayne Walters, and two grandchildren.

And so we salute Right Worshipful Thomas Guy Walters. He believed profoundly that the spiritual center of Freemasonry was in the heart of man; its attributes, Faith, Fellowship and Service. These qualities were apparent throughout his life, in all the paths he trod. May they earn him eternal peace.

Respectfully submitted,

Herbert H. Jaynes
John A. Musserian
Robert E. Dustin
Committee

Distinguished Brothers