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+ | '''1911''' | ||
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+ | '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMFlanders DANA JUDSON FLANDERS], Grand Master'''<br> | ||
+ | ''A portrait of Grand Master Flanders appears opposite the Frontispiece.'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | === QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS === | ||
+ | ''(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 03/08: 1911-7; | ||
+ | * 06/14: 1911-72; | ||
+ | * 09/13: 1911-106; | ||
+ | * 12/13: 1911-162; (Annual Communication) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== 03/08 Agenda ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 1911-19: Installation of Grand Officers not present at the Feast of St. John in 1910. | ||
+ | * 1911-24: Report of the Board of Masonic Relief. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== 06/14 Agenda ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 1911-88: Report of the Board of Masonic Relief. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== 09/13 Agenda ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 1911-120: Reception of Most Wor. Royal A. Gove, Past Grand Master of Washington. | ||
+ | * 1911-132: Presentation of a portrait of Past Grand Master [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMButler Caleb Butler], by Rt. Wor. Albert A. Fillebronn. | ||
+ | * 1911-135: Report of the Board of Masonic Relief. A proposal was accepted to honor requisitions by the Board to support the new Masonic Home. | ||
+ | * 1911-137: The Recording Grand Secretary is instructed to send a note of sympathy to Past Grand Master [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMLawrence Lawrence] for his present illness. | ||
+ | * 1911-140: Presentation of a picture of the former Senior Warden of [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Friendship1 Friendship] Lodge from 1780, and an apron of a ship's captain, by a member of a New York lodge. | ||
+ | * 1911-142: Introduction of the District Deputy Grand Master for China, Rt. Wor. Stacy A. Ransom. | ||
+ | * 1911-142: Information regarding a letter written by [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMPrice Henry Price], and whether it might be acquired by Grand Lodge. | ||
+ | ** 09/13: A note on page 1911-144 indicates that it was acquired. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== 12/12 Agenda ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Recorded in Grand Master [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMFlanders Flanders]' address, beginning on page 1911-178: | ||
+ | ** Anniversaries: | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Aberdour Aberdour], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston] (01/10; 50th anniversary) | ||
+ | ** Corner-stone Layings and Hall Dedications: | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Palestine Palestine], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAEverett Everett] | ||
+ | Masonic Hall (01/24; Special Communication) | ||
+ | *** Cornerstone of Beverly federal building (05/20; Special Communication) | ||
+ | *** Dedication of Masonic Home (05/23; Special Communication) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Pacific2 Pacific], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAAmherst Amherst] Masonic Hall (06/08; Special Communication) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACambridge Cambridge] Masonic Hall (10/18; Special Communication) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=NorfolkUnion Norfolk Union], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MARandolph Randolph], Randolph (10/25; Special Communication) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Pythagorean Pythagorean], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMarion Marion] (10/31; Special Communication) | ||
+ | *** Cornerstone of Swampscott school building cornerstone (12/21; Special Communication) | ||
+ | ** Lodges constituted, officers installed: | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Fraternity Fraternity], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANewtonville Newtonville] (06/16; Special Communication, restoration) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Stirling The Lodge of Stirling], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMalden Malden] (11/22; Special Communication) | ||
+ | ** Visits: | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Zetland Zetland], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston] (12/14/1910) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Temple Temple], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAEBoston East Boston] (12/29/1910) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Baalbec Baalbec], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAEBoston East Boston] (01/03; installation) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Esoteric Esoteric], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASpringfield Springfield] (01/12) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Eliot Eliot], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAJamaicaPlain Jamaica Plain] (01/18) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Liberty Liberty], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABeverly Beverly] (02/22; Washington's Birthday) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StJohnB St. John's (Boston)] (03/06, Ladies' night) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Converse Converse], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMalden Malden] (03/07, Ladies' night) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Pioneer Pioneer], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASomerset Somerset] (03/15) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Pentucket Pentucket], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MALowell Lowell] (03/16, Ladies' night) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Hampden Hampden], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASpringfield Springfield] (03/21) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountCarmel Mount Carmel], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MALynn Lynn] (03/27) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=OldColony Old Colony], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAHingham Hingham] (03/28) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Meridian Meridian], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANatick Natick] (04/19) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Rabboni Rabboni], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MADorchester Dorchester] (04/20) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Eden2 Eden], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWare Ware] (05/01) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=KingPhilip King Philip], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAFallRiver Fall River] (05/09) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=JosephWebb Joseph Webb], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston] (05/12; William H. Williams Night) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Eleusis The Lodge of Eleusis], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston] (05/18) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Springfield Springfield], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASpringfield Springfield] (05/19) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MorningStar Morning Star], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWorcester Worcester] (05/23; Veterans' and Past Masters' Night) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Revere Revere], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston] (06/06) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountHorebW Mount Horeb (Woburn)] (06/07; Past Masters' Night) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Converse Converse], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMalden Malden] (06/12) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Stirling The Lodge of Stirling], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMalden Malden] U.D., Malden (06/14) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Germania Germania], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston] (06/26) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=CornerStone Corner Stone], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MADuxbury Duxbury] (07/08) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Noquochoke Noquochoke], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAWestport Westport] (10/07) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Putnam Putnam], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACambridge Cambridge] (10/16) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=WilliamSutton William Sutton], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASaugus Saugus], Saugus (10/19) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountHope Mount Hope], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAFallRiver Fall River] (10/27) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=DeWittClinton DeWitt Clinton], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASandwich Sandwich] (11/02) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Faith Faith], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACharlestown Charlestown] (11/03) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StAndrew Lodge of St. Andrew], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston] (11/09, installation) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Converse Converse], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMalden Malden] (11/13) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RoswellLee Roswell Lee], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASpringfield Springfield] (11/18) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsLodge The Massachusetts], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston] (11/20) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StAndrew Lodge of St. Andrew], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston] (11/29, St. Andrew's Eve) | ||
+ | *** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Saggahew Saggahew], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAHaverhill Haverhill] (12/04) | ||
+ | * 1911-217: Election of [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMBenton Everett Chamberlin Benton] as Grand Master. Election of other Grand Officers. | ||
+ | * 1911-222: Report of a committee on petition by [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=HydePark Hyde Park] Lodge, regarding jurisdiction; further time granted. | ||
+ | * 1911-224: Presentation of a copy of the charter of [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Tyrian The Tyrian] Lodge, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGloucester Gloucester], with notes on its first meeting. | ||
+ | * 1911-226: Report of the Board of Masonic Relief, including acknowledgement of the gifts of [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=WinslowLewis Winslow Lewis] and [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Esoteric Esoteric] Lodges. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 03/08: 1911-19; Proposal to amend the Grand Constitutions, Part 3, Article 2, Section 1, regarding dispensations for new lodges, granted further time. | ||
+ | ** 06/14: 1911-81: Report of committee on the proposal. After brief discussion, the proposals were adopted. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 03/08: 1911-19; Proposal to amend the Grand Constitutions, Part 4, Article 3, adding a new Section 4, regarding notification of candidates elected to receive degrees, and qualifications for application. Some parts accepted, others given further time. | ||
+ | ** 06/14: 1911-87: Report of committee on the proposal. The proposals were adopted. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 03/08: 1911-20; Proposal to amend the Grand Constitutions, Part 2, Article 2, Section 2, regarding the Board of Masonic Relief. Referred. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 06/14: 1911-98; Proposal to amend the Grand Constitutions, Part 3, Article 5, Section 2, regarding membership in lodges for suspended members. Referred. | ||
+ | ** 09/13: 1911-134; Report of committee; proposal approved. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Grand Master's Address ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 12/13: 1911-175: Grand Master's Address. Initial remarks. Marking of the deaths of Past Grand Masters; Special Communications and Visits. Dispensations; Masonic Home report and pledges by lodges; plans for redistricting; [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Fraternity Fraternity] Lodge charter; Foreign relations; Grand Treasurer's report; Charity funds report. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Lodge By-Law Changes ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 03/08: 1911-29; | ||
+ | ** ''Full Codes '': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=NorthStar North Star]. Approved with revisions. | ||
+ | ** ''Amendments'': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Eliot Eliot], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GateTemple Gate of the Temple], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Hope Hope], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Plymouth Plymouth], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Tyrian The Tyrian], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=WilliamParkman William Parkman]; approved. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 06/14: 1911-99; | ||
+ | ** ''Full Codes '': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Aberdour Aberdour], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=JohnHancock John Hancock]; approved. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Fraternity Fraternity], approved with necessary changes. | ||
+ | ** ''Amendments'': Approved without change: [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Amity2 Amity], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Athelstan Athelstan] (with changes), [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=BethHoron Beth-Horon], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Converse Converse], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Eliot Eliot], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Friendship3 Friendship], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GoldenFleece Golden Fleece] (with changes), [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=HenryPrice Henry Price] (with changes), [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=KingSolomon King Solomon's], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Montacute Montacute] (with changes), [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MorningStar Morning Star] (with changes), [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=OldColony Old Colony], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Satucket Satucket], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=SolomonsTemple Solomon's Temple] (with changes), [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Springfield Springfield] (with changes). | ||
+ | |||
+ | 09/13: 1911-137; | ||
+ | ** ''Full Codes '': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Stirling The Lodge of Stirling] (U.D.), approved; [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Oxford2 Oxford], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Prospect Prospect], approved with revisions. | ||
+ | ** ''Amendments'': Approved without change: [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Converse Converse], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Dalhousie Dalhousie], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountVernon2 Mount Vernon], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StJohnC St. John's (Concepción)]. Approved with necessary changes: [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=CharlesHTitus Charles H. Titus], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Delta Delta], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=KingDavid King David], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=RoswellLee Roswell Lee]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | 12/13: 1911-233; | ||
+ | ** ''Full Codes '': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=JohnWarren John Warren], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Sinim Sinim], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=StBernard St. Bernard], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=WilliamNorth William North], approved with changes. | ||
+ | ** ''Amendments'': [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Belmont Belmont], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=BlueHill Blue Hill], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Eden2 Eden], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Jerusalem Jerusalem], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=JohnAbbot John Abbot], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=JohnCutler John Cutler], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Macedonian Macedonian], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountTom Mount Tom], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Philanthropic Philanthropic], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Webster Webster], all approved; [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Hampden Hampden], approved with changes. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Necrologies and Memorials ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 09/13: 1911-115; Death of Rt. Wor. S[amuel] Lothrop Thorndike, Past Deputy Grand Master. | ||
+ | ** 09/13: 1911-123: Presented by committee. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 09/13: 1911-115; Memorial to Rt. Wor. Henry Gregg Fay, Past Junior Grand Warden. | ||
+ | ** 09/13: 1911-120: Presented by Wor. Edmund S. Young. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 09/13: 1911-115; Necrology for Rt. Wor. Stephen Osgood, Past District Deputy Grand Master, by the Grand Master. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 09/13: 1911-117; Necrology for Rt. Wor. E. Peabody Gerry, Past District Deputy Grand Master, by the Grand Master. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 09/13: 1911-118; Necrology for Rt. Wor. Francis Prescott Arnold, Past District Deputy Grand Master, by the Grand Master. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 09/13: 1911-118; Necrology for Rt. Wor. Edward R. Price, Past District Deputy Grand Master, by the Grand Master. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 12/13: 1911-195: Memorial to Most Wor. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMLawrence Samuel Crocker Lawrence], Past Grand Master, by Past Grand Master [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMGallagher Charles T. Gallagher] for the committee. ''Note: a portrait of Grand Master Lawrence appears opposite page 1911-195, and a picture of the marble bust of Lawrence appears opposite page 1911-213.'' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Petitions for Charters ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 03/08: 1911-29: [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Fraternity Fraternity] Lodge, Newton, for the restoration of a charter surrendered to the Grand Lodge [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1888#06.2F09_Agenda in June 1888]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 09/13: 1911-138: [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Stirling The Lodge of Stirling], Malden; granted. | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Petition for Dispensation for Lodges ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Recorded in Grand Master [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMFlanders Flanders]' address, beginning on page 1911-178: | ||
+ | ** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=IndianOrchard Indian Orchard], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASpringfield Springfield] (05/05) | ||
+ | ** [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Shawmut Shawmut], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MABoston Boston] (09/05) | ||
+ | |||
+ | "There are several applications for Dispensations for new Lodges pending, which will be completed at an early date. Our Lodges in many instances have grown to unwieldy numbers, and there seems to be a growing disposition among the members of the Fraternity to establish new Lodges which may be composed of a smaller membership." | ||
+ | |||
+ | === SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS === | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 01/24/1911: 1911-1; [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAEverett Everett]. Dedication of the Masonic Hall of [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Palestine Palestine] Lodge. | ||
+ | ** 1911-2: Procession of Grand Lodge into hall, received by Wor. Fred A Robertson, Master. | ||
+ | ** 1911-3: Consecration of hall. Details of exercises provided. | ||
+ | ** 1911-4: Brief addresses, including by the Grand Master (not listed, but described). | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 05/20/1911: 1911-31; Beverly. Cornerstone laying for a federal building. | ||
+ | ** 1911-32: Reception of Grand Lodge at railroad station by a committee from [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Liberty Liberty] Lodge. Grand Lodge was opened at [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Liberty Liberty] Lodge's Masonic hall. | ||
+ | ** 1911-33: Order of exercises. | ||
+ | ** 1911-34: Collation at [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Liberty Liberty] Lodge following the ceremonies for nearly three hundred people. | ||
+ | ** 1911-34: Contents of cornerstone box detailed. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 05/23/1911: 1911-38; Charlton. Dedication of the Masonic Home. ''Note: A picture of the Masonic Home as it existed in 1911 appears opposite page 1911-38.'' | ||
+ | ** 1911-40: Opening of Grand Lodge in the Masonic Home building. Order of exercises described. | ||
+ | ** 1911-41: Description of proceedings. Relief Commissioner M.W. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMWBlake John Albert Blake] requested the dedication of the building on behalf of "the Masons of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . . . for its noble and benificent purpose." | ||
+ | ** 1911-50: Grand Master's address. | ||
+ | ** 1911-51: Address by Rt. Wor. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMMJohnson Melvin M. Johnson]. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 06/08/1911: 1911-68; [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAAmherst Amherst]. Dedication of the Masonic Hall of [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Pacific2 Pacific] Lodge. | ||
+ | ** 1911-69: Procession of Grand Lodge into hall, received by Wor. Edmund I. Bangs, Master. | ||
+ | ** 1911-69: Consecration of hall. Details of exercises provided. | ||
+ | ** 1911-70: A collation at the Town Hall for brethren and guests, numbering more than 450. Speeches and addresses by many Brethren. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 06/16/1911: 1911-101; [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANewtonville Newtonville]. Restoration of the Charter of [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Fraternity Fraternity] Lodge. | ||
+ | ** 1911-102: Reception of Grand Lodge in the Newtonville Masonic building; petitioners admitted requesting the return of the Charter. Reading of the Charter and the endorsement by Grand Lodge. | ||
+ | ** 1911-103: Proclamation by the Grand Marshal; installation of officers, including Wor. Horatio Hackett, the original Master of [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Fraternity Fraternity] Lodge in 1875. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 10/18/1911: 1911-145; [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MACambridge Cambridge]. Dedication of the Masonic hall. | ||
+ | ** 1911-146: Procession of Grand Lodge into hall, received by a committee of officers from the various Cambridge lodges, with Wor. Samuel D. Elmore, Master of [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Amicable Amicable] Lodge. | ||
+ | ** 1911-147: Order of ceremonies detailed. Addresses by Rt. Wor. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=DGMShepard Harvey N. Shepard] and Wor. Lafayette G. Blair. | ||
+ | ** 1911-148: Notes on banquet. Cambridge Temple contains [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMEndicott Endicott] Hall, after the (then current) Senior Past Grand Master, and Paige Hall (the Prelate’s room) after Rt. Wor. and Rev. Lucius D. Paige. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 10/25/1911: 1911-149; [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MARandolph Randolph]. Dedication of the Masonic hall of [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=NorfolkUnion Norfolk Union] Lodge. | ||
+ | ** 1911-150: Procession of Grand Lodge into hall, received by Wor. John W. Porter, Master. | ||
+ | ** 1911-150: Order of ceremonies detailed. | ||
+ | ** 1911-151: Notes on banquet and location of the hall. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 10/31/1911: 1911-152; [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMarion Marion]. Dedication of the Masonic hall of [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Pythagorean Pythagorean] Lodge. | ||
+ | ** 1911-153: Procession of Grand Lodge into hall, received by Wor. Frederick B. Barden, Master. | ||
+ | ** 1911-153: Order of ceremonies detailed. | ||
+ | ** 1911-154: collation in the banquet hall, "handsomely decorated with flags, and presented in every respect an attractive appearance." | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 11/22/1911: 1911-156; [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAMalden Malden]. Constitution of the [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Stirling The Lodge of Stirling]. | ||
+ | ** 1911-157: Grand Lodge opened in the Masonic hall and received the petitioners. Procession of brothers into the hall; examination of Master and installation of officers. | ||
+ | ** 1911-159: Proclamation of constitution of lodge; short address by the Grand Master. | ||
+ | ** 1911-159: Notes on banquet; addresses by Grand Master, Past Grand Master [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMWBlake Blake], Grand Chaplain Bush. | ||
+ | ** 1911-160: Notes on organization and a list of charter members. | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 12/21/1911: 1911-235; Swampscott. Cornerstone laying for a school building. | ||
+ | ** 1911-236: Grand Lodge opened at Swampscott Town Hall; procession to site escorted by [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Philanthropic Philanthropic], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountCarmel Mount Carmel], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GoldenFleece Golden Fleece], [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Damascus Damascus] Lodges and Lynn Cadet Band. | ||
+ | ** 1911-236: Order of exercises. | ||
+ | ** 1911-238: Banquet at Swampscott Town Hall, with Rev. Bro. and Rt. Wor. William H. Rider giving an address. | ||
+ | ** 1911-242: List of contents of corner stone box. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST === | ||
+ | '''(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/27/1911)''' | ||
+ | |||
+ | * 1911-244: Opening and roll call. | ||
+ | * 1911-245: Installation of Grand Master [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMBenton Everett C. Benton], with order of events described. The golden urn was transmitted to the new Grand Master, and a procession of 250 Masons offered Most Wor. Benton Masonic honors. Installation of other Grand Officers. | ||
+ | * 1911-249: Presentation of Past Grand Master's Jewel to Most Wor. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMFlanders Flanders], and his response. | ||
+ | * 1911-255: Report of Recording Grand Secretary: 3,306 Master Mason diplomas issued in 1911. | ||
+ | * 1911-256: List of lodges not represented in Grand Lodge in 1911, as well as the past 2-3 years. | ||
+ | * 1911-257: Feast of St. John, listing toasts and names of speakers: | ||
+ | ** 1911-257: Grand Master [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMBenton Benton]. | ||
+ | ** 1911-261: Past Grand Master [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMFlanders Flanders]. | ||
+ | ** 1911-267: Recording Grand Secretary Rt. Wor. Thomas W. Davis. | ||
+ | ** 1911-272: Rt. Wor. William B. Lawrence. | ||
+ | ** 1911-276: Senior Grand Warden Rt. Wor. Harry P. Ballard. | ||
+ | ** 1911-283: Wor. Ralston Balch, Master of America Lodge #3368 of England. | ||
+ | ** 1911-292: Most Wor. Walter E. Ranger, Past Grand Master of Vermont. | ||
+ | |||
=== LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1911 === | === LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1911 === | ||
Revision as of 02:54, 2 October 2010
1911
DANA JUDSON FLANDERS, Grand Master
A portrait of Grand Master Flanders appears opposite the Frontispiece.
Contents
- 1 QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS
- 2 SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS
- 3 FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST
- 4 LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1911
- 4.1 DISTRICT 1: Boston
- 4.2 DISTRICT 2: Cambridge
- 4.3 DISTRICT 3: East Boston
- 4.4 DISTRICT 4: South Boston
- 4.5 DISTRICT 5: Waltham
- 4.6 DISTRICT 6: Somerville
- 4.7 DISTRICT 7: Malden
- 4.8 DISTRICT 8: Lynn
- 4.9 DISTRICT 9: Gloucester
- 4.10 DISTRICT 10: Newburyport
- 4.11 DISTRICT 11: Lawrence
- 4.12 DISTRICT 12: Lowell
- 4.13 DISTRICT 13: Fitchburg
- 4.14 DISTRICT 14: Greenfield
- 4.15 DISTRICT 15: North Adams
- 4.16 DISTRICT 16: Pittsfield
- 4.17 DISTRICT 17: Holyoke
- 4.18 DISTRICT 18: Springfield
- 4.19 DISTRICT 19: Palmer
- 4.20 DISTRICT 20: Southbridge
- 4.21 DISTRICT 21: Worcester
- 4.22 DISTRICT 22: Blackstone
- 4.23 DISTRICT 23: Milford
- 4.24 DISTRICT 24: Marlborough
- 4.25 DISTRICT 25: Hyde Park
- 4.26 DISTRICT 26: Quincy
- 4.27 DISTRICT 27: Plymouth
- 4.28 DISTRICT 28: Taunton
- 4.29 DISTRICT 29: Brockton
- 4.30 DISTRICT 30: Fall River
- 4.31 DISTRICT 31: Nantucket
- 4.32 DISTRICT 32: Provincetown
- 4.33 CHILE DISTRICT
- 4.34 CHINA DISTRICT
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS
(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)
- 03/08: 1911-7;
- 06/14: 1911-72;
- 09/13: 1911-106;
- 12/13: 1911-162; (Annual Communication)
03/08 Agenda
- 1911-19: Installation of Grand Officers not present at the Feast of St. John in 1910.
- 1911-24: Report of the Board of Masonic Relief.
06/14 Agenda
- 1911-88: Report of the Board of Masonic Relief.
09/13 Agenda
- 1911-120: Reception of Most Wor. Royal A. Gove, Past Grand Master of Washington.
- 1911-132: Presentation of a portrait of Past Grand Master Caleb Butler, by Rt. Wor. Albert A. Fillebronn.
- 1911-135: Report of the Board of Masonic Relief. A proposal was accepted to honor requisitions by the Board to support the new Masonic Home.
- 1911-137: The Recording Grand Secretary is instructed to send a note of sympathy to Past Grand Master Lawrence for his present illness.
- 1911-140: Presentation of a picture of the former Senior Warden of Friendship Lodge from 1780, and an apron of a ship's captain, by a member of a New York lodge.
- 1911-142: Introduction of the District Deputy Grand Master for China, Rt. Wor. Stacy A. Ransom.
- 1911-142: Information regarding a letter written by Henry Price, and whether it might be acquired by Grand Lodge.
- 09/13: A note on page 1911-144 indicates that it was acquired.
12/12 Agenda
- Recorded in Grand Master Flanders' address, beginning on page 1911-178:
Masonic Hall (01/24; Special Communication)
- Cornerstone of Beverly federal building (05/20; Special Communication)
- Dedication of Masonic Home (05/23; Special Communication)
- Pacific, Amherst Masonic Hall (06/08; Special Communication)
- Cambridge Masonic Hall (10/18; Special Communication)
- Norfolk Union, Randolph, Randolph (10/25; Special Communication)
- Pythagorean, Marion (10/31; Special Communication)
- Cornerstone of Swampscott school building cornerstone (12/21; Special Communication)
- Lodges constituted, officers installed:
- Fraternity, Newtonville (06/16; Special Communication, restoration)
- The Lodge of Stirling, Malden (11/22; Special Communication)
- Visits:
- Zetland, Boston (12/14/1910)
- Temple, East Boston (12/29/1910)
- Baalbec, East Boston (01/03; installation)
- Esoteric, Springfield (01/12)
- Eliot, Jamaica Plain (01/18)
- Liberty, Beverly (02/22; Washington's Birthday)
- St. John's (Boston) (03/06, Ladies' night)
- Converse, Malden (03/07, Ladies' night)
- Pioneer, Somerset (03/15)
- Pentucket, Lowell (03/16, Ladies' night)
- Hampden, Springfield (03/21)
- Mount Carmel, Lynn (03/27)
- Old Colony, Hingham (03/28)
- Meridian, Natick (04/19)
- Rabboni, Dorchester (04/20)
- Eden, Ware (05/01)
- King Philip, Fall River (05/09)
- Joseph Webb, Boston (05/12; William H. Williams Night)
- The Lodge of Eleusis, Boston (05/18)
- Springfield, Springfield (05/19)
- Morning Star, Worcester (05/23; Veterans' and Past Masters' Night)
- Revere, Boston (06/06)
- Mount Horeb (Woburn) (06/07; Past Masters' Night)
- Converse, Malden (06/12)
- The Lodge of Stirling, Malden U.D., Malden (06/14)
- Germania, Boston (06/26)
- Corner Stone, Duxbury (07/08)
- Noquochoke, Westport (10/07)
- Putnam, Cambridge (10/16)
- William Sutton, Saugus, Saugus (10/19)
- Mount Hope, Fall River (10/27)
- DeWitt Clinton, Sandwich (11/02)
- Faith, Charlestown (11/03)
- Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (11/09, installation)
- Converse, Malden (11/13)
- Roswell Lee, Springfield (11/18)
- The Massachusetts, Boston (11/20)
- Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (11/29, St. Andrew's Eve)
- Saggahew, Haverhill (12/04)
- 1911-217: Election of Everett Chamberlin Benton as Grand Master. Election of other Grand Officers.
- 1911-222: Report of a committee on petition by Hyde Park Lodge, regarding jurisdiction; further time granted.
- 1911-224: Presentation of a copy of the charter of The Tyrian Lodge, Gloucester, with notes on its first meeting.
- 1911-226: Report of the Board of Masonic Relief, including acknowledgement of the gifts of Winslow Lewis and Esoteric Lodges.
Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals
- 03/08: 1911-19; Proposal to amend the Grand Constitutions, Part 3, Article 2, Section 1, regarding dispensations for new lodges, granted further time.
- 06/14: 1911-81: Report of committee on the proposal. After brief discussion, the proposals were adopted.
- 03/08: 1911-19; Proposal to amend the Grand Constitutions, Part 4, Article 3, adding a new Section 4, regarding notification of candidates elected to receive degrees, and qualifications for application. Some parts accepted, others given further time.
- 06/14: 1911-87: Report of committee on the proposal. The proposals were adopted.
- 03/08: 1911-20; Proposal to amend the Grand Constitutions, Part 2, Article 2, Section 2, regarding the Board of Masonic Relief. Referred.
- 06/14: 1911-98; Proposal to amend the Grand Constitutions, Part 3, Article 5, Section 2, regarding membership in lodges for suspended members. Referred.
- 09/13: 1911-134; Report of committee; proposal approved.
Grand Master's Address
- 12/13: 1911-175: Grand Master's Address. Initial remarks. Marking of the deaths of Past Grand Masters; Special Communications and Visits. Dispensations; Masonic Home report and pledges by lodges; plans for redistricting; Fraternity Lodge charter; Foreign relations; Grand Treasurer's report; Charity funds report.
Lodge By-Law Changes
- 03/08: 1911-29;
- Full Codes : North Star. Approved with revisions.
- Amendments: Eliot, Gate of the Temple, Hope, Plymouth, The Tyrian, William Parkman; approved.
06/14: 1911-99;
- Full Codes : Aberdour, John Hancock; approved. Fraternity, approved with necessary changes.
- Amendments: Approved without change: Amity, Athelstan (with changes), Beth-Horon, Converse, Eliot, Friendship, Golden Fleece (with changes), Henry Price (with changes), King Solomon's, Montacute (with changes), Morning Star (with changes), Old Colony, Satucket, Solomon's Temple (with changes), Springfield (with changes).
09/13: 1911-137;
- Full Codes : The Lodge of Stirling (U.D.), approved; Oxford, Prospect, approved with revisions.
- Amendments: Approved without change: Converse, Dalhousie, Mount Vernon, St. John's (Concepción). Approved with necessary changes: Charles H. Titus, Delta, King David, Roswell Lee.
12/13: 1911-233;
- Full Codes : John Warren, Sinim, St. Bernard, William North, approved with changes.
- Amendments: Belmont, Blue Hill, Eden, Jerusalem, John Abbot, John Cutler, Macedonian, Mount Tom, Philanthropic, Webster, all approved; Hampden, approved with changes.
Necrologies and Memorials
- 09/13: 1911-115; Death of Rt. Wor. S[amuel] Lothrop Thorndike, Past Deputy Grand Master.
- 09/13: 1911-123: Presented by committee.
- 09/13: 1911-115; Memorial to Rt. Wor. Henry Gregg Fay, Past Junior Grand Warden.
- 09/13: 1911-120: Presented by Wor. Edmund S. Young.
- 09/13: 1911-115; Necrology for Rt. Wor. Stephen Osgood, Past District Deputy Grand Master, by the Grand Master.
- 09/13: 1911-117; Necrology for Rt. Wor. E. Peabody Gerry, Past District Deputy Grand Master, by the Grand Master.
- 09/13: 1911-118; Necrology for Rt. Wor. Francis Prescott Arnold, Past District Deputy Grand Master, by the Grand Master.
- 09/13: 1911-118; Necrology for Rt. Wor. Edward R. Price, Past District Deputy Grand Master, by the Grand Master.
- 12/13: 1911-195: Memorial to Most Wor. Samuel Crocker Lawrence, Past Grand Master, by Past Grand Master Charles T. Gallagher for the committee. Note: a portrait of Grand Master Lawrence appears opposite page 1911-195, and a picture of the marble bust of Lawrence appears opposite page 1911-213.
Petitions for Charters
- 03/08: 1911-29: Fraternity Lodge, Newton, for the restoration of a charter surrendered to the Grand Lodge in June 1888.
- 09/13: 1911-138: The Lodge of Stirling, Malden; granted.
Petition for Dispensation for Lodges
- Recorded in Grand Master Flanders' address, beginning on page 1911-178:
- Indian Orchard, Springfield (05/05)
- Shawmut, Boston (09/05)
"There are several applications for Dispensations for new Lodges pending, which will be completed at an early date. Our Lodges in many instances have grown to unwieldy numbers, and there seems to be a growing disposition among the members of the Fraternity to establish new Lodges which may be composed of a smaller membership."
SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS
- 01/24/1911: 1911-1; Everett. Dedication of the Masonic Hall of Palestine Lodge.
- 1911-2: Procession of Grand Lodge into hall, received by Wor. Fred A Robertson, Master.
- 1911-3: Consecration of hall. Details of exercises provided.
- 1911-4: Brief addresses, including by the Grand Master (not listed, but described).
- 05/20/1911: 1911-31; Beverly. Cornerstone laying for a federal building.
- 1911-32: Reception of Grand Lodge at railroad station by a committee from Liberty Lodge. Grand Lodge was opened at Liberty Lodge's Masonic hall.
- 1911-33: Order of exercises.
- 1911-34: Collation at Liberty Lodge following the ceremonies for nearly three hundred people.
- 1911-34: Contents of cornerstone box detailed.
- 05/23/1911: 1911-38; Charlton. Dedication of the Masonic Home. Note: A picture of the Masonic Home as it existed in 1911 appears opposite page 1911-38.
- 1911-40: Opening of Grand Lodge in the Masonic Home building. Order of exercises described.
- 1911-41: Description of proceedings. Relief Commissioner M.W. John Albert Blake requested the dedication of the building on behalf of "the Masons of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . . . for its noble and benificent purpose."
- 1911-50: Grand Master's address.
- 1911-51: Address by Rt. Wor. Melvin M. Johnson.
- 06/08/1911: 1911-68; Amherst. Dedication of the Masonic Hall of Pacific Lodge.
- 1911-69: Procession of Grand Lodge into hall, received by Wor. Edmund I. Bangs, Master.
- 1911-69: Consecration of hall. Details of exercises provided.
- 1911-70: A collation at the Town Hall for brethren and guests, numbering more than 450. Speeches and addresses by many Brethren.
- 06/16/1911: 1911-101; Newtonville. Restoration of the Charter of Fraternity Lodge.
- 1911-102: Reception of Grand Lodge in the Newtonville Masonic building; petitioners admitted requesting the return of the Charter. Reading of the Charter and the endorsement by Grand Lodge.
- 1911-103: Proclamation by the Grand Marshal; installation of officers, including Wor. Horatio Hackett, the original Master of Fraternity Lodge in 1875.
- 10/18/1911: 1911-145; Cambridge. Dedication of the Masonic hall.
- 1911-146: Procession of Grand Lodge into hall, received by a committee of officers from the various Cambridge lodges, with Wor. Samuel D. Elmore, Master of Amicable Lodge.
- 1911-147: Order of ceremonies detailed. Addresses by Rt. Wor. Harvey N. Shepard and Wor. Lafayette G. Blair.
- 1911-148: Notes on banquet. Cambridge Temple contains Endicott Hall, after the (then current) Senior Past Grand Master, and Paige Hall (the Prelate’s room) after Rt. Wor. and Rev. Lucius D. Paige.
- 10/25/1911: 1911-149; Randolph. Dedication of the Masonic hall of Norfolk Union Lodge.
- 1911-150: Procession of Grand Lodge into hall, received by Wor. John W. Porter, Master.
- 1911-150: Order of ceremonies detailed.
- 1911-151: Notes on banquet and location of the hall.
- 10/31/1911: 1911-152; Marion. Dedication of the Masonic hall of Pythagorean Lodge.
- 1911-153: Procession of Grand Lodge into hall, received by Wor. Frederick B. Barden, Master.
- 1911-153: Order of ceremonies detailed.
- 1911-154: collation in the banquet hall, "handsomely decorated with flags, and presented in every respect an attractive appearance."
- 11/22/1911: 1911-156; Malden. Constitution of the The Lodge of Stirling.
- 1911-157: Grand Lodge opened in the Masonic hall and received the petitioners. Procession of brothers into the hall; examination of Master and installation of officers.
- 1911-159: Proclamation of constitution of lodge; short address by the Grand Master.
- 1911-159: Notes on banquet; addresses by Grand Master, Past Grand Master Blake, Grand Chaplain Bush.
- 1911-160: Notes on organization and a list of charter members.
- 12/21/1911: 1911-235; Swampscott. Cornerstone laying for a school building.
- 1911-236: Grand Lodge opened at Swampscott Town Hall; procession to site escorted by Philanthropic, Mount Carmel, Golden Fleece, Damascus Lodges and Lynn Cadet Band.
- 1911-236: Order of exercises.
- 1911-238: Banquet at Swampscott Town Hall, with Rev. Bro. and Rt. Wor. William H. Rider giving an address.
- 1911-242: List of contents of corner stone box.
FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST
(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/27/1911)
- 1911-244: Opening and roll call.
- 1911-245: Installation of Grand Master Everett C. Benton, with order of events described. The golden urn was transmitted to the new Grand Master, and a procession of 250 Masons offered Most Wor. Benton Masonic honors. Installation of other Grand Officers.
- 1911-249: Presentation of Past Grand Master's Jewel to Most Wor. Flanders, and his response.
- 1911-255: Report of Recording Grand Secretary: 3,306 Master Mason diplomas issued in 1911.
- 1911-256: List of lodges not represented in Grand Lodge in 1911, as well as the past 2-3 years.
- 1911-257: Feast of St. John, listing toasts and names of speakers:
- 1911-257: Grand Master Benton.
- 1911-261: Past Grand Master Flanders.
- 1911-267: Recording Grand Secretary Rt. Wor. Thomas W. Davis.
- 1911-272: Rt. Wor. William B. Lawrence.
- 1911-276: Senior Grand Warden Rt. Wor. Harry P. Ballard.
- 1911-283: Wor. Ralston Balch, Master of America Lodge #3368 of England.
- 1911-292: Most Wor. Walter E. Ranger, Past Grand Master of Vermont.
LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1911
There were 32 districts in Massachusetts in 1911, as well as districts for Chile and China.
DISTRICT 1: Boston
Charles W. Bascom, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-v
- St. John's (Boston, 1733)
- Lodge of St. Andrew, (Boston, 1752)
- The Massachusetts (Boston, 1770)
- Columbian (Boston, 1796)
- Mount Lebanon (Boston, 1801)
- Germania (Boston, 1854)
- Winslow Lewis (Boston, 1855)
- Revere (Boston, 1856)
- Joseph Warren (Boston, 1856)
DISTRICT 2: Cambridge
George H. Munroe, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-vi
- Amicable (Cambridge, 1805)
- Putnam (Cambridge, 1854)
- Aberdour (Boston, 1860)
- Mount Olivet (Cambridge, 1863)
- The Lodge of Eleusis (Boston, 1865)
- Mizpah (Cambridge, 1867)
- Zetland (Boston, 1867)
- Joseph Webb (Boston, 1876)
DISTRICT 3: East Boston
Frank T. Barron, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-vii
- Star of Bethlehem (Chelsea, 1844)
- Mount Tabor (East Boston, 1846)
- Baalbec (East Boston, 1852)
- Henry Price (Charlestown, 1858)
- Hammatt (East Boston, 1859)
- Robert Lash (Chelsea, 1867)
- Faith (Charlestown, 1868)
- Temple (East Boston, 1870)
- Winthrop (Winthrop, 1887)
DISTRICT 4: South Boston
James Keltie, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-viii
- Washington (Roxbury, 1796)
- Union (Dorchester, 1796)
- St. Paul's (South Boston, 1846)
- Gate of the Temple (South Boston, 1855)
- Lafayette (Roxbury, 1865)
- Adelphi (South Boston, 1865)
- Eliot (Jamaica Plain, 1866)
- Rabboni (Dorchester, 1869)
- Prospect (Roslindale, 1890)
- Macedonian (Milton, 1893)
DISTRICT 5: Waltham
George C. Flett, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-ix
- Bethesda (Brighton, 1819)
- Monitor (Waltham, 1820)
- Pequossette (Watertown, 1856)
- Dalhousie (Newtonville, 1860)
- Belmont (Belmont, 1864)
- Isaac Parker (Waltham, 1867)
- Beth-Horon (Brookline, 1870)
- Norfolk (Needham, 1874)
- Fraternity (Newtonville, 1875) charter restored
DISTRICT 6: Somerville
Robert W. Oliver, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-x
- King Solomon's (Charlestown, 1783)
- Hiram (Arlington, 1797)
- Mount Hermon (Medford, 1854)
- Mount Horeb (Woburn, 1855)
- John Abbot (Somerville, 1857)
- William Parkman (Winchester, 1864)
- Simon W. Robinson(Lexington, 1870)
- Soley (Somerville, 1879)
DISTRICT 7: Malden
Charles L. Purinton, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-xi
- Wyoming (Melrose, 1856)
- Mount Vernon (Malden, 1857)
- William Sutton (Saugus, 1866)
- Palestine (Everett, 1868)
- Good Samaritan (Reading, 1870)
- King Cyrus (Stoneham, 1875)
- Converse (Malden, 1887)
- Golden Rule (Wakefield, 1888)
- The Lodge of Stirling (Malden, 1910)
DISTRICT 8: Lynn
Edward G. Brown, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-xii
- Philanthropic (Marblehead, 1760)
- Essex (Salem, 1791)
- Mount Carmel (Lynn, 1805)
- Jordan (Peabody, 1808)
- Starr King (Salem, 1864)
- Golden Fleece (Lynn, 1864)
- Damascus (Lynn, 1906)
DISTRICT 9: Gloucester
Louis A. Rogers, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-xiii
- The Tyrian (Gloucester, 1770)
- Liberty (Beverly, 1824)
- Ashler (Rockport, 1851)
- Amity (Danvers, 1863)
- John T. Heard (Ipswich, 1864)
- Acacia (Gloucester, 1865)
- Mosaic (Danvers, 1870)
DISTRICT 10: Newburyport
Fred D. McGregor, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-xiv
- St. John's (Newburyport, 1766)
- Merrimack (Haverhill, 1802)
- Warren (Amesbury, 1822)
- Saggahew (Haverhill, 1864)
- Charles C. Dame (Georgetown, 1867)
- Bethany (Merrimac, 1868)
DISTRICT 11: Lawrence
Charles B. Marble, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-xv
- St. Matthew's (Andover, 1822)
- Grecian (Lawrence, 1825)
- John Hancock (Methuen, 1860)
- Tuscan (Lawrence, 1863)
- Phoenician (Lawrence, 1870)
- Cochichewick (North Andover, 1874)
DISTRICT 12: Lowell
Arthur D. Prince, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-xvi
- St. Paul's (Ayer, 1797)
- Corinthian (Concord, 1797)
- Pentucket (Lowell, 1807)
- Ancient York (Lowell, 1852)
- Caleb Butler (Ayer, 1859)
- Kilwinning (Lowell, 1866)
- William North (Lowell, 1867)
- Thomas Talbot (Billerica, 1889)
DISTRICT 13: Fitchburg
C. Willis Bennett, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-xvii
- Aurora (Leominster, 1801)
- Orange (Orange, 1859)
- Wilder (Leominster, 1859)
- Hope (Gardner, 1864)
- Star (Athol, 1864)
- Charles W. Moore (Fitchburg, 1865)
- Artisan (Winchendon, 1865)
- Athol (Athol, 1872)
DISTRICT 14: Greenfield
Louis L. Campbell, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-xviii
- Republican (Greenfield, 1795)
- Harmony (Northfield, 1796)
- Jerusalem (South Hadley, 1797)
- Mountain (Shelburne Falls, 1806)
- Morning Sun (Conway, 1869)
- Hampshire (Haydenville, 1871)
- Bay State (Montague, 1872)
- Mechanic's (Montague, 1878)
DISTRICT 15: North Adams
Herbert W. Dean, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-xix
- Lafayette (North Adams, 1847)
- Berkshire (South Adams, 1857)
- Upton (Cheshire, 1869)
- Williams (Williamstown, 1871)
- Greylock (North Adams, 1871)
DISTRICT 16: Pittsfield
J. Francis Allison, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-xx
- Cincinnatus (Great Barrington, 1795)
- Evening Star (Lenox, 1795)
- Wisdom (West Stockbridge, 1803)
- Mystic (Pittsfield, 1810)
- Globe (Hinsdale, 1869)
- Occidental (Stockbridge, 1870)
- Crescent (Pittsfield, 1873)
- Unity (Dalton, 1896)
DISTRICT 17: Holyoke
Abraham Davis, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-xxi
- Pacific (Amherst, 1860)
- Chicopee (Chicopee, 1848)
- Mount Tom (Holyoke, 1850)
- Ionic (Easthampton, 1867)
- Mount Holyoke (South Hadley, 1869)
- Belcher (Chicopee, 1870)
- William Whiting (Holyoke, 1909)
DISTRICT 18: Springfield
D. Edward Miller, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-xxii
- Hampden (Springfield, 1817)
- Mount Moriah (Westfield, 1856)
- Roswell Lee (Springfield, 1864)
- Huntington (Huntington, 1866)
- Newton (Wilbraham, 1870)
- Brigham (Ludlow, 1891)
- Springfield (Springfield, 1895)
- Esoteric (Springfield, 1909)
DISTRICT 19: Palmer
Paul R. Bridgman, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-xxiii
- Thomas (Monson, 1796)
- Mount Zion (Barre, 1800)
- Bethel (Enfield, 1825)
- Quaboag (Warren, 1858)
- Day Spring (Monson, 1862)
- Eden (Ware, 1863)
- Vernon (Belchertown, 1869)
DISTRICT 20: Southbridge
John R. Haskell, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-xxiv
- Webster (Webster, 1858)
- Oxford (Oxford, 1859)
- Quinebaug (Southbridge, 1859)
- Hayden (Brookfield, 1863)
- Spencer (Spencer, 1871)
- Meridian Sun (North Brookfield, 1894)
DISTRICT 21: Worcester
Charles A. Harrington, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-xxv
- Morning Star (Worcester, 1793)
- Olive Branch (Millbury, 1797)
- Franklin (Grafton, 1851)
- Montacute (Worcester, 1858)
- Athelstan (Worcester, 1865)
- Quinsigamond(Worcester, 1870)
- Boylston (West Boylston, 1876)
DISTRICT 22: Blackstone
Joseph Hoyle, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-xxvi
- Solomon's Temple (Uxbridge, 1818)
- Blackstone River (Blackstone, 1855)
- Excelsior (Franklin, 1866)
- Charles River (Medway, 1871)
- Mumford River (Douglas, 1877)
- Granite (Northbridge, 1880)
DISTRICT 23: Milford
Arthur E. Fairbanks, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-xxvii
- Meridian (Watertown, 1797)
- Montgomery (Milford, 1797)
- John Warren (Hopkinton, 1860)
- Mount Hollis (Holliston, 1864)
- North Star (Ashland, 1864)
- Siloam (Westborough, 1866)
- Alpha (Framingham, 1875)
DISTRICT 24: Marlborough
George R. Hall, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-xxviii
- Middlesex (Framingham, 1795)
- Trinity (Clinton, 1858)
- United Brethren (Marlborough, 1859)
- Doric (Hudson, 1864)
- St. Bernard (Southborough, 1867)
- Charles A. Welch (Maynard, 1872)
DISTRICT 25: Hyde Park
Frederic C. Cobb, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-xxix
- Rising Star (Stoughton, 1799)
- Orient (Norwood, 1861)
- Blue Hill (Canton, 1863)
- Hyde Park (Hyde Park, 1866)
- Constellation (Dedham, 1871)
- Prospect (Roslindale, 1890)
DISTRICT 26: Quincy
Hartley L. White, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-xxx
- Rural (Quincy, 1801)
- Norfolk Union (Randolph, 1819)
- Orphan's Hope (Weymouth, 1825)
- Delta (Braintree, 1868)
- Wollaston (Wollaston, 1899)
DISTRICT 27: Plymouth
Charles W. Stodder, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-xxxi
- Old Colony (Hingham, 1792)
- Corner Stone (Duxbury, 1801)
- Plymouth (Plymouth, 1825)
- Konohassett (Cohasset, 1864)
- Phoenix (Hanover, 1873)
- Satuit (Scituate, 1875)
DISTRICT 28: Taunton
Edward H. Temple, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-xxxii
- Bristol (North Attleboro, 1797)
- King David (Taunton, 1798)
- St. Alban's (Wrentham, 1818)
- St. James (Mansfield, 1864)
- Alfred Baylies (Taunton, 1866)
- Ionic (Taunton, 1867)
- Ezekiel Bates (Attleboro, 1870)
- Charles H. Titus (Taunton, 1872)
DISTRICT 29: Brockton
Edward B. Maglathin; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-xxxiii
- Fellowship (Bridgewater, 1797)
- John Cutler (Abington, 1859)
- May Flower (Middleboro, 1864)
- Paul Dean (North Easton, 1867)
- Puritan (Whitman, 1869)
- St. George (Brockton, 1877)
- Satucket (East Bridgewater, 1881)
DISTRICT 30: Fall River
John G. Tinkham, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-xxxiv
- Star in the East (New Bedford, 1823)
- Mount Hope (Fall River, 1824)
- Eureka (New Bedford, 1857)
- Pioneer (Somerset, 1863)
- King Philip (Fall River, 1866)
- George H. Taber (Fairhaven, 1872)
- Narragansett (Fall River, 1876)
- Noquochoke (South Westport, 1878)
DISTRICT 31: Nantucket
C.T.C. Whitcomb, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-xxxv
- Union (Nantucket, 1771)
- Marine (Falmouth, 1798)
- Social Harmony (Middleboro, 1823)
- DeWitt Clinton (Sandwich, 1855)
- Martha's Vineyard (Tisbury, 1859)
- Pythagorean (Marion, 1861)
- Oriental (Edgartown, 1866)
DISTRICT 32: Provincetown
Edward Kendrick, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1911-xxxvi
- King Hiram's (Provincetown, 1795)
- Fraternal (Barnstable, 1801)
- Mount Horeb (Harwich, 1854)
- Pilgrim (Harwich, 1859)
- Adams (Wellfleet, 1865)
- Howard (Yarmouth, 1869)
- Mariners' (Cotuit, 1871)
- St. Martin's (Chatham, 1872)
CHILE DISTRICT
David Urquhart, District Deputy Grand Master; 3 Lodges
Tabular: None
- Bethesda (Valparaiso, Chile, 1854)
- Huelen (Santiago, Chile, 1876)
- St. John's (Concepción) (Concepción, Chile, 1884)
CHINA DISTRICT
Stacy C. Ransom, District Deputy Grand Master; 3 Lodges
Tabular: None
- Ancient Landmark (Shanghai, China, 1863)
- Shanghai (Shanghai, China, 1903)
- Sinim (Shanghai, China, 1903)