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1930

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HERBERT W. DEAN, Grand Master

A picture of the Grand Master appears in the Frontispiece and above.

Louis A. Jones, Deputy Grand Master
George R. Winsor, Senior Grand Warden
James P. Smith, Junior Grand Warden


Contents

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

  • 03/12: 1930-50;
  • 06/11: 1930-262;
  • 09/10: 1930-321;
  • 12/10: 1930-420; (Annual Communication)

03/12 Agenda

  • 1930-57: Report of the Committee on Records.
  • 1930-184: Presentation of a Henry Price Medal to Rt. Wor. Charles G. Balcom, the Grand Marshal.
  • 1930-189: Report on the Masonic Home and Hospital Fund.

06/11 Agenda

  • 1930-269: Report of the Committee on Records.
  • 1930-307: Greetings from the Duke of Connaught, Grand Master of England.

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The Henry Price Chair

  • 1930-309: Acceptance of the donation of the Henry Price Chair from Belmont Lodge.
  • 1930-310: Greetings to sick Brethren: Most Wor. Brothers Dana J. Flanders and Frank L. Simpson.
  • 1930-312ff: Report on Grand Lodge Library.

09/10 Agenda

  • 1930-328: Reception of Rt. Wor. and Rt. Hon. Col. Robert Gordon Sharman-Crawford, Provincial Grand Master for County Down, Ireland. (Address noted on Page 1930-368.)
  • 1930-329: Report of the Committee on Records.
  • 1930-368: Report of Committee on Recognition of Foreign Grand Lodges; recognition of the German Grand Lodge Union.
  • 1930-378: Order regarding Washington Memorial approved: $1 for each initiate to be contributed to the George Washington Masonic Memorial.
  • 1930-379: Acceptance of the legacy of Bro. Charles S. Hoar.

12/10 Agenda

Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals

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Joseph Warren Medal

  • 03/12: 1930-85; A considerable number of amendments to the Grand Constitutions were submitted in the form of a Revised Code, presented in full beginning on Page 1930-87. A picture of the Joseph Warren Medal appears opposite Page 1930-87.
  • 06/11: 1930-302; Committee to be appointed to consider the subject of Lodge by-laws that might change a provision of the Grand Constitutions.

Grand Master's Address

  • 03/12: 1930-66; opening remarks; necrology; Grand Masters' Conference and George Washington Memorial Association; chain letters; advisory finance committee; Masonic Home and Hospital (note that "the oldest Mason in the United States, Bro. Logee, celebrated his 104th birthday at the Home with fitting exercises."); Tricentary celebration for Massachusetts (in which the Grand Lodge would take no part); service bureau; revision of Grand Constitutions; conclusion.
  • 06/11: 1930-270; (presented by Deputy Grand Master Jones): opening remarks, with correspondence with the Grand Master in China; necrology; Masonic Burial Service (and a case in which a service was improperly withheld); entertainments; lodge finances; Juniper Hall Fund; Henry Price Chair; Lodge by-laws; conclusion.
  • 09/10: 1930-331; opening remarks and compliments to Deputy Grand Master Jones; necrology; fire at the Masonic Home; budget; improper use of Lodge funds; George Washington Memorial Fund; Grand Lodge dues; visit to China District; Budget; conclusion.
  • 12/10: 1930-430; opening remarks; necrology; membership (2,900 initiates through 08/31/1930); visits; Henry Price Medals; finances; relief ("calls for assistance are increasing at a rather alarming rate"); Board of Masonic Relief; Masonic Home and Hospital; assistance to Lodges; education; service; overseas districts; library; conclusion.

Lodge By-Law Changes

Necrologies and Memorials

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Lewis, Pollard, French, Schuler, Bishop

  • 03/12: 1930-67; Death of Rt. Wor. Albert Emerson Bradley, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
  • 03/12: 1930-68; Death of Rt. Wor. Columbus Corey, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
  • 03/12: 1930-69; Death of Rt. Wor. Alvan R. Lewis, Past Senior Grand Warden; mentioned in Grand Master's Address. A picture of Bro. Lewis appears opposite Page 1930-69.
    • 03/12: 1930-187; Memorial presented by the Grand Secretary, for the Committee.
  • 03/12: 1930-70; Death of former President William Howard Taft, mentioned in Grand Master's Address. "He spoke of his great service to his country, and recalled the occasion in 1914 when Brother Taft was a guest of this Grand Lodge at the Stated Communication."
  • 06/11: 1930-272; Death of Rt. Wor. Arthur Gayton Pollard, Director of Grand Lodge and Past Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
    • 09/10: 1930-331; personal tribute from the Grand Master in his Address.
    • 12/10: 1930-499; Memorial presented by Most Wor. Arthur D. Prince, for the committee. A picture of Bro. Pollard appears opposite Page 1930-499.
  • 06/11: 1930-273; Death of Rt. Wor. George W. Bishop, Past Senior Grand Warden; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
    • 09/10: 1930-374; Memorial presented by Rt. Wor. Charles S. Robertson, for the committee. A picture of Bro. Bishop appears opposite Page 1930-374.
  • 06/11: 1930-274; Death of Rt. Wor. Herbert F. French, Past Junior Grand Warden; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
    • 06/11: 1930-306; Memorial presented by the Grand Secretary, for the Committee. A picture of Bro. French appears opposite Page 1930-306.
  • 06/11: 1930-275; Death of Rt. Wor. Henry M. Nourse, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
  • 06/11: 1930-276; Death of Rt. Wor. William C. Coffin, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
  • 06/11: 1930-277; Death of Rt. Wor. Henry E. W. Bean, District Deputy Grand Master for the Boston 3rd District; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
  • 06/11: 1930-278; Death of Rt. Wor. Judson C. MacKenzie, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
  • 06/11: 1930-279; Death of Rt. Wor. Fred I. Walker, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
  • 09/10: 1930-331; Death of Rt. Wor. Horace T. Fogg, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
  • 09/10: 1930-332; Death of Rt. Wor. Henry M. Cutter, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
  • 09/10: 1930-333; Death of Rt. Wor. Fred W. Leavitt, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
  • 12/10: 1930-430; Death of Rt. Wor. Frank Winslow Mead, Past Senior Grand Warden; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
  • 12/10: 1930-431; Death of Rt. Wor. Charles William Schuler, Past Junior Grand Warden; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
    • 12/10: 1930-505; Memorial presented by Most Wor. Leon M. Abbott, for the committee. A picture of Bro. Schuler appears opposite Page 1930-505.

Petitions for Charters

  • 06/11: 1930-305; Petition by United Lodge to remove to Brookline; granted.

Petitions for Dispensation for Lodges

GRAND MASTER'S ITINERARY IN CHINA

Reported in Grand Master's Address in September 1930.

Visit Booklet

  • 03/20: Grand Master and Grand Marshal sailed from New York.
  • 03/28: Masonic Conference in London with the Grand Master of England, and various English Masonic dignitaries, including a discussion of China and a visit to the Peace Memorial. Visit to Junior Girls School.
  • 03/29: Attended constitution of Kenelm Lodge #5158; visit with Sir Alfred Robbins and Lord Ampthill, who was presented a Henry Price Medal.
  • 04/02: Departure to Paris; visit to the grave of the Unknown Soldier, and to the World War battlefields.
  • 04/08: Departure by train; passage across the Mediterranean to Alexandria. Visit in Cairo, and other tours.
  • 04/29: Departure by "aeroplane" to Karachi, thence to Bombay. Attendance at lodges.
  • 05/08: Departure across India; visit to Delhi and the Taj Mahal; arrival in Calcutta. Arrival in Rangoon on 05/20.
  • 05/21: Departure to Singapore.
  • 05/25: Departure by P&O liner for Hong Kong.
  • 06/05: Dinner in Hong Kong; the next day the party departed for Shanghai.
  • 06/10: Meeting with petitioners for the formation of a new "international" Lodge in Shanghai, similar to the one in Peking; "after careful investigation, I found that conditions are so different in the two cities that I do not believe it possible to proceed along those lines."
  • 06/11: Visit to Northern Lodge #570, English Constitution.
  • 06/12: Visit to Sinim Lodge, Shanghai.
  • 06/13: Visit to Shanghai Lodge, Shanghai.
  • 06/14: Visit to Ancient Landmark Lodge, Shanghai.
  • 06/16: Meeting of District Grand Lodge of China. Henry Price Medals presented to Rt. Wor. Henry James Clark and Rt. Wor. Frederick J. Penfold, as well as District Grand Master Gillis (conferred by Grand Master Simpson).
  • 06/23: Visit to International Lodge, Peking.
  • 06/28: Visit to Hykes Memorial Lodge, Tientsin.
  • 06/30: Conference with representatives of Pagoda, Sungari and Talien Lodges, in Mukden.
  • 07/11: Sailing for Honolulu. Tours in Hawaii and visits.
  • 07/31: Visits to Lodges in California.
  • 08/05: Return to Massachusetts.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

  • 01/22: 1930-1. Boston. 75th Anniversary of Germania Lodge.
    • 1930-2: Grand Lodge opened at the Copley Plaza Hotel "only for purposes of record".
    • 1930-2: Dinner in ball room, with address of welcome by Wor. Joseph Brettler, Master of Germania Lodge, and by Bro. Carl A. Weitz, Chairman of the Committee on Arrangements; Governor and Bro. Frank G. Allen and Bro. Frank Seiberlich, Chairman of the Election Commission representing the Mayor. Music and dancing followed.
    • 1930-3ff: History of Germania Lodge by Rt. Wor. Samuel Hauser.
  • 01/23: 1930-46. Littleton. Constitution of Tahattawan Lodge.
    • 1930-47: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Brethren of the Lodge.
    • 1930-47: Constitution of the lodge and installation of officers "in full form accrding to the ancient usages of the Craft."
    • 1930-47: Address by the Grand Master, "an exposition of the duties and responsibilities of the Lodge."
    • 1930-48: Organization for 1930 and list of Charter Members.
  • 03/25: 1930-191. South Boston. 75th Anniversary of Gate of the Temple Lodge. Rt. Wor. Louis A. Jones, Deputy Grand Master, Presiding.
    • 1930-192: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Henry J. Foster, Master of Gate of the Temple Lodge.
    • 1930-192: Address of welcome by Wor. Bro. Foster, the reading of the Charter by Wor. Olaf Olsen, a "thoughtful and scholarly" address by the Deputy Grand Master. Also, an "address to the Lodge of 1955."
    • 1930-193ff: History of Gate of the Temple Lodge by Wor. Frank L. Cushing.
    • 1930-216ff: Address by Rt. Wor. Louis A. Jones, Acting Grand Master.
    • 1930-224ff: Address by Rt. Wor. Frederick W. Hamilton.
  • 06/10: 1930-232. Cambridge. 125th Anniversary of Amicable Lodge. Rt. Wor. Louis A. Jones, Deputy Grand Master, Presiding.
    • 1930-233: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Eugene B. Wyman, Master of Amicable Lodge. Reading of the Charter by Wor. Frank W. Dallinger.
    • 1930-233ff: History of Amicable Lodge by Bro. Lucius R. Paige.
    • 1930-255ff: Address by Rt. Wor. Louis A. Jones, Acting Grand Master.
    • 1930-259ff: Address by Rt. Wor. Frederick W. Hamilton.
    • 1930-261: (06/11) "A supper and entertainment at which the ladies were guests."

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Medway Temple

  • 10/15: 1930-383. West Medway. Dedication of a Masonic Temple.
    • 1930-384: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Master of Charles River Lodge.
    • 1930-384: Dedication of the hall "with full form and ceremony in accordance with the ancient usages of the Craft."
    • 1930-384: Address by Grand Master, who "spoke of the peculiar fitness of having this building which had once been dedicate to the service of God now rededicated to the service of God and man through the benificent work of Freemasonry."
    • 1930-385: Presentation of an altar by Rt. Wor. Albert E. Austin, on behalf of the children of Bro. Henry C. Austin, former Secretary of the Lodge.
  • 10/30: 1930-387. Northbridge. 50th Anniversary of Granite Lodge.
    • 1930-387: Grand Lodge opened in Pythian Hall, and was received by Wor. Raymon F. Meader, Master of Granite Lodge.
    • 1930-388: Addresses by the Grand Master, by Past Grand Master Dudley H. Ferrell, and the Grand Secretary.
    • 1930-389ff: History of Granite Lodge by Wor. Arthur Sylvester Richardson. Short biographies of all Charter Members appear in the history, beginning on Page 1930-398.
  • 11/11: 1930-417. Brookline. 60th Anniversary of Beth-Horon Lodge.
    • 1930-418: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Reginald O. Sykes, Master of Beth-Horon Lodge.
    • 1930-418: Address by Past Grand Master Leon M. Abbott, and by the Grand Secretary.

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Attleboro Temple

  • 12/15: 1930-525. Attleboro. Dedication of a Masonic Temple.
    • 1930-526: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Francis S. Manchester, the Master of Ezekiel Bates Lodge.
    • 1930-526: Dedication of the hall "with full form and ceremony in accordance with the ancient usages of the Craft."
    • 1930-526: Address by Grand Master, which "dealt with the opportunity and responsibility coming to the Lodge with its occupancy of new quarters."

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/29/1930)

  • 1930-528: Opening and roll call.
  • 1930-531: Reception of guests, including Grand Masters and Past Grand Masters of neighboring jurisdictions.
  • 1930-533: Report of Grand Secretary; 3,240 Diplomas issued through 08/31/1930. List of Lodges not represented in 1930 and for the last two years.
  • 1930-534: Installation of Herbert W. Dean as Grand Master, and other Grand Lodge officers.
  • 1930-542: Presentation of Henry Price Medals to Grand Masters Johnson of New York and Dargavel of Ontario, and Rt. Wor. Jones.
  • 1930-543: Feast of St. John, listing toasts and names of speakers.
    • 1930-543: The Grand Master.
    • 1930-556: Bro. and Rabbi Samuel J. Abrams.
    • 1930-562: Rt. Wor. and Rev. Frank B. Crandall.
    • 1930-571: Most Wor. Roderick B. Dargavel of Ontario.
    • 1930-579: Most Wor. Charles H. Johnson of New York.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1930

There were 47 districts in Massachusetts in 1930 (numbered 1 through 33), as well as districts for Chile, China and the Canal Zone.

DISTRICT 1: Boston

Frank S. Jones, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-595

DISTRICT 2: Cambridge

William J. Clark, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-596

DISTRICT 2: Boston

James A. Cartwright, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-597

DISTRICT 3: Boston

William H. Beeching, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-598

DISTRICT 3: Chelsea

Arnold B. Crosby, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-599

DISTRICT 4: South Boston

Leon V. Stone, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-600

DISTRICT 4: Dorchester

W. Newton Harlow, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-601

DISTRICT 4: Roxbury

Farquhar D. Carter, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-602

DISTRICT 5: Waltham

Robert D. Diggs, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-603

DISTRICT 5: Brighton

Fred B. Richardson, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-604

DISTRICT 6: Somerville

Edward L. Shinn, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-605

DISTRICT 6: Arlington

J. Arthur Gibson, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-606

DISTRICT 7: Malden

Julian C. Woodman, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-607

DISTRICT 7: Melrose

George A. Burnham, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-608

DISTRICT 8: Salem

William H. Gowell, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-609

DISTRICT 8: Lynn

Rufus L. Titus, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-610

DISTRICT 9: Gloucester

Edward M. Law, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-611

DISTRICT 10: Newburyport

Willard S. Little, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-612

DISTRICT 11: Lawrence

Joseph Sherlock, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-613

DISTRICT 12: Lowell

Alvah V. Weaver, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-614

DISTRICT 13: Fitchburg

Frank B. Crandall, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-615

DISTRICT 13: Barre

Clarence C. Pierce, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-616

DISTRICT 14: Greenfield

Frank A. Yeaw, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-617

DISTRICT 15: North Adams

Harry E. Davis, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-618

DISTRICT 16: Pittsfield

George A. Curtis, District Deputy Grand Master'; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-619

DISTRICT 17: Holyoke

William A. Walker, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-620

DISTRICT 18: Chicopee

Benn Blythe, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-621

DISTRICT 18: Springfield

Emil U. Dillenbach, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-622

DISTRICT 19: Palmer

Ralph T. Entwistle, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-623

DISTRICT 20: Southbridge

William L. Stokes, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-624

DISTRICT 21: Brookfield

W. H. Smiley Kingsbury, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-625

DISTRICT 21: Worcester

B. W. Greenwood, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-626

DISTRICT 22: Milford

Frank Roy Hixon, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-627

DISTRICT 23: Natick

George Morrison, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-628

DISTRICT 24: Marlboro

Gavin Taylor, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-629

DISTRICT 25: Hyde Park

Alden B. Hepler, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-630

DISTRICT 26: Quincy

Roy Prout, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-631

DISTRICT 27: Plymouth

Charles A. Whitman, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-632

DISTRICT 28: Taunton

Theodore N. Wood, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-633

DISTRICT 28: Attleboro

Fred H. Richards, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-634

DISTRICT 29: Brockton

David Perkins, District Deputy Grand Master'; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-635

DISTRICT 30: Fall River

John V. Thorpe, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-636

DISTRICT 30: New Bedford

Lyman C. Bauldry, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-637

DISTRICT 31: Nantucket

Charles E. P. Thompson, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-638

DISTRICT 32: Hyannis

F. Howard Hinckley, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-639

DISTRICT 32: Provincetown

Isaac F. Howes, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-640

DISTRICT 33: Springfield

Raymond H. Beach, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-641

CANAL ZONE DISTRICT

Ralph Osborn, District Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1930-642

CHILE DISTRICT

Joseph S. McDonald, District Deputy Grand Master; 3 Lodges
Tabular: none

CHINA DISTRICT

Irvin Van Gorder Gillis, District Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: none


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