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1933

CURTIS CHIPMAN, Grand Master

Robert M. Green, Deputy Grand Master
Addison G. Brooks, Senior Grand Warden
Walter S. Dow, Junior Grand Warden


A picture of Most Wor. Dana J. Flanders appears in the Frontispiece.

Contents

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

  • 03/08: 1933-4;
  • 06/14: 1933-86;
  • 09/13: 1933-305;
  • 12/13: 1933-424; (Annual Communication)

03/08 Agenda

  • 1933-11: Report of the Committee on Records.
  • 1933-32: Election of a replacement member of the Board of Masonic Relief.
  • 1933-33: Installation of Grand Chaplain.
  • 1933-33: Report by the Report of Committee on Foreign Grand Lodges; recognition of the Grand Lodge Lessing of the Three Rings and the National Grand Lodge of Czechoslovakia.
  • 1933-38ff: Petition by Mariners' Lodge, Cotuit, to revise its charter to establish jurisdiction over the town of Barnstable. After discussion, the report was received but the petition was dismissed.
  • 1933-43: Thanks voted to the Grand Lodge of Ohio for assistance in the Funeral Services for Rt. Wor. Ralph Osborn.
  • 1933-43: Greetings to Past Grand Master Flanders, with hopes for his recovery from illness.
  • 1933-44: Installation of Grand Officers.

06/14 Agenda

  • 1933-93: Report of the Committee on Records.
  • 1933-109: Thanks voted to the Grand Lodge of Ireland.
  • 1933-110: Election of a Director to replace Past Grand Master Flanders.
  • 1933-111: Report by the Report of Committee on Foreign Grand Lodges; recognition of the Grand Lodge of Bolivia.
  • 1933-125: Petition by Benjamin F. Arrington Lodge to reduce fees; granted.
  • 1933-128: Good wishes given to the Grand Master for his upcoming voyage.

09/13 Agenda

  • 1933-312: Report of the Committee on Records.
  • 1933-331ff; Budget for 1934.
  • 1933-331: Report by the Report of Committee on Foreign Grand Lodges; withdrawal of recognition of German Grand Lodges.
  • 1933-340: Presentation of Address From Norway.
  • 1933-348ff: Report on Library.
  • 1933-365: Acceptance of the bequest of Bro. John C. B. Smith.

12/13 Agenda

Visits by Deputy Grand Master, Senior Grand Warden, Junior Grand Warden also noted on Pages 1933-448 and 1933-449)

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Paul Revere Seal

  • 1933-494: The Grand Master received the personal seal of Most Wor. Paul Revere from Paul Revere, Esquire, a lineal descendant. A picture of the seal appears opposite Page 1933-495.
    • 1933-501: Thanks voted to Paul Revere.
  • 1933-500: Report of the Committee on Returns.
  • 1933-506: Re-election of Grand Master Chipman; election of other Grand Lodge officers.
  • 1933-509: Report by the Report of Committee on Foreign Grand Lodges; withdrawal of recognition of the Grand Lodge of the Philippine Islands due to the warranting of Lodges in China against the wishes of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts and other Grand Lodges.
  • 1933-515: Petition by Meridian Lodge to reduce fees disapproved.

Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals

Grand Master's Address

  • 03/08: 1933-19; opening remarks; necrology; funeral of Rt. Wor. Ralph Osborn; action against Oxford Lodge; Canal Zone district; Grand Masters' Conference; Service; 200th Anniversary; Lodge Finances; conclusion.
  • 06/14: 1933-95; opening remarks; necrology; visits; gifts to Home and Hospital; Grand Lodge of Ireland; Lodge Finances; dedication of Peace Memorial in London; conclusion.
  • 09/13: 1933-313; opening remarks; necrology; dedication of Peace Memorial (attended by the Grand Master); budget; 200th anniversary; Lodges of Instruction; Service; Lodge finances; conclusion.
  • 12/13: 1933-434; opening remarks; necrology; membership (1,137 initiates through 08/31/1933); Henry Price and Joseph Warren Medals; Finances; Masonic Home and Hospital; Board of Masonic Relief; Education; Service; Suspension of members (see below); fiduciary bonds and audit; the personal seal of Paul Revere; overseas districts; conclusion.

"It seems opportune . . . to invite your attention to my remarks on this subject at the Quarterly Communication of March 9, 1932. At that time, I spoke of the unfortunate business conditions prevailing, which unhappily still continue, and pointed out that due to the retrenchment made necessary in the personal expenditures of many of the Brethren, Lodge dues suffered greatly in consequence.

"I then felt, and continued to fee, that many Lodges all too frequently take action looking toward the suspension of the Brother in arrears without any very extended investigation of the Brother in arrears without any very extended investigation of each particular case. The natural reluctance of a Brother to confess his inability to pay may cause him to ignore the usual reminders from the Secretary of his Lodge, and in the absence of definite word of any sort, the Lodge has proceeded to invoke suspension on the delinquent Brother.

"I think more frequent use of the Lodge Service Committee would be of great assistance, not only in securing some payments on outstanding dues, but more particularly in bringing to light cases of dire necessity where real assistance from the Lodge itself will be shown to be called for, rather than the suspension of a Brother in great need of thehelp for which he naturally feels reluctant to ask.

"Where actual financial need is not apparent, it may be that the remission of his current or back dues will give him courage to carry on until times improve, happy in th knowledge that his Brethren, in his hour of financial reverses, continue in their faith in him and in this small way, at least, demonstrate their desire to keep him in good standing with his Lodge. . .

"I strongly urge that no Brother be suspended for non-payment of dues without a personal investigation and, if possible, an interview to ascertain the conditions prevailing in each instance."

Lodge By-Law Changes

Necrologies and Memorials

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Staples, Blodgett, Belcher; Moses, Dunton; McKim, Dickerman

  • 03/08: 1933-19; Death of Rt. Wor. Fred L. Moses, Past Senior Grand Warden; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
    • 03/08: 1933-41; Memorial, presented by Rt. Wor. Louis A. Jones for the committee. A picture of Bro. Moses appears opposite Page 1933-41.
  • 03/08: 1933-20; Death of Rt. Wor. Arthur C. Staples, Past Junior Grand Warden; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
    • 06/14: 1933-126; Memorial, presented by committee. A picture of Bro. Staples appears opposite Page 1933-126.
  • 06/14: 1933-96; Death of Most Wor. Dana J. Flanders, Past Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
    • 09/13: 1933-344; Memorial, presented by Most Wor. Melvin M. Johnson, for the committee.
  • 06/14: 1933-98; Death of Rt. Wor. Edwin A. Blodgett, Past Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
    • 09/13: 1933-341; Memorial, presented by Wor. and Rev. Percy T. Edrop, for the committee. A picture of Bro. Blodgett appears opposite Page 1933-341.
  • 06/14: 1933-99; Death of Rt. Wor. George J. Dudley, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
  • 06/14: 1933-99; Death of Rt. Wor. Charles A. Peabody, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
  • 06/14: 1933-100; Death of Rt. Wor. Arthur C. Boyden, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
  • 06/14: 1933-101; Death of Rt. Wor. William W. Holmes, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
  • 09/13: 1933-314; Death of Rt. Wor. John A. McKim, Past Senior Grand Warden; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
    • 12/13: 1933-522; Memorial, presented by Most Wor. Melvin M. Johnson, for the committee. A picture of Bro. McKim appears opposite Page 1933-519.
  • 09/13: 1933-315; Death of Rt. Wor. Freeland D Leslie, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
  • 09/13: 1933-316; Death of Rt. Wor. Winfield Scott Ward, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
  • 09/13: 1933-316; Death of Rt. Wor. Everett B. Richardson, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
  • 12/13: 1933-435; Death of Rt. Wor. Olin D. Dickerman, Past Junior Grand Warden; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
    • 12/13: 1933-516; Memorial, presented by Most Wor. Arthur D. Prince for the committee. A picture of Bro. Dickerman appears opposite Page 1933-516.
  • 12/13: 1933-436; Death of Rt. Wor. William M. Belcher, Past Senior Grand Warden; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
    • 12/13: 1933-519; Memorial, presented by Rt. Wor. Edmund S. Young, for the committee. A picture of Bro. Belcher appears opposite Page 1933-519.
  • 12/13: 1933-437; Death of Rt. Wor. Harry K. Dunton, Past Senior Grand Warden; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
    • 12/13: 1933-524; Memorial, presented by Rt. Wor. Charles H. Ramsay, for the committee. A picture of Bro. Dunton appears opposite Page 1933-524.
  • 12/13: 1933-438; Death of Rt. Wor. William H. Barrows, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

  • 01/06: 1933-1. Boston. Installation of the officers of St. John's Lodge.
    • 1933-1: Grand Lodge opened and was received in Corinthian Hall by Wor. Starr A. Burdick.
    • 1933-2: Installation of officers by Grand Officers. The Grand Secretary read the Paul Revere Charge.
    • 1933-2: Grand Master's Address. He "called attention to the fact that the installation of the officers of a particular Lodge by the Grand Officers was a very rare occasion, but appropriate at this time, it being the beginning of the observance of its bicentenary year."
    • 1933-3: Brief remarks by Wor. Robert G. Jennings, Master of the Lodge, who also read from the "Pelham Manuscript".

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Temple in Sandwich

  • 05/16: 1933-45. Sandwich. Dedication of a Masonic Temple.
    • 1933-46: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. William M. Harrison of DeWitt Clinton Lodge.
    • 1933-46: Dedication "with as much of the ancient ceremonies of the Craft as it was proper to use in a public ceremony."
    • 1933-46: Grand Master's dedication address "was charmingly intimate in its nature and was greatly enjoyed by all present."
    • 1933-46: Presentation of a Henry Price Medal by Rt. Wor. Addison G. Brooks.
    • 1933-47: Dinner, with speeches by Most Wor. Arthur D. Prince and Rt. Wor. Rutherford E. Smith, as well as the Grand Secretary.
  • 05/24: 1933-48. Charlestown. 75th Anniversary of Henry Price Lodge.
    • 1933-48: Grand Lodge opened and was received by wor. Melvin A. Patterson, Master of Henry Price Lodge.
    • 1933-49: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers. Presentation of a well-preserved mahogany desk, once the property of Most Wor. Henry Price.
    • 1933-50ff: History of Henry Price Lodge by Rt. Wor. Charles S. Robertson.

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New Bedford Hotel

  • 06/07: 1933-57. New Bedford. 75th Anniversary of Eureka Lodge.
    • 1933-57: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Elmer H. Jennings, Master of Eureka Lodge.
    • 1933-58: Adjournment to the New Bedford Hotel; dinner and an address by the Grand Master.
    • 1933-58ff: History of Eureka Lodge by Wor. Charles S. Coombs.
  • 09/15: 1933-368. Webster. 75th Anniversary of Webster Lodge.
    • 1933-369: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. George C. Marble, Master of Webster Lodge.
    • 1933-369: Ceremonies. Address by the Grand Master.
    • 1933-370ff: History of Webster Lodge by Wor. Charles M. Leavens. Notes on the early history of Olive Branch Lodge.
  • 09/20: 1933-395. Clinton. 75th Anniversary of Trinity Lodge.
    • 1933-396: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Robert B. Frazer, Master of Trinity Lodge.
    • 1933-297: Ceremonies. Address by the Grand Master in "his usual happy vein."
    • 1933-397ff: History of Old Trinity Lodge by Wor. Gordon A. Brown.
    • 1933-408ff: History of Trinity Lodge by Wor. Christopher White.
  • 11/10: 1933-422. Somerville. 150th Anniversary of King Solomon's Lodge.
    • 1933-423: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Frederick W. Hale, Master of King Solomon's Lodge.
    • 1933-423: Ceremonies. Address by the Grand Master "which was listened to with much pleasure by all present." A history of the Lodge was provided in book form. Remarks by the Grand Secretary "upon the Masonic conditions in Massachusetts when the Lodge was started."

GRAND LODGE BICENTENNIAL

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Sunday, June 25: Worship Service

  • 1933-133: Service at Christ Church (Old North Church), Boston.
    • 1933-133: Welcome by rector, Rev. Francis E. Webster.
    • 1933-134ff: Sermon by Grand Chaplain Very Rev. Percy T. Edrop.
    • 1933-139ff: An Eighteen Century Lodge, by Joseph E. Morecombe, at the Lodge of St. Andrew.

Monday, June 25: St. John's Lodge Communication

  • 1933-141ff: Opening of St. John's Lodge and Grand Lodge.
    • 1933-141: Welcome by Wor. Robert G. Jennings.
    • 1933-143: Address by the Grand Master.
    • 1933-145: Transcript of the first communication.
    • 1933-147: Master Mason Degree, charge by Rt. Wor. Hamilton.
    • 1933-148: Banquet; introduction of guests and letters; address by the Grand Master.
    • 1933-158: Address by Wor. E.C.W.D. Walthall, Deputy Provincial Grand Master for Derbyshire.
    • 1933-164: Address by Rt. Wor. F.W. Fell Clark, Provincial Grand Master of Argyle and the Isles.
    • 1933-167: Address by Most Wor. William Bordley Clarke, Grand Master of Georgia.

Tuesday, June 27: Dinner

  • 1933-175: Visit to Home and Hospital.
  • 1933-175: Grand Master's Dinner.
    • 1933-175: Remarks by the Grand Master.
    • 1933-177ff: Remarks by various dignitaries.

Wednesday, June 28: Special Communication

  • 1933-207: Opening of Grand Lodge for a Special Communication.
  • 1933-212: Grand Master's remarks.
  • 1933-215ff: Remarks by various dignitaries.
  • 1933-232ff: Correspondence from various dignitaries.

Wednesday, June 28: Mass Meeting at Boston Arena

  • 1933-242: Order of Exercises.
  • 1933-243: Grand Master's remarks.
  • 1933-244ff: Remarks by various dignitaries.

Sunday, July 30: Bicentenary of St. John's Lodge

  • 1933-280: Opening of Grand Lodge at the Boston Masonic Temple.
  • 1933-280ff: Address by Acting Grand Master, Deputy Grand Master Robert Montraville Green.
  • 1933-282ff: Address by Wor. Robert G. Jennings, Master of St. John's Lodge.
  • 1933-290: Service at King's Chapel; services; anniversary hymn.
  • 1933-294ff: Sermon by Rev. Bro. Robert Watson: "History Made, Making, and To Be Made", reproduced in full.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/27/1933)

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A portrait of Grand Master John Abbot appeared on the menu for the Feast.

  • 1933-527: Opening and roll call.
  • 1933-530: Greetings from China.
  • 1933-531: Reception of guests, including neighboring Grand Masters.
  • 1933-531: Report of Grand Secretary; 1,185 Diplomas issued through 08/31/1933. List of Lodges not represented in 1933.
  • 1933-533: Installation of Curtis Chipman as Grand Master, and other Grand Lodge officers.
  • 1933-543: Feast of St. John, listing toasts and names of speakers.
    • 1933-543: The Grand Master. Remarks on Grand Master John Abbot.
    • 1933-546: Very Rev. Percy T. Edrop.
    • 1933-550: Most Wor. Frank A. Copus of Canada (Ontario)
    • 1933-559: Deputy Grand Master Albert A. Schaefer.
    • 1933-570: Bro. and Hon. Eliot Wadsworth.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1933

There were 47 districts in Massachusetts in 1933 (numbered 1 through 33), as well as districts for Chile, China and the Canal Zone.

DISTRICT 1: Boston

Starr A. Burdick, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-585

DISTRICT 2: Cambridge

Lester M. Bacon, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-586

DISTRICT 2: Boston

Albert A. Schaefer, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-587

DISTRICT 3: Boston

Justin A. Duncan, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-588

DISTRICT 3: Chelsea

Grover C. Hoyt, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-589

DISTRICT 4: South Boston

Wallace S. Hancock, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-590

DISTRICT 4: Dorchester

Henry G. Grush, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-591

DISTRICT 4: Roxbury

Lawrence S. Bearse, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-592

DISTRICT 5: Waltham

Alfred P. Waterman, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-593

DISTRICT 5: Brighton

Joseph Earl Perry, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-594

DISTRICT 6: Somerville

Howard E. Custance, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-595

DISTRICT 6: Arlington

Lawrence Mitchell, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-596

DISTRICT 7: Malden

Henry H. Kimball, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-597

DISTRICT 7: Melrose

John A. Corliss, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-598

DISTRICT 8: Salem

John H. Mattson, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-599

DISTRICT 8: Lynn

Arthur K. Bates, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-600

DISTRICT 9: Gloucester

Charles L. Lovell, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-601

DISTRICT 10: Newburyport

Harold S. Dean, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-602

DISTRICT 11: Lawrence

James R. Baldwin, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-603

DISTRICT 12: Lowell

J. Harold Dale, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-604

DISTRICT 13: Fitchburg

George T. Greenwood, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-605

DISTRICT 13: Barre

Louis K. Cross, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-606

DISTRICT 14: Greenfield

Donald E. Mathewson, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-607

DISTRICT 15: North Adams

Harold E. Byam, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-608

DISTRICT 16: Pittsfield

Arthur F. Jones, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-609

DISTRICT 17: Holyoke

James G. Sinclair, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-610

DISTRICT 18: Chicopee

Clifford A.M. Weber, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-611

DISTRICT 18: Springfield

Harold E. Hartwell, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-612

DISTRICT 19: Palmer

Joseph G. Hastings, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-613

DISTRICT 20: Blackstone

Edwin M. Crane, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-614

DISTRICT 21: Brookfield

Will A. Gray, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-615

DISTRICT 22: Worcester

Alfred E. Rankin, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-616

DISTRICT 23: Natick

James L. Inches, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-617

DISTRICT 24: Marlboro

Herbert E. Taylor, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-618

DISTRICT 25: Hyde Park

E. Lester Swett, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-619

DISTRICT 26: Quincy

William J. Holbrook, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-620

DISTRICT 27: Plymouth

Henry W. Royal, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-621

DISTRICT 28: Taunton

Harry H. Thurlow, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-622

DISTRICT 28: Attleboro

Lee Higgins, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-623

DISTRICT 29: Brockton

Herbert K. Pratt, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-624

DISTRICT 30: Fall River

Adrial W. Hathaway, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-625

DISTRICT 30: New Bedford

Frank H. Childs, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-626

DISTRICT 31: Nantucket

LeRoy L. Eldredge, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-627

DISTRICT 32: Hyannis

Bertram F. Ryder, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-628

DISTRICT 32: Provincetown

Henry A. Snow, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-629

DISTRICT 33: Springfield

James Matthew, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-630

CANAL ZONE DISTRICT

Lewis B. Bates, District Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-631

CHINA DISTRICT

Irvin Van Gorder Gillis, District Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-632

CHILE DISTRICT

Joseph S. McDonald, District Deputy Grand Master; 3 Lodges
Tabular: 1933-633


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