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1935

A picture of the Grand Master appears in the Frontispiece.

CLAUDE L. ALLEN, Grand Master

H. Wendell Prout, Deputy Grand Master
J. Arthur Gibson, Senior Grand Warden
John Kenrick, Junior Grand Warden

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

• 03/13: 1935-1;
• 06/12: 1935-66;
• 09/11: 1935-122;
• 12/11: 1935-198; (Annual Communication)

03/13 Agenda

• 1935-8: Introduction of Guests.
• 1935-9: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 1935-35: Presentation of the Francken Manuscript.
• 1935-38: Petition for reduction of fees by Chicopee Lodge disapproved.
• 1935-40: Greetings from South Carolina.
• 1935-41: PRsentation of a Henry Price Medal to Most Wor. Charles W. Littlefield, Grand Master of Rhode Island. Address by Bro. Littlefield and by Rt. Wor. and Rev. Arthur W. Cleaves, Grand Chaplain of Rhode Island.
• 1935-41: Presentation of Most Ex. Ralph Lowe, Jr., Grand High Priest of the Grand Royal Arch Chaper, and Very Em. Harold W. Sprague, Deputy Grand Commander.
• 1935-43: Installation of Grand Officers.

06/12 Agenda

• 1935-73: Introduction of Guests.
• 1935-74: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 1935-98: Rt. Wor. Frederick W. Hamilton was presented with a veteran's medal from Maine by its Grand Master, Most Wor. Clark D. Chapman. Addresses by other Brethren, and recognition of other guests.

09/11 Agenda

• 1935-128: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 1935-138: Report of committee on degree fees; no legislation recommended, but the Committee on Charters and By-Laws would be directed to consider individual applications for reduction, rather than discouraging such applications.
• 1935-145: Budget for 1936.
• 1935-152: Address by Most Wor. Melvin M. Johnson, regarding an extended trip to Europe. "It is impossible for dictatorships to allow Masonry to exist where they rule." Masonry is only prospering in the British Isles and Scandanavia.
• 1935-156: Recognition of the 50th anniversary of the Grand Lodge of Porto Rico.
• 1935-157: Address by Most Wor. Curtis Chipman on his recent visit to the British Isles.

12/11 Agenda

• Recorded in Grand Master Allen's address, beginning on Page 1935-212:
  • Anniversaries:
    • Philanthropic, Marblehead (03/17-03/19; 175th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Dalhousie, Newtonville (06/05; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Mystic, Pittsfield (06/17; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • John Hancock, Methuen (10/10; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • John Warren, Hopkinton (11/19; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • The Lodge of Stirling, Malden (12/04; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
  • Hall Dedications and corner-stone layings:
    • Falmouth; corner-stone laying (05/24; Special Communication)
  • Lodges visited:
    • United, at Hotel Statler, Boston (12/31/1934; New Year's Eve Party and Ladies' Night)
    • Winchester; (01/01; open house for Masonic bodies)
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (01/10)
    • Wyoming, Melrose (01/23)
    • Shawmut, Boston (01/24)
    • Converse, Malden (02/01; Ladies' Night)
    • Grand Lodge of Connecticut (02/05-02/06)
    • Somerville, Somerville (02/18; reception for Senior Grand Warden J. Arthur Gibson)
    • Mount Scopus, Malden (02/25; Ladies' Night)
    • The Tyrian, Gloucester (03/05)
    • Mount Lebanon, Boston (03/11)
    • Pentucket, Lowell (03/22)
    • Wyoming, Melrose (03/27; Ladies' Night)
    • Mount Scopus, Malden (03/28)
    • Bethesda (Brighton) (04/02; reception for Deputy Grand Master H. Wendell Prout)
    • Grand Lodge of New Jersey (04/17)
    • Mount Tom, Holyoke (04/26)
    • Mount Sugar Loaf, South Deerfield (05/03; raising of the Grand Master's son, Bro Claude L. Allen, Jr.)
    • Grand Lodge of New York (05/07)
    • Grand Lodge of New Hampshire (05/15)
    • Grand Lodge of Rhode Island (05/20)
    • Abraham H. Howland Jr., New Bedford (05/22; District meeting)
    • Universal, Orleans (05/24; reception for Junior Grand Warden John Kenrick)
    • Union (Nantucket) (05/25)
    • Charles C. Spellman, East Longmeadow (06/08; held at the Masonic Home)
    • Grand Lodge of Canada, Ontario (07/17-07/18)
    • United, at Hotel Statler, Boston (11/11; Ladies' Night)
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (11/14; installation)
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (11/30; Feast of St. Andrew)
    • Everett C. Benton, East Boston (12/03; Ladies' Night)

Visits of Deputy Grand Master and Grand Wardens also listed, beginning on Page 1935-219.

• 1935-301: Frederick W. Hamilton made Honorary Past Grand Master by vote of the Grand Lodge. A thorough discussion of the award of Honorary Membership, including incidents in England, Scotland, Ireland, and in the United States, including in Massachusetts by the award to two Brothers at the Feast of St. John in 1845, and a 101-year-old Brother at the December, 1915 Quarterly Communication. The only occasion of award of Honorary Past Grand Mastership occurred with the elevation of Charles W. Moore at the December, 1873 Quarterly Communication, when he was on his deathbed. Brother Hamilton was awarded the title by acclamation.
• 1935-313: Re-election of Grand Master Claude L. Allen; election of other Grand Lodge officers.
• 1935-315: Report of the Committee on Returns.
• 1935-316: Permission given to the following Lodges to reduce fees: Bristol, Constellation, Crescent, Fraternal, Winslow Lewis. Four other applications wer still under consideration.
• 1935-320ff: Report on the Library and Museum.

Grand Master's Address

• 03/13: 1935-17; opening remarks; necrology; visits to Connecticut, Virginia; Conference of Grand Masters and Washington Masonic Memorial; suspensions; degree work without candidates; relief; visits to Home and Hospital; Education; library (and the introduction of A Short List of Books on Freemasonry); Francken Manuscript.

• 06/12: 1935-75; opening remarks; necrology; visits to other jurisdictions; visits to Home and Hospital; greenhouse at Masonic Home; ruling on Master's Jewel; appointment of a committee to study reductions in fees; chain letters; Lodge representatives to the Board of Masonic Relief; Education; ritual; conclusion.

• 09/11: 1935-129; opening remarks; necrology; visit of District Grand Master Bates; visit to Canada; Library and Museum; Home and Hospital; Grand Lodge dues; degree fees; budget for 1936; conclusion.

• 12/11: 1935-207; opening remarks; necrology; membership (1,149 initiates through 08/31/1935); visits; special warrants (the Grand Master noted that a general warrant was sent to District Deputies to hold exemplifications as per Section 355); Henry Price and Joseph Warren medals; finances; Masonic Home; charities ("we are at the present time supporting 105 orphans in private homes . . . We have during the past year assisted 76 Lodges in 122 relief cases . . . Thus far we have been able to take care of all worthy needs coming to our attention." But the Grand Master was apprehensive due to reduced interest rates and lower rates of collection of Grand Lodge dues that it might not be possible, unless there were further bequests); Board of Masonic Relief; collection of Grand Lodge Dues (at the end of fiscal year 1934 there was about $114,000 in unpaid dues); Education; Service (56,821 service cases through 08/31/1935); Library and Museum; gambling; bequests (includes a list of all bequests since 1931); China District ("Political conditions in China are still unstable and unsatisfactory."); Canal Zone District; Chile; conclusion.

Lodge By-Law Changes

• 03/13: 1935-36;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Army, Brigham, Canal Zone, Chicopee (with changes, but fee petition disapproved), Franklin, The Harvard, The Massachusetts, Morning Sun, Moses Michael Hays, Mount Zion, Pequossette, Sinim; accepted.

• 06/12: 1935-93;
  • Full Codes : Phoenician, Saggahew, Wisdom; approved with changes.
  • Amendments: Alpha, Baalbec, Brotherhood, Hope, Joseph Warren, Monitor, Mount Scopus, Orient (with changes), Pittsfield, St. Mark's, Samuel Osgood, Simon W. Robinson; approved.

• 09/11: 1935-155;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Constellation, International, Massasoit, Palestine (with changes); approved.

• 12/11: 1935-316;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Sojourners, United; approved.

Necrologies and Memorials

Taylor, Hauser

• 03/13: 1935-17; Death of Rt. Wor. Henry P. Smith, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

• 03/13: 1935-18; Death of Rt. Wor. John A. Avery, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

• 03/13: 1935-38; Memorial to Rt. Wor. Frank T. Taylor, Past Junior Grand Warden; presented by Rt. Wor. George R. Winsor for the committee. A picture of Bro. Taylor appears opposite Page 1935-38.

• 06/12: 1935-76; Death of Rt. Wor. Samuel Hauser, Past Senior Grand Warden; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
  • 06/12: 1935-95; Memorial presented by Rt. Wor. Arthur A. Sondheim, for the committee. A picture of Bro. Hauser appears opposite Page 1935-95.

• 06/12: 1935-76; Death of Rt. Wor. William E. Gibbs, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

• 06/12: 1935-77; Death of Rt. Wor. Charles G. Bird, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

• 06/12: 1935-78; Death of Rt. Wor. Henry Ashworth, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

• 09/11: 1935-130; Death of Lord Ampthill, Pro Grand Master of the United Grand Lodge of England; mentioned in Grand Master's Address. (A resolution of sympathy and letter from the Grand Secretary's office appears on Pages 1936-150 and 1936-151.)

Past Grand Master Curtis Chipman

• 12/11: 1935-207; Death of Most Wor. Curtis Chipman, junior Past Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's address.
  • 12/27: 1935-245; Memorial, presented by Most Wor. Arthur D. Prince, for the committee. A picture of Bro. Chipman appears opposite Page 1935-345.

• 12/11: 1935-209; Death of Rt. Wor. F. Milton Allen, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

• 12/11: 1935-210; Death of Rt. Wor. Marshall L. Perrin, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

• 12/11: 1935-211; Death of Lord Cornwallis; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 03/17-03/19: 1935-45. Marblehead. 175th Anniversary of Philanthropic Lodge.
  • 1935-46: (03/17) Grand Lodge opened and attended the First Congregational Church, with a sermon preached by Rt. Wor. and Rev. Frederick W. Hamilton.
  • 1935-48: (03/19) Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Clarence E. Chapman, Presiding Master of Philanthropic Lodge.
  • 1935-48: A "helpful and inspiring address" by the Grand Master, and remarks by other Brothers. The history was printed and was provided to Grand Lodge and does not appear in the Proceedings.
  • 1935-49: (03/20) An entertainment for the members and their ladies with refreshments and dancing.

• 05/24: 1935-50. Falmouth. Laying of the corner-stone of a Masonic Temple.
  • 1935-51: Grand Lodge opened at the Town Hall and repaired under escort to the hall where Marine Lodge was at work.
  • 1935-51: At the building site, the corner-stone was laid "with full ceremonial" and the Grand Master made a "fitting address."
  • 1935-51: Contents of corner-stone box.

• 06/05: 1935-53. Newtonville. 75th Anniversary of Dalhousie Lodge.
  • 1935-54: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. William F. Kessler, Master of Dalhousie Lodge.
  • 1935-54: An address by the Grand Master "in his usual fitting and appropriate manner." Address by other Brothers.
  • 1935-55ff: History of Dalhousie Lodge by Wor. Wallace C. Boyden.

• 06/17: 1935-100. Pittsfield. 125th Anniversary of Mystic Lodge.
  • 1935-100: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. George S. Rauscher, Master of Mystic Lodge.
  • 1935-101: An address by the Grand Master was "appropriate and inspiring." Addresses by other Brothers.
  • 1935-101: (06/16) Service at the First Congregational Church, with a sermon preached by Rt. Wor. and Rev. Frederick W. Hamilton. Visit to the old cemetery in Lanesboro, where the Lodge was constituted; a bronze tablet was affixed to the gravestone of Wor. Stoddard Williams, the first Master.
  • 1935-102: "The Masonic Predecessors of Mystic Lodge, by Most Wor. Herbert W. Dean. Notes on the following Lodges:
    • Berkshire of Lenox and Stockbridge;
    • Friendship of Williamstown;
    • Franklin of Cheshire;
    • Mystic.
  • 1935-104ff: History of Mystic Lodge by Wor. George B. Sturgis.

• 10/10: 1935-159. Methuen. 75th Anniversary of John Hancock Lodge. H. Wendell Prout, Deputy Grand Master, presiding.
  • 1935-159: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Harry G. Irving, Master of John Hancock Lodge.
  • 1935-160: A "very felicitous" address by the Deputy Grand Master. Addresses by other Brothers.
  • 1935-161ff: History of John Hancock Lodge by Wor. William H. Buswell. Some notes on the anti-Masonic period and Grecian Lodge.

• 11/19: 1935-171. Hopkinton. 75th Anniversary of John Warren Lodge.
  • 1935-171: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Charles Robertson, Master of John Warren Lodge.
  • 1935-172: An address by the Grand Master "full of wisdom and inspiration." Addresses by other Brothers.
  • 1935-173ff: History of John Warren Lodge by Wor. Edward M. Eldridge.

• 12/04: 1935-179. Malden. 25th Anniversary of The Lodge of Stirling.
  • 1935-180: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Charles Robertson, Master of The Lodge of Stirling.
  • 1935-180: Exercises in the Banquet Hall, at a Table Lodge. Grand Master made a "delightful speech in which he made many personal references to early members of the Lodge who were his friends and associates."
  • 1935-182ff: History of The Lodge of Stirling by Wor. Edward P. Wells.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/27/1935)

A portrait of Grand Master Joshua B. Flint appeared on the menu for the Feast.

• 1935-332: Opening and roll call.
• 1935-335: Reception of guests, including neighboring Grand Masters.
• 1935-336: Report of Grand Secretary; 1,146 Diplomas issued through 08/31/1935. List of Lodges not represented in 1935, and one lodge not represented for two years.
• 1935-338: Installation of Claude L. Allen as Grand Master, and other Grand Lodge officers.
• 1935-350: Address by neighboring Grand Masters and Grand Officers.
• 1935-352: Feast of St. John, listing toasts and names of speakers.
  • 1935-352: The Grand Master. Remarks on the choice for Deputy Grand Master, Rt. Wor. Joseph Earl Perry.
  • 1935-357: Deputy Grand Master Joseph Earl Perry.
  • 1935-363: Deputy District Grand Master for China, Wor. Thurston R. Porter. A detailed discussion of the situation in China.
  • 1935-369: Rev. Bro. Joseph Fort Newton.
  • 1935-379: Grand Master James A. Tillinghast of Rhode Island. He awarded the Service Medal of Rhode Island to Grand Master Allen.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1935

There were 47 districts in Massachusetts in 1935 (numbered 1 through 33), as well as districts for Chile, China and the Canal Zone.

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