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1943

ALBERT A. SCHAEFER, Grand Master

Thomas S. Roy, Deputy Grand Master
Henry W. Stevens, Senior Grand Warden
Austin M. Thresher, Junior Grand Warden

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

• 03/10: 1943-1;
• 06/09: 1943-64;
• 09/08: 1943-101;
• 12/08: 1943-154; (Annual Communication)

03/10 Agenda

• 1943-16: Installations of Grand Officers.
• 1943-33: Introduction of Guests.

06/09 Agenda

• 1943-71: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 1943-96: Introduction of Guests.

09/08 Agenda

• 1943-108: Introduction of Guests. They were caused to arise and be recognized on Page 1943-124.
• 1943-108: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 1943-123: Presentation of Henry Price Medal to Most Wor. Harry L. Robinson, Grand Master of Maryland, and Most Wor. Ralph Simpson, Grand Master of Rhode Island.
• 1943-124: Budget for 1944.
• 1943-193: Report of the Relief Commissioner.

12/08 Agenda

• 1943-162: Introduction of Guests. They were called upon to speak on Page 1943-236.
• 1943-162: Report of the Committee on Records.
• Recorded in Grand Master Schaefer's address, beginning on Page 1943-228:
  • Anniversaries:
    • Morning Star, Worcester (01/23; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Robert Lash, Chelsea (04/29; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Star of Bethlehem, Chelsea (11/08; Centenary; Special Communication)
    • Palestine, Everett (12/09; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Meridian Sun, North Brookfield (12/17; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Solomon's Temple, Uxbridge (12/18; 125th Anniversary)
  • Lodges visited:
    • Winchester (01/01; open house)
    • Mount Lebanon, Boston (01/11; reception for Senior Grand Warden Henry W. Stevens)
    • Major General Henry Knox, Boston (01/27; State Guard Night)
    • Montacute, Worcester (03/08; reception for Deputy Grand Master Thomas S. Roy)
    • Paskamansett, New Bedford (03/16; reception for Junior Grand Warden Austin M. Thresher)
    • Mount Moriah, Westfield (05/02; Masonic church service)
    • Grand Lodge of Maryland (05/18)
    • Richard C. MacLaurin, Cambridge (05/19)
    • Corinthian #104, Connecticut (05/22)
    • Occidental, Stockbridge (09/11; presentation of a Veteran's Medal to Allen T. Treadway)
    • Grand Lodge of Illinois (10/11-10/12)
    • Euclid, Boston (10/14; installation)
    • Moses Michael Hays, Boston (11/04; "Brettler Night")
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (11/12; installation)
    • Boston University, Boston (11/26; Ladies' Night)
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (11/30; Feast of St. Andrew)
    • Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania (12/01)
    • Bristol, North Attleboro (12/03; Mortgage burning)

Visits of Deputy Grand Master and Grand Wardens also listed, beginning on Page 1943-234.

• 1943-235: Election of Rt. Wor. Arthur W. Coolidge as Grand Master. Election of other Grand Lodge officers.
• 1943-237: Presentation of the Beteilhe Manuscript by the Grand Master of Pennsylvania.
• 1943-238: Presentation of a Henry Price Medal to Most Wor. William F. Strang, Grand Master of New York.

Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals

• 06/09: 1943-99; Amendment to Section 319, regarding jurisdictions of university Lodges; referred.

• • 09/08: 1943-128; adopted.

Grand Master's Address

• 03/10: 1943-16; opening remarks; necrology; Washington conferences; war problems.

• 06/09: 1943-73; opening remarks; necrology; overseas Lodges (including notes on problems in China); United Grand Lodge of England; Masonic military service activities; centennial obervance of the Baltimore Convention of 1843; conclusion.

• 09/08: 1943-109; opening remarks (see below); budget for 1944; tax withholding; reinstatements; conclusion.

"Four years have passed since a godless group of arrogant men have sought through force of arms to subject to helpless slavery, to hopeless inequality and to hateful discord, all liberty-loing men. To the more timid it seemed for awhile that the powers of darkness might prevail and that civilization, progressing through centuries hopefully toward higher and still higher achievements, might now be forced back into the darkness of a dark age. But even as I speak, from the four corners of this terrestrial sphere comes the heartening glad tidings that they who battle for righteousness, for justice and for truth have stemmed the tide and that on the eastern horizon we may now glimpse the harbingers of returning dawn. Soon may the sun in its resplendent glory break forth in all its grandeur and dispel for all time the fears of those who in the nightmare of civilization's blackout have watched and waited in hope and expectancy."

• 12/08: 1943-165; opening remarks; necrology; membership (with a detailed discussion of membership gains and losses); finances; overseas Lodges (Canal Zone busy; Chile "carrying on under difficult conditions loyaly and well"); China (membership scattered; some returned to the United States aboard the SS Gripsholm on December 1; extensive description starting on Page 1943-190); relief; Education; Library and Museum; conclusion; visits; medals.

Lodge By-Law Changes

• 03/10: 1943-34;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Friendship, Puritan, Rural, Unity; approved.

• 06/09: 1943-96;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Aberdour, Morning Star, Norumbega, Phoenix, Samuel Crocker Lawrence, Unity, Wyoming; approved.

• 09/08: 1943-131;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Army, Brigham, Dalhousie, Middlesex, North Star, Pentucket, St. John's (Concepción); approved.

• 12/08: 1943-131;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Belmont, Major General Henry Knox, Monitor; approved.

Necrologies and Memorials

• 03/10: 1943-17; Death of Rt. Wor. David Louis Bodfish, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

• 03/10: 1943-18; Death of Rt. Wor. William Raymond Barss, Past District Deputy Grand Master, and Superintendent of the Boston Masonic Temple; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

• 03/10: 1943-19; Death of Rt. Wor. Frank Philip Johnson, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

• 03/10: 1943-20; Death of Rt. Wor. Frederick James Needham, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

• 03/10: 1943-21; Death of Rt. Wor. William Palmer Watt, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

• 03/10: 1943-17; Death of Rt. Wor. Elon Forbes Tandy, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

• 03/10: 1943-17; Death of Rt. Wor. John Adams Taggart, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

• 06/09: 1943-74; Death of Rt. Wor. George Thompson Burnham, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

• 12/08: 1943-165; Death of Rt. Wor. Homer Shumway Joslin, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

• 12/08: 1943-166; Death of Rt. Wor. Lauren Leslie McMaster, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

• 12/08: 1943-168; Death of Rt. Wor. Charles William Perry, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 01/23: 1943-37. Worcester. 150th Anniversary of Morning Star Lodge.
  • 1943-38. Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Arthur H. Medine, Master of Morning Star Lodge.
  • 1943-38. A "most appropriate" address by the Grand Master. Remarks by other Brothers. The Grand Master was presented a booklet from the 1893 centenary.
  • 1943-39ff. History of the last fifty years of Morning Star Lodge, by Rt. Wor. Charles W. Delano.

• 04/29: 1943-45. Chelsea. 75th Anniversary of Robert Lash Lodge.
  • 1943-45. Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Wendell W. Dykeman, Master of Robert Lash Lodge.
  • 1943-46. A "most stirring and inspiring" address by the Grand Master. Remarks by other Brothers.
  • 1943-47ff. History of Robert Lash Lodge, by Wor. Ralph W. E. Hopper.

• 11/08: 1943-135. Chelsea. 100th Anniversary of Star of Bethlehem Lodge.
  • 1943-136. Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Stewart P. Sloane, Master of Star of Bethlehem Lodge.
  • 1943-136. An "inspiring" address by the Grand Master, touching upon the history of this Lodge. Remarks by other Brothers.
  • 1943-138ff. History of Star of Bethlehem Lodge, by Bro. Winthrop F. Butler.

• 12/09: 1943-242. Everett. 75th Anniversary of Palestine Lodge.
  • 1943-242. Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. George M. Poor, Master of Palestine Lodge.
  • 1943-243. A "stirring and timely" address by the Grand Master. He also called upon the Brethren in the Armed Forces to receive greetings of the Brethren present. Remarks by other Brothers, including Wor. Arthur Q. Adamson, recently returned from China on the S.S. Gripsholm.
  • 1943-244ff. History of Palestine Lodge, by Rt. Wor. John A. Corliss.

• 12/17: 1943-257. North Brookfield. 50th Anniversary of Meridian Sun Lodge.
  • 1943-257. Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Clarence W. Kenerson, Master of Meridian Sun Lodge.
  • 1943-258. An "inspiring and timely" address by the Grand Master. Remarks by other Brothers.
  • 1943-259ff. History of Meridian Sun Lodge, by Wor. George O. Rollins.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/28/1943)

• 1943-262: Opening and roll call.
• 1943-266: Report of Grand Secretary; 2,635 Diplomas issued through 08/31/1943. Lodges not represented in 1942-43.
• 1943-267: Reception of guests, including neighboring Grand Masters.
• 1943-267: Suspension of the Secretary of Columbian Lodge for un-Masonic conduct.
• 1943-268: Installation of Arthur W. Coolidge as Grand Master. Installation of other Grand Lodge officers.
• 1943-277: Feast of St. John, listing toasts and names of speakers.
  • 1943-277: The Grand Master.
  • 1943-278: Governor Leverett Saltonstall.
  • 1943-283: The Grand Master. Remarks on wartime Masonry.
  • 1943-286: Deputy Grand Master Francis D. Taylor.
  • 1943-290: Grand Master Harold H. Hart of New Hampshire.
  • 1943-293: Grand Master Ralph Simpson of Rhode Island.
  • 1943-295: Grand Master Cady L. Earle of Vermont.
  • 1943-301: Bro. Charles A. Haney, Field Director of the MSA.
  • 1943-305: Past Grand Master Schaefer.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1943

There were 47 districts in Massachusetts in 1943 (numbered 1 through 33), as well as districts for Chile, China and the Canal Zone.

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