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1948

ROGER KEITH, Grand Master

Eugene B. Hamilton, Deputy Grand Master
Whitfield W. Johnson, Senior Grand Warden
George W. Gray, Junior Grand Warden

A portrait of the Grand Master appeared in the Frontispiece.

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

• 03/10: 1948-1;
• 06/09: 1948-54;
• 09/08: 1948-124;
• 12/08: 1948-177; (Annual Communication)

03/10 Agenda

• 1948-8: Introduction of Guests.
• 1948-9: Report of Committee on Records.
• 1948-28: Recognition of the Grand Lodge of Finland.
  • 12/08: 1948-232; confirmed, representatives exchanged.
• 1948-28: Greetings from Rt. Wor. Joseph Kirichok, District Deputy Grand Master from Shanghai.

06/09 Agenda

• 1948-61: Introduction of Guests.
• 1948-61: Report of Committee on Records.
• 1948-85: Greetings from Rt. Wor. Joseph Kirichok, District Deputy Grand Master from Shanghai.

09/08 Agenda

• 1948-143: Report of Committee on Records.
• 1948-143: Greetings from Rt. Wor. Hyman Hodes, District Deputy Grand Master from North China.

12/08 Agenda

• 1948-185: Presentation of Guests.
• 1948-185: Report of Committee on Records.
• 1948-202: Report of Relief Commissioner.
• Recorded in Grand Master Keith's address, beginning on Page 1948-213:
  • Anniversaries:
    • Social Harmony, Wareham (03/12; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)Deputy Grand Master Eugene B. Hamilton presiding.
    • Charles A. Welch, Maynard (03/18; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication) Deputy Grand Master Eugene B. Hamilton presiding.
    • Russell, Arlington (06/09; 25th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Marine, Falmouth (06/12; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • King David, Taunton (06/14; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Chicopee, Chicopee (10/16; Centenary; Special Communication)
    • Crescent, Pittsfield (11/13; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Eastern Star, Rehoboth (11/20; 25th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Star in the East, New Bedford (12/10; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
  • Hall Dedications, Cornerstone layings:
    • Edgartown (06/27; Special Communication)Deputy Grand Master Eugene B. Hamilton presiding.
  • Lodges visited:
    • Winchester (01/01; open house of Masonic bodies)
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (01/08)
    • St. George, Brockton (01/21; reception for Grand Master)
    • John Abbot and Freedom, Somerville (01/29; reception for Deputy Grand Master Eugene B. Hamilton)
    • Hampden, Springfield (02/05; reception for Junior Grand Warden George W. Gray)
    • Grand Lodge of Virginia (02/10-12)
    • The Harvard, Cambridge (03/04; reception for Senior Grand Warden Whitfield W. Johnson)
    • United Grand Lodge of England (03/23)
    • Grand Lodge of North Carolina (04/20)
    • Grand Lodge of New York (05/04)
    • St. George, Brockton (05/05)
    • Grand Lodge of Indiana (05/17-19)
    • Abraham H. Howland Jr., New Bedford (05/26; District meeting of New Bedford lodges)
    • Manet, Quincy (05/29; reception for Grand Master of New Hampshire)
    • King Solomon's, Somerville (06/16; Bunker Hill celebration)
    • Grand Lodge of Canada (Ontario) (07/20-22)
    • Grand Lodge of Delaware (10/05)
    • Grand Lodge of Illinois (10/11-13)
    • Fellowship, Bridgewater (10/18; "Joseph W. Keith Night")
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (11/19; installation)
    • Lawrence (11/23; mortgage burning for the Temple)
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (11/30; Feast of St. Andrew)

Visits of Deputy Grand Master and Grand Wardens also listed, beginning on Page 1948-220.

• 1948-222: Report of the Committee on Grand Lodge Dues; initial proposal to establish Grand Lodge Life Memberships; suggested amendment to the Grand Constitutions.
• 1948-226: Re-election of Grand Master Roger Keith. Election of other Grand Officers.
• 1948-233: Greetings from Rt. Wor. Joseph Kirichok, District Deputy Grand Master from Shanghai.

Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals

• 12/08: 1948-222; Proposal to amend Section 332 by expanding it to include the proposed Grand Lodge Life Memberships; referred.

Grand Master's Address

• 03/10: 1948-17; opening remarks; visit to Virginia; conference of Grand Masters; degree work; dispensations; Masonic Home and Hospital; China Lodge dues; visit to Grand Lodge of England; necrology.

• 06/09: 1948-62; opening remarks; necrology; degree work; dispensations; investigations; Advisory Finance Committee; 50th Anniversary of Boston Temple Cornerstone; 150th Anniversary of the State House; visits; visit to England for the installation of the Grand Master.

• 09/08: 1948-131; opening remarks; necrology; visit to Canada; presence of Past District Grand Master Lewis Bates and Bro. Jan W. Rosenberg, captain of a boat that rescued a number of Latvians and brought them to Provincetown; Lodges of Instruction; Masonic Home and Hospital; Budget for 1949.

• 12/08: 1948-186; opening remarks; necrology; membership (5,767 initiates through 08/31/1948); education; service; Library and Museum; relief; finances; visits; medals.

Lodge By-Law Changes

• 03/12: 1948-25;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Aberdour, Adelphi, Alpha, Brotherhood, Charles A. Welch, Excelsior, Germania, Grecian (with changes), Hammatt, Longmeadow, Matthew John Whittall, Noddle's Island, Simon W. Robinson, Wayfarers; approved. Phoenix, Seaview; returned.

• 06/11: 1948-82;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Algonquin, Budleigh, Darien, Eliot, Esoteric, Everett C. Benton, King Cyrus, Middlesex, Mount Hermon, Mount Zion, Phoenix, Prospect, St. Bernard, Wessagusset, Winthrop; approved. Wilder, disapproved.

• 12/08: 1948-227;
  • Full Codes :
  • Amendments: Brigham, Corinthian, Golden Fleece, Hammatt, Howard, Jerusalem, Lafayette (North Adams), Liberty, Norumbega, Oriental, Shanghai, Shawmut, Siloam, Sinim, Somerville, Springfield, Wilder, Wyoming; approved.

Necrologies and Memorials

• NECROLOGIES (in Grand Master's Address)
  • 09/08: 1948-131; Rt. Wor. Alonzo Tuttle Wonson, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/08: 1948-131; Rt. Wor. William Stephen Wadsworth, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/08: 1948-132; Rt. Wor. Dana Russell Johnson, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/08: 1948-132; Rt. Wor. Charles Wesley Delano, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/08: 1948-132; Rt. Wor. Philip Amory Carr, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/08: 1948-132; Rt. Wor. William Francis Schellenbach, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/08: 1948-133; Rt. Wor. Franklin Crawford Monroe, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/08: 1948-133; Rt. Wor. Henry Horton Kimball, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/08: 1948-187; Rt. Wor. Ralph Taylor Entwistle, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/08: 1948-187; Rt. Wor. Ralph Howard Fuller Cluff, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/08: 1948-187; Rt. Wor. Charles Ireland Pettingill, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/08: 1948-187; Rt. Wor. Ralph Taylor Entwistle, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/08: 1948-187; Rt. Wor. Charles Hawkes Marble, Past District Deputy Grand Master, Past Junior Grand Steward.
  • 12/08: 1948-188; Rt. Wor. Charles G. Balcom, Past Grand Marshal, Past Senior Grand Warden.

• MEMORIALS
  • 03/10: 1948-22; Memorial to Rt. Wor. Elton S. Wilde, Past Junior Grand Warden; in Grand Master's Address.
  • 06/09: 1948-63; Death of Rt. Wor. Alonzo Tuttle Wonson, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
  • 06/09: 1948-63; Death of Rt. Wor. William Stephen Wadsworth, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
  • 09/08: 1948-132; Death of Wor. Joshua Loth Liebman, Grand Chaplain; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.
  • 09/08: 1948-134; Death of Rt. Wor. Edward Sohier Welch, Past District Deputy Grand Master, grandson of Most Wor. Charles A. Welch; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 03/12: 1948-30. Wareham. 125th Anniversary of Social Harmony Lodge. Deputy Grand Master Eugene B. Hamilton presiding.
  • 1948-30: Grand Lodge opened and was welcomed by Wor. Ellsworth L. Doll, Master of Social Harmony Lodge.
  • 1948-31: Address by the Acting Grand Master "in a pleasing and instructive manner." Remarks by other Brothers.
  • 1948-33ff: History of Social Harmony Lodge, by Rt. Wor. John C. Makepeace.

• 03/18: 1948-42. Maynard. 75th Anniversary of Charles A. Welch Lodge. Deputy Grand Master Eugene B. Hamilton presiding.
  • 1948-42: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Arthur W. Lee, Master of Charles A. Welch Lodge.
  • 1948-43: "Inspiring" address by the Acting Grand Master. Remarks by other Brothers, and letter of regret and greeting from Past Grand Master Melvin M. Johnson, an Honorary Member of the Lodge.
  • 1948-45 (03/14) Religious services at the Maynard Congregational Church, sermon delivered by Wor. and Rev. D. Joseph Imler. (03/20) Entertainment and dance at Maynard High School.
  • 1948-47ff: History of Charles A. Welch Lodge, by Wor. William Naylor.

• 06/09: 1948-86. Arlington. 25th Anniversary of Russell Lodge.
  • 1948-86: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Russell T. Hamlet, Master of Russell Lodge.
  • 1948-87: Address by the Grand Master, describing his recent visit to the Grand Lodge of England. Remarks by other Brothers.
  • 1948-89ff: History of Russell Lodge, by Wor. Albert H. Morris.

• 06/12: 1948-92. Falmouth. 150th Anniversary of Marine Lodge.
  • 1948-93: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. George H. Bigelow, Master of Marine Lodge. Closing and adjournment to the Falmouth Recreation Hall.
  • 1948-93: Address by the Grand Master, describing his recent visit to the Grand Lodge of England. Remarks by other Brothers.
  • 1948-95ff: History of Marine Lodge, by Wor. George H. Greene.

• 06/14: 1948-100. Taunton. 150th Anniversary of King David Lodge.
  • 1948-100: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Lynton L. Drinkwater, Master of King David Lodge. Adjournment to the State Armory.
  • 1948-101: Address by the Grand Master, describing his recent visit to the Grand Lodge of England. Remarks by other Brothers.
  • 1948-102: (06/27) Pilgrimage to the grave of the Lodge's first Master, Seth Padelford, as well as a St. John's Day Service at St. Thomas Church.
  • 1948-103ff: History of King David Lodge, by Wor. Edward R. Burt.

Harbor View Hotel, Edgartown

• 06/27: 1948-119. Edgartown. Divine Worship and the dedication of a Masonic Temple. Deputy Grand Master Eugene B. Hamilton presiding.
  • 1948-122: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Charles Leighton, Master of Oriental Lodge.
  • 1948-122: Ceremonies of dedication.
  • 1948-122: Presentation of a silver Square and Compasses to the Grand Master by Wor. Lincoln Potte.
  • 1948-123: Banquet at Harbor View Hotel; remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers. Presentation of a silk American flag to Oriental Lodge.

• 10/16: 1948-145. Chicopee. Centenary of Chicopee Lodge.
  • 1948-145: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Arthur E. Lindstrom, Master of Chicopee Lodge.
  • 1948-146: Address by the Grand Master "in his accustomed friendly manner." Remarks by other Brothers.
  • 1948-148ff: History of Chicopee Lodge, by Wor. Frank A. Crothers, Wor. Harold B. Howard, and Rt. Wor. Benn Blythe.

• 11/13: 1948-158. Pittsfield. 75th Anniversary of Crescent Lodge.
  • 1948-158: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Lloyd A. Stokes, Jr., Master of Crescent Lodge.
  • 1948-159: Address by the Grand Master. Remarks by other Brothers.
  • 1948-161ff: History of Crescent Lodge, by Wor. Harold S. Clark.

• 11/20: 1948-169. Rehoboth. 25th Anniversary of Eastern Star Lodge.
  • 1948-169: Grand Lodge opened at Rehoboth Grange Hall and was received by Wor. Benjamin E. Kinne, Master of Eastern Star Lodge. Banquet at the Goff Memorial Hall.
  • 1948-170: Address by the Grand Master. Remarks by other Brothers.
  • 1948-172ff: History of Eastern Star Lodge, by Rt. Wor. Henry H. Goff. Some information on the first Eastern Star Lodge.

• 12/10: 1948-234. New Bedford. 125th Anniversary of Star in the East Lodge.
  • 1948-234: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Albert Crook, Master of Star in the East Lodge.
  • 1948-235: Address by the Grand Master. Remarks by other Brothers.
  • 1948-236ff: History of Star in the East Lodge, by Bro. Alexander K. Brown. A few notes on Washington Remembered Lodge.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/27/1948)

• 1948-243: Opening and roll call.
• 1948-247: Reception of guests, including neighboring Grand Masters.
• 1948-248: Report of Grand Secretary; 5,264 Diplomas issued through 08/31/1948.
• 1948-249: Lodges not represented in Grand Lodge during 1947-48.
• 1948-249: Installation of Roger Keith as Grand Master. Installation of other Grand Lodge officers.
• 1948-257: Presentation of Henry Price Medals to the Grand Masters of Illinois and Virginia.
• 1948-259: Feast of St. John, listing toasts and names of speakers.
  • 1948-260: The Grand Master.
  • 1948-265: Deputy Grand Master Ethelbert V. Grabill.
  • 1948-266: Past Grand Master Arthur W. Coolidge.
  • 1948-271: Wor. Harold Young.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1948

There were 47 districts in Massachusetts in 1948 (numbered 1 through 33), as well as districts for Chile, China and the Canal Zone.

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