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1957

ANDREW G. JENKINS, Grand Master

Herbert N. Faulkner, Deputy Grand Master
Laurence E. Eaton, Senior Grand Warden
Harry B. Tabor, Junior Grand Warden

NOTE: NEEDS REVISED GM VISIT LIST, PIC OF HILTON

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

• 03/13: 1957-7;
• 06/12: 1957-70;
• 09/11: 1957-98;
• 12/11: 1957-164; (Annual Communication)

03/13 Agenda

• 1957-26: Reception and introduction of guests, as well as Grand Representatives.
• 1957-41: Installation of Rt. Wor. Chandler M. Holmes, DDGM of the 15th District, not present at the Feast of St. John in 1956.
• 1957-51: Remarks of Rt. Wor. Walter Oliveira Costa, Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

06/12 Agenda

• 1957-78: Reception and introduction of guests, as well as Grand Representatives.
• 1957-79: Report of Committee on Records.
• 1957-91: Resolution of appreciation to Rt. Wor. Chester D. Shepherd, recently resigned as Service Director of the Grand Lodge.
• 1957-97: Presentation of Henry Price Medal to Rt. Wor. George P. Fullman, District Grand Master of the Canal Zone District.
• 1957-97: Greetings from the Grand Lodges of Oregon and Vermont.

09/11 Agenda

• 1957-106: Reception and introduction of guests, as well as Grand Representatives.
• 1957-106: Presentation of Distinguished Service Medal to Bro. George B. Rowell "in recognition of his meritorious legal services on behalf of the Craft."
• 1957-106: Report of Committee on Records.
• 1957-121: Budget for 1958.
• 1957-127: Report of Committee on Foreign Relations, requesting recognition by the Grand Lodge of the state of Santa Catarina in Brazil (organized April 25, 1956.)

12/11 Agenda

• 1957-173: Reception and introduction of guests, as well as Grand Representatives.
• 1957-173: Report of Committee on Records.
• 1957-183: Report of Education Committee.
• 1957-186: Report of Service Committee.
• 1957-187: Report of Board of Masonic Relief.
• 1957-197: Report of Library and Museum Committee. Note: A list of items displayed in June 1957 is detailed on page 1957-199ff; and a list of library acquisitions appears on page 1957-204ff.
• 1957-206: Auditor's Report.
• 1957-208: Report of the Masonic Education and Charity Trust.
• 1957-216: Visits by the Grand Master:
  • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (01/10)
  • William North, Lowell (01/16; Grand Master's reception)
  • Norfolk, Needham (01/21; Senior Grand Warden reception)
  • Wyoming, Melrose (01/23; Deputy Grand Master reception)
  • Galilean, Everett (01/30; Junior Grand Warden reception)
  • Realty, Boston (02/25; "Whitfield W. Johnson Night")
  • Emeth, Newburyport (04/06; Ladies' Night)
  • Brockton (05/10; Baalis Sanford, Paul Revere, St. George; Ladies' Night)
  • Dorchester, Dorchester (06/06)
  • Abraham H. Howland Jr., Charlton, Masonic Home (06/15)
  • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (11/14; installation)
  • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (11/30; Feast of St. Andrew)

Visits by the Deputy Grand Master and Grand Wardens beginning on Page 1957-223.

• 1957-225: Report of Committee on Returns.
• 1957-228: Re-election of Andrew G. Jenkins as Grand Master. Election of other Grand Officers.
• 1957-229: Presentation of the Henry Price Medal to Rt. Wor. George H. Upton.
• 1911-224: Presentation of a copy of the charter of The Tyrian, Gloucester, with notes on its first meeting.
• 1911-226: Report of the Board of Masonic Relief, including acknowledgement of the gifts of Winslow Lewis and Esoteric Lodges.
• 1900-199: Auditing Committee Report.
• 1900-206: Charity committee report.

Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals

• 09/11: 1957-126; Proposal to amend Section 337, regarding conferral of degrees. Referred.
  • 12/11: 1957-175; Proposal approved with slight rewording.

Grand Master's Address

• 03/13: 1957-41: Grand Master's Conference; consolidation of North China and Shanghai Districts into a single China District; visitations in Virginia and the Netherlands; Masonic Festival at Aleppo Shrine; Veteran Past Masters' Certificates (4 in excess of 50 years).

• 06/12: 1957-79: Opening remarks; necrology; Doric Hall exhibition of historical items; arrival of Most Wor. Melvin Johnson by steamship in New York, recently recovering from a heart attack; Most Wor. Samuel Wragg's illness; death of Most Wor. Carl Claudy of the District of Columbia; visits; dispensations for new Lodges; Veteran Past Masters' Certificates (2 in excess of 50 years); Balloting edict; Northeast Conference on Masonic Libraries and Education; Service; 225th Anniversary in 1958; Masonic Festival at Aleppo Shrine; Benevolences.

• 09/11: 1957-107: Opening remarks; necrology; Taxation of Masonic Temples committee; Blood Program; lodge finances; budget committee; The Oldest Living Freemason, a book that lists 542 names of brothers with 70 or more years' membership; barbecue at Masonic Home in July.

• 12/11: 1957-176: Opening remarks; necrology; greeting to Most Wor. Melvin Johnson and Most Wor. Samuel Wragg; Membership (4,838 initiates); Veteran Past Masters' Certificates (4 in excess of 50 years); Visits; Annual Reports; Reports on overseas Lodges.

Lodge By-Law Changes

• 03/13: 1957-47;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Aberdour, Bethany, Beth-Horon, Boston University, Converse, Corner Stone, Eastern Star, Essex, Ezekiel Bates, John Cutler, John Hancock, Marine, Merrimack, Montacute, Mount Hope, Mount Olivet, Pequossette, Rising Star, [1], Saggahew, St. George, Satucket, Seaview, Somerville, Springfield, Waltham, Wamesit, Zerubbabel; approved.

• 06/12: 1957-93;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Algonquin, Athol, Bristol, Charity, Charles C. Dame, Corner Stone, Federal, Fourth Estate, Franklin, Garden City, Grecian, Hampshire, Huntington, Level, Montgomery, Morning Sun, [2], Mount Vernon, Nehoiden, North Star, Norumbega, Old Colony, Oxford, Paul Dean, Phoenician, Phoenix, Plymouth, Republican, Rural, St. Paul's (Ayer), Shawmont, Springfield, Star, Tahattawan, Trinity, Wampatuck, Winthrop, Zerubbabel; approved.

• 09/11: 1957-129;
  • Full Codes : [3], Simon W. Robinson.
  • Amendments: Berkshire, Constellation, Freedom, Germania, [4], Mount Vernon, Shawmut, Sibert, Sinim (with changes), Warren, Webster; approved.

• 12/11: 1957-223;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Ancient York, Blackstone River, [5], Delta, Eden, Esoteric, Fraternity, Freedom, Gate of the Temple, The Harvard, John Abbot, [6], Lafayette (Roxbury), Mosaic, Mount Hope, Nantascot, Pequossette, Rural, Sagamore, St. Matthew's, The Lodge of Stirling; approved. Blackstone River not approved.

Necrologies and Memorials

• NECROLOGIES:
  • 03/13: 1957-36; Rt. Wor. Roy Elton Comstock, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/13: 1957-36; Rt. Wor. Clarence Irving Sweet, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/13: 1957-36; Rt. Wor. Joseph Irving Botting, Past Senior Grand Warden.
  • 03/13: 1957-37; Rt. Wor. Harrison Albion Morse, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/13: 1957-37; Rt. Wor. William Arnold Wry, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/13: 1957-37; Rt. Wor. James Arthur Gibson, Past Senior Grand Warden.
  • 06/12: 1957-80; Rt. Wor. Edgar Montague Osgood, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/12: 1957-80; Rt. Wor. Henry Warren Stevens, Past Senior Grand Warden.
  • 06/12: 1957-80; Rt. Wor. Harold William Walkinshaw, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/12: 1957-81; Rt. Wor. Otis Converse White, Jr., Past Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/11: 1957-108; Rt. Wor. Francis Martin Rollin Webler, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/11: 1957-108; Rt. Wor. Edward Warren Burt, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/11: 1957-108; Rt. Wor. Harry Herbert Williams, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/11: 1957-109; Rt. Wor. Winfield Temple, Past Senior Grand Warden.
  • 09/11: 1957-109; Rt. Wor. Frank Herman Hilton, Past Grand Marshal, Senior Grand Warden and Grand Secretary.
  • 12/11: 1957-177; Rt. Wor. Louis Albert Rogers, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/11: 1957-177; Rt. Wor. Breuelle Hunt, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/11: 1957-177; Rt. Wor. George Everett MacLean, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/11: 1957-177; Rt. Wor. Louis Albert Rogers, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/11: 1957-177; Rt. Wor. Breuelle Hunt, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/11: 1957-177; Memorial to Rt. Wor. George Everett MacLean, Past District Deputy Grand Master.

• MEMORIALS:
  • 03/13: 1957-38; Rt. Wor. Joseph Irving Botting, Past Senior Grand Warden, presented by Rt. Wor. Edward C. Holmes, for the committee.
  • 03/13: 1957-39; Rt. Wor. James Arthur Gibson, Past Senior Grand Warden; presented by Most Wor. Claude L. Allen, for the committee.
  • 06/12: 1957-80; Rt. Wor. Henry Warren Stevens, Past Senior Grand Warden; presented by Rt. Wor. Frederic L. Pike, on behalf of the committee.
  • 09/11: 1957-113; Rt. Wor. Otis Converse White, Jr., Past Deputy Grand Master; presented by Most Wor. Thomas S. Roy, for the committee.
  • 09/11: 1957-116; Rt. Wor. Winfield Temple, Past Senior Grand Warden; presented by Most Wor. Claude L. Allen, for the committee.
  • 09/11: 1957-118; Rt. Wor. Frank Herman Hilton, Past Grand Marshal, Senior Grand Warden and Grand Secretary; presented by Most Wor. Joseph Earl Perry, on behalf of the committee. Note: a portrait of Rt. Wor. Hilton appears opposite page 1957-119.
  • 12/27: 1957-255; Most Wor. Melvin Maynard Johnson, Past Grand Master; conducted by Most Wor. Thomas S. Roy, Past Grand Master.

Petitions for Charters

• 03/13: 1957-50; Charter of Sinim Lodge amended to indicate its official establishment in Tokyo, where it had been meeting by dispensation since September 1952.

• 12/11: 1957-226; Charter of Lafayette (Roxbury), petitioned to remove to Norwood effective February 1, 1958; charter to be amended.

Petitions for Dispensation for Lodges

• 06/12: 1957-85; Perfection, Framingham (granted 03/19)

• 06/12: 1957-85; Maugus Hill, Wellesley (granted 04/11)

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 03/05: 1957-1; Boston. 25th Anniversary of Moses Michael Hays Lodge.
  • 1957-2: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Maurice Verdun, Master of Moses Michael Hays Lodge.
  • 1957-2: Brief address by the Grand Master; remarks by Most Wor. Whitfield W. Johnson and Claude L. Allen, DDGM Rt. Wor. Alden Ackerman, and Wor. Verdun.
  • 1957-3ff: History of Moses Michael Hays Lodge, by Wor. E. Louis Greenblatt.

• 03/21: 1957-53; Lowell. 150th Anniversary of Pentucket Lodge.
  • 1957-53: Grand Lodge opened at Spalding House, where the lodge was originally constituted in 1807; tea for Grand Officers and their ladies.
  • 1957-54: Grand Lodge received by Wor. Francis A. Mathews, Master of Pentucket Lodge.
  • 1957-54: Brief address by the Grand Master; remarks by other brothers. The Grand Master presented a 50-year Veteran's Medal to Bro. Harold J. Patten, and a diploma to his son Bro. Richard A. Patten, who had recently been raised.
  • 1957-56ff: History of Pentucket Lodge, by Wor. Francis A. Mathews.

• 09/29: 1957-133; Danvers. Cornerstone Laying at Holy Trinity Methodist Church.
  • 1957-133: Grand Lodge opened at Danvers Masonic Temple; procession to building site, led by DeMolay Band and accompanied by Rainbow and DeMolay officers, as well as York Rite brothers and members of Amity and Mosaic Lodges.
  • 1957-134: Exercises "in accordance with ancient form and ceremony."
  • 1957-134: Contents of cornerstone box.

• 10/22: 1957-136; Somerville. Centenary of John Abbot Lodge.
  • 1957-137: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Elmer W. Keane, Master of John Abbot Lodge.
  • 1957-137: Brief address by the Grand Master about Most Wor. John Abbot; remarks by other brothers. The Grand Master presented a 50-year Veteran's Medal to Brothers Ralph L. R. Collins and James H. Hurter.
  • 1957-139ff: History of John Abbot Lodge, by Rt. Wor. Eugene B. Hamilton.

• 11/02: 1957-149; Adams. Centenary of Berkshire Lodge.
  • 1957-149: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Ernest Richardson, Master of Berkshire Lodge.
  • 1957-150: Brief address by the Grand Master and remarks by other brothers.
  • 1957-151ff: History of Berkshire Lodge, by Wor. Ernest Richardson and Bro. George Schwarzer. Includes notes on Berkshire Lodge in Stockbridge, Friendship Lodge of Williamstown, and the original Franklin Lodge ("Stafford Hill Lodge") of Cheshire.

• 11/07: 1957-158; Malden. Centenary of Mount Vernon Lodge.
  • 1957-158: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. William B. Berg, Jr., Master of Mount Vernon Lodge.
  • 1957-159: Remarks by the Grand Master and other brothers. Presentations of a Past Master's Jewel to Wor. Berg, a Past Master's disploma to Wor. Henry L. Taylor, and a Veteran's Medal to Bro. Alfred L. Barstow. Master Mason Diplomas were presented to the "100th Anniversary Class."
  • 1957-160ff: History of Mount Vernon Lodge, by Wor. A. Ray Whenman. Note on Mount Hermon Lodge in Malden and surrender of its charter; the original petitioners wanted that charter back, but the absence of records made that impossible.

• 12/12: 1957-230; Watertown. Centenary of Pequossette Lodge.
  • 1957-231: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. William T. von Schoppe, Master of Pequossette Lodge.
  • 1957-231: A time capsule was dedicated to be opened in the year 2057, 100 years hence.
  • 1957-231: Along with DDGM Rt. Wor. C. Frank Carbee, the Grand Master presented Veterans' Medals to Bro. Raymond H. Wilson and A. Lester Shipton.
  • 1957-232: Brief address by the Grand Master; remarks by other brothers.
  • 1957-233: History of Pequossette Lodge, written by Bro. Miles P. Robinson ("which he had compiled with painstaking care as a result of two years' research.")

• 12/17: 1957-246; Canton. Burning of the mortgage of Blue Hill Lodge.
  • 1957-247: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Brethren of the Lodge.
  • 1957-247: Apartments "reconsecrated in ancient form and ceremony, as a climax of which, the mortgage was burned with appropriate ritual to supplement the consecration."

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/27/1957)

• 1957-248: Opening and roll call.
• 1957-253: Reception and introduction of guests, as well as Grand Representatives.
• 1957-254: Report of Grand Secretary: List of lodges not represented in Grand Lodge in 1957, as well as the past 2-5 years.
• 1957-257: Installation of Grand Master Jenkins. Installation of other Grand Officers.
• 1957-260: Grand Master Jenkins was presented with his Past Grand Master's Jewel by Most Wor. Whitfield W. Johnson, and with the Jeremy L. Cross Medal by the Grand Master of New Hampshire, Most Wor. Carroll H. Ingalls.
• 1957-262: Feast of St. John, listing toasts and names of speakers:
• 1957-262: Grand Master Jenkins.
• 1957-263: Rt. Wor. and Senator Leverett Saltonstall.
• 1957-265: Grand Master Jenkins, Looking Forward.
• 1957-269: Deputy Grand Master Rt. Wor. Paul L. Perkins.
• 1957-270: Most Wor. Nathan Turk, Grand Master of New York.
• 1957-272: Sovereign Grand Commander, Northern Jurisdiction AASR, Ill. George E. Bushnell 33°.
• 1957-275: Grand Prelate of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar, Rt. Em. E. Robert Chable.

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