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1960

Officers of the Grand Lodge:
Back Row: Earl Taylor (GSec), Frederick W. Hale (GT), John N. Hall (Grand Marshal), George R. Dewhurst (JGW)
Front Row: George H. Upton (SGW), Grand Master Laurence E. Eaton, Carl C. Peterson (DGM)


Grand Masters Johnson, Perry, Allen, Eaton (Presiding), Keith, Roy, Jenkins

LAURENCE E. EATON, Grand Master

Carl C. Peterson, Deputy Grand Master
George H. Upton, Senior Grand Warden
George R. Dewhurst, Junior Grand Warden

A picture of the Grand Master with the living Past Grand Masters appears in the Frontispiece and above.

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

• 03/09: 1960-6;
• 06/08: 1960-129;
• 09/14: 1960-151;
• 12/14: 1960-237; (Annual Communication)

03/09 Agenda

• 1960-14: Reception and introduction of guests, as well as Grand Representatives.
• 1960-14: Report of Committee on Records.

06/08 Agenda

• 1960-137: Reception and introduction of guests, as well as Grand Representatives.
• 1960-143: Remarks by Rt. Wor. Subert Turbyfill, District Grand Master of the Canal Zone.
• 1960-144: Report of Committee on Records.

09/14 Agenda

• 1960-159: Reception and introduction of guests, as well as Grand Representatives.
• 1960-159: Report of Committee on Records.
• 1960-166: Recognition of the Grand Lodge of São Paulo, Brazil.
• 1960-171: Budget for 1961.

12/14 Agenda

• 1960-244: Reception and introduction of guests, as well as Grand Representatives.
• 1960-245: Report of Committee on Records.
• 1960-257: Recognition of the Grand Lodge of Belgium.
• 1960-263: Report of Committee on Returns.
• 1960-264: Report of Department of Education.
• 1960-267: Report of Department of Service.
• 1960-271: Board of Masonic Relief Report.
• 1960-283: Library and Museum Report.
• 1960-295: Auditors' Summary.
• Visits by Grand Master Eaton, beginning on Page 1960-302:
  • Anniversaries:
    • Philanthropic, Marblehead (03/25; 200th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Dalhousie, Newtonville (05/04; Centenary; Special Communication)
    • Quinebaug, Southbridge (05/07; Centenary; Special Communication)
    • Mystic, Pittsfield (05/14; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Caleb Butler, Ayer (06/03; Centenary; Special Communication)
    • John Hancock, Methuen (10/10; Centenary; Special Communication)
    • John Warren, Hopkinton (10/18; Centenary, also Hall Dedication; Special Communication)
    • The Lodge of Stirling, Malden (11/30; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Zerubbabel, Dorchester (12/06; 10th Anniversary; Special Communication)
  • Hall Dedications and corner-stone layings:
    • Watertown (02/16; Special Communication)
    • Yarmouth (04/30; Corner-stone laying; Special Communication)
    • Brockton (05/09; Special Communication)
    • North Easton (12/09; Special Communication)
  • Lodges visited:
    • Winchester (01/01; open house)
    • William North, Lowell (01/13; reception for Senior Grand Warden George H. Upton)
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (01/14)
    • Norfolk, Needham (01/18; reception for Grand Master)
    • Eureka, New Bedford (01/27; reception for Junior Grand Warden George R. Dewhurst)
    • Norumbega and Garden City, Newtonville (02/01; reception for Deputy Grand Master Carl C. Peterson)
    • Grand Lodge of Virginia (02/09-11)
    • Norfolk, Needham (03/07; Past Masters' Night)
    • Grand Lodge of Connecticut (04/06-07)
    • Grand Lodge of New Jersey (04/20-21)
    • Narragansett, Fall River (05/05; "George H. Hicks Night")
    • Grand Lodge of Indiana (05/17-18)
    • Grand Lodge of Vermont (06/15-16)
    • Grand Lodge of Canada (Ontario) (07/20-21)
    • Norfolk, Needham (09/10; installation)
    • Grand Lodge of Delaware (10/05-06)
    • Grand Lodge of Illinois (10/07-08)
    • Grand Lodge of Ohio (10/14-15)
    • Belmont, Belmont (11/03)
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (11/10; installation)
    • Grand Lodge of Maryland (11/15-16)

Visits by Deputy Grand Master and Grand Wardens appear beginning on Page 1960-309.

• 1960-311: Re-election of Grand Master Laurence E. Eaton. Election of other Grand Officers.

Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals

None.

Grand Master's Address

• 03/09: 1960-24; opening remarks; necrology; visits; Masonic activities; problems; dispensations; conclusion.

• 06/08: 1960-137; opening remarks; visits; membership; public relations; Home and Hospital; blood bank; balloting; Sinim Lodge in Tokyo; conclusion.

• 09/14: 1960-160; opening remarks; necrology; visits; Sword of Bunker Hill; toleration; George Washington Memorial; conclusion.

• 12/14: 1960-246; opening remarks; necrology; visits; rulings; George Washington Memorial; bonding for Lodge officers; condition of the Craft; Cuba ("Cuban Masons are suffering the common fate usually handed out by dictators."); Grand Lodge audit; membership (3,743 raised through 08/31/1960); relocation of William Whiting Lodge; conclusion. Visits and medals follow committee reports.

Lodge By-Law Changes

• 03/09: 1960-34;
  • Full Codes : Chagres; approved.
  • Amendments: Abraham H. Howland Jr., Hammatt, Montacute, Mount Vernon, St. George, Starr King, The Tyrian, Washington; approved. Mount Olivet, not approved.

• 06/08: 1960-144;
  • Full Codes : Germania; approved.
  • Amendments: Aberdour, Baalis Sanford, Bethesda (Valparaiso), Beth-Horon, Blue Hill, Charles River, Crescent, Day Spring, Dover, Grecian, Manet, Massasoit, Monitor, Narragansett, Paul Revere, St. Bernard, St. Mark's, St. Martin's, Sinim, Spencer, Washington, Winthrop; approved.

• 09/14: 1960-168;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Acacia, Brigham, Delta, Eastern Star, Harmony, Mechanic's, Montacute, Mystic Valley, Noddle's Island (including a reduction in degree fees), Palestine, Paul Dean, The Tyrian, United Brethren, Winslow Lewis; approved.

• 12/14: 1960-261;
  • Full Codes : John T. Heard; approved.
  • Amendments: Brigham, Budleigh, Charles H. Titus, Eliot, Fourth Estate, Grecian, Manchester, Mount Horeb (Woburn), St. John's (Boston), Samuel Osgood, The Tyrian, William Parkman, William Sewall Gardner; approved. Adelphi, not approved.

Necrologies and Memorials

• NECROLOGIES:
  • 03/09: 1960-24; Rt. Wor. Lendal Wesley Harding, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/09: 1960-25; Rt. Wor. Frederic L. Putnam, Past Senior Grand Warden.
  • 03/09: 1960-25; Rt. Wor. Benjamin Barnes, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/09: 1960-25; Rt. Wor. Ralph Trescotte Larchar, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/09: 1960-25; Rt. Wor. Dugald MacCallum, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/09: 1960-26; Rt. Wor. William Fiske Deadman, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/14: 1960-161; Rt. Wor. Grover Cleveland Hoyt, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/14: 1960-161; Rt. Wor. John Norman Panall, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/14: 1960-247; Rt. Wor. John Harold Dale, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/14: 1960-247; Rt. Wor. George Gibbs Engel, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/14: 1960-247; Rt. Wor. Thomas Edward Baker, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/14: 1960-247; Rt. Wor. Bertram Francis Ryder, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/14: 1960-248; Rt. Wor. Frank Warton Kaan, Past Senior Grand Warden.
  • 12/14: 1960-248; Rt. Wor. Frank Adams Howe, Past District Deputy Grand Master.

• MEMORIALS:
  • 03/09: 1960-25; Rt. Wor. Frederic L. Putnam, Past Senior Grand Warden, presented by Most Wor. Claude L. Allen for the committee.
  • 12/14: 1960-255; Rt. Wor. Frank Warton Kaan, Past Senior Grand Warden, presented by Most Wor. Claude L. Allen for the committee.

Petitions for Charters

• 06/08: 1960-146; Petition by Washington Lodge to remove to Lexington (and to change districts); granted.

• 06/08: 1960-147; Petition by Soley Lodge to remove to Lincoln; granted.

• 09/14: 1960-169; Correction of the Charter of Sojourners Lodge to designate its jurisdiction as within the Canal Zone (and not merely Cristobal); granted.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

Grand Master and Wor. Hatch ; The New Temple

• 02/16: 1960-1; Watertown. Dedication of a Masonic Temple.
  • 1960-2: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren and guests of Pequossette Lodge.
  • 1960-2: Temple dedicated "to Masonic usage with full form and ceremony in accordance with ancient custom."
  • 1960-2: List of bodies sharing in the construction of the Temple, including Pequossette Lodge, Victory Lodge, and appendant bodies.

• 02/26: 1960-4; Boston. Reception of the Grand Master and Grand Secretary of the Grand East of the Netherlands.
  • 1960-4: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of Boston University Lodge.
  • 1960-5: Reception of Most Wor. C.M.R. Davidson, Grand Master of the Netherlands, and his Grand Secretary Rt. Wor. P.J. VanLoo. Remarks.

• 03/25: 1960-38; Marblehead. Two Hundredth Anniversary of Philanthropic Lodge.
  • 1960-39: Grand Lodge opened at the Marblehead High School and was received by Wor. George S. Lawler, Master of Philanthropic Lodge.
  • 1960-39: Remarks by Bro. John Lowell of Bethlehem Lodge, who spoke of his ancestor John Lowell, who had on March 25, 1760 organized and been the first Master of Philanthropic Lodge.
  • 1960-39: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brethren. Veteran's Medal presented to Bro. John Marshall.
  • 1960-41ff: History of Philanthropic Lodge, by Bro. Tracy Lewis Sanborn.

• 03/28: 1960-77; Boston. Reception of the Grand Officers of the Grand Lodge of Israel.
  • 1960-78: Grand Lodge opened and received Most Wor. Max Seligman, Grand Master of Israel, and other Grand Officers of the Grand Lodge of Israel. Each offered remarks.
  • 1960-79: Presentation of a Henry Price Medal to Most Wor. Seligman, and Honorary Membership in the Grand Lodge of Israel to the Grand Master.

• 04/30: 1960-81; Yarmouth. Corner-stone laying for a Masonic Temple.
  • 1960-82: Grand Lodge opened and was escorted to the building site by various collateral bodies and the members of Howard Lodge.
  • 1960-82: Corner-stone laying "in accordance with ancient form and ceremony."
  • 1960-82: Contents of corner-stone box.

• 05/04: 1960-84; Newtonville. Centenary of Dalhousie Lodge.
  • 1960-85: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. J. Philip Berquist, Master of Dalhousie Lodge.
  • 1960-85: Address by the Grand Master (reproduced in full). Remarks by other Brothers.
  • 1960-89: Presentations of Veterans Medals to Wor. Dwight L. Woodberry, and Bros. Bruce U. Gardiner, William E. Herrick and Samuel N. Wood. Presentation of a medal of Honorary Membership to Bro. Mark L. Ball.
  • 1960-91ff: History of Dalhousie Lodge, by Wor. William L. Woodland.

• 05/07: 1960-104; Southbridge. Centenary of Quinebaug Lodge.
  • 1960-104: Grand Lodge opened at the Tantasqua Regional High School and was received by Wor. Albert M. Barnes, Master of Quinebaug Lodge.
  • 1960-105: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.
  • 1960-106ff: History of Quinebaug Lodge, by Wor. Byron J. Ziegler. Note: some information on Fayette Lodge.

• 05/09: 1960-112; Brockton. Dedication of a Masonic Temple.
  • 1960-113: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Willis A. Downs, Master of St. George Lodge.
  • 1960-113: Temple dedicated "with full form and ceremony in accordance with ancient usage."

• 05/14: 1960-114; Pittsfield. 150th Anniversary of Mystic Lodge.
  • 1960-104: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Gustaf G. Pilblad, Jr., Master of Mystic Lodge.
  • 1960-115: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.
  • 1960-115: Presentation of Distinguished Service Medals to Bro. Karl D. Henry and Stephen G. Wooliver.
  • 1960-116ff: History of Mystic Lodge, by Wor. Richard B. Shipton. Note: some information on Federal (Stafford Hill) Lodge.

• 06/03: 1960-123; Ayer. Centenary of Caleb Butler Lodge.
  • 1960-123: Grand Lodge opened at the Page School and was received by the Brethren of Caleb Butler Lodge.
  • 1960-124: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.
  • 1960-124: Presentation of Veterans' Medals to Rt. Wor. Frank B. Crandall and Bro. Holden C. Harlow.
  • 1960-125ff: History of Caleb Butler Lodge, by Wor. Frederick H. Brown.

• 10/10: 1960-177; Methuen. Centenary of John Hancock Lodge.
  • 1960-177: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Bernard B. Wallace, Master of John Hancock Lodge.
  • 1960-178: Presentation of a new Volume of the Sacred Law, dedicated "in loving membry of the many Brethren who had knelt at the Altar in years gone by, in joyful anticipation of the Brethren to come, and in everlasting and grateful appreciation of the loving kindness of our Divine Creator."
  • 1960-178: Presentation of a document bearing the signature of John Hancock as Governor.
  • 1960-178: Adjournment to the Freedman Banquet Hall in Lawrence; remarks by the Grand Master and other Brethren.
  • 1960-179: Presentation of Veterans' Medals to Bros. Thomas Edwin Anedrew, George Lucas Appleyard, Harry Lambert, and Arthur Maud Whitley.
  • 1960-180ff: History of John Hancock Lodge, by Wor. George Frost, with some information on the early history of Grecian Lodge.

• 10/18: 1960-193; Hopkinton. Centenary of John Warren Lodge, and dedication of the Masonic Temple.
  • 1960-194: Grand Lodge opened at the new Temple and was received by Wor. Emile L. Dumais of John Warren Lodge.
  • 1960-194: Formal dedication of the Temple "in accordance with ancient form and ceremony."
  • 1960-194: Presentation of Veterans' Medals to Wor. Walter M. Hilliard and Bro. Stanley A. Rollins.
  • 1960-194: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.
  • 1960-196ff: History of John Warren Lodge, by Wor. Frank B. Doughty.

• 11/21: 1960-212; Lincoln. Dedication of a Masonic Hall.
  • 1960-213: Grand Lodge opened at the Farrington Memorial Hall "where the new quarters of Soley Lodge are located" and was received by the Brethren.
  • 1960-213: Hall dedicated "in full form and ceremony in accordance with ancient usage."
  • 1960-213: Notes on the removal of Soley Lodge and details on the furnishings of the new hall.

• 11/30: 1960-217; Malden. 50th Anniversary of The Lodge of Stirling.
  • 1960-218: Grand Lodge opened at the Linden School and was received by the members of The Lodge of Stirling.
  • 1960-218: Celebration of the Feast of St. Andrew. Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.
  • 1960-219ff: History of The Lodge of Stirling, by Wor. Francis S. Wells.

• 12/06: 1960-228; Dorchester. 10th Anniversary of Zerubbabel Lodge.
  • 1960-229: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Morton I. Owen, Master of Zerubbabel Lodge.
  • 1960-229: Remarks by the Grand Master, and awarding of Blood Donor Pins (the Lodge has been very active in the Blood Bank program.) A certificate of Honorary Membership was presented to the Grand Master.
  • 1960-230: Memorial service for two departed Past Masters, Rt. Wor. Joseph A. Sneed and Wor. Paul Kline.
  • 1960-231ff: History of Zerubbabel, by Wor. Harry L. Rose.

• 12/09: 1960-235; North Easton. Dedication of a Masonic Temple.
  • 1960-236: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of Paul Dean Lodge.
  • 1960-236: Temple dedicated "in full form and ceremony."
  • 1960-236: Remarks by the Grand Master.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/27/1960)

A picture of a Deputy's commission from 1802 appeared on the menu for the Feast, shown above.

• 1960-313: Opening and roll call.
• 1960-319: Reception and introduction of guests, as well as Grand Representatives.
• 1960-319: Report of Grand Secretary; 3,830 diplomas issued. List of lodges not represented in Grand Lodge in 1960, as well as the past 2-4 years.
• 1960-320: Installation of Grand Master Eaton. Installation of other Grand Officers.
• 1960-323: Remarks by Senator and Rt. Wor. Leverett Saltonstall.
• 1960-323: Presentation of Henry Price Medal to Grand Master H. Wallace Kent of Michigan.
• 1960-323: Presentation of a Past Grand Master's Jewel to the Grand Master (which had previously been worn by Most Wor. Melvin M. Johnson).
• 1960-324: Feast of St. John. Toasts and names of speakers:
  • 1960-324: The Grand Master.
  • 1960-327: Deputy Grand Master Thomas A. Booth.
  • 1960-328: Most Wor. Harry L. Martyn, Past Grand Master of Canada (Ontario).
  • 1960-330: Most Wor. Charles M. Flintoff, Grand Master of Virginia.
  • 1960-333: Most Wor. W. Wallace Kent, Grand Master of Michigan.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1960

There were 47 districts in Massachusetts in 1960 (numbered 1 through 33), as well as districts for Chile, China and the Canal Zone.

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