MassachusettsYear1971

1971

HERBERT H. JAYNES, Grand Master

William M. Babbitt, Deputy Grand Master
Henry D. Ramm, Senior Grand Warden
George E. Rose, Junior Grand Warden

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LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1971

There were 47 districts in Massachusetts in 1971 (numbered 1 through 33), as well as districts for Chile, China, the Caribbean and the Canal Zone.

DISTRICT 1: Boston

Charles W. Nightingale, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-609

• St. John's (Boston, 1733)
• Lodge of St. Andrew, (Boston, 1756)
• The Massachusetts (Boston, 1770)
• Columbian (Boston, 1796)
• Mount Lebanon (Boston, 1801)
• Germania (Boston, 1854)
• Winslow Lewis (Boston, 1855)
• Revere (Boston, 1856)
• Joseph Warren (Boston, 1856)
• Shawmut (Boston, 1911)

DISTRICT 2: Cambridge

C. Ralph Dixon, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-610

• Amicable (Cambridge, 1805)
• The Lodge of Eleusis (Boston, 1865)
• Mizpah (Cambridge, 1867)
• Charity (Cambridge, 1869)
• Joseph Webb (Boston, 1876)
• Richard C. MacLaurin (Cambridge, 1920)
• Realty (Boston, 1954)

DISTRICT 2: Boston

Harold J. Kaswell, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-611

• Putnam (Cambridge, 1854)
• Aberdour (Boston, 1860)
• Mount Olivet (Cambridge, 1863)
• Zetland (Boston, 1867)
• Euclid (Boston, 1916)
• The Harvard (Cambridge, 1922)
• Boston University (Boston, 1925)
• Moses Michael Hays (Boston, 1931)

DISTRICT 3: Boston

Patten W. Dunn, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-612

• Mount Tabor (Boston, 1846)
• Henry Price (Charlestown, 1858)
• Hammatt (Boston, 1859)
• Robert Lash (Chelsea, 1867)
• Temple (Boston, 1870)
• Seaview (Revere, 1917)
• Fourth Estate (Boston, 1922)
• Ocean (Winthrop, 1958)

DISTRICT 3: Chelsea

Ralph S. Cohen, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-613

• Star of Bethlehem (Chelsea, 1844)
• Baalbec (Chelsea, 1852)
• Faith (Charlestown, 1868)
• Winthrop (Winthrop, 1887)
• Noddle's Island (Boston, 1920)
• Everett C. Benton (Boston, 1925)
• Major General Henry Knox (Boston, 1926)

DISTRICT 4: South Boston

William A. Wood, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-614

• St. Paul's (Braintree, 1846)
• Adelphi (Quincy, 1865)
• Prospect (Roslindale, 1890)
• Algonquin, Dorchester, 1913)
• Loyalty (Hyde Park, 1920)
• Zerubbabel (Dorchester, 1950)

DISTRICT 4: Dorchester

Wendell R. Freeman, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-615

• Union (Dorchester, 1796)
• Gate of the Temple (Quincy, 1855)
• Rabboni (Dorchester, 1869)
• Macedonian (Milton, 1893)
• Brotherhood (Boston, 1926)

DISTRICT 4: Roxbury

Stephen Baker, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-616

• Eliot (Westwood, 1866)
• Dorchester (Dorchester, 1912)
• West Roxbury (Roslindale, 1919)
• Milton (Milton, 1922)
• Hesperia (Boston, 1925)

DISTRICT 5: Waltham

J. Philip Berquist, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-617

• Monitor (Waltham, 1820)
• Dalhousie (Newtonville, 1860)
• Beth-Horon (Brookline, 1870)
• Fraternity (Newtonville, 1875)
• Wellesley (Wellesley, 1912)
• Victory (Watertown, 1920)
• Ebenezer Fuller (Brighton, 1920)
• Beaver (Belmont, 1922)
• Nehoiden (Needham, 1927)
• Garden City (Newtonville, 1954)

DISTRICT 5: Brighton

Benjamin B. Worth, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-618

• Bethesda (Brighton, 1819)
• Pequossette (Watertown, 1856)
• Belmont (Belmont, 1864)
• Isaac Parker (Waltham, 1867)
• Norfolk (Needham, 1874)
• Norumbega (Newtonville, 1920)
• Brookline (Brookline, 1920)
• United (Brookline, 1924)
• Waltham (Waltham, 1928)
• Maugus Hill (Wellesley, 1957)

DISTRICT 6: Somerville

Mortimer A. French, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-619

• King Solomon's (Somerville, 1783)
• Mount Hermon (Medford, 1854)
• Simon W. Robinson(Lexington, 1870)
• Soley (Lincoln, 1879)
• Friendship (Wilmington, 1901)
• Mystic Valley (Winchester, 1920)
• Russell (Arlington, 1923)
• Simonds (Burlington, 1955)
• Frank W. Thompson (Bedford, 1955)

DISTRICT 6: Arlington

Robert Johnston, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-620

• Washington (Lexington, 1796)
• Hiram (Arlington, 1797)
• Mount Horeb (Woburn, 1855)
• John Abbot (Somerville, 1857)
• William Parkman (Winchester, 1864)
• Somerville (West Somerville, 1912)
• Sagamore (West Medford, 1913)
• Samuel Crocker Lawrence (Medford, 1920)
• Freedom (Arlington, 1947) charter amended 12/08

DISTRICT 7: Malden

Richard C.F. Hastings, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-621

• Mount Vernon (Malden, 1857)
• Good Samaritan (Reading, 1870)
• King Cyrus (Stoneham, 1875)
• Fidelity (Melrose, 1918)
• Galilean (Everett, 1921)
• Mount Scopus (Malden, 1930)
• Canaan (Everett, 1951)
• North Reading (North Reading, 1955)

DISTRICT 7: Melrose

Philip E. Coyle, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-622

• Wyoming (Melrose, 1856)
• William Sutton (Saugus, 1866)
• Palestine (Everett, 1868)
• Converse (Malden, 1887)
• Golden Rule (Wakefield, 1888)
• The Lodge of Stirling (Malden, 1910)
• Lynnfield (Lynnfield, 1946)

DISTRICT 8: Salem

W. Keith Butler, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-623

• Essex (Salem, 1791)
• Mount Carmel (Lynn, 1805)
• Mosaic (Danvers, 1870)
• Damascus (Lynn, 1906)
• Wayfarers (Swampscott, 1914)
• Budleigh (Beverly, 1921)
• Benjamin F. Arrington (Lynn, 1928)
• New Meadows (Topsfield, 1958)

DISTRICT 8: Lynn

Leslie W. Bissett, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-624

• Philanthropic (Marblehead, 1760)
• Jordan (Peabody, 1808)
• Amity (Danvers, 1863)
• Starr King (Salem, 1864)
• Golden Fleece (Lynn, 1864)
• Bethlehem (Lynn, 1920)
• Mount Sinai (Lynn, 1946)

DISTRICT 9: Gloucester

Carroll W. Wonson, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-625

• The Tyrian (Gloucester, 1770)
• Liberty (Beverly, 1824)
• Ashler (Rockport, 1851)
• John T. Heard (Ipswich, 1864)
• Acacia (Gloucester, 1865)
• Manchester (Manchester, 1920)

DISTRICT 10: Newburyport

Lloyd S. Ray, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-626

• St. John's (Newburyport, 1766)
• Merrimack (Haverhill, 1802)
• St. Mark's (Newburyport, 1803)
• Warren (Amesbury, 1822)
• Saggahew (Haverhill, 1864)
• Charles C. Dame (Georgetown, 1867)
• Bethany (Merrimac, 1868)
• Emeth (Newburyport, 1955)

DISTRICT 11: Lawrence

Richard A. Hale, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-627

• St. Matthew's (Andover, 1822)
• Grecian (Lawrence, 1825)
• John Hancock (Methuen, 1860)
• Tuscan (Lawrence, 1863)
• Phoenician (Lawrence, 1870)
• Cochichewick (North Andover, 1874)

DISTRICT 12: Lowell

Norman L. Staveley, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-628

• Corinthian (Concord, 1797)
• Pentucket (Lowell, 1807)
• Ancient York (Lowell, 1852)
• Kilwinning (Lowell, 1866)
• William North (Lowell, 1867)
• Thomas Talbot (Billerica, 1889)
• Wamesit (Tewksbury, 1921)
• William Sewall Gardner (Lowell, 1928)

DISTRICT 13: Fitchburg

Richard S. Sleeper, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-629

• St. Paul's (Ayer, 1797)
• Aurora (Fitchburg, 1801)
• Trinity (Clinton, 1858)
• Caleb Butler (Ayer, 1859)
• Wilder (Leominster, 1859)
• Charles W. Moore (Fitchburg, 1865)
• Tahattawan (Littleton, 1929)

DISTRICT 13: Barre

Rodney S. Wilson, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-630

• Mount Zion (Barre, 1800)
• Orange (Orange, 1859)
• Hope (Gardner, 1864)
• Star (Athol, 1864)
• Artisan (Winchendon, 1865)
• Athol (Athol, 1872)

DISTRICT 14: Greenfield

Herbert H. Maynard, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-631

• Republican (Greenfield, 1795)
• Harmony (Northfield, 1796)
• Mountain (Shelburne Falls, 1806)
• Morning Sun (Conway, 1869)
• Bay State (Montague, 1872)
• Mechanic's (Turner's Falls, 1878)
• Mount Sugar Loaf (South Deerfield, 1912)

DISTRICT 15: North Adams

Harold L. Jones, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-632

• Lafayette (North Adams, 1847)
• Berkshire (South Adams, 1857)
• Upton (Cheshire, 1869)
• Williams (Williamstown, 1871)
• Greylock (North Adams, 1871)

DISTRICT 16: Pittsfield

John M. Watson, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-633

• Cincinnatus (Great Barrington, 1795)
• Evening Star (Lee, 1795)
• Wisdom (West Stockbridge, 1803)
• Mystic (Pittsfield, 1810)
• Globe (Hinsdale, 1869)
• Occidental (Stockbridge, 1870)
• Crescent (Pittsfield, 1873)
• Unity (Dalton, 1896)
• Pittsfield (Pittsfield, 1920)

DISTRICT 17: Holyoke

Robert H. Edwards, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-634

• Jerusalem (Northampton, 1797)
• Pacific (Amherst, 1860)
• Mount Tom (Holyoke, 1850)
• Ionic (Easthampton, 1867)
• Mount Holyoke (South Hadley, 1869)
• Hampshire (Haydenville, 1871)
• William Whiting (Holyoke, 1909)

DISTRICT 18: Chicopee

Gomer E. Bowen, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-635

• Chicopee (Chicopee, 1848)
• Brigham (Ludlow, 1891)
• Esoteric (Springfield, 1909)
• Charles C. Spellman (East Longmeadow, 1921)
• Samuel D. Sherwood (Springfield, 1921)

DISTRICT 18: Springfield

Stanley C. Markey, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-636

• Hampden (Springfield, 1817)
• Mount Moriah (Westfield, 1856)
• Huntington (Russell, 1866)
• Springfield (Springfield, 1895)
• Mount Orthodox (West Springfield, 1913)
• Federal (Cheshire, 1914)
• Shawmont (Springfield (Indian Orchard), 1952)

DISTRICT 19: Palmer

Kenneth L. Collard, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-637

• Thomas (Palmer, 1796)
• Quaboag (Warren, 1858)
• Day Spring (Monson, 1862)
• Eden (Ware, 1863)
• Vernon (Belchertown, 1869)

DISTRICT 20: Blackstone

Arthur W. Hill, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-638

• Solomon's Temple (Uxbridge, 1818)
• Blackstone River (Blackstone, 1855)
• Webster (Webster, 1858)
• Oxford (Oxford, 1859)
• Mumford River (Douglas, 1877)
• Granite (Northbridge, 1880)

DISTRICT 21: Brookfield

Ralph E. Quimby, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-639

• Morning Star (Worcester, 1793)
• Quinebaug (Southbridge, 1859)
• Hayden (Brookfield, 1863)
• Spencer (Spencer, 1871)
• Meridian Sun (North Brookfield, 1894)
• Rufus Putnam (Rutland, 1912)
• Isaiah Thomas (Worcester, 1920)
• Bay Path (West Brookfield, 1923)
• Rose of Sharon (Worcester, 1927)

DISTRICT 22: Worcester

G. Merton Christianson, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-640

• Olive Branch (Millbury, 1797)
• Franklin (Grafton, 1851)
• Montacute (Worcester, 1858)
• Athelstan (Worcester, 1865)
• Quinsigamond(Worcester, 1870)
• Boylston (West Boylston, 1876)
• Joel H. Prouty (Auburn, 1927)
• Matthew John Whittall (Shrewsbury, 1928)
• Level (Worcester, 1952)

DISTRICT 23: Natick

C. Theodore Whitley, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-641

• Meridian (Natick, 1797)
• Montgomery (Milford, 1797)
• John Warren (Hopkinton, 1860)
• Mount Hollis (Holliston, 1864)
• North Star (Ashland, 1864)
• Siloam (Westborough, 1866)
• Charles River (Medway, 1871)
• Alpha (Framingham, 1875)

DISTRICT 24: Marlboro

Alvin R. Piper, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-642

• Middlesex (Framingham, 1795)
• United Brethren (Marlborough, 1859)
• Doric (Hudson, 1864)
• St. Bernard (Southborough, 1867)
• Charles A. Welch (Maynard, 1872)
• Perfection (Framingham, 1957)

DISTRICT 25: Hyde Park

James M. McBride, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-643

• Rising Star (Stoughton, 1799)
• Orient (Norwood, 1861)
• Blue Hill (Canton, 1863)
• Lafayette (Norwood, 1865)
• Hyde Park (Hyde Park, 1866)
• Constellation (Dedham, 1871)
• Azure (Walpole, 1921)
• Dover (Dover, 1951)
• Sharon (Sharon, 1959)

DISTRICT 26: Quincy

Walter J. Hansen, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-644

• Rural (Quincy, 1801)
• Norfolk Union (Randolph, 1819)
• Orphan's Hope (Weymouth, 1825)
• Delta (Braintree, 1868)
• Wollaston (Quincy, 1899)
• Theodore Roosevelt (Quincy, 1919)
• Atlantic (Quincy, 1920)
• Wessagusset (Weymouth, 1920)
• Manet (Quincy, 1921)

DISTRICT 27: Plymouth

Robert B. O'Quin, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-645

• Old Colony (Hingham, 1792)
• Corner Stone (Duxbury, 1801)
• Plymouth (Plymouth, 1825)
• Konohassett (Cohasset, 1864)
• Phoenix (Hanover, 1873)
• Satuit (Scituate, 1875)
• Nantascot (Hull, 1954)
• Daniel Webster (Marshfield, 1964)

DISTRICT 28: Taunton

Richard W. Phillips, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-646

• King David (Taunton, 1798)
• May Flower (Middleboro, 1864)
• Paul Dean (North Easton, 1867)
• Charles H. Titus (Taunton, 1872)
• Eastern Star (Rehoboth, 1924)
• Netop (Seekonk, 1924)
• Ezra (Taunton, 1952)

DISTRICT 28: Attleboro

Richard D. Leggee, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-647

• Bristol (North Attleboro, 1797)
• St. Alban's (Foxborough, 1818)
• St. James (Mansfield, 1864)
• Alfred Baylies (Taunton, 1866)
• Excelsior (Franklin, 1866)
• Ionic (Taunton, 1867)
• Ezekiel Bates (Attleboro, 1870)

DISTRICT 29: Brockton

Lawrence S. Holbrook, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-648

• Fellowship (Bridgewater, 1797)
• Paul Revere (North Bridgewater, 1856)
• John Cutler (Abington, 1859)
• Puritan (Whitman, 1869)
• St. George (Brockton, 1877)
• Satucket (East Bridgewater, 1881)
• Baalis Sanford (Brockton, 1917)
• Wampatuck (Hanson, 1946)

DISTRICT 30: Fall River

Myron Rubinstein, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-649

• Mount Hope (Fall River, 1824)
• Eureka (New Bedford, 1857)
• Pioneer (Somerset, 1863)
• Abraham H. Howland Jr. (New Bedford, 1915)
• Massasoit (Fall River, 1915)
• Watuppa (Fall River, 1926)
• Wamsutta (New Bedford, 1949)

DISTRICT 30: New Bedford

James P. Warbasse, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-650

• Star in the East (New Bedford, 1823)
• King Philip (Fall River, 1866)
• George H. Taber (Fairhaven, 1872)
• Narragansett (Fall River, 1876)
• Noquochoke (South Westport, 1878)
• Paskamansett (New Bedford, 1920)
• Quittacus (New Bedford, 1921)

DISTRICT 31: Nantucket

S. David Cronig, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-651

• Union (Nantucket, 1771)
• Social Harmony (Wareham, 1823)
• Martha's Vineyard (Tisbury, 1859)
• Pythagorean (Marion, 1861)
• Oriental (Edgartown, 1866)

DISTRICT 32: Hyannis

Howard L. DeLano, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-652

• Marine (Falmouth, 1798)
• Fraternal (Hyannis, 1801)
• DeWitt Clinton (Sandwich, 1855)
• Howard (Yarmouth, 1869)
• Mariners' (Cotuit, 1871)

DISTRICT 32: Provincetown

John R. Patrick, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-653

• King Hiram's (Provincetown, 1795)
• Mount Horeb (Harwich, 1854)
• Pilgrim (Harwich, 1859)
• Adams (Wellfleet, 1865)
• St. Martin's (Chatham, 1872)
• Universal (Orleans, 1917)

DISTRICT 33: Springfield

Joseph H. Kaufman, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-654

• Roswell Lee (Springfield, 1864)
• Belcher (Chicopee, 1870)
• Newton (Wilbraham, 1870)
• Indian Orchard (Springfield, 1911)
• Samuel Osgood (Springfield, 1921)
• Elm (West Springfield, 1924)
• Longmeadow (Longmeadow, 1931)

CANAL ZONE DISTRICT

Nathaniel Litvin, District Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-655

• Sojourners (Cristobal, Canal Zone, 1912)
• Canal Zone (Ancon, Canal Zone, 1913)
• Army (Empire, Canal Zone, 1915)
• Isthmian (Paraiso, Canal Zone, 1916)
• Darien (Balboa, Canal Zone, 1917)
• Sibert (Gatun, Canal Zone, 1918)
• Chagres (Ancon, Canal Zone, 1921)

CHILE DISTRICT

Robert K. Fuhrimann, District Deputy Grand Master; 3 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-656

• Bethesda (Valparaiso, Chile, 1854)
• Huelen (Santiago, Chile, 1876)
• St. John's (Concepción) (Concepción, Chile, 1884)

CHINA DISTRICT

Hyman Hodes, District Deputy Grand Master; 3 Lodges
Tabular: 1971-657

• Ancient Landmark (Shanghai, China, 1863) In recess
• Shanghai (Shanghai, China, 1903) In recess
• Sinim (Tokyo, Japan, 1903)
• International (Peking, China, 1915) In recess
• Hykes Memorial (Tientsin, China, 1922) In recess

CARRIBBEAN DISTRICT

Numa B. Phillips, District Deputy Grand Master; 1 Lodge
Tabular: 1971-658

• Caribbean Naval (Guantánamo, Cuba, 1966)

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