MassachusettsYear1972

1972

Grand Masters of Massachusetts
Standing: Whitfield W. Johnson, Andrew G. Jenkins, Laurence E. Eaton, A. Neill Osgood, Thomas A. Booth, Herbert H. Jaynes
Seated: Joseph Earl Perry, Donald W. Vose (presiding), Thomas S. Roy

DONALD W. VOSE, Grand Master

Arthur H. Melanson, Deputy Grand Master
Stafford E. Davis, Senior Grand Warden
Kenneth L. Collard, Junior Grand Warden

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1972

There were 47 districts in Massachusetts in 1972 (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: 1972-487

• St. John's (Boston, 1733)
• Lodge of St. Andrew, (Boston, 1752)
• 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: 1972-488

• 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

Harborne W. Stuart, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1972-489

• 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

Harold G. Ray, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1972-490

• 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: 1972-491

• 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: 1972-492

• 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: 1972-493

• 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: 1972-494

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

DISTRICT 5: Waltham

Philip M. Turner, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges
Tabular: 1972-495

• 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

Paul W. Rolston, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges
Tabular: 1972-496

• 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

Edward C. Mann, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1972-497

• 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: 1972-498

• 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: 1972-499

• 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: 1972-500

• 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: 1972-501

• 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: 1972-502

• 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

Charles A. Fritz, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1972-503

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

DISTRICT 10: Newburyport

Leon Aranian, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1972-504

• 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

Raymond Dooley, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1972-505

• 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: 1972-506

• 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: 1972-507

• 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

Robert A. Powers, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1972-508

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

DISTRICT 14: Greenfield

Warren N. Welch, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1972-509

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

DISTRICT 15: North Adams

Harold R. Amato, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1972-510

• 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: 1972-511

• 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: 1972-512

• 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

Allen G. Zippin, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1972-513

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

DISTRICT 18: Springfield

Jacob L. Suydan, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1972-514

• 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

Edward J. Kress, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1972-515

• 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: 1972-516

• 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

Arthur E. Reed, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1972-517

• 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: 1972-518

• 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

Albert H. Andrew, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1972-519

• 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: 1972-520

• 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: 1972-521

• 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: 1972-522

• 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

David B. Richardson, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1972-523

• 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

John L. Waterman, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1972-524

• 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

Malcolm F. Borden, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1972-525

• 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: 1972-526

• 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: 1972-527

• 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: 1972-528

• 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: 1972-529

• 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: 1972-530

• 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: 1972-531

• King Hiram's (Provincetown, 1795)
• Mount Horeb (Dennis, 1854) Charter amended on 12/13/1972
• 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: 1972-532

• 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

David C. McIlhenny, District Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1972-533

• 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: 1972-534

• 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: 1972-535

• 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

Robert J. Aven, District Deputy Grand Master; 1 Lodge
Tabular: 1972-536

• Caribbean Naval (Guantánamo, Cuba, 1966)

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