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1975

STANLEY F. MAXWELL, Grand Master

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Officers of the Grand Lodge:
Back Row: Wyman S. Randall (JGW), Brenton Tyler (Grand Marshal), A. Neill Osgood (GT), Robert Beach (GSec)
Front Row: Arthur L. Rockwell (SGW), Grand Master Stanley F. Maxwell, Robert W. Custance (DGM)

Robert W. Custance, Deputy Grand Master
Arthur L. Rockwell, Senior Grand Warden
Wyman S. Randall, Junior Grand Warden


Contents

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

  • 03/12: 1975-1;
  • 06/11: 1975-86;
  • 09/10: 1975-141;
  • 12/10: 1975-203; (Annual Communication)

03/12 Agenda

  • 1975-10: Report of Committee on Records.
  • 1975-21: Greetings to Grand Representatives.
  • 1975-34: Masonic Home Building Committee Report by Most Wor. Herbert H. Jaynes.
  • 1975-35: Report by Rt. Wor. James M. McBride on fund raising.
  • 1975-36: Report on Bicentennial Celebration by Rt. Wor. Wyman S. Randall.
  • 1975-39: Remarks by Ill. George A. Newbury, Sovereign Grand Commander.

06/11 Agenda

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Oxnard Family Cup

  • 1975-96: Report of Committee on Records.
  • 1975-101: Greetings to Grand Representatives.
  • 1975-107: Presentation of Thomas Oxnard Cup by Rt. Wor. Charles L. Oxnard. (Note: Bro. Oxnard's Necrology was read at the 12/10 Communication, on Page 1975-220; he was 86 at the time of his death.) Description of Cup
  • 1975-110: Presentation of District Deputy's Jewel to Rt. Wor. Robert J. Aven of Caribbean Masonic District.
  • 1975-111: Remarks by Rt. Wor. Richard H. Kinsey, District Grand Master of the Canal Zone, and Wor. Bruce B. Sharp, Grand Sword Bearer of United Grand Lodge of Victoria.
  • 1975-112: Grand Lodge paraded to the Boston Common and witnessed "Operation Gunpowder", presentation led by Pittsfield DeMolay Color Guard and Aleppo Temple Minutemen Fife and Drum Corps, commemorating the historic ox-team trek from Durham, New Hampshire to Boston. Address by Junior Grand Warden Wyman S. Randall.

09/10 Agenda

  • 1975-150: Report of Committee on Records.
  • 1975-151: Greetings to Grand Representatives.
  • 1975-152: Presentation of a Joseph Warren Medal to Rev. and Bro. Oscar A. Guinn, Jr., Grand Chaplain.
  • 1975-163: Budget for 1976.
  • 1975-175: Remarks by Rt. Wor. Oscar Allen Guinn, Jr., reproduced in full.

12/10 Agenda

Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals

  • 12/10: 1975-229; Propsed amendments to Sections 332A and 332B, increasing Grand Lodge dues and life membership fees; referred.

Grand Master's Address

  • 03/12: 1975-26; opening remarks; necrology; visitations; demits and suspensions; Master's lecture for the EA degree; degree teams; gambling and liquor; use of official ciphers; communications; Masonic home.
  • 06/11: 1975-101; opening remarks; necrology; DeMolay; blood program; funeral dress; first degree lectures; finances; Bicentennial; closing;
  • 09/10: 1975-158; opening remarks; necrology; special communications; budget; Grand Master's Fund; blood; DeMolay; Bicentennial; alcohol.
  • 12/10: 1975-218; opening remarks; necrology; services; fire at the Marlborough Temple; lodge notice inserts; Bicentennial observances; survey; finances; dues increase; library and museum (including a list of Massachusetts Lodges named for Masons); service; Masonic Relief; Education; buildings and properties; audit; visits; medals.

Lodge By-Law Changes

Necrologies and Memorials

  • NECROLOGIES:
    • 03/12: 1975-22; Rt. Wor. Augustus Newman, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 03/12: 1975-22; Rt. Wor. Ralph Woodbury Arnold, Past Junior Grand Warden.
    • 03/12: 1975-23; Rt. Wor. Kenneth Gerald Swindell, Past Junior Grand Warden.
    • 03/12: 1975-23; Rt. Wor. Samuel George Davenport, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 06/11: 1975-97; Rt. Wor. Ralph Emerson Ballou, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 06/11: 1975-98; Rt. Wor. Hanlan Melbourne Carter, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 06/11: 1975-98; Rt. Wor. Edward Norris, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 06/11: 1975-98; Rt. Wor. Frederic Warren Frost, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 09/10: 1975-152; Rt. Wor. Harry Servatus Nelson, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 09/10: 1975-153; Rt. Wor. Otto A.S. MacKinnon, Past Junior Grand Warden.
    • 09/10: 1975-153; Rt. Wor. Willard P. Lombard, Past Deputy Grand Master.
    • 12/10: 1975-218; Rt. Wor. Frank Chester Harrington, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 12/10: 1975-218; Rt. Wor. Alden Blaisdell Ackerman, Past District Deputy Grand Master, Past Grand Steward.
    • 12/10: 1975-218; Rt. Wor. Ralph Goward Babcock, Past District Deputy Grand Master, Past Grand Steward.
    • 12/10: 1975-218; Rt. Wor. Ernest Agur Crossland, Past District Deputy Grand Master, Past Grand Steward.
    • 12/10: 1975-218; Rt. Wor. Charles Lewis Oxnard, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 12/10: 1975-218; Rt. Wor. George Albert Lincoln, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 12/10: 1975-218; Rt. Wor. Gerard Curtis Besse, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 12/10: 1975-218; Rt. Wor. Francis Henry Whipple, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 12/10: 1975-218; Rt. Wor. George Alan Russell, Past District Deputy Grand Master.

Petitions for Charters

  • 12/10: 1975-233; Petition for The DeMolay Lodge, Boston; granted. (Based on dispensation on 12/20/1974).

Petition for Consolidation

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

  • 03/15: 1975-41; Barre. 175th Anniversary of Mount Zion Lodge.
    • 1975-42: Grand Lodge opened at the Quabbin Regional School and was received by Wor. Ronald W. Wilkins, Master of Mount Zion Lodge. The original charter from 1800 signed by Most Wor. Samuel Dunn, was on display.
    • 1975-42: Address by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.
    • 1975-44ff: History of Mount Zion Lodge from 1950-1975, by Wor. Walter E. Flister.
  • 04/26: 1975-49; Plymouth. 150th Anniversary of Plymouth Lodge.
    • 1975-50: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. John C. Vaz, Master of Plymouth Lodge.
    • 1975-50: Presentation of a gavel by the Master of Paskamansett Lodge, Wor. Richard A. Arruda.
    • 1975-50: Presentation of a 50-year Veterans' Medal to Bro. Arthur Addyman.
    • 1975-51: Opening of an ashlar sealed at the centennial anniversary on 09/14/1925.
    • 1975-51: Address by the Grand Master on "Masonic Heritage"; remarks by other Brothers.
    • 1975-52: Prior to the evening activities: a tour of historical Plymouth. (04/27) Service of divine worship at the Church of the Pilgrimage, Town Square with a sermon by Rev. Bro. Edwin T. Anthony.
    • 1975-53ff: History of Plymouth Lodge from 1925-1975, by Rt. Wor. Raymond E. Miskelly.
  • 05/20: 1975-72; Boston. 50th Anniversary of Hesperia Lodge.
    • 1975-72: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Domenic Ruscitti, Master of Hesperia Lodge.
    • 1975-73: Address by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.
    • 1975-73: Presentation of an Hour Glass by Wor. Charles K. Nazarian.
    • 1975-73: Presentation of a Joseph Warren Medal to Wor. Arshag Gechijian.
    • 1975-74: (05/18) Divine Worship service at the Church of the New Jerusalem, Cambridge. (05/31) Golden Anniversary Night at Lombardo's East Room, East Boston.
    • 1975-75ff: History of Hesperia Lodge, by Bro. John Santoro.
  • 06/17: 1975-115; Weymouth. 150th Anniversary of Orphan's Hope Lodge.
    • 1975-116: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Russell G. Fuller, Jr., Master of Orphan's Hope Lodge.
    • 1975-116: Presentation of a Certificate of Meritorious Service to Bro. Reginald P. Tirrell, Chairman of the Lodge Sick Visitation Committee.
    • 1975-116: Address by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.
    • 1975-117: (06/08) Divine Worship service at the Union Congregational Church, Weymouth Landing. (06/20) 150th Anniversary Ball at Chateau de Ville, Randolph.
    • 1975-118ff: History of Orphan's Hope Lodge, by Wor. George W. Glazer, Jr.
  • 06/22: 1975-121; Reading. Cornerstone laying for a Masonic Temple.
    • 1975-122: Grand Lodge opened at the site of the new Temple, corner of Haven and Linden Streets. Escort to Old South United Methodist Church by Reading Commandery, officers and members of other collateral bodies, and members of Good Samaritan Lodge, as well as Clan MacPherson Bagpipe Band.
    • 1975-122: Devotional service, Festival of St. John the Baptist, led by Wor. and Rev. John Snook, Jr., Grand Chaplain.
    • 1975-122: Procession to site; laying of corner stone "in accordance with ancient form and ceremony."
    • 1975-123: Contents of corner stone box.
  • 07/06: 1975-126; Charlton. Dedication of Juniper Hall.
    • 1975-128: Grand Lodge opened in Juniper Hall.
    • 1975-128: Dedication of hall "to the purposes of virtue, charity and universal benevolence in full form and ceremony in accordance with ancient usage."
    • 1975-128: Remarks by Grand Master Maxwell, reproduced in full.
    • 1975-129: Flag raisings.
  • 08/24: 1975-131; Groton. Dedication of Caleb Butler Monument.
    • 1975-131: Grand Lodge opened and proceeded to the grave of Past Grand Master Caleb Butler at Groton Cemetery.
    • 1975-132: Order of exercises.
    • 1975-132: Remarks by Grand Master Maxwell, reproduced in full.
    • 1975-136: Remarks by Benjamin Davis Williams, III, Headmaster of Lawrence Academy, Groton, reproduced in full.
  • 10/20: 1975-179; Watertown. 50th Anniversary of United Lodge.
    • 1975-180: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Stanley N. DeHaan, Master of United Lodge.
    • 1975-180: Presentations, including a 50-Year Veterans' Medal to Bro. Joseph E. Jacobs, and to Bro. Abraham E. Halperin, which was received by his son Wor. Leon Halperin.
    • 1975-181: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.
    • 1975-181: (10/18) Anniversary Dinner and Dance at the Sheraton Boston Hotel.
    • 1975-182ff: History of United Lodge, by Bro. Harry Klein and others.
  • 10/28: 1975-190; Palmer. Corner-stone laying for a Masonic Temple. Deputy Grand Master Robert W. Custance presiding.
    • 1975-191: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Raymond E. Barton, Master of Thomas Lodge.
    • 1975-191: Procession to the new Temple site. Corner-stone laying "in accordance with ancient form and ceremony in the presence of a large gathering of the Brethren, their ladies and other guests."
    • 1975-191: Contents of corner-stone box.
  • 11/02: 1975-193; Townsend. Dedication of Price Home site marker.
    • 1975-194: Grand Lodge opened. Reading of excerpts from the 1871 Address by Grand Master William Sewall Gardner on the Masonic career of Grand Master Henry Price.
    • 1975-194: Address by the Grand Master. Unveiling of the historical marker. Dedication ceremony.
  • 12/04: 1975-196; Fall River. Centenary of Narragansett Lodge.
    • 1975-197: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Rt. Wor. James T. Watson, Jr., Master of Narragansett Lodge.
    • 1975-197: Memorial to Past Masters.
    • 1975-197: Examination and re-sealing of memorabilia box.
    • 1975-198: Remarks of Hon. Margaret Heckler, Congresswoman, read; remarks by the Grand Master and other Brethren.
    • 1975-199ff: History of Narragansett Lodge, by Bro. Franklin A. Gray and others.
  • 12/12: 1975-274; Lawrence. 150th Anniversary of Grecian Lodge.
    • 1975-275: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Julius W. Emmert, Master of Grecian Lodge.
    • 1975-275: Address by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers. The Grand Master presented Wor. Bro. Emmert with the Joseph Warren Medal.
    • 1975-276: Display of artifacts. Telegram from Wor. John E. McCrillis, Jr., the oldest living Past Master.
    • 1975-277ff: History of Grecian Lodge, by Rt. Wor. Henry D. Ramm.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/29/1975)

  • 1975-288: Opening and roll call.
  • 1975-294: Reception and introduction of guests, as well as Grand Representatives.
  • 1975-294: Report of Grand Secretary; 1,558 diplomas issued. List of lodges not represented in Grand Lodge in 1975, as well as the past 2 years.
  • 1975-295: Presentation of a Past Master's Jewel to Most Wor. Stanley F. Maxwell by Past Grand Master Jaynes.
  • 1975-295: Installation of Grand Master Maxwell. Installation of other Grand Officers.
  • 1975-298: Exchange of state flags with Most Wor. Raymond M. Savage, Grand Master of Delaware.
  • 1975-298: Presentation of a Joseph Warren Medal to Ill. John Arthur Lloyd.
  • 1975-299: Feast of St. John. Toasts and names of speakers:
    • 1975-300: The Grand Master.
    • 1975-302: Deputy Grand Master Rt. Wor. R. Neil Alger.
    • 1975-306: Most Wor. Eric W. Nancekivell, Grand Master of Canada (Ontario).
    • 1975-309: Most Wor. Seymour J. Levy, Grand Master of Virginia
    • 1975-312: Ill. and Bro. John A. Lloyd.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1975

There were 47 districts in Massachusetts in 1975 (numbered 1 through 33), as well as districts for Chile, China, the Caribbean and the Canal Zone.

DISTRICT 1: Boston

William C. Loring, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-331

DISTRICT 2: Cambridge

Harold F. Mercer, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-332

DISTRICT 2: Boston

Herbert L. Corwin, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-333

DISTRICT 3: Boston

David M. Pearl, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-334

DISTRICT 3: Chelsea

Alvin M. Steinberg, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-335

DISTRICT 4: South Boston

Richard R. Ray, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-336

DISTRICT 4: Dorchester

Arthur J.H. Lucas, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-337

DISTRICT 4: Roxbury

Edward A. Marden, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-338

DISTRICT 5: Waltham

Robert J. Seder, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-339

DISTRICT 5: Brighton

Herbert M. Davis, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-340

DISTRICT 6: Somerville

Donald S. Gray, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-341

DISTRICT 6: Arlington

Arthur B. Savel, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-342

DISTRICT 7: Malden

Leonard P. Davis, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-343

DISTRICT 7: Melrose

Robert A. Barker, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-344

DISTRICT 8: Salem

Philip Pergola, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-345

DISTRICT 8: Lynn

Albert J. Gebow, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-346

DISTRICT 9: Gloucester

Sumner G. Ropper, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-347

DISTRICT 10: Newburyport

George H. Harrison, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-348

DISTRICT 11: Lawrence

Eugene G. Oldfield, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-349

DISTRICT 12: Lowell

Richard Trull, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-350

DISTRICT 13: Fitchburg

John E. Stacey, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-351

DISTRICT 13: Barre

Charles R. Dean, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-352

DISTRICT 14: Greenfield

Alfred R. Malanson, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-353

DISTRICT 15: North Adams

George A. Putney, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-354

DISTRICT 16: Pittsfield

Peter W. Stephenson, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-355

DISTRICT 17: Holyoke

William T. Miles, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-356

DISTRICT 18: Chicopee

Edgar W. Darling, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-357

DISTRICT 18: Springfield

Virgil W. Liberty, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-358

DISTRICT 19: Palmer

Horace H. Randlett, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-359

DISTRICT 20: Blackstone

Raymond G. LaFreniere, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-360

DISTRICT 21: Brookfield

Roger H. Buzzell, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-361

DISTRICT 22: Worcester

Richard W. Stake, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-362

DISTRICT 23: Natick

Morris Geller, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-363

DISTRICT 24: Marlboro

John G. Moy, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-364

DISTRICT 25: Hyde Park

James P. Mills, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-365

DISTRICT 26: Quincy

William Low, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-366

DISTRICT 27: Plymouth

Emmett B. Baker, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-367

DISTRICT 28: Taunton

Arthur A. Hanson, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-368

DISTRICT 28: Attleboro

Donald T. Brown, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-369

DISTRICT 29: Brockton

George H. Snow, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-370

DISTRICT 30: Fall River

William S. Hathaway, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-371

DISTRICT 30: New Bedford

Thomas E. Chase, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-372

DISTRICT 31: Nantucket

Linwood E. Proctor, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-373

DISTRICT 32: Hyannis

Joseph G. Curtis, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-374

DISTRICT 32: Provincetown

George H. Canham, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-375

DISTRICT 33: Springfield

Donald J. Lohnes, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-376

CANAL ZONE DISTRICT

Richard H. Kinsey, District Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-377

CHILE DISTRICT

Jeffrey R.K. MacDonald, District Deputy Grand Master; 3 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-378

CHINA DISTRICT

Alphonse Rigod, District Deputy Grand Master; 3 Lodges
Tabular: 1975-379

CARIBBEAN DISTRICT

Robert J. Aven, District Deputy Grand Master; 1 Lodge
Tabular: 1972-380


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