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1980

ARTHUR H. MELANSON, Grand Master

Horatio Bisbee, Deputy Grand Master
Charles A. Cross, Senior Grand Warden
James T. Watson, Jr., Junior Grand Warden

A portrait of the Grand Master appeared in the Frontispiece and above.

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

• 03/12: 1980-4;
• 06/11: 1980-20;
• 09/10: 1980-108;
• 12/10: 1980-145; (Annual Communication)

03/12 Agenda

• 1980-11: Report of Committee on Records.

06/11 Agenda

• 1980-78: Report of Committee on Records.
• 1980-79: Discipline report.
• 1980-93: Address by Rt. Wor. Ralph B. Duncan, Executive Officer for Massachusetts, International Order of DeMolay.
• 1980-95: Greetings to Grand Representatives.
• 1980-97: Withdrawal of recognition from the Grand Lodge of Belgium; granting of recognition to the Regular Grand Lodge of Belgium. Recognition of the Grand Lodge of Uruguay.
• 1980-103: Presentations.
• 1980-104: Remarks by Past Junior Grand Warden Thomas J. Luby, Jr.

09/10 Agenda

• 1980-116: Report of Committee on Records.
• 1980-121: Greetings to Grand Representatives.
• 1980-122: Budget for 1981.

12/10 Agenda

• 1980-154: Report of Committee on Records.
• 1980-155: Greetings to Grand Representatives.
• 1980-178: Social Lodge, Ashby, Massachusetts, by Rt. Wor. John M. Sherman.
• Visits by Grand Master Melanson, beginning on Page 1980-205:
  • Anniversaries:
    • Simonds, Burlington (03/11; 25th Anniversary)
    • DeWitt Clinton, Sandwich (03/15; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Gate of the Temple, Quincy (03/19; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Mount Scopus, Malden (05/28; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Amicable, Cambridge (06/07; 175th Anniversary)
    • Garden City, Newtonville (10/15; 25th Anniversary)
    • Granite, Northbridge (11/01; Centenary)
    • Blackstone River, Blackstone (12/06; 125th Anniversary)
    • North Reading, North Reading (12/12; 25th Anniversary; Special Communication)
  • Consolidations:
    • United and Aberdour, Watertown (03/17; Special Communication)
    • Tuscan and Phoenician, Lawrence (05/01; Special Communication)
    • Belmont and Beaver, Belmont (09/15; Special Communication)
  • Hall Dedications and corner-stone layings:
    • Winchendon (09/19; Hall dedication; Special Communication)
    • Belmont (10/18; Hall dedication; Special Communication)
  • Lodges visited:
    • Caribbean Naval, Guantánamo, Cuba (01/23; Special Communication)
    • Eden, Ware (01/29; reception for Deputy Grand Master Horatio Bisbee)
    • Phoenix, Hanover (01/30; Worshipful Masters' Association)
    • The Tyrian, Gloucester (02/05)
    • Columbian, Boston (02/07)
    • Montacute, Worcester (02/09; reception for Senior Grand Warden Charles A. Cross)
    • Massasoit-Narragansett, Fall River (02/14; reception for Junior Grand Warden James F. Watson, Jr.)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (02/23)
    • Meridian, Natick (02/27)
    • United Brethren, Marlborough (03/05)
    • Grand Lodge of Connecticut (03/25-03/26)
    • Mount Hollis, Holliston (04/07)
    • Grand Lodge of South Carolina (04/23-04/25)
    • Grand Lodge of Maine (05/05-05/07)
    • Gate of the Temple, Quincy (05/09; Anniversary Dinner Dance)
    • Grand Lodge of New Hampshire (05/16-05/17)
    • Grand Lodge of Rhode Island (05/18-05/19)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (06/13)
    • Frank W. Thompson, Bedford (06/17)
    • Grand Lodge of Canada (Ontario) (07/15-07/17)
    • Wellesley, Wellesley (09/12; installation)
    • Washington, Lexington (09/13; installation)
    • The Lodge of Eleusis, Boston (09/18; installation)
    • Charles C. Spellman, East Longmeadow (09/26; Mortgage burning; Special Communication)
    • Wyoming, Melrose (09/27; installation)
    • Hiram, Arlington (10/02; installation)
    • Grand Lodge of West Virginia (10/12-10/14)
    • Manchester, Manchester (10/20)
    • The DeMolay, Boston (10/27; installation)
    • Hampden, Springfield (10/28; installation)
    • Grand Lodge of Maryland (11/15-11/17)
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (11/20; Feast of St. Andrew)
    • Orient, Norwood (12/08)
  • Visits by other Grand Lodge officers begin on Page 1980-209.
• 1980-212: Election of Rt. Wor. J. Philip Berquist as Grand Master. Election of other Grand Lodge officers.

Grand Master's Address

• 03/12: 1980-21; opening remarks; necrology; DDGM Workshop; visitations; Masonic Home; Caribbean visit; Grand Masters' Conference; emphasis for 1980; discipline; Grand Master's Secretary; gifts; 75-year recognition.

• 06/11: 1980-101; opening remarks; necrology; visitations; Masonic Home; Grand Master's Day; healings; dispensations; 'particular procurement'; DeMolay; candidate's dress; protocol.

• 09/10: 1980-130; opening remarks; visitations; Feast of St. John; Grand Master's Day; DeMolay; Masonic Home; Grand Master's Appeal; necrology.

• 12/10: 1980-164; necrology; opening remarks; annual reports; visitations; Masonic Home; Grand Master's Appeal; Grand Lodge News; "I Believe"; library; museum; service; Board of Masonic Relief; Education; audit; visits; medals.

Lodge By-Law Changes

• 03/12: 1980-28;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Acacia, Amity, Artisan, Athelstan, Chagres, Cincinnatus, Delta, Eastern Star, Elm, Howard, Joel H. Prouty, Matthew John Whittall, Morning Star, Mount Tom, Mumford River, North Reading, Norumbega, Rural, Sharon, Sibert, Star of Bethlehem, Union (Dorchester), Universal; approved.

• 06/11: 1980-101;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Charles A. Welch, Charles H. Titus, Crescent, Essex, Ezekiel Bates, Frank W. Thompson, Indian Orchard, Isaac Parker, King David, Mariners', Milton, Mount Olivet, Noquochoke, North Reading, North Star, Occidental, Olive Branch, Palestine, Russell, St. Bernard, Samuel Crocker Lawrence, Satucket, Sinim (with changes), Soley, Thomas Talbot, Unity, Wamsutta, Washington, West Roxbury, William North; approved. Doric, Greylock, Orphan's Hope; not approved.

• 09/10: 1980-130;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Belcher, Brigham, Eastern Star, Ezra, Galilean, Jordan, King Cyrus, King David, Mount Holyoke, Mystic, North Reading, Orphan's Hope (reducing the fees for degrees), Phoenix, Pittsfield, Spencer; approved.

• 12/10: 1980-169;
  • Full Codes : Charles W. Moore; approved.
  • Amendments: Boston University, George H. Taber, Lafayette (Norwood), Massasoit-Narragansett, Nehoiden, New Meadows, Rufus Putnam, Thomas Talbot, West Roxbury; approved.

Necrologies and Memorials

Past Grand Master Thomas S. Roy

• NECROLOGIES:
  • 03/12: 1980-21; Rt. Wor. Kenneth William Chase, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/12: 1980-22; Rt. Wor. Anthony T. Tie, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/12: 1980-22; Rt. Wor. Wesley James Schutt, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/12: 1980-22; Rt. Wor. Alexander Campbell Todd, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/11: 1980-80; Rt. Wor. Henry Chester Johnson, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/11: 1980-80; Rt. Wor. Harry Everett Trask, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/11: 1980-81; Rt. Wor. Thomas Sherrard Roy, Past Grand Master.
  • 06/11: 1980-81; Rt. Wor. John Albert Jewell, Past Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/11: 1980-82; Rt. Wor. Samuel Russell Irons, Past Junior Grand Warden.
  • 09/10: 1980-121; Rt. Wor. Alvin Raymond Reid, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/10: 1980-121; Rt. Wor. George Marvin Campbell, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/10: 1980-121; Rt. Wor. Otto Albrecht, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/10: 1980-156; Rt. Wor. George Melior Jackson, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/10: 1980-156; Rt. Wor. Frederick Henry Greensmith, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/10: 1980-156: Rt. Wor. Richard Henry Kinsey, Past District Grand Master.
  • 12/10: 1980-157; Rt. Wor. James Garfield Buckley, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/10: 1980-157; Rt. Wor. Adam Johnstone Shaw, Past District Deputy Grand Master, Past Junior Grand Deacon.
  • 12/10: 1980-157; Rt. Wor. Harold Wenworth Sprague, Past Deputy Grand Master.

• MEMORIALS:
  • 06/11: 1980-82; Most Wor. Thomas Sherrard Roy, Past Grand Master, presented by Most Wor. Herbert H. Jaynes, for the Committee.
  • 06/11: 1980-85; Rt. Wor. John Albert Jewell, Past Grand Master, presented by Most Wor. Thomas A. Booth, for the Committee.
  • 06/11: 1980-87; Rt. Wor. Samuel Russell Irons, Past Junior Grand Warden, presented by Rt. Wor. Donald P. Baker, for the Committee.
  • 12/10: 1980-158; Rt. Wor. Harold Wenworth Sprague, Past Deputy Grand Master, presented by Most Wor. Thomas A. Booth, for the Committee.
  • 12/10: 1980-161: Rt. Wor. Richard Henry Kinsey, Past District Grand Master, presented by Rt. Wor. Howard W. Osborn, for the Committee.

Petitions for Charters

• 06/11: 1980-85; Petition for Belmont and Beaver Lodges to merge; granted.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 01/23: 1980-1; Guantánamo, Cuba. Visit to Caribbean Naval Lodge.
  • 1980-1: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Warren E. Arnold, Master of Caribbean Naval Lodge.
  • 1980-2: Conferral of the Fellow Craft Degree.
  • 1980-2: Presentation of commission to Rt. Wor. Robert J. Aven, District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 1980-2: Address by the Grand Master and the Grand Marshal.
  • 1980-2: (01/22) Lodge banquet.

• 03/15: 1980-31; Sandwich. 125th Anniversary of DeWitt Clinton and rededication of Masonic Temple.
  • 1980-32: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Allan C. Kingsbury, Sr., Master of DeWitt Clinton Lodge.
  • 1980-32: Rededication of Temple "in accordance with ancient form and ceremony."
  • 1980-32: Address by the Grand Master. Remarks by other Brothers.
  • 1980-32: Presentation of a Joseph Warren Medal to Rt. Wor. Kendall G. Jones, Past District Deputy and Chaplain of the Lodge.
  • 1980-33ff: History of DeWitt Clinton Lodge.

• 03/17: 1980-37; Watertown. Uniting of United and Aberdour Lodge.
  • 1980-38: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. S. Lawrence DeHaan, Master of United Lodge.
  • 1980-38: Ceremony of merger, described in detail. The two lodges were united under the charter of United Lodge.

• 03/19: 1980-44; Quincy. 125th Anniversary of Gate of the Temple Lodge.
  • 1980-45: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Frank R. Porter, Master of Gate of the Temple Lodge.
  • 1980-45: Presentations. Address by the Grand Master. Remarks by other Brothers.
  • 1980-46: (03/09) Service of Worship at St. Matthew and the Redeemer Episcopal Church in South Boston; (05/09) Anniversary Dinner and Ladies' Night.
  • 1980-46ff: History of Gate of the Temple Lodge, 1955-1980, by Bro. George W. Collins.

• 05/01: 1980-53; Lawrence. Uniting of Tuscan and Phoenician Lodges as Tuscan-Phoenician Lodge.
  • 1980-54: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Clifton R. Milne and Wor. Harry C. Holman, Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 1980-54: Ceremony of merger.
  • 1980-54: Address by the Grand Master. Remarks by other Brothers. Wor. Milne was designated as Presiding Master of Tuscan-Phoenician Lodge.

• 05/28: 1980-56; Malden. 50th Anniversary of Mount Scopus Lodge.
  • 1980-57: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the members of the Lodge.
  • 1980-57: Remarks by Wor. Richard Hardwick, Charter Member and first Master of the Lodge. He "spoke to the Brethren in a very entertaining manner."
  • 1980-57: Presentations. Address by the Grand Master. Remarks by other Brothers.
  • 1980-58: (04/27) Service of Divine Worship at Temple Tifereth Israel, Malden. (05/17) Fiftieth Anniversary Ball at Colonial Hilton Inn and Country Club, Lynnfield.
  • 1980-58ff: History of Mount Scopus Lodge, 1955-1980, by Wor. Samuel Fishman.

• 06/22: 1980-105; Charlton. Rededication of the ground floor of Juniper Hall.
  • 1980-106: Grand Lodge opened and proceeded to the portico at the entrance of the Hall.
  • 1980-106: Remarks by the Grand Master.

• 09/15: 1980-133; Belmont. Uniting of Belmont and Beaver Lodges as Belmont-Beaver Lodge.
  • 1980-134: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Rt. Wor. James E. Cushing and Wor. Allan M. Cox, Jr., Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 1980-134: Ceremony of merger.
  • 1980-134: Address by the Grand Master. Remarks by other Brothers, including Rt. Wor. John M. Sherman, Treasurer.

• 09/19: 1980-136; Winchendon. Dedication of a Masonic Temple.
  • 1980-137: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Ottmar Rau, Master of Artisan Lodge.
  • 1980-137: Dedication of the Temple "in full form and ceremony in accordance with ancient usage."
  • 1980-137: Address by the Grand Master. Remarks by ther Brothers.
  • 1980-138: Brief History of the Masonic Temple in Winchendon.

• 09/26: 1980-140; East Longmeadow. Burning of the mortgage of East Longmeadow Temple.
  • 1980-141: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. John A. Maruca, Master of Charles C. Spellman Lodge.
  • 1980-141: Mortgage burning ceremony.
  • 1980-141: Address by the Grand Master. Remarks by other Brothers.

• 10/18: 1980-143; Belmont. Dedication of a Masonic Temple.
  • 1980-144: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Rt. Wor. James E. Cushing, Master of Belmont-Beaver Lodge.
  • 1980-144: Dedication of the Temple "formally . . . with full form and ceremony in accordance with ancient usages."
  • 1980-144: Address by the Grand Master. Remarks by other Brothers.

• 12/12: 1980-214; North Reading. 25th Anniversary of North Reading Lodge.
  • 1980-214: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Charles M. Gore, Master of North Reading Lodge.
  • 1980-215: Recognition of 18 Charter Members.
  • 1980-215: Address by the Grand Master: What is Masonry? Remarks by other Brothers.
  • 1980-217ff: History of North Reading Lodge, 1971-1980, by Wor. Edward F. Piercey.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/29/1980)

• 1980-221: Opening and roll call.
• 1980-227: Reception and introduction of guests, as well as Grand Representatives.
• 1980-228: Report of Grand Secretary; 1,291 diplomas issued. List of lodges not represented in Grand Lodge in 1980, as well as the past 2 years.
• 1980-229: Installation of Grand Master Berquist. Installation of other Grand Officers.
• 1980-231: Feast of St. John. Toasts and names of speakers:
  • 1980-232: The Grand Master.
  • 1980-234: Deputy Grand Master Stanley I. Kay.
  • 1980-237: Most Wor. David B. Craig, Jr., Grand Master of Delaware.
  • 1980-239: Most Wor. N. Richard Richards, Grand Master of Canada (Ontario).
  • 1980-241: Most Wor. Raymond C. Ellis, Past Grand Master of New York. (Presentation on Page 1980-248.)

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1980

There were 47 districts in Massachusetts in 1980 (numbered 1 through 33), as well as districts for Chile, China, the Caribbean and the Canal Zone.

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