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1985

DAVID B. RICHARDSON, Grand Master

Ronald E. Jackson, Deputy Grand Master
Paul W. Anderson, Senior Grand Warden
Herbert M. Tinkham, Junior Grand Warden

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

• 03/13: 1985-12;
• 06/12: 1985-75;
• 09/11: 1985-115;
• 12/11: 1985-139; (Annual Communication)

03/13 Agenda

• 1985-30: Presentation by Union Lodge.

06/12 Agenda

• 1985-95: Presentation by Sutton Royal Arch Chapter and Paul Revere Lodge.
• 1985-99: Presentation of Grand Master's Appeal Acknowledgement Certificates.

09/11 Agenda

• 1985-123: Greeting to Grand Representatives; appointments.
• 1985-130: Budget for 1986.

12/11 Agenda

• 1985-147: Report of Committee on Records.
• 1985-148: Greeting to Grand Representatives; appointments.
• 1985-153: Presentation of Grand Master's Appeal Acknowledgement Certificates.
• 1985-154: Petition to recognize the Grand Lodge of Brazil (Mato Grosso); approved.
• Visits by Grand Master Richardson, beginning on Page 1985-179:
  • Anniversaries:
    • Philanthropic, Marblehead (03/22; 225th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Dalhousie, Newtonville (05/01; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Mystic, Pittsfield (05/11; 175th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • John Hancock, Methuen (11/16; 125th Anniversary)
  • Consolidations:
    • Fourth Estate and St. John's (Boston), in Boston (05/23; Special Communication)
    • Moses Michael Hays and Temple, in Needham (07/09; Special Communication)
    • Lafayette (Norwood) and Dover, as Lafayette-Dover (09/07; Special Communication; Deputy Grand Master Ronald E. Jackson presiding)
  • Hall Dedications and corner-stone layings:
    • Somerville (05/05; Special Communication)
  • Lodge visits:
    • Panama Canal District visits (01/18-01/28)
    • Phoenix, Hanover (02/14)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (02/23)
    • Mountain, Shelburne Falls (03/08)
    • (no location) (03/11; Reception for Senior Grand Warden Paul W. Anderson)
    • (no location) (03/15; Reception for Deputy Grand Master Ronald E. Jackson)
    • Macedonian, Milton (03/26)
    • Golden Fleece, Lynn (03/27; visit to Maine)
    • Grand Lodge of Connecticut (04/02-04/03)
    • Hesperia, Boston (04/16)
    • (no location) (04/19; Reception for Junior Grand Warden Herbert M. Tinkham)
    • Phoenix, Hanover (05/02)
    • Grand Lodge of Maine (05/06-05/09)
    • Phoenix, Hanover (05/15; Mason-Knight Night)
    • Grand Lodge of New Hampshire (05/17-05/19)
    • Mount Scopus, Malden (05/22)
    • Bethesda (Brighton) (06/04)
    • Mount Hermon, Medford (06/06; Table Lodge)
    • Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia (06/07-06/10)
    • Manchester, Manchester (06/17)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (06/19; installation)
    • Paul Revere, Brockton (06/25)
    • Grand Lodge of Iran (06/29-06/30)
    • Major General Henry Knox, Boston (07/24; visit to Thomaston, Main)
    • Hiram, Arlington (09/05)
    • Corinthian, Concord (09/14; installation; Concord 350th Anniversary)
    • Wollaston, Quincy (09/28; installation)
    • Milton, Quincy (09/29; installation)
    • Grand Lodge of Illinois (10/03-10/06)
    • Union (Nantucket) (10/11; installation)
    • Grand Lodge of West Virginia (12/12-12/15)
    • Mount Holyoke, South Hadley Falls (11/07)
    • Waltham, Waltham (11/12)
    • The Lodge of Stirling, Malden (11/13)
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (11/14; installation)
    • St. Bernard, Southborough (11/16)
    • Grand Lodge of Iran (11/23-11/24)
    • Kilwinning, Lowell (11/30; Feast of St. Andrew)
    • St. John's (Boston) (12/02; installation)
    • Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania (12/03-12/05)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (12/13; installation)
    • Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia (12/17-12/19)
  • Visits by other Grand Lodge officers begin on Page 1985-182.
• 1985-184: Re-election of Grand Master David B. Richardson. Election of other Grand Lodge officers.

Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals

• 03/13: 1985-31; Proposals to increase dues; discussion and presentation of report by Most Wor. Stanley F. Maxwell.
  • 06/12: 1985-98; Changes to Section 332A, and 332B adopted.

Grand Master's Address

• 03/13: 1985-30; introductory remarks; Grand Lodge dues; Trowel magazine; Charlton; Lodge notices; public relations; service; Lodge of Instruction; visitations; Grand Master's Awards.

• 06/12: 1985-95; introductory remarks; mergers; Grand Lodge dues; Grand Lodge trips; Fair; Travels; brotherhood night; Grand Master's Appeal; retirement; insurance; Lodge of Instruction; new Grand Master's Secretary.

• 09/11: 1985-126; introductory remarks; country fair; George Washington Memorial; Barbados trip; Lodge of Instructions; visits; Grand Master's Award; suspensions; Trowel Magazine; anti-Masonic publicity; budget.

• 12/11: 1985-149; introductory remarks; surveys; open house; George Washington Memorial; Statue of Liberty; directory; Grand Lodge Dues; Lodge of Instruction; visitations; DeMolay; Grand Master's Award; library; service; Masonic Home; education; audit; visits; medals.

Lodge By-Law Changes

• 03/13: 1985-36;
  • Full Codes : Phoenix; Panama Canal District Grand Lodge; approved.
  • Amendments: John Cutler, Jordan, King Philip, Marine, Morning Star, The Tyrian; approved.

• 06/12: 1985-100;
  • Full Codes : Adams; approved.
  • Amendments: Amity, Athelstan (with changes), Charles H. Titus, Evening Star, Indian Orchard-Shawmont, King David, King Hiram's, Lafayette (North Adams), Longmeadow, Macedonian, Marine, Norfolk, Pequossette, Perfection, Phoenix, Puritan, The Tyrian; approved.

• 09/11: 1985-137;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Artisan, Charles H. Titus, Charles River, Fidelity, Isaiah Thomas, King David, Marine, Massasoit-Narragansett, Nehoiden, New Meadows, Prospect, Saggahew, Sinim, Universal, Watuppa, Wessagusset; approved.

• 12/11: 1985-156;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Beth-Horon, Boylston, Essex, Friendship, Kilwinning, Shawmut, The Lodge of Stirling, Waltham, Wayfarers; approved.

Necrologies and Memorials

• NECROLOGIES:
  • 03/13: 1985-28; Rt. Wor. Raoul Joseph Babineau, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/13: 1985-29; Rt. Wor. Milton Littlefield Smythe, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/13: 1985-29; Rt. Wor. Arthur Edson Reed, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/13: 1985-29; Rt. Wor. Arthur Benjamin Savel, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/13: 1985-29; Rt. Wor. Norman M. Gay, Past Grand Deacon, Past Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/13: 1985-30; Rt. Wor. Raymond C. Warmington, Past Grand Deacon, Past Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/13: 1985-30 and 06/12: 1985-87; Rt. Wor. Richard Alfred Melvin, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/12: 1985-87; Rt. Wor. Bertrand Carr French, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/12: 1985-88; Rt. Wor. Robert Oscello Thayer, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/12: 1985-88; Rt. Wor. Sidney Guy Holmes, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/12: 1985-88; Rt. Wor. Philip Edward Coyle, Jr., Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/12: 1985-88; Rt. Wor. Dean Edmund Cogswell, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/12: 1985-89; Rt. Wor. Irving Brightman Gifford, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/11: 1985-123; Rt. Wor. Edward Penniman Hamilton, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/11: 1985-148; Rt. Wor. Albert Newton Nettleton, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/11: 1985-149; Rt. Wor. Gustave Adolph Schlaugk, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/11: 1985-149; Rt. Wor. Charles Andrew Wing, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/11: 1985-149; Rt. Wor. Dean Stanley Sears, Past District Deputy Grand Master.

• MEMORIALS:
  • 06/12: 1985-89; Rt. Wor. Norman Meade Gay, Past Grand Deacon, Past Deputy Grand Master, presented by Most Wor. Herbert H. Jaynes, for the committee.
  • 06/12: 1985-91; Rt. Wor. Chauncey Dean Merrill, Past Junior Grand Warden, presented by Rt. Wor. Wyman S. Randall, for the committee.
  • 06/12: 1985-92; Rt. Wor. Raymond Charles Warmington, Past Grand Deacon, Past Deputy Grand Master, presented by Rt. Wor. James M. McBride, for the committee.
  • 06/12: 1985-93; Rt. Wor. Walter Noble Cooper, Past Senior Grand Warden, presented by Rt. Wor. K. Eugene Trostle, for the committee.
  • 09/11: 1985-123; Rt. Wor. George Ewing Clapp, Past Junior Grand Warden, presented by Rt. Wor. Edgar W. Darling, for the committee.
  • 09/11: 1985-125; Rt. Wor. John Nicholas Hall, Past Senior Grand Warden, presented by Rt. Wor. Brenton E. Tyler, Jr., for the committee.

Petitions for Charters

• 03/13: 1985-26; Petition by Fourth Estate and St. John's (Boston), as St. John's (Boston); granted.

• 06/12: 1985-84; Petition by Lafayette (Norwood) and Dover, as Lafayette-Dover; granted. Charter amended, 1985-85.

• 06/12: 1985-85; Petition by Moses Michael Hays and Temple, as Moses Michael Hays; granted.

• 12/11: 1985-154; Petition by King Solomon's and Sagamore , as King Solomon's; granted.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 01/22: 1985-1. Balboa, Canal Zone. Joint visit to Sojourners, Ancon, Balboa and Sibert Lodges.
  • 1985-2: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Eric S. Wilson, Master of Sojourners Lodge.
  • 1985-2: Fellow Craft degree.
  • 1985-2: Address by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

• 01/25: 1985-3. Balboa, Canal Zone. Installation of District Grand Officers for the Canal Zone District.
  • 1985-3: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Rt. Wor. John J. Dorsa, District Grand Master.
  • 1985-4: Quarterly Communication of the District Grand Lodge.
  • 1985-4: Installation of Officers. Presentations.
  • 1985-5: Remarks by the Grand Master, reproduced in full.

• 01/27: 1985-7. Balboa, Canal Zone. Visit to Grand Lodge of Panama.
  • 1985-7: Grand Lodge opened and after recess journeyed to the Panama Masonic Temple, where Most Wor. Moises A. Abadi, Grand Master, received them.
  • 1985-8: Presentations.
  • 1985-9: Address by the Grand Master, reproduced in full.

• 03/22: 1985-38. Marblehead. 225th Anniversary of Philanthropic Lodge.
  • 1985-38: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Dincer Ulutas, Master of Philanthropic Lodge.
  • 1985-39: Presentations. Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.
  • 1985-40ff: History of Philanthropic Lodge, 1960-1985, by Bro. Gordon Lothrop.

• 05/01: 1985-57. Newtonville. 125th Anniversary of Dalhousie Lodge.
  • 1985-58: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Master of Dalhousie Lodge, Wor. John Higgins.
  • 1985-58: Presentations. Address by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.
  • 1985-59ff: History of Dalhousie Lodge, by Wor. James C. Benoit.

• 05/05: 1985-66. Somerville. Dedication of Masonic hall.
  • 1985-67: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Paul B. Hedley, Master of King Solomon's Lodge.
  • 1985-67: Dedication of the hall "to the purposes of Masonry in full form and ceremony in accordance with ancient usage."
  • 1985-67: Address by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

• 05/11: 1985-68. Pittsfield. 175th Anniversary of Mystic Lodge.
  • 1985-68: Grand Lodge opened and was received by wor. George A. Hadley, Master of Mystic Lodge.
  • 1985-69: Address by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

• 05/23: 1985-70. Boston. Uniting of Fourth Estate and St. John's Lodges.
  • 1985-71: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Richard A. Walls and Wor. Robert J. Saar, Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 1985-71: Merger ceremony, described in detail. The two lodges were united as St. John's Lodge of Boston.
  • 1983-74: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.

• 06/15: 1985-102. Ayer. 125th Anniversary of Caleb Butler Lodge. Ronald E. Jackson, Deputy Grand Master, presiding.
  • 1985-102: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Frederick J. Butler, Master of Caleb Butler Lodge.
  • 1985-103: Remarks by the Acting Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.
  • 1985-103: Detailed history of Caleb Butler lodge, including a note on name change (from Excelsior).

• 07/09: 1985-110. Needham. Uniting of Moses Michael Hays and Temple Lodges.
  • 1985-110: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Moses Winer and Wor. Robert D. Levinson, Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 1985-111: Merger ceremony. The two lodges were united as Moses Michael Hays Lodge.
  • 1983-111: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.

• 09/07: 1985-113. Norwood. Uniting of Lafayette (Norwood) and Dover Lodges, as Lafayette-Dover Lodge. Ronald E. Jackson, Deputy Grand Master, presiding.
  • 1985-113: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Robert H. Hughes and Wor. Harry K. Knudsen, Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 1985-114: Merger ceremony. The two lodges were united as Lafayette-Dover Lodge.
  • 1983-111: Remarks by the Acting Grand Master and other Brothers.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/27/1985)

• 1985-187: Opening and roll call.
• 1985-191: Reception and introduction of guests, as well as Grand Representatives.
• 1985-192: Report of Grand Secretary; 971 diplomas issued. List of lodges not represented in Grand Lodge in 1985, as well as the past 2 years.
• 1985-193: Installation of Grand Master Richardson. Installation of other Grand Officers.
• 1985-195: Feast of St. John. Toasts and names of speakers:
  • 1985-196: The Grand Master.
  • 1985-198: Deputy Grand Master Arthur H. Sharp.
  • 1985-201: Most Wor. Mayland H. Morse, Jr., Grand Master of New Hampshire.
  • 1985-202: Most Wor. A. Lou Copeland, Grand Master of Canada (Ontario).
  • 1985-205: Rt. Wor. and Rev. Oscar A. Guinn, Jr., Grand Chaplain.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1985

There were 47 districts in Massachusetts in 1985 (numbered 1 through 33), as well as districts for Chile, China, the Caribbean and Panama.

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