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1986

DAVID B. RICHARDSON, Grand Master

Arthur H. Sharp, Deputy Grand Master
David W. Lovering, Senior Grand Warden
Richard A. Gaudette, Junior Grand Warden

A portrait of the Grand Master appears on the Frontispiece and above.

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

• 03/12: 1986-1;
• 06/11: 1986-58;
• 09/10: 1986-85;
• 12/10: 1986-114; (Annual Communication)

03/12 Agenda

• 1986-8: Report of Committee on Records.
• 1986-15: Greetings to Grand Representatives.
• 1986-23: Presentations by the Grand Master.

06/11 Agenda

• 1986-66: Report of Committee on Records.
• 1986-77: Presentations by the Grand Master.

09/10 Agenda

• 1986-93: Presentation of Warrant for the 37th Lodge of Instruction.
• 1986-93: Greetings to and presentation of Grand Representatives.
• 1986-93: Presentation of a Henry Price Medal to Rt. Wor. Robert E. Godbout, Jr., Grand Marshal.
• 1986-97: Budget for 1987.
• 1986-105: Presentations by the Grand Master.

12/11 Agenda

• 1986-123: Report of Committee on Records.
• 1986-124: Greetings to and presentation of Grand Representatives.
• 1986-126: Presentations by the Grand Master.
• Visits by Grand Master Richardson, beginning on Page 1986-xx:
  • Anniversaries:
    • Major General Henry Knox, Boston (03/17; 60th Anniversary, held on Old Ironsides; Special Communication)
    • Orient, Norwood (05/12; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Indian Orchard-Shawmont, Springfield (05/28; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
  • Consolidations:
    • Uniting of King Solomon's and Sagamore, Somerville (03/28; Special Communication)
    • Uniting of Moses Michael Hays and Brotherhood, Needham (07/15; Special Communication)
    • Uniting of Eliot and Hyde Park, Dedham (09/04; Special Communication)
  • Hall Dedications and corner-stone layings:
    • Plymouth (12/07; Temple Dedication; Special Communication)
  • Lodge visits:
    • Washington, Lexington (01/22)
    • Ionic (Taunton) (02/04)
    • Phoenix, Hanover (03/06)
    • Phoenix, Hanover (03/07; reception for Junior Grand Warden Richard A. Gaudette)
    • Norumbega & Brookline, Newtonville (03/10; presentation of Veterans' Medals)
    • Grand Lodge of Connecticut (04/01-04/02)
    • Massasoit-Narragansett, Fall River (04/03)
    • Marine, Falmouth (04/07)
    • Cornerstone-Quinebaug #22, Thompson, CT (04/11)
    • Simon W. Robinson, Lexington (04/14)
    • Grand Lodge of New Jersey (04/15-04/17)
    • Grand Lodge of New York (05/04-05/07)
    • Jerusalem, Northampton (05/09; Past Masters' Night)
    • Grand Lodge of New Hampshire (05/16-05/17)
    • Grand Lodge of Rhode Island (05/18-05/19)
    • Grand Lodge of Wisconsin (06/07-06/10)
    • Morning Sun, Conway (06/14, Wilderness degree)
    • St. John's #1, Portsmouth, NH (06/24; 250th Anniversary)
    • Adelphi-Noddle's Island, Watertown (06/26)
    • Paul Dean, North Easton (09/03; 50 year Past Master's Diploma)
    • Grand Lodge of Scotland (09/12-09/21; 250th Anniversary)
    • Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania (09/25-09/27)
    • St. Paul's (Ayer) (09/27; installation)
    • Wellesley, Needham (09/30; installation)
    • George H. Taber, Fairhaven (10/10; Old Timers' Night)
    • Howard, Yarmouth (10/11; Grand Master's Night)
    • Grand Lodge of Georgia (10/15-10/19)
    • Thomas Talbot, Billerica (10/18; installation)
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (11/13; installation)
    • Grand Lodge of Maryland (11/16)
    • Washington, Lexington (11/17)
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (12/01; Feast of St. Andrew)
    • Satucket, East Bridgewater (12/02)
  • Visits by other Grand Lodge officers begin on Page 1986-154.
• 1986-156: Election of Rt. Wor. Albert T. Ames as Grand Master. Election of other Grand Lodge officers.

Grand Master's Address

• 03/12: 1986-20; opening remarks; travels; Country Fair; survey; Warden's management seminar; service; Grand Lodge trip; visitations.

• 06/11: 1986-74; opening remarks; Grand Lodge Trip; Country Fair; Grand Lodge Open House; Florida; raffles and door prizes; mergers; education; visits.

• 09/10: 1986-94; opening remarks; Grand Lodge Open House; Country Fair; National Foundation for the Prevention of Juvenile Drug and Alcohol Abuse; operational survey of the Masonic Home; Aruba trip; visitations; Trowel Magazine; Masonic Home.

• 12/10: 1986-125; opening remarks; anniversaries; discipline; library; education; Masonic Home; audit; visits; medals.

Lodge By-Law Changes

• 03/12: 1986-24;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Blackstone River, Columbian, Crescent, Frank W. Thompson, Isaiah Thomas, Macedonian, Mount Sugar Loaf, Republican, St. Bernard, The Tyrian, West Roxbury; approved.

• 06/11: 1986-78;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Amicable, Athelstan, Balboa, Dalhousie, Doric, Fellowship, Frank W. Thompson, Joel H. Prouty, Matthew John Whittall, Mount Hermon, Pittsfield, Quaboag; approved.

• 09/10: 1986-106;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Hiram, John Hancock, Mount Orthodox, Mount Sinai, Roswell Lee-Samuel Osgood, Satucket, Simonds (with changes), Universal; approved. Montgomery, not approved.

• 12/10: 1986-130;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Baalis Sanford, Brigham, Delta, Mount Sugar Loaf, Nehoiden, Perfection, Simonds, Waltham, Wamesit, West Roxbury, William Sewall Gardner, Williams; approved. Aurora; not approved.

Necrologies and Memorials

• NECROLOGIES:
  • 03/12: 1986-16; Rt. Wor. Robert Earl Cumming, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/12: 1986-16; Rt. Wor. Zacheus Horace Cande, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/12: 1986-16; Rt. Wor. Harold Max Linsky, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/12: 1986-16; Rt. Wor. George Arlington Ward, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/12: 1986-17; Rt. Wor. Ralph Brown Wood, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/12: 1986-17; Rt. Wor. Eric Alfred Jacobson, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/12: 1986-17; Rt. Wor. Aaron Harry Sibley, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/12: 1986-17; Rt. Wor. Harold Burton Whiting, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/11: 1986-71; Rt. Wor. John Edward Riley, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/11: 1986-72; Rt. Wor. Edward Theodore Stone, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/11: 1986-72; Rt. Wor. Fritz Henry Koch, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/10: 1986-123; Rt. Wor. Robert Crossman Walker, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/10: 1986-124; Rt. Wor. Charles Nelson Hackett, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/10: 1986-124; Rt. Wor. Cecil Ray Crissey, Past District Deputy Grand Master.

Past Grand Master Booth

• MEMORIALS:
  • 03/12: 1986-17; Rt. Wor. J. Henry Johnson, Past Senior Grand Warden, presented by Rt. Wor. Arthur H. Sharp, for the committee.
  • 06/11: 1986-72; Most Wor. Thomas Arnold Booth, Past Senior Grand Warden, presented by Most Wor. Stanley F. Maxwell, for the committee.
  • 11/25: 1986-109; Most Wor. Ernest Albert Reed, Past Grand Master of New Jersey, presented by Most Wor. Thomas R. Dougherty, Past Grand Master of New Jersey.

Petitions for Charters

• 06/11: 1986-68; Petition by Brotherhood and Moses Michael Hays, as Moses Michael Hays; granted.

• 06/11: 1986-69; Petition by Eliot and Hyde Park, as Eliot-Hyde Park; granted.

• 12/10: 1986-127; Petition by Tuscan-Phoenician and Grecian, as Lawrence United; granted. Charter amended 1986-129.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 03/17: 1986-26. Charlestown. 60th anniversary of Major General Henry Knox Lodge of Boston.
  • 1986-26: Grand Lodge opened at the Charlestown Navy Yard and was received in the Isaac Hull Room by Wor. David P. Kopech, Master of Major General Henry Knox Lodge.
  • 1986-26: Anniversary observance, held on the Gun Deck of the U.S.S. Constitution.
  • 1986-27: Remarks and presentations.

• 03/28: 1986-28. Somerville. Uniting of King Solomon's and Sagamore Lodges.
  • 1986-29: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Joseph J. Guarino and Wor. Donald F. Norton, Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 1986-29: Merger ceremony, described in detail. The two lodges were united as King Solomon's Lodge.
  • 1986-32: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.

• 05/12: 1986-33. Norwood. 125th anniversary of Orient Lodge.
  • 1986-34: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Robert E. Perkins, Master of Orient Lodge.
  • 1986-35: Address by the Grand Master. Remarks by other Brothers.
  • 1986-35ff: History of Orient Lodge, by Rt. Wor. Roland K. Woodberry.

• 05/20: 1986-49. Springfield. 75th Anniversary of Indian Orchard-Shawmont Lodge.
  • 1986-49: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. James W. Marceau, Master of Indian Orchard-Shawmont Lodge.
  • 1986-50: Address by the Grand Master. Remarks by other Brothers.
  • 1986-50ff: History of Indian Orchard Lodge.
  • 1986-56ff: History of the Founding of Shawmont Lodge.

• 07/15: 1986-80. Needham. Uniting of Moses Michael Hays and Brotherhood Lodges.
  • 1986-81: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Stanley G. Winer and Wor. Jeremy L. Muller, Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 1986-81: Merger ceremony. The two lodges were united as Moses Michael Hays Lodge.
  • 1986-81: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.

• 09/04: 1986-82. Dedham. Uniting of Eliot and Hyde Park Lodges.
  • 1986-83: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Carl J. Ludwig and Wor. Sidney E. Shuman, Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 1986-83: Merger ceremony. The two lodges were united as Eliot-Hyde Park Lodge.
  • 1986-83: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.

• 11/25: 1986-108. Lunenberg. Dedication of Grave Marker for Past Grand Master Ernest Albert Reed of New Jersey.
  • 1986-108: Grand Lodge opened at the Masonic Temple in Ayer and was welcomed by Wor. Ralph M. Sheldon, Master of St. Paul's Lodge.
  • 1986-109: Grand Lodge and the members of the odge proceeded to North Cemetery, Lunenberg.
  • 1986-109: Marker dedication ceremony, described in detail.

• 12/07: 1986-112. Plymouth. Dedication of a Masonic Temple.
  • 1986-112: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Sumner L. Small, Master of Plymouth Lodge.
  • 1986-113: Temple dedication "in full form and ceremony in accordance with ancient usage."
  • 1986-113: Address by the Grand Master. Remarks by other Brothers.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/29/1986)

• 1986-158: Opening and roll call.
• 1986-165: Reception and introduction of guests, as well as Grand Representatives.
• 1986-165: Report of Grand Secretary; 1,236 diplomas issued. List of lodges not represented in Grand Lodge in 1986, as well as the past 2 years.
• 1986-167: Installation of Grand Master Ames. Installation of other Grand Officers.
• 1986-169: Feast of St. John. Toasts and names of speakers:
  • 1986-169: The Grand Master.
  • 1986-174: Deputy Grand Master Donald G. Hicks, Jr.
  • 1986-175: Rt. Wor. Carl W. Stenberg, Jr., Grand Master of Pennsylvania.
  • 1986-177: Most Wor. Rodolfo Endara, Grand Master of Panama.
  • 1986-178: Most Wor. Richard E. Fletcher, Past Grand Master of Vermont.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1986

There were 47 districts in Massachusetts in 1986 (numbered 1 through 33), as well as districts for Chile, China, the Caribbean and Panama.

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