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1990

EDGAR W. DARLING, Grand Master

Richard E. Johnson, Deputy Grand Master
Lowell U. Hammett, Senior Grand Warden
Robert A. Meffen, Junior Grand Warden

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

• 03/14: 1990-3;
• 06/13: 1990-40;
• 09/12: 1990-64;
• 12/12: 1990-96; (Annual Communication)

03/14 Agenda

• 1990-15: Presentations.

06/13 Agenda

• 1990-47: Report of Committee on Records.
• 1990-50: Recognition of the Grand Lodge of Ivory Coast.
• 1990-58: Presentations.

09/12 Agenda

• 1990-71: Report of Committee on Records.
• 1990-72: Greetings to, and appointment of, Grand Representatives.
• 1990-79: Budget for 1991.
• 1990-83: Presentations.
• 1990-83: Discipline.

12/12 Agenda

• 1990-110: Greetings to Grand Representatives.
• 1990-112: Report of Committee on Records.
• 1990-112: Recognition of four state Grand Lodges in Brazil; recognition withhold for the Grand Lodge of Yugoslavia.
• 1990-119: Reinstatement.
• 1990-122: Presentations.
• Visits by Grand Master Darling, beginning on Page 1990-150:
  • Anniversaries:
    • Golden Fleece, Lynn (02/13; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Abraham H. Howland Jr., New Bedford (04/10; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Star, Athol (04/28; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Athelstan, Worcester (05/09; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Prospect, Roslindale (09/10; Centenary)
    • Lafayette-Dover, Norwood (11/17; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
  • Consolidations:
    • Dedham. Uniting of Dorchester and West Roxbury (06/01; Special Communication)
    • Crescent and Pittsfield (09/28; Special Communication)
  • Hall Dedications and corner-stone layings:
    • Ayer (09/08; Hall Dedication; Special Communication)
  • Constitutions of Lodges:
    • Merrimack Valley Daylight, Lawrence (10/16; Special Communication)
  • Lodge visits:
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (01/11)
    • Esoteric, Springfield (01/13; Grand Master's reception)
    • United Brethren, Marlborough (01/27; reception for Deputy Grand Master Richard E. Johnson)
    • Norumbega & Brookline, Newtonville (02/03; reception for Senior Grand Warden Lowell U. Hammett)
    • Roswell Lee-Samuel Osgood, Springfield (02/12)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (03/03; George Washington Observance)
    • Hampden, Springfield (03/06)
    • United Brethren, Marlborough (03/07)
    • Mount Orthodox, West Springfield (03/10; Reception for Junior Grand Warden Robert A. Meffen)
    • Joel H. Prouty, Auburn (03/18)
    • May Flower, Middleboro (03/20; Master Mason Degree)
    • Charles C. Spellman, East Longmeadow (03/26)
    • Mount Orthodox, West Springfield (03/27)
    • Macedonian and Columbian, Boston (04/01; Masonic Church Service)
    • Ionic (Easthampton) (04/09)
    • William North, Lowell (04/11)
    • Mount Tom, Holyoke (04/20)
    • Grand Lodge of New York (04/24-04/26)
    • Grand Lodge of Maine (04/30-05/02)
    • http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=DanielWebster Daniel Webster], Marshfield (05/06; 350th Anniversary Parade)
    • Marine, Falmouth (05/07)
    • Hesperia, Boston (05/15)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (05/16; installation)
    • Grand Lodge of New Hampshire (05/18-05/19)
    • Grand Lodge of Rhode Island (05/20-05/21)
    • Grand Lodge of Michigan (05/23-05/25)
    • Grand Lodge of Iran in Exile (05/26)
    • Quincy (06/02; Mortgage Burning; Special Communication)
    • Reading (06/06; Mortgage Burning; Special Communication)
    • Columbian, Boston (06/07)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (06/08; clam bake)
    • Azure, Walpole (06/09; parade)
    • Rabboni, Milton (06/19)
    • Huntington, Russell (06/20)
    • The Lodge of Eleusis, Boston (06/21)
    • Federal, Chester (07/11)
    • Grand Lodge of Canada (Ontario) (07/17-07/19)
    • Roswell Lee-Samuel Osgood, Springfield (09/29; installation)
    • Grand Lodge of Delaware (10/02-10/04)
    • William Sewall Gardner, Lowell (10/12; table lodge)
    • Eden, Ware (10/13; installation)
    • Metacomet Daylight, Taunton (10/17; installation)
    • Thomas, Palmer (10/19; installation)
    • Newton, Wilbraham (10/20; installation)
    • Indian Orchard, Springfield (10/27; installation)
    • Mount Holyoke, South Hadley Falls (11/10; installation)
    • Orient, Norwood (11/12; reception for Rt. Wor. Roland K. Woodberry)
    • Grand Lodge of Maryland (11/18-11/20)
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (11/30; Feast of St. Andrew)
    • Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania (12/04-12/05)
    • St. John's (Boston) (12/08; installation)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (12/14; installation)
    • Grand Lodge of District of Columbia (12/18-12/19)
  • Visits by other Grand Lodge officers begin on Page 1990-154.
• 1990-156: Re-election of Grand Master Edgar W. Darling. Election of other Grand Lodge officers.

Grand Master's Address

• 03/14: 1990-16; opening remarks; meetings and visitations; Country Fair; Grand Lodge D.A.R.E. program.

• 06/13: 1990-52; opening remarks; Masonic church service; collateral organizations; visits to other Grand Lodges; anniversaries; mortgage burnings; Prince Hall Masonry; Grand Master's Country Fair and Grand Master's Run.

• 09/12: 1990-75; opening remarks; Country Fair; Council of Deliberation; other events.

• 12/12: 1990-119; opening remarks; Masonic Home; visitations. Library; Education; Service; building; Masonic Home; audit; visits; medals.

Lodge By-Law Changes

• 03/14: 1990-20;
  • Full Codes : Merrimack Valley Daylight; approved.
  • Amendments: Abraham H. Howland Jr., Artisan, Blue Hill, Ezekiel Bates, King David, Morning Star, Mount Hope, Ocean, Quittacus, Starr King, Upton; approved.

• 06/13: 1990-59;
  • Full Codes : Eliot-Hyde Park, Good Samaritan
  • Amendments: Adelphi-Noddle's Island, Bethesda (Brighton), Caribbean Naval, Dalhousie, Germania, Joel H. Prouty, Lynnfield, Mechanic's, Montgomery, Mount Hermon, Mount Hollis, Mount Horeb (Dennis), Mount Moriah, Mount Scopus, Norfolk, Norumbega & Brookline, Pentucket, Phoenix, Quittacus, The Lodge of Stirling, Waltham Triad, Wilder, William Sewall Gardner, Wisdom; approved. Huntington, Mechanic's, Rising Star, Roswell Lee-Samuel Osgood; not approved.

• 09/12: 1990-84;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Garden City, Huntington, Mechanic's, Mosaic, Norfolk, Palestine, Rising Star, Rufus Putnam, Siloam, Waltham Triad, Watuppa; approved. Victory; not approved.

• 12/12: 1990-110;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Dalhousie, Fraternity & Fuller, Freedom, Golden Rule, Massasoit-Narragansett, New Meadows, North Star, Roswell Lee-Samuel Osgood, St. John's (Boston), Simonds; approved.

Necrologies and Memorials

• NECROLOGIES:
  • 03/14: 1990-12; Rt. Wor. Robert Meek Clogston, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/14: 1990-12; Rt. Wor. William John Crane, Past District Deputy Grand Master, Past Grand Standard Bearer.
  • 03/14: 1990-12; Rt. Wor. Harold Gray Douglas, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/14: 1990-13; Rt. Wor. Gilbert Edmond Loffler, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/14: 1990-13; Rt. Wor. Alfred Raymond Malanson, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/14: 1990-13; Rt. Wor. Edward Rogers Nicoll, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/14: 1990-13; Rt. Wor. Richard Peter Nyquist, Past District Deputy Grand Master, Past Grand Deacon.
  • 03/14: 1990-13; Rt. Wor. Alfred Lewis Parsons, Sr., Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/12: 1990-73; Rt. Wor. Howard Harry Gilbert, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/12: 1990-73; Rt. Wor. Norman Dyer Loud, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/12: 1990-113; Rt. Wor. Walter Henry Hiller, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/12: 1990-113; Rt. Wor. Herbert Franklin Wilcox, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/12: 1990-114; Rt. Wor. George Tevelyn Wiles, Past District Deputy Grand Master.

• MEMORIALS:
  • 03/14: 1990-14; Rt. Wor. Fred Crockett Brown, Past Deputy Grand Master, presented by Rt. Wor. Lowell U. Hammett, for the committee.
  • 06/13: 1990-50; Rt. Wor. Burton Kinsley Sawtelle, Past Junior Grand Warden, presented by the committee.
  • 09/12: 1990-73; Rt. Wor. Eliot Franklin Borden, Past Junior Grand Warden, presented by Rt. Wor. Gerald G. Delano, for the committee.
  • 12/12: 1990-114; Rt. Wor. Karl Olavi Lepisto, Past Senior Grand Warden, presented by Rt. Wor. Willis B. Altman, for the committee.

Petitions for Charters

• 06/13: 1990-48. Petition by Crescent and Pittsfield, as Crescent-Pittsfield; granted.

• 12/12: 1990-116. Petition by Loyalty-Realty and Zerubbabel Lodges as Cosmopolitan Lodge; granted.

• 12/12: 1990-117: Petition by Eureka and Quittacus Lodges, as Quittacus Lodge; granted.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 02/13: 1990-1. Lynn. 125th Anniversary of Golden Fleece Lodge.
  • 1990-1: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Richard S. MacInnis, Master of Golden Fleece Lodge.
  • 1990-2: Address by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brethren. (Note that there is a 125th Anniversary History, but it is not included in the Proceedings.)

• 04/10: 1990-22. New Bedford. 75th Anniversary of Abraham H. Howland Jr. Lodge.
  • 1990-23: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Rodman E. Taylor, Master of Abraham H. Howland Jr. Lodge.
  • 1990-23: Address by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers. Presentations.

• 04/28: 1990-25. Athol. 125th Anniversary of Star Lodge.
  • 1990-25: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Alan G. Myer, Master of Star Lodge.
  • 1990-26: Address by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brethren. (Note that there is a 125th Anniversary History, but it is not included in the Proceedings.)

• 05/09: 1990-27. Worcester. 125th Anniversary of Athelstan Lodge.
  • 1990-28: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Jon H. Skoglund, Master of Athelstan Lodge.
  • 1990-28: Address by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brethren. Presentations.
  • 1990-29: Brief History of Athelstan Lodge, by Wor. Robert Leach.

• 06/01: 1990-31. Dedham. Uniting of Dorchester and West Roxbury, as West Roxbury-Dorchester.
  • 1990-31: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 1990-32: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 1990-35: Charge by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

• 06/02: 1990-36. Quincy. Mortgage burning for the Masonic Temple.
  • 1990-37: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of Rural Lodge and the Masonic Associates.
  • 1990-37: Mortgage burning ceremony.
  • 1990-37: Remarks by the Grand Master.

• 06/06: 1990-39. Reading. Mortgage burning for the Masonic Temple.
  • 1990-39: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of Good Samaritan.
  • 1990-39: Mortgage burning ceremony.
  • 1990-39: Remarks by the Grand Master.

• 09/08: 1990-62. Ayer. Dedication of Masonic Temple.
  • 1990-62: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Colin Butler, Master of Caleb Butler Lodge.
  • 1990-63: Temple dedication "in full form and ceremony in accordance with ancient usages."
  • 1990-63: Address by the Grand Master.

• 09/28: 1990-86. Pittsfield. Uniting of Crescent and Pittsfield, as Crescent-Pittsfield Lodge.
  • 1990-86: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 1990-87: Merger ceremony.
  • 1990-87: Charge by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

• 10/16: 1990-88. North Andover. Constitution of Merrimack Valley Daylight Lodge.
  • 1990-89: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of the new Lodge.
  • 1990-89: Constitution ceremony and installation of officers, "in full form and ceremony according to the ancient usages of the Craft."
  • 1990-89: Address by the Grand Master.
  • 1990-89: New officers and charter members of the Lodge.

• 11/17: 1990-91. Norwood. 125th Anniversary of Lafayette-Dover Lodge.
  • 1990-91: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of the Lodge.
  • 1990-92: Address by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brethren.
  • 1990-93ff: History of Lafayette-Dover Lodge, by Wor. James B. Kershaw.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/27/1990)

• 1990-158: Opening and roll call.
• 1990-163: Reception of guests, including Grand Representatives.
• 1990-164: Report of Grand Secretary; 996 diplomas issued. List of lodges not represented in Grand Lodge in 1990, as well as the past 2 years.
• 1990-165: Installation of Grand Master Darling. Installation of other Grand Officers.
• 1990-167: Feast of St. John. Toasts and names of speakers:
  • 1990-168: The Grand Master.
  • 1990-169: Deputy Grand Master Richard J. Stewart.
  • 1990-171: Past Grand Master W. Scott Stoner of Pennsylvania.
  • 1990-172: Grand Master Fred W. Clarke of Nova Scotia.
  • 1990-175: Rt. Wor. Robert L. Steadman.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1990

There were 46 districts in Massachusetts in 1990 (numbered 1 through 33), as well as districts for Chile, China, the Caribbean and Panama.

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