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1994

DAVID W. LOVERING, Grand Master

James R. Franklin, Deputy Grand Master
Walter C. Brown, Jr., Senior Grand Warden
Donald B. Scott, Junior Grand Warden

Grand Master David W. Lovering, center, with officers installed December 27, 1993, front, left to right:
Right Worshipful Walter C. Brown, Jr., Senior Grand Warden; the Grand Master; Right Worshipful James R. Franklin, Deputy Grand Master.
Back row, left to right: Right Worshipful Donald B. Scott, Junior Grand Warden; Right Worshipful E, Joel Peterson, Grand Marshal; Most Worshipful J. Philip Berquist, Grand Treasurer; Right Worshipful Robert C. Patey, Grand Secretary.

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

• 03/09: 1994-38;
• 06/08: 1994-87;
• 09/14: 1994-121;
• 12/14: 1994-141; (Annual Communication)

03/09 Agenda

• 1994-59; Presentations.

06/08 Agenda

• 1994-107: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 1994-108: Presentations.

09/14 Agenda

• 1994-132: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 1994-134: Budget for 1995.
• 1994-137: Presentations.

12/14 Agenda

• 1994-150: Presentation of a Henry Price Medal to Ill. Robert O. Ralston, Sovereign Grand Commander, AASR NMJ.
• 1994-150: Greetings to, and appointment of, Grand Representatives.
• 1994-157: Re-election of Grand Master Lovering; election of other Grand Lodge officers.
• 1994-158ff: Grand Lodge Scholarship Program.
• 1994-163: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 1994-164: Report on DeMolay, by Bro. Sean Kimball.
• 1994-167: Presentations.
• Visits by Grand Master Lovering, beginning on Page 1994-216:
  • Anniversaries:
    • Fidelity, Melrose (02/15; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Bethesda, Watertown (03/01; 175th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Rabboni (04/16; held in Boston; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Mount Holyoke, South Hadley Falls (04/23; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Palestine, Everett (05/14; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
  • Consolidations:
    • Oriental and Martha's Vineyard, as Oriental-Martha's Vineyard (01/29; Special Communication)
    • Hammatt and Ocean, as Hammatt-Ocean (06/13; Special Communication)
    • Orphan's Hope and Wessagusset, as Weymouth United Masonic (06/18; held in Quincy; Special Communication)
  • Hall Dedications and corner-stone layings:
    • Mansfield (04/30; building dedication; Special Communication)
  • Lodge visits:
    • Norumbega & Brookline, Newtonville (01/08; reception for Deputy Grand Master James R. Franklin)
    • Visit to Panama (01/14-01/24)
    • Nehoiden and Norfolk, Needham (02/05; joint table lodge)
    • Paul Revere, Brockton (02/08; testimonial for Rt. Wor. S. Forrest Kelliher)
    • Galilean (02/12; held in Saugus; reception for Senior Grand Warden Walter C. Brown, Jr.)
    • Washington, Lexington (02/16; trip to Nashua, NH)
    • Alpha, Framingham (02/28)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (03/05; George Washington celebration)
    • United Brethren, Marlborough (03/05; Master Mason degree)
    • Hammatt, Boston (03/12; church service)
    • Mechanic's, Montague (03/19; held in Springfield; reception for Junior Grand Warden Donald B. Scott)
    • Otsego #466, Oneonta, New York (03/21)
    • Universal, Orleans (03/25)
    • Grand Lodge of Connecticut (04/04-04/07)
    • Milton, Quincy (04/09; New Jersey Kilties)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (04/20; held in Quincy?)
    • Major General Henry Knox, Boston (04/27; table lodge)
    • Grand Lodge of New York (05/01-05/03)
    • Hancock #4, Castine, Maine (05/07; 200th Anniversary)
    • Grand Lodge of Rhode Island (05/15-05/17)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (05/18; installation)
    • Grand Lodge of Michigan (05/23-05/25)
    • Good Samaritan, Reading (06/01; Master Mason degree)
    • Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia (06/03-06/05)
    • Marine, Falmouth (06/06; Master Mason degree)
    • Pequossette, Watertown (06/09)
    • Golden Rule, Wakefield (05/12)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (06/10; clambake in Danversport)
    • King Solomon's, Somerville (06/16; 220th Anniversary of Bunker Hill; Charlestown)
    • George H. Taber, Fairhaven (06/20)
    • Lafayette-Dover, Norwood (06/23)
    • Mount Horeb (Woburn) (09/07)
    • Wellesley, Needham (09/23; installation)
    • Grand Lodge of Delaware (10/04-10/06)
    • Thomas Talbot, Billerica (10/11)
    • St. Martin's, Chatham (10/12; installation)
    • Marine, Falmouth (10/15; installation)
    • Orient, Norwood (10/17)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (10/19)
    • Union (Nantucket) (10/22; installation)
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (11/10; installation)
    • John Hancock, Methuen (11/12; organ recital)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (11/16)
    • Grand Lodge of Maryland (11/19-11/22)
    • Kilwinning, Lowell (11/30; Feast of St. Andrew)
    • Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania (12/06-12/08)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (12/09; installation)
    • Putnam #46, South Woodstock, CT
  • Visits by other Grand Lodge officers begin on Page 1994-219.

Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals

• 03/09: 1994-57; Proposed changes to Sections 218, 219, 221, 222, 223, 239 and 240 discussed.
  • 06/08: 1994-95; Approved. Section 218 was approved with version "A".

Grand Master's Address

• 03/09: 1994-60; opening remarks; Panama visit; programs; smoke-free building; ownership of buildings; retention; computers; public image.

• 06/08: 1994-108; opening remarks; Grand Master's Country Fair; visits; Southern Baptists and the word "Temple"; suspension procedure; renovations; Masonic Home brochure; scholarships.

• 09/14: 1994-138; opening remarks; renovations; computer; Country Fair; scholarship program; Shrine vote.

• 12/14: 1994-168; opening remarks; Recognition of Prince Hall of Massachusetts by the United Grand Lodge of England; scholarships; membership; long range planning; vision statement and principles; service department; education department; library; Masonic Home; audit; visits; medals.

Lodge By-Law Changes

• 03/09: 1994-47;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Baalbec, Cincinnatus, Daniel Webster, Freedom, Germania, Mount Orthodox, Mumford River, Paul Revere, Philanthropic, St. Paul's-Algonquin, Sinim, Star, Wisdom; approved.

• 06/08: 1994-97;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Ancon, Charles C. Dame, Columbian, Damascus, Garden City, Gate of the Temple, Huntington, John Cutler, John Warren, Longmeadow, Montacute, Montgomery, Morning Star, Mount Tom, St. John's (Newburyport), Simon W. Robinson, Solomon's Temple, Spencer, Thomas; approved.

• 09/14: 1994-129;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Ancon, Delta, Frank W. Thompson, Lawrence United, Maugus Hill, Meridian, Norfolk Union, Oriental-Martha's Vineyard, Pacific, Shawmut, Star; approved.

• 12/14: 1994-161;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Bristol, Ezra, Hammatt-Ocean, King Hiram's, Nantascot, Quaboag, St. Bernard, Samuel Crocker Lawrence, Shawmut, Universal; approved.

Necrologies and Memorials

• NECROLOGIES:
  • 03/09: 1994-49; Rt. Wor. Maurice George Cuthbert, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/09: 1994-49; Rt. Wor. Francis Robert Dressell, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/09: 1994-50; Rt. Wor. Franklin Eugene Harris, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/14: 1994-131; Rt. Wor. Lawrence Sumner Holbrook, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/14: 1994-131; Rt. Wor. Raymond Curtis Berry, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/14: 1994-132; Rt. Wor. Manuel Roy Parker, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/14: 1994-132; Rt. Wor. Clarke Francis Harrington, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/14: 1994-157; Rt. Wor. James Wesley Blackburn, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/14: 1994-157; Rt. Wor. Joseph Harry Kaufman, Past District Deputy Grand Master.

• MEMORIALS:
  • 03/09: 1994-50; Rt. Wor. James Francis Farr, Past Grand Sword Bearer, Past Deputy Grand Master; presented by Rt. Wor. Robert P. Beach, for the committee.
  • 03/09: 1994-52; Rt. Wor. Charles William Huntley, Past Senior Grand Warden; presented by Rt. Wor. Stafford E. Davis, for the committee.
  • 06/08: 1994-99; Most Wor. Arthur Harris Melanson, Past Grand Master; presented by Most Wor. Albert T. Ames, for the committee. Includes a sermon, My Journey of Faith, delivered on January 2, 1994, beginning on Page 1994-103.

Petitions for Charters

• 03/09: 1994-55. Petition by Hammatt and Ocean, as Hammatt-Ocean in Saugus; granted. Charter amended, 1994-57.

Petitions for Dispensation for New Lodges

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 01/16: 1994-1. Balboa. Visit to the Grand Lodge of Panama.
  • 1994-2: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Most Wor. Camilo A. Alleyne, Grand Master of Panama.
  • 1994-2: Installation of officers of the Grand Lodge of Panama by Grand Master Lovering.
  • 1994-2: Remarks and presentations.

• 01/17: 1994-4. Balboa. Visit to the Panama Canal Lodge of Instruction.
  • 1994-4: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Gilberto Marrero-Camacho, Master of the Lodge of Instruction.
  • 1994-5: Instruction and Officer's Forum.
  • 1994-5: Address by the Grand Master.

• 01/20: 1994-6. Balboa. Joint visit to Sojourners, Ancon, Balboa and Sibert Lodges.
  • 1994-6: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Eric S. D. Wilson, Master of Sojourners Lodge, on behalf of the four lodges meeting in joint session.
  • 1994-7: Entered Apprentice Degree.
  • 1994-8: Address by the Grand Master. Presentations.

• 01/29: 1994-10. Vineyard Haven. Uniting of Oriental and Martha's Vineyard, as Oriental-Martha's Vineyard.
  • 1994-11: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 1994-11: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 1994-14: Charge by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.
  • 1994-14ff: History of Martha's Vineyard Lodge, with a few notes on King Solomon Lodge of Perfection and Seven Stars Lodge.
  • 1994-19ff: History of Oriental Lodge, 1966-present.

• 02/15: 1994-22. Melrose. 75th Anniversary of Fidelity Lodge.
  • 1994-22: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Donald A. Bates, Master of Fidelity Lodge.
  • 1994-23: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.
  • 1994-24ff: History of Fidelity Lodge, presented by Wor. Donald A. Bates.

• 03/01: 1994-31. Watertown. 175th Anniversary of Bethesda Lodge.
  • 1994-32: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Deeb E. Homsi, Jr., Master of Bethesda Lodge.
  • 1994-32: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers. Presentations.
  • 1994-33ff: History of Bethesda Lodge, by Wor. Mark Sweeney.

• 04/16: 1994-64. Boston. 125th Anniversary of Rabboni Lodge of Milton.
  • 1994-64: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Milan A. Vaclavik, Master of Rabboni Lodge.
  • 1994-65: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.
  • 1994-66ff: History of Rabboni Lodge, 1969-1994, presented by Wor. William Antonopoulos.

• 04/23: 1994-71. South Hadley Falls. 125th Anniversary of Mount Holyoke Lodge.
  • 1994-71: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. James A. Cassidy, Master of Mount Holyoke Lodge.
  • 1994-72: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers. Presentations, including a 70-year pin to Wor. Harold Hector Burnett.
  • 1994-73ff: History of Mount Holyoke Lodge, 1969-1994.

• 04/30: 1994-79. Mansfield. Dedication of Masonic Temple.
  • 1994-80: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. William E. Cheatham, Master of St. James Lodge.
  • 1994-80: Dedication of Temple "in full form and ceremony in accordance with ancient usages."
  • 1994-80: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers. Charge by the Grand Master.

• 05/14: 1994-81. Everett. 125th Anniversary of Palestine Lodge.
  • 1994-81: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Joseph C. Delfavero, Master of Palestine Lodge.
  • 1994-82: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.
  • 1994-82ff: History of Palestine Lodge.

• 06/12: 1994-111. Charlton. Dedication of Stained Glass Windows. Donated by Scottish Rite Valley of Boston and St. Bernard Commandery #12.
  • 1994-112: Grand Lodge opened and proceeded into the Chapel.
  • 1994-112: Dedication of windows "in accordance with ancient usages."
  • 1994-112: Remarks by the Grand Master.

• 06/13: 1994-113. Saugus. Uniting of Hammatt and Ocean, as Hammatt-Ocean.
  • 1994-114: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 1994-114: Merger ceremony.
  • 1994-114: Charge by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

• 06/18: 1994-116. Quincy. Uniting of Orphan's Hope and Wessagusset, as Weymouth United Masonic.
  • 1994-117: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 1994-117: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 1994-120: Charge by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/27/1994)

• 1994-223: Opening and roll call.
• 1994-229: Reception of guests, including Grand Representatives. Appointment of Grand Representatives.
• 1994-230: Report of Grand Secretary; 799 diplomas issued. List of lodges not represented in Grand Lodge in 1994, as well as the past 2 years.
• 1994-232: Installation of Grand Master Lovering. Installation of other Grand Officers.
• 1994-235: Feast of St. John. Toasts and names of speakers:
  • 1994-236: The Grand Master.
  • 1994-237: Deputy Grand Master Robert H. Hartley.
  • 1994-240: Most Wor. Joseph Suttles, Grand Master of Georgia.
  • 1994-243: Most Wor. Malcolm Patterson, Grand Master of Prince Edward Island.
  • 1994-245: Most Wor. H. Roy Evans, Past Grand Master of Ohio.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1994

There were 46 districts in Massachusetts in 1994 (numbered 1 through 33), as well as districts for Chile, China, the Caribbean and Panama.

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