MassachusettsYear2002
2002
DONALD G. HICKS, JR., Grand Master
Graham A. Long, Deputy Grand Master
Fred A. Dobson, Senior Grand Warden
Leslie P. Lohnes, Junior Grand Warden
Contents
- 1 QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS
- 2 SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS
- 3 FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST
- 4 LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 2002
- 4.1 DISTRICT 1: Boston
- 4.2 DISTRICT 2: Cambridge
- 4.3 DISTRICT 2: Boston
- 4.4 DISTRICT 3: Boston
- 4.5 DISTRICT 3: Chelsea
- 4.6 DISTRICT 4: Boston
- 4.7 DISTRICT 5: Waltham
- 4.8 DISTRICT 5: Brighton
- 4.9 DISTRICT 6: Somerville
- 4.10 DISTRICT 6: Arlington
- 4.11 DISTRICT 7: Malden
- 4.12 DISTRICT 7: Melrose
- 4.13 DISTRICT 8: Salem
- 4.14 DISTRICT 8: Lynn
- 4.15 DISTRICT 9: Gloucester
- 4.16 DISTRICT 10: Newburyport
- 4.17 DISTRICT 11: Lawrence
- 4.18 DISTRICT 12: Lowell
- 4.19 DISTRICT 13: Fitchburg
- 4.20 DISTRICT 13: Barre
- 4.21 DISTRICT 14: Greenfield
- 4.22 DISTRICT 15: North Adams
- 4.23 DISTRICT 16: Pittsfield
- 4.24 DISTRICT 17: Holyoke
- 4.25 DISTRICT 18: Chicopee
- 4.26 DISTRICT 18: Springfield
- 4.27 DISTRICT 19: Palmer
- 4.28 DISTRICT 20: Blackstone
- 4.29 DISTRICT 21: Brookfield
- 4.30 DISTRICT 22: Worcester
- 4.31 DISTRICT 23: Natick
- 4.32 DISTRICT 24: Marlboro
- 4.33 DISTRICT 25: Hyde Park
- 4.34 DISTRICT 26: Quincy
- 4.35 DISTRICT 27: Plymouth
- 4.36 DISTRICT 28: Taunton
- 4.37 DISTRICT 28: Attleboro
- 4.38 DISTRICT 29: Brockton
- 4.39 DISTRICT 30: Fall River
- 4.40 DISTRICT 30: New Bedford
- 4.41 DISTRICT 31: Nantucket
- 4.42 DISTRICT 32: Hyannis
- 4.43 DISTRICT 32: Provincetown
- 4.44 DISTRICT 33: Springfield
- 4.45 PANAMA CANAL DISTRICT
- 4.46 CHILE DISTRICT
- 4.47 CHINA DISTRICT
- 4.48 CARIBBEAN DISTRICT
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS
(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)
- 03/13: 2002-17;
- 06/12: 2002-61;
- 09/11: 2002-97;
- 12/11: 2002-125; (Annual Communication)
03/13 Agenda
06/12 Agenda
09/11 Agenda
12/11 Agenda
Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals
- 03/13: 2002-30; Duties of the GS and GT.
- 06/12: 2002-72; approved.
- 09/12: 2002-111; Two week interval between degrees.
- 12/11: 2002-149; Report on GM authority to lower the age of membership.
Grand Master's Address
- 03/13: 2002-35;
- 06/12: 2002-80;
- 09/11: 2002-114;
- 12/11: 2002-155;
Lodge By-Law Changes
- 03/13: 2002-26;
- Full Codes : none.
- Amendments:
- 06/12: 2002-69;
- Full Codes : none.
- Amendments:
- 09/11: 2002-105;
- Full Codes : none.
- Amendments:
- 12/11: 2002-142;
- Full Codes : none.
- Amendments:
Necrologies and Memorials
--> note additional memorials for 9/11 victims on 09/11
Petitions for Charters
- 03/13: 2002-31; Lynnfield and Zetland as Lynnfield-Zetland; granted.
- 03/13: 2002-33; Springfield and Newton as Newton; granted.
- 06/12: 2002-73; Henry Price and Everett C. Benton as Price-Benton; granted.
- 12/11: 2002-145; Hayden, Spencer and Meridian Sun as Hayden; granted.
- 12/11: 2002-147; United Brethren and Doric as United Brethren; granted.
SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS
- 01/12: 2002-1; Dedication of Vose Room in Oak Bluffs
- 01/19: 2002-13; Grand Master reception
- 04/20: 2002-41; Nehoiden 75
- 06/05: 2002-55; Merrimack 200
- 06/15: 2002-85; Springfield and Newton consolidation
- 06/17: 2002-91; Lynnfield and Zetland consolidation
- 11/21: 2002-119; Henry Price and Everett C. Benton consolidation
FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST
(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/27/2002)
- 2002-xx: Opening and roll call.
LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 2002
There were 45 districts in Massachusetts in 2002 (numbered 1 through 33), as well as districts for Chile, China, the Caribbean and Panama.
DISTRICT 1: Boston
Allan D. Parker, III, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A3
- St. John's (Boston, 1733)
- Lodge of St. Andrew, (Boston, 1752)
- The Massachusetts (Boston, 1770)
- Columbian (Boston, 1796)
- Mount Lebanon (Boston, 1801)
- Germania-Revere (Boston, 1854)
- Winslow Lewis (Boston, 1855)
- Shawmut (Newtonville, 1911)
DISTRICT 2: Cambridge
E. Donald Weiner, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A4
- Amicable (Cambridge, 1805)
- Mizpah-Faith (Cambridge, 1867)
- Charity (Cambridge, 1869)
- Joseph Webb (Boston, 1876)
- Richard C. MacLaurin (Cambridge, 1920)
- The DeMolay (Boston, 1975)
DISTRICT 2: Boston
Joseph M. Kurey, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A5
- Mount Olivet (Cambridge, 1863)
- Zetland (Boston, 1867) merged into Lynnfield-Zetland 06/17
- Euclid (Boston, 1916)
- The Harvard (Cambridge, 1922)
- Moses Michael Hays (Needham, 1931)
- Logia America (Cambridge, 1993)
DISTRICT 3: Boston
David P. Henry, District Deputy Grand Master; 4 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A6
- Mount Tabor (Boston, 1846)
- Price-Benton (Boston, 1858) merged 11/21
- Hammatt-Ocean (Saugus, 1859)
- Seaview (Revere, 1917)
DISTRICT 3: Chelsea
Donald F. Tabbut, District Deputy Grand Master; 3 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A7
- Star of Bethlehem (Wakefield, 1844)
- Adelphi-Noddle's Island (Watertown, 1920)
- Everett C. Benton (Boston, 1925) merged into Price-Benton 11/21
- Major General Henry Knox (Boston, 1926)
DISTRICT 4: Boston
David P. Duncan, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A8
- Union (Dorchester, 1796)
- St. Paul's-Algonquin (Braintree, 1846)
- Gate of the Temple (Stoughton, 1855)
- Rabboni (Milton, 1869)
- Prospect (Roslindale, 1890)
- Macedonian (Quincy, 1893)
- West Roxbury-Dorchester (Dorchester, 1912)
- Cosmopolitan (Stoughton, 1920)
- Milton (Milton, 1922)
- Hesperia (Boston, 1925)
DISTRICT 5: Waltham
Lincoln K. Richards, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A9
- Dalhousie (Newtonville, 1860)
- Beth-Horon (Brookline, 1870)
- Wellesley (Needham, 1912)
- Victory (Watertown, 1920)
- Nehoiden (Needham, 1927)
- Garden City (Newtonville, 1954)
- The Masters (Newtonville, 1983)
DISTRICT 5: Brighton
Preston L. Neff, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A10
- Bethesda (Brighton, 1819)
- Waltham Triad (Newtonville, 1820)
- Pequossette (Watertown, 1856)
- Belmont-Beaver (Belmont, 1864)
- Norfolk (Needham, 1874)
- Norumbega Fraternity (Newtonville, 1875) merged 10/05
DISTRICT 6: Somerville
Everett A. Johnson, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A11
- King Solomon's (Charlestown, 1783)
- Mount Hermon (Medford, 1854)
- Joseph Warren-Soley (Boston, 1856)
- Simon W. Robinson(Lexington, 1870)
- Friendship (Wilmington, 1901)
- Russell (Arlington, 1923)
- Simonds (Burlington, 1955)
- Frank W. Thompson (Bedford, 1955)
DISTRICT 6: Arlington
Robert J. McNary, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A12
- Washington (Lexington, 1796)
- Hiram (Arlington, 1797)
- Mount Horeb (Woburn, 1855)
- John Abbott-Samuel Crocker Lawrence (Somerville, 1857)
- William Parkman (Winchester, 1864)
- Somerville (West Somerville, 1912)
DISTRICT 7: Malden
Earl W. Cole, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A13
- Mount Vernon-Galilean (Malden, 1857)
- Good Samaritan (Reading, 1870)
- King Cyrus (Stoneham, 1875)
- Fidelity (Melrose, 1918)
- Mount Scopus (Malden, 1930)
- North Reading (North Reading, 1955)
DISTRICT 7: Melrose
Harland P. Smith, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A14
- Wyoming (Melrose, 1856)
- William Sutton (Saugus, 1866)
- Palestine (Everett, 1868)
- Converse (Malden, 1887)
- Golden Rule (Wakefield, 1888)
- The Lodge of Stirling (Malden, 1910)
- Lynnfield-Zetland (Lynnfield, 1867) merged 06/17
DISTRICT 8: Salem
Donald M. Moran, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A15
- Essex (Salem, 1791)
- Mount Carmel (Lynn, 1805)
- Mosaic (Danvers, 1870)
- Damascus (Lynn, 1906)
- Wayfarers (Swampscott, 1914)
- Budleigh (Beverly, 1921) merger 11/15
DISTRICT 8: Lynn
Richard D. Parker, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A16
- Philanthropic (Marblehead, 1760)
- Jordan (Peabody, 1808)
- Amity (Danvers, 1863)
- Starr King (Salem, 1864)
- Golden Fleece (Lynn, 1864)
- Bethlehem (Lynn, 1920)
- North Shore Daylight (Beverly, 1992)
DISTRICT 9: Gloucester
Stephen E. Linsky, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A17
- The Tyrian (Gloucester, 1770)
- Liberty (Beverly, 1824)
- Ashler (Rockport, 1851)
- John T. Heard (Ipswich, 1864)
- Acacia (Gloucester, 1865)
- Manchester (Manchester, 1920)
DISTRICT 10: Newburyport
Thomas E. Pulkkinen, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A18
- St. John's (Newburyport, 1766)
- Merrimack (Haverhill, 1802)
- St. Mark's (Newburyport, 1803)
- Warren (Amesbury, 1822)
- Saggahew (Haverhill, 1864)
- Charles C. Dame (Georgetown, 1867)
- Bethany (Merrimac, 1868)
DISTRICT 11: Lawrence
Frederick N. Nowell, III, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A19
- St. Matthew's (Andover, 1822)
- LawrenceUnited (Lawrence, 1825)
- John Hancock (Methuen, 1860)
- Cochichewick (North Andover, 1874)
- Merrimack Valley Daylight (Lawrence, 1990)
DISTRICT 12: Lowell
Roy J. Leone, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A20
- Corinthian (Concord, 1797)
- Pentucket (Lowell, 1807)
- Ancient York (Lowell, 1852)
- Kilwinning (Lowell, 1866)
- William North (Lowell, 1867)
- Thomas Talbot (Billerica, 1889)
- Wamesit (Tewksbury, 1921)
- William Sewall Gardner (Lowell, 1928)
DISTRICT 13: Fitchburg
Roger E. Winchester, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A21
- St. Paul (Ayer, 1797)
- Aurora (Leominster, 1801)
- Trinity (Clinton, 1858)
- Caleb Butler (Ayer, 1859)
- Wilder (Leominster, 1859)
- Charles W. Moore (Fitchburg, 1865)
- Tahattawan (Littleton, 1929)
DISTRICT 13: Barre
Charles L. Montalbano, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A22
- Mount Zion (Barre, 1800)
- Orange (Orange, 1859)
- Hope (Gardner, 1864)
- Star-Athol (Athol, 1864)
- Artisan (Winchendon, 1865)
DISTRICT 14: Greenfield
Lester A. Black, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A23
- Republican (Greenfield, 1795)
- Harmony (Northfield, 1796)
- Mountain (Shelburne Falls, 1806)
- Bay State (Montague, 1872)
- Mechanic's (Montague, 1878)
DISTRICT 15: North Adams
Charles N. Cahoon, District Deputy Grand Master; 4 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A24
- Lafayette-Greylock (North Adams, 1847)
- Berkshire (South Adams, 1857)
- Upton (Cheshire, 1869)
- Williams (Williamstown, 1871)
DISTRICT 16: Pittsfield
John D. Walther, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A25
- Cincinnatus (Great Barrington, 1795)
- Evening Star (Lenox, 1795)
- Wisdom (West Stockbridge, 1803)
- Mystic (Pittsfield, 1810)
- Globe (Hinsdale, 1869)
- Occidental (Stockbridge, 1870)
- Crescent-Pittsfield (Pittsfield, 1873)
- Unity (Dalton, 1896)
DISTRICT 17: Holyoke
Mark C. Mueller, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A26
- Jerusalem (South Hadley, 1797)
- Pacific (Amherst, 1860)
- Mount Tom (Holyoke, 1850)
- Ionic (Easthampton, 1867)
- Mount Holyoke (South Hadley, 1869)
- Hampshire (Haydenville, 1871)
DISTRICT 18: Chicopee
George R. Sachs, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A27
- Chicopee (Chicopee, 1848)
- Brigham (Ludlow, 1891)
- Esoteric (Springfield, 1909)
- Charles C. Spellman (East Longmeadow, 1921)
- Samuel D. Sherwood (Springfield, 1921)
DISTRICT 18: Springfield
Mark W. Doane, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A28
- Hampden (Springfield, 1817)
- Mount Moriah (Westfield, 1856)
- Huntington-Federal (Russell, 1866)
- Springfield (Springfield, 1895) merged into Wilbraham Masonic 06/15
- Mount Orthodox (West Springfield, 1913)
DISTRICT 19: Palmer
Peter B. Markert, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A29
- Thomas (Palmer, 1796)
- Quaboag (Warren, 1858)
- Day Spring (Monson, 1862)
- Eden (Ware, 1863)
- Vernon (Belchertown, 1869)
DISTRICT 20: Blackstone
Mark S. Watson, District Deputy Grand Master; 4 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A30
- Solomon's Temple (Uxbridge, 1818)
- Webster (Webster, 1858)
- Oxford (Oxford, 1859)
- Mumford River (Douglas, 1877)
DISTRICT 21: Brookfield
Frederick R. Morin, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A31
- Morning Star (Worcester, 1793)
- Quinebaug (Southbridge, 1859)
- Hayden (Brookfield, 1863)
- Spencer (Spencer, 1871)
- Meridian Sun (North Brookfield, 1894)
- Rufus Putnam (Rutland, 1912)
- Isaiah Thomas (Worcester, 1920)
- Bay Path (West Brookfield, 1923)
- Rose of Sharon (Worcester, 1927)
DISTRICT 22: Worcester
Russell E. Lowe, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A32
- Olive Branch (Millbury, 1797)
- Franklin (Grafton, 1851)
- Montacute (Worcester, 1858)
- Athelstan (Worcester, 1865)
- Quinsigamond (Worcester, 1870)
- Boylston (West Boylston, 1876)
- Joel H. Prouty (Auburn, 1927)
- Matthew John Whittall (Shrewsbury, 1928)
- Level (Worcester, 1952)
DISTRICT 23: Natick
Truman G. Hix, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A33
- Meridian (Watertown, 1797)
- Montgomery (Milford, 1797)
- John Warren (Hopkinton, 1860)
- Mount Hollis (Holliston, 1864)
- North Star (Ashland, 1864)
- Siloam (Westborough, 1866)
- Charles River (Medway, 1871)
- Alpha (Framingham, 1875)
DISTRICT 24: Marlboro
Dennis E. Reebel, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A34
- Middlesex (Framingham, 1795)
- United Brethren (Marlborough, 1859)
- Doric (Hudson, 1864)
- Charles A. Welch (Maynard, 1872)
- Perfection (Framingham, 1957)
DISTRICT 25: Hyde Park
Richard B. Burgess, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A35
- Rising Star (Stoughton, 1799)
- Orient (Norwood, 1861)
- Blue Hill (Canton, 1863)
- Lafayette-Dover (Norwood, 1865)
- Eliot-Hyde Park (Westwood, 1866)
- Constellation (Dedham, 1871)
- Azure (Walpole, 1921)
DISTRICT 26: Quincy
Ronald L. McKim, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A36
- Rural (Quincy, 1801)
- Norfolk Union (Randolph, 1819)
- Weymouth United Masonic (Weymouth, 1825)
- Delta (Braintree, 1868)
- Wollaston (Quincy, 1899)
DISTRICT 27: Plymouth
Russell W. Nickerson, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A37
- Old Colony (Hingham, 1792)
- Corner Stone (Duxbury, 1801)
- Plymouth (Plymouth, 1825)
- Konohassett (Cohasset, 1864)
- Phoenix (Hanover, 1873)
- Satuit (Scituate, 1875)
- Daniel Webster (Marshfield, 1964)
DISTRICT 28: Taunton
John C. Sutterley, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A38
- King David (Taunton, 1798)
- May Flower (Middleboro, 1864)
- Paul Dean (North Easton, 1867)
- Eastern Star (Rehoboth, 1924)
- Metacomet Daylight (Taunton, 1989)
DISTRICT 28: Attleboro
James E. Carroll, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A39
- Bristol (North Attleboro, 1797)
- St. Alban's (Wrentham, 1818)
- St. James (Mansfield, 1864)
- Excelsior (Franklin, 1866)
- Ezekiel Bates (Attleboro, 1870)
DISTRICT 29: Brockton
James C. Holmes, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A40
- Fellowship (Bridgewater, 1797)
- Paul Revere (North Bridgewater, 1856)
- John Cutler (Abington, 1859)
- Puritan (East Bridgewater, 1869)
- St. George (Brockton, 1877)
- Satucket (East Bridgewater, 1881)
- Baalis Sanford (Brockton, 1917)
- Wampatuck (East Bridgewater, 1946)
DISTRICT 30: Fall River
Stafford Sheehan, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A41
- Mount Hope (Fall River, 1824)
- Pioneer (Somerset, 1863)
- King Philip (Fall River, 1866)
- Massasoit-Narragansett (Fall River, 1915)
- Watuppa (Fall River, 1926)
DISTRICT 30: New Bedford
August R. Cote, Sr., District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A42
- Star in the East-Paskamansett (New Bedford, 1823)
- Quittacus (New Bedford, 1865)
- George H. Taber (Fairhaven, 1872)
- Noquochoke (South Westport, 1878)
- Abraham H. Howland Jr. (New Bedford, 1915)
- Wamsutta (New Bedford, 1949)
DISTRICT 31: Nantucket
Robert I. Wing, District Deputy Grand Master; 4 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A43
- Union (Nantucket, 1771)
- Social Harmony (Middleboro, 1823)
- Oriental-Martha's Vineyard (Oak Bluffs, 1859)
- Pythagorean (Marion, 1861)
DISTRICT 32: Hyannis
Thomas R. Hickey, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A44
- Marine (Falmouth, 1798)
- Fraternal (Centerville, 1801)
- DeWitt Clinton (Sandwich, 1855)
- Howard (Yarmouth, 1869)
- Mariners' (Cotuit, 1871)
- Cawnacome Sunshine (Bourne, 1992)
DISTRICT 32: Provincetown
Truman Henson, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A45
- King Hiram's (Provincetown, 1795)
- Mount Horeb (Dennis, 1854)
- Pilgrim (Harwich, 1859)
- Adams (Wellfleet, 1865)
- St. Martin's (Chatham, 1872)
- Universal (Orleans, 1917)
- Nauset Light (Orleans, 1997)
DISTRICT 33: Springfield
Wayne D. Vangsness, District Deputy Grand Master; 4 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A46
- Roswell Lee-Indian Orchard (Springfield, 1864)
- Elm-Belcher (Agawam, 1870)
- Wilbraham Masonic (Wilbraham, 1870) merged 06/15
- Longmeadow (Longmeadow, 1931)
PANAMA CANAL DISTRICT
Henry F. Smith, Jr., District Grand Master; 3 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A47
- Sojourners (Cristobal, Canal Zone, 1912)
- Ancon (Ancon, Canal Zone, 1913)
- Gatun (Empire, Canal Zone, 1915) merged 05/31
CHILE DISTRICT
Daniel E. Cerda, District Deputy Grand Master; 3 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A48
- Bethesda (Valparaiso, Chile, 1854)
- Huelen (Santiago, Chile, 1876)
- St. John's (Concepción) (Concepción, Chile, 1884)
CHINA DISTRICT
Joe A. Diele, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2002-A49
- Ancient Landmark (Shanghai, China, 1863) In recess
- Shanghai (Shanghai, China, 1903) In recess
- Sinim (Tokyo, Japan, 1903)
- International (Peking, China, 1915) In recess
- Hykes Memorial (Tientsin, China, 1922) In recess
CARIBBEAN DISTRICT
Aston Wright, District Deputy Grand Master; 1 Lodge
Tabular: 2002-A50
- Caribbean Naval (Guantánamo, Cuba, 1966)
