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2003

DONALD G. HICKS, JR., Grand Master

W. Warren Richardson, Jr., Deputy Grand Master
Robert C. Corr, Senior Grand Warden
Paul F. Gleason, Junior Grand Warden


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Seated: R. W. Henry E. Smith, Jr., District Grand Master; Grand Master Donald Gardner Hicks, Jr.; R. W. W. Warren Richardson, Jr., Deputy Grand Master.
Standing: R. W. Paul F. Gleason, Junior Grand Warden; R. W. Robert C. Corr, Senior Grand Warden; R. W. Donald R. Denning, Grand Marshal; R. W. Christopher W. Huntoon, Grand Treasurer; M. W. Albert T. Ames, Grand Secretary.


QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

  • 03/12: 2003-7;
  • 06/11: 2003-57;
  • 09/10: 2003-109;
  • 12/10: 2003-133; (Annual Communication)

03/12 Agenda

06/11 Agenda

  • 2003-79: Greetings to, and appointment of, Grand Representatives.
  • 2003-87: Resolution regarding Games of Chance adopted by Grand Lodge.
  • 2003-87: Report of the Committee on Records.
  • 2003-88: Presentations.

09/10 Agenda

  • 2003-118: Greetings to, and appointment of, Grand Representatives.
  • 2003-120: Budget for 2004 (motion only).
  • 2003-121: Presentations.
  • 2003-122: Report of the Committee on Records.

12/10 Agenda

Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals

  • 03/12: 2003-21; Section 336, approved.
  • 06/11: 2003-70; Section 222, 239.
    • 09/10: 2003-120; discussion.
    • 12/10: 2003-149; vote of approval.
  • 12/10: 2003-150; Section 711.

Grand Master's Address

  • 03/12: 2003-28; opening remarks; One-Day Class; community outreach; Panama visit; Grand Master's Appeal; landmarks, including reference to the Report on age for membership; Country Fair; Capital Campaign; visitations.
  • 06/11: 2003-88; opening remarks; CHIP; Country Fair; Capital Campaign; discipline; One-Day Class; Masonic License Plate; visits; scholarships.
  • 09/10: 2003-123; opening remarks; visitations; Grand Master's Appeal; new Grand Secretary; One-Day Class; CHIP; Capital Campaign; Charlton facilities.
  • 12/10: 2003-156; opening remarks; One-Day Class; Grand Master's Appeal; Grand Lodge Dues; discipline; CHIP; Campaign for Masonry; Charlton facilities; scholarships; library; insurance; service; education; CHIP; visits; medals.

Lodge By-Law Changes

Necrologies and Memorials

  • NECROLOGIES:
    • 03/12: 2003-20; Rt. Wor. Vernon Sisson Bowers, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 03/12: 2003-20; Rt. Wor. Homer Melvin Shellenberger, Jr., Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 06/11: 2003-79; Most Wor. David Borden Richardson, Past Grand Master.
    • 06/11: 2003-80; Rt. Wor. Morris Geller, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 06/11: 2003-80; Rt. Wor. Ernest T. Otto, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 06/11: 2003-80; Rt. Wor. Arnold R. Shaw, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 09/10: 2003-118; Rt. Wor. Arthur Livingston Spear, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 09/10: 2003-119; Rt. Wor. George R. Fallstich, Jr., Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 09/10: 2003-119; Rt. Wor. Paul Felegian, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 09/10: 2003-119; Rt. Wor. James Clayton Pilling, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 09/10: 2003-119; Rt. Wor. James Thomas Lonergan, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 09/10: 2003-120; Rt. Wor. Donald Edward Strange, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 09/10: 2003-120; Rt. Wor. Martin Henry Johansen, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 12/10: 2003-147; Rt. Wor. Eugene Everett Hawkins, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 12/10: 2003-147; Rt. Wor. Lawrence Roland Leonard, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 12/10: 2003-148; Rt. Wor. Harold Alexander MacDonald, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 12/10: 2003-148; Rt. Wor. William Thorburn Miles, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 12/10: 2003-148; Rt. Wor. Herbert M. Tinkham, Past Junior Grand Warden.

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Past Grand Master David B. Richardson

Petitions for Charters

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

  • 01/25: 2003-1; Vista Hermosa, Panama. Visit to the District Grand Lodge of Panama.
    • 2003-2: Grand Lodge opened at St. Andrew's Lodge #1140 and was received by Rt. Wor. Henry E. Smith, Jr., District Grand Master.
    • 2003-2: Installation of District Grand Lodge officers.
    • 2003-3: Presentations.
  • 01/29: 2003-5; Panama City, Panama. Visit to the Grand Lodge of Panama.
    • 2003-6: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Most Wor. Enrique Lau, Grand Master of Panama.
    • 2003-6: Presentations, including a Henry Price Medal for Most Wor. Lau.
  • 05/13: 2003-33; Marlboro. Consolidation of United Brethren and Doric as United Brethren.
    • 2003-34: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
    • 2003-34: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
    • 2003-37: Charge by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.
  • 05/22: 2003-39; Reading. Consolidation of King Cyrus and Good Samaritan, as Good Samaritan.
    • 2003-40: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
    • 2003-40: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
    • 2003-43: Charge by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.
  • 06/02: 2003-51; Newtonville. Consolidation of Waltham Triad and Victory, as Waltham Triad.
    • 2003-52: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
    • 2003-52: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
    • 2003-55: Charge by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.
  • 08/14: 2003-93; Needham. Consolidation of Adelphi-Noddle's Island and Moses Michael Hays, as Moses Michael Hays.
    • 2003-94: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
    • 2003-94: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
    • 2003-97: Charge by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.
  • 08/23: 2003-99; Auburn. Consolidation of Athelstan and Montacute, as Guiding Lights.
    • 2003-100: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
    • 2003-100: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
    • 2003-103: Charge by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.
  • 09/09: 2003-105. Boston. Reception of Scottish Degree Team at Winslow Lewis Lodge.
    • 2003-106: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the members of Winslow Lewis Lodge "to the strains of the bagpipe provided by piper Wor. David M. Pratt."
    • 2003-106: Reception of Rt. Wor. Bruce C. Coates and the degree team. Presentation of the Master Mason Degree according to Scottish ritual.
  • 09/12: 2003-127. Springfield. Consolidation of Roswell Lee-Indian Orchard and Hampden, as Indian Orchard Masonic.
    • 2003-127: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
    • 2003-128: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
    • 2003-130: Charge by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/29/2003)

  • 2003-189: Opening and roll call.
  • 2003-195: Reception of guests, including Grand Representatives.
  • 2003-196: Report of Grand Secretary; 662 diplomas issued. List of lodges not represented in Grand Lodge in 2003, as well as the past 2 years.
  • 2003-197: Installation of Grand Master Donald Gardner Hicks, Jr. Installation of other Grand Officers.
  • 2003-199: Feast of St. John. Toasts and names of speakers:
  • 2003-199: The Grand Master.
  • 2003-200: Deputy Grand Master Rt. Wor. Roy J. Leone.
  • 2003-204: Ill. Walter E. Webber, 33°, Sovereign Grand Commander, AASR NMJ.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 2003

There were 31 districts in Massachusetts in 2003 (numbered 1 through 31), as well as districts for Chile, China, the Caribbean and Panama.

DISTRICT 1

David F. Howard, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A3

DISTRICT 2

Stewart A. Swinamer, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A4

DISTRICT 3

Michael S. Podymaitis, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A5

DISTRICT 4

David P. Henry, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A6

DISTRICT 5

Preston L. Neff, District Deputy Grand Master; 11 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A7

DISTRICT 6

James S. Logan, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A8

DISTRICT 7

Joseph M. Kurey, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A9

DISTRICT 8

John C. Sutterley, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A10

DISTRICT 9

Richard D. Parker, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A11

DISTRICT 10

Stephen E. Linsky, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A12

DISTRICT 11

Thomas H. Hargreaves, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A13

DISTRICT 12

John Appleby, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A14

DISTRICT 13

Earl W. Cole, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A15

DISTRICT 14

Everett A. Johnston, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A16

DISTRICT 15

Truman G. Hix, District Deputy Grand Master; 11 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A17

DISTRICT 16

James E. Carroll, District Deputy Grand Master; 11 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A18

DISTRICT 17

Richard J. Duhaine, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A19

DISTRICT 18

Russell W. Nickerson, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A20

DISTRICT 19

Donald D. Hartson, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A21

DISTRICT 20

Thomas R. Hickey, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A22

DISTRICT 21

Bernard W. Russell, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A23

DISTRICT 22

Charles I. Montalbano, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A24

DISTRICT 23

Dennis E. Reebel, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A25

DISTRICT 24

Frederick R. Morin, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A26

DISTRICT 25

Peter B. Markert, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A27

DISTRICT 26

Lester A. Black, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A28

DISTRICT 27

Richard A. Poudrier, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A29

DISTRICT 28

George R. Sachs, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A30

DISTRICT 29

Mark W. Doane, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A31

DISTRICT 30

Charles N. Cahoon, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A32

DISTRICT 31

Luis M. Coelho, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A33

PANAMA CANAL DISTRICT

Henry F. Smith, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 3 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A34

  • 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: 2003-A35

CHINA DISTRICT

Richard Dyck, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2003-A36

CUBA DISTRICT

Aston H. Wright, District Deputy Grand Master; 1 Lodge
Tabular: 2003-A37


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