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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

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

• 2003-19: Greetings to, and appointment of, Grand Representatives.
• 2003-20: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 2003-26: Presentation of the Resolution regarding Games of Chance.

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

• 2003-147: Greetings to, and appointment of, Grand Representatives.
• 2003-154: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 2003-155: Re-election of Grand Master Donald G. Hicks, Jr. Election of other Grand Lodge officers.
• Visits by Grand Master Hicks, beginning on Page 2003-171:
  • Anniversaries:
    • William Sewall Gardner, Lowell (05/24; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • St. Mark's, Newburyport (09/13; 200th Anniversary)
    • Noquochoke, Westport (11/09; 125th Anniversary)
  • Consolidations:
    • United Brethren and Doric (05/13; Special Communication)
    • King Cyrus and Good Samaritan (05/22; Special Communication)
    • Waltham Triad and Victory (06/02; Special Communication)
    • Adelphi-Noddle's Island and Moses Michael Hays (08/14; Special Communication)
    • Athelstan and Montacute (08/23; Special Communication)
    • Roswell Lee-Indian Orchard and Hampden (09/12; Special Communication)
    • Hayden, Spencer and Meridian Sun as Hayden (10/18)
    • The Tyrian and Acacia (10/23)
  • Hall Dedications and corner-stone layings:
  • Lodge visits:
    • William Parkman, Winchester (01/14)
    • (unknown lodge, Lowell) (01/18; reception for Deputy Grand Master W. Warren Richardson, Jr.)
    • Wamesit, Tewksbury (01/20)
    • Thomas Talbot, Billerica (02/11)
    • Social Harmony, Wareham (02/22; reception for Senior Grand Warden Robert C. Corr)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (03/01; Washington celebration)
    • Wamesit, Tewksbury (03/03)
    • Wellesley, Needham (03/04)
    • William Parkman (03/08; held in Woburn; reception for Junior Grand Warden Paul F. Gleason)
    • Columbian, Boston (03/30)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (04/16)
    • Grand Lodge of Iran (in Exile) (04/25-04/26)
    • Major General Henry Knox, Boston (04/30; table lodge)
    • Columbian, Boston (05/01)
    • Grand Lodge of Maine (05/04-05/07)
    • Mount Zion, Barre (05/07)
    • William North, Lowell (05/14)
    • Grand Lodge of New Hampshire (05/16-05/18)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (05/21; installation)
    • Brigham, Ludlow (06/08; church service)
    • Norfolk, Needham (06/09)
    • St. Paul's-Algonquin, Braintree (06/12)
    • Wisdom, West Stockbridge (06/13; held in Lenox)
    • Cumberland #12 and Pythagorean #11, Maine (06/14)
    • Morning Star, Worcester (06/23)
    • John T. Heard, Ipswich (09/03)
    • St. John's (Boston) (09/05)
    • Golden Fleece, Lynn (09/15; installation)
    • Hampshire, Haydenville (10/02)
    • Shawmut, Boston (10/04)
    • Grand Lodge of Virginia (11/06-11/08)
    • Social Harmony, Wareham (11/14)
    • Grand Lodge of Maryland (11/16-11/18)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (11/19)
  • Visits by other Grand Lodge officers begin on Page 2003-175.
• 2003-184: Audit.

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

• 03/12: 2003-16;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Berkshire, Bethlehem, Budleigh, Caleb Butler, Hampden, Howard, Jerusalem, Marine, Mount Hollis, Rising Star, Wellesley; approved.

• 06/11: 2003-66;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Bethlehem, Charles C. Spellman (with changes), Cincinnatus, Dalhousie, Essex, Franklin, King Hiram's, Mumford River, Mystic, Nehoiden, Orient, Perfection, St. Alban's, St. John's (Boston), Star-Athol, Universal, Wilder; approved.

• 09/10: 2003-117;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Charles A. Welch, Charles C. Dame, Charles River, Corinthian, Lights Guiding Lights, Occidental, Pentucket, Price-Benton, Vernon, Warren; approved.

• 12/10: 2003-145;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Bristol, Charles C. Dame, Charles C. Spellman, Hammatt-Ocean, Howard, Metacomet Daylight, Republican, St. John's (Newburyport); approved.

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.

Past Grand Master David B. Richardson

• MEMORIALS:
  • 06/11: 2003-83; Most Wor. David Borden Richardson, Past Grand Master; presented by Most Wor. David W. Lovering, for the committee.

Petitions for Charters

• 03/12: 2003-21. Petition by Waltham Triad and Victory, as Waltham Triad; granted.

• 03/12: 2003-23. Petition by King Cyrus and Good Samaritan, as Good Samaritan; granted.

• 06/11: 2003-71. Petition by The Tyrian and Acacia, as The Tyrian-Acacia; granted.

• 06/11: 2003-73. Petition by Athelstan and Montacute, as Lights Guiding Lights; granted.

• 06/11: 2003-75. Petition by Roswell Lee-Indian Orchard and Hampden, as Indian Orchard Masonic; granted.

• 06/11: 2003-77. Petition by Adelphi-Noddle's Island and Moses Michael Hays, as Moses Michael Hays; granted.

• 12/10: 2003-150. Petition by Amity and Mosaic, as Amity-Mosaic; granted.

• 12/10: 2003-152. Petition by Rural and Wollaston, as Rural; granted.

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.

• 05/24: 2003-46; Lowell. 75th Anniversary of William Sewall Gardner Lodge.
  • 2003-46: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren and guests of William Sewall Gardner Lodge.
  • 2003-46: Address by the Mayor of Lowell.
  • 2003-47: Remarks by the Grand MAster and other Brothers.
  • 2003-48ff: History of William Sewall Gardner Lodge.

• 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 Lights 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.

• 10/23: Consolidation of The Tyrian and Acacia. No record in Proceedings?

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.

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