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2007

JEFFREY B. HODGDON, Grand Master

Joseph Mozzone, Deputy Grand Master
Jeffrey L. Gardiner, Senior Grand Warden
Richard Austin, Junior Grand Warden

A portrait of the Grand Master appears in the Frontispiece and above.

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

• 03/14: 2007-13;
• 06/13: 2007-73;
• 09/13: 2007-123;
• 12/12: 2007-163; (Annual Communication)

03/14 Agenda

• 2007-22: Initial presentations.
• 2007-27: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 2007-27: Greetings to, and appointment of, Grand Representatives.
• 2007-28: Installation of Brian L. Marsh as Grand Chaplain.
• 2007-29: Presentations.

06/13 Agenda

• 2007-82: Initial presentations.
• 2007-91: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 2007-91: Greetings to, and appointment of, Grand Representatives.
• 2007-95: Presentations.

09/12 Agenda

• 2007-132: Welcome of special guests, including Terry Savage, Superintendent of the Boston National Historical Park. Remarks included in full.
• 2007-132: Other initial presentations.
• 2007-135: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 2007-136: Greetings to, and appointment of, Grand Representatives.
• 2007-138: Budget for 2008 (motion only).
• 2007-138: Presentations.
• 2007-147: Ribbon cutting ceremony for the Grand Master's Room on the third floor.

12/12 Agenda

• 2007-176: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 2007-182: Election of Rt. Wor. Roger William Pageau as Grand Master. Election of other Grand Lodge officers.
• 2007-184: Greetings to, and appointment of, Grand Representatives.
• 2007-184: Presentations.
• Visits by Grand Master Hodgdon, beginning on Page 2007-195:
  • Anniversaries:
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (04/12; 250th Anniversary)
    • The Harvard, Cambridge (04/19; 85th Anniversary)
    • Pequossette, Watertown (05/19; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Wyoming, Melrose (05/23; 150th Anniversary)
    • Berkshire, Adams (09/29; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)
  • Consolidations:
    • William Sewall Gardner and Kilwinning (04/13; Special Communication)
    • Star-Athol and Orange (04/20; Special Communication)
    • Longmeadow and Charles C. Spellman (05/21; Special Communication)
    • Hammatt-Ocean, Seaview and Mount Tabor (06/23; Special Communication)
    • The Tyrian-Acacia and Ashler (10/27)
  • Hall Dedications and corner-stone layings:
    • Bunker Hill Monument, Charlestown (06/14; Special Communication)
    • Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown (08/20; Special Communication)
  • Lodge visits:
    • The Masters, Newtonville (01/17)
    • (unknown Lodge, Boston) (01/20; reception for Deputy Grand Master Joseph Mozzone)
    • Mystic Valley, Arlington (02/13)
    • Norfolk, Needham (02/24; reception for Senior Grand Warden Jeffrey L. Gardiner)
    • (unknown lodge, Brockton) (03/10; reception for Junior Grand Warden Richard Austin)
    • St. John's (Boston) (03/12)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (03/21)
    • Grand Lodge of Connecticut (03/25-03/27)
    • Paul Revere, Brockton (03/27)
    • Lawrence United, Lawrence (04/04)
    • Simon W. Robinson, Lexington (04/09)
    • Mountain, Shelburne Falls (04/21)
    • Grand Lodge of New Jersey (04/22-04/24)
    • Grand Lodge of Iran (in exile) (04/27-04/28)
    • Simonds, Burlington (05/08)
    • Social Harmony, Wareham (05/11)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (05/16; installation)
    • Perfection, Framingham (05/17; table lodge; Special Communication)
    • Grand Lodge of New Hampshire (05/18-05/19)
    • Mount Horeb (Dennis) (06/06)
    • Rural, Quincy (09/07)
    • The Massachusetts, Boston (09/15; installation)
    • The Harvard (09/21, at Harvard Club of Boston)
    • Grand Lodge of Delaware (10/02-10/04)
    • St. John's (Boston) (10/08)
    • Grand Lodge of Kentucky (10/13-10/16)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (10/17)
    • Grand Lodge of Ohio (10/18-10/20)
    • Grand Lodge of Iran (in exile) (10/25-10/26)
    • St. John's (Boston) (11/05)
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (11/08; installation)
    • Simon W. Robinson, Lexington (11/12)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (11/21)
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (11/30; Feast of St. Andrew)
    • St. John's (Boston) (12/03)
    • Simon W. Robinson, Lexington (12/10)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (12/14)
  • Visits by other Grand Lodge officers begin on Page 2007-204.
• 2007-222: Audit.

Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals

• 12/12: 2007-183. Section 420.

Grand Master's Address

• 03/14: 2007-30; opening remarks; schedule; CHIP; Grand Master's Ball; DeMolay-Rainbow window; constituent bodies; Masonic Health System; Grand Master's Fair; Commitment to Masonry; membership; employment at Grand Lodge; conclusion.

• 06/13: 2007-96; Living the Vision: opening remarks; Lewis Jewel; MLI; suspension; membership; Grand Master's Fair; Commitment to Masonry; Grand Master's Ball; Grand Lodge building; parking; collateral bodies; Bunker Hill rededication; calendar; conclusion.

• 09/12: 2007-139; Anchors Away For A New Masonic Year: opening remarks; membership; Commitment to Masonry; constituent bodies; schedule; Grand Lodge building; new Grand Lodge officers; conclusion.

• 12/12: 2007-186; Thanks For the Memories: opening remarks; membership; Commitment to Masonry; Grand Lodge dues; discipline; CHIP; Grand Lodge building; Lewis Jewel; 275th Anniversary; schedule; conclusion; visits; medals; scholarships; library; insurance; education; CHIP.

Lodge By-Law Changes

• 03/14: 2007-24;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Corner Stone, Cosmopolitan, Good Samaritan (with changes), Hayden, Joel H. Prouty, Joseph Webb, Phoenix, Rufus Putnam (with changes), Wampatuck; approved. Mount Vernon-Galilean, not approved.

• 06/13: 2007-83;
  • Full Codes : William Sewall Gardiner-Kilwinning; approved.
  • Amendments: Budleigh, Caleb Butler, Cawnacome Sunshine, Chicopee, Columbian, The DeMolay, Euclid, Excelsior (with changes), Golden Fleece, Jordan, King Solomon's, Level, Middlesex, Mount Carmel, Mount Hermon, Mount Zion, Old Colony, Philanthropic, Plymouth, Rising Star, Rural, St. Alban's (with changes), Satuit, Simonds, Simon W. Robinson (with changes), Social Harmony, Wilbraham Masonic, William North, Winslow Lewis; approved. Moses Michael Hays, not approved

• 09/12: 2007-133;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Corner Stone, Excelsior, J. Philip Berquist, The Meadows, Milton, Mount Horeb (Dennis), Mumford River, Republican, Siloam; approved.

• 12/12: 2007-173;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Bay Path, Corner Stone, The Harvard, Howard, May Flower, Mount Hope, Mount Scopus, Oriental-Martha's Vineyard, Paul Revere, St. Paul (Ayer); approved.

Necrologies and Memorials

• NECROLOGIES:
  • 03/14: 2007-28; Rt. Wor. Frank Guilford Williams, Past District Deputy Grand Master, Grand Pursuivant.
  • 03/14: 2007-28; Rt. Wor. William Madison Babbitt, Past Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/13: 2007-92; Rt. Wor. Bruce Allen Bayley, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/13: 2007-93; Rt. Wor. Charles A. Fritz, Jr., Past Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/13: 2007-93; Rt. Wor. James Arthur Gates, Jr., Past District Deputy Grand Master, Grand Pursuivant.
  • 06/13: 2007-94; Rt. Wor. Arnold Mesak Marookian, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/13: 2007-94; Rt. Wor. David Lawrence Welch, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/13: 2007-94; Rt. Wor. Alan Brown Ayers, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/12: 2007-137; Rt. Wor. Edward Mark Avery, Jr., Past District Deputy Grand Master, Past Grand Steward.
  • 09/12: 2007-137; Rt. Wor. Edward Frederick Newman, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/12: 2007-137; Rt. Wor. Robert Beals Taft, Jr., Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/12: 2007-138; Rt. Wor. John Robert Patrick, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/12: 2007-177; Rt. Wor. James A. Vytal, Past Junior Grand Warden.
  • 12/12: 2007-177; Rt. Wor. Harry Everett Davis, Jr., Past District Deputy Grand Master.

• MEMORIALS:

Petitions for Charters

• 03/08: 2007-89. Petition by The Tyrian-Acacia and Ashler, as The Tyrian-Ashler-Acacia; granted.

• 12/12: 2007-178. Petition by Charity and Mizpah-Faith, as Charity; granted.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 04/13: 2007-39; Lowell. Consolidation of William Sewall Gardner and Kilwinning, as William Sewall Gardiner-Kilwinning.
  • 2007-40: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 2007-40: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 2007-43: Installation of the officers of William Sewall Gardiner-Kilwinning Lodge.
  • 2007-43: Remarks by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

• 04/20: 2007-45; Athol. Consolidation of Star-Athol and Orange, as North Quabbin.
  • 2007-46: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 2007-46: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 2007-49: Installation of the officers of North Quabbin Lodge.
  • 2007-49: Remarks by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

• 05/17: 2007-51; Framingham. 50th Anniversary of Perfection Lodge.
  • 2007-52: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the members of Perfection Lodge.
  • 2007-53: Presentations.
  • 2007-53: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.
  • 2007-53: Lodge of Table Instruction.

• 05/19: 2007-55; Watertown. 150th Anniversary of Pequossette Lodge.
  • 2007-55: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Michael Monks, Master of Pequossette Lodge.
  • 2007-56: Presentations.
  • 2007-56: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brethren.
  • 2007-57ff: History of Pequossette Lodge, by Rt. Wor. Kenneth R. Blake.

• 05/21: 2007-61; East Longmeadow. Consolidation of Longmeadow and Charles C. Spellman, as The Meadows.
  • 2007-62: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 2007-62: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 2007-65: Installation of the officers of The Meadows Lodge.
  • 2007-65: Remarks by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

• 05/23: 2007-67; Melrose. Visit to Wyoming Lodge.
  • 2007-68: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Pericles Calias, Master of Wyoming Lodge.
  • 2007-68: Fellow Craft Degree.
  • 2007-68ff: History of Wyoming Lodge, by Rt. Wor. Paul H. Perkins.

• 06/14: 2007-105; Charlestown. Rededication of the Bunker Hill Monument.
  • 2007-106: Grand Lodge opened at Grand Lodge, and was transported by bus to the Bunker Hill Monument.
  • 2007-107: Address by the Grand Master, reproduced in full.
  • 2007-109: Rededication of the Monument, "in accordance with full ancient form."

• 06/23: 2007-111; Wakefield. Consolidation of Hammatt-Ocean, Seaview and Mount Tabor, as Mount Tabor.
  • 2007-112: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the three Lodges.
  • 2007-112: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 2007-115: Installation of the officers of Mount Tabor Lodge.
  • 2007-115: Remarks by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

• 08/20: 2007-117; Provincetown. Rededication of Pilgrim Monument.
  • 2007-120: Grand Lodge opened aboard the vessel Provincetown II, en route from Boston to Provincetown.
  • 2007-120: Arrival at MacMillan Wharf. Welcome by dignitaries, as well as members of King Hiram's Lodge. Procession to the Pilgrim Monument.
  • 2007-120: Remarks by the Grand Master, Senator John Kerry and others.
  • 2007-120: Cornerstone rededication.
  • 2007-121: Presentations.

• 09/29: 2007-149; Adams. 150th Anniversary of Berkshire Lodge.
  • 2007-150: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Walter L. Bradley, Master of Berkshire Lodge.
  • 2007-150: Grand Master's remarks.
  • 2007-150ff: History of Berkshire Lodge, presented by Rt. Wor. Robert Ciempa. Note: includes information on Berkshire Lodge of Stockbridge, Friendship Lodge of Williamstown, and Franklin Lodge of Cheshire (Stafford Hill).
  • 2007-156: Presentations and other remarks.

• 10/27: 2007-157; Gloucester. Consolidation of The Tyrian-Acacia and Ashler, as The Tyrian-Ashler-Acacia.
  • 2007-158: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 2007-158: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 2007-161: Installation of the officers of The Tyrian-Ashler-Acacia Lodge.
  • 2007-161: Remarks by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/27/2007)

• 2007-241: Opening and roll call.
• 2007-249: Reception of guests, including Grand Representatives.
• 2007-249: Report of Grand Secretary; 1,370 diplomas issued. List of lodges not represented in Grand Lodge in 2007, as well as the past 2 years.
• 2007-251: Installation of Grand Master Roger William Pageau. Installation of other Grand Officers.
• 2007-254: Feast of St. John. Toasts and names of speakers:
• 2007-254: The Grand Master.
• 2007-255: Rt. Wor. J. Edward Jennings, Jr., Deputy Grand Master of Georgia.
• 2007-255: Most Wor. Allan J. Petrisor, Grand Master of Ontario.
• 2007-255: Deputy Grand Master Mason W. Russell.
• 2007-259: Most Wor. Charles E. Ridlin, Past Grand Master of Maine.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 2007

There were 31 districts in Massachusetts in 2007 (numbered 1 through 31), as well as districts for Chile, China, the Caribbean and Panama.

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