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2010

ROGER W. PAGEAU, Grand Master

Jay A. Jolicoeur, Deputy Grand Master
Paul R. Perkins, Senior Grand Warden
Philip A. Drouin, Junior Grand Warden

A portrait of the Grand Master appeared on the frontispiece and above.

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

• 03/10: 2010-8;
• 06/09: 2010-43;
• 09/08: 2010-82;
• 12/08: 2010-126; (Annual Communication)

03/10 Agenda

• 2010-19: Discipline.
• 2010-24: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 2010-25: Recognition of the Grand Lodge of Lithuania.
• 2010-25: Presentations.

06/09 Agenda

• 2010-58: Discipline and restoration.
• 2010-61: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 2010-65: Presentations.
• 2010-66: Greetings to, and appointment of, Grand Representatives.
• 2010-99: Recognition of the Grand Lodges of Slovakia, Estonia, and Moldova.
• 2010-100: Budget for 2011.
• 2010-106: Announcement of Grand Warden candidates.
• 2010-107: Presentations.

09/08 Agenda

• 2010-92: Discipline, and Masonic Trials.
• 2010-97: Report of the Committee on Records.

12/08 Agenda

• 2010-138, 2010-144, 2010-151: Presentations.
• 2010-139: Discipline.
• 2010-144: Election of Rt. Wor. Richard James Stewart as Grand Master. Election of other Grand Lodge officers.
• 2010-150: Report of the Committee on Records.
• Visits by Grand Master Pageau, beginning on Page 2010-175:
  • Anniversaries:
    • Quinebaug, Southbridge (03/27; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Mystic, Pittsfield (05/08; 200th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Oxford, Oxford (05/15; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • John Warren, Hopkinton (06/27; 150th Anniversary)
    • Philanthropic, Marblehead (09/11; 250th Anniversary and rededication; Special Communication)
    • Dalhousie, Newtonville (11/06; 150th Anniversary)
    • John Hancock, Methuen (11/20; 150th Anniversary)
  • Constitution of Lodges:
    • Independence, Boston (09/17; Special Communication)
    • Samuel Crocker Lawrence, Medford (11/29; Special Communication)
  • Consolidations:
    • Beth-Horon and Nehoiden (07/29; Special Communication)
  • Lodge visits:
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (01/08)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (01/20)
    • Rufus Putnam, held in Worcester (02/06; reception for Deputy Grand Master Jay A. Jolicoeur)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (02/12)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (02/17)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (03/12)
    • (unknown lodge, Melrose) (04/09; reception for Senior Grand Warden Paul R. Perkins)
    • Sinim, Tokyo, Japan (03/23; Special Communication)
    • (unknown lodge, Quincy) (04/03; reception for Junior Grand Warden Philip A. Drouin)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (04/09)
    • John Warren, Hopkinton (04/13)
    • Grand Lodge of South Carolina (04/21-04/23)
    • Grand Lodge of Iran in Exile (04/24)
    • Grand Lodge of New Jersey (04/27-04/29)
    • Grand Lodge of Maine (05/03-05/05)
    • Mount Holyoke, South Hadley Falls (05/07)
    • John Warren, Hopkinton (05/11)
    • Grand Lodge of Michigan (05/17-05/19)
    • Mariners', Cotuit (05/25)
    • Rufus Putnam, Rutland (06/07)
    • Fraternal, Centerville (06/26; installation)
    • The Meadows, East Longmeadow (06/30)
    • Grand Lodge of Canada (Ontario) (07/20-07/22)
    • Scouters', Holden (07/27)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (08/04)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (09/10)
    • Rural, Quincy (09/11; installation)
    • The Harvard, Cambridge (09/16; installation)
    • Middlesex, Framingham (09/18; installation)
    • Rufus Putnam, Rutland (09/24; installation)
    • Norumbega Fraternity, Newtonville (09/25; installation)
    • Merrimack, Haverhill (09/29; installation)
    • Grand Lodge of Delaware (10/03-10/05)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (10/08)
    • Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts (10/17)
    • Wamesit, Tewksbury (11/15)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (11/17)
    • William Sewall Gardiner-Kilwinning, Lowell (11/30; Feast of St. Andrew)
    • Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia (12/10-12/12)
    • John Warren, Hopkinton (12/14)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (12/15)
    • Rose of Sharon, Worcester (12/18)
  • Visits by other Grand Lodge officers begin on Page 2010-179.
• 2010-184: Audit.

Grand Master's Address

• 03/10: 2010-27; opening remarks; new Grand Lodge Officers; new programs; Lodge of Instructions; Committees on Protocol and Ceremonies; travels; MORI reports.

• 06/09: 2010-66; opening remarks; trip to Japan; visits; DeMolay; Boy Scouts; public relations; Committee on Protocol; MORI.

• 09/08: 2010-106; opening remarks; schedule; Country Fair; travels; new lodges; Lodge of Instruction; new nursing home facility in Northampton.

• 12/08: 2010-151; opening remarks; success of programs; committee reports (scholarship, library, education & training, membership, insurance, service, MyCHIP); visits; medals.

Lodge By-Law Changes

• 03/10: 2010-19;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Berkshire, Caleb Butler, Columbian, Fraternal, Howard (with changes), Independence, John Cutler, King Hiram's, Lafayette-Greylock, Merrimack (With changes), Mount Lebanon, Oxford, Republican, Richard C. MacLaurin, Rising Star, Thomas, Vernon, Warren; approved. St. John's (Newburyport); not approved.

• 06/09: 2010-54;
  • Full Codes : Eliot-Hyde Park, Eloy Alfaro (with changes); approved.
  • Amendments: Ancon (with changes), Charles W. Moore, Chicopee, Day Spring, Elm-Belcher, Fidelity, Fraternal, Golden Fleece, Hampshire, J. Philip Berquist, Lawrence United, The Meadows, Mount Vernon-Galilean, Noquochoke, Rufus Putnam (with changes), St. Matthew's, St. Paul's-Algonquin (with changes), Siloam, Simonds, Sojourners, Somerville, Webster, William North, Wyoming; approved.

• 09/08: 2010-94;
  • Full Codes : Scouters'; approved.
  • Amendments: J. Philip Berquist, Mountain, Mount Hope, St. Paul's-Algonquin (with changes); approved. North Reading, Olive Branch; not approved.

• 12/08: 2010-147;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Adams, Garden City, Marine (with changes), Moses Michael Hays, Mount Hermon, North Quabbin, St. Paul's-Algonquin, Samuel Crocker Lawrence (with changes), Solomon's Temple, Warren, Wilbraham Masonic; approved.

Necrologies and Memorials

• NECROLOGIES:
  • 03/10: 2010-18: Rt. Wor. Herbert Francis Johnson, Past District Deputy Grand Master, Past Grand Pursuivant.
  • 06/09: 2010-60: Rt. Wor. John Edward Stacey, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/09: 2010-60: Rt. Wor. James Henry Douglass, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/08: 2010-96: Rt. Wor. Kendall George Jones, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/08: 2010-96: Rt. Wor. Carl Peter Jay, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/08: 2010-97: Rt. Wor. Benjamin Giles Hull, Jr., Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/08: 2010-97: Rt. Wor. Robert William Stark, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/08: 2010-145: Rt. Wor. Robert Philip Winterhalter, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/08: 2010-146: Rt. Wor. Harold Paul Hokanson, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/08: 2010-146: Rt. Wor. Edwin Richard VanCor, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/08: 2010-146: Rt. Wor. Fred A. Dobson, Past Grand Marshal, Past Senior Grand Warden.

• MEMORIALS:

none.

Petitions for Charters

• 06/09: 2010-59. Petition by Independence Lodge for a charter; granted.

• 06/09: 2010-62. Petition by Beth-Horon and Nehoiden, as Beth-Horon; granted.

• 06/09: 2010-64. Petition to restore Samuel Crocker Lawrence, Medford; granted.

Petitions for Dispensation for New Lodges

• 06/09: 2010-64. Petition for The Scouters' Lodge, Holden; granted.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 03/23: 2010-30. Tokyo, Japan. Visit to Sinim Lodge.
  • 2010-31: Grand Lodge opened in the Pearl Harbor Room of the Tokyo Masonic Centre, and was received by the Brethren and guests of Sinim Lodge.
  • 2010-31: Installation of officers. Presentations.
  • 2010-32: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brethren.

• 03/27: 2010-34. Southbridge. 150th Anniversary of Quinebaug Lodge.
  • 2010-35: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Daniel J. Landry, Master of Quinebaug Lodge.
  • 2010-35: Rededication of the Lodge.
  • 2010-35: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.

• 05/08: 2010-37. Pittsfield. 200th Anniversary of Mystic Lodge.
  • 2010-38: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. William Isenhart, Master of Mystic Lodge.
  • 2010-38: Rededication of the Lodge.
  • 2010-38: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.

• 05/15: 2010-40. Oxford. 150th Anniversary of Oxford Lodge.
  • 2010-41: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. James P. Robbins, Master of Oxford Lodge.
  • 2010-41: Rededication of the Lodge.
  • 2010-41: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.

• 07/29: 2010-71. Needham. Consolidation of Beth-Horon and Nehoiden, as Beth-Horon.
  • 2010-72: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 2010-72: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 2010-75: Installation of the officers of Beth-Horon Lodge.
  • 2010-75: Remarks by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers. Presentations.

• 08/05: 2010-77. Provincetown. Centennial and Rededication of Pilgrim Monument.
  • 2010-79: Grand Lodge opened aboard the vessel Provincetown II. Reception on MacMillan Wharf.
  • 2010-79: Procession to the Pilgrim Monument.
  • 2010-80: Remarks by various guests, including Governor Patrick and the Grand Master. Presentations by members of King Hiram's Lodge, the hosts for the event.

• 09/11: 2010-111. Marblehead. Rededication of Philanthropic Lodge.
  • 2010-112: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of Philanthropic Lodge.
  • 2010-112: Rededication ceremony.
  • 2010-112: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.

• 09/17: 2010-115. Boston. Constitution of Independence Lodge.
  • 2010-116: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of Independence Lodge.
  • 2010-116: Constitution of the Lodge "in full ancient form and ceremony according to the ancient usages of the Craft."
  • 2010-116: Installation of officers.
  • 2010-117: Remarks by the Grand Master and various other Brothers and guests.

• 10/23: 2010-119. Lincoln. Dedication of The Groves at Lincoln.
  • 2010-120: Grand Lodge opened at The Groves at Lincoln.
  • 2010-120: Ribbon Cutting Ceremony.
  • 2010-120: Remarks by the Grand Master and other guests.

• 11/29: 2010-122. Malden. Restoration of Samuel Crocker Lawrence Lodge of Medford.
  • 2010-123: Grand Lodge opened at the Malden Masonic Building.
  • 2010-123: Constitution of Samuel Crocker Lawrence Lodge "in full form and ceremony according to the ancient usages of the Craft."
  • 2010-123: Installation of officers.
  • 2010-124: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/27/2010)

• 2010-205: Opening and roll call.
• 2010-212: Reception of guests, including Grand Representatives.
• 2010-213: Report of Grand Secretary; 1,542 diplomas issued. List of lodges not represented in Grand Lodge in 2010, as well as the past 2 years.
• 2010-214: Installation of Grand Master Richard James Stewart. Installation of other Grand Officers.
• 2010-217: Feast of St. John. Toasts and names of speakers:
• 2010-218: Deputy Grand Master George J. Bibilos.
• 2010-225: Rt. Wor. Thomas W. Jackson, Past Grand Secretary of Pennsylvania.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 2010

There were 32 districts in Massachusetts in 2010 (numbered 1 through 31), as well as districts for Chile, China, the Caribbean and Panama.

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