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2014

HARVEY J. WAUGH, Grand Master

Joseph C. DeNicola, Deputy Grand Master
Thomas A. Stark, Senior Grand Warden
Kenneth W. Pfeiffer, Junior Grand Warden

Front Row: Rt. Wor. Joseph C. DeNicola, Most Wor. Harvey J. Waugh, Rt. Wor. Gerard A. Dowden
Back Row: Rt. Wor. Kenneth W. Pfeiffer, Rt. Wor. Thomas A. Stark, Rt. Wor. Mason W. Russell, Most Wor. Arthur E. Johnson.

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

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

• 03/12: 2014-9;
• 06/11: 2014-39;
• 09/11: 2013-69;
• 12/11: 2013-111; (Annual Communication)

03/12 Agenda

• 2014-19: Presentation of certificate to Mr. Joseph Milano of the Union Oyster House, prior to the opening ceremonies.
• 2014-20: Recognition of Proxies.
• 2014-20: Grand Master's comments on changes to the Lodge of Instruction.
• 2014-23: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 2014-25: Discipline.
• 2014-26: Other presentations.

06/11 Agenda

• 2014-49: Presentation of certificate to Mr. Gerald Shikoza, a member of the Grand Lodge security staff, prior to the opening ceremonies.
• 2014-50: Recognition of Proxies.

• 2013-57: Election of James A. Gilrein, II to fill the vacancy of Senior Grand Warden.
• 2013-57: Discipline.
• 2013-59: Presentations.

09/11 Agenda

• 2013-83: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 2013-83: Budget for 2014.
• 2013-84: Presentations.
• 2013-84: A moment of silence for 9/11.
• 2013-90: Discipline.
• 2013-91: Additional Presentations.
• 2013-93: Announcement of Grand Warden candidates for 2014.

12/11 Agenda

• 2013-127: Election of Harvey John Waugh as Grand Master. Election of other Grand Lodge officers.
• 2013-129: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 2013-131: Grand Master's Edict on Widow's Sons.
• 2013-133: Discipline.
• 2013-134: Presentations.

Lodge By-Law Changes

• 03/13: 2014-22;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Azure (with changes), Boston University, Corinthian (with changes), Crescent-Pittsfield (with changes), Eastern Star, Ezekiel Bates, Friendship, John Hancock, The Masters, Oxford, Tahattawan, approved.

• 06/11: 2014-50;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Amity-Mosaic, Bay Path, Cawnacome Sunshine, Corinthian, Eastern Star, [1],

• 09/11: 2013-80;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Artisan (with changes), Beth-horon (with changes), Bethany, Caleb Butler, Caribbean Naval, Frank W. Thompson, Golden Rule, Massasoit-Narragansett (with changes), Matthew John Whittall, Merrimack, Montgomery, Norfolk Union, Philanthropic (with changes), Saggahew, Universal, approved; Oxford, Tahattawan, disapproved.

• 12/11: 2013-127;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Bethesda (Brighton) (with changes); Caribbean Naval (with changes); Cincinnatus; Hampshire; Marine; Mount Moriah (Westfield) (with changes); St. Paul's-Algonquin (with changes); Tyrian-Ashler-Acacia; Vernon, approved; Amity-Mosaic, Rural, not approved.

Necrologies and Memorials

• NECROLOGIES:
  • 03/12: 2014-24: Rt. Wor. Charles Winthrop Nightingale, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/12: 2014-24: Rt. Wor. Raymond James McLean, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/12: 2014-24: Rt. Wor. Douglas Frederick Hulsman, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/12: 2014-24: Rt. Wor. Merrill Bradford Hall, Past District Deputy Grand Master.

• • 03/13: 2013-21: Rt. Wor. Stanley Irving Kay, Past Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/13: 2013-22: Rt. Wor. Richard Edward Young, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/13: 2013-22: Rt. Wor. Thomas Bernard White, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/13: 2013-22: Rt. Wor. Carl Frederick Aylward, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/12: 2013-54: Rt. Wor. Warren Hall Johnson, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/12: 2013-55: Rt. Wor. Max Ludwig, Sr., Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/11: 2013-84: Rt. Wor. Albert John Gebow, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/11: 2013-85: Rt. Wor. Carroll Warren Wonson, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/11: 2013-85: Rt. Wor. Ralph Sobelman Cohen, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/11: 2013-85: Rt. Wor. William Richard Hammatt, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/11: 2013-86: Rt. Wor. David Dean Honick, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/11: 2013-86: Rt. Wor. Harold Jacob Kaswell, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/11: 2013-87: Rt. Wor. W. Terence Stephens, Past Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/11: 2013-130: Rt. Wor. Armenag John David, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/11: 2013-130: Rt. Wor. Jack Smethurst, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/11: 2013-130: Rt. Wor. Allan Howard Goodrich, Sr., Past District Deputy Grand Master.

Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals

• 06/12: 2013-55; Proposed change to Section 331, regarding Grand Lodge life membership.
  • 09/11: 2013-87: Discussion on the proposed change.
  • 12/11: 2013-132: Approval of change.

Grand Master's Address

• 03/12: 2014-26; opening remarks; membership programs; Brotherhood Fund; events; visits, including the Panama trip; reception; George Washington Masonic Memorial.

• 06/12: 2013-59: opening remarks; visits; Town Hall meetings; Lodges of Instruction; Masonic license plates; Grand Master's ball; Masonic Leadership Summit; MMRL; Budget Committee.

• 09/11: 2013-93: opening remarks; M. W. John T. Heard quote; selection of the new Grand Master; new Committees; Education and Training; events; visits.

• 12/11: 2013-135: opening remarks; visits; Town Hall meetings; Masonic license plates; committee reports; library and museum; Curiosities of the Craft book.
• Visits by Grand Master Stewart, beginning on Page 2013-147:
  • Anniversaries:
    • West Roxbury-Dorchester, Westwood; (04/01; Centenary; Special Communication
    • Somerville, held in Woburn; (04/22; Centenary; Special Communication)
    • Golden Rule, Wakefield; (05/09; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Mount Olivet, Cambridge; (12/06; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)
  • Constitution and Consolidation of Lodges:
    • Brigham and Indian Orchard Masonic, East Longmeadow (11/08; Special Communication)
  • Building and Cornerstone Ceremonies:
  • Lodge Visits:
    • Columbian, Boston (01/03)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (01/11)
    • Oriental-Martha's Vineyard, Oak Bluffs (01/12; Deputy Grand Master reception)
    • Norfolk, Needham (01/14)
    • Perfection, Framingham (01/14)
    • Jordan, Peabody (01/16)
    • Visits to Panama Lodges (01/18-01/23)
    • Olive Branch, Millbury (01/28)
    • Columbian, Boston (02/07)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (02/08)
    • Mount Holyoke, South Hadley (02/10; Valentine's Brunch)
    • Garden City, Newton (02/14; Ladies' and Widows' Night)
    • Visits to Florida (02/26-03/01)
    • Columbian, Boston (03/07)
    • Joel H. Prouty, Auburn (03/08; Table Lodge)
    • Mount Lebanon, Boston (03/11)
    • Boston (03/16; joint reception for Junior and Senior Grand Wardens)
    • Columbian, Boston (04/04)
    • Grand Lodge of Connecticut (04/08-04/09)
    • Boston University, Boston (04/10)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (04/12)
    • Olive Branch, in Boston (04/13)
    • The Masters, Needham (04/17)
    • Grand Lodge of New Jersey (04/23-04/25)
    • Grand Lodge of New York (05/05-05/07)
    • The Masters, Needham (05/15; installation)
    • Grand Lodge of New Hampshire (05/17-05/19)
    • Grand Lodge of Rhode Island (05/19-05/20)
    • Grand Lodge of Michigan (05/23-05/36)
    • Grand Lodge of Nova Scotia (05/31-06/02)
    • Columbian, Boston (06/06; Past Masters' Night)
    • Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania (06/07-06/09)
    • Budleigh, Beverly (06/13)
    • Fraternal, Centerville (06/15)
    • Mount Lebanon, Boston (09/14; installation)
    • Mount Holyoke, South Hadley (09/28; installation)
    • Visit to Panama and Chile (10/03-10/14)
    • Grand Lodge of Ohio (10/17-10/19)
    • Corinthian, Concord (10/21)
    • Wilbraham Masonic, East Longmeadow (10/25; installation)
    • St. John's, Boston (11/05)
    • Columbian, Boston (11/07)
    • Guiding Lights, Auburn (03/08; Table Lodge)
    • Grand Lodge of Maryland (11/15-11/17)
    • John T. Heard, held in Boston (11/19)
    • William Sewall Gardner-Kilwinning, Lowell (11/30; Feast of St. Andrew)
    • Marine, Falmouth (11/07)
    • Nauset Light, Falmouth (12/07)
    • Columbian, Boston (12/07; installation)
    • Mount Lebanon, Boston (12/09)
    • St. John's, Boston (12/14; installation)
    • Pythagorean, Marion (12/23)
  • Visits by other Grand Lodge officers begin on Page 2013-152.
• 2013-155ff: Financial Statements.

Petitions for Charters

• 09/11: 2013-88: Petition for consolidation by Brigham and Indian Orchard Masonic Lodges as Brigham Lodge; granted.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 03/04: 2014-6. Middleborugh. 150th Anniversary of May Flower Lodge. Joseph C. DeNicola, Acting Grand Master.
  • 2014-7: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of the Lodge.
  • 2014-7 Carpet Ceremony.
  • 2014-7: Presentations.
  • 2014-7: Remarks by the Acting Grand Master and others.
  • 2014-8: Banquet and celebrations.

• 04/14: 2014-31. Salem. 150th Anniversary of Starr King Lodge.
  • 2014-32: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of the Lodge.
  • 2014-32: Carpet Ceremony.
  • 2014-32: Remarks by the Grand Master and others.
  • 2014-32: Banquet and celebrations.

• 05/10: 2014-33. Gardner. 150th Anniversary of Hope Lodge.
  • 2014-34: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of the Lodge.
  • 2014-34: Carpet Ceremony.
  • 2014-34: Remarks by the Grand Master and others.
  • 2014-34: Banquet and celebrations.

• 06/09: 2014-37. Marshfield. 50th Anniversary of Daniel Webster Lodge. Joseph C. DeNicola, Acting Grand Master.
  • 2014-38: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of the Lodge.
  • 2014-38: Carpet Ceremony.
  • 2014-38: Remarks by the Grand Master and others.

• 05/10: 2014-33. Gardner. 150th Anniversary of Hope Lodge.
  • 2014-34: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of the Lodge.
  • 2014-34: Carpet Ceremony.
  • 2014-34: Remarks by the Grand Master and others.
  • 2014-34: Banquet and celebrations.

• 08/07: 2013-63. Hatfield. Dedication of new Masonic Apartments for Jerusalem Lodge.
  • 2013-64: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of the Lodge.
  • 2013-64: Dedication Ceremony.
  • 2013-65: Remarks by the Grand Master and others.

• 09/07: 2013-66. Worcester. Rededication of the Masonic Building.
  • 2013-67: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren.
  • 2013-68: Rededication Ceremony.
  • 2013-68: Remarks by the Grand Master and others.

• 09/29: 2013-97. Newton Lower Falls. Rededication of the Cornerstone of St. Mary's Episcopal Church.
  • 2013-98: Church service.
  • 2013-98: Grand Lodge opened and proceeded to the site of the original cornerstone.
  • 2013-98: Presentation of a history by M. W. Albert T. Ames.
  • 2013-98: Rededication Ceremony.

• 11/08: 2013-99. East Longmeadow. Consolidation of Brigham and Indian Orchard Masonic Lodges.
  • 2013-100: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of the two Lodges.
  • 2013-100: Consolidation Ceremony.
  • 2013-100: Carpet Ceremony.
  • 2013-100: Remarks by the Grand Master and others.

• 11/09: 2013-102. North Brookfield. 150th Anniversary of Hayden Lodge.
  • 2013-103: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of the Lodge.
  • 2013-103: Carpet Ceremony.
  • 2013-103: Remarks by the Grand Master and others.
  • 2013-104: Banquet and celebrations.

• 11/16: 2013-105. Boston. 150th Anniversary of eight Lodges. Deputy Grand Master James T. Morse presiding.
  • 2013-106: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of the Lodges:
    • Hope
    • Saint James
    • William Parkman
    • Saggahew
    • North Star
    • Starr King
    • John T. Heard
    • May Flower
  • 2013-106: Presentation of histories by the eight lodges, and remarks by the Grand Historian.
  • 2013-107: Remarks by the Acting Grand Master and other Brothers.

• 12/06: 2013-108. Cambridge. 150th Anniversary of Mount Olivet Lodge.
  • 2013-109: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of the Lodge.
  • 2013-109: Carpet Ceremony.
  • 2013-109: Remarks by the Grand Master and others.
  • 2013-110: Banquet and celebrations.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/27/2013)

• 2013-175: Opening and roll call.
• 2013-185: Report of Grand Secretary; 881 diplomas issued. List of lodges not represented in Grand Lodge in 2013, as well as the past 2 years.
• 2013-186: Presentation of Henry Price Medal to R. W. Craig S. MacPherson.
• 2013-186: Installation of Grand Master Harvey John Waugh. Installation of other Grand Officers.
• 2013-189: Feast of St. John. Toasts and names of speakers:
  • 2013-190: Deputy Grand Master Joseph C. DeNicola.
  • 2013-192: Wor. Andrew Hammer, Master of Alexandria-Washington Lodge #22, Alexandria, VA.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 2013

There were 32 districts in Massachusetts in 2013 (numbered 1 through 31), as well as districts for China, the Caribbean and Panama (which includes the lodges situated in Chile).

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