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MAY FLOWER LODGE
Location: Middleboro
Chartered By: William Parkman
Charter Date: 03/09/1865 VII-2
Precedence Date: 03/04/1864
Current Status: Active
PAST MASTERS
- John Shaw, Jr., 1864, 1865
- Benjamin F. Tripp, 1866, 1867
- Andrew B. Bosworth, 1868-1871
- Charles H. Carpenter, 1872
- Reland F. Barrows, 1873, 1885
- Francis R. Eaton, 1874, 1875
- Warren H. Southworth, 1876, 1877
- James M. Coombs, Jr., 1878, 1879
- Charles L. Starkey, 1880, 1903
- Charles W. Drake, 1881, 1882
- Otis L. Barden, 1883, 1884
- James H. Weston, 1886, 1887
- Arlon R. Dustin, 1888, 1889; N
- George W. Lovell, 1890, 1891
- Homer R. Caswell, 1892, 1893
- George A. Cox, 1894, 1895; Mem
- Josiah H. Cushing, 1896, 1897
- William R. Mitchell, 1898, 1999
- Wilkes H. F. Pettee, 1900
- Ichabod B. Thomas, 1901, 1902
- George E. White, 1904
- Winsor F. Fryer, 1905, 1906
- Sylvanus L. Brett, 1907, 1908
- George F. Cox, 1909, 1910
- Charles N. Warren, 1911, 1912
- Harold S. Thomas, 1913, 1914
- Theodore N. Wood, 1915, 1916; N
- William W. Brackett, 1917, 1918
- John G. Paun, 1919-1920
- Clarington H. Berry, 1921, 1922
- Albert A. Thomas, 1923, 1924
- Arthur W. Cunningham, 1925, 1926
- Fred F. Churbuck, 1927, 1928
- Mryon L. Hinckley, 1929, 1930
- Ichabod B. Thomas, Jr., 1931, 1932
- Frederick S. Weston, 1933, 1934; N
- Ernest S. Pratt, 1935, 1936
- Dalton L. Penniman, 1937; N
- N. Merill Sampson, 1938
- Robert A. Clark, 1939, 1940
- Frank J. Dow, 1941, 1942
- Clyde S. Thomas, 1943, 1944
- Norman W. Lindsay, 1945, 1946
- Willard A. Dunham, 1947
- Walter R. Norris, 1948
- Roderick G. Matheson, 1949
- Frederic J. Carey, 1950
- G. Ward Stetson, 1951; N
- Lloyd E. Banks, 1952
- Walter J. D. Mcneil, 1953
- Paul Weaver, 1954
- Winthrop K. Winberg, 1955
- Charles R. Carey, 1956
- Adnah H. Harlow, 1957
- Donland A. Martin, 1958
- Arthur A. Hanson, 1959; N
- Edwin O. Wilson, 1960
- Robert L. Cushing, 1961
- Crawford Wright, 1962
- Arthur P. Craig, 1963
- J. Warren Tufts, 1964
- Bruce G. Atwood, 1965
- William R. Holmes, 1966
- Stanley E. Barnicoat, 1967
- H. Alden Sinnott, Jr., 1968
- Norman F. Franz, 1969
- Robert F. Mizaras, 1970
- Preston H. Richmond, 1971
- Oliver Harju, 1972-1973
- Maurice K. Richmond, 1974
- Herbert E. Day, 1975
- William C. Allison, 1976, 1992; PDDGM
- Joseph W. Macallister, 1977
- Herbert E. Thompson, Jr., 1978-1979
- Herbert E. Day, 1980
- Albert J. Hardy, 1981
- Raymond L. Patton, 1982
- Raymond W. Hertz, 1983
- Clifford W. Holman, 1984
- Paul W. Bain, 1985
- Joseph Russo, Jr., 1986; PDDGM
- Richard A. Franz, 1987
- Norman F. Franz, 1988
- James E. Manchester, 1989
- Donald H. Plant, 1990
- Edward J. Broussard, 1991
- Paul M. Whalen, 1993
- Richard S. Nantais, 1994
- Mark C. Donegan, 1995
- Michael A. Fruzzetti, 1996
- Kenneth H. Nantais, 1997
- Michael J. Douglas, 1998; PDDGM
- Louis M. DeMelo, 1999
- Henry E. Goodnow, Jr., 2000
- Benjamin Barker, 2001
- Walter A. Bradford, 2002
- David W. Romer, 2003
- James A. Coffin, Jr., 2004-2005
- C. Steven Blanchard, 2007-2008
- Barry E. Standish, 2006; PDDGM
- David G. Goodfellow, 2009
- Robert C. Asbury, 2010
- Robert A. Hughes, 2011, 2012
REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
ANNIVERSARIES
VISITS BY GRAND MASTER
- 1865 (Parkman; Constitution of Lodge and installation; see below)
- 1882 (Lawrence)
- 1901 (Gallagher; corner stone laying; Special Communication)
- 1914 (M. Johnson; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
- '1939 (Hon. Past Grand Master Frederick Hamilton; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
- 1944 (A. Coolidge; "Ryder Night")
- 1964 (Osgood; Centenary; Special Communication)
- 1979 (Melanson; Hall dedication; Special Communication)
- 1984 (Richardson; Dedication if new dining hall)
- 1990 (Darling)
- 1999 (Bauer; table lodge)
BY-LAW CHANGES
1882 1884 1885 1892 1898 1907 1916 1920 1930 1956 1968 1977 1982 1989 2006 2007
HISTORY
- 1914 (* Account of the "early days of the Lodge", 1914-24)
- 1939 (75th Anniversary History, 1939-149)
- 1964 (Centenary History, 1964-95)
- 1979 (Meeting Places of May Flower Lodge, 1979-91)
OTHER
- 1927 (Participation in corner stone laying, 1927-187)
- 1929 (Participation in corner stone laying, 1929-181)
EVENTS
From Moore's Freemason's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XXIV, No. 5, April 1865, p. 190:
MAY FLOWER LODGE. This is the very pretty name of a new Lodge just established at Middleboro in the county of Plymouth. The Charter was granted at the last communication of the Grand Lodge, and the Lodge was constituted by the M. W. Grand Master on the 21st ultimo. It has done a very prosperous business the past year, and being located in a pleasant and thriving village, its prospects for the future are highly encouraging. It has a good roll of able and active officers and members, who are fully competent to manage its affairs in a proper manner, and to insure its success. The officers for the year are as follows:-
- John Shaw, Jr., W. M.
- Charles H. Carpenter, S. W.
- Benjamin F. Tripp, J. W.
- Geo. F. Hartwell, Treas.
- Lucien Wilbur, Sec.
- Andrew B. Bosworth, S. D.
- Andrew M. Eaton, J. D.
- Lorenzo R. Swift, S. S.
- Henry H. Shaw, J. S.
- Southworth Loring, Tyler.
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- William C. Allison, DDGM, District 28 (Taunton), 1994, 1995
- George A. Cox, DDGM, District 23 (Taunton), 1909, 1910; Memorial
- Michael J. Douglas, DDGM, District 16, 2010, 2011
- Arlon R. Dustin, DDGM, District 23 (Taunton), 1896, 1897; N
- Arthur A. Hanson, DDGM, District 28 (Taunton), 1974, 1975; N
- Dalton L. Penniman, DDGM, District 28 (Taunton), 1949, 1950; N
- Joseph Russo, Jr., DDGM, District 28 (Taunton), 1988, 1989
- Barry E. Standish, DDGM, District 16, 2008, 2009
- G. Ward Stetson, DDGM, District 28 (Taunton), 1961, 1962; N
- George C. Upper, DDGM, District 16, 2006, 2007
- Frederick S. Weston, DDGM, District 28 (Taunton), 1939, 1940; N
- Theodore N. Wood, DDGM, District 28 (Taunton), 1929, 1930; N
DISTRICTS
1867: District 14 (New Bedford)