Monitor

MONITOR LODGE

Location: Waltham

Chartered By: Samuel P.P. Fay

Charter Date: 12/13/1820 III-323

Precedence Date: 12/13/1820

Current Status: merged with Isaac Parker and Waltham Lodges to form Waltham Triad Lodge, 06/10/1988.

NOTES

The charter was surrendered some time during the anti-Masonic period; it was restored in 1846.

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Charter: 1820
Petition for Restoration: 1846
Consolidation Petition (with Isaac Parker and Waltham Lodges): 1987

ANNIVERSARIES

1920 (Centenary; Special Communication; also listed in 1921 Grand Master's agenda)
1945 (125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1970 (150th Anniversary; Special Communication)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1822 (Dixwell; Constitution of Lodge and installation; Special Communication)
1865 (Parkman; Hall dedication)
1879 (Welch; 2 visits, including hall dedication)
1880 (Welch; installation)
1902 (Gallagher; life member presentations)
1903 (Sanford; 1000th meeting)
1908 (Blake)
1910 (Flanders; installation)
1914 (M. Johnson)
1916 (M. Johnson)
1920 (Prince; Centenary; Special Communication)
1922 (Prince; Dedication of Masonic apartments; Special Communication)
1923 (Ferrell)
1927 (Simpson; Veterans' Night)
1937 (Allen)
1945 (Wragg; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1946 (Wragg; reception for Junior Grand Warden Harry A. Starr)
1947 (Wragg; H. Alton Roark Night)
1953 (Roy; 50th Anniversary of M.W. M. Johnson as Master; Special Communication)
1970 (Jaynes; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1977 (Maxwell)
1978 (Melanson; reception for Senior Grand Warden Brenton E. Tyler, Jr.)
1988 (Ames; consolidation of lodges; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1858 1871 1880 1885 1887 1894 1895 1899 1901 1912 1918 1921 1935 1943 1944 1946 1953 1960 1972 1974 1987

HISTORY

1920 (Centenary History, 1920-586; not in the Proceedings; a separate volume)
1945 (125th Anniversary History, 1945-384)
1970 ("Monitor Lodge, Its Contribution to the Masonic Fraternity"; 1970-483)

OTHER

1896 (Attendance at cornerstone laying in Newton; 1896-257)
1914 (Presentation at the Feast of St. John, 1914-444)
1929 (Attendance at constitution of Waltham Lodge; 1929-59)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Melvin M. Johnson, DDGM, District 5 (Waltham), 1904, 1905; Grand Marshal 1906-1908; Senior Grand Warden 1909; Grand Master 1914-1916
Frank K. Porter, DDGM, District 5 (Newton), 1896; District 5 (Waltham), 1897; SN
H. Alton Roark, DDGM, District 5 (Waltham), 1926; District 5 (Waltham) , 1927; N
Harry A. Starr, DDGM, District 5 (Waltham) , 1936, 1937; Junior Grand Warden 1946; N
Brenton E. Tyler, Jr., DDGM, District 5 (Waltham) , 1974; Grand Marshal 1975-1977; Senior Grand Warden 1978; N
Charles A. Welch, 1872, 1873, 1874; Deputy Grand Master 1875-1877; Grand Master 1878-1880