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MOUNT HERMON LODGE

Location: Woburn

Chartered By: Winslow Lewis

Charter Date: 09/12/1855 V-579

Precedence Date: 10/17/1854

Current Status: Active

PAST MASTERS

• George Hervey, 1854, 1855, 1856
• Elisha Stetson, 1857
• Elbridge G. Currel, 1858
• Cleopas B. Johnson, 1859
• Emihu O. Baker, 1860, 1861, 1862
• Samuel C. Lawrence, 1863, 1864
• Benjamin A. Hersey, 1865, 1866
• Henry H. Gilmore, 1867
• Charles E. Joyce, 1868
• Neheniam T. Merriml, 1869
• John Viall, 1870
• Smith B. Harrington, 1871; SN
• Charles D. Archibald, 1872
• Samuel Hall, 1873, 1874
• William A. Webber, 1875, 1876
• Darius A. Green, 1877, 1878
• Herbert A. Reed, 1879, 1880
• Edward W. Hayes, 1881, 1882
• James F. Hannah, 1883, 1884
• A. Byron Reed, 1885, 1886
• William B. Lawrence, 1887, 1888
• Rosewell B. Lawrence, 1889, 1890
• Calvin H. Clark, 1891, 1892
• J. Gilman Waite, 1893
• Walter L. Hall, 1894, 1895
• William P. Martin, 1896, 1897
• Edward W. Mitchell, 1898, 1899
• George W. Green, 1900, 1901
• Lorenzo L. Green, 1902, 1903
• Charles D. Tucker, 1904, 1905
• Charles B. Dunham, 1906, 1907; N
• Henry W. Dorr, 1908, 1909
• Gilbert Hodges, 1910
• George H. Archibald, 1911, 1912
• Thomas Jackson, 1913, 1914
• Clifford M. Brewer, 1915, 1916; Memorial
• Kenneth Hutchins, 1917, 1918
• Burton G. Ellis, 1919, 1920
• George E. Green, 1921, 1922
• Loren A. Gordon, 1923, 1924
• F. Irving Weston, 1925, 1926
• William E. Scott, 1927, 1928
• Edward N. Brown, 1929, 1930
• Robert N. Spofford, 1931, 1932; N
• Ralph W. Hamilton, 1933, 1934
• Oliver S. Everett, 1935
• Guy A. Lothrop, 1936, 1937
• William R. Paige, 1938
• Adam Murray, 1939, 1940
• Arthur L. Spofford, 1941
• William J. Gurney, 1942
• Francis L. Archibald, 1943, 1944
• John G. Bohn, 1945, 1946
• John A. Finlayson, 1947,1948
• Rufus H. Bond, 1949
• Vernon E. Chandler, 1950
• Robert L. Bennett, 1951
• Raymond G. McClure, 1952
• Percey H. Belyea, 1953
• Charles H. Morgan, 1954
• Karsten H. Sandmo, 1955
• William H. Cruwys, 1956; N
• Robert O. Anderson, 1957
• John A. Sencabaugh, 1958
• Arthur G. Fraser, 1959
• Arthur W. Emerson, 1960
• Malcolm R. Southard, 1961
• Joseph H. Wagg, 1962
• James S. W. Rogers, 1963
• Wayne E. Soucey, 1964
• H. Paul Hokanson, Jr., 1965; N
• Don W. Kurth, 1966
• Donald R. Ryti, 1967, 1981
• Charles R. Georgerian, 1968
• Thomas C. Somerville, 1969
• Leonard E. Neil, 1970
• Kurt J. Guenther, 1971
• Vernon E. Chandler, Jr., 1972
• Robert L. Walker, 1973
• Merrill L. Browne, 1974,1975
• Russell B. Stead, 1976
• Frederick VanMagness, 1977
• Joseph H. Wagg, III, 1978
• James B. Smith, 1979, 1982
• David R. Ryti, 1980, 1985
• Donald F. Green, Jr., 1983
• Wayne A. Brown, 1984
• Michael A. Brown, 1986; PDDGM
• Donald M. Hawes, 1987
• David S. Chisholm, Jr., 1988, 1997, 1998
• Peter J. Andrews, 1989
• John Suttie, 1990
• Robert F. Harding, III, 1991
• Vahan H. Kouyoumjian, 1992, 2001, 2002, 2003
• Timothy S. McGavin, 1993, 1994, 2009
• Malcolm A. Watson, 1995,1996
• Francis G. Baumgardner, 1999, 2000, 2010
• Timothy J. Sullivan, 2004, 2005
• Frank J. Kautz, II, 2006, 2007, 2008
• Donald E. Hohler, Jr. 2011, 2012

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1854 not in Proceedings
• Petition for Charter: 1855

XXXXXXXXX* Consolidation Petition (with St. Bernard's Lodge): 1995 XXXXXXXXXXXX* Consolidation Petition (with Doric Lodge): 2002

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1954 (Centenary)
• 2004 (150th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1874 (Nickerson)
• 1881 (Lawrence; 2 visits)
• 1883 (Lawrence; 3 visits)
• 1892 (Wells)
• 1901 (Gallagher)
• 1906 (Blake)
• 1909 (Flanders)
• 1922 (Prince)
• 1925 (Ferrell; hall dedication; Special Communication)
• 1954 (W. Johnson; Centenary; Special Communication)
• 1962 (Eaton; installation)
• 1985 (Richardson; table lodge)
• 1989 (Ames)
• 2004 (Hicks; 150th Anniversary)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1870 1878 1888 1901 1905 1908 1916 1918 1921 1924 1926 1927 1947 1948 1950 1953 1954 1956 1964 1978 1986 2007 2010

HISTORY

• 1954 (Centenary History, 1954-157)

OTHER

• 1884 (Presentation of PGM Jewel, 1884-48)
• 1912 (Cornerstone laying in Medford, 1912-153)

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GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Clifford M. Brewer, DDGM, District 6 (Somerville), 1917, 1918; Memorial
• Michael A. Brown, DDGM, District 6 (Somerville), 1990, 1991
• William W. Cruwys, DDGM, District 6 (Somerville), 1960, 1961; N
• Charles B. Dunham, DDGM, District 6 (Somerville), 1908; N
• Smith B. Harrington, DDGM, District 17 (Woburn), 1873, 1874; SN
• H. Paul Hokanson, Jr., DDGM, District 6 (Somerville), 1968, 1969; N
• William B. Lawrence, 1890; Junior Grand Warden 1902
• Samuel Crocker Lawrence, Senior Grand Marden 1870, Grand Master 1881-1883
• Robert N. Spofford, DDGM, District 6 (Somerville), 1935, 1936; N
• J. Gilman Waite, Deputy Grand Master 1903

DISTRICTS

1855: District 3

1867: District 2 (Charlestown)

1872: District 17 (Woburn)

1883: District 6 (Somerville)

1911: District 6 (Somerville)

1927: District 6 (Somerville)

2003: District 13

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LINKS

Lodge web site

Massachusetts Lodges

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The curator for this page is Brother Frank J. Kautz II. Please direct informational updates and questions to him.