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* Petition for Dispensation: '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1854 1854]''' ''not in Proceedings'' | * Petition for Dispensation: '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1854 1854]''' ''not in Proceedings'' | ||
* Petition for Charter: '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1855 1855]''' | * Petition for Charter: '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1855 1855]''' | ||
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=== ANNIVERSARIES === | === ANNIVERSARIES === | ||
− | + | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1929 1929]''' (75th Anniversary) | |
− | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title= | + | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1954 1954]''' (Centenary) |
− | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title= | + | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1979 1979]''' (125th Anniversary) |
− | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title= | + | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear2006 2006]''' (150th Anniversary) |
=== VISITS BY GRAND MASTER === | === VISITS BY GRAND MASTER === | ||
− | + | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1859 1859]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMHeard Heard]; Consolidation) | |
+ | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1865 1865]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMDame Dame]; Hall dedication, Special Communication; see below) | ||
+ | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1886 1886]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMHowland Howland]) | ||
+ | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1929 1929]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMHDean H. Dean]; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication) | ||
+ | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1934 1934]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMChipman Chipman]) | ||
+ | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1947 1947]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMWragg Wragg]) | ||
+ | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1954 1954]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMWjohnson W. Johnson]; Centenary; Special Communication) | ||
+ | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1974 1974]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMVose Vose]; Hall dedication; Special Communication) | ||
+ | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1979 1979]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMMelanson Melanson]; 125th Anniversary) | ||
+ | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1993 1993]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMLovering Lovering]) | ||
+ | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear2005 2005]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMHodgdon Hodgdon]) | ||
+ | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear2006 2006]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMHodgdon Hodgdon]; 150th Anniversary) | ||
+ | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear2007 2007]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMHodgdon Hodgdon]) | ||
=== BY-LAW CHANGES === | === BY-LAW CHANGES === | ||
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1933 1933]''' | '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1933 1933]''' | ||
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1969 1969]''' | '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1969 1969]''' | ||
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1972 1972]''' | '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1972 1972]''' | ||
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1979 1979]''' | '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1979 1979]''' | ||
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1988 1988]''' | '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1988 1988]''' | ||
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1990 1990]''' | '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1990 1990]''' | ||
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear2000 2000]''' | '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear2000 2000]''' | ||
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+ | === HISTORY === | ||
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+ | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1929 1929]''' (75th Anniversary History, 1929-188) | ||
+ | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1954 1954]''' (Centenary History, 1954-147) | ||
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+ | === OTHER === | ||
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+ | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1877 1877]''' (Jurisdictional dispute, 1877-155; 1877-209) | ||
+ | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1880 1880]''' (Jurisdictional ruling, 1880-8; 1880-70) | ||
+ | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1896 1896]''' (Jurisdictional dispute, 1896-379) | ||
+ | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1901 1901]''' (Jurisdictional dispute, 1901-31, 1901-101) | ||
+ | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1907 1907]''' (Complaint on jurisdiction, 1907-94) | ||
+ | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1924 1924]''' (Participation in Hyannis cornerstone laying, 1924-371) | ||
+ | * '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1956 1956]''' (Participation in cornerstone laying, 1956-330) | ||
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MOUNT HOREB LODGE (West Harwich / Dennis)
Location: West Harwich; Harwich (1880); Dennis (1972)
Chartered By: Winslow Lewis
Charter Date: 12/13/1855 V-592
Precedence Date: 11/08/1854
Current Status: Active
PAST MASTERS
- Nehemiah D. Kelley, 1854-1856
- Joseph K. Baker, Jr., 1857-1859, 1863, 1864
- Anthony K. Chase, 1860, 1861
- Veranus B. Nickerson, 1862
- Ozias C. Baker, 1865-1867, 1869-1872
- Benjamin P. Sears, 1868
- Abner L. Ellis, 1873, 1874
- Luther Fisk, 1875-1877; SN
- David Fisk, 1878, 1879
- Erastus Chase, 1880, 1881
- Silvester Baker, 1882, 1885-1887
- Henry H. Fisk, 1888-1890
- Cyrus Crowell, 1891
- Frederick Cobb, 1892, 1893
- Henry C. Berry, 1894, 1895
- Sullivan W. Rodgers, 1896, 1897
- William M. Rodgers, 1898, 1899
- James H. Jenks, Jr., 1900, 1901
- Watson F. Baker, 1902, 1903
- Jonathan P. Edwards, 1904, 1905
- Henry C. Howes, 1906, 1907
- Jonathan Nickerson, 1908, 1909
- Aurthur C. Hall, 1910, 1911
- Henry B. Hart, 1912, 1913; SN
- John P. Nickerson, 1914, 1915
- Clarence V. Bitter, 1916, 1917
- Clarence A. Davis, 1918
- Earnest S. Osbourne, 1919, 1920
- Harry J. Davidson, 1921, 1922
- Clarence M. Nickerson, 1923, 1924
- Frederick A. Eldridge, 1925, 1926
- Earle M. Davidson, 1927, 1928
- Nathan D. Eldridge, 1929, 1930, 1945; Mem
- Owen B. Murray, 1931, 1932; Mem
- Brant D. Ellis, 1933, 1934
- Henry B. Enos, 1935, 1936
- William C. Kelley, 1937, 1938
- Emmons H. Bradford, 1939, 1940
- Horace K. Hentz, 1941, 1942
- John A. Turner, 1943, 1944
- Dean S. Sears, 1946, 1947; N
- George R. Foss, 1948, 1949
- Frederick A. Eldredge, Jr., 1950
- Benjamin P. Chase, 1951
- Earl L. Small, 1952, 1953
- David Chase, 1954, 1955
- John F. Rodgers, Sr., 1956
- George H. Canham, 1957; N
- Earle H. Foss, 1958; N
- James E. Thistle, Sr., 1959, 1960
- Robert D. Speakman, 1961
- Clarence E. Nocross, 1962
- Charles S. Kennedy, 1963
- Edward L. Perkins, 1964, 1965
- Earl H. Whittemore, Jr., 1966, 1967
- James P. Mashoke, 1968
- Wayne R. Ellis, 1969
- Charles E. Chamberlain, Jr., 1970
- James E. Thistle, Jr., 1971, 1972, 1984
- Ronald F. Thistle, 1973
- Robert C. Eldred, Jr., 1974
- Robert E. Howes, 1975, 1976; N
- Paul M. Henderson, 1977
- Gil J. Condinho, 1978
- Alfred H. Henderson, 1979
- Wilfred E. Schofield, 1980
- Glenn B. Coffin, 1981, 1982
- Hughson F.C. Hawley III, 1983-1985
- Glennard Decker, 1986
- John H. Draper, 1987
- Chronis Kalivas, 1988, 1995, 2002
- John H. Trotter, 1989
- William J. Rogers, Jr., 1990; N
- Robert C. Chamberlain, 1991
- Keith M. Lewis, 1992
- W. Bradford Morse, 1993; PDDGM
- Seth H. Crowell, 1994
- James A. Gilrein, II, 1996, 2005; PDDGM
- Albert B. Noyes, 1997
- Mario B. Mere, 1998
- Jimmie W. St.Pierre, 1999
- Paul R. Cudak, 2000
- Erik R.P. Houser, 2001
- Richard A. Mathews, Jr., 2003
- Paul E. Sweetser, 2004
- David R. Brecken, 2006, 2012
- Robert E. Dalpe* , 2007
- Herbert G. Bell, II, 2008, 2009
- Luke H. Furey, 2010, 2011
REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
- Petition for Dispensation: 1854 not in Proceedings
- Petition for Charter: 1855
- Consolidation Petition (with Benjamin Franklin Lodge): 1859
ANNIVERSARIES
VISITS BY GRAND MASTER
- 1859 (Heard; Consolidation)
- 1865 (Dame; Hall dedication, Special Communication; see below)
- 1886 (Howland)
- 1929 (H. Dean; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
- 1934 (Chipman)
- 1947 (Wragg)
- 1954 (W. Johnson; Centenary; Special Communication)
- 1974 (Vose; Hall dedication; Special Communication)
- 1979 (Melanson; 125th Anniversary)
- 1993 (Lovering)
- 2005 (Hodgdon)
- 2006 (Hodgdon; 150th Anniversary)
- 2007 (Hodgdon)
BY-LAW CHANGES
1871 1879 1884 1897 1898 1900 1904 1912 1913 1922 1929 1933 1950 1956 1969 1970 1971 1972 1975 1979 1988 1990 1997 2000 2006 2008
HISTORY
OTHER
- 1877 (Jurisdictional dispute, 1877-155; 1877-209)
- 1880 (Jurisdictional ruling, 1880-8; 1880-70)
- 1896 (Jurisdictional dispute, 1896-379)
- 1901 (Jurisdictional dispute, 1901-31, 1901-101)
- 1907 (Complaint on jurisdiction, 1907-94)
- 1924 (Participation in Hyannis cornerstone laying, 1924-371)
- 1956 (Participation in cornerstone laying, 1956-330)
EVENTS
INSTALLATION, DECEMBER 1857
From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XVII, No. 4, February 1858, Page 126:
West Harwich, Mass., Dec. 23, 1857.
The officers elect and members of Mount Horeb Lodge, viz. : —
- Joseph K. Baker, Jr., W. M.
- Anthony K. Chase, S. W.
- Elbridge G. Doane, J. W.
- Anthony Kelley, Treas.
- Wm. E. Ansell, Sec.
- N. D. Kelley, S. D.
- E. F. Taylor, J. D.
- Doane Kelley, Jr., S. S.
- Caleb R. Kelley, J. S.
- Thomas Snow, Mar.
- Josiah C. Eldridge, Chap.
- James B. Baker, Tyler
— met, with their wives and visiting Brethren, at their Lodge-room, at half-past 6 o'clock, P. M. — numbering about ninety.
The exercises were in order as follows : — Prayer by the Rev. Davis Lothrop, — installation Ode, by the Choir, — installation of officers by Brother N. D. Kelley, P. Master, assisted by our W. M. Joseph K. Baker, Jr., — Address by the Past M. and singing by the Choir. The exercises and ceremonies were performed in a most interesting manner according to the usages of the Fraternity. The address of the P. M. was most excellent and instructive, more especially to the members of the Lodge. There was a large number of visitors present, who manifested much interest in the per formances of the evening. At the conclusion of which, all were invited to take seats at the table, where an excellent collation was spread for their refreshment, and to which they were welcomed by Brother Joseph K. Baker, W. Master, who presided at the table to the satisfaction of all present. At the conclusion of which our Brother N. D. Kelley, Past Master, was first called up by the presiding officer, who delivered an eloquent and highly practical address. A number of the Brethren were also called up, who did justice to themselves and honor to the occasion. The evening was enlivened by the presence of the ladies.
-- W. E. A.
HALL DEDICATION, DECEMBER 1865
From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXV, No. 4, February 1866, p. 128:
The M. W. Grand Master dedicated a new hall for Day Spring Lodge at Monson on the 22d, and another for Mt. Horeb Lodge at West Harwich on the 25th ult. Both halls, we understand, are neat and convenient structures, and well adapted to the purposes for which they are designed.
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- Joseph K. Baker, DDGM, District 15 (Barnstable), 1868-1872; Junior Grand Warden 1873
- George H. Canham, DDGM, District 32 (Provincetown), 1975, 1976; N
- Nathan D. Eldridge, DDGM, District 32 (Provincetown), 1942, 1943; Memorial
- Luther Fisk, DDGM, District 28 (Barnstable), 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886; SN
- Earle H. Foss, DDGM, District 32 (Provincetown), 1963, 1964; N
- James A. Gilrein, II, DDGM, District 21, 2007, 2008, 2010
- Henry B. Hart, DDGM, District 32 (Provincetown), 1914, 1915; SN
- Robert E. Howes, DDGM, District 32 (Provincetown), 1985, 1986; N
- W. Bradford Morse, DDGM, District 21, 2005, 2006
- Owen B. Murray, DDGM, District 32 (Provincetown), 1934, 1935; Memorial
- William J. Rogers, Jr., DDGM, District 32 (Hyannis), 1992, 1993; N
- Dean S. Sears, DDGM, District 32 (Provincetown), 1953, 1954; N
DISTRICTS
1867: District 15 (Barnstable)
1883: District 28 (Barnstable)
1911: District 32 (Provincetown)
1927: District 32 (Provincetown)