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MOUNT ORTHODOX LODGE
Location: West Springfield
Chartered By: Everett C. Benton
Charter Date: 12/12/1913 1913-253
Precedence Date: 01/30/1913
Current Status: Active
PAST MASTERS
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REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
ANNIVERSARIES
- 1938 (25th Anniversary, 05/20: 1938-329)
- 1963 (50th Anniversary, 04/06: 1963-81)
- 1989 (75th Anniversary; 04/22: 1989-203)
VISITS BY GRAND MASTER
- 1914 (M. Johnson; Constitution of Lodge and installation; 01/27: 1914-9; Special Communication)
- 1938 (Perry; 25th Anniversary, 05/20: 1938-113; Special Communication)
- 1963 (Osgood; 50th Anniversary, 04/06: 1963-81; Special Communication)
- 1976 (Maxwell; 03/06, 1976-378)
- 1979 (Melanson; 09/11: 1979-2200)
- 1989 (Ames; 75th Anniversary, 04/22: 1989-40; Special Communication)
- 1990 (Darling; 03/10: 1990-150; Reception for Junior Grand Warden Robert A. Meffen)
- 1990 (Darling; 03/27: 1990-150)
- 1991 (Darling; Installation, 10/26: 1991-174)
BY-LAW CHANGES
1917 1919 1921 1924 1926 1930 1937 1938 1954 1956 1981 1986 1994 1996
HISTORY
- 1913 (Petition for Dispensation; 01/30: ?)
- 1913 (Petition for Charter; 12/10: 1913-253)
- 1914 (Lodge constituted, officers installed; 01/27: 1914-178)
OTHER
- 1924 (Laying of cornerstone, Springfield Masonic Temple, 06/24: 1924-335; Special Communication)
- 1940 (Reduction of fees authorized, 03/13: 1940-58)
YEARS
1981 1986 1989 1990 1991 1994 1996
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- Harold W. Schellenger, DDGM, District 18 (Springfield), 1942-1943; N
- Francis M. Webler, DDGM, District 18 (Springfield), 1954-1955; N
- Kenneth H. Keyes, DDGM, District 18 (Springfield), 1958-1959; N
- Wesley J. Schutt, DDGM, District 18 (Springfield), 1968-1969; N
- Philip Young, DDGM, District 18 (Springfield), 1980-1981; SN
- Erwin D. Hill, DDGM, District 18 (Springfield), 1984-1985; Grand Marshal 1990-1991; Memorial
- Harry J. Vennert, DDGM, District 18 (Springfield), 1992-1993; N
- James L. Beauregard, DDGM, District 29, 2009-2010