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Revision as of 04:31, 29 March 2013

NOQUOCHOKE LODGE

Location: Westport

Chartered By: Charles A. Welch

Charter Date: 09/10/1879 1879-72

Precedence Date: 09/11/1878

Current Status: Active


NOTES

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According to this site, the first Noquochoke Masonic Lodge {hall} was on the second floor of this building located at the west end of Hix Bridge. Brownell's General Store was housed on the first floor.

PAST MASTERS

  • Laurance S. Smith, 1878-1881
  • Theodore J. Tripp, 1882
  • Cortez Allen, 1883-1885
  • Albert M. Allen, 1886, 1887
  • Holder D. Crapo, 1888
  • Stephen A. Brownell, 1889, 1890
  • James E. Allen, 1891, 1892
  • James Allen, II, 1893, 1894
  • Henry T. Allen, 1895, 1896
  • Joseph C. Allen, 1897, 1898
  • Nahum F. Nickerson, 1899
  • Walter C. Slocum, 1900, 1901
  • George E. Handy, 1902-1904
  • Eugene B. Gifford, 1905
  • John D. Tupper, 1906, 1907
  • Joseph M. Shorrock, 1908, 1909
  • Charles R. Wood, 1910
  • Harry L. Potter, 1911, 1912
  • Arthur T. Potter, 1913, 1914
  • Frank R. Slocum, 1915, 1916
  • George P. Brownell, 1917, 1918
  • Richard J. Shorrock, 1919
  • George E. Borden, 1920
  • Edward B. Francis, 1921
  • Norman B. Hopkinson, 1922
  • E. Raymond Manchester, 1923; N
  • Erwin M. Little, 1924
  • Mark C. Gifford, 1925
  • John A. Smith, 1926
  • Frank A. Potter, 1927
  • Leslie J. Tripp, 1928
  • Arthur J. Manchester, Jr., 1929
  • William C. T. Lewis, 1930
  • Walter G. Manchester, Jr., 1931
  • Chauncey R. Mosher, 1932; SN
  • David D. Morrison, 1933
  • Omar D. Brightman, 1934
  • William J. Smith, 1935
  • David W. Allen, 1936
  • Robert F. Chace, 1937
  • Andrew Colgan, 1938
  • Norman L. Gifford, 1939
  • William G. Johnson, 1940
  • Henry W. Brightman, 1941
  • Oliver T. Brightman, 1942
  • Elmer B. Manchester, 1943
  • John Marland, 1944
  • Alston J. Potter, 1945
  • Albert L. Simmons, 1946
  • Edwin C. Webb, 1947
  • Stephen H. Kirby, 1948
  • Elliot H. White, 1949
  • Harvey W. Wescott, 1950
  • Wilfred G. Morrison, 1951
  • Clifford H. Kirby, 1952
  • Donald B. Carr, 1953; N
  • Howard C. Mosher, 1954
  • Milton B. Wood, 1955
  • Frank C. Butts, 1956; N
  • Gilbert G. Stiles, 1957
  • Harold S. Bosworth, 1958
  • Donald L. Potter, 1959
  • Matthew C. Howland, 1960
  • Uel P. Whittaker, 1961
  • Stewart A. Hunt, 1962
  • Allan R. Turner, 1963
  • George F. Dean, 1964
  • Gerald G. Delano, Sr., 1965; N
  • Robert J. Smith, 1966
  • Manuel G. Arruda, 1967
  • Stanley L. Reed, 1968
  • Donald F. Mantigny, 1969
  • Russell M. Tripp, 1970
  • Arnold R. Buckley, 1971
  • Donald W. France, 1972
  • Thomas D. Pacheco, 1973
  • Clifford A. Brightman, 1974, 1990, 1991; PDDGM
  • William H. Wilbour, 1975; PDDGM
  • Stanley Smeaton, 1976, 1987-1989
  • William C. Hegarty, 1977
  • Robert A. Young, 1978
  • Howard B. Clifford, 1979
  • Kenneth C. Russell, 1980
  • Richard M. Hughes, 1981
  • John D. Assad, 1982
  • Alden T. Pierce, III, 1983
  • Brad C. Brightman, 1984
  • Robert E. Reynolds, 1985
  • Robert A. Young, 1986
  • Sylvester R. Jordan, Jr., 1992, 1993
  • Jaime da Silva Medeiros, 1994-1996
  • Kenneth W. Froment, 1997
  • Robert E. Reynolds, III, 1999, 2000, 2005
  • G. Paul Cannan, 2001, 2002; PDDGM
  • Thomas M. Owen, 2003, 2004
  • John R. Gifford, 2006
  • Walter G. Stiles, 2007-2010
  • David J. DeMello, 2011, 2012

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

  • Petition for Dispensation: 1878
  • Petition for Charter: 1879

ANNIVERSARIES

  • 1953 (75th Anniversary)
  • 1978 (Centenary)
  • 2003 (125th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

BY-LAW CHANGES

1878 1879 1888 1918 1921 1932 1949 1956 1961 1969 1977 1980 1989 1991 2010

HISTORY

  • 1953 (75th Anniversary History, 1953-289)
  • 1978 ("Brief historical comments", 1978-138)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

DISTRICTS

1878: District 14 (New Bedford)

1883: District 26 (Fall River)

1911: District 30 (Fall River)

1927: District 30 (New Bedford)

2003: District 19


LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges