Noquochoke
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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
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
ANNIVERSARIES
VISITS BY GRAND MASTER
- 1879 (Welch; Constitution of Lodge and installation; Special Communication)
- 1880 (Deputy Grand Master Howland; Hall Dedication)
- 1882 (Lawrence)
- 1885 (Howland)
- 1886 (Howland; installation)
- 1901 (Gallagher; Hall Dedication; Special Communication)
- 1911 (Flanders)
- 1912 (Benton)
- 1919 (L. Abbott)
- 1953 (Roy; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
- 1965 (Osgood)
- 1978 (Melanson; Centenary; Special Communication)
- 1984 (Richardson)
- 1987 (Ames)
- 2003 (Hicks; 125th Anniversary)
- 2004 (Hicks)
BY-LAW CHANGES
1878 1879 1888 1918 1921 1932 1949 1956 1961 1969 1977 1980 1989 1991 2010
HISTORY
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- Clifford A. Brightman, DDGM, District 30 (New Bedford), 1991, 1992
- Frank C. Butts, DDGM, District 30 (New Bedford), 1969, 1970; N
- G. Paul Cannan, DDGM, District 19, 2008, 2009
- Donald B. Carr, DDGM, District 30 (New Bedford), 1957, 1958; N
- Gerald G. Delano, Sr., DDGM, District 30 (New Bedford), 1973, 1974; Deputy Grand Master 1984; N
- E. Raymond Manchester, DDGM, District 30 (New Bedford), 1949, 1950; N
- Chauncey R. Mosher, DDGM, District 30 (New Bedford), 1937, 1938; SN
- William H. Wilbour, DDGM, District 30 (New Bedford), 1983, 1984
DISTRICTS
1878: District 14 (New Bedford)
1883: District 26 (Fall River)
1911: District 30 (Fall River)
1927: District 30 (New Bedford)