NorfolkUnion

NORFOLK UNION LODGE

Location: Randolph; Quincy ()

Chartered By: Francis J. Oliver

Charter Date: 06/07/1819 III-205

Precedence Date: 06/07/1819

Current Status: Active

PAST MASTERS

Royal Turner, 1819-1821; SN
Timothy Dorman, 1822
Luther Thayer, Jr., 1823
Aaron Prescott, 1824-1826; SN
Ephraim Spear, 1827
George Clark, 1828
John Johnson, 1829
Bradford L. Wales, 1830, 1835-1837, 1855, 1856
John Wales, 1831-1833
Robert Shankland, 1834
DARK 1838-1854
John White Belcher, 1857-1864
John B. Thayer, 1865-1867; SN
Cyrus Morton, Jr., 1868
Henry H. Packard, 1869-1871
Frank Morton, 1872, 1873, 1876; SN
Samuel A. Bates, 1874, 1875
J. Tisdales Southworth, 1877, 1878
N. Everett Buck, 1879-1881
Carroll A. Thayer, 1882, 1883
Henry A. Belcher, 1884, 1885, 1888
Francis Gardner, 1886, 1887
William H. Balkam, 1889, 1890
Arthur Alden, 1891, 1892
Emmons White, 1893
Asa P. French, 1894, 1895; SN
Frank C. Granger, 1896, 1897
Herbert F. French, 1898, 1899
Edward E. Piper, 1900, 1901
William W. Beal, 1902, 1903
Edward J. T. Dexter, 1904, 1905
A. Howard Holbrook, 1906, 1907
Frank B. Granger, 1908, 1909
John W. Porter, 1910, 1911
Leroy C. Holbrook, 1912, 1913
Ernest S. Rogers, 1914, 1915
George E. White, 1916, 1917
Walter L. Clark, 1918
Frank W. Vye, 1919, 1920
Alfred Myrick, 1921, 1922
Alva Southworth, 1923, 1924
Alexander G. Squire, 1925, 1926
Arthur F. Burrell, 1927, 1928
Carl S. Gove, 1929, 1930
Joseph D. Wales, 1931
James D. Durkee, 1932, 1933
Leo C. Wiggins, 1934, 1935
Marshall M. Mitchell, 1936, 1937
Joseph B. Harris, 1938
Wilfred D. Austin, 1939
David S. Stratton, 1940
Warren G. Osgood, 1941; N
Addison F. Crafts, 1942
George E. Goody, Jr., 1943
Henry N. Corp, 1944
Loyal R. Safford, 1945
Raapzaad H. Hassell, 1946
Robert E. White, 1947
Albert Watmough, 1948; N
John C. Hadfield, 1949
Frank P. Yundt, 1950
Emery May, 1951
James S. Parker, 1952
Boeman F. Colburn, 1953
Gilles Mulder, 1954
Wentworth A. Ernst, 1955
William L. Corp, 1956
John H. Sherman, Jr., 1957
A. Raymond Metzler, 1958
Ernest K. Henderson, 1959
Robert B. Fraser, 1960
Leo A. Kangiser, 1961
Frederick Farrer, 1962
Robert W. Johnson, 1963
Edward L. Hunter, 1964
William Tregoning, 1965
Erik W. Erickson, 1966
Albert W. Kierstead, 1967
Herbert D. Glanz, 1968
Walter F. Pawlowski, 1969
David W. Hadfield, 1970
J. Douglas Hadfield, 1971
Vincent Mouton, 1972
Robert E. Lovett, Jr., 1973
Chester R. Irons, 1974
Charles E. Finch, Sr., 1975
Theodore M. Haines, 1976
John C. Finch, Sr., 1977
Charles E. Finch, Jr., 1978
Harry Lane, 1979
Carl V. Dahlgren, 1980
Philip E. Ford, 1981
Richard S. Holiver, 1982, 1986, 1998; PDDGM
Robert G. Olson, Jr., 1983
Francis W. Gardner, 1984
George R. Borroughs, 1985
Richard A. Paul, Sr., 1987, 1991
Robert N. Gelinas, 1988
Roger M. Jope, 1989
Richard F. Jope, 1990, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2005, 2011; DDGM
Stanley C. Trask, Jr., 1992
Craig S. MacPherson, 1993-1995
David L. Sproules, 2001, 2002, 2012
Robert E. Lovett, Jr., 2003, 2004
Richard A. Paul, Jr., 2006-2008
John P. H. Milson, 2009, 2010

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Charter: 1819
Petition for Restoration of Charter: 1854

ANNIVERSARIES

1919 (Centenary)

2009 (150th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1866 (Dame; Hall dedication; not in Proceedings, but see below)
1880 (Welch; Hall dedication; Special Communication)
1881
1895 Hall Dedication; Special Communication)
1896 reception for Deputy Grand Master Henry A. Belcher)
1906 (Blake)
1907 (Blake)
'1911 (Flanders; Hall Dedication; Special Communication)
1919 (L. Abbott; Centenary; Special Communication)
1939 (Perry; reception for Senior Grand Warden George E. White)
1944 (A. Coolidge; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1969 (Jaynes; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1979 (Melanson)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1871 1872 1876 1883 1887 1894 1895 1902 1920 1926 1930 1934 1942 1950 1951 1958 1965 1969 1976 1994 1998 2004 2006 2011

HISTORY

1919 (Centennial historical address, 1919-143)
1944 (125th Anniversary History, 1944-84)
1969 (150th Anniversary History, 1969-179)

OTHER

1866 (Jurisdictional dispute, VII-66)
1972 (Participation in Holbrook cornerstone re-laying, 1972-215)

EVENTS

INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS, JUNE 1830

From Boston Masonic Mirror, New Series, Vol. 2, No. 3, July 17, 1830, Page 19:

At the Annual Meeting of Norfolk Union Lodge holden at Randolph Mass. the following officers were elected for the current year.

John Wales, M.
Robert Shankland, S.W.
Alexander Edson DuBois, J. W.
Jacob Niles, T.
Loring Thayer, S.
Appollas Wales, S. D.
Joshua Thayer, J. D.
Jonathan W. Belcher, S. S.
Henry Thayer, J. S.
Rev. Benjamin Putnam, C.
Joseph Tower, Jun., M.
Reuel Packard, T.

HALL DEDICATION, MAY 1866

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXV, No. 8, June 1866, p. 231:

Norfolk Union Lodge at Randolph having recently leased and fitted up an elegant and convenient hall for its future accommodation, the same was formally dedicated by the M. W. Grand Lodge on the evening of the 3d of May last, in the presence of a large assemblage of brethren and their ladies. The occasion was one of more than ordinary interest, inasmuch as the ceremony was new to many of those who were present, and especially to the ladies, who had taken a deep interest and an active part in furnishing the hall and in the general arrangements. The ceremonies were performed by Grand Master Charles C. Dame in an effective and impressive manner, the. interest of which was enhanced by the singing of an excellent quartette choir.

At the conclusion of the services, the party were escorted to the banqueting-hall, and partook of an elegant entertainment prepared by the ladies; after which the company returned to the Lodge room, where short and appropriate speeches were made by the Grand Master and other brethren.

We are happy to know that the Lodge is in a prosperous condition, and that its future prospects are highly encouraging.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Henry A. Belcher, DDGM, District 24 (Brockton), 1891, 1892; Deputy Grand Master 1896
Asa P. French, DDGM, District 24 (Brockton), 1897; SN
Herbert F. French, DDGM, District 24 (Brockton), 1908, 1909; Junior Grand Warden 1912
Richard S. Holiver, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1987, 1988
Richard F. Jope, DDGM, District 8, 2012, 2013
Craig S. MacPherson, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1999, 2000
Frank Morton, DDGM, District 19 (Taunton), 1878, 1879; SN
Warren G. Osgood, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1947, 1948; N
Aaron Prescott, DDGM, District 3, 1834; District 4, 1835; SN
Benjamin Putnam, Grand Chaplain 1829-1833
John B. Thayer, DDGM, District 19 (Taunton), 1880, 1881; SN
Royal Turner, DDGM, District 3, 1831, 1832; SN
Bradford L. Wales, DDGM, District 5, 1859; Senior Grand Warden 1857
Albert Watmough, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1965, 1966; N
George E. White, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1926; District 26 (Quincy), 1927; Senior Grand Warden 1939