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=== VISITS BY GRAND MASTER ===
 
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1865 1865]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMParkman Parkman]; constitution and installation; ''see description below'')
 
* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1882 1882]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMLawrence Lawrence])
 
* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1882 1882]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMLawrence Lawrence])
 
* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1883 1883]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMLawrence Lawrence]; 2 visits, including hall dedication)
 
* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1883 1883]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMLawrence Lawrence]; 2 visits, including hall dedication)
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1872 1872]''' (Petition regarding formal charity to families of deceased members)
 
* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1872 1872]''' (Petition regarding formal charity to families of deceased members)
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=== EVENTS ===
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''From Moore's Freemason's Magazine, Vol. XXIV, No. 9, August 1865, p. 296:''
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'''NORTH STAR LODGE.''' This new Lodge was Constituted by the M. W. Grand Lodge, at Ashland on the 30th June last, having worked the preceding year under a Dispensation. The Institution ceremonies took place in the Town Hall, in the presence of a large assembly of ladies and gentlemen. At the conclusion of the ceremonies addresses were delivered by the M. W. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMParkman Grand Master] and Rev. Bro. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLJDadmun Dadmun], after which the company repaired to the vestry room of one of the churches in the village, and partook of a supper provided by the Lodge for the occasion. The Lodge has done its full share of Work the past year, and its future prospects are encouraging. The officers installed are as follows :—
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* George F. Seaver, W. M.
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* J. A. Balcomb, S. W.
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* W. H. Seaver, J. W.
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* Alvah Metcalf, Treas.
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* Silas Piper, Sec.
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* George S. Downes, S. D.
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* B. H. Hartshorn, J. D.
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* C. H. Tilton, Marshal
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* A. M, Spofford, Chaplain
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* Elias Grout and Charles Alden, Stewards
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* Webster Brooks, Tyler.
  
 
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Revision as of 15:19, 18 September 2012

NORTH STAR LODGE

Location: Ashland

Chartered By: William Parkman

Charter Date: 06/14/1865 VII-13

Precedence Date: 07/25/1864

Current Status: Active


REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

  • Petition for Dispensation: 1864
  • Petition for Charter: 1865

ANNIVERSARIES

  • 1939 (75th Anniversary)
  • 1964 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

BY-LAW CHANGES

1869 1870 1873 1874 1881 1883 1885 1905 1907 1911 1913 1914 1918 1921 1923 1927 1943 1945 1949 1950 1953 1957 1965 1969 1971 1974 1978 1980 1982 1990 1993

HISTORY

  • 1939 (75th Anniversary History, 1939-258)
  • 1964 (Centenary History, 1964-141)

OTHER

  • 1872 (Petition regarding formal charity to families of deceased members)

EVENTS

From Moore's Freemason's Magazine, Vol. XXIV, No. 9, August 1865, p. 296:

NORTH STAR LODGE. This new Lodge was Constituted by the M. W. Grand Lodge, at Ashland on the 30th June last, having worked the preceding year under a Dispensation. The Institution ceremonies took place in the Town Hall, in the presence of a large assembly of ladies and gentlemen. At the conclusion of the ceremonies addresses were delivered by the M. W. Grand Master and Rev. Bro. Dadmun, after which the company repaired to the vestry room of one of the churches in the village, and partook of a supper provided by the Lodge for the occasion. The Lodge has done its full share of Work the past year, and its future prospects are encouraging. The officers installed are as follows :—

  • George F. Seaver, W. M.
  • J. A. Balcomb, S. W.
  • W. H. Seaver, J. W.
  • Alvah Metcalf, Treas.
  • Silas Piper, Sec.
  • George S. Downes, S. D.
  • B. H. Hartshorn, J. D.
  • C. H. Tilton, Marshal
  • A. M, Spofford, Chaplain
  • Elias Grout and Charles Alden, Stewards
  • Webster Brooks, Tyler.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS


DISTRICTS

1864: District 4

1867: District 12 (Milford)

1870: District 11 (Worcester)

1871: District 12 (Milford)

1883: District 20 (Milford)

1911: District 23 (Milford)

1927: District 23 (Natick)

2003: District 15

2009: District 15 (South)


LINKS

Lodge web site stub

Massachusetts Lodges