Norumbega
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NORUMBEGA LODGE
Location: Newtonville
Chartered By: Arthur D. Prince
Charter Date: 03/09/1921 1921-64
Precedence Date: 04/20/1920
Current Status: merged with Brookline Lodge to form Norumbega & Brookline Lodge, 03/12/1984. Now a part of Norumbega Fraternity Lodge.
PAST MASTERS
- Fred M. Blanchard, 1920; Mem
- William S. Osborne, 1921
- Walter L. McCammon, 1922; N
- Gerald F. Zedren, 1923
- Alfred N. Miner, 1924
- John M. Knudsen, 1925
- Harold W. Morill, 1926
- Luther G. Eastman, 1927
- Alfred E. Allen, 1928
- Edwin J. Morse, 1929
- George Owen, 1930
- William M. Jones, 1931
- Carl W. Somers, 1932
- Raymond Lang, 1933
- Lester H. Hilton, 1934
- Edward O. Woodward, 1935
- Linden I. Pettys, 1936
- Walter I. Knudsen, 1937
- Thomas E. Shepherd, 1938
- Philip A. Enholm, 1939
- Allyn C. Woodward, 1940
- Thomas G. Walters, 1941; N
- Julius W. Kohler, 1942
- Owen D. Murphy, Jr., 1943
- Carl C. Peterson, 1944; N
- Raymond C. Church, 1945
- Benjamin F. Louis, 1946
- Donald P. Frail, 1947
- Herbert C. Chapman, 1948
- Walter N. Howe, 1949, 1961
- C. Evan Johnson, 1950
- Olaf Halvorsen, 1951, 1962
- Edmund L. Sundin, 1952
- Ernst O. Seyfarth, 1953
- Robert Tennant, 1954
- Herbert B. Downs, 1955
- Harvard W. Wilkinson, 1956
- Allan Acomb, 1957
- Eliot F. Richardson, 1958
- Richard I. Sawyer, 1959
- Paul O. Fuchs, 1960
- Norval L. Stewart, 1963
- Robert R. Pollard, 1964
- Albert B. Evans, Jr., 1965
- Sigfried Fredrickson, 1966
- George E. Smith, 1967
- Fred W. Fogg, Jr., 1968
- Stanley C. Gibbs, 1969
- Richard L. Linden, 1970
- Christopher J. Kohler, 1971, 1980
- Robert Buchan, 1972
- Robert E. Dustin, 1973, 1977
- Elmer J. Reese, 1974
- Lowell U. Hammett, 1975, 1976; N
- Paul L. Randazzo, 1978
- Ronald W. Koch, 1979
- Lawrence H. Cohen, 1981
- William S. Opalka, 1982
- John H. Milson, 1983
REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
- Petition for Dispensation: 1920
- Petition for Charter: 1921
- Consolidation Petition (with Brookline Lodge): 1984
ANNIVERSARIES
- 1945 (25th Anniversary)
VISITS BY GRAND MASTER
- 1921 (Prince; Constitution of Lodge and installation; Special Communication)
- 1924 (Ferrell)
- 1925 (Ferrell)
- 1931 (H. Dean)
- 1945 (Wragg; 25th Anniversary; Special Communication)
- 1946 (Wragg)
- 1952 (Roy)
- 1960 (Eaton; reception for Deputy Grand Master Carl C. Peterson)
- 1969 (Eaton; reception for Deputy Grand Master Thomas G. Walters)
- 1982 (Berquist)
- 1984 (Richardson; Consolidation; Special Communication)
BY-LAW CHANGES
1926 1927 1928 1929 1931 1936 1938 1943 1945 1947 1948 1951 1953 1954 1957 1958 1960 1970 1975 1980 1981 1984
HISTORY
- 1945 (75th Anniversary History, 1945-110)
OTHER
- 1924 (Thanks voted for gift to Grand Lodge, 1924-700)
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GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- Fred M. Blanchard, DDGM, District 5 (Waltham), 1922, 1923; Memorial
- Lowell U. Hammett, DDGM, District 5 (Brighton), 1980, 1981; Grand Marshal 1987-1989; Senior Grand Warden 1990; N
- Walter L. McCammon, DDGM, District 5 (Waltham), 1934, 1935; N
- Carl C. Peterson, DDGM, District 5 (Brighton), 1952, 1953; Deputy Grand Master 1960; N
- Thomas G. Walters, DDGM, District 5 (Brighton), 1946, 1947; Deputy Grand Master 1969; N
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