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OCCIDENTAL LODGE

Location: Stockbridge

Chartered By: William Sewall Gardner

Charter Date: 09/13/1871 1871-150

Precedence Date: 06/14/1870

Current Status: Active

PAST MASTERS

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1870
• Petition for Charter: 1871

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1920 (50th Anniversary)
• 1945 (75th Anniversary)

• 1959 (Centenary)
• 2009 (150th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1912 (Benton)
• 1920 ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMPrince Prince; 50th Anniversary; Special Constitution)
• 1923 (Ferrell)
• 1928 (Simpson)
• 1930 (H. Dean)
• 1933 (Chipman)
• 1937 (Allen)
• 1939 (Perry)
• 1941 (Schaefer)
• 1945 (Wragg; 75th Anniversary; Special Constitution)
• 1968 (Booth
• 1970 (Jaynes; Centenary; Special Constitution)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1874 1882 1892 1912 1917 1931 1943 1945 1956 1964 1968 1976 1977 1980 1997 2003 2006

HISTORY

• 1970 (75th Anniversary History, 1970-238)

OTHER

• 1871 (Institution of lodge, 1871-209)
• 1873 (Constitution of lodge; Special Communication; no record in Proceedings)
• 1895 (Participation in centennial of Evening Star Lodge, 1895-79)
• 1896 (Participation in centennial of Cinncinatus Lodge, 1895-166)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Henry C. Edwards, DDGM, District 16 (Pittsfield), 1969, 1970; SN
• Kevin G. Foster, DDGM, District 31, 2013
• Kevin C. McGinnis , DDGM, District 31, 2011, 2012
• Paul A. Moore, DDGM, District 16 (Pittsfield), 1995, 1996
• John P. Palmer, DDGM, District 16 (Pittsfield), 1939, 1940; N
• James H. Punderson, DDGM, District 16 (Pittsfield), 1923, 1924; SN
• Allen T. Treadway, DDGM, District 15 (Pittsfield), 1905, 1906; Junior Grand Warden 1909

DISTRICTS

1870: District 9 (Pittsfield)

1883: District 15 (Pittsfield)

1911: District 16 (Pittsfield)

1927: District 16 (Pittsfield)

2003: District 31

LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges