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ORANGE LODGE
Location: Orange
Chartered By: Winslow Lewis
Charter Date: 09/14/1860 VI-322
Precedence Date: 09/19/1859
Current Status: merged with Star-Athol Lodge to form North Quabbin Lodge, 04/20/2007.
PAST MASTERS
- Benjamin M. Sawin, 1859-1862
- Andrew J. Clark, 1863-1867; SN
- C. Fred Richardson, 1868, 1869
- Charles W. Barber, 1870-1872
- Henry M. Gibbs, 1873, 1874
- Albert H. Davis, 1875, 1876
- Abijah L. Shattuck, 1877-1879
- Walter M. Wright, 1880-1886; SN
- Warren M. King, 1887-1889; SN
- Joseph G. Stoddard, 1890-1892; SN
- Charles A. Towne, 1893, 1894
- Fred N. Johnson, 1895, 1896
- Herbert J. Powers, 1897, 1898
- David P. Read, 1899, 1900
- Elmer E. Allen, 1901, 1902
- William H. Bass, 1903, 1904
- Edward F. Geckler, 1905, 1906
- Frank T. Walters, 1907, 1908
- Fred H. Train, 1909, 1910
- Walter C. Davis, 1911, 1912
- Frank A. Howe, 1913, 1914; N
- Perley J. Wheeler, 1915, 1916
- Leon H. Rogers, 1917
- Waldo A. Johnson, 1918, 1919
- Bayard P. Dexter, 1920
- Ernest H. Woodward, 1921, 1922
- Arthur W. Cullen, 1923, 1924
- Joseph E. Prentiss, 1925, 1926, 1935; N
- Howard M. Porter, 1927, 1928
- Errol E. Fleming, 1929, 1930
- Lawrence K. Cone, 1931, 1932
- Cyril E. Brubaker, 1933; SN
- Clyde E. Epeneter, 1934
- Herbert C. MacDonald, 1935, 1936
- Martin P. Edman, 1937-1939
- Leroy M. Willard, 1940
- Fabian A. Lindgren, 1941, 1942
- W. Clifford Furbush, 1943, 1944
- Chester W. King, 1945
- Armas E. Mackey, 1946
- Robert P. Hemple, 1947
- Paul S. Hastings, 1948
- Daniel K. M. Scott, 1949
- Allyn W. A. Wright, 1950
- Benjamin W. Hale, 1951
- Clarence Jardine, 1952
- James J. McNeil, 1953, 1954
- Charles E. Hamilton, 1955
- Donald H. Gilmore, 1956
- Robert Litchfield, 1957
- Robert A. Powers, 1958, 1959; SN
- Raymond R. Leonard, 1960, 1969
- Leigh B. Dow, 1961
- Myron A. Gibbs, 1962
- Stuart Gunn, 1963
- Henry D. Peters, Jr., 1964
- Freeland J. Perkins, 1965
- Dayle G. Hamilton, 1966, 1967
- George C. Wilbar, 1968
- Raymond R. Leonard, 1969
- Kenneth Bailey, 1970
- Alfred O. Ohlson, 1971, 1975, 1978, 1982
- Grover R. Ballou, 1972
- Allan B. Bixby, 1973
- Olaf A. Ohlson, 1974
- Bruce E. Jones, 1976
- Donald E. Strange, 1977; N
- John Smith, 1979
- Keith G. Lyman, 1980, 1981
- Brian R. Hawkes, 1983, 1984
- Walter M. Meuse, 1985
- George E. Colby, Jr., 1986, 1995-1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
- Donn A. Deane, 1987, 1991-1993
- Fabian R. Trudeau, Jr., 1988, 1989, 1994; PDDGM
- Stanley A. Landers, 1990
- William H. Paul, 2000, 2002; DDGM
- Thomas H. Fifield, 2003
- David P. Korowski, 2006
REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
- Petition for Dispensation: 1859
- Petition for Charter: 1860
- Consolidation Petition (with Star-Athol Lodge): 2007
ANNIVERSARIES
VISITS BY GRAND MASTER
- 1860 (Lewis; Constitution of Lodge and installation; Special Communication)
- 1881 (Lawrence)
- 1890 (Wells)
- 1934 (Chipman; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
- 1959 (A. Jenkins; Centenary; Special Communication)
- 1974 (Vose; Hall dedication; Special Communication)
- 1979 (Melanson)
- 2007 (Hodgdon; Consolidation; Special Communication)
BY-LAW CHANGES
1869 1870 1875 1883 1890 1892 1898 1912 1921 1922 1929 1947 1952 1955 1968 1975 2004
HISTORY
- 1934 ('"History of Early Masonic Activity in Orange and Vicinity"', 1934-141)
- 1959 (Centenary History, 1959-237)
- 1974 (Historical Sketch of Freemasonry in the Orange Area, 1974-186)
OTHER
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- Cyril E. Brubaker, DDGM, District 13 (Barre), 1958, 1959; SN
- Andrew J. Clark, DDGM, District 8 (Greenfield), 1869, 1870, 1871; SN
- Frank A. Howe, DDGM, District 13 (Barre), 1934, 1935; N
- Warren M. King, DDGM, District 13 (Greenfield), 1891, 1892; SN
- William H. Paul, DDGM, District 26, 2012, 2013
- Robert A. Powers, DDGM, District 13 (Barre), 1972, 1973; SN
- Joseph E. Prentiss, DDGM, District 13 (Barre), 1946, 1947; N
- Joseph G. Stoddard, DDGM, District 13 (Greenfield), 1907, 1908; SN
- Donald E. Strange, DDGM, District 13 (Barre), 1984, 1985; N
- Fabian R. Trudeau, Jr., DDGM, District 13 (Barre), 1996, 1997
- Walter M. Wright, DDGM, District 13 (Greenfield), 1886, 1887; SN
DISTRICTS
1883: District 13 (Greenfield)