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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

1934 (75th Anniversary)
1959 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1860 (Lewis; Constitution of Lodge and installation; Special Communication; see below)
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

1936 (Reduction of fees disapproved, 1936-130)
1937 (Reduction of fees approved, 1937-44)

EVENTS

CONSTITUTION OF LODGE, SEPTEMBER 1860

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XX, No. 1, November 1860, Page 13:

The Grand Lodge of this State by its officers constituted a new Lodge at Orange, Franklin county, on Thursday evening, Sept. 27th, last, under the name of Orange Lodge, of which W. B. Sawin is the Master. The hall of the new Lodge was dedicated on the same evening, and its officers installed. The consecration ceremonies were performed by Dr. J. V. C. Smith, Deputy Grand Master, and the installation services by Wm. D. Coolidge, J. G. Warden, assisted by other officers of the Grand Lodge. The occasion was one of peculiar interest in the town, and as the installation services were public, a very large audience of ladies and gentlemen were present.