Pioneer

PIONEER LODGE

Location: Somerset

Chartered By: William Parkman

Charter Date: 03/09/1864 VI-496

Precedence Date: 03/09/1863

Current Status: Active

PAST MASTERS

Charles A. Holmes, 1863
Eldridge G. Paull, 1864, 1865
Nathan S. Davis, 1866, 1867
Lorenzo Shurtleff, 1868
George H. Allen, 1869
John G. Tinkham, 1870-1872, 1875, 1876; Mem
William M. Bartlett, 1873
James T. Orford, 1874
David Marble, 1877, 1881
Edward A. Courtney, 1878, 1880
Franklin B. Parker, 1882, 1883
Andrew Moran, 1884-1886
Lothrop W. Benson, 1887, 1888
Oscar W. Hillard, 1889, 1890
William E. Deane, 1891, 1892
Walter T. Deane, 1893, 1894
William H. Tallman, 1895, 1896
William T. Bowers, 1897, 1898
Earnest A. Thrasher, 1899, 1900
James F. Garginer, 1901, 1902
James McAll, 1903-1905
Dwight F. Lane, 1906, 1907
Walter Hampton, 1908
David M. Callis, 1909
Clarence C. Andrews, 1910
Harry S. Bridgeford, 1911
Harry A. Skinner, 1912
Charles P. King, 1913
Fredrick R. H. Linley, 1914
George H. Phillips, 1915
Fred I. Walker, 1916; Memorial
James Taylor, 1917
Fredrick G. Bogle, 1918
Lewis E. Moulton, 1919
Frank B. Place, 1920
George H. Tompkins, 1921
Philip K. Bowden, 1922
Fredrick T. Doxcy, 1923
Russell M. Deane, 1924
Herbert E. Goss, 1925
Thomas Pomfret, 1926
Arthur R. Derbyshire, 1927
Elmer S. Sears, 1928
Frank B. Hood, 1929
George A. E. Grey, 1930
George A. Brown, 1931
James J. Brown, Jr., 1932
Leland F. Bullard, 1933; SN
Herbert Austin, 1934, 1935; N
Thomas W. Smith, 1936
Charles E. Walkden, 1937
Hugh W. Kenworthy, 1938
Jesse Borge, 1939
George C. Sutcliffe, 1940
Edward A. Chatterton, Sr., 1941
Francis R. Sears, 1942
John Loftus, 1943
George E. Metcalf, 1944
William H. Neville, 1945
Parker H. Carr, 1946
Edward P. Mullen, 1947
J. Leo Guimond, 1948
Lincoln W. Hutchinson, 1949
Howard E. Pierce, 1950
Benjamin W. Barlow, 1951
Milton E. Durfee, 1952
Gabriel B. More, 1953
Gerald F. Stone, 1954
John Bower, 1955
Donald H. Gray, 1956
John H. Packer, 1957
Dale S. Rothwell, 1958
James H. Douglass, 1959, 1978, 1981; N
Sheldon E. Davis, 1960
Douglas C. Small, 1961; PDDGM; deceased?
Harold Shannon, 1962
Robert L. Wood, 1963
Earl S. King, 1964
C. Frank Gifford, 1965
Daciano W. Stone, 1966
Clinton R. Harvey, 1967
Lincoln K. Simcock, 1968
George L. Gesner, 1969
Stanley Sherlog, 1970
William S. Hathaway, Jr., 1971; PDDGM
Casmir M. Ciba, 1972
Arthur Medeiros, 1973; PDDGM
Paul R. Rousseau, 1974, 1979
James P. Tolin, 1975
Silvery A. Rezendes, 1976
Charles A. Medeiros, 1977
Clyde H. Harrington, Jr., 1980
George J. Padrenoss, 1982
Jay R. O'Neil, 1983, 1987, 1994
Curtis A. Fisher, Jr., 1984
P. Nelson Douthwright, 1985, 2006
Michael S. Massa, Jr., 1986, 1991, 2002
Henry J. DeMarco, 1988
John C. Mello, Jr., 1989
Manuel Ferreira, III, 1990, 2003-2005
Robert A. Dennis, Sr., 1992
Gabriel J. Milonni, 1993-1995
Jack C. Bowden, Jr., 1996, 1997, 2009, 2010
Lawrence F. Correia, 1998
Roland Carbonneau, 1999
Dennis Medeiros, 2000
Charles F. Rowe, Jr., 2001
Thomas Gallucci, 2007, 2008
Paul Michaud, 2011, 2012

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1863
Petition for Charter: 1864

ANNIVERSARIES

1938 (75th Anniversary)
1953 (90th Anniversary)
1963 (Centenary)

2009 (150th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1864 (Parkman; Constitution of Lodge and installation; hall dedication; Special Communication; see below)
1875 (Deputy Grand Master Howland; Hall dedication)
1906 (Blake; Hall dedication; Special Communication)
1911 (Flanders)
1912 (Benton)
1938 (Perry; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1953 (Roy; 90th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1961 (Eaton; rededication and mortgage burning; Special Communication)
1963 (Osgood; Centenary; Special Communication)
1973 (Vose; 50th Anniversary of the Building of the Temple)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1873 1876 1878 1880 1881 1892 1897 1910 1912 1919 1920 1923 1930 1931 1933 1938 1941 1952 1962 1963 1966 1972 1983 2011

HISTORY

1938 (75th Anniversary History, 1938-23)
1953 (90th Anniversary History, 1953-3)
1963 (Centenary History, 1963-24)

EVENTS

CONSTITUTION OF LODGE, MARCH 1864

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XXIII, No. 6, April, 1864, Page 177:

This is the name of a new Lodge, which for the past year has been working under a Dispensation, at the pleasant little village of Somerset, in Bristol County. A Charter having been granted by the Grand Lodge in December, the Brethren composing it were constituted and formed into a regular Lodge by the M. W. Grand Master and his officers, on the 15th of March. The ceremonies of Consecration and Dedication took place in the Hall, in the early part of the evening, and the Installation ceremonies, at a later hour, in the Baptist church, the use of which had been kindly granted for the purpose. The attendance of Brethren from the neighboring Lodges, and of visitors, was unusually large, the church being filled to its greatest capacity, and the services were witnessed by the audience with the interest, stimulated perhaps by curiosity, which they seldom fail to excite when performed in public. On this occasion they were aided by a fine choir, to whom all present were much indebted for the pleasing manner in which the services passed off. The Charge to the officers and members of the Lodge was given by the Grand Master in his usual clear and impressive manner, and was well received by the audience.

At the conclusion of the services in the church, the Brethren, with the ladies, formed in procession and marched to the principal hall in the village, where a bountiful supper had been provided for them, and where they spent a very pleasant and sociable hour.

The Lodge, the past year, has been doing a very large business, and its prospects for the future are highly encouraging. It is well officered by Brethren competent to the duties required of them, and has about fifty members. The Lodge room is new, convenient, and handsomely fitted up. The attention paid to the Grand Officers, and the ample provision made by our Brother, the Treasurer of the Lodge, and his excellent lady, for their comfort and accommodation, rendered their visit a very pleasant one.