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PURITAN LODGE

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Location: Hanover; Whitman (by 1880). East Bridgewater (1982)

Chartered By: William Sewall Gardner

Charter Date: 09/12/1870 1870-345

Precedence Date: 07/21/1869

Current Status: Active


PAST MASTERS

  • Henry W. Powers, 1869-1871; Mem
  • Isaac W. Giles, 1872, 1873
  • Nathaniel Pratt, 1874-1876
  • Edward Keating, 1877-1881
  • Arthur Coleman, 1882-1884
  • Leonard B. Hatch, 1885, 1886
  • Charles W. Bradbury, 1887-1889
  • Jacob L. Batchelder, 1890-1892
  • Joseph D. Benson, 1893-1895
  • E. Alden Dyer, 1896, 1897; SN
  • George L. Paine, 1898-1900
  • Silas S. Wright, 1901, 1902
  • Harry Stanley, 1903, 1904
  • William H. Cook, 1905, 1906
  • Roy F. Allen, 1907, 1908; Mem
  • G. Howard Soule, 1909, 1910
  • Harry P. Goodwin, 1911, 1912
  • Harry N. Keith, 1913, 1914
  • Roy F. Bradford, 1915, 1916
  • Frank O. Goodwin, Jr., 1917, 1918
  • Frederick H. Black, 1919, 1920
  • Charles E. Baker, 1921, 1922
  • Edgar C. Monroe, 1923, 1924
  • George E. S. Stanley, 1925, 1926
  • Andrew J. Fish, 1927, 1928
  • Charles H. Barber, 1929, 1930
  • John E. Butler, 1931, 1932
  • Percy H. Wood, 1933, 1934
  • Donald B. Heath, 1935, 1936
  • Carl Etelman, 1937, 1938
  • Henry B. Stanley, 1939, 1940
  • Charles T. Nicoll, 1941
  • Robert H. Gardner, 1942, 1943
  • Franklin W. Phinney, 1944, 1945
  • Frank W. Milbery, 1946, 1947
  • Harold E. Luneberg, 1948, 1949
  • George O. Hutchins, 1950
  • John H. Holmes, 1951
  • John F. Snow, 1952
  • Howard A. Mann, 1953
  • George H. Howard, 1954; N
  • Linwood L. Stetson, 1955
  • Lester D. Meserve, 1956
  • Emerson A. Hall, 1957
  • Walter H. Gassett, 1958
  • Robert E. Godbout, 1959
  • Stanley H. Peterson, 1960; N
  • Ralph S. Josselyn, 1961
  • Bud M. Talpey, 1962
  • Harold N. Green, 1963
  • Gordon R. French, 1964
  • Ara Manoogian, 1965; PDDGM
  • Harold T. Dodge, 1966; SN
  • Daniel P. Horner, 1967
  • Carlton E. Frisbie, 1968
  • Alvin O. Laaperi, 1969
  • Donald E. Plimpton, 1970
  • Richard T. Gill, 1971
  • Robert E. Hoxie, 1972
  • Adam L. Y. Murray, 1973
  • Wilbur F. Porter, Jr., 1974
  • Clinton T. Jenkins, 1975
  • Ward C. Benson, Jr., 1976
  • Robert E. Godbout, Jr., 1977
  • Charles R. Roth, 1978
  • Robert Titterington, 1979
  • Robert W. Morse, 1980
  • Douglas E. Wales, 1981
  • Gregory S. Manoogian, 1982
  • John Raczkowski, 1983
  • Ward C. Benson, Jr., 1984
  • Robert W. Finlay, Sr., 1985
  • Donald L. Green, 1986
  • Robert E. Kellstrand, 1987, 1997
  • Robert R. Bruce, 1988
  • James M. Gordon, 1989
  • Robert A. McDougall, 1990, 2003
  • Joseph C. Livrago, 1991
  • Stanton G. Thorp, 1992
  • Richard C. Austin, 1993, 1994
  • Ronald G. Green, 1995, 1996
  • Richard J. Duhaine, 1998; PDDGM
  • Gordon R. Andrews, 1999
  • George E. Noon, 2000
  • Douglas W. Noon, 2001
  • Walter L. Miller, 2002
  • Craig A. Erickson, 2004, 2009, 2010
  • William W. Scott, 2005
  • Steven F. Shedd, 2006, 2007
  • Fred L. Packard, 2008
  • Lars W. Johnson, 2011
  • Andrew C. Duhaine, 2012

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

  • Petition for Dispensation: 1869
  • Petition for Charter: 1870

ANNIVERSARIES

  • 1920 (50th Anniversary)
  • 1945 (75th Anniversary)
  • 1970 (Centenary)
  • 1995 (125th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

BY-LAW CHANGES

1878 1882 1884 1894 1901 1909 1913 1921 1927 1933 1941 1943 1949 1958 1969 1970 1971 1979 1985 1993 1998 2008 2012

HISTORY

  • 1920 (50th Anniversary History, 1920-311)
  • 1945 (75th Anniversary History, 1945-295)
  • 1970 (Centenary History, 1970-415)
  • 1995 (125th Anniversary History, 1995-232)

OTHER

  • 1906 Participation in Whitman cornerstone laying, 1906-127)
  • 1987 Participation in mortgage burning, 1987-117)
  • 1992 Participation in 10th Anniversary of Tri-Town Temple, 1992-45)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS


DISTRICTS

1869: District 16 (Plymouth)

1883: District 24 (Brockton)

1911: District 29 (Brockton)

1927: District 29 (Brockton)

2003: District 17


LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges