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ROSE OF SHARON LODGE
Location: Worcester; Charlton (1993)
Chartered By: Frank L. Simpson
Charter Date: 09/12/1928 1928-250
Restored as of 04/17/1993; Reported on 06/09/1993: 1993-52.
Precedence Date: 12/12/1927
Current Status: merged with Morning Star Lodge, 07/15/1974; restored and active at the Masonic Home.
PAST MASTERS
- Rolland R. Greenwood, 1928
- George D. Robertson, 1929
- John Clayton, 1930
- W. H. Smiley Kingsbury, 1931; Mem
- Arthur E. Fairbanks, 1932; N
- Harold H. MacGilpin, 1933
- Arthur C. Glass, 1934
- Donald G. Mix, 1935
- Fred E. Churchill, 1936
- John A. Jewell, 1937; N
- Albert H. Woodward, 1938
- Arthur D. Hatch, 1939
- Amos P. Clarkson, 1940
- Joseph B. Shaw, 1941
- Herbert P. Sawtell, 1942
- C. Warren Page, 1943
- George E. Mosher, 1944
- Will A. Gray, 1945; N
- Myron F. Converse, 1946
- J. William Shaw, 1947
- John W. Fellows, 1948
- Leslie B. Goff, 1949
- Welcome G. Burbank, 1950
- Edward A. Sawtell, 1951
- Francis H. Jones, 1952
- Frederick J. Underwood, 1953
- Arnold R. Shaw, 1954; N
- Paul H. Marshall, 1955
- Kenneth K. Williams, 1956
- Ralph E. Quimby, 1957, 1958; N
- Melvin T. Rafuse, 1959, 1972
- Walter H. Gibbs, 1960
- William D. Dugard, 1961
- Laurie L. Palmer, 1962
- James B. Denholm, 1963
- Richard S. Mosher, 1964
- William G. Lowe, 1965
- James D. Graham, 1966, 1967
- Bruce Edwin Neilson, 1968
- G. Edwin Mosher, Jr., 1969, 1971
- Tore S. Groening, 1970
- Clifton B. Curtis, 1973
- Alden R. Tilander, 1974
After Restoration of Charter
- Edgar W. Darling, 1993-1996
- John W. Hanson, 1997
- Herbert F. Johnson, 1998, 1999
- David P. Cerasoli, 2000, 2001
- Theodore E. Cooledge, 2002, 2003
- Mark S. Watson, 2004, 2005 PDDGM
- Paul R. Hatch, 2006
- James A. Gates, Jr., 2007
- Richard J. Stewart, 2008 GM
- Keith H. Krewson, 2009-2011
- Christopher A. Ives, 2012
REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
- Petition for Dispensation: 1927
- Petition for Charter: 1928
- Consolidation Petition (with Morning Star Lodge): 1974
- Petition for Restoration of Charter: 1993
ANNIVERSARIES
- 1952 (25th Anniversary)
VISITS BY GRAND MASTER
- 1928 (Simpson; Constitution of Lodge and installation; Special Communication)
- 1952 (Roy; 25th Anniversary)
- 1967 (Booth; reception for Deputy Grand Master John A. Jewell)
- 1974 (Vose; Consolidation; Special Communication)
- 2008 (Pageau)
- 2011 (Stewart; 4 visits)
BY-LAW CHANGES
HISTORY
- 1943 (Notes on the lodge's founding in the 1943 history of Morning Star Lodge, 1943-139)
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- Theodore E. Cooledge, DDGM, District 33 (Springfield), 1989, 1990; Deputy Grand Master 1992
- Edgar W. Darling, DDGM, District 18 (Chicopee), 1974, 1975; Junior Grand Warden 1979, Grand Master 1990-1992
- Arthur E. Fairbanks, DDGM, District 20 (Milford), 1910; District 23 (Milford), 1911; N
- Leslie B. Goff, DDGM, District 21 (Brookfield), 1956, 1957; N
- Will A. Gray, DDGM, District 21 (Brookfield), 1931, 1932, 1933; N
- John W. Hanson, Senior Grand Warden 1993
- John A. Jewell, DDGM, District 21 (Brookfield), 1940, 1941; Deputy Grand Master 1967; N
- W. H. Smiley Kingsbury, DDGM, District 21 (Brookfield), 1929, 1930; Memorial
- Ralph E. Quimby, District 21 (Brookfield), 1970, 1971; N
- George D. Robertson, District 21 (Brookfield), 1942, 1943; N
- Arnold R. Shaw, District 21 (Brookfield), 1986, 1987; N
- Richard J. Stewart, Deputy Grand Master 1991, Grand Master 2011-2013
- Mark S. Watson, DDGM, District 20 (Blackstone), 2001, 2002
DISTRICTS
1927: District 21 (Brookfield)
1993: District 21 (Brookfield)
