Rural

RURAL LODGE

Location: Randolph; Quincy (1803)

Chartered By: Samuel Dunn

Charter Date: 06/08/1801 II-185

Precedence Date: 06/08/1801

Current Status: Active

NOTES

PAST MASTERS

William P. Whiting†, 1801, 1802
Joshua Niles†, 1803
Jonathan Wates, Jr., 1803-1805
Lemuel Brackett, 1806, 1807
Samuel Savit, 1808-1810, 1817-1819
Elisha Marsh, 1811-1816, 1820-1823
Jonathan Marsh†, 1824, 1825, 1830
Elisha Turner†, 1826
John Whitney, 1827, 1828
Josiah J. Brigham†, 1829
John Sayil, 1831-1834
DARK 1834-1853
Lemuel Dwelle, 1853-1855
Charles Breck, 1856-1858
Benjamin Merservey, 1859, 1860
Henry M. Saville, 1861, 1862
Edwin S. Bradford, 1863
Nathaniel H. Hunt, 1864, 1865
Levi Stearns, Jr., 1866, 1867
Stephen S. Bradford, 1868, 1869
Henry T. Horne, 1870-1872
E. W. H. Bass, 1873-1875
William G. Sheen, 1876-1878
Fred L. Jones, 1879-1881
Albert A. Brackett, 1882, 1883
George S. Paterson, 1884, 1885
Henry O. Fairbanks, 1886, 1887; SN
Charles A. Pitkin, 1888, 1889
Emery L. Crane, 1890
Charles L. Hammond, 1891, 1892
Charles W. Hollis, 1893, 1894
Joseph L. Whiton, 1896
Henry L. Kincaide, 1897, 1898
William H. Whitney, 1899
Frank W. Brett, 1900, 1901
Herbert F. Pierce, 1902, 1903
Joseph P. Prout, 1904, 1905
Albert M. Parker, 1906, 1907
Charles Sampson, 1908
Hartley L. White, 1909, 1910; SN
Frank A. Reed, 1911, 1912
H. Everett Crane, 1913, 1914; SN
Frederic E. Tupper, 1915
Henry P. Hayward, 1916, 1917
Walter E. Piper, 1918, 1919
Albert E. Sargent, 1920, 1921
Samuel T. MacQuarrie, 1922; N
W. N. Stetson, Jr., 1923
Edward P. Smith, 1924
Roy Prout, 1925; N
William Cantley, 1926
Edward L. Mitchell, Jr., 1927
Philip H. Martin, 1928
C. Abbott Johnson, 1929
Charles A. Hales, 1930, 1931
Charles F. Sargent, 1932
Charles W. Moreton, 1933
Raymond C. Warmington, 1934; N
Ralph W. Lakin, 1935
Walter E. Simmons, 1936
John E. Walsh, 1937
George B. Greer, 1938
William J. Owens, 1939
Frederick G. Spencer, 1940
Arthur C. Porter, 1941
Gordon S. Troupe, 1942
Irvin B. Gifford, 1943; N
Carl G. Viden, 1944
Albert R. Pearson, 1945
Allan W. Cole, 1946
Toivo Tuori, 1947
Carroll L. Cheverie, 1948
Charles D. Hervey, 1949
Clarence P. Hobson, 1950
O. Wendell Rogers, 1951
Joseph H. Littlewood, 1952
Howard S. Willard, 1953
William Rowe, 1954
Kendall F. Mills, 1955
Herbert A. Hutchins, 1956
Arthur S. Hall, 1957
H. Kenneth Hudson, 1958
Samuel Cowling, 1959
Kenneth B. Howe, 1960
John H. Grant, 1961
Wallace R. McPhee, 1962
R. D. Morrison, Jr., 1963
Walter E. H. Ebersteen, 1964
Sulo W. Tuori, 1965
H. Paul Vickers, 1966
Herbert D. Bell, 1967
Aldo Cugini, 1968, 1988
William J. Souden, 1969
C. Murray Pendleton, 1970, 1985; N
Robert A. Gentry, 1971
William C. Edwards, Jr., 1972
Douglas S. Gordon, 1973
Robert D. Parry, 1974
William E. Scott, 1975
Carl O. Widman, 1976
Walter E. Martinson, 1977, 1978
Robert W. Stark, Sr., 1979, 1983; N
John E. Johnson, 1980
John J. Mullaney, Jr., 1981 died in office
John W. Sutterley, 1982, 2001; PDDGM
Curtis M. Gifford, 1984; SN
Richmond P. Carlson, 1986, 1993; PDDGM
Chester W. French, Jr., 1987, 1994
Harry A. Johnson, 1989, 1996
Roy O. Widman, 1990
David H. Smith, 1991, 1992, 1995, 2003, 2005
H. Alan Johnson, 1997
Donald R. Mallett, 1998, 1999
Robert L. Scott, 2000
Richard A. Burke, Sr., 2002
David S. Elsner, 2004
Ronald L. McKim, 2006
Stephen D. Whitmore, 2007
Darrell P. Rhodes, 2008
William S. McFadden, 2009
H. Robert Huke, IV, 2010, 2012
Matthew P. Piper, 2011
Stephen E. Beatty, 2012
Jacob T. Yanovich, 2013

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Charter: 1801
Petition for Restoration of Charter: 1853
Consolidation Petition (with Wollaston Lodge): 2003

ANNIVERSARIES

1901 (Centenary)
1926 (125th Anniversary)
1951 (150th Anniversary)
1976 (175th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1804 (Thomas; Consecration and installation; Special Communication)
1876 (Everett; Dedication of apartments)
1882 (Lawrence; Dedication of Crane Memorial Hall and Public Library; Special Communication)
1892 (Wells)
1901 (Gallagher; Centennial; Special Communication)
1904 (Sanford; Hall dedication; Special Communication)
1926 (Simpson; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1930 (H. Dean; 2 visits)
1947 (Wragg; reception for Deputy Grand Master Raymond C. Warmington)
1951 (Roy; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1956 (W. Johnson)
1966 (Booth)
1968 (Booth; installation)
1976 (Maxwell; 2 visits, including 175th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1977 (Maxwell)
1979 (Melanson)
1982 (Berquist)
1984 (Richardson)
1987 (Ames)
1990 (Darling; mortgage burning; Special Communication)
1996 (A. Johnson)
2001 (Bauer; 200th Anniversary; Special Communication)
2004 (Hicks; Consolidation; Special Communication)
2007 (Hodgdon)
2009 (Pageau)
2010 (Pageau; installation)
2012 (Stewart)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1874 1882 1887 1888 1891 1904 1907 1908 1922 1925 1929 1936 1941 1942 1943 1945 1950 1954 1957 1965 1971 1980 1983 2007 2012

HISTORY

1926 (125th Anniversary History, 1926-279)
1951 (150th Anniversary History, 1951-148)
1976 (175th Anniversary History, 1976-206)
2001 (200th Anniversary History, 2001-37)

OTHER

1803 (Permission to remove to Quincy granted, II-231)
1854 (Lodge granted a "note of hand" by Grand Lodge, V-507)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Richmond P. Carlson, DDGM, District 8, 2010, 2011
H. Everett Crane, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1918, 1919; SN
David S. Elsner, DDGM, District 8, 2006, 2007
Henry O. Fairbanks, DDGM, District 24 (Brockton), 1889, 1890; SN
Curtis M. Gifford, DDGM, District 2 (Cambridge), 1980-1981; SN
Irvin B. Gifford, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1961, 1962; N
Samuel T. MacQuarrie, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1924, 1925; N
C. Murray Pendleton, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1979, 1980; N
Lawrence E. Piper, Jr., DDGM, District 8, 2008, 2009
Roy Prout, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1930, 1931; N
Robert W. Stark, Sr., DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1997, 1998; N
John W. Sutterley, DDGM, District 28 (Taunton), 2002; District 8, 2003
Raymond C. Warmington, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1943, 1944; Deputy Grand Master 1947; N
Hartley L. White, DDGM, District 24 (Brockton), 1910; District 26 (Quincy), 1911, 1912; SN