Soley

SOLEY LODGE

Location: Somerville; Lincoln (1960)

Chartered By: Charles A. Welch

Charter Date: 03/10/1880 1880-51

Precedence Date: 04/02/1879

Current Status: in Grand Lodge Vault; merged with Joseph Warren to form Joseph Warren-Soley Lodge, 01/25/1983.

Horace P. Hemenway, 1879, 1880 (UD)
John Viall, 1880, 1881
J. Foster Clark, 1882, 1883
Charles H. Crane, 1884, 1885; SN
John F. Cole, 1886, 1887
Amasa E. Southworth, 1888, 1889
James F. Beard, 1890, 1891; Memorial
George W. Perkins, 1892, 1893
J. Walter Sanborn, 1894, 1895
William H. Woodbury, 1896, 1897
Albion H. Libbey, 1898, 1899
Charles S. Soule, 1900, 1901; Memorial
Joseph H. Murphy, 1902, 1903
William H. Cushman, 1904, 1905
Paul S. Burns, 1906, 1907; Memorial
Arthur T. Cummings, 1908, 1909
Elward B. Ladd, 1910, 1911
Edmund W. Curtis, 1912, 1913
Clarence A. Russell, 1914, 1915
John A. Avery, 1916, 1917; Memorial
Frank E. Porter, 1918, 1919
Fred L. Moses, 1920, 1921
Richard F. Churchill, 1922, 1923
Charles E. Cole, 1924, 1925
Albet R. Partridge, 1926, 1927
Charles J. VanCor, 1928, 1929
Alton A. Linnell, 1930, 1931
Stephen C. Lang, 1932, 1933
Charles C. Grimmons, 1934, 1935
Irving Taylor, 1936, 1937
Alfred C. Walton, 1938, 1939
Willis H. Doe, 1940, 1941
Herbert L. Tuttle, 1942, 1943
Earle W. Perkins, 1944
James E. Luke, 1945
Robert A. Frazier, 1946, 1947
Charles D. Coyle, 1948, 1949
Reginald I. Bateman, 1950
George W. Brigham, 1951
John E. Eliott, 1952
John H. Tomfohrde, 1953
John Pollock, Jr., 1954
Walter F. Woker, 1955, 1978
Llewellyn F. Ralston, 1956
Ralph W. Nogrady, 1957
James E. Luke, Jr., 1958
Arthur J. Williams, 1959, 1960
Alfred C. Walton, 1961
Joseph J. Yannizze, 1962
Harold E. Lawson, 1963
John W. Barber, Jr., 1964
Thomas E. Bates, 1965
Harold B. Knowles, Jr., 1966
Lincoln C. Lawrence, 1967
Donald L. Dawes, 1968
Stanley J. Moszka, 1969
Henry B. Castellon, 1970
Lorne E. O'Keefe, 1971
Steven W. Ziegler, 1972, 1977
Joseph Dodd, 1973, 1974
Rene E. Arnaud, Sr., 1975
David L. Geoffrion, 1976
Lloyd M. Perry, 1979, 1980
Raymond W. Howe, 1981
Kenneth J. Ray, 1982

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1879
Petition for Charter: 1880
Consolidation Petition (with Joseph Warren Lodge): 1982

ANNIVERSARIES

1899 (20th Anniversary)
1904 (25th Anniversary)
1929 (50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1954 (75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1979 (Centenary; Special Communication)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1880 (Welch; Constitution of Lodge and installation; Special Communication)
1888 (Endicott; Dedication of Somerville Masonic Hall; Special Communication)
1888 (Wells)
1898 (Hutchinson)
1899 (Hutchinson; 2 visits, including 20th Anniversary)
1901 (Gallagher)
1904 (Sanford; 25th Anniversary)
1908 (Blake; cornerstone laying of Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Somerville)
1909 (Flanders)
1912 (Benton)
1914 (M. Johnson)
1916 (M. Johnson)
1919 (L. Abbott)
1921 (Prince)
1927 (Simpson)
1928 (Simpson; Veterans' Night)
1929 (H. Dean; 50th Anniversary)
1937 (Allen; reception for Senior Grand Deacon Charles O. Grimmons)
1947 (Wragg)
1954 (W. Johnson; 75th Anniversary)
1960 (Eaton; dedication of hall in Lincoln)
1967 (Booth; at Juniper Hall)
1979 ([1]; Centenary and Hall Dedication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1880 1881 1888 1896 1898 1905 1912 1918 1925 1931 1938 1947 1949 1952 1967 1968 1971 1979 1980

HISTORY

1929 (50th Anniversary History, 1929-72)
1954 (75th Anniversary History, 1954-61)
1979 (Centenary History, 1979-54)

OTHER

1922 (Petition to reduce fees to conform to a uniform rate established by the lodges in Somerville; approved.)
1952 (Somerville parade to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Washington's initiation)
1960 (Petition to remove to Lincoln; granted)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

John A. Avery, DDGM, District 6 (Somerville), 1925, 1926; Memorial
James F. Beard, Grand Lodge Auditor; Memorial
Paul S. Burns, DDGM, District 6 (Somerville), 1915, 1916; Memorial
Charles H. Crane, DDGM, District 6 (Somerville), 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889; SN
Fred L. Moses, DDGM, District 6 (Somerville), 1923, 1924; Senior Grand Warden 1928
Charles S. Soule, DDGM, District 6 (Somerville), 1902, 1903; Memorial