Somerville

SOMERVILLE LODGE

Location: Somerville; Woburn ( )

Chartered By: Everett C. Benton

Charter Date: 09/10/1913 1913-161

Precedence Date: 12/07/1912

Current Status: Active

PAST MASTERS

Frederick W. Hamilton, 1912
Albion B. Libby, 1913
Alfredda R. Hersam, 1914, 1915
Clifford S Crosby, 1916
Arthur E. Keating, 1917
Frederick E. Moore, 1918
Frank W. Seabury, 1919
Walter I. Fuller, 1920
Theodore H. Chapin, 1921
Alvan G. Sleeper, 1922
George J. Rauh, 1923
Paul E. Dutelle, 1924
J. Arthur Gibson, 1925; N
Leonard F. Hall, 1926
J. William Fielding, 1927
Robert P. Jackson, 1928
William H Graves, 1929
George O. Nelson, 1930
T. Walter Sharp, 1931
Stanley W. Wilson, 1932; N
Walter C. Smith, 1933
Lester S. Daniels, 1934
Walter L. Tufts, 1935
Harold M. Jones, 1936
Norman A. Ray, 1937; N
Herbert E. Brown, 1938
Hiram N. Dearborn, 1939
Howard A. Gray, 1940; N
Harold A. Larsen, 1941
Albert L. Pearson, 1942
William H. Knox, 1943
Charles E. Gould, 1944
Lawrence L. Loveu, 1945
Earl W. Edwards, 1946
Bayfield Linkletter, 1947
Richard J. Cuinlitte, 1948
Wilbur D. Fenn, 1949
Steaarns E Crosbie, Jr., 1950
Frederick B. Howland, 1951
P. Russel Foster, 1952
Edward L. Conn, 1953
Emil Scavito, 1954
Edward A. Price, 1955; SN
Herbert W. Hudson, 1956
Carl K. Torossian, 1957, 1994
Ivan B. Walsh, 1958
Charles Yassemedis, 1959
Thomas Steel, Jr., 1960
Francis G. MacDonald, 1961
James P. Morrison, 1962
Frank A. Eastman, 1963
Stanley L. Home, 1964
Gilbert R. Foster, 1965
Harry E. Plumer, 1966
Robert Hutchins, 1967
Robert Johnston, 1968, 2002
William G. Manchester, 1969, 1991; N
Paul F. Alexander, 1970
John R. McKenzie, 1971
Frederick L. Tibbetts, 1972, 1993, 2003
Alfred W. Bond, 1973
Herbert W. Mower, 1974; PDDGM
Donald A. Coutoumas, 1975, 1985, 2006
Robert L. Goodwin, Jr., 1976, 1990
Robert F. Doherty, 1977, 1997
William E. Morrissey, 1978
Llewellyn Green, 1979, 1995, 1999
Barry C. Parsons, 1980
Robert J. McNary, 1981, 1989; PDDGM
Arthur G. Costa, 1982, 1992
Viriato J. Ferreira, 1983
Frank J. DeMattia, 1984
R. Steven Shankle, 1986
Frank R. Ricardo, 1987
Jack M. Crivello, 1988
Carl K. Torossian, 1994
John R. Cannon, Jr., 1996, 2000, 2001
John S. Patterson, 1998
Richard S. Nicholas, 2004
Johnny S. Dalrymple, 2005, 2011
David B. Olson, 2007
Richard S. Nicholas, 2008
Robert S. Trahey, Jr., 2009
Jeffrey A. Northrup, 2010, 2012

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1912
Petition for Charter: 1913

ANNIVERSARIES

1937 (25th Anniversary)
1962 (50th Anniversary)
1987 (75th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1913 (Benton; Constitution of Lodge and installation; Special Communication)
1917 (L. Abbott; Hall dedication; Special Communication)
1922 (Prince)
1935 (Allen; reception for Senior Grand Warden J. Arthur Gibson)
1937 (Allen; 25th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1945 (Wragg; reception for Deputy Grand Master Stanley W. Wilson)
1948 (Keith; reception for Deputy Grand Master [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLEHamilton Eugene B. Hamilton)
1952 (Roy; 2 visits; Bicentennial of Washington's initiation, Special Communication; reception for Senior Grand Warden Norman A. Ray)
1962 (Eaton; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1965 (Osgood; installation; hall dedication; Special Communication)
1973 (Vose)
1983 (Berquist; 3 visits, including reception for Junior Grand Warden Robert Johnston)
1987 (Ames; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1989 (Ames; reception for Junior Grand Warden William G. Manchester)
1996 (A. Johnson; reception for Junior Grand Warden Robert F. Doherty)
1997 (A. Johnson; installation)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1917 1926 1930 1931 1938 1940 1949 1957 1961 1974 1976 1979 1981 2000 2008 2010 2011

HISTORY

1937 (25th Anniversary History, 1937-198)
1962 (50th Anniversary History, 1962-192)
1987 (50th Anniversary History, 1987-107)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Robert F. Doherty, DDGM, District 6 (Arlington), 1987, 1988; Junior Grand Warden 1996
J. Arthur Gibson, DDGM, District 6 (Arlington), 1929, 1930; Senior Grand Warden 1935; N
Howard A. Gray, DDGM, District 6 (Arlington), 1951, 1952; N
Frederick W. Hamilton, Deputy Grand Master 1915; Grand Secretary 1915-1940; Honorary Past Grand Master 1935-1940
Robert Johnston, DDGM, District 6 (Arlington), 1971, 1972; Junior Grand Warden 1983
William G. Manchester, DDGM, District 2 (Cambridge), 1984, 1985; Junior Grand Warden 1989; N
Robert McNary, DDGM, District 6 (Arlington), 2001, 2002
Herbert R. Mower, DDGM, District 3, 2005, 2006
Edward A. Price, DDGM, District 6 (Arlington), 1965, 1966; SN
Norman A. Ray, DDGM, District 6 (Arlington), 1941, 1942; Senior Grand Warden 1952; N
Stanley W. Wilson, DDGM, District 6 (Arlington), 1935, 1936; Deputy Grand Master 1945; N