Springfield

SPRINGFIELD LODGE

Location: Springfield

Chartered By: Edwin B. Holmes

Charter Date: 03/13/1895 1895-44

Precedence Date: 05/16/1894

Current Status: in Grand Lodge Vault. Merged into Newton Lodge, 06/15/2002 (now Wilbraham Masonic Lodge.)

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PAST MASTERS

• Harry W. Haskins, 1894; SN
• Lewis C. Hyde, 1895
• Edward H. Hall, 1896
• Walter G. Morse, 1897
• Robert F. Warren, 1898
• Charles A. Stone, 1899
• John G. Maxfield, 1900
• Harry L. Norton, 1901
• Franklin A. Lorimer, 1902
• George F. Borden, 1903
• Bloomfield H. Dayton, 1904
• Warren P. Underwood, 1905
• D. Edward Miller, 1906
• Horace D. Litches, 1907
• George L. Fenn, 1908; SN
• Ralph L. Mann, 1909
• Gurdon W. Gordon, 1910; N
• Cummings L. Lorthrop, 1911
• Charles A. Hammond, 1912
• John E. Hall, 1913
• Lester E. Henrick, 1914
• A. Liton Bausman, 1915
• Ralph N. Fowler, 1916
• Edward G. Marshman, 1917; SN
• Robert J. Brice, 1918
• George S. Perkins, 1919
• Raymond R. Ball, 1920
• H. Greeley Randall, 1921
• Edward F. Secraft, 1922
• Arthur L. Foss, 1923
• William H. Hobard, 1924
• Harold E. Hartwell, 1925; N
• Cornelius S. Herbut, 1926
• Benjamin L. Bragg, 1927
• Leroy C. Cushman, 1928
• Donald McClench, 1929
• Robert B. Warner, 1930; N
• Chester W. Allen, 1931
• Warren D. Kinsman, 1932
• William W. Yerrall, 1933; N
• Earl H. Wright, 1934
• Albert F. Steeves, 1935
• Ralph E. French, 1936
• Erick C. Erickson, 1937
• Linwood B. Regan, 1938
• Malcolm B. Ross, 1939
• Russell B. Packard, 1940
• Elwin C. Hubbard, 1941
• Fred A. Cummings, 1942
• Murdo A. MacLeod, 1943
• Horace V. Weske, 1944
• Arthur W. Erickson, 1945
• Howard J. Smith, 1946
• Hector J. E. Lessier, 1947
• Howard A. Wheeler, 1948
• Leon H. Hutchins, 1949; N
• Charles E. Hammond, 1950
• Walter E. Anderson, 1951
• Ernest R. Hanford, 1952
• Granford W. Bull, 1953
• Ernest E. Remmillard, 1954
• J. Paul Sturtivant, 1955
• Litton W. Powell, 1956
• J. Kenneth Alexander, 1957
• Bruce A. Stephens, 1958
• Leslie F. Walker, 1959
• Stanley P. Mastak, 1960
• Theodore J. DeGrace, 1961
• Edward M. Avery, Jr., 1962; N
• Glenwood A. Barger, 1963
• Walter E. Rossmeisel, 1964
• Charles P. Sandbrook, 1965
• Robert S. Langford, 1966
• Robert M. Bullivant, 1967
• Richard W. Thies, 1968
• Domingos Travis, 1969
• Ezra DeDoux, 1970
• Stanley S. Walkowicz, 1971
• Leonard A. Frodette, 1972
• Robert W. Clarke, 1973
• Jack Metcalf, 1974
• Myron G. Swain, 1975; PDDGM
• Elliott L. Buxton, 1976, 1979
• Robert E. Reed, 1977, 1978
• Robert C. Ropsys, 1980, 1983
• Edward M. Avery, III, 1981
• R. Taylor Carr, 1982
• James Alexander, 1984, 1985
• Derrick C. Powell, 1986
• Joseph H. Taylor, Sr., 1987
• Edward R. Sanderson, 1988-1990, 1994
• David A. Buchanan, 1991, 1992
• James A. Alexander, 1993
• Robert W. Sanderson, 1995, 1996
• Edward R. Sanderson, Jr., 1997-2002

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1894 not listed in Proceedings
• Petition for Charter: 1895
• Consolidation Petition (with Newton Lodge): 2002

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1899 (5th Anniversary)
• 1920 (25th Anniversary)
• 1945 (50th Anniversary)
• 1970 (75th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1895 (Holmes; Constitution of Lodge and installation)
• 1899 (Hutchinson; 5th Anniversary)
• 1900 (Gallagher)
• 1903 (Sanford)
• 1907 (Blake)
• 1908 (Blake)
• 1911 (Flanders)
• 1913 (Benton)
• 1916 (M. Johnson)
• 1919 (L. Abbott)
• 1920 (Prince; 25th Anniversary)
• 1922 (Prince)
• 1936 (Allen; reception for Junior Grand Warden H. Greeley Randall)
• 1938 (Perry; 2 visits, including reception for Deputy Grand Master Gurdon W. Gordon)
• 1945 (Wragg; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1970 (Jaynes; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1991 (Darling)
• 1995 (Lovering; reception for Junior Grand Warden Robert W. Clarke)
• 2002 (Hicks; Consolidation; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1895 1901 1902 1906 1908 1911 1912 1919 1924 1926 1927 1940 1948 1949 1952 1957 1958 1966 1969 1972 1975 1976 1977 1982 1991

HISTORY

• 1945 (50th Anniversary History, 1945-90)
• 1970 (75th Anniversary History, 1970-113)

OTHER

• 1936 (Reduction of fees authorized, 1936-38)

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GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Edward M. Avery, Jr., DDGM, District 18 (Springfield), 1978, 1979; N
• Robert W. Clarke, DDGM, District 18 (Springfield), 1986, 1987; Junior Grand Warden 1995
• George L. Fenn, DDGM, District 18 (Springfield), 1919, 1920; SN
• Gurdon W. Gordon, DDGM, District 18 (Springfield), 1915, 1916; Deputy Grand Master 1938; N
• Harold E. Hartwell, DDGM, District 18 (Springfield), 1932, 1933; N
• Harry W. Haskins, DDGM, District 16 (Chicopee), 1901; District 16 (Springfield), 1902; SN
• Leon H. Hutchins, DDGM, District 18 (Springfield), 1962, 1963; N
• Edward G. Marshman, DDGM, District 18 (Springfield), 1923, 1924; SN
• D. Edward Miller, DDGM, District 18 (Springfield), 1911, 1912; Senior Grand Warden 1918
• H. Greeley Randall, DDGM, District 18 (Springfield), 1925, 1926; District 18 (Springfield), 1927; Junior Grand Warden 1936
• Myron G. Swain, DDGM, District 18 (Springfield), 1998, 1999
• Robert B. Warner, DDGM, District 18 (Springfield), 1934, 1935; N
• William W. Yerrall, DDGM, District 18 (Springfield), 1946, 1947; N

DISTRICTS

1894: District 16 (Chicopee)

1902: District 16 (Springfield)

1911: District 18 (Springfield)

1927: District 18 (Springfield)

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LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges

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