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UNITED BRETHREN LODGE

Location: Marlborough

Chartered By: Winslow Lewis

Charter Date: 09/12/1860 VI-322

Precedence Date: 11/24/1859

Current Status: Active

St. Bernard's Lodge merged into this lodge, 04/27/1996.

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REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1859
• Petition for Charter: 1860
• Consolidation Petition (with St. Bernard's Lodge): 1995

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1909 (50th Anniversary)
• 1934 (75th Anniversary)
• 1959 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1860 (Lewis; Constitution of Lodge and Hall dedication)
• 1880 (Welch)
• 1882 (Lawrence; address on commutation)
• 1885 (Howland; Hall dedication)
• 1892 (Wells; Hall dedication)
• 1909 (Wells; 50th Anniversary)
• 1912 (Benton)
• 1917 (Abbott)
• 1927 (Simpson; Veterans' Night)
• 1934 (Deputy Grand Master Schaefer; 75th Anniversary)
• 1952 (Roy; 24th District Meeting)
• 1959 (A. Jenkins; Centenary)
• 1977 (Maxwell; Cornerstone and hall dedication)
• 1980 (Melanson)
• 1981 (Melanson; reception for Junior Grand Warden Fred F. Sleeper)
• 1990 (Darling; reception for Deputy Grand Master Richard E. Johnson)
• 1994 (Lovering)
• 1996 (A. Johnson; consolidation with St. Bernard's Lodge)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1870 1882 1888 1892 1902 1904 1909 1913 1920 1921 1923 1939 1953 1959 1960 1965 1966 1972 1973 1974 1979 1983 1988 1991 1992 1996

HISTORY

• 1934 (75th Anniversary History, 1934-169)
• 1959 (Centenary History, 1959-247)

OTHER

• 1883 (Granting of a replacement charter for one destroyed by fire)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• George R. Hall, DDGM, District 21 (Framingham), 1910; DDGM, District 24 (Marlborough), 1911, 1912; Memorial
• G. Otis Adams, DDGM, District 24 (Marlborough), 1915, 1916; SN
• Winfield Temple, DDGM, District 24 (Marlborough), 1927, 1928; Senior Grand Warden, 1931
• Walter L. Huntington, DDGM, District 24 (Marlborough), 1937, 1938; N
• William H. Wright, DDGM, District 24 (Marlborough), 1947, 1948; N
• Fred F. Sleeper, DDGM, District 24 (Marlborough), 1967, 1968; Junior Grand Warden 1981; N
• Richard E. Johnson, DDGM, District 24 (Marlborough), 1986, 1987; Deputy Grand Master 1990
• Walter A. Vickers, DDGM, District 24 (Marlborough), 1992, 1993
• Alexander D. Campbell, DDGM, District 24 (Marlborough), 1998, 1999; Junior Grand Warden 2008
• Peter J. Simmons, DDGM, District 15, 2005, 2006
• Robert K. Jessee, DDGM, District 15 North, 2011, 2012

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DISTRICTS

1867: District 11 (Worcester)

1883: District 21 (Framingham)

1911: District 24 (Marlborough)

1927: District 24 (Marlborough)

2003: District 15

2009: District 15 North

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LINKS

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