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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.
Doric Lodge merged into this lodge, 05/13/2003.

PAST MASTERS

Alexander C. Felton, 1859, 1860
Burleigh Morse, 1861-1863, 1866
Samuel J. Shaw, 1864
W. E. C. Worcester, 1865
George N. Cate, 1867, 1874
George H. Adams, 1868-1871
William S. Frost, 1872, 1873
Lewis I. Hapgood, 1875
George H. Whitney, 1876-1879
Benjamin F. Greeley, 1880, 1881, 1882, 1885
Frederic J. Jewett, 1883, 1884
Edwin A. Evans, 1886-1888
J. Francis Child, 1889, 1890
George E. Stacy, 1891, 1892; SN
George B. Copeland, 1893, 1894
George R. Hall, 1895, 1896; Mem
Charles H. Stevens, 1897, 1898
Edward E. Allen, 1899, 1900
John L. Stone, 1901, 1902
Clifton F. Whitney, 1903, 1904
Stillman R. Stevens, 1905, 1906
C. Lester Bartlett, 1907, 1908
G. Otis Adams, 1909, 1910; SN
Charles S. Thomson, 1911, 1912
William H. Witherbee, 1913, 1914
Leroy M. Craig, 1915
Eugene Closson, 1916, 1917
William H. Trull, 1918
Charles G. Swenson, 1919, 1920
Walter E. Fiske, 1921
Ernest A. Larrabee, 1922
Fred A. Hunter, 1923
Winfield Temple, 1924, 1925; PDDGM
Lyman W. Evans, 1926
Everett L. Angier, 1927
Thomas Kenney, 1928
Edward F. Craig, 1929
Harry F. Morse, 1930
William H. Wright, 1931; N
Bradford P. Cutler, 1932, 33
Walter L. Huntington, 1934; N
John N. Lowell, 1935
Lionel A. Cahill, 1936
Herbert A. McKenzie, 1937
Walter A. Hollis, 1938
Robert E. Howe, 1939
Guy Sargent, 1940
Kenneth E. Post, 1941
Lambert H. Bigelow, 1942
Gunnar V. Johnson, 1943
Richard S. Temple, 1944; SN
Almon H. Crossman, 1945
Edward F. Bigelow, 1946
Theophile Goudreau, 1947
Wendell H. Williams, 1948
John Cummings, 1949
Henry Martin, 1950
George L. Cunningham, 1951
Charles E. Clayton, 1952
Valmore D. Morris, 1953
Robert H. Hastings, 1954
Gordon P. Hamilton, 1955
John M. Schleyer, Jr., 1956
Fred F. Sleeper, 1957; N
Frank R. Staniunas, 1958
William E. Moriarty, 1959
Ernest W. Carr, 1960
James M. Weeks, Jr., 1961
George Pantelopoulos, 1962
Alden W. Pomeroy, 1963
Arthur D. Marsh, 1964
Arthur F. Whittemore, 1965
Robert T. Goudreau, 1966
Frank H. Foss, 1967; PDDGM
Robert W. Bailey, 1968
Asa K. Moody, 1969
V. Joseph Aykanian, 1970
Carl E. Headberg, 1971
James T. Karzes, 1972
Arthur A. Pratt, Jr., 1973
Alvin Kramer, 1974
Leon S. Barsamian, 1975
Murad Mooradian, 1976
Lee T. Whittemore, 1977
Robert F. Jones, 1978
Richard S. Corrinne, 1979
A. Keith Piper, 1980
Walter Demoorjian, 1981
William M. Streeton, Jr., 1982
Richard E. Johnson, 1983; PDDGM
William C. Carr, 1984
David V. Silvernail, 1985
Walter A. Vickers, 1986, 1987; PDDGM
Freeman J. Selig, Jr. 1988
Richard C. Hendrickson, 1989
Donald C. Richards, 1990
Louis M. Papagni, 1991, 2003; PDDGM
Alexander D. Campbell, 1992, 1996; PDDGM
Thomas Stafford, 1993
Peter A. Simmons, 1994, 1998; PDDGM
Dennis E. Reebel, 1995, 2000; PDDGM
Kenneth J. Urato, 1997, 2008
Richard A. Johnson, 2001
Louis C. Nason, 1999, 2002
Douglas M. Spiller, 2004
Robert G. Jessee, 2005, 2006; PDDGM
Keithley R. Sutton, Jr., 2007
Robert H. C. Archibald, 2009, 2011
Andrew L. Staley, 2010, 2012
Steven C. Weston Honorary, 2003

See also the pages for Doric and St. Bernard.

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1859
Petition for Charter: 1860
Consolidation Petition (with St. Bernard's Lodge): 1995
Consolidation Petition (with Doric Lodge): 2002

ANNIVERSARIES

1909 (50th Anniversary)
1934 (75th Anniversary)
1959 (Centenary)
2009 (150th Anniversary)

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)
2003 (Hicks; consolidation with Doric Lodge)
2008 (Pageau; reception for Junior Grand Warden Alexander D. Campbell)
2009 (Pageau; 150th Anniversary, mortgage burning)

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 2005

HISTORY

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

OTHER

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

EVENTS

CONSTITUTION OF LODGE, OCTOBER 1860

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XX, No. 1, November 1860:

A Lodge by this name was constituted at Marlboro in this State, on the 16th October last: A. C. Felton, Master. The ceremonies of constituting the Lodge were performed by the Grand Master in person, assisted by the Grand Officers. The new hall, which is one of the finest and best furnished and arranged«in the State, was also dedicated by the Grand Master on the same day, and in the evening the officers were installed by the R. W. Junior Grand Warden, in the presence of a large number of Brethren and their ladies. The occasion was a very agreeable one, and the Lodge is one of the most promising in the jurisdiction.

INSTALLATION, DECEMBER 1863

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXIII, No. 3, January, 1864, Page 82:

The officers of this Lodge, located at Marlborough, were publicly installed on Monday evening, Dec. 14th. The attendance of the members with their wives and daughters and female friends, was large, and all seemed to enjoy the occasion. The ceremonies of Installation were performed by the deputy of the District, R. W. Rev. J. W. Dadmun, in a very impressive and acceptable manner. The charge to the officers and members was given by M. W. Grand Master Parkman, and we have rarely listened to a more finished extemporaneous performance of the kind. It was fervent, earnest and appropriate. The Grand Master was followed by the Rev. Br. Dadmun, in a neat and appropriate address to the Lodge; after which tbs audience repaired to an adjacent hall where a well spread supper had been prepared for their refreshment. The occasion was one of much interest to all present. The officers for the year are as follows :—