Universal

UNIVERSAL LODGE

Location: Orleans

Chartered By: Leon M. Abbott

Charter Date: 06/13/1918 1918-117

Precedence Date: 08/31/1917

Current Status: Active

PAST MASTERS

Anthony F. Brier, 1917-1919
John Kenrick, 1920, 1921
Charles F. Nichols, 1922, 1923
Everett W. Perry, 1924, 1925
Richard H. Hopkins, 1926, 1927
Albert T. Nelson, 1928, 1929
Elnathan E. Eldridge, Jr., 1930, 1931
Cyril W. Downs, 1932, 1933; N
Roy S. Rogers, 1934, 1935
Thomas B. R. Crowell, 1936
Roger F. Smith, 1937, 1938; N
Herbert B. Mitchell, 1939, 1940
John H. Walsh, 1941, 1942
Albion H. Besse, 1943, 1944
Arthur J. Young, 1945, 1946
Reuben S. Hopkins, 1947, 1948
Emerson B. Wentworth, 1949
Carl H. Handel, 1950
Everett I. Young, 1951
Cecil R. Mayo, 1952
Clyde L. Becker, 1953
Herbert F. Wilcox, 1954, 1955; N
Gordon R. Forsberg, 1958, 1979
George A. Higgins, 1959, 1960
Alfred E. Holler, 1961, 1962
Joseph L. Putnam, 1963
James S. Philbrick, Jr., 1964, 1965
Ernest C. Borso, 1966, 1967
Kenneth E. Sanderson, 1968
Lawrence R. Leonard, 1969, 1970; N
Roger A. Young, 1971
Howard C. Sinclair, 1972, 1973
Frederick J. Morell, 1974
Emery S. Loud, 1975
Leon Earl Sylver, 1976
Alan W. Estabrook, 1977, 1978
David A. Schofield, 1980, 1981; PDDGM
Gordon C. Templeton, 1982
Robert J. Walther, 1983-1985
H. Russell Sheely, 1986
Robert A. Dalpe, 1987, 1988
Vartkes A. Perperian, 1989-1991, 1999
James C. Killian, 1992
Hughes H. Wagner, 1993
Herbert B. Kinney, 1994; PDDGM
Donald V. Kochka, Jr., 1995, 2009
Truman Henson, Jr., 1996; PDDGM
Eric M. Reed, 1997
William F. Reade, Jr., 1998
Glen A. Southwick, 2000, 2001
Donald L. Haden, 2002
Clarence B. Whichard, III, 2003, 2004
Randall L. Gifford, 2005
William Darin Krum, 2006, 2007; PDDGM
William H. Amaru, 2008
Randall L. Chow, 2011, 2012
Robert E. Felt, 2013

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1917
Petition for Charter: 1918

ANNIVERSARIES

1932 (15th Anniversary)
1942 (25th Anniversary)
1967 (50th Anniversary)
1992 (75th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1918 (L. Abbott; Constitution of Lodge and installation; Special Communication)
1923 (Ferrell; Hall dedication; Special Communication)
1932 (Chipman; 15th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1935 (Allen; reception for Junior Grand Warden John Kenrick)
1942 (Schaefer; 25th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1945 (Allen; reception for Senior Grand Warden Cyril W. Downs)
1954 (W. Johnson; Capewide Visitors' Night)
1967 (Booth; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1974 (Booth; Hall dedication; Special Communication)
1975 (Maxwell; installation)
1978 (Melanson; Mortgage burning; Special Communication)
1984 (Richardson; 10th Anniversary of Building Dedication)
1992 (Darling; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1994 (Lovering)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1926 1927 1932 1949 1958 1965 1972 1976 1979 1980 1981 1982 1985 1986 1989 1992 1994 1995 1998 2003 2008

HISTORY

1932 (15th Anniversary History, 1932-84)
1942 (History 1932-1942, 1942-109)
1967 (50th Anniversary History, 1967-403)
1974 (History at hall dedication, 1974-216)

OTHER

1924 (Participation in Hyannis temple dedication, 1924-371)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Cyril W. Downs, DDGM, District 32 (Provincetown), 1936, 1937; Senior Grand Warden 1945; N
Truman Henson, Jr., DDGM, District 32 (Provincetown), 2001, 2002
John Kenrick, DDGM, District 32 (Provincetown), 1924, 1925; Junior Grand Warden 1935
Herbert B. Kinney, DDGM, District 32 (Provincetown), 1997, 1998
William Darin Krum, DDGM, District 21, 2009
Lawrence R. Leonard, DDGM, District 32 (Provincetown), 1973, 1974; N
David A. Schofield, DDGM, District 32 (Provincetown), 1987, 1988
Roger F. Smith, DDGM, District 32 (Provincetown), 1947, 1948; N
Herbert F. Wilcox, DDGM, District 32 (Provincetown), 1959, 1960; N