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WEBSTER LODGE

Location: Webster

Chartered By: John T. Heard

Charter Date: 09/14/1859 VI-258

Precedence Date: 09/10/1858

Current Status: Active

PAST MASTERS

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1858
• Petition for Charter: 1859

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1908 (50th Anniversary)
• 1933 (75th Anniversary)
• 1958 (Centenary)

• 2009 (150th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1859 (Heard; Constitution of Lodge and installation; see below)
• 1874 (Nickerson; Hall dedication)
• 1893 (Deputy Grand Master Shepard)
• 1908 (Blake; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1927 (Simpson)
• 1933 (Chipman; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1947 (Wragg; Veterans' Night)
• 1956 (W. Johnson; corner-stone laying; Special Communication)
• 1958 (A. Jenkins; Centenary; Special Communication)
• 1997 (A. Johnson)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1871 1872 1874 1878 1883 1904 1907 1908 1909 1911 1913 1919 1924 1927 1930 1931 1936 1939 1944 1949 1950 1951 1957 1968 1975 1977 1979 1991 1998 2010 2011

HISTORY

• 1933 (75th Anniversary History, 1933-370)
• 1958 (Centenary History, 1958-194)

EVENTS

CONSTITUTION OF LODGE, SEPTEMBER 1859

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XVIII, No. 12, October 1859, Page 384:

On Thursday evening, Sept. 22d, the Grand Lodge constituted Webster Lodge, at Webster, and installed the officers as follows:

• C. E. Brown, Master;
• W. Heberington and George O. Raymond, Wardens;
• Geo. Clapp, T.;
• S. A. Tingier, S.:
• Wm. W. Holmes and Cornelius Putnam, D.;
• Lyman Sheldon, M.;
• Dan Munyan, T.

At the conclusion of the ceremonies brief addresses were made by Grand Master Heard, C. W. Moore and W. W. Wheildon.

The Grand Lodge was represented on these occasions by the M. W. John T. Heard, G. M.; R. W. Charles W. Moore end Henry Goddard as G. Wardens; R W. Wm. D. Coolidge as G. Sec.; Wm. W. Wheildon as G. T.; Peter C. Jones as G. M.; Ehen V. Gay, G. Tyler. R. W. John A. Dana, of Worcester, Diet. Deputy, also assisted the Grand Master at Webster. At each place, notwithstanding the severe rain storm, visiting Brethren from Worcester and neighboring towns were present.

HALL DEDICATION, DECEMBER 1873

From New England Freemason, Vol. I, No. 1, January 1874, Page 54:

The New Masonic Hall of Webster Lodge was dedicated to Masonic purposes on the twelfth instant by Grand Master Nickerson, assisted by the officers of the Grand Lodge. This new hall will afford the Brethren of this Lodge better facilities for the practice of our rites than the old one destroyed by fire; and they have shown a commendable zeal and enterprise in fitting and furnishing their neat and well-arranged apartments.

The newly-elected officers of the Lodge were installed the same evening, in Ample Form, at the Methodist Church, which was filled, even to crowding, by the Brethren and their invited guests.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Harold E. Chafee, DDGM, District 20 (Blackstone), 1935, 1936; SN
• Oscar Conrad, DDGM, District 20 (Blackstone), 1967, 1968; N
• George C. K. Duff, DDGM, District 20 (Blackstone), 1943, 1944; N
• Edward Forbes, DDGM, District 19 (Southbridge), 1900; SN
• John R. Haskell, DDGM, District 20 (Southbridge), 1911, 1912; SN
• William W. Holmes, DDGM, District 20 (Southbridge), 1917, 1918; Memorial
• Ralph T. Larchar, DDGM, District 20 (Blackstone), 1935, 1936; N
• Harold R. Logan, DDGM, District 20 (Blackstone), 1991, 1992
• Elias P. Morton, DDGM, District 19 (Southbridge), 1887, 1888, 1889; SN
• John C. Shaw, Sr., Grand Chaplain
• Carlton H. White, DDGM, District 20 (Southbridge), 1927, 1928; SN
• William J. Ziaja, Jr., DDGM, District 20 (Blackstone), 1979, 1980; N

DISTRICTS

1858: District 4

1867: District 11 (Worcester)

1870: District 12 (Milford)

1871: District 11 (Worcester)

1883: District 19 (Southbridge)

1911: District 20 (Southbridge)

1927: District 20 (Southbridge)

1931: District 20 (Blackstone)

2003: District 24

LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges