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WILBRAHAM MASONIC LODGE

(originally named NEWTON LODGE; name change 12/11/2002.)

Location: Wilbraham

Chartered By: William Sewall Gardner

Charter Date: 09/13/1871 1871-51

Precedence Date: 11/10/1870

Current Status: active.

Springfield Lodge merged here, 06/15/2002.

PAST MASTERS (NEWTON)

Edward Cooke, 1871
Albert S. Newton, 1872, 1873
Chauncey L. Peck, 1874-1878
Myron A. Bliss, 1879, 1880
Henry Clark, 1881-1883
Joseph A. Parker, 1884, 1885
George L. Streeter, 1886
Frederick Pease, 1887, 1888
Fred W. Green, 1889, 1890
Merrick H. Cooley, 1891, 1892
James Stephens, 1893, 1894, 1903
Charles E. Fletcher, 1895
Charles C. Beebe, 1896-1898
Calvin G. Robbins, 1899, 1900
Lurin J. Potter, 1901, 1902
Clarence P. Bolles, 1904, 1905
Delbert H. Eaton, 1906-1908
James K. Butler, 1909, 1910
James O. Martin, 1911
Frank Bosler, 1912
Allen J. Robb, 1913, 1914
M. Luther Bruner, 1915, 1916
Ernest L. Thompson, 1917
William H. Dickinson, 1918
Alexander D. Cormack, 1919
Joseph H. Mosher, 1920
James P. Cormack, 1921
Raymond F. Gurney, 1922
Raymond H. Beach, 1923, 1924; N
David B. Miller, 1925; N
E. Warner Eldridge, 1926
Donald M. Macauley, 1927
Charles R. Stephens, 1928
Ellery C. Gebo, 1929
Carleton M. Lewis, 1930
Frederick D. Robbins, 1931
E. Leslie Hill, 1932
Walter D. Maynard, 1933
Sprague L. Wight, 1934
Thomas S. Bower, 1935
Frederick R. Strasing, 1936
William H. Eaton, 1937
Herbert F. Swetland, 1938
Andrew Rogerson, 1939
Hallam H. Whiting, 1940
M. Joseph Glaucey, Jr., 1941
Frederick W. Colby, 1942
Wesley G. Chapman, 1943
Edward Robson, 1944
Ralph W. Bennett, 1945
Howard L. Converse, 1946
Gordon W. Holdridge, 1947
Francis O. Brundy, 1948
Frederick M. Cohn, 1949
James Hamburger, 1950
Errol M. Beebe, 1951
George J. Hill, 1952
George W. Brundy, 1953
Harold F. Sweetland, 1954
Henry C. W. Dautrick, 1955
Gilbert E. Stacey, 1956
Walter L. Woods, 1957
Charles F. Bradley, 1958
Bennett W. Beeson, 1959
Truman E. Robbins, 1960; N
Henry W. Dunwoody, 1961
Everett W. Proctor, 1962
Weirtyd A. Tourville, 1963
Edward H. Godfrey, 1964
Spencer W. Moore, 1965
David G. Robbins, 1966
Richard H. Tucker, 1967
William W. Schubach, 1968, 1991
Harry P. Hayden, 1969
Gilman A. Randall, 1970
Richard E. Scarlett, 1971
Forest H. Norris, 1972
Geoffrey A. D. Long, 1973
Richard Goulding, 1974; N
Richard A. Elsold, 1975
Norman F. Smith, 1977
Alton Wilkins, 1978
Richard Elwin Hatcher, 1979
Emerson L. Purcey, 1980
Wendell A. Shepard, 1981, 1985; N
Theodore E. Cooledge, 1982 DD DGM
Frank R. Marshall, 1983, 1984
Hayden B. Tibbetts, 1986
Neil B. Hilt, 1987, 1988; PDDGM
Louis W. Franklin, 1989
Richard D. Brundy, Jr., 1990
Curtis H. Knowles, 1992
Gordon S. Fountain, 1993
Richard D. Brundy, Sr., 1994
Edwin G. Thorn, 1995
Philmore H. Smith, Jr., 1996
David E. Pace, 1997, 1998
Donald F. Haynes, 1999
George W. Walsh, 2000
Gerald F. Kane, 2001, 2002

PAST MASTERS (WILBRAHAM MASONIC)

Gerald F. Kane, 2002
Alfred B. Roy, Jr., 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008
Joseph T. Mascaro, 2005, 2006
Stuart J. Johnsen, 2009
Nicholas E. Creanza, 2010, 2015
Joseph N. Westcott, 2011
Robert W. Clarke, 2012
George R. Sachs, 2013, 2014

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1870
Petition for Charter: 1871
Consolidation Petition (with Springfield Lodge); 2002

ANNIVERSARIES

1920 (50th Anniversary)
1970 (Centenary)
1995 (125th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1920 (Prince; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1962 (Eaton; Hall dedication; Special Communication)
1970 (Jaynes; Centenary; Special Communication)
1990 (Darling; Hall Dedication; Special Communication)
1992 (Darling; reception for Deputy Grand Master Theodore E. Cooledge)
1995 (Lovering; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
2002 (Hicks; 2 visits; reception for Junior Grand Warden Leslie P. Lohnes; consolidation, Special Communication)
2011 (Stewart; 2 visits, including reception for Senior Grand Warden David A. Pace)

BY-LAW CHANGES

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