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WILLIAMS LODGE
Location: Williamstown
Chartered By: Sereno D. Nickerson
Charter Date: 09/11/1872 1872-143
Precedence Date: 04/03/1871
Current Status: Active
PAST MASTERS
- George Brown, 1871-1877
- C. S. Solomon, 1878, 1879
- M. B. Walley, 1880
- W. J. Dunton, 1881-1883
- M. H. Torrey, 1884-1886
- W. L. Crosier, 1887, 1888
- E. A. Towne, 1889
- W. H. Hindley, 1890, 1891
- A. M. Smith, 1892, 1893
- A. A. Belding, 1894
- Prescott W. Eaton, 1895-1897; SN
- A. L. Simonds, 1898
- L. S. Fowler, 1899
- G. M. Hopkins, 1900, 1901
- I. B. Houghton, 1902-1904
- E. C. Walden, 1905
- Charles D. Tefft, 1906, 1907; N
- R. H. Noyes, 1908
- R. A. Tracey, 1909
- Ernest I. Goodrich, 1910, 1911; SN
- William S. Hamilton, 1912
- W. E. Stoddard, 1913
- Brainerd Mears, 1914
- J. A. Lowe, 1915
- Ralston Doughty, 1916
- C. W. Johnson, 1917
- H. A. Stacey, 1918
- Edgar Osborne, 1919
- C. I. Downing, 1920
- D. C. Kendall, 1921
- G. A. Byrd, 1922
- C. M. Farley, 1923
- J. H. Fergson, 1924
- G. H. Clayton, 1925
- N. W. Domin, 1926
- E. O. Brown, 1927
- G. W. Schryver, 1928
- J. McIntyre, 1929
- G. I. Graham, 1930
- James Edwin Bullock, 1931; SN
- Lawrence F. Lindley, 1932, 1945; N
- Seaver R. Gilcreast, 1933; SN
- W. J. Barber, 1934
- E. G. Noble, 1935
- O. D. Swain, 1936
- J. M. Potter, 1937
- E. A. Sauter, 1938
- F. W. Palmer, 1939
- R. G. Phelps, 1940
- H. P. Phelps, 1941
- F. E. Lamphier, 1942
- C. B. Christie, 1943
- G. B. Duncan, 1944
- E. Haviland, 1946
- F. A. Staples, 1947
- Wallace E. Greene, 1948
- Manley T. Mallard, 1949
- Lane L. Liddle, 1950, 1972
- Lloyd S. Blair, 1951, 1953; N
- George J. Franz, 1952, 1956
- Carl H. Imhoff, 1954, 1955
- R. R. Howard, Jr., 1957
- George T. Wiles, 1958, 1959; N
- Thomas A. Steward, 1960
- George A. Putney, 1961; N
- Franklin E. Brundage, 1962
- Eddis Kronick, 1963, 1964
- Robert P. Sylvester, 1965
- Floyd J. Bennett, 1966
- Robert M. Adkins, 1967, 1969
- Everett H. Miller, 1968, 1973
- Frank L. Wellcome, Jr., 1970, 1971; PDDGM
- Richard F. Daniels, 1974, 2005
- Douglas H. Blair, Sr., 1975
- Kevin P. Hamel, 1976; DDGM
- Francis H. Ogert, 1977-1979
- Edward W. Hall, 1980, 1983
- George D. Sylvester, 1981, 1989
- Robert W. Murdock, 1982; PDDGM
- Richard H. Johnson, 1984, 1994, 2000, 2002
- Harry P. Chesbro, 1985, 1986
- Donald H. Kleiner, 1987, 1988
- Fred C. Perry, Jr., 1990, 1991
- Lawrence D. Herron, 1992, 1993
- Robert Y. Burns, 1995-1998
- Alan E. Wiles, 1999
- John R. Manley, Jr., 2001
- Richard W. Babcock, 2003, 2004
- Ronald J. Rutstein, 2005, 2006
- Gary R. Johnson, 2007-2009
- Craig A. Pedercini, 2010-2012
REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
ANNIVERSARIES
VISITS BY GRAND MASTER
- 1872 (Nickerson; Constitution of Lodge, hall dedication and installation; Special Communication)
- 1874 (Acting Deputy Grand Master Daniel Upton; Hall dedication)
- 1882 (Lawrence)
- 1918 (L. Abbott)
- 1930 (H. Dean; Veterans' Night)
- 1931 (H. Dean; Installation)
- 1946 (Wragg; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
- 1971 (Jaynes; Centenary; Special Communication)
- 1984 (Richardson)
BY-LAW CHANGES
1872 1895 1902 1903 1914 1920 1922 1923 1926 1927 1946 1950 1969 1974 1975 1986 1989 1992 2006 2008
HISTORY
OTHER
- 1895 (participation in centenary of Evening Star Lodge, 1895-80)
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- Lloyd S. Blair, DDGM, District 15 (North Adams), 1964, 1965; N
- James Edwin Bullock, DDGM, District 15 (North Adams), 1944, 1945; SN
- Prescott W. Eaton, DDGM, District 14 (North Adams), 1903; SN
- Seaver R. Gilcreast, DDGM, District 15 (North Adams), 1934, 1935; SN
- Ernest I. Goodrich, DDGM, District 15 (North Adams), 1919-1920; SN
- Kevin P. Hamel, DDGM, District 30, 2012, 2013
- William S. Hamilton, DDGM, District 15 (North Adams), 1926; District 15 (North Adams), 1927; Junior Grand Warden 1937
- Laurence F. Lindley, DDGM, District 15 (North Adams), 1954, 1955; N
- Gilbert E. Loffler, DDGM, District 15 (North Adams), 1960, 1961; N
- Robert W. Murdock, DDGM, District 15 (North Adams), 1994, 1995
- George A. Putney, DDGM, District 15 (North Adams), 1974 1975; N
- Charles D. Tefft, DDGM, District 15 (North Adams), 1913, 1914; N
- Frank L. Wellcome, Jr., DDGM, District 15 (North Adams), 1986, 1987
- George T. Wiles, DDGM, District 15 (North Adams), 1982, 1983; N
DISTRICTS
1883: District 14 (North Adams)
1911: District 15 (North Adams)
1927: District 15 (North Adams)