Williams
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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 2012
HISTORY
OTHER
- 1895 (participation in centenary of Evening Star Lodge, 1895-80)
CONSTITUTION AND HALL DEDICATION, OCTOBER 1872
From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXXI, No. 12, October 1872, Page 378:
In the afternoon of the same day (as the North Adams constitution and dedication), Oct. 2nd. the Grand Lodge proceeded to Williamstown, one of the most beautiful of the picturesque villages in this mountainous region, where they dedicated the new Masonic hall and constituted Williams Lodge in the presence of a large number of brethren, and in the evening, were conveyed to "Greylock Hall," a fine spacious hotel pleasantly located among the mountains of this romantic region of our state; in the large public hall of which the Officers were duly installed. At the conclusion of this ceremony the company were escorted to the dining room where they spent a social hour. The remainder of the evening was appropriated by the ladies and younger members of the company to dancing and singing.
The present Lodge is the successor of the old Friendship Lodge located in the same town, which, through the pressure of Anti-Masonry was compelled to surrender its charter and dissolve in the year 1827. The present Lodge is composed of young and intelligent brethren, who we trust may never be subjected to the annoyances and trials their predecessors were called to endure. Their present hall is quite small, but we understand will be enlarged when occasion may require. It has been exceedingly prosperous while working under Dispensation, and it has the best wishes of the Grand Lodge for its future welfare. The officers installed were as follows : —
- George Brown W. M.
- Thomas Mole S. W.
- Robert B. Harvie J. W.
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)