Wollaston

WOLLASTON LODGE

Location: Wollaston; Quincy (1922; altered 1954)

Chartered By: Charles C. Hutchinson

Charter Date: 12/13/1899 1899-141

Precedence Date: 01/02/1899

Current Status: merged into Rural Lodge, 01/23/2004.

PAST MASTERS

John F. Neill, 1899
Albert W. Fay, 1900
Eugene F. DeNormandie, 1902, 1903
Theodore C. Gram, 1904
Henry G. Fay, 1905, 1906
Sidney F. Copeland, 1907, 1908
Walter S. Pinkham, 1909, 1910; N
Charles E. Monroe, 1911, 1912
Charles E. Cherrington, 1913, 1914
Carroll E. Bates, 1915, 1916
John Morgan, 1917
George A. Smith, 1918
Hugh H. Ralph, 1919
Arthur B. Hillman, 1920
Albert D. Healey, 1921
Edgar L. DeForest, 1922
Herbert S. Fairclough, 1923
William M. Haskell, 1924
Earl D. Gillatt, 1925
James S. Rollins, 1926; N
Frank A. Lincoln, 1927
Rodney P. Gallagher, 1928
Arthur L. Burgess, 1929
Albert H. Waite, 1930
Frank W. Crimp, 1931
Elmer F. Atwood, 1932
Leland F. Beal, 1933
George C. Tribble, 1934
Paul B. Morrison, 1935
Joseph D. Gardner, 1936
William E. Mullin, 1937
Waldo B. Fay, 1938
Clark H. Overhiser, 1939
Ralph E. Palmer, 1940
J. Henry Johnson, 1941
Clarence P. Churchill, 1942
Frederick S. Tobben, 1943
John W. Cushman, 1944
Leonard K. Thomas, 1945
Ervin A. Hinds, 1946
William Low, Jr., 1947; N
C. Fred Ericson, 1948
Thalman U. Fretheim, 1949
Loring C. Munro, 1950
D. Frederick MacLeod, 1951
Roger A. Bettencourt, 1952
Charles Prout, Jr., 1953
Philip S. Whittemore, 1954
Kenneth B. Goetchius, 1955
William David Chase, 1956
Donald F. MacLeod, 1957
Donald H. MacKenzie, 1958
Harold J. Barnes, 1959
Leon G. S. Wood, 1960
Roy E. Johnson, 1961
Stewart E. Topping, 1962
James C. Duncan, 1963
Ford S. Dame, 1964
George A. Wilkins, 1965, 1981
Paul F. Bejune, 1966, 1974
Lorenza E. NeHalsingh, 1967
Russell R. Oster, 1968
William W. White, 1969
Martin R. Beck, 1970
Emery A. Swanson, 1971
William C. Harding, 1972
Kenneth A. Hamilton, 1973
Robert W. Giger, 1975
Albert A. Purdy, 1976
David S. Elsner, 1977, 2004; PDDGM
Roger A. Bettencourt, 1978
George E. Riggs, 1979
George T. Loud, 1980
Harvey A. Beliveau, 1982
James C. Duncan, 1983
Stanley C. Trask, Jr., 1984, 1986
David A. Abbott, 1985, 2000
Richard C. Burke, Sr., 1987
Arthur E. Johnson, 1988
David A. Hoyt, 1989
David S. Hamilton, 1990, 1992
Kenneth A. Hamilton, 1991
Roger W. Bakko, 1993
H. Robert Huke, III, 1994, 2001
Lawrence E. Piper, Jr., 1995, 2002; PDDGM
Ronald L. McKim, 1996, 2003; PDDGM
Paul W. Bakko, 1997
Graeme H. Marsden, 1998, 1999

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1899
Petition for Charter: 1899 (altered to read Quincy, 1954)
Consolidation Petition (with Rural Lodge): 2003

ANNIVERSARIES

1925 (25th Anniversary)
1949 (50th Anniversary)
1974 (75th Anniversary)
1999 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1900 (Gallagher; Constitution of Lodge and installation)
1908 (Blake)
1916 (M. Johnson)
1925 (Ferrell; 25th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1949 (Keith; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1974 (Vose; 2 visits, including 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1981 (Berquist)
1985 (Richardson; installation)
1995 (Lovering; reception for Senior Grand Warden Arthur E. Johnson)
1996 (A. Johnson; Grand Master's reception)
1997 (A. Johnson; 3 visits, including Past Masters' Night and installation)
1998 (A. Johnson; 2 visits, including installation)
1999 (Bauer; Centenary; Special Communication)
2004 (Hicks; Consolidation; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1899 1919 1921 1922 1927 1930 1934 1938 1941 1942 1945 1949 1952 1953 1958 1969 1976 1981 1982 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000

HISTORY

1925 (25th Anniversary History, 1925-3)
1949 (50th Anniversary History, 1949-57)
1974 (75th Anniversary History, 1974-54)

OTHER

1904 (Case regarding an officer elected in an unrecognized Masonic body, 1904-32)
1939 (Approval of reduction in fees, 1939-453)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

David S. Elsner, DDGM, District 8, 2006, 2007
Arthur E. Johnson, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1991, 1992; Senior Grand Warden 1995; Grand Master 1996-1998
J. Henry Johnson, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1957, 1958; Senior Grand Warden 1967
William Low, Jr., DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1975, 1976; N
Ronald L. McKim, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 2001, 2002
Walter S. Pinkham, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1912, 1913; N
Lawrence E. Piper, Jr., DDGM, District 8, 2008, 2009
James S. Rollins, DDGM, District 26 (Quincy), 1938, 1939; N