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ATHELSTAN LODGE

Location: Worcester

Chartered By: Charles C. Dame

Charter Date: 06/13/1866 V-264

Precedence Date: 05/12/1865

Current Status: merged with Montacute Lodge to form Guiding Lights Lodge, 08/23/2003.

PAST MASTERS

Carl R. Bohn, DDGM, District 22 (Worcester), 1981, 1982; N
Charles A. Harrington, DDGM, District 18 (Worcester), 1910, District 21 (Worcester), 1911, 1912; N
Frank C. Harrington, DDGM, District 21 (Worcester), 1922, 1923; Athelstan; N
Robert J. Leach, DDGM, District 22 (Worcester), 1993, 1994; Senior Grand Warden 1997
Alfred E. Rankin, DDGM, District 22 (Worcester), 1932, 1933; N
Keith L. Rushlow, DDGM, District 24, 2004, 2005
Richard J. Stewart, Deputy Grand Master 1991, Grand Master 2011-2012

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1865
Petition for Charter: 1866
Consolidation Petition (with Montacute Lodge): 2003

ANNIVERSARIES

1916 (50th Anniversary)
1940 (75th Anniversary)
1965 (Centenary)
1990 (125th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1866 (Dame; Constitution of Lodge)
1881 (Lawrence)
1907 (Blake)
1916 (M. Johnson)
1923 (Ferrell)
1927 (Simpson)
1930 (Deputy Grand Master Jones)
1951 (Roy)
1953 (Roy)
1965 (Osgood; Centenary)
1973 (Vose)
1975 (Maxwell)
1981 (Berquist)
1982 (Berquist)
1983 (Berquist)
1984 (Richardson)
1990 (Darling)
1991 (Darling; reception for Deputy Grand Master Richard J. Stewart)
1997 (A. Johnson; reception for Senior Grand Warden Robert J. Leach)
2003 (Hicks; consolidation with Montacute)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1869 1870 1878 1889 1896 1905 1911 1918 1921 1927 1928 1933 1939 1946 1952 1966 1976 1980 1982 1985 1986 1992

HISTORY

1965 (Centenary History, 1965-249)
1990 (Brief 125th Anniversary History, 1990-29)

OTHER

1913 (Masonic hall Cornerstone laying)
1931 (Gift of equipment)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Carl R. Bohn, DDGM, District 22 (Worcester), 1981, 1982; N
Arthur H. Burton, DDGM, District 18 (Worcester), 1900, 1901; SN
Malcolm P. Gould, DDGM, District 22 (Worcester), 1963, 1964, 1968; N
Charles A. Harrington, DDGM, District 18 (Worcester), 1910, District 21 (Worcester), 1911, 1912; N
Frank C. Harrington, DDGM, District 21 (Worcester), 1922, 1923; Athelstan; N
Percy H.G. Harris, DDGM, District 22 (Worcester), 1947, 1948; SN
Robert J. Leach, DDGM, District 22 (Worcester), 1993, 1994; Senior Grand Warden 1997
Harry C. Midgley, DDGM, District 21 (Worcester), 1928, 1929; N
Alfred E. Rankin, DDGM, District 22 (Worcester), 1932, 1933; N
Keith L. Rushlow, DDGM, District 24, 2004, 2005
Richard J. Stewart, Deputy Grand Master 1991, Grand Master 2011-2012