Hope

HOPE LODGE

Location: Gardner

Chartered By: William Parkman

Charter Date: 03/09/1865 VII-2

Precedence Date: 02/22/1864

Current Status: Active

PAST MASTERS

Charles Heywood, 1864, 1865
Henry C. Hill, 1866, 1867
Edward J. Sawyer, 1868, 1869; SN
John D. Edgell, 1870, 1871; SN
Frank W. Cummings, 1872, 1873
Charles F. Reed, 1874, 1875
William Stone, 1876, 1877
Marcus H. Howe, 1878, 1879, 1880
Charles N. Edgell, 1881, 1882
Henry H. Adams, 1883, 1884
Charles A. Cowee, 1885, 1886
Arthur P. Derby, 1887, 1888
Charles O. Plantier, 1889, 1890
Calvin H. Hill, 1891
George E. Walker, 1892, 1893
Volney W. Howe, 1894, 1895
Fiorus D. Ramsdell, 1896, 1897
Edwin C. Wheeler, 1898, 1899; SN
Harlon P. Upham, 1900
Herbert T. Adams, 1901, 1902
Charles O. Miller, 1903, 1904
Charles B. Boyce, 1905, 1906
Charles E. Whitney, 1907, 1908
J. Myron Moore, 1909
John H. Jenkins, 1910, 1911
J. Herbert L. Smead, 1912, 1913
Merton H. Greene, 1914
Charles A. Brown, 1915
Seth Heywood, 1916
Harrison Greenwood, 1917
Stanford H. Hartshorn, 1918, 1919
Fordyce T. Reynolds, 1920; N
George N. Archibald, 1921
Silas M. Wheeler, 1922
Leslie R. Williams, 1923
Clifford W. Shippee, 1924
George H. Heywood, Jr., 1925, 1926; N
Harold Fulsom Brown, 1927; N
C. Amasa Whiney, 1928
Edgar L. Bugbee, Jr.,1929
Frank E. Lavallee, 1930
Alvin R. Walker, 1931
Paul A. Basset, 1932
Harold E. Walker, 1933
Frederick P. Bell, 1934
Henry L. Brooks, 1935
Roy C. Bruce, 1936
James W. H. Baker, 1937
Linwood C. Gates, 1938
Robert M. Crouch, 1939
Charles W. Sauter, 2nd, 1940
Elmer E. Louma, 1941
Arnold W. Gates, 1942
Harry C. Parry, 1943
Allen C. Shippee, 1944
George Schreiner, 1945
Charles F. Saunders, 1946
C. Arnold Munson, 1947
Harold E. Hobby, 1948
William J. Taintor, 1949
Kenneth B. Mann, 1950
Robert M. Clogston, 1951; N
Eino A. Kajander, 1952; N
Lloyd A. Steeves, 1953
James A. Mann, 1954
Hervey F. Bowden, 1955
Chester H. Smith, 1956
Clyde M. Smith, 1957
Percy M. Blanchard, 1958
Toivo J. Kujanpaa, 1959
Theodore R. Higley, 1960
Stanford Hartshorn, Jr., 1961
Newton A. Zebley, 1962
Clifford H. Lyon, 1963
Eino W. Winter, 1964
L. Porter Andrews, 1965
Ronald D. Smith, 1966
Richard B. Hawkins, 1967
Thorsten B. Lind, 1968
Norman W. Hicks, 1969
Robert E. Weeks, 1970
Bertel Mattson, 1971
John L. Stacy, 1972
Russel A. Vedoe, 1973
Edward T. Thompson, 1974; PDDGM
Daniel R. Livingston, 1975
Jeffrey C. McFaul, 1976
Franklin D. Everett, 1977
Aaron G. Ballinger, 1978
Albert L. Hughes, 1979; PDDGM
George H. Copeland, 1980
Leo P. Provencher, 1981
David P. Crumbley, 1982
Donald J. Meuer, 1983
John C. Janes, 1984
Richard M. Cunningham, 1985
Robert Trepanier, 1986
Wilfred E. Ducharme, Jr., 1987
Daniel E. LaDouceur, 1988
Calvin G. Knight, 1989
Gerhard J. Cremer, 1990
M. Paul Carlberg, 1991
Kenneth A. Tower, Jr., 1992
Harley McCartny, 1993
Donal A. Hicks, 1994
Richard K. Moulton, 1995
William A. Hunt, 1996
Herschel C. Hall, 1997
Edward N. Thompson, 1998; N
David H. Arens, 1999
Michael F. Terry, 2000
Christopher A. Hedstrom, 2001
Dennis R. Violette, 2002
Dale A. Larocque, 2003
Kenneth A. Tower, Jr., 2004
Raymond J. Gagne, 2005, 2006
Richard A. McAllister, 2007; PDDGM
James W. Pearce, III, 2008; PDDGM
Jay A. Jolicoeur, 2008; PDDGM, PDGM
Jonathan P. Gleason, 2009, 2010, 2011
Douglas A. Cormier, 2012

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1864
Petition for Charter: 1865

ANNIVERSARIES

1914 (50th Anniversary)
1939 (75th Anniversary)
1964 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1865 (Parkman; Constitution of Lodge and Hall dedication; see description below)
1880 (Welch)
1897 (Hutchinson; hall dedication)
1924 (Ferrell)
1927 (Simpson; Veterans' Night)
1939 (Perry; 75th Anniversary)
1954 (W. Johnson; Cornerstone laying)
1955 (W. Johnson; Hall dedication)
1964 (Osgood; Centenary)
1972 (Maxwell)
1979 (Melanson) not in Proceedings
2001 (Bauer)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1888 1907 1911 1912 1913 1923 1924 1925 1928 1931 1934 1935 1937 1939 1949 1955 1956 1959 1972 1987 2009

HISTORY

1939 (75th Anniversary History, 1939-13)
1964 (Centenary History, 1964-6)

EVENTS

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XXIV, No. 8, June 1865, p. 228:

HOPE LODGE, GARDNER. This new Lodge was duly Constituted, under its Charter, on the afternoon of Wednesday, the 3d of May last, by a delegation of the officers of the Grand Lodge. The ceremonies took place in the new Hall, which the Lodge, since the expiration of its Dispensation in March, has fitted up for its accommodation. There were about sixty Brethren present, including visitors from the neighboring towns. At the conclusion of this ceremony, the Lodge took a recess until the evening, when the ladies and invited guests were admitted, and the new Hall was Dedicated in accordance with the ancient customs of the Craft. The company then repaired to the Town Hall, where, in the presence of more than two hundred of the ladies and gehtlemen of the village, the officers of the new Lodge were Installed by the M. W. Grand Master, with the usual ceremonies, interspersed with appropriate music. An able and appropriate address by the http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMParkman Grand Master] followed, and was listened to by the large audience present with apparent interest and satisfaction. At the conclusion of which he stated that he had been commissioned by Brother Edward Maynz of this city to present, in his behalf (he being necessarily absent), the new Lodge with a large quarto and beautifully-bound Alta-Bible: which duty he performed in a very graceful and appropriate manner. The Gift was received by the Chaplain of the Lodge, the Rev. Wm. D. Herrick, in suitable terms, and placed upon the altar. Singing by the choir concluded the ceremonies.

We took occasion some time since to speak of this Lodge as one of the best and most perfect in its work, in this jurisdiction; and we have now the great satisfaction of adding, that its new Hall is one of the most beautiful in the Commonwealth, alike in its conveniences, decorations, and furniture. No expense has been spared in fitting it up, and good taste is everywhere manifest in its appointments. It is located in the upper story of the Town Hall building (which is itself an ornament to the village), and is about 55 by 35 feet, exclusive of ante-rooms, of which there are four. The main hall is finely frescoed and appropriately ornamented, and handsomely carpeted; as are all the rooms. The furniture, including the altar, pedestals (representing the three orders of architecture), the chairs and settees, we believe were all made by the Heywood Chair Manufacturing Company, of Gardner, expressly for the Lodge, and do great credit, in the excellence of their workmanship, to the skill and good taste of that popular establishment.

The officers of the new Lodge are as follows:-