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1907

JOHN ALBERT BLAKE, Grand Master

Arthur T. Way, Deputy Grand Master
Edward G. Graves, Senior Grand Warden
Frank E. Peirson, Junior Grand Warden

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

• 03/15: 1907-7;
• 06/12: 1907-39;
• 09/11: 1907-81;
• 12/11: 1907-144; (Annual Communication)

03/15 Agenda

• 1907-34; Installation of officers not present at the 1906 Feast of St. John.
• 1907-34; Correspondence regarding Isthmus Lodge, U.D. Request for continuation of dispensation, and extension of jurisdiction across the Canal Zone.
• 1907-36: Recognition of the Grand Lodge of Alberta.

06/12 Agenda

• 1907-48: Charitable contribution for relief in Chile due to the earthquake.
• 1907-59: Letter from Past Grand Master Charles T. Gallagher from the Supreme Council of Scottish Rite in Brussels.
  • 09/11: 1907-100; Report of Past Grand Master Gallagher. Note: A reproduction of a miniature of John Paul Jones appears opposite Page 1907-114.
• 1907-61: Debate and discussion of a Masonic Home. Appointment of a committee to report on the expediency of establishing such a home.
• 1907-62: Presentation of a medal from the American Philosophical Society commemorating the two hundredth anniversary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin.

09/11 Agenda

• 1907-88: Reception of Most Wor. Jacob Trieber, Grand Master of Masons in Arkansas.
• 1907-89: Recognition of the Grand Lodge of Saskatchewan.
• 1907-92: Application for recognition by "La Grande Loge de France"; referred.
• 1907-92: Complaint against Mount Horeb (West Harwich), for initiation of a candidate without release of jurisdiction; referred.
• 1907-121: Proposal of Committee on Curiosities.

12/11 Agenda

• Recorded in Grand Master Blake's address, beginning on page 1907-156:
  • Anniversaries:
    • Pentucket, Lowell (03/09; Centennial; Special Communication)
    • Mount Vernon, Malden (10/07; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • John Abbot, Somerville (10/22; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Berkshire, Adams (11/11, 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
  • Lodge Visits:
    • Zetland, Boston (12/12/1906; installation.)
    • Amity, Danvers (12/21/1906)
    • Paul Revere, Brockton (12/28/1906)
    • St. Matthew's, Andover (12/31/1906)
    • St. John's (Boston) (01/07, Ladies' Night)
    • Dalhousie, Newtonville (01/09, degree performed according to Canadian Ritual)
    • Hammatt, Boston (01/22)
    • Columbian, Boston (02/07)
    • Norfolk Union, Randolph (02/11)
    • Malden (02/16; exemplification)
    • Chelsea (02/22; exemplification)
    • Damascus U.D., Lynn (02/26)
    • Henry Price, Boston (02/27)
    • The Tyrian, Gloucester (03/03)
    • Pentucket, Lowell (03/13; Centennial; Special Communication)
    • Columbian, Boston (03/15; Ladies Night)
    • William North, Lowell (03/27)
    • Newtonville (03/30; exemplification)
    • Henry Price, Boston (04/03)
    • Faith, Charlestown (04/05)
    • Excelsior, Franklin (04/15; Grand Master's birthday)
    • Hiram, Arlington (04/19; open house)
    • Meridian, Natick (04/19)
    • Athelstan, Worcester (04/24)
    • Evening Star, Lee (04/30; 90th birthday of Eliphalet Wright)
    • Meridian Sun, North Brookfield (05/01)
    • St. John's (Boston) (05/06)
    • Springfield, Springfield (05/08)
    • Washington, Roxbury (05/09)
    • Danvers (05/14; exemplification)
    • Aberdour, Boston (05/24, "Military Night")
    • Temple, East Boston (06/06)
    • Fitchburg (06/14; exemplification)
    • Orphan's Hope, Weymouth (06/19)
    • Hiram, Arlington (06/20)
    • Baalbec, East Boston (10/01)
    • Phoenician, Lawrence (10/30)
    • St. John's (Newburyport) (11/07)
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (11/14)
    • Solomon's Temple, Uxbridge (11/21; installation)
    • Roswell Lee, Springfield (11/23)
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (11/30; Feast of St. Andrew)
    • Columbian, Boston (12/05)
    • Golden Rule, Wakefield (12/06)
  • Corner Stone Layings and Hall Dedications:
    • Saugus, for William Sutton Lodge (12/20/1906; Special Communication)
    • Provincetown; Laying of the Corner-stone of the Pilgrim Memorial Monument. (08/20; Special Communication)
    • Braintree; Laying of the Corner-stone of Masonic Hall for Delta Lodge (09/21; Special Communication)
    • Berkshire, Adams (11/11; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Braintree; Dedication of apartments for Delta Lodge (12/07; Special Communication)
  • Lodges Constituted:
    • Damascus, Lynn (10/16)
• 1907-186: Report of Auditing Committee.
• 1907-187: Re-election of Grand Master Blake. Election of other Grand Officers.
• 1907-191ff: Report of Committee on Masonic Home. Note: This is the founding statement of the purpose and structure of the Masonic Home system.
• 1907-200: Report of Committee on Curiosities.
• 1907-201: Request for recognition by the Grand Lodge of Greece; referred.
• 1907-201: Request for recognition by the Grand Lodge of Argentina; referred.
• 1907-202: Committee on legislation appointed "for the protection of fraternal and secret associations against the fraudulent use of their rituals and emblems by spurious and pretended members."
• 1907-202: Sympathy expressed to Past Grand Master Baalis Sanford for his "recent repeated bereavements."

Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals

• 03/15: 1907-30; Proposal to change Part 4, Article 3, Section 4 (regarding release of jurisdiction over rejected candidates); and Part 4, Article 3, Section 8 (regarding release of jurisdiction by lodges for candidates applying elsewhere); referred for June Quarterly.
  • 06/12: 1907-57; Additional time granted.
  • 09/11: 1907-120; Additional time granted.
  • 12/11: 1907-189; Amendment of Grand Constitutions adopted for these sections.

Grand Master's Address

• 1907-156: Opening remarks; deaths of Bigelow, Cuckson, Wright; visitations; report on the California relief; reports of Grand Lecturers; District Deputy reports; Grand Treasurer's report; Charity; Board of Directors report; returns of lodges (note that there were 747 rejections of applicants, roughly 20% of all applications); redistricting, to take effect in 1909; Masonic home; requirements for admission of visitors; conclusion.

Lodge By-Law Changes

• 03/15: 1907-33;
  • Full Codes : DeWitt Clinton; approved with one change.
  • Amendments: Doric, Golden Fleece, Henry Price, Hiram, Hope, Mariners', North Star, Old Colony, St. Alban's, St. Mark's, Winthrop, Zetland; approved.

• 06/12: 1907-57;
  • Full Codes :
  • Amendments: Berkshire (one change);Charity, Charles H. Titus, Converse, Dalhousie, Excelsior, Hiram, Kilwinning, The Massachusetts, Norfolk, Orphan's Hope (one correction), Pacific, Pequossette, Republican (one correction), Star in the East, William Sutton, Webster (one corection); approved.

• 09/11: 1907-119;
  • Full Codes : May Flower; approved.
  • Amendments: Athelstan, Norfolk Union, Pentucket, St. George, St. Matthew's; approved.

• 12/11: 1907-200;
  • Full Codes : None.
  • Amendments: Amicable, Bethesda (Brighton), Brigham, Delta, Gate of the Temple, Joseph Webb, Lafayette (Roxbury), Rural, Star of Bethlehem, Union (Dorchester), Wyoming; approved.

Necrologies and Memorials

• 03/15: 1907-18; Death of Rt. Wor. Amos A. Lawrence, Past District Deputy Grand Master, reported by the Grand Master.

• 03/15: 1907-19; Death of Rt. Wor. Edward D. Moody, Past District Deputy Grand Master, reported by the Grand Master.

• 03/15: 1907-19; Death of Rt. Wor. James Alfred Messinger, Past District Deputy Grand Master, reported by the Grand Master.

• 03/15: 1907-20; Death of Rt. Wor. Solomon Alonzo Bolster, Grand Standard Bearer, reported by the Grand Master.
  • 03/15: 1907-21: Memorial presented by Rt. Wor. John Carr, for the committee.

• 03/15: 1907-20; Death of Rt. Wor. James Taylor, Past Senior Grand Warden, reported by the Grand Master.
  • 06/12: 1907-49: Memorial presented by Rt. Wor. Dana J. Flanders, for the committee.

• 06/12: 1907-53; Death of Rt. Wor. Henry Mulliken, Past Junior Grand Warden; presented by Rt. Wor. Thomas W. Davis for the committee. Note: a portrait of Bro. Mulliken appears opposite Page 1907-53.

• 12/11: 1907-157; Death of Rt. Wor. Jonathan Bigelow, Past District Deputy Grand Master; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

• 12/11: 1907-158; Death of Rev. John Cuckson, Grand Chaplain; mentioned in Grand Master's Address.

• 12/11: 1907-159; Death of Rev. Dr. Eliphalet Wright, Grand Chaplain; mentioned in Grand Masters Address.

Petitions for Charters

• 09/11: 1907-91; Damascus U.D., Lynn; referred.
  • 09/11; 1907-120; granted.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 03/09: 1907-1. Lowell. Centennial of Pentucket Lodge.
  • 1907-3: Opening of Grand Lodge at Spalding House, where the lodge was constituted in 1809 (and the residence of the family of Past Senior Grand Warden Dr. Joel Spalding.)
  • 1907-3: Procession by carriage to the Masonic Hall; Grand Lodge received by Wor. Frank W. Hall, Master of Pentucket Lodge. "An hour was passed in exchanging congratulations with the Lowell Brethren, after which all joined in an imposing procession in which all the Lodges in the city were numerously represented."
  • 1907-4: Order of Exercises at First Baptist Church.
  • 1907-4: Response of Grand Master Blake.
  • 1907-6: A banquet at the State Armory for more than six hundred guests; Rt. Wor. Charles S. Proctor as Toastmaster.

• 08/20: 1907-65. Provincetown. Laying of the Corner-stone of the Pilgrim Memorial Monument.
  • 1907-68; "The special train conveying the Grand Officers left Boston at five minutes after seven o'clock A.M. and arrived in Provincetown one hour behind the scheduled time."
  • 1907-68; Procession to site of the monument; speeches by President Roosevelt, the British Ambassador, the Governor, Congressman Lovering and others".
  • 1907-69; Order of exercises.
  • 1907-70; Corner-stone laying ceremony.
  • 1907-71; Address by Rt. Wor. William B. Lawrence.

• 09/21: 1907-123. Braintree. Laying of the Corner-stone of Masonic Hall.
  • 1907-124; Opening of Grand Lodge; reception by Wor. William S. Stone, Master of Delta Lodge. Procession to the site of the new building.
  • 1907-125: Address by Grand Master Blake.
  • 1907-126: Corner-stone ceremony.
  • 1907-127: Address by Rev. Edward O. Horton, on "What Masonry Stands For."

• 10/07: 1907-128. Malden. 50th Anniversary of Mount Vernon Lodge.
  • 1907-129: Opening of Grand Lodge; reception by Wor. Joseph Wiggin of Mount Vernon Lodge.
  • 1907-129: Historical address by Wor. William F. Chester; addresses by other Brothers.

• 10/16: 1907-131; Lynn. Constitution of Damascus Lodge.
  • 1907-132; Grand Lodge opened; Grand Master read the charter and consecrated the hall, constituting the Lodge. Installation of officers.

• 10/22: 1907-135. Somerville. 50th Anniversary of John Abbot Lodge.
  • 1907-136: Opening of Grand Lodge; reception by Wor. Albert C. Ashton of John Abbot Lodge.
  • 1907-136: Order of Exercises.
  • 1907-137: An "appetizing collation" in the banquet hall, with addresses by various Brothers and distinguished guests.

• 11/11: 1907-138. Adams. 50th Anniversary of Berkshire Lodge.
  • 1907-139: Opening of Grand Lodge; reception by Wor. Eugene Benson of Berkshire Lodge.
  • 1907-139: Historical address by Rt. Wor. George H. Holden, Past District Deputy Grand Master; some of the address dealt with the original Franklin Lodge.
  • 1907-139; Addresses by the Grand Master, Bro. and Congressman George Lawrence, and Recording Grand Secretary Nickerson (whose remarks discussed Past Grand Master John T. Heard, who constituted the Lodge.

• 12/07: 1907-141. Braintree. Dedication of the hall of Delta Lodge.
  • 1907-142: Opening of Grand Lodge; reception by Wor. William S. Stone, Master of Delta Lodge.
  • 1907-142: Order of dedication.
  • 1907-143: Address of Congratulation by the Grand Master.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/27/1907)

• 1907-203: Opening and roll call.
• 1907-206: Installation of Grand Master John Albert Blake; ceremony followed form of 1906. Installation of other Grand Officers.
• 1907-211: Report of Recording Grand Secretary: 3,319 Master Mason diplomas issued in 1907.
• 1907-212: List of lodges not represented in Grand Lodge in 1907, as well as the past 2-3 years.
• 1907-212: Presentation of a trowel used at the dedication of Delta Lodge.
• 1907-214: Feast of St. John, listing toasts and names of speakers:
  • 1907-214: Grand Master Blake.
  • 1907-216: Past Grand Master and Recording Secretary Nickerson; remarks on Past Grand Master John T. Heard.
  • 1907-222: Bro. Charles I. Litchfield, Rt. Em. Grand Commander.
  • 1907-225: Grand Chaplain Rev. William H. Rider.
  • 1907-231: Bro. John M. Cole, Speaker of the House of Representatives.
  • 1907-235: Rev. Bro. A.L. Hudson.
  • 1907-241: Rt. Wor. Clarence A. Brodeur, District Deputy Grand Master for the 16th District.
  • 1907-248: Rt. Wor. Melvin M. Johnson, Grand Marshal.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1907

There were 28 districts in Massachusetts in 1907, as well as districts for Chile and China.

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