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− | ** 09/14: 2016-77: Rt. Wor. http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLRSteadman Robert Lloyd Steadman], Past Deputy Grand Master. | + | ** 09/14: 2016-77: Rt. Wor. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLRSteadman Robert Lloyd Steadman], Past Deputy Grand Master. |
** 09/14: 2016-77: Rt. Wor. John Alexander Truesdale, Past District Deputy Grand Master. | ** 09/14: 2016-77: Rt. Wor. John Alexander Truesdale, Past District Deputy Grand Master. | ||
** 09/14: 2016-78: Rt. Wor. John Robert Hays, Past District Deputy Grand Master. | ** 09/14: 2016-78: Rt. Wor. John Robert Hays, Past District Deputy Grand Master. | ||
** 09/14: 2016-78: Rt. Wor. Richard Stephen Nicoll, Past District Deputy Grand Master. | ** 09/14: 2016-78: Rt. Wor. Richard Stephen Nicoll, Past District Deputy Grand Master. | ||
** 09/14: 2016-78: Rt. Wor. Kenneth Stephen Gendall, Past District Deputy Grand Master. | ** 09/14: 2016-78: Rt. Wor. Kenneth Stephen Gendall, Past District Deputy Grand Master. | ||
− | ** 09/14: 2016-79: Rt. Wor. Donald Francis Tabbut, Past District Deputy Grand Master. | + | ** 09/14: 2016-79: Rt. Wor. Donald Francis Tabbut, Past District Deputy Grand Master. |
==== Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals ==== | ==== Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals ==== |
Revision as of 12:59, 17 September 2021
2016
HARVEY J. WAUGH, Grand Master
David R. Lucas, Deputy Grand Master
Thomas A. Rorrie, Senior Grand Warden
Dennis E. Reebel, Junior Grand Warden
Front Row: Rt. Wor. David R. Lucas, Most Wor. Harvey J. Waugh, Rt. Wor. Gerald Dowden
Back Row: Rt. Wor. Dennis E. Reebel, Rt. Wor. Thomas A. Rorrie, Rt. Wor. Mason W. Russell, Most Wor. Arthur E. Johnson.
A portrait of the Grand Master and officers appeared on the frontispiece and above.
Contents
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS
(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)
- 03/09: 2016-6;
- 06/08: 2016-33;
- 09/14: 2016-61;
- 12/14: 2016-107; (Annual Communication)
03/09 Agenda
- 2016-17: Discussion on changes to the Grand Constitutions.
- 2016-27: Appointment of Grand Representative.
06/08 Agenda
- 2016-45: Report of the Committee on Records.
- 2016-47: Recognition of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Texas.
- 2016-50: Discipline.
- 2016-51: Appointment of Grand Representatives.
- 2016-52: Presentations.
09/14 Agenda
- 2016-73: Recognition of Proxies.
- 2016-76: Report of the Committee on Records.
- 2016-81: Discipline.
- 2016-82: Presentations.
- 2016-83: Candidates for Grand Warden.
12/14 Agenda
Lodge By-Law Changes
- 03/09: 2016-18;
- Full Codes : none.
- Amendments: Fellowship, Macedonian, Matthew John Whittall, Simonds, approved; Delta, Mount Orthodox, Pythagorean, not approved.
- 06/08: 2016-42;
- Full Codes : none.
- Amendments: Celestial (with changes); Charles W. Moore; Cincinnatus (with changes); Franklin; Jordan; Lynnfield-Zetland; Major General Henry Knox (with changes); Marine; New Moon (with changes); Pilgrim (with changes); Union (Nantucket); William Sewall Gardner-Kilwinning, approved; Eastern Star; Mount Olivet, not approved.
- 09/14: 2016-74;
- Full Codes : none.
- Amendments: Amity-Mosaic (with changes); Corner Stone; Eastern Star; J. Philip Berquist (with changes); Lafayette-Greylock; Major General Henry Knox; Mount Olivet; Pequossette; Quittacus (with changes); Saggahew (with changes), approved.
Necrologies and Memorials
- NECROLOGIES:
- 03/09: 2016-19: Rt. Wor. James Allen Manninen, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
- 03/09: 2016-19: Rt. Wor. Robert Webster Williams, III, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
- 03/09: 2016-19: Rt. Wor. Thomas Richard Hickey, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
- 03/09: 2016-20: Rt. Wor. David Reynolds Price, Sr., Past Senior Grand Warden.
- 03/09: 2016-20: Rt. Wor. Raymond Elliott Ramsdell, II, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
- 03/09: 2016-20: Rt. Wor. Carl Arthur Gordon, Past Deputy Grand Master.
- 03/09: 2016-21: Rt. Wor. Martin Joseph Hanrahan, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
- 06/08: 2016-45: Rt. Wor. Scott Louis Allen, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
- 06/08: 2016-46: Rt. Wor. Harry Alzirus Powers, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
- 06/08: 2016-45: Rt. Wor. Frank Oren Collins, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
- 06/08: 2016-45: Rt. Wor. John Edward Grant, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
- 09/14: 2016-77: Rt. Wor. Thomas Francis McGrath, Jr., Past District Deputy Grand Master.
- 09/14: 2016-77: Rt. Wor. Robert Lloyd Steadman, Past Deputy Grand Master.
- 09/14: 2016-77: Rt. Wor. John Alexander Truesdale, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
- 09/14: 2016-78: Rt. Wor. John Robert Hays, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
- 09/14: 2016-78: Rt. Wor. Richard Stephen Nicoll, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
- 09/14: 2016-78: Rt. Wor. Kenneth Stephen Gendall, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
- 09/14: 2016-79: Rt. Wor. Donald Francis Tabbut, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals
- 06/08: 206-50: Changes to the following sections of the Grand Constitutions were approved:
Title Page, Preamble, 202, 204, 206, 209, 212, 213, 214, 215, 217, 219, 220, 223, 224, 236, 237, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 300, 302, 303, 305, 313, 315, 316, 317, 319, 320, 321, 322, 327, 329, 332, 334, 338, 353, 400, 403, 406, 407, 409, 411, 418, 420, 422, 500, 507, 508, 600(b), 604, 605, 606, 709(m), 709(n), 817(A), 817(B), Rules for the Government of Grand Lodge Rule XIII.
Note: the revised version of the Grand Constitutions is the new 2016 edition.
Grand Master's Address
- 03/09: 2016-27; opening remarks; visits; new Executive Assistant; new Grand Lodge committees; license plate program; Brotherhood Fund; commemorative plates for State House commemoration.
- 06/08: 2016-52; opening remarks; visits; trips to Chile and Panama; time capsule replica plates; license plates; 186 Committee.
- 09/14: 2016-83; opening remarks; new Executive Assistant; scholarship awards; 186 Committee; revamping of first floor areas; license plates; Joseph Warren statue dedication.
Petitions for Charters
- 03/09: 2016-21: Petition for consolidation by Warren and Charles C. Dame Lodges as Charles C. Dame Lodge; granted.
- 03/09: 2016-24: Petition for consolidation by Wampatuck and John Cutler Lodges as Wampatuck Lodge; granted.
- 06/08: 2016-48: Petition for consolidation by Starr King and Jordan Lodges as Jordan Lodge; granted.
- 09/14: 2016-75; Petition for charter for Scimitar Lodge; granted.
- 09/14: 2016-79: Petition for consolidation by Fellowship and Satucket Lodges as Fellowship Lodge; granted.
Petitions for Dispensation
SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS
- 06/04: 2016-31. Worcester. Corner Stone and Dedication of Worcester World War II Memorial. David R. Lucas, Acting Grand Master.
- 2016-31: Grand Lodge opened at Worcester City Hall.
- 2016-31: Presentation of colors.
- 2016-32: Ceremony of dedication.
- 2016-32: Contents of Corner Stone.
- 2016-32: Proclamation of the Grand Marshal.
- 07/16: 2016-58. Newburyport. 250th Anniversary of St. John's Newburyport. David R. Lucas, Acting Grand Master.
- 2016-59: Grand Lodge opened in Prelate's Hall at the Newburyport Masonic Building.
- 2016-59: Reception of the acting Grand Master and suite by Wor. Andrew Karayianes, Master of the lodge. Opening remarks by the Acting Grand Master.
- 2016-59: Remarks by other Brothers.
- 2016-59: Presentation of Joseph Warren Medal to R. W. William Sohni.
- 09/10: 2016-61. Haverhill. Installation of the officers of Merrimack Lodge. David R. Lucas, Acting Grand Master.
- 2016-61: Grand Lodge opened in the Haverhill Masonic Building.
- 2016-61: Reception of the acting Grand Master and suite. Opening remarks by the Acting Grand Master.
- 2016-61: Installation of officers.
- 2016-62: Remarks by the Acting Grand Master and other Brothers.
- 09/17: 2016-87. Wilmington. Constitution of Scimitar Lodge.
- 2016-88: Grand Lodge opened at Aleppo Shrine.
- 2016-88: Reception of the Grand Master and suite by Rt. Wor. Harlan Woods, Master of the lodge under dispensation.
- 2016-88: Presentation of the Brethren of the Lodge by the Deputy Grand Master.
- 2016-89: Constitution ceremony.
- 2016-89: Proclamation by the Grand Marshal.
- 2016-89: Installation of officers.
- 2016-90: Remarks by Rt. Wor. Walter H. Hunt, Grand Historian.
- 09/21: 2016-91. Westwood. 150th Anniversary of Celestial Lodge.
- 2016-94: Grand Lodge opened in the Westwood Masonic Building.
- 2016-94: Dedication ceremony.
- 2016-94: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.
FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST
(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/27/2016)