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2018

PAUL F. GLEASON, Grand Master

Scott T. Jareo, Deputy Grand Master
Fred A. Dobson, Senior Grand Warden
Michael J. Jarzabek, Junior Grand Warden

Front Row: Rt. Wor. Scott T. Jareo, Most Wor. Paul F. Gleason, Rt. Wor. George O'Masta
Back Row: Rt. Wor. Michael J. Jarzabek, Rt. Wor. [MAGLFADobsonJr Fred A. Dobson], Rt. Wor. Mason W. Russell, Most Wor. Albert T. Ames.

A portrait of the Grand Master and officers appeared on the frontispiece and above.

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

• 03/14: 2018-9;
• 06/13: 2018-30;
• 09/12: 2018-67;
• 12/12: 2018-95; (Annual Communication)

03/14 Agenda

• 2018-18: Recognition of Proxies.
• 2018-20: Report of the Records Committee.
• 2018-21: Recognition and appointment of Grand Representatives.
• 2018-23: Discipline.
• 2018-24: Presentations by the Grand Master.
• 2018-24: Grand Master's Award.
• 2018-25: Presentations to the Grand Master.

06/13 Agenda

• 2018-42: Recognition of Proxies.
• 2018-44: Report of the Records Committee.
• 2018-44: Report of the Foreign Relations Committee; recognition of Gran Logia Occidental de Colombia, Gran Logia Oriental de Colombia, and Prince Hall Grand Lodge of District of Columbia (PHA).
• 2018-50: Increases in fees.
• 2018-51: Election of Trustees.
• 2018-51: Ruling by Grand Master regarding Widow's Sons.
• 2018-52: Recognition and appointment of Grand Representatives.
• 2018-57: Discipline.
• 2018-58: Presentations by the Grand Master.

09/12 Agenda

• 2018-78: Recognition of Proxies.
• 2018-81: Report of the Records Committee.
• 2018-82: Budget.
• 2018-84: Election of Director.
• 2018-85: Installation of Grand Chaplain.
• 2018-85: Grand Warden candidates for 2019.
• 2018-85: Discipline.
• 2018-86: Presentations by the Grand Master.
• 2018-87: Presentations to the Grand Master.

12/12 Agenda

• 2018-106: Presentation of Secretary of the Year.
• 2018-107: Recognition of Proxies.
• 2018-111: Voting powers of Lodges.
• 2018-117: Election of Grand Master and other Grand Officers.
• 2018-120: Report of the Records Committee.
• 2018-126: Recognition of the Grand Lodge of Brazil/Paraná.
• 2018-127: Establishment of dues amnesty program for suspended brothers.
• 2018-128: Discipline.
• 2018-128: Presentations by the Grand Master.
• 2018-129: Presentations to the Grand Master.

Lodge By-Law Changes

• 03/14: 2018-18;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Amity-Mosaic; Brigham; Manchester; MountHoreb (Woburn); Sinim (with changes); Wisdom; approved.

• 06/13: 2018-42;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Ancon; Cawnacome Sunshine (with changes); Corner Stone; Esoteric-Sherwood; Essex; Garden City; Jerusalem; Manchester; Montgomery; Mount Tom; Sinim; approved.

• 09/12: 2018-79;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: The Massachusetts; Mount Tom; Olive Branch (with changes); Plymouth; Satuit; Universal; Wyoming (with changes); approved.

• 12/12: 2018-118;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Alpha; Bethesda (Brighton); Corner Stone; J. Philip Berquist; John T. Heard; John Warren (with changes); Norumbega Fraternity; Scouters', Trinity.

Necrologies and Memorials

• NECROLOGIES
  • 03/14: 2018-21: Rt. Wor. Stewart A. Swinamer, Jr., Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/14: 2018-21: Rt. Wor. Arthur LeRoy Rockwell, Past Senior Grand Warden.
  • 03/14: 2018-22: Rt. Wor. Neil Thomas Mulrain, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/14: 2018-22: Rt. Wor. Wallace Jack Bennett, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/14: 2018-22: Rt. Wor. Timothy John Hanks, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/13: 2018-53: Rt. Wor. John Raymond Blaney, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/13: 2018-53: Rt. Wor. Joseph Isadore Stone, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/13: 2018-54: Rt. Wor. Louis Alfred Harmon, Past Senior Grand Warden.
  • 06/13: 2018-54: Rt. Wor. Mark Herbert Rosen, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/13: 2018-55: Rt. Wor. Stephen Kaloyanides, Past Senior Grand Warden.
  • 06/13: 2018-55: Rt. Wor. Joseph Goldstein, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/13: 2018-56: Rt. Wor. James Arthur Moller, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/13: 2018-56: Rt. Wor. Basil Allen Crandell, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/13: 2018-56: Rt. Wor. Paul Stephen Chase, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/12: 2018-82: Rt. Wor. Harold Ray Fulton, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/12: 2018-82: Rt. Wor. Paul Arlon Moore, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/12: 2018-83: Rt. Wor. Thomas Todd, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/12: 2018-83: Rt. Wor. Wesley Clayton Tucker, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/12: 2018-84: Rt. Wor. Hamilton Lee Potter, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/12: 2018-84: Rt. Wor. James Eugene Cook, Past District Grand Master.
  • 12/12: 2018-112: Rt. Wor. Paul Edward Gerolstein, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/12: 2018-112: Rt. Wor. Irving Elmer Johansen, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/12: 2018-113: Rt. Wor. Gene Paul Cannan, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/12: 2018-113: Most Wor. Edgar William Darling, Past Grand Master.
  • 12/12: 2018-114: Rt. Wor. Gerald Hersey Jordan, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/12: 2018-114: Rt. Wor. Samuel Robert Cook, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/12: 2018-115: Rt. Wor. Warren Roy Davis, Past Junior Grand Warden.
• MEMORIAL
  • 12/12: 2018-115: Most Wor. Edgar William Darling, Past Grand Master. Memorial

Grand Master's Address

• 03/14: 2018-25; presentations; opening remarks; CPR Training; findmassmoney.com; education; Super Bowl; discipline and investigations; Grand Master's Award; receivership; membership; One-Day Class.
• 06/13: 2018-58; opening remarks; Paul Revere anniversary; Master's Path; blood drives; license plates; new hires; new business manager; water damage at Grand Lodge; CHIP; upcoming events; One Day Class; membership.
• 09/12: 2018-87; opening remarks; Lodge Ambassador training; Open Houses; special 30th/31st Lodge of Instruction; tour guides; Golden Gavels; One Day Class.
• 12/12: 2018-129: opening remarks; receivership; Golden Gavels; amnesty; social media; Masonic license plates; Grand Lodge dues; new lodge; Bermuda cruise; committee reports.
  • Visits by Grand Master Gleason, beginning on Page 2018-136:
    • Mergers and Consolidations:
      • 06/18: Ezekiel Bates and Saint James, Attleboro; Special Communication
    • Lodge Visits:
      • 01/19: William Parkman, Woburn
      • 01/20: Golden Rule, Wakefield (Reception for Deputy Grand Master)
      • 02/24: Wilmington; Reception for Senior Grand Warden
      • 03/20: Worcester; Reception for Junior Grand Warden
      • 03/13: William Parkman, Woburn
      • 04/08-10: Grand Lodge of Connecticut
      • 04/10: Mystic Valley, Arlington
      • 04/12: Phoenix, Hanover
      • 04/14: Webster, Webster; Rededication; Special Communication
      • 04/18: The Masters, Needham
      • 04/21: Grand Lodge of Iran, Boston
      • 04/28: Major General Henry Knox, Boston; Table Lodge
      • 05/04: Cincinnatus, Great Nsttington; Table Lodge
      • 05/08: William Parkman, Woburn
      • 05/16: The Masters, Needham
      • 05/18-20: Grand Lodge of New Hampshire
      • 05/20-22: Grand Lodge of Rhode Island
      • 05/25-27: Grand Lodge of Québec
      • 06/12: William Parkman, Woburn
      • 09/15: Cawnacome Sunshine, Bourne; installation
      • 09/22: The Harvard, Boston; installation
      • 09/25: Rural, Quincy; Ground breaking ceremony
      • 09/22: Milton, Hingham; installation
      • 10/09: William Parkman, Woburn
      • 10/17: The Masters, Needham
      • 10/24: Wisdom, Dalton; installation
      • 11/09: Grand Lodge of Virginia
      • 11/11: Corinthian, Concord; opening of time capsule
      • 11/13: William Parkman, Woburn
      • 11/18: Corner Stone, Duxbury
      • 11/21: The Masters, Needham
      • 11/30: Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston; Feast of St. Andrew
      • 12/07: Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia
      • 12/16: William Parkman, Woburn
      • 12/19: The Masters, Needham
    • Visits by other Grand Lodge officers begin on Page 2018-139.

Petitions for Charters

• 06/13: 2018-46: Petition for consolidation by Wilbraham Masonic and The Meadows Lodges as The Meadows Lodge; granted.
• 06/13: 2018-46: Petition for consolidation by Ezekiel Bates and Saint James Lodges as Ezekiel Bates Lodge; granted.
• 12/12: 2018-120: Petition for consolidation by Palestine and William Sutton Lodges as William Sutton Lodge; granted.
• 12/12: 2018-123: Petition for consolidation by Simonds and William Parkman Lodges as William Parkman Lodge; granted.

Petition for Dispensation

• 12/12: 2018-126: Petition for Lodge of the Royal Secret; granted.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 01/30: 2018-6. Worcester. 240th Anniversary and rededication of Trinity Lodge.
  • 2018-7: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Robert E. Aggas of Trinity Lodge.
  • 2018-7: Carpet ceremony.
  • 2018-7: History of the Lodge by Bro. J. Graeme Noseworthy.
  • 2018-7: Remarks by other brothers.
  • 2018-8: Presentations and remarks by the Grand Master.

• 06/16: 2018-63. Attleboro. Consolidation of Ezekiel Bates and St. James Lodges.
  • 2018-64. Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Robert L. Vreeland, Master of St. James Lodge.
  • 2018-64: Merger ceremony.
  • 2018-64: Proclamation by the Grand Marshal.
  • 2018-64: Remarks by the Grand Master.

• 08/25: 2018-65. East Longmeadow. Consolidation of The Meadows and Wilbraham Masonic Lodges.
  • 2018-66. Grand Lodge opened and was received.
  • 2018-66: Merger ceremony.
  • 2018-66: Proclamation by the Grand Marshal.
  • 2018-64: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.

• 11/10: 2018-92. Boston. 175th Anniversary of Star of Bethlehem Lodge. Scott T. Jareo, Deputy Grand Master, Acting Grand Master.
  • 2018-93: Grand Lodge opened and was received.
  • 2018-93: Carpet ceremony.
  • 2018-93: Proclamation by the Grand Marshal.
  • 2018-93: Remarks by the Acting Grand Master and other Brothers.

• 12/20: 2018-143. Boston. Constitution and installation of theLodge of the Royal Secret, U. D.
  • 2018-144: Grand Lodge opened and was received.
  • 2018-144: Reading of Dispensation. Installation of officers.
  • 2018-144: Remarks by Wor. Peter J. Lawson, Master.
  • 2018-144: Lodge business meeting.
  • 2018-145: Remarks by the Grand Master.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/27/2018)

• 2018-193: Opening and roll call.
• 2018-203: Report of Grand Secretary; 528 diplomas issued. List of lodges not represented in Grand Lodge in 2018, as well as the past 2 years.
• 2017-203: Installation of Grand Master Paul Fulton Gleason. Installation of other Grand Officers.
• 2018-206: Feast of St. John. Toasts and names of speakers.
• 2018-208: Deputy Grand Master Lawrence E. Bethune.
• 2018-216: Right Wor. Graeme H. Marsden.