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MOUNT VERNON LODGE

Location: Malden

Chartered By: John T. Heard

Charter Date: 09/08/1858 VI-190

Precedence Date: 08/27/1857

Current Status: merged with Galilean Lodge, 09/10/1997, to form Mount Vernon-Galilean Lodge.

PAST MASTERS

Benjamin G. Hill, 1857, 1858
Charles Hill, 1859
George D. Allen, 1860
Frederic J. Foss, 1861-1863
William H. Richardson, 1864
John W. Chapman, 1865, 1866
Edward W. Glover, 1867-1869
John P. Soule, 1870, 1871
Theodore N. Foque, 1872, 1873; SN
Christopher W. Dyer, 1874, 1875
Henry Locke Putnam, 1876, 1877
William F. Chester, 1878, 1879; SN
Luther H. Peters, 1880, 1881
Henry Kemble Oliver, 1882, 1883
Edwin M. Shepherd, 1884
George L. Griffin, 1885, 1886
Clarence O. Walker, 1887, 1888
John Newell, 1889, 1890
Edward G. Wise, 1891, 1892
Edward G. McInnes, 1893
Winslow B. Southworth, 1894, 1895
William D. Serrat, 1896, 1897
Walter F. Medding, 1898, 1899
Frederic L. Putnam, 1900; N
Edward L. Browne, 1901, 1902
Henry Gerrish, Jr., 1903, 1904
Joseph Wiggin, 1905, 1906
Wallace M. Corbin, 1907, 1908
John F. Neal, 1909, 1910
William H. Palmer, 1911
George E. Cleaves, 1912, 1913
Edward B. Wentworth, 1914, 1915; N
George A. Chisholm, 1916, 1917; N
Harrison R. Medding, 1918, 1919
Perry A. Dodge, 1920
J. Elliot Knowlton, 1921, 1922
George M. Keen, 1923, 1924; N
Herbert F. Sawyer, 1925, 1926
Walter E. Woodward, 1927, 1928
Thomas C. Harriott, 1929, 1930
Walter P. Osgood, 1931, 1932
Herman W. Bethe, 1933
Ernest A. Crossland, 1934; N
Parker S. Kimball, 1935
L. Burbank Keen, 1936
Clarence S. Walker, 1937
Stanley P. Horwood, 1938
Leonard C. Gardner, 1939
John E. Woodward, 1940
Frank O. Berg, 1941
Raleigh J. Moore, 1942
Axel C. Nelson, 1943
Emil H. Appel, 1944
James A. Thorpe, 1945
Frederick H. Simmons, 1946
Charles Garniss, 1947
Frank E. Hutchinson, 1948
Colin H. Dennis, 1949
A. Ray Whenman, 1950
Marvin E. Pierce, 1951
J. William Mahaney, 1952
Charles W. Cummings, 1953
Fred I. Reed, 1954
Roy M. Reed, 1955
Henry L. Taylor, 1956; N
William B. Berg, Jr., 1957
John D. MacDonald, 1958
Russell E. Pilling, 1959
George A. Watson, 1960
Truman A. Barstow, 1961
Ralph A. Hascall, Jr., 1962
George W. Parsons, 1963
Frank P. Maloof, 1964
Robert T. Murray, 1965
H. Emery Sawyer, 1966
Henry F. Wright, Sr., 1967
Peter T. Coffin, 1968
Elwin W. Burleigh, 1969
Alvah D. Gardiner, Jr., 1970; N
Hagop V. Demirdjian, 1971, 1982; PDDGM
Paul C. Frederick, 1972
Herbert E. Swanstrom, 1973
William Henry LaBombard, 1974
George A. Watson, Jr., 1975
Robert Sullivan, 1976
Ralph A. Key, Sr., 1977
Edward W. Bauer, Jr., 1978
Ralph P. Rudolph, 1979
Joseph A. Muise, 1980, 1983
Norman N. Alpert, 1981
Truman A. Barstow, 1984
John E. Burke, 1985
Joseph F. DeVincentis, 1986
Lawrence H. Crowell, 1987
Steven J. DePriest, 1988
1989-1997?

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1857
Petition for Charter: 1858
Consolidation Petition (with Galilean Lodge): 1997

ANNIVERSARIES

1907 (50th Anniversary)
1932 (75th Anniversary)
1957 (Centenary)
1982 (125th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1858 (Heard; Constitution of Lodge and installation; Special Communication; see below)
1881 (Lawrence)
1887 (Endicott; Hall Dedication; Special Communication)
1891 (Wells)
1894 (Weld)
1899 (Hutchinson)
1901 (Gallagher)
1903 (Sanford)
1906 (Blake; 2 visits)
1907 (Blake; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1909 (Flanders; 3 visits, including Ladies' Night)
1910 (Flanders; reception for Junior Grand Warden Walter F. Medding)
1927 (Simpson)
1932 (Chipman; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1936 (Allen; reception for Junior Grand Warden Frederic L. Putnam)
1957 (A. Jenkins; Centenary; Special Communication)
1982 (Berquist; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1989 (Ames; installation)
1997 (A. Johnson; Consolidation; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1869 1870 1871 1873 1876 1877 1879 1880 1888 1897 1910 1911 1916 1930 1937 1939 1951 1957 1960 1976

HISTORY

1907 (Historical address, 1907-129)
1932 (75th Anniversary History, 1932-175)
1957 (Centenary History, 1957-160)
1982 (125th Anniversary History, 1982-121)

OTHER

1883 (Jurisdictional dispute, 1883-262)
1941 (Petition for reduction of fees refused; 1941-215)
1958 (Participation in 50th Anniversary of corner stone laying, 1958-137)

EVENTS

CONSTITUTION OF LODGE, OCTOBER 1858

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XVIII, No. 1, November 1858, Page 19:

This is a new Lodge, which has just been established in the neighboring village of Malden, under highly favorable auspices. Having worked a year under Dispensation, it was constituted by the executive officers of the Grand Lodge, on Thursday, the 12th of October, when the officers were installed, and the hall, which has been tastefully and appropriately fitted up, was dedicated according to ancient usage. The ceremonies and services were conducted by the Grand Master, assisted by his officers, and passed off to the gratification of a large collection of Brethren, numbering over one hundred, from Boston, Charlestown, and Somerville. After the ceremonies, a Poem, of great merit and appropriateness, was delivered by Rev. Bro. T. J. Greenwood, a Chaplain of the new Lodge, by whom the excellent hymns sang on the occasion were also written.

The officers installed are as follows:

B. G. Hill, Master
Charles Hill and James Bartlett, Wardens
Edward D. Bell, Treas.
W. D. Holden, Secy.
Geo. D. Allen and R. W. Dresser, Deacons
Thos. S. Shedd and H. H. Hyde, Stewards
Rev. T. J. Greenwood, Chaplain, and
Thomas Tufts, Tyler

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

William F. Chester, DDGM, District 7 (Lynn), 1892, 1893, 1894; SN
George A. Chisholm, DDGM, District 7 (Malden), 1931, 1932; N
Ernest A. Crossland, DDGM, District 7 (Malden), 1953, 1954; N
Hagop V. Demirdjian, DDGM, District 7 (Malden), 1988, 1989
Theodore N. Foque, DDGM, District 17 (Woburn), 1875, 1876, 1877, 1878; SN
Alvah D. Gardiner, Jr., DDGM, District 7 (Malden), 1979, 1980; N
George M. Keen, DDGM, District 7 (Malden), 1943, 1944; N
Walter F. Medding, DDGM, District 7 (Lynn), 1906, 1907; Junior Grand Warden 1910
Frederic L. Putnam, DDGM, District 7 (Melrose), 1927; Senior Grand Warden 1936; N
Henry L. Taylor, DDGM, District 7 (Malden), 1967, 1968; N
Edward B. Wentworth, DDGM, District 7 (Malden), 1921, 1922; N