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NORFOLK LODGE

Location: Needham

Chartered By: Percival L. Everett

Charter Date: 06/09/1875 1875-73

Precedence Date: 05/18/1874

Current Status: Active

PAST MASTERS

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1874
• Petition for Charter: 1875

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1924 (50th Anniversary)
• 1949 (75th Anniversary)
• 1974 (Centenary)
• 1999 (125th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1875 (Everett; Special Communication; Constitution of Lodge and installation; see description below)
• 1902 (Gallagher; Cornerstone laying of town hall)
• 1919 (L. Abbott)
• 1924 (Ferrell; 50th Anniversary)
• 1940 (Perry; reception for Deputy Grand Master Samuel H. Wragg)
• 1945 (Wragg; 2 visits; reception for Grand Master, installation)
• 1949 (Keith; 75th Anniversary)
• 1952 (Roy)
• 1956 (W. Johnson; installation)
• 1957 (A. Jenkins; reception for Senior Grand Warden Laurence E. Eaton)
• 1960 (Eaton; 3 visits, including reception for Grand Master)
• 1962 (Eaton; Past Masters' Night)
• 1963 (Osgood; reception for Senior Grand Warden John N. Hall)
• 1972 (Vose; 2 visits, including hall dedication)
• 1974 (Vose; 2 visits, including Centenary and mortgage burning)
• 1975 (Maxwell)
• 1976 (Maxwell)
• 1981 (Berquist; 2 visits)
• 1988 (Ames)
• 1993 (Lovering; 2 visits, including reception for Deputy Grand Master Carl A. Gordon)
• 1994 (Lovering; table lodge)
• 1998 (Bauer; 2 visits, including reception for Deputy Grand Master Ralph I. Sewall)
• 1999 (Bauer; 125th Anniversary)
• 2003 (Hicks)
• 2004 (Hicks)
• 2006 (Hodgdon; reception for Deputy Grand Master William E. Holland)
• 2007 (Hodgdon; reception for Senior Grand Warden Jeffrey L. Gardiner)
• 2011 (Stewart; Ladies' and Widows' Night)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1875 1878 1879 1892 1897 1901 1903 1905 1906 1907 1912 1927 1932 1937 1938 1949 1956 1975 1976 1981 1985 1988 1989 1990 1999 2001

HISTORY

• 1924 (50th Anniversary History, 1924-75)
• 1949 (75th Anniversary History, 1949-67)
• 1974 (Centenary History, 1974-72)
• 1999 (125th Anniversary History, 1999-35)

OTHER

• 1901 (Transfer of districts)
• 1912 (Dispute over jurisdiction)

EVENTS

CONSTITUTION OF LODGE, JUNE 1875

From New England Freemason, Vol. II, No. 7, July 1875, Page 359:

A Special Communication of the M. W. Grand Lodge of Massachusetts was held at Needham, on Thursday afternoon, the 1st inst., for the purpose of constituting Norfolk Lodge and installing its officers. The M. W. Grand Master conducted the services. The ceremony of constituting the Lodge was performed in the Lodge-room, and was, of course, in private. When it was concluded, the Grand Officers were escorted by the members of the Lodge to the chapel of the Congregational Church, where the installation services were performed in the presence of a large number of ladies and invited guests. The W. Master was installed by Grand Master Everett, the Senior Warden by Past Grand Master Heard (acting Senior Grand Warden), the Junior Warden by R. W. Henry Endicott (acting Junior Grand Warden), and the remaining officers by Past Grand Master Coolidge (acting Deputy Grand Master). After these exercises were concluded, the Grand Master gave suitable words of encouragement and instruction to the officers and members of the new Lodge. At fifteen minutes past six, the Grand Lodge was closed in Ample Form. A collation followed, after which brief speeches were made by the Grand Master, the Past Grand Masters and others. The occasion was much enjoyed by all present.

The following is a list of the officers of the new Lodge:

• Emery Grover, W.M.
• James E. Chapman, S.W.
• Edward A. Mills, J.W.
• Elbridge G. Leach, Treas.
• John T. Abbott, Sec.
• Edward Dorsey, S.D.
• Edgar M. Bowers, J.D.
• Rev. Stephen G. Abbott, Chaplain
• Aaron Twigg, Marshal
• Theo. F. Hanks, S.S.
• John F. Edwards, J.S.
• Isaac R. Stearns, LS.
• Lewis Armstrong, Tyler.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Horace A. Carter, DDGM, District 5 (Waltham), 1916, 1917; Junior Grand Warden 1919; N
• Manson H. Carter, DDGM, District 5 (Brighton), 1982, 1983; N
• Laurence E. Eaton; Grand Marshal 1954-1956, Senior Grand Warden 1957, Grand Master 1960-1962
• Jeffrey L. Gardiner, DDGM, District 5, 2004, 2005, 2006; Senior Grand Warden 2007; Grand Secretary
• Carl A. Gordon, 1988, 1989; Deputy Grand Master 1993.
• Emery Grover, DDGM, District 21 (Framingham), 1889, 1890, Memorial
• John N. Hall, DDGM, District 5 (Brighton), 1958, 1959; Grand Marshal 1960-1962; Senior Grand Warden 1963
• Clifford L. Heald, DDGM, District 5 (Brighton), 1966, 1967; SN
• William E. Holland, 1998, 1999; Deputy Grand Master 2006
• David P. Newcomb, DDGM, District 2, 2009, 2010.
• Ralph I. Sewall, 1992, 1993; Deputy Grand Master 1998
• Samuel H. Wragg, DDGM, District 5 (Brighton), 1939; Deputy Grand Master 1940; Grand Master 1945-1947; N

DISTRICTS

1874: District 12 (Milford)

1877: District 13 (Dedham)

1883: District 21 (Framingham)

1902: District 5 (Waltham)

1927: District 5 (Brighton)

2003: District 5

LINKS

Lodge web site

Massachusetts Lodges