Victory

VICTORY LODGE

Location: Watertown

Chartered By: Arthur D. Prince

Charter Date: 12/08/1920 1920-566

Precedence Date: 02/16/1920

Current Status: in Grand Lodge Vault; merged into Waltham Triad Lodge, 06/02/2003.

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PAST MASTERS

• George H. Dale, 1919, 1920; N
• Guy H. Nason, 1921
• James Bailey, 1922
• Hugh Goddard, 1923, 1925
• George W. Ayer, 1924
• Herbert L. Baxter, 1926
• William S. Holdsworth, 1927
• Joseph W. Hood, 1928
• Francis D. Taylor, 1929; N
• Ralph W. Mason, 1930
• Harold E. Smith, 1931
• Frederick D. Smith, 1932
• Paul E. Chase, 1933
• E. Everett Clark, 1934
• William J. Constable, 1925
• Ralph C. Thulin, 1936
• Thomas M. Dowell, 1937
• William J. Coumans, 1938
• Albert E. Norbury, 1939
• George S. Bacon, 1940
• George E. Esslinger, 1941
• William R. Beale, 1942, 1943
• Stuart J. Fay, 1944, 1945
• Franklin E. Harris, 1946; N
• Lawrence M. Gentleman, 1947
• Julian T. Williams, 1948
• Lloyd I. Schaeffer, 1949
• K. Chesley Minty, 1950
• Kenneth B. Cotton, 1951
• Paul H. Drury, 1952
• Earl F. Chase, 1953
• Herman H. Sanderson, 1954
• Gilbert A. Drackley, 1955
• Stewart R. Ramsay, 1956
• Roland K. Humphrey, 1957
• Robert C. Dowell, 1958
• John A. Pulsifer, 1959
• Ernst R. Larsson, 1960
• Stanley Bacon, 1961
• Leonard Johnson, 1962
• Archibald F. Mills, 1963
• E. Albert Stadtman, 1964
• Varikes P. DerBoghosian, 1965, 1977
• Austin Avery, 1966
• Stephen Kaloyanides, 1967, 1982
• Ernest E. Fay, 1968, 1969
• James M. Tutunjian, 1970
• Samuel D. McGolpin, 1971, 1974, 1980
• Clyde M. Armstrong, 1972
• Shant T. Chebookjian, 1973, 2002, 2003; N
• Roy A. Wallace, 1975
• Douglas B. Muttart, 1976, 1981, 1991
• Peter Amershadian, 1979
• Frank Dalrymple, 1983, 1992
• Herbert S. Sakowich, 1984, 1989, 1996
• Richard T. Bartley, Jr., 1985
• Carlos J. S. Akmadjian, 1986, 1990, 1995
• William P. Asadoorian, 1987, 1988
• Alan H. Jelalian, 1993, 1994, 1997
• G. Leonard McIntosh, 1998
• Bruce M. Newman, 1999
• George A. Sarafinas, 2000; PDDGM

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REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1920
• Petition for Charter: 1920
• Consolidation Petition (with Waltham Triad Lodge): 2003

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1945 (25th Anniversary)
• 1970 (50th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1921 (Prince; Constitution of Lodge and installation; Special Communication)
• 1944 (A. Coolidge; Reception for Deputy Grand Master Francis D. Taylor)
• 1945 (Wragg; 25th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1968 (Booth; Mortgage burning; Special Communication)
• 1970 (Jaynes; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1974 (Vose)
• 1983 (Berquist; reception for Senior Grand Warden Shant T. Chebookjian)
• 1987 (Ames)
• 1989 (Ames)
• 1993 (Lovering; installation)
• 1998 (A. Johnson; reception for Senior Grand Warden Stephen Kaloyanides)
• 2003 (Hicks; Consolidation; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1925 1927 1929 1931 1937 1938 1945 1952 1954 1958 1964 1971 1978 1982 1990 1997

HISTORY

• 1945 (25th Anniversary History, 1945-5)
• 1970 (50th Anniversary History, 1970-24)

OTHER

• 1938 (Reduction of fees authorized, 1938-383)
• 1960 (Participation in the dedication of Watertown Masonic Temple, 1960-1)

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GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Shant T. Chebookjian, DDGM, District 5 (Waltham), 1979, 1980; Senior Grand Warden 1983; N
• George H. Dale, DDGM, District 5 (Waltham), 1918, 1919; Pequossette; N
• Franklin E. Harris, DDGM, District 5 (Waltham), 1958, 1959; N
• Stephen Kaloyanides, DDGM, District 5 (Waltham), 1985, 1986; Senior Grand Warden 1998
• George A. Sarafinas, DDGM, District 5 (Waltham), 1997, 1998
• Francis D. Taylor, DDGM, District 5 (Waltham), 1938, 1939; Grand Chaplain 1945-1962; Deputy Grand Master 1944; N

DISTRICTS

1920: District 5 (Waltham)

1927: District 5 (Waltham)

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LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges

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