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SPENCER LODGE

Location: Spencer

Chartered By: Sereno D. Nickerson

Charter Date: 12/11/1872 1872-260

Precedence Date: 11/03/1871

Current Status: in Grand Lodge Vault. Merged with Meridian Sun Lodge into Hayden Lodge, 10/18/2003.

PAST MASTERS

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1871
• Petition for Charter: 1872
• Consolidation Petition (with Meridian Sun and Hayden Lodges): 2002

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1941 (70th Anniversary)
• 1946 (75th Anniversary)
• 1971 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1873 (Nickerson; hall dedication, Special Communication; see below)
• 1927 (Simpson; hall dedication, Special Communication)
• 1941 (Schaefer; 70th Anniversary, Special Communication)
• 1946 (Wragg; 75th Anniversary, Special Communication)
• 1952 (Roy; reception for Junior Grand Warden Clayton F. Fisher)
• 1971 (Jaynes; Centenary, Special Communication)
• 1975 (Maxwell)
• 2003 (Hicks; Consolidation) not described in Proceedings

BY-LAW CHANGES

1880 1881 1888 1916 1923 1927 1930 1937 1951 1953 1954 1956 1960 1973 1976 1980 1981 1988 1991 1994 1995

HISTORY

• 1941 (70th Anniversary History, 1941-129)
• 1946 (75th Anniversary History, 1946-270)
• 1971 (75th Anniversary History, 1971-448)

EVENTS

CONSTITUTION OF LODGE, JANUARY 1873

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXXII, No. 2, February 1873, Page 53:

This is a new Lodge, located in the pleasant and flourishing town of Spencer, in the county of Worcester, and having worked its year of probation under a dispensation, and received a Charter from the Grand Lodge, was duly constituted by the M. W. Grand Master and his officers, on Tuesday the 7th of January ult.

The Grand Lodge present consisted of

• M. W. Sereno D. Nickerson, G. M.
• Percival L. Everett, D. G M.
• Henry Endicott, S. G. W.
• Charles W. Moore as J. G. W.
• Henry C. Willson, as G. Treas.
• Joseph B. Knox as R. G. Sec.
• Chas. H. Titus, as G. Chap.
• Wm. H. Chessman, Gr. Marshal.
• Nelson R. Scott, Grand Steward.
• Sumner Holmes as Grand Steward
• Geo. P. Ladd, Architect.
• Fred. A. Pierce, Grand Tyler.

The Grand Lodge was opened at 4 o'clock P. M., and immediately proceeded with the dedication of the Masonic apartments to the purposes of Freemasonry, in the usual form and with the usual ceremonies. The constituting of the Lodge immediately followed; at the conclusion of which ceremony the Grand Lodge took a recess until the evening; at which time it assembled in the beautiful hall in the large and imposing building recently erected in the centre of the village for public and other purposes. This hall, we understand, is capable of seating about six hundred persons. There were probably present on this occasion between three and four hundred, including ladies and other invited guests. The ceremonies of Installation were opened with singing by an excellent quartette. Bro. Edwin A. Hill, Master elect was then introduced and installed by the Grand Master; the Senior Warden, Bro. Charles H. Allen was installed by R. W. Henry Endicott, S. G. W.; and the Junior Warden, Bro. Isaac Niles, Jr., was installed by R. W. Charles W. Moore as J. G. W. pro tem. The remainder of the officers were then installed by the M. W. Grand Master, the usual proclamation was made by the Grand Marshal, and the ceremonies were closed with prayer by the Grand Chaplain; previous to which, however, the Grand Master addressed the brethren and the company present in terms and on subjects appropriate to the occasion, and was listened to with great attention and apparent gratification by the audience. The Grand Lodge then retired, and having been closed, the members were immediately conducted to the banqueting hall in the same building, where they were joined by some two hundred ladies and gentlemen in a bountiful and well spread banquet, and where an hour was spent in a very pleasant way. The speakers at the table, so far as we can recollect them were, the Grand Master, and Bros. Moore, Knox, Titus and others.

The apartments of the new Lodge are admirably well adapted to the purposes for which they are designed, and especially so is the principal hall, which is neatly frescoed and handsomely furnished. The Lodge itself is composed of young and enterprising brethren, and its future prospects are highly encouraging.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Scott L. Allen, DDGM, District 21 (Brookfield), 1962, 1963
• Clayton F. Fisher, DDGM, District 21 (Brookfield), 1944, 1945; Junior Grand Warden 1952
• Edwin A. Hill, DDGM, District 18 (Worcester), 1888, 1889; SN
• Arthur M. Kinne, DDGM, District 21 (Brookfield), 1984, 1985; Junior Grand Warden 1987
• Neil T. Mulrain, DDGM, District 21 (Brookfield), 1992, 1993
• John G. Prouty, DDGM, District 20 (Southbridge), 1914; SN
• Edmund H. Squire, DDGM, District 21 (Brookfield), 1934, 1935; N
• Frederick B. Traill, DDGM, District 20 (Southbridge), 1919, 1920; SN

DISTRICTS

1871: District 11 (Worcester)

1883: District 18 (Worcester)

1911: District 20 (Southbridge)

1927: District 21 (Brookfield)

2003: District 25

LINKS

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