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1997

ARTHUR E. JOHNSON, Grand Master

Robert L. Steadman, Deputy Grand Master
Robert J. Leach, Senior Grand Warden
Frederick H. Schulenberg, Junior Grand Warden

Seated: R. W. Robert J. Leach, Senior Grand Warden; Grand Master Arthur E. Johnson; R. W. Robert L. Steadman, Deputy Grand Master.
Standing: R. W. Frederick H. Schulenburg, Junior Grand Warden; R. W. Louis A. Harmon, Grand Marshal; R. W. Robert M. Blake, Grand Treasurer; R. W. Paul W. Rolston, Grand Secretary.

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

• 03/12: 1997-11;
• 06/11: 1997-85;
• 09/10: 1997-125;
• 12/10: 1997-173; (Annual Communication)

03/12 Agenda

• 1997-28: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 1997-34: Presentations.

06/11 Agenda

• 1997-99: Greetings to Grand Representatives.
• 1997-99: Recognition of the Grand Lodges of Benin, Prince Hall of Connecticut, and Russia.
• 1997-101: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 1997-102: Presentations.

09/10 Agenda

• 1997-135: Suspension of the charter of William Whiting Lodge.
• 1997-138: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 1997-141: Budget for 1998 (motion only).
• 1997-141: Presentations.

12/10 Agenda

• 1997-186: Greetings to, and appointment of, Grand Representatives.
• 1997-195: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 1997-196: Re-election of Grand Master Johnson. Eection of other Grand Lodge officers.
• 1997-196: Presentations.
• Visits by Grand Master Johnson, beginning on Page 1997-211:
  • Anniversaries:
    • St. Paul's-Algonquin, Braintree (04/05; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Milton, Quincy (04/19; 75th Anniversary)
    • Corinthian, Concord (05/17; 200th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Mariners', Cotuit (05/31; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Galilean, Everett (06/07; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Bristol, North Attleboro (06/14; 200th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Adams, Wellfleet (06/28; 200th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Star-Athol (09/13; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • Olive Branch, Millbury (09/27; 200th Anniversary)
    • Azure, Walpole (10/22; 75th Anniversary)
  • Consolidations:
    • Roswell Lee-Samuel Osgood and Indian Orchard-Shawmont (03/24; Special Communication)
    • Montgomery and Blackstone River (06/12; Special Communication)
    • Star and Athol (09/13; Special Communication)
    • Mount Vernon and Galilean (12/05; Special Communication)
  • Hall Dedications and corner-stone layings:
    • Marshfield (05/03; hall dedication and mortgage burning; Special Communication)
    • Greenfield (05/24; hall dedication; Special Communication)
  • Lodge visits:
    • William Whiting, Shrewsbury (01/08)
    • Norumbega & Brookline, Newtonville (01/13; Table Lodge)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (01/15)
    • Visits in Panama (01/24-02/05)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (03/01)
    • Puritan, East Bridgewater (03/01; Table Lodge)
    • Wollaston, Quincy (03/04)
    • Hammatt-Ocean, Saugus (03/08; religious service)
    • Weymouth United Masonic, Weymouth (03/08; reception for Deputy Grand Master Robert L. Steadman)
    • Waltham Triad, Newtonville (04/07; Table Lodge)
    • Grand Lodge of Connecticut (04/08-04/10)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (04/12; reception for Junior Grand Warden Frederick H. Schulenberg)
    • Grand Lodge of New Jersey (04/15-04/16)
    • The Massachusetts, Boston (04/21)
    • Athelstan, Worcester (04/26; reception for Senior Grand Warden Robert J. Leach)
    • Grand Lodge of New York (05/04-05/06)
    • Merrimack, Haverhill (05/07)
    • Abraham H. Howland Jr., New Bedford (05/13; testimonial for Rt. Wor. George R. Dewhurst)
    • Grand Lodge of Rhode Island (05/18-05/19)
    • Webster, Webster (05/19)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (05/21; installation)
    • Grand Lodge of Michigan (05/26-05/28)
    • Wellesley, Needham (06/03)
    • Puritan, East Bridgewater (06/04)
    • Columbian, Boston (06/05)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (06/06; clambake at Danversport)
    • Merrimack Valley Daylight, Lawrence (08/19)
    • Wollaston, Quincy (09/02; Past Masters' Night)
    • Milton, Quincy (09/28; installation)
    • Grand Lodge of Delaware (09/30-10/02)
    • Wollaston, Quincy (10/04; installation)
    • Nauset Light, Orleans (10/11; constitution and installation)
    • Grand Lodge of Ohio (10/16-10/18)
    • Bay Path, West Brookfield (10/24; installation)
    • Somerville, Somerville (10/25; installation)
    • Lodge of St. Andrew, Boston (11/13; installation)
    • Lawrence United, Lawrence (11/15; installation)
    • Harmony #9, Warwick, Rhode Island
    • Kilwinning, Lowell (12/01; Feast of St. Andrew)
    • Watuppa, Fall River (12/02)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (12/12; installation)
    • Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Massachusetts (12/13)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (12/17)
  • Visits by other Grand Lodge officers begin on Page 1997-217.
• 1997-221: Audit.

Grand Master's Address

• 03/12: 1997-35; opening remarks; townhouses at the Masonic Home; Masonic Leadership Institute; CHIP program; Masonic Awareness.

• 06/11: 1997-102; opening remarks; Grand MAster's Fair; Scholarships; Overlook renovation; suspension of officers of William Whiting Lodge.

• 09/10: 1997-142; opening remarks; Grand Lodge Museum; calendar; CHIP program; Grand Master's Fair.

• 12/10: 1997-198; opening remarks; death of Past Grand Master Master Maxwell; Rainbow and DeMolay; Eagle Scout miniature; one-day class; Masonic Education and Training; Service; Library; Masonic Home; insurance committee; scholarship committee; visits; medals.

Lodge By-Law Changes

• 03/12: 1997-29;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Cawnacome Sunshine, Lafayette-Greylock, Pythagorean; approved.

• 06/11: 1997-94;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Belmont-Beaver, Brigham, Cawnacome Sunshine, Cochichewick, Delta, DeWitt Clinton, Fidelity, Harmony, Lawrence United, Mechanic's, Meridian, Mountain, Nauset Light, Occidental, Phoenix, Roswell Lee-Indian Orchard, Shawmut, Social Harmony, Victory, Wamesit; approved.

• 09/10: 1997-133;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Charles W. Moore, Delta, Harmony, King David, Lawrence United, Mount Horeb (Dennis), Norumbega & Brookline, Shawmut, Vernon; approved.

• 12/10: 1997-187;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Cawnacome Sunshine, Charles C. Dame, Elm-Belcher, Lawrence United, Social Harmony; approved.

Necrologies and Memorials

• NECROLOGIES:
  • 03/12: 1997-20; Rt. Wor. Harold Wallace Adams, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/12: 1997-21; Rt. Wor. William Bradford Carey, Past District Deputy Grand Master, Past Grand Steward.
  • 03/12: 1997-21; Rt. Wor. Stephen Henry Noyes, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/12: 1997-21; Rt. Wor. E. Clayton Steeves, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/11: 1997-100; Rt. Wor. Manson Hildreth Carter, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/11: 1997-100; Rt. Wor. Kenneth William Dietz, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/11: 1997-100; Rt. Wor. Charles Stuart Hartig, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/11: 1997-101; Rt. Wor. Nils Oscar Bruno Pearson, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/11: 1997-101; Rt. Wor. Arthur Potter, Past District Deputy Grand Master, Past Grand Standard Bearer.
  • 09/10: 1997-135; Rt. Wor. Carl John Ludwig, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/10: 1997-135; Rt. Wor. Russell Winslow May, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/10: 1997-136; Rt. Wor. Lane Ellison Wheaton, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/10: 1997-188; Rt. Wor. George Alfred Houston, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/10: 1997-188; Rt. Wor. Richard King Stephenson, Past District Deputy Grand Master.

Past Grand Master Maxwell

• MEMORIALS:
  • 03/12: 1997-22; Rt. Wor. Kenneth Lounsbury Collard, Past Junior Grand Warden; presented by Rt. Wor. Arthur L. Rockwell, for the committee.
  • 03/12: 1997-24; Rt. Wor. Lewis Lee Huston, Past Deputy Grand Master; presented by Most Wor. Edgar W. Darling, for the committee.
  • 09/10: 1997-136; Rt. Wor. David A. Davies, Past Junior Grand Warden; presented by Most Wor. Edgar W. Darling, for the committee.
  • 12/10: 1997-189; Most Wor. Stanley Fielding Maxwell, Past Grand Master; presented by Most Wor. Donald W. Vose, for the committee.

Petitions for Charters

• 03/12: 1997-29. Petition by Montgomery and Blackstone River, as Montgomery; granted.

• 03/12: 1997-31. Petition by Star and Athol, as Star-Athol; granted.

• 09/10: 1997-135: Suspension of the charter of William Whiting Lodge.

• 09/10: 1997-139. Petition by Mount Vernon and Galilean, as Mount Vernon-Galilean; granted. Charter amended, 1997-141.

Petitions for Dispensation for New Lodges

• 06/11: 1997-98. Petition by Nauset Light, Orleans, for a charter; granted.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 01/25: 1997-1. Balboa. Visit to the District Grand Lodge of Panama.
  • 1997-2: Grand Lodge opened and was welcomed by Rt. Wor. James E. Cook, District Grand Master.
  • 1997-2: Quarterly comunication and Installation. Reception of Most Wor. Felipe Ariel Rodriguez, Grand Master of Panama.
  • 1997-3: Presentations.

• 01/27: 1997-5. Balboa. Visit to District of Panama Lodge of Instruction.
  • 1997-5: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Christopher L.E. Glasscock, Master of the Lodge of Instruction.
  • 1997-6: Officer's Forum and discussion.
  • 1997-6: Address by the Grand Master.

• 01/30: 1997-9. Balboa. District Table Lodge.
  • 1997-9: Grand Lodge opened at the El Panama Hotel in Panama City, where the Lodges of the district were assembled. Welcome by Rt. Wor. James E. Cook, District Grand Master.
  • 1997-10: Dinner and presentations.

• 03/24: 1997-37. Springfield. Uniting of Roswell Lee-Samuel Osgood and Indian Orchard-Shawmont, as Roswell Lee-Indian Orchard.
  • 1997-38: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 1997-38: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 1997-41: Charge by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

• 04/05: 1997-43. Quincy. 150th Anniversary of St. Paul's-Algonquin Lodge of Braintree.
  • 1997-44: Grand Lodge opened and was welcomed by Wor. Richard S. Fredholm, Master of St. Paul's-Algonquin Lodge.
  • 1997-44: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.

• 05/03: 1997-47. Marshfield. Hall Dedication and Mortgage Burning Ceremony.
  • 1997-48: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. David Frederick D'Amato, Master of Daniel Webster Lodge.
  • 1997-48: Mortgage burning and Lodge Room Dedication.
  • 1997-48: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.

• 05/17: 1997-51. Concord. 200th Anniversary of Corinthian Lodge.
  • 1997-52: Grand Lodge opened at the Elks Lodge in Concord.
  • 1997-52: Proclamation from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the town of Concord.
  • 1997-52: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.
  • 1997-53ff: History of Corinthian Lodge.

• 05/24: 1997-69. Greenfield. Cornerstone Laying and Building Dedication.
  • 1997-70: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Lawrence George Kent, Master of Republican Lodge.
  • 1997-70: Building dedication. Presentations. Dedication of a time capsule.
  • 1997-70: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.

• 05/31: 1997-73. Cotuit. 125th Anniversary of Mariners' Lodge.
  • 1997-73: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Dwight C. Bowman, Master of Mariners' Lodge.
  • 1997-74: Poetic and musical presentations.
  • 1997-74: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.
  • 1997-75ff: History of Mariners' Lodge, with a number of biographical sketches.

• 06/07: 1997-83. Saugus. 75th Anniversary of Galilean Lodge of Everett.
  • 1997-83: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of the Lodge.
  • 1997-83: Rededication ceremony.
  • 1997-84: Remarks and presentations.

• 06/12: 1997-105. Milford. Uniting of Montgomery and Blackstone River, as Montgomery.
  • 1997-106: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 1997-106: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 1997-106: Charge by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

• 06/14: 1997-107. North Attleboro. 200th Anniversary of Bristol Lodge.
  • 1997-108: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. David S. Tinkham, Master of Bristol Lodge.
  • 1997-108: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers. Pesentations.

• 06/28: 1997-111. Wellfleet. 200th Anniversary of Adams Lodge.
  • 1997-112: Grand Lodge opened and participated in the dedication of a time capsule outside of the Lodge building.
  • 1997-112: Reception of Grand Lodge by Rt. Wor. Frederick H. Schulenberg, Junior Grand Warden and Master of Adams Lodge.
  • 1997-112: Master Mason Degree, performed by the Worcester Scottish Hirams.
  • 1997-112: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.
  • 1997-113ff: History of Adams Lodge.

• 09/13: 1997-145. Athol. Uniting of Star and Athol, as Star-Athol; 125th Anniversary of Star-Athol Lodge.
  • 1997-145: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Edward Lewis Meehan, Master of Athol Lodge.
  • 1997-146: Merger ceremony.
  • 1997-146: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers. Anniversary ceremonies.
  • 1997-147ff: History of Athol Lodge.

• 09/20: 1997-151. Andover. 175th Anniversary of St. Matthew's Lodge. Junior Grand Warden Rt. Wor. Frederick H. Schulenberg presiding.
  • 1997-151: Grand Lodge opened at the Marriott Hotel in Andover and was received by Wor. Douglas Wayne Cornell, Master of St. Matthew's Lodge.
  • 1997-152: Remarks by the Acting Grand Master and other Brothers.
  • 1997-153ff: History of St. Matthew's Lodge.

• 12/05: 1997-169. Malden. Uniting of Mount Vernon and Galilean, as Mount Vernon-Galilean.
  • 1997-170: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 1997-170: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 1997-170: Charge by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/29/1997)

• 1997-249: Opening and roll call.
• 1997-255: Reception of guests, including Grand Representatives.
• 1997-256: Report of Grand Secretary; 731 diplomas issued. List of lodges not represented in Grand Lodge in 1996, as well as the past 2 years.
• 1997-257: Installation of Grand Master Arthur E. Johnson. Installation of other Grand Officers.
• 1997-259: Feast of St. John. Toasts and names of speakers:
  • 1997-260: The Grand Master.
  • 1997-260: Most Wor. C. Michael Watson, Grand Master of Ohio.
  • 1997-261: Most Wor. S. Forrest Dumville, Grand Master of Prince Edward Island.
  • 1997-262: Deputy Grand Master Ralph I. Sewall.
  • 1997-264: Rt. Wor. Robert W. Clarke, Past Junior Grand Warden.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 1997

There were 45 districts in Massachusetts in 1997 (numbered 1 through 33), as well as districts for Chile, China, the Caribbean and Panama.

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