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Current Status: ''merged with [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Elm Elm] Lodge to form [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=ElmBelcher Elm-Belcher] Lodge, 09/14/1988.'' | Current Status: ''merged with [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Elm Elm] Lodge to form [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=ElmBelcher Elm-Belcher] Lodge, 09/14/1988.'' | ||
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* Elmore L. Pahl, 1933 | * Elmore L. Pahl, 1933 | ||
* Louis W. Bartlett, 1934 | * Louis W. Bartlett, 1934 | ||
| − | * Alexander R. Dunbar, 1935 | + | * [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLADunbar Alexander R. Dunbar], 1935, 1945; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesAG#DUNBAR.2C_ALEXANDER_ROBERTSON_1899-1972 N]''' |
* Wallace S. Phinney, 1936 | * Wallace S. Phinney, 1936 | ||
* David G. West, 1937 | * David G. West, 1937 | ||
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* Robert F. Fay Jr., 1943 | * Robert F. Fay Jr., 1943 | ||
* Frederick E. Aggerup, 1944 | * Frederick E. Aggerup, 1944 | ||
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* Ronald D. Rogers, 1945 | * Ronald D. Rogers, 1945 | ||
* Edwin A. Hulton, 1946, 1947 | * Edwin A. Hulton, 1946, 1947 | ||
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* Edward T. Kalagian, 1962 | * Edward T. Kalagian, 1962 | ||
* Douglas D. Watt, 1963 | * Douglas D. Watt, 1963 | ||
| − | * Donald J. Lohnes, 1964 | + | * ''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLDLohnes Donald J. Lohnes]'', 1964, 1967; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesHM#LOHNES.2C_DONALD_JOHN_1932-1999 N]''' |
* Robert B. Richardson, 1965 | * Robert B. Richardson, 1965 | ||
* Arthur J. Levesque Jr., 1966 | * Arthur J. Levesque Jr., 1966 | ||
| − | + | * Reginald Levesque, 1968, 1975 | |
| − | * Reginald Levesque, 1968 | + | |
* Ralph F. Haywood, 1969 | * Ralph F. Haywood, 1969 | ||
* ''William E. Gibbs'', 1970 | * ''William E. Gibbs'', 1970 | ||
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* ''George Leocopoulos'', 1972 | * ''George Leocopoulos'', 1972 | ||
* John Hassapelis, 1973, 1974 | * John Hassapelis, 1973, 1974 | ||
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* Alexander E. Nicoll, 1976 | * Alexander E. Nicoll, 1976 | ||
* William R. Duxbury, 1977 | * William R. Duxbury, 1977 | ||
* ''James D. Donnelly'', 1978 | * ''James D. Donnelly'', 1978 | ||
* Ralph F. Haywood, 1979 | * Ralph F. Haywood, 1979 | ||
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* ''Thomas L. Nitsch'', 1982, 1983 | * ''Thomas L. Nitsch'', 1982, 1983 | ||
| − | * ''Leslie P. Lohnes'', 1984, 1985 | + | * ''[[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLLLohnes Leslie P. Lohnes]'', 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985 |
* Leonard G. Ward, 1986 | * Leonard G. Ward, 1986 | ||
* ''Robert E. Shaw'', 1987 | * ''Robert E. Shaw'', 1987 | ||
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* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLADunbar Alexander R. Dunbar], DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASpringfield33_1927-2003 District 33 (Springfield)], 1948, 1949; Senior Grand Warden 1959; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesAG#DUNBAR.2C_ALEXANDER_ROBERTSON_1899-1972 N]''' | * [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLADunbar Alexander R. Dunbar], DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASpringfield33_1927-2003 District 33 (Springfield)], 1948, 1949; Senior Grand Warden 1959; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesAG#DUNBAR.2C_ALEXANDER_ROBERTSON_1899-1972 N]''' | ||
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLDLohnes Donald J. Lohnes], DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASpringfield33_1927-2003 District 33 (Springfield)], 1975, 1976; Deputy Grand Master 1977; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesHM#LOHNES.2C_DONALD_JOHN_1932-1999 N]''' | * [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLDLohnes Donald J. Lohnes], DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASpringfield33_1927-2003 District 33 (Springfield)], 1975, 1976; Deputy Grand Master 1977; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesHM#LOHNES.2C_DONALD_JOHN_1932-1999 N]''' | ||
| + | * ''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLLLohnes Leslie P. Lohnes]'', DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASpringfield33_1927-2003 District 33 (Springfield)], 1997, 1998; Junior Grand Warden 2002 | ||
* [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLWSawin William J. Sawin], DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASpringfield10_1867-1882 District 10 (Springfield)], 1871-1874; Senior Grand Warden 1875 | * [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLWSawin William J. Sawin], DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASpringfield10_1867-1882 District 10 (Springfield)], 1871-1874; Senior Grand Warden 1875 | ||
* Albert E. Taylor, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAChicopee16_1883-1910#SPRINGFIELD_16TH_DISTRICT District 16 (Springfield)], 1904, 1905; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesSZ#TAYLOR.2C_ALBERT_EATON_1865-1961 N]''' | * Albert E. Taylor, DDGM, [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAChicopee16_1883-1910#SPRINGFIELD_16TH_DISTRICT District 16 (Springfield)], 1904, 1905; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesSZ#TAYLOR.2C_ALBERT_EATON_1865-1961 N]''' | ||
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Contents
BELCHER LODGE
Location: Chicopee Falls
Chartered By: William Sewall Gardner
Charter Date: 09/13/1871 1871-150
Precedence Date: 07/09/1870
Current Status: merged with Elm Lodge to form Elm-Belcher Lodge, 09/14/1988.
PAST MASTERS
- Benjamin Belcher, 1872-1874
- Edgar T. Paige, 1875, 1876
- James Flint, 1877, 1878
- Charles O. Shaw, 1879, 1880
- Nathaniel Clark, 1881, 1882
- Alfred Langeway, 1883, 1884
- John W. Woods, 1885, 1886
- Charles O. Shaw, 1887
- George W. Whitehouse 1888, 1889
- George W. D. Lyon, 1890-1893
- John W. Belcher, 1894
- Albert E. Taylor, 1895, 1896; N
- Woodman S. Page, 1897, 1898
- Edward H. Elder, 1899
- George H. Hathaway, 1900
- Edward C. Page, 1901
- Clarence A. Brodeur, 1902
- Duffield Miles, 1903
- Oscar B. Elder, 1904, 1905
- Edward S. Taylor, 1906
- Charles A. Smith, 1907
- Clarence K. Smith, 1908
- Edwin I. Davis, 1909
- Robert H. Fay, 1910
- Karl V. Schadee, 1911
- Frank S. Woodhall, 1912
- Albert F. Crowther, 1913; SN
- Charles R. Loveland, 1914
- Francis S. Nelson, 1915
- John W. Valler, 1916
- James Shaw, 1917
- Henry I. Burnett, 1918
- Roy Perry Miles, 1919
- Edward C. Sheldon, 1920
- William H. Phinney, 1921
- Arthur C. Tovey, 1922
- Charles J. Bolingbroke, 1923
- Colonel E. Holgate, 1924
- Frank P. Beardsell, 1925; N
- Charles L. Wells, 1926
- George E. C. Kelly, 1927
- John Fairley, 1928
- Karl Woodman Page, 1929
- Henry Hulton, 1930
- Albert Edwin Davis, 1931
- Paul Wesley Osborne Sr., 1932
- Elmore L. Pahl, 1933
- Louis W. Bartlett, 1934
- Alexander R. Dunbar, 1935, 1945; N
- Wallace S. Phinney, 1936
- David G. West, 1937
- Arthur Johnson, 1938
- L. J. Hockenberry, 1939
- Otto R. Vail, 1940
- William Donnelly, 1941
- Ronald D. Rogers, 1942
- Robert F. Fay Jr., 1943
- Frederick E. Aggerup, 1944
- Ronald D. Rogers, 1945
- Edwin A. Hulton, 1946, 1947
- John Hassapelis, 1948
- Peter F. Scott, 1949
- Clifford A. Bergquist, 1950
- Joseph Jardine, 1951
- David M. Lindsay, 1952
- George C. Conable, 1953
- Harold E. Messer, 1954
- Roland I. Outhuse, 1955
- Edward H. Pollack, 1956
- Erwin T. Mellor, 1957
- Harold Wainwright, 1958
- James C. Fettes Jr., 1959
- George R. Fettes Sr., 1960
- John R. T. Duncan, 1961
- Edward T. Kalagian, 1962
- Douglas D. Watt, 1963
- Donald J. Lohnes, 1964, 1967; N
- Robert B. Richardson, 1965
- Arthur J. Levesque Jr., 1966
- Reginald Levesque, 1968, 1975
- Ralph F. Haywood, 1969
- William E. Gibbs, 1970
- Albert C. Kennedy, 1971
- George Leocopoulos, 1972
- John Hassapelis, 1973, 1974
- Alexander E. Nicoll, 1976
- William R. Duxbury, 1977
- James D. Donnelly, 1978
- Ralph F. Haywood, 1979
- Thomas L. Nitsch, 1982, 1983
- [Leslie P. Lohnes, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985
- Leonard G. Ward, 1986
- Robert E. Shaw, 1987
- Robert H. Merkel, 1988
REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
- Petition for Dispensation: 1870
- Petition for Charter: 1871 constituted by District Deputy William J. Sawin
- Consolidation Petition (with Elm Lodge): 1988
ANNIVERSARIES
VISITS BY GRAND MASTER
- 1909 (Flanders; Hall dedication)
- 1924 (Ferrell; Cornerstone laying in Springfield)
- 1927 (Simpson; Veterans' Night)
- 1940 (Perry; reception for Senior Grand Warden Roy Perry Miles)
- 1945 (Wragg; 75th Anniversary)
- 1959 (A. Jenkins; reception for Senior Grand Warden Alexander R. Dunbar)
- 1970 (Jaynes; Centenary)
- 1979 (Melanson; Installation)
- 1988 (Ames; consolidation with Elm)
BY-LAW CHANGES
1878 1894 1908 1909 1912 1916 1924 1929 1934 1938 1953 1974 1975 1980
HISTORY
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- Frank P. Beardsell, DDGM, District 33 (Springfield), 1936, 1937; N
- Albert F. Crowther, DDGM, District 33 (Springfield), 1920, 1921; SN
- Alexander R. Dunbar, DDGM, District 33 (Springfield), 1948, 1949; Senior Grand Warden 1959; N
- Donald J. Lohnes, DDGM, District 33 (Springfield), 1975, 1976; Deputy Grand Master 1977; N
- Leslie P. Lohnes, DDGM, District 33 (Springfield), 1997, 1998; Junior Grand Warden 2002
- William J. Sawin, DDGM, District 10 (Springfield), 1871-1874; Senior Grand Warden 1875
- Albert E. Taylor, DDGM, District 16 (Springfield), 1904, 1905; N
DISTRICTS
1870: District 10 (Springfield)
1902: District 16 (Springfield)
1914: District 33 (Springfield)
1927: District 33 (Springfield)
