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TRINITY LODGE

Location: Clinton

Chartered By: John T. Heard

Charter Date: 09/14/1859 VI-258

Precedence Date: 09/06/1858

Current Status: Active

PAST MASTERS

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Alfred A. Burditt, 1859-1863, 1873; SN
Levi Greene, 1864, 1865
Daniel Marsh, 1866, 1867
1868?
Charles W. Ware, 1869
Daniel B. Ingalls, 1871; SN
Sylvester S. Welch, 1872
Henry A. Putnam, 1874
Henry O. Sawyer, 1875, 1876
G. W. Goss, 1877, 1878
Henry McGown, 1879-1881
Edward G. Stevens, 1882
James B. Finnie, 1883
Samuel Booth, 1884
Charles A. Bartlett, 1885, 1886; Mem
Jonathan Smith, 1887-1889
Frank P. Breed, 1890, 1891
Charles E. Shaw, 1892
Leonard H. Parker, 1893, 1894
George B. Dinsmore, 1895
Samuel C. Damon, 1896
Gordon A. Brown, 1897, 1898
William Hamilton, 1899
Fred M. Johnson, 1900
Calvin H. Hastings, 1901; Mem
Allan G. Buttrick, 1902, 1903; SN
Walter F. Page, 1904
Walter W. Wright, 1905
Henry A. Ancil, 1906, 1907
Frank E. Bullard, 1908, 1909
George S. Estes, 1910, 1911
Wilbur L. Litchfield, 1912
Alfred P. Meredith, 1913
Charles Mayberry, 1914
William S. Duncan, 1915
Frank S. Dougans, 1916
Edward O. Burton, 1917
Frank E. Parker, 1918
James M. Donnelly, 1919
William N. Sutherland, 1920
Harvey E. Greenwood, 1921
William H. Taubert, 1922
James W. Duncanson, 1923
James Fraser, 1924
Charles A. Hosmer, 1925
David C. Latham, 1926
Herbert H. Parker, 1927
Guy E. Kidder, 1928
Arthur S. Rollins, 1929; N
Merle W. Poland, 1930
C. Raymond Heney, 1931
Harold J. Toole, 1932; N
Robert B. Frazer, 1933
Edwin M. Popp, 1934
George H. Donnelly, 1935
Jonathan Davis, 1936
Harris G. Field, 1937
Philip W. White, 1938
Kirby Webster, 1939
Edmund C. Osborne, 1940
Richard B. Lambert, 1941
Lester G. Jaquith, 1942
Othmar C. Ploss, 1943
George F. Williams, 1944
Clifford C. Fifield, 1945
George S. Davis, 1946
Lewis R. Rice, 1947
Everett L. Bowman, 1948
Walter C. Stone, 1949
C. Clifford Stone, 1950
John A. Howard, 1951
Charles F. Bourne, 1952
John M. W. Sargent, 1953
Julius J. Nicholas, 1954
George M. Rogers, Jr., 1955; N
Ralph E. Lein, 1956
Edward A. Cairns, 1957
Harley B. Banks, 1958
Henry H. Duvarney, 1959
Edgar E. Rugg, 1960
Samuel Babbitt, 1961
Roy L. Baer, 1962
Charles D. Greene, Jr., 1963; SN
Arthur E. McLean, 1964; SN
Edgar E. Rugg, 1965
Eugene F. Wilder, 1966
Ferdinand J. Loungway, 1967
G. Wayne Stoddard, 1968
Frank O. Collins, 1969; PDDGM
Harry E. Samler, 1970
Ronald E. Kidd, 1971
Leon E. Stuart, 1972
Richard E. Dalton, 1973
Chester R. Stone, 1974
Richard J. Stuart, 1975
Thomas H. Davis, 1976
James B. Clemence, Sr., 1977, 1978
August W. Noponen, 1979, 1982
William V. Ogert, 1980, 1981
Clifford P. Bohnet, 1983, 1989; DDGM
Richard D. Colburn, 1984
Laurence F. King, Jr., 1985
Colin P. McCauley, 1986
R. David Perkins, 1987
William F. Landine, 1988
Paul C. Stevenson, 1990
Alan C. Manter, 1991
William H. Young, Sr., 1992, 1993
Robert A. Peete, 1994, 2000
Steven L. Ring, 1995, 1996
Keith C. MacKinnon, 1997, 1998
Rafael P. Quinones, 1999
William H. Young, Jr., 2001, 2002
Donald A. Brown, 2003, 2004
Gary W. Braunhardt, 2005-2007
Glenn D. Merrill, 2008
Jeremiah F. Collins, 2009, 2010
Dale S. Prentiss, 2011
Gregory L. Stahl, 2012

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1858
Petition for Charter: 1859
- "the previous charter not being granted because it was not surrendered in accordance with the Grand Constitutions." However, by vote (VI-262) they were permitted to retain the original records and physical copy of the charter until called for by the Grand Lodge. (Granted 09/06; constituted 09/21)

ANNIVERSARIES

1908 (50th Anniversary)
1933 (75th Anniversary)
1958 (Centenary)
2008 (150th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1859 (Heard; Constitution of lodge and installation; see below)
1880 (Welch)
1882 (Lawrence; Hall dedication; Special Communication)
1890 (Wells; installation)
1904 (Sanford; cornerstone laying; Special Communication)
1906 (Blake)
1908 (Blake; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1910 (Flanders; Ladies' Night)
1933 (Chipman; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1958 (A. Jenkins; Centenary; Special Communication)
2008 (Pageau; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1878 1906 1916 1920 1923 1924 1928 1941 1947 1949 1954 1957 1959 1966 1972 1984 1993 2008

HISTORY

1908 (Historical Address at 50th Anniversary, 1908-96)
1933 (75th Anniversary History, 1933-408)
1958 (Centenary History, 1958-200)

OTHER

1874 (Jurisdictional dispute, 1874-9)

EVENTS

CONSTITUTION OF LODGE, SEPTEMBER 1859

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XVIII, No. 12, October 1859, Page 384:

On Wednesday evening, Sept. 21, the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts constituted a new Lodge in the flourishing town of Clinton, by the name of Trinity Lodge. After the ceremonies of consecration, the officers were installed by the Grand Master and his suite, as follows: * Henry Bowman, Master;

A. A. Burditt and Geo. L. Thurston, Wardens;
Josiah H. Vose, Treasurer;
Henry Eddy, Secretary;
Samuel T. Bigelow and Daniel Marsh, Deacons;
John P. Buzzell and A. A. Pevey, Stewards;
Gilman M. Palmer, M.;
Levi Green, T.

At the conclusion of the ceremonies, the members of Trinity Lodge and their guests supped together at the Clinton House, and enjoyed, with speeches and music, a very pleasant repast.