CharlesRiver

CHARLES RIVER LODGE

Location: West Medway

Chartered By: William Sewall Gardner

Charter Date: 03/08/1871 1871-43

Precedence Date: 03/09/1870

Current Status: Active

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1870
Petition for Charter: 1871

ANNIVERSARIES

1945 (75th Anniversary)
1971 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1927 (Simpson)
1930 (H. Dean; hall dedication)
1931 (H. Dean)
1937 (Allen; Reception for Senior Grand Warden Albert L. Saunders)
1945 (Wragg; 75th Anniversary)
1971 (Jaynes; Centenary)
1988 (Ames)
1991 (Darling)
2004 (Hicks)
2011 (Stewart; hall rededication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1872 1874 1876 1889 1899 1910 1912 1923 1933 1937 1945 1956 1960 1974 1979 1985 1989 1991 2003

HISTORY

1945 (75th Anniversary History, 1945-121)
1971 (Centenary History, 1971-172)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Morris Geller, DDGM, District 23 (Natick), 1974, 1975; N
Richard W. Graham, DDGM, District 23 (Natick), 1990, 1991
Abraham T. Handverger, DDGM, District 23 (Natick), 1954, 1955
Clarke P. Harding, DDGM, District 20 (Milford), 1887, 1888; SN
Edward A. Harding, DDGM, District 23 (Natick), 1938, 1939
William W. Ollendorff, DDGM, District 22 (Blackstone), 1914, 1915; N
Almond G. Partridge, DDGM, District 20 (Milford), 1904, 1905; Memorial
Albert L. Saunders, DDGM, District 22 (Blackstone), 1926, District 22 (Milford), 1927; Senior Grand Warden 1937
Herbert W. Shaw, DDGM, District 22 (Blackstone), 1913; SN
Wayne M. Vinton, DDGM, District 15, 2007, 2008; Junior Grand Warden 2011
C. Theodore Whitley, DDGM, District 23 (Natick), 1970, 1971