Esoteric

ESOTERIC LODGE

Location: Springfield

Chartered By: Dana J. Flanders

Charter Date: 12/08/1909 (1909-200)

Precedence Date: 01/12/1909

Current Status: merged with Samuel D. Sherwood Lodge to form Esoteric-Sherwood Lodge, 06/16/2006.

PAST MASTERS

Frank O. Hartwell, 1909-1910; N
Thomas C. Hawks, 1911
Charles H. Wilson, 1912
W.S.C. Russell, 1913
George W. Hayden, 1914
Charles E. Davis, 1915
James P. Smith, 1916
Ralph L. Hartwell, 1917
John W. Holton, 1918
William H. Carr, 1919
W. Norton Messenger, 1920
Alexander M. Potts, 1921
Harold O. Shepard, 1922
Arthur C. Fitzpatrick, 1923
Joseph Taylor, 1924
Homer G. Harris, 1925
Joseph A. Lammon, 1926
Edwin R. Gifford, 1927
Daniel Love, 1928; N
Christian E. Jenson, 1929
John W. Prevost Jr., 1930
John S. Macmillian, 1931
Ray Palmer, 1932
George R. Vaughan, 1933
George A. Guyett, 1934
A. Vail Smith Jr., 1935
Hugh P. Bemis, 1936
Alexander Filkin, 1937
Richard W. Kitson, 1938
Vernon S. Miller, 1939
William W. Willard, 1940
Allen S. West, 1941; N
William J. O'Neil, 1942
Russell A.V. Neilson, 1943
Charles E. Hadley, 1944
Lawrence C. Carey, 1945
Charles H Williams, 1946
John E. Joyce, 1947
Malcom F. Williams, 1948
J. Robert Duncan, 1949
Edwin G. Rehbein, 1950
Henry W. Kreiner, 1951
Alick Dinnie, 1952
Robert F. Atwood, 1953
Raymond w. Blakesley, 1954
Joseph B. Wehmeyer, 1955
F. Ray Payne, 1956
John Page, 1957
Edgar W. Darling, 1958; (PDDGM)
Andrew J. Jorgensen, 1959
C. Edson Bemis, 1960; N
Joseph A. Harrison, 1961
Haig E. Takorian, 1962
William G. Harrison, 1963
Walter S. Roberts, 1964
Solomon H. Markowitz, 1965
Roy W. MacDonald, 1966
Arthur L. Roberts, 1967
George Rosenfield, 1968
Max C. Kaye, 1969
Almon D. Young, 1970
Richard F. Richardson, 1971, 1974
Bernard Saltzman, 1972
Jack R. Mapes, 1973
Charles J. Sienkiewicz, 1975; N
Wayne Markham, 1976, 1981
Theophillus L. Bearse, 1977
Robert H. F. Chin, 1978
Hyman F. Schogel, 1979
George R. Rosenfield, 1980
G. Robert Richardson, 1982
James A. Warnock, 1983-1984
Ramon G. LaPointe, 1985, 1992
Robert G. Holmes, 1986-1987
Richard M. Page, 1988-1989
Robert W. Cherry, 1990-1991
Melvin A. Johnson, 1993-1994
Alan F. Kaye, 1995-1997; (PDDGM) N
Thomas A. Bridges, 1998
Stanley J. LaBrecque, 1999-2000; (PDDGM)
Michael J. Cooley, 2001
Micheal F. Hatcher, 2002
Gardiner A. Whitney, Jr., 2003
Anthony Ottomaniello, 2004
Wayne R. LaPointe, 2005

Continued with Esoteric-Sherwood Lodge.

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1909
Petition for Charter: 1909
Consolidation Petition (with Samuel D. Sherwood Lodge): 2006

ANNIVERSARIES

1959 (50th Anniversary)
1984 (75th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1910 (Flanders; Constitution of Lodge and installation; Special Communication)
1911 (Flanders)
1959 (A. Jenkins; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1974 (Vose; installation)
1979 (Melanson)
1984 (Richardson; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1990 (Darling; Grand Master's reception)
2006 (Hodgdon; consolidation with Samuel D. Sherwood Lodge)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1912 1917 1918 1919 1923 1924 1925 1932 1936 1941 1948 1952 1954 1955 1957 1962 1966 1968 1972 1976 1982 1984 2004

HISTORY

1924 (Laying of cornerstone, Springfield Masonic Temple, 06/24; Special Communication)
1959 (50th Anniversary History, 1959-94)
1984 (75th Anniversary History, 1959-1984; 1984-37)

OTHER

1911 (Acknowledgement of gift, 1911-226)
1939 (Reduction of fees authorized, 1939-453)
1940 (Reduction of fees authorized, 1940-58)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

C. Edson Bemis, DDGM, District 18 (Chicopee), 1962, 1963; N
Edgar W. Darling, DDGM, District 18 (Chicopee), 1974, 1975; Junior Grand Warden 1979, Grand Master 1990-1992
Frank O. Hartwell, DDGM, District 33 (Springfield), 1918, 1919; N
Alan F. Kaye, DDGM, District 18 (Chicopee), 2000, 2001; N
Stanley J. LaBreque, DDGM, District 29, 2005-2006
Daniel Love, DDGM, District 18 (Chicopee), 1939; N
Charles J. Sienkiewicz, DDGM, District 18 (Chicopee), 1984, 1985; N
James P. Smith, DDGM, District 33 (Springfield), 1924, 1925; Junior Grand Warden 1930
Allen S. West, DDGM, District 18 (Chicopee), 1952, 1953; N