DeWittClinton

DeWITT CLINTON LODGE

Location: Sandwich

Chartered By: Winslow Lewis

Charter Date: 03/13/1856 VI-7

Precedence Date: 03/16/1855

Current Status: Active

PAST MASTERS

Thomas R. Borden, 1855, 1856
John C. Harpur, 1857-1861
Charles H. Waterman, 1862
William H. F. Burbank, 1863-1865
Andrew F. Sherman, 1866, 1867, 1874-1876
Charles B. Hall, 1868, 1869
Isaiah T. Jones, 1870, 1871
William C. Spring, 1872, 1873
William A. Nye, 1877, 1878
Daniel F. Chessman, 1879, 1880
Francis H. Holway, 1881-1883, 1890-1893
George E. White, 1884, 1885, 1889, 1908; Memorial
Josiah E. Knowles, 1886
Charles M. Thompson, 1887
Charles T. C. Whitcomb, 1888; SN
Seth A. Hargraves, 1894
Eugene W. Haines, 1895
William H. Heald, 1896
Fred E. Pierce, 1897
Benjamin Haines, 1898
Arthur Braman, 1899; SN
Eben S. S. Keith, 1900, 1901, 1903
Moses C. Waterhouse, 1902
Edward S. Talbot, 1904
Benjamin B. Crosby, 1905, 1906
Albert Holway, 1907
Harry S. Dowden, 1909, 1910
Osgood L. Small, 1911, 1912
John A. Holway, 1913, 1914
George W. Starbuck, 1915, 1916
Lewis J. Whitney, 1917, 1918; N
Ralph L. Small, 1919, 1920
Fred E. Burrows, 1921, 1922; N
Carl E. Perry, 1923
Wilson C. Bartley, 1924
Bernard P. Harkins, 1925, 1926
Stephen. P. Hayes, 1927, 1928
Harry W. Salter, 1929
James M. Neil, 1930
Bertrand C. French, 1931; N
David C. Crowell, 1932
William M. Harrison, 1933, 1934; N
Edward E. Davis, 1935, 1936
Doxie T. Salter, 1937
Herbert I. Landers, 1938
Harold L. Burke, 1939
James E. O’Toole, 1941, 1942; N
Wallace M. Freeman, 1943, 1944
Donald R. Small, 1945
Edgar W. Davis, 1946, 1947
Ralph I. Freeman, 1948, 1949
Lester W. Smith, 1950
Maurice E. Grinnell, 1951
Allison R. Cook, 1952; SN
Walter J. Stahura, 1953
Harold R. Macdonald, 1954, 1955
Alton F. Randall, 1956
Ross. M. Raymond, 1957
Howard S. Dawson, 1958
Frank C. Harrison, 1959
Edgar B. Johnson, 1960
A. Raymond Gooch, 1961
Grover C. Kendall, Jr. 1962
Sam A. Gilman, 1963
John C. Morris, 1964
Kendall G. Jones, 1965; N
Francis S. M. Harris, 1966
John P. Jones, 1967
Robert F. Jones, 1968
Frank C. Bess, 1969
Garfield G. Stymiest, 1970
Carl W. Scott, 1971
Columbo C. Christofori, 1972, 1974
Raymond Scovill, 1973
Donald H. Long, 1975
Myron C. Bigelow, 1976
John G. MacDonald, 1977
Charles T. Fuller, 1978; PDDGM
Albert H. Hammond, 1979
Alan C. Kingsbury, Sr., 1980
Walter Uggerholt, 1981
Bruce H. Stanford, 1982
Steven A. Weaver, 1983
Oscar Yohai, 1984
Herbert W. Ellis, 1985
Ronald F. Perry, 1986
Frederick H. Banks, 1987; PDDGM, Maine
H. Earl Lantery, 1988
Bruce G. Murphy, 1989
Thomas R. Hickey, 1990; PDDGM
Peter R. Smith, 1991
David W. Catten, Jr., 1992 DDGM
Richard B. Farrar, 1993
Richard F. Grant, 1994
Calvin R. Lessard, 1995
Peter K. Stone, 1996
Allen P. Hoyt, 1997, 2012
Timothy C. Chapin, 1998
John R. Powers, 1999
Robert H. Plugge, 2000
Barry R. Biddinger, 2001
Peter D. Howell, 2002, 2011
James F. Holler, 2003, 2009
Dennis Souweine, 2004
Richard D. Grade, 2005
Nathan A. Grade, 2006, 2008
Charles B. Coombs, IV, 2007
Richard J. Hood, 2010

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1855
Petition for Charter: 1856

ANNIVERSARIES

1955 (Centenary)
1980 (125th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1856 (Lewis; Constitution of Lodge and installation)
1911 (Flanders)
1924 (Ferrell; cornerstone laying in Hyannis)
1933 (Chipman; hall dedication)
1955 (W. Johnson; Centenary)
1956 (W. Johnson; "William H. Thomas Night")
1963 (Osgood; hall rededication)
1974 (Vose; table lodge)
1974 (Melanson; 125th Anniversary)
1983 (Berquist)
1987 (Ames)
1998 (A. Johnson)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1877 1882 1885 1887 1888 1891 1898 1907 1913 1921 1924 1927 1930 1938 1942 1953 1958 1961 1967 1973 1974 1977 1981 1982 1984 1988 1993 1997 2001 2008

HISTORY

1955 (Centenary History, 1955-111)
1980 (125th Anniversary History, 1980-33)

OTHER

1886 (Ruling on appeal by lodge)
1896 (Jurisdictional dispute)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Arthur Braman, DDGM, District 27 (Nantucket), 1904, 1905; SN
Fred E. Burrows, DDGM, District 31 (Nantucket), 1925, 1926; N
David W. Catten, Jr., DDGM, District 20, 2012, 2013
Allison R. Cook, DDGM, District 32 (Hyannis), 1957, 1958; SN
Bertrand C. French, DDGM, District 32 (Hyannis), 1945, 1946; N
Charles T. Fuller, DDGM, District 32 (Hyannis), 1986, 1987;
William M. Harrison, DDGM, District 32 (Hyannis), 1937, 1938; N
Thomas R. Hickey, DDGM, District 32 (Hyannis), 2002; District 20, 2003
Kendall G. Jones, DDGM, District 32 (Hyannis), 1977, 1978; N
James E. O'Toole, DDGM, District 32 (Hyannis), 1967, 1968; N
Peter R. Smith, DDGM, District 32 (Hyannis), 1994, 1995; Junior Grand Warden 1998
Charles T.C. Whitcomb, DDGM, District 27 (Nantucket), 1910, District 31 (Nantucket), 1911, 1912; SN
George E. White, DDGM, District 27 (Nantucket), 1897, 1898; Memorial
Lewis J. Whitney, DDGM, District 31 (Nantucket), 1920; N