Quaboag

QUABOAG LODGE

Location: Warren

Chartered By: John T. Heard

Charter Date: 03/09/1859 VI-243

Precedence Date: 03/22/1858

Current Status: Active

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PAST MASTERS

• David W. Shepard, 1858-1861
• William M. Ward, 1862
• Ewin E. Towne, 1863, 1864
• John Wetherbee, 1865-1867; SN'
• Dwight E. Ellis, 1868, 1869
• William H. Shepard, 1870-1872
• Erasmus F. Strickland, 1873, 1874; SN
• Edward P. Howard, 1875, 1876
• Lovell L. Gage, 1877-1880; SN
• John Thayer, 1881, 1882
• Henry W. Ward, 1883-1885
• Samuel H. Cutler, 1886
• Jesse T. Leonard, 1887, 1888
• Charles Heritage, 1889-1891
• William H. Hitchcock, 1892
• Austin V. Dow, 1893-1895
• Warren D. Hosely, 1896
• Edgar J. Buck, 1897, 1898; SN
• Frederick W. Kimball, 1899, 1900
• Elmer E. Clark, 1901, 1902
• Charles D. Perkins, 1903, 1904; SN
• Fred Wilcox, 1905
• Elmer A. Lincoln, 1906, 1907
• Joseph G. Hastings, 1908, 1909; SN
• Edward M. Houghton, 1910, 1911
• John B. Canfield, 1912-1914
• Edwin Price, 1915, 1916
• William E. Nichols, 1917, 1918
• Charles A. Deland, Jr., 1919
• Frank W. Carey, 1920, 1921
• Alexander D. Kennedy, 1922, 1923
• Wilfred H. Tirrell, 1924, 1925
• Rexford R. Paine, 1926, 1927; N
• Lester A. Birchall, 1928, 1929
• Charles E. Shepard, 1930, 1931
• Walter A. Oldread, 1932, 1933
• I. Walter Moore, 1934, 1935
• Everett E. Esty, 1936
• Richmond Hathaway, 1937
• Frank J. Murphy, 1938, 1939
• Walter J. Snyder, 1940
• Walter Wood, 1941, 1942
• Andrew W. Gondek, 1943
• Robert F. Rutter, 1944, 1945; SN
• Lester B. Holden, 1946
• Cecil W. Taylor, 1947
• Hermon R. Walker, 1948
• William H. Masterman, 1949
• Reuel A. deTurk, 1950
• Frank W. Coleman, 1951
• William B. Cox, 1952
• Clarence H. Keith, 1953
• Earl P. Meacham, 1954
• Paul J. Snyder, 1955
• Homer L. Parker, 1956
• Walter G. Lawrence, 1957, 1958
• Herman F. Horton, 1959
• Bonheur Couture, 1960
• Archie Palmieri, 1961
• Clifford M. Rutter, 1962
• Donald H. Scott, 1963
• Frank W. Carey, 1964
• Joseph Duchowsky, 1965
• Ralph G. L. Larson, 1966, 1974
• Leon C. Furgal, 1967
• Harold J. Odiorne, Jr., 1969
• Warren E. Tirrell, 1970, 1971
• William A. Johnston, 1972, 1973
• Delmar A. Moorhouse, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1984
• James C. Hamill, 1977
• Earl Wunschel, 1978
• Warren E. Tirrell, Jr., 1979
• Warren H. Johnson, 1989-1991
• John P. Kiernan, 1992
• Seth H. Blackwell, ?; PDDGM

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REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1858
• Petition for Charter: 1859

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1908 (50th Anniversary)
• 1958 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1859 (Heard; Constitution of Lodge and installation)
• 1908 (Blake; 50th Anniversary, Special Communication)
• 1958 (A. Jenkins; Centenary, Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1871 1873 1882 1890 1946 1955 1958 1974 1977 1986 1988 1994 1998

HISTORY

• 1908 50th Anniversary historical sketch; extract, 1908-43)
• 1958 Centenary History, 1958-65)

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GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Seth H. Blackwell, DDGM, District 19 (Palmer), 2000, 2001
• Edgar J. Buck, DDGM, District 17 (Palmer), 1907, 1908; SN
• Carlos M. Gage, DDGM, District 17 (Palmer), 1905, 1906; SN
• Lovell L. Gage, DDGM, District 17 (Palmer), 1893, 1894; SN
• Joseph G. Hastings, DDGM, District 19 (Palmer), 1932, 1933; SN
• Warren H. Johnson, DDGM, District 19 (Palmer), 1994, 1995
• Rexford R. Paine, DDGM, District 19 (Palmer), 1946, 1947; N
• Charles D. Perkins, DDGM, District 19 (Palmer), 1919; SN
• Robert F. Rutter, DDGM, District 19 (Palmer), 1956, 1957; SN
• Erasmus F. Strickland, DDGM, District 17 (Palmer), 1883, 1884, 1885; SN
• John Wetherbee, DDGM, District 10 (Springfield), 1873-1876; SN'

DISTRICTS

1858: District 6

1867: District 10 (Springfield)

1872: District 18 (Palmer)

1883: District 17 (Palmer)

1911: District 19 (Palmer)

1927: District 19 (Palmer)

2003: District 25

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LINKS

Lodge web site

Massachusetts Lodges