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PACIFIC LODGE

Location: Amherst

Chartered By: William Sewall Gardner

Charter Date: 09/11/1861 VI-382

Precedence Date: 08/23/1860

Current Status: Active

PAST MASTERS

Need list of living PMs.

Porter Kellogg, 1860
Ithamar F. Conkey, 1861
George W. Allen, 1862, 1870
Benjamin W. Allen, 1863
M. Spear, 1864, 1867, 1873, 1874, 1879-1881
David Pomery Bartlett, 1865, 1866, 1869
John L. Lovell, 1868
George M. Lovell, 1871, 1872
Fred P. Baker, 1875
Almon E. Cowles, 1876, 1877
Oscar F. Morse, 1878
Charles W. Adams, 1882
John W. Howland, 1883-1885
James W.T. Davis, 1886, 1887
Edward W. Carpenter, 1888, 1889; SN
Frank E. Paige, 1890, 1891
George T. Stauter, 1892
Rev. George E. Fisher, 1893
Walter M. Dickinson, 1894
James R. Anderson, 1895-1897
Marshall R. Dickinson, 1898-1900
Charles H. Rumery, 1901-1904
Alfred Glynn, 1905
James B. Paige, 1906, 1907; SN
Henri D. Haskins, 1908, 1909
Edmund I. Bangs, 1910, 1911
Wilbur M. Cook, 1912, 1913
Frank W. Bailey, 1914
George H. Chapman, 1915
Burton N. Gates, 1916
Frank B. Jager, 1917
Lewell S. Walker, 1918
Arthur I. Bourne, 1919
Edward L. Spear, 1920
Horace H. Wolcott, 1921
Edward F. Bridgman, 1922
Dwight M. Billings, 1923
John K. Broadfoot, 1924
Raymond C. Bangs, 1925
Alexander Anderson MacKimmie, 1926; N
Harry W. Kidder, 1927
Everett H. Ladd, 1928
Fred C. Sears, 1929
Ray V. Gain, 1930
Warren A. Witt, 1931
Arthur N. Julian, 1932; N
Fred Hawley, 1933
Oliver C. Roberts, 1934; N
H. Chapin Harvey, 1935, N'
Harold M. Elder, 1936
Ralph W. Haskins, 1937
O. Russell Snow, 1937, 1938
William R. Stifler, 1938
Arthur P. French, 1939
John S. Bailey, 1940
Harold D. Boutelle, 1941
Arthur Glynn, 1942
Elliot K. Greenwood, 1943
Asbury B. Dunn, 1944-45
Jacob K. Shaw, 1946
George B. Kentfield, 1947
John D. Swenson, 1948
Walter C. Markert, 1949
Herbert A. Randolph, 1950
Loren R. Glazier, 1951
Kenneth E. Clark, 1952
Frederick K. Utley, 1953
Frank W. Page, 1954
Ernest A. Snow, Jr., 1955
G. Dale Sheckels, 1955
Ralph N. Hosford, 1956; SN
Henry F. Scarborough, 1957
Clarence M. Cornish, 1958
Frederick G. Knowles, Jr., 1959
Ellis H. Klein, Jr., 1960
H. Bruce Goodwin, 1961
Warren J. Ebert, 1962
Armand J. Costa, 1963
Andrew R. Booth, 1964
Robert H. Davis, 1965
Robert K. Patterson, 1966
Clifford M. Oliver, 1967
Joseph S. Niedbala, 1968
Alan E. Hobart, 1969
Raymond W. Jenks, 1970
Paul C. Jones, 1971
Gene K. Keegan, 1972
John W. Quinlan, Jr., 1973
John L. Cooper, 1974
Donald J. King, 1975
Linwood G. Buczala, 1976; PDDGM; expelled
George Buczala, 1977, 1981, 1986
Donald J. Helgeson, 1978
Harold E. Reed, Sr., 1979
Edward L. Field, Jr., 1980, 1982
Thomas B. Aldrich, 1983
Carl W. Markert, 1984
Steven M. Volpe, 1985
Bruce W. Kling, 1987
Jeffery L. Sterling, 1988
Charles A. Thompson, 1989, 1992
Carl T. Matuszko, 1990, 1993
L.Z. Moulder, 1991, 2003
John M. Balcom, 1994
Franklin J. Riley, 1995
D. Thomas Touchette, 1996, 1998
Edward P. Nicolay, 1997, 2000
Harold T. Chadwick, 1999, 2001, 2009
Robert B. Gray, II, 2002
David E. Puffer, 2004, 2007
Raymond S. Frenkel, 2005
Simon J. Pongratz, 2006
John A. Thompson, 2008
John A. Mathews, 2010; DDGM

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1860
Petition for Charter: 1861

ANNIVERSARIES

1901 (Centenary of Pacific (1801))
1926 (125th Anniversary)
1951 (150th Anniversary)
2001 (200th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1861 (W. Coolidge; Constitution of Lodge and installation; hall dedication; Special Communication; see below)
1882 (Lawrence; Installation; hall dedication; Special Communication)
1901 (Gallagher; Centennial (of Pacific; hall dedication; Special Communication)
1911 (Flanders; Hall dedication; Special Communication)
1926 (Simpson; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1951 (Roy; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)
2001 (Bauer; 200th Anniversary; Special Communication)
2011 (Stewart; 2 visits, including Installation)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1877 1883 1885 1893 1898 1907 1910 1912 1919 1929 1937 1938 1939 1941 1952 1954 1956 1959 1970 1976 1981 1982 1988 1991 1994 2009 2012

HISTORY

1926 (125th Anniversary History, 1926-164)
1951 (150th Anniversary History, 1951-67)
2001 (200th Anniversary History (very brief in Proceedings, 2001-79)

200TH ANNIVERSARY HISTORY, JUNE 2001

From Proceedings, Page 2001-79:

Two Centuries of Freemasonry in Hampshire Count}'. Massachusetts. 1801 to 2001

The Charter of the Pacific Lodge was issued by the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts on June 8, 1801 in answer to a petition of thirteen Masons residing in the towns of Sunderland, Leverett. North Hadley and Amherst. In the earliest days, the Lodge held its communications in the part of Sunderland called "Plumtrees" in Major Caleb Hubbard's tavern. Phineas Hubbard was our first Master and Caleb was our fourth in 1801 and 1807 respectively. Most of the Charter members were from Republican Lodge in Greenfield.

In 1802, the Lodge was removed to Amherst and in 1807, it was moved from Amherst to Leverett, and in September 1817, it returned to Amherst where the Lodge met in the Odd Fellow Hall, thanks to the hospitality and cooperation of the Order of Odd Fellows.

Pacific Lodge, now in its own building, 99 Main Street, Amherst, since 1910, has been able to return the favor in housing the Odd Fellows, the Amherst Grange (until recently), the Royal Arch Masons, Eastern Star Unity Chapter No. 66, and the White Shrine Chapter.

The Lodge has numbered from first to last, more than 2000 members who have come from ranks of almost all the honorable professions and occupations of life.

Our rolls stand the names of farmers, mechanics, merchants, physicians, lawyers, judges, teachers, professors, and clergymen. Some of these are eminently well-known in Amherst, such as Hubbard, Field, Crocker, Dickinson, Maltoon, Thayer, Conkey, Allen, Hawley, Lovell, Cowles, Morse, Adams, David, Paige, Taft, Cushman, Boltwood, Stockbridge, Cooke, Jones, Hosmer, Snelling, Baker, Sloan, Holden, Southwick, Spear, Bartlett, Kellogg, Lessey, Haskings, Kentfield, Douglas, Marsh, Bangs, Noyes, Tillison, Dewey, Darling, Crafts, Anderson, Fisher, and Alviani.

Our members have served in all the defenses of our Nation, including the Revolution, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II, Korea, and Vietnam. Members held the ranks from Private to General in all branches of Service.

Pacific Lodge continues to serve the Community in many ways: in the DARE and CHIP Programs, Shriner's Hospital and Burn Centers, and many other Masonic Charities. Our membership grows every year and invites applications from all men of good report and well recommended.

EVENTS

CONSTITUTION OF LODGE, JULY 1861

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XX, No. 10, August 1861, Page 377:

This Lodge was regularly constituted and its officers publicly installed by the Grand Master, M. W. Wm. D. Coolidge, assisted by the officers of the Grand Lodge, on Tuesday, the 24th ult. The installation services took place in the Methodist Church, and were attended by a large number of ladies and citizens. The address of the Grand Master was, as usual, appropriate and impressive, and was listened to with great attention and satisfaction. The music was also worthy of great praise. At the conclusion of the services at the church, the Brethren partook of a supper together at the Amherst House, where a pleasant, and we hope not unprofitable hour, was spent in an interchange of views and listening to encouraging words.

The Lodge was organized under the Charter of a former Lodge of the same name, and takes rank from 1801. The officers for the year are as follows :—

I. F. Conkey, W. Master.
Geo. W. Allen, S. W.
Benj. W. Allen, J. W.
D. W. Palmer, Treas.
Geo. E. Cook, Sec.
J. L. Lovell, S. D.
Lemuel E. Coe, J. D.
Geo. A. Whipple, S. S.
John C. White, J. S.
M. N. Spear, M.
John Jones, Chap.
Timothy Armstrong, Tyler.

The officers of the Grand Lodge present, are under many obligations to Bro. Conkey and other officers of the new Lodge for the courtesies extended to them.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Linwood G. Buczala, District 17 (Holyoke), 1997, 1998; expelled
Edward W. Carpenter, DDGM, District 13 (Greenfield), 1903, 1904; SN
Ithamar F. Conkey, DDGM, District 8 (Greenfield), 1867, 1868; Senior Grand Warden 1869
H. Chapin Harvey, District 17 (Holyoke), 1969, 1970; N
Ralph N. Hosford, District 17 (Holyoke), 1959, 1960; SN
Arthur N. Julian, District 17 (Holyoke), 1937, 1938; N
Thomas Knudson, Jr., DDGM, District 3 (Chelsea), 1956, 1957; N
Alexander Anderson MacKimmie, District 17 (Holyoke), 1927, 1928; Junior Grand Warden 1934; N
John A. Mathews, DDGM, District 27, 2013, 2014
James B. Paige, DDGM, District 17 (Holyoke), 1915, 1916; SN
Oliver C. Roberts, District 17 (Holyoke), 1945, 1946; N