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Revision as of 12:35, 20 February 2013

BETH-HORON LODGE

Location: Brookline; Brighton (1960); Newtonville (1984); Needham (2010)

Chartered By: William Sewall Gardner

Charter Date: 09/13/1871 1871-151

Precedence Date: 11/15/1870

Current Status: Active; Nehoiden Lodge merged with this lodge on 07/29/2010.


NOTES

Brief biographies of founding members, included in the 50-year anniversary history beginning on Page 1920-433:

  • 1920-433: Wor. George F. Homer, first Master of the Lodge
  • 1920-433: Wor. Benjamin F. Baker, first Senior Warden; Brookline Town Clerk.
  • 1920-434: Wor. James W. Edgerly, first Junior Warden; Selectman in Brookline.
  • 1920-434: Bro. William Aspinwall, first Secretary; son of Col. Thomas Aspinwall, Consul-General in London (1815-1853)
  • 1920-434: Bro. Charles H. Drew, first Senior Steward; Selectman in Brookline.
  • 1920-435: Bro. Rufus George Frederick Candage, "Captain Candage", first Marshal; Moderator, Assessor, and State Legislator; also Treasurer.
  • 1920-435: Bro. John W. Candler, Charter Member; presented the original jewels to the Lodge.
  • 1920-435: Bro. Horace James, the first candidate of the Lodge; Selectman for more than forty years.

PAST MASTERS

  • George F. Homer, 1870-1872; SN
  • Benjamin F. Baker, 1873, 1874
  • James E. Edgerly, 1875, 1876
  • Rufus G. F. Candage, 1877-1879
  • J. Emery Hoar, 1880-1882
  • Thomas W. Clements, 1883, 1884
  • Charles A. Bowditch, 1885, 1886
  • Alfred G. Sanborn, 1887
  • Lewis M. Crane, 1888, 1889; Mem
  • Francis F. Morton, 1890, 1891
  • George P. Johnson, 1892, 1893
  • Clarence A. Delano, 1894, 1895
  • Reuben S. Swan, 1896, 1897
  • D. Edward Beedie, 1898, 1899
  • Francis F. Whittier, 1900
  • Arthur H. Bailey, 1901, 1902
  • Charles A.W. Spencer, 1903, 1904
  • Emery B. Gibbs, 1905, 1906
  • David H. Delano, 1907, 1908
  • William S. Kemp, 1909, 1910
  • Milton F. Reynolds, 1911, 1912
  • J. Everett Brown, 1913, 1914
  • Fred B. Richardson, 1915, 1916
  • Fred M. Goodwin, 1917, 1918
  • Frederick A. Leavitt, 1919, 1920
  • George U. Batter, 1921
  • Arthur P. Crosby, 1922
  • Dana S. Sylvester, 1923
  • Chester F. Robart, 1924
  • Leon L. Allen, 1925
  • Alfred P. Waterman, 1926; SN
  • Daniel A. Rollins, 1927
  • David S. Reynolds, 1928
  • Frederick A. Pike, 1929
  • Reginald G. Sikes, 1930
  • Charles Warchauer, 1931
  • Donald H. Whittemore, 1932
  • Charles A. Leavitt, 1933, 1934
  • Howard W. Wilkins, 1935
  • Samuel F. Blanchard, 1936
  • Alton L. Miller, 1937
  • William W. Hutchinson, 1938
  • Chester H. Eastman, 1939
  • Matthew S. McNeilly, 1940
  • Ira S. Pidgeon, 1941
  • James C. Rhodes, 1942
  • Robert M. Boehner, 1943
  • Lawrence A. Bower, 1944
  • William A. Charlton, 1945
  • Dell W. Turner, 1946
  • Ernest L. Fuller, 1947
  • Charles E. Frey, 1948
  • Lawrence L. Allen, 1949
  • George A. Johnson, 1950
  • Eugene P. Carver, Jr., 1951
  • Harold F. Cooke, 1952
  • John C. Watt, 1953
  • Everett A. Williams, 1954
  • John H. Coffin, 1955
  • George F. McNeilly, 1956
  • George A. Eckian, 1957
  • Howard E. Perry, 1958; N
  • Richard W. Nichols, 1959
  • Harry J. Roberts, 1960
  • Allison B. Stanley, 1961
  • Norman W. Crew, 1962
  • L. Milton Reynolds, 1963
  • Earl J. Smith, 1964
  • H. Clark Hubler, 1965
  • George P. Rassias, 1966
  • John B. Morison, 1967
  • James F. Otis, 1968
  • Kenneth L. Whitney, 1969
  • Peter G. Richter, 1970, 2004
  • James G. Argus, 1971
  • Frank Bugley, 1972
  • Harold F. Lowell, 1973
  • John M. Inglis, 1974
  • Donald D. Lowell, 1975, 1986; N
  • Raymond G. Benson, 1976
  • Thomas I. Day, 1977
  • Robert A. Morison, 1978
  • John W.W. Maxon, 1979, 1985
  • John Badger, 1980
  • T.R. Ronald Knox, 1981
  • Henri J.A. Laprime, 1982
  • Jo D. Williams, 1983, 1996, 1999
  • Kevin D. Bittner, 1984
  • Robert C. Roberge, 1987, 1988
  • Charles R. Stone, 1989, 1990
  • Edwin B. Lynch, 1991
  • C. Mark Van Horn, 1992
  • Michael M. Messinger, 1993, 2000
  • Jean H.A. Laprime, 1994, 1995
  • Douglas C. Morgan, 1997, 1998
  • Bradford N. Kinne, 2001-2003
  • Thomas J. Hill, III, 2005, 2006
  • Henry Q. Dowd, 2007, 2008
  • Aaron J. Bittner, 2009, 2010
  • Bruce M. Newman, 2010, 2011
  • Jean Robert Laprime, 2012

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

  • Petition for Dispensation: 1870
  • Petition for Charter: 1871
  • Consolidation Petition (with Nehoiden Lodge): 2010

ANNIVERSARIES

  • 1920 (50th Anniversary)
  • 1930 (60th Anniversary)
  • 1945 (75th Anniversary)
  • 1970 (Centenary)
  • 1996 (125th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

BY-LAW CHANGES

1877 1883 1899 1902 1909 1911 1920 1922 1931 1933 1937 1940 1947 1952 1957 1960 1963 1970 1976 1985 2004 2005

HISTORY

  • 1920 (50th Anniversary History, 1920-414)
  • 1945 (75th Anniversary History, 1945-396)
  • 1970 (Centenary History, 1970-534)
  • 1996 (125th Anniversary History, 1996-233)

OTHER


GRAND LODGE OFFICERS


DISTRICTS

1870: District 4 (Cambridge)

1883: District 5 (Newton)

1897: District 5 (Waltham)

1911: District 5 (Waltham)

1927: District 5 (Waltham)

2003: District 5


LINKS

History of Beth-Horon Lodge

Massachusetts Lodges