Bethany
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BETHANY LODGE
Location: Merrimac
Chartered By: William Sewall Gardner
Charter Date: 12/08/1869 VII-406
Precedence Date: 12/08/1868
Current Status: Active
PAST MASTERS
PAST MASTERS
- J. Mason Everett, 1863-1866; DDGM
- Edward R. Eager, 1867, 1868
- Henry B. Miner, 1869, 1870
- Daniel T. V. Huntoon, 1871, 1872
- George H. Mansfield, 1873-1875
- Frank J. Sawyer, 1876-1878
- Andrew A. Harrington, 1879-1881
- Samuel H. Capen, 1882-1884
- John B. Robinson, 1885-1887
- Francis B. Dunbar, 1888, 1889; DDGM
- Charles A. Hixson, 1890, 1891
- Franklin D. Bullard, 1892, 1893
- Nathaniel W. Dunbar, 1894, 1895
- Robert Bird, 1896, 1897
- Charles H. Eager, 1898, 1899
- Harlan W. Curtis, 1900, 1901
- John E. Stanton, 1902, 1903
- William N. Tenney, 1904, 1905
- J(oseph) Fayette Stone, 1906, 1907; DDGM
- Warren W. Capen, 1908, 1909
- Arthur W. Chase, 1909, 1910; DDGM
- Louis W. Fischer, 1911, 1912
- Ralph L. Pollard, 1913, 1914
- Walter R. Merriam, 1915, 1916
- Freddy Mosley, 1917, 1918
- Ernest T. Johnson, 1919, 1920; DDGM
- Karl W. Pollard, 1921, 1922
- William B. Tirrell, 1923, 1924
- Edmund A. Chapin, 1925, 1926
- Roger J. Baldwin, 1927, 1928
- W. Lincoln Burt, 1929, 1930
- Charles M. Hewett, 1931, 1932
- Eliot C. French, 1933, 1934; DDGM
- Ralph L. Whitcomb, 1935, 1936
- John MacKenzie, 1937, 1938
- Hobart Hughes, 1939, 1940
- William G. Darrow, 1941, 1942
- Harold W. Merriam, 1943, 1944
- Frank L. Ervin, 1945, 1946
- Arthur E. Tordoff, 1947, 1948
- Clayton F. Harvey, 1949, 1950
- Andrew U. Kokko, 1951
- Russell H. Sellew, 1952
- Marshall W. Porter, 1953
- Myles Standish, 1954; DDGM ->check other lodges
- Cabot Devoll, Jr., 1955, 1956
- John H. Daltn, 1957
- Samuel S. Mitchell, 1958
- Storrus L. Kenney, 1959
- William G. Blakely, Jr., 1960, 1965
- Herman Brightman, 1961
- George E. Banks, 1962
- Arthur W. Fisk, 1963
- Frederick E. Hodes, 1964
- Elliott S. Darrow, 1966
- Adrian W. Hardy, 1967, 1972
- Warren H. Holmes, 1968
- Thomas F. Farmer, 1969
- Edward T. Johnston, 1970, 1971
- Ralph W. Staples, 1973
- Edward I. Waldman, 1974
- Lawrence P. Clews, 1975, 1976
- Harold L. Pushee, 1977
- Dan M. Petrescu, 1978
- Henry L. Munson, 1979
- Albert R. Horan, 1980
- Raymond L. Morandi, 1981
- Kenneth A. Churchill, 1982; DDGM
- Walter T. Wedge, 1983, 1989
- Charles S. Wentworth, 1984
- Roland Vanasse, 1985, 1986, 1991
- Douglas MacNeill, 1987
- John E. Hutchins, 1987
- Leo V. Hand, Jr., 1988
- Dan M. Petrescu, 1990
- Robert D. Vanasse, 1992
- Bruce H. Manin, 1993
- Stanley S. Marshall, 1994
- George H. Perkins, 1995, 1996
- John E. Hutchins, 1997
- William L. Chapman, 1998
- William H. Young, 1999, 2000; DDGM ->check other lodges
- Donald G. Seaman, Jr., 2001
- James E. Goode, 2002, 2003
- Lester M. Oshry, 2004; DDGM ->check other lodges
- Paul G. Ciccotelli, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
- Joseph R. Graham, 2007
- David W. Wetherell, 2010
- Antoine N. Jabbour, 2011
REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
ANNIVERSARIES
VISITS BY GRAND MASTER
- 1869 (Past Grand Master Dame; Constitution of Lodge and Hall dedication)
- 1882 (Lawrence)
- 1894 (Deputy Grand Master Holmes; cornerstone laying)
- 1917 (L. Abbott)
- 1920 (Prince; 50th Anniversary)
- 1969 (Jaynes; Centenary)
- 1974 (Vose; Table Lodge)
- 1984 (Richardson; Old Timers' Night)
- 1995 (Lovering; 125th Anniversary)
- 2004 (Hicks; Installation)
- 2005 (Hodgdon)
BY-LAW CHANGES
1878 1881 1887 1892 1902 1904 1913 1921 1939 1957 1958 1970 1971 1972 1988 1992 2009
HISTORY
OTHER
- 1876 (Cornerstone laying, Merrimack Town Hall)
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- Merton E. Chute, DDGM, District 10 (Newburyport), 1997, 1998
- William H. Franklin, Jr., DDGM, District 10 (Newburyport), 1926. District 10 (Newburyport), 1927; Junior Grand Warden 1931; N
- Laurence J. Gardella, DDGM, District 10 (Newburyport), 1984, 1985
- Frank M. Hargreaves, DDGM, District 10 (Newburyport), 1956, 1957; N
- Daniel J. Poore, DDGM, District 9 (Newburyport), 1897, 1898; SN
- Lloyd S. Ray, DDGM, District 10 (Newburyport), 1970, 1971; Bethany; N
- Cecil E. Welch, DDGM, District 10 (Newburyport), 1942, 1943; N
DISTRICTS
1868: District 6 (Newburyport)
1883: District 9 (Newburyport)
1911: District 10 (Newburyport)
1927: District 10 (Newburyport)