Bethlehem
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BETHLEHEM LODGE
Location: Lynn
Chartered By: Arthur D. Prince
Charter Date: 12/18/1920 1920-567
Precedence Date: 02/07/1920
Current Status: in Grand Lodge Vault; merged into Mount Carmel Lodge, 10/09/2006.
PAST MASTERS
- Walter H. Macomber, 1920
- W. Arthur Child, 1921
- T. E. P. Wilson, 1922
- Charles D. C. Moore, 1923
- Everett B. Stacey, 1924, 1925; N
- William Sutherland, 1926, 1927
- William H. Peare, 1928, 1929
- George E. Hanson, 1930, 1931
- Ivan C. Sutherland, 1932
- Hayden G. Kimball, 1933, 1934
- Clarence Wentworth, 1935, 1936
- Robert T. Pender, 1937
- Orville G. Caswell, 1938
- James W. Burnett, 1939
- John J. Eade, 1940
- Lyndon W. Ellis, 1941; N
- Raymond R. Ward, 1942
- Enos O. Brown, 1943
- Robert W. Hutchinson, 1944
- George S. Robinson, 1945
- Robert Sword, 1946
- Frederick J. Haydock, 1947
- Raymond E. Smith, 1948; N
- Raymond A. Phillips, 1949; SN
- Forrest E. Shearer, 1950
- Wesley Cromwell, 1951
- Harold O. Johnson, 1952
- Henry O. Swain, Jr., 1953
- John C. Jeffery, 1954
- W. Kenneth Cobbett, 1955
- Harvie W. Phillips, 1956
- Earl C. Simson, 1957
- Gustave R. Johnson, 1958
- Arthur W. Frost, 1959
- Donald E. Maden, 1960
- William H. Herald, Jr., 1961
- James W. Braunhardt, 1962
- Franklin U. Durgin, 1963
- Dana F. Wiggin, 1964
- George Eddows, 1965
- Roscoe M. Robertson, 1966
- Richard G. Wells, 1967
- John W. Blake, 1968
- Edward D. Varnum, Sr., 1969
- H. Douglas Morong, 1970
- Warren R. Davis, 1971
- Frank A. Gove, 1972
- Paul T. Kelley, 1973
- John E. Ryder, 1974
- Horace E. Luscomb, 1975
- Donald F. Belair, 1976
- William R. Brooks, 1977
- Richard W. Carrow, 1978
- Edward F. Swansburg, 1979
- Mark E. Lubarsky, 1980
- Frank W. Freehan, 1981
- William E. Eldridge, 1982; PDDGM
- Bruce I. Ricker, 1983
- Thomas F. Johnson, 1984
- George W. Smith, 1985, 1995
- Charles L. Langevain, 1986
- John R. Elwell, 1987, 1996
- Ross A. Bulmer, 1988
- Robert L. Varnum, 1989
- Robert R. Bulmer, 1990
- Thomas P. Sylvia, 1991
- Edward J. Yaeger, 1992
- William H. Fancy, Jr., 1993, 1994
- Robert E. Williams, 1997, 1998
- William F. Curtis, 1999
- Michael N. Tenney, 2000
- Frederick J. Greco, 2001, 2002
- Vernon C. Coleman, 2003
- John A. Gilbert, 2004
- Emmanuel L. Felix, 2005
- Robert L. Felix, Sr., 2006
- James D. Belair, 2006, 2007
REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
- Petition for Dispensation: 1920
- Petition for Charter: 1921
- Consolidation Petition (with Mount Carmel Lodge): 2006
ANNIVERSARIES
VISITS BY GRAND MASTER
- 1921 (Prince; Constitution of Lodge)
- 1923 (Ferrell)
- 1925 (Ferrell; installation)
- 1928 (Simpson; installation)
- 1945 (Wragg; 25th Anniversary)
- 1970 (Jaynes; 50th Anniversary)
- 1979 (Melanson)
- 1991 (Darling; reception for Junior Grand Warden Warren R. Davis)
- 1995 (Lovering; 75th Anniversary)
- 1996 (A. Johnson; St. John Sunday in Nahant)
- 1999 (Bauer)
- 2006 (Hodgdon; consolidation with Mount Carmel)
BY-LAW CHANGES
1932 1937 1942 1952 1953 1958 1962 1968 1970 1971 1973 1982 1993 1996 2000 2003
HISTORY
- 1921 (Founding History, 1921-18)
- 1945 (25th Anniversary History, 1945-177)
- 1970 (50th Anniversary History, 1970-75)
OTHER
- 1969 (Presentation in Grand Lodge)
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- Warren R. Davis, DDGM, District 8 (Lynn), 1984, 1985; Junior Grand Warden 1991
- William E. Eldridge, DDGM, District 8 (Lynn), 1998, 1999
- Lyndon W. Ellis, DDGM, District 8 (Lynn), 1949, 1950; N
- Raymond A. Phillips, DDGM, District 8 (Lynn), 1973; SN
- Raymond E. Smith, DDGM, District 8 (Lynn), 1963, 1964; N
- Everett B. Stacey, DDGM, District 8 (Lynn), 1937, 1938; N