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		+	* Jeremiah Gatchell, 1880, 1881; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAOtherBrothersG#GATCHELL.2C_JEREMIAH_1836-1906 Memorial]'''
		+	* George W. Maxon, 1894; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASuppNecrologiesHM#MAXON.2C_GEORGE_WASHINGTON_1862-1945 SN]'''
		+	* Melvin E. Ellis, 1896, 1901;  '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASuppNecrologiesAG#ELLIS.2C_MELVIN_ELISHA_1862-1907 SN]'''
		+	* Ambrose B. White, 1899;  '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAOtherBrothersW#WHITE.2C_AMBROSE_B._1862-1932 Memorial]'''
		+	* Joseph Hoyle, 1905, 1906;  '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MASuppNecrologiesHM#HOYLE.2C_JOSEPH_1875-1956 SN]'''
		+	* Edward J. Saalfrank, 1911
		+	* Philip E. Thomas, 1922; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesSZ#THOMAS.2C_PHILIP_EDWIN_1889-1955 N]'''
		+	* Edwin M. Crane, 1933; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesAG#CRANE.2C_EDWIN_MAXON_1891-1962 N]'''
		+	* Raymond G. LaFreniere, 1950-1951, 1955, 1978-1980; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesHM#LAFRENIERE.2C_RAYMOND_GABRIEL_1916-1984 N]'''
		+	* ''Stewart R. Holbrook'', ?; '''PDDGM'''
		+	* Russell S. Wise, 1989-1991; '''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesSZ#WISE.2C_RUSSELL_SHERWOOD_1942-1992 N]'''
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BLACKSTONE RIVER LODGE

Location: Blackstone

Chartered By: Winslow Lewis

Charter Date: 12/12/1856 V-264

Precedence Date: 12/12/1855

Current Status: in Grand Lodge Vault; merged to Montgomery Lodge, Milford, 06/12/1997

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PAST MASTERS

PAST MASTERS

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REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1855
• Petition for Charter: 1857 chartered 1856; constituted 1857
• Consolidation Petition (with Montgomery Lodge): 1997

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1955 (Centenary)
• 1980 (125th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1857 (Heard; Constitution of Lodge and installation)
• 1879 (Welch)
• 1927 (Simpson; Cornerstone laying at Blackstone Federated Church)
• 1940 (Perry; district meeting)
• 1955 (W. Johnson; Centenary)
• 1980 (Melanson; 125th Anniversary)
• 1987 (Ames; consolidation with Montgomery Lodge)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1859 1874 1882 1912 1913 1922 1926 1927 1928 1929 1940 1947 1955 1956 1957 1982 1986

HISTORY

• 1955 (Centenary History, 1955-281)

OTHER

• 1870 (Complaint against Olive Branch Lodge)
• 1872 (Petition regarding formal charity to families of deceased members)

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GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Edwin M. Crane, DDGM, District 20 (Blackstone), 1933, 1934; N
• Melvin E. Ellis, DDGM, District 19 (Southbridge), 1903, 1904; SN
• Jeremiah Gatchell, DDGM, District 19 (Southbridge), 1890, 1891, 1892; Memorial
• Stewart R. Holbrook, DDGM, District 20 (Blackstone), 1987, 1988
• Joseph Hoyle, DDGM, District 22 (Blackstone), 1911, 1912; SN
• Raymond G. LaFreniere, DDGM, District 20 (Blackstone), 1975, 1976; N
• George W. Maxon, DDGM, District 19 (Southbridge), 1898, 1899; SN
• Daniel W. Taft, DDGM, District 4, 1860, 1861; Senior Grand Warden 1902
• Philip E. Thomas, DDGM, District 20 (Blackstone), 1939, 1940; N
• Ambrose B. White, DDGM, District 22 (Blackstone), 1922, 1923; Memorial
• Russell S. Wise, DDGM, District 20 (Blackstone), 1985, 1986; N

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DISTRICTS

1855: District 4

1867: District 12 (Milford)

1883: District 19 (Southbridge)

1911: District 22 (Blackstone)

1927: District 22 (Milford)

1931: District 20 (Blackstone)

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LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges