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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
PAST MASTERS
- Edward J. Saalfrank, 1911
REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
- Petition for Dispensation: 1855
- Petition for Charter: 1857 chartered 1856; constituted 1857
- Consolidation Petition (with Montgomery Lodge): 1997
ANNIVERSARIES
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)
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
DISTRICTS
1883: District 19 (Southbridge)
1911: District 22 (Blackstone)
1931: District 20 (Blackstone)