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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
- Samuel S. White, 1872-1874, 1883
- 1875?
- Leonard T. Gaskill, 1876, 1878, 1882
- Charles F. Sisson, 1877, 1878 died in office
- Jeremiah Gatchell, 1879-1881; Memorial
- George J. Baldwin, 1884, 1885
- William H. Hawkins, 1886, 1887
- William A. Cole, 1888, 1888
- Charles W. Rickards, 1890, 1891
- Charles W. Rickards, 1891
- Edward E. Wheelock, 1892, 1893
- George W. Maxon, 1894, 1895; SN
- Melvin E. Ellis, 1896, 1897, 1901, 1902; SN
- Isaac T. Holman, 1898
- Ambrose B. White, 1899, 1900; Memorial
- John Kinnibergh, 1903
- Ansel Holman, 1904
- Joseph Hoyle, 1905-1907; SN
- Fred M. Bennett, 1908
- William R. Booth, 1909
- Ralph M. Estes, 1910
- Edward J. Saalfrank, 1911, 1912
- Joseph F. Barnet, 1913
- Duncan B. Cunningham, 1914
- William C. Hay, 1915
- Harry S. Nelson, 1916
- Nelson Slater, 1917
- William Carville, 1918
- Samuel L. Lampher, 1919
- William Spencer, 1920
- Harold W. Armstrong, 1921
- Philip E. Thomas, 1922; N
- Edwin M. Crane, 1923
- Louis A. Webster, 1924
- William E. Loveland, 1925
- Morton C. Matteson, 1926
- Ray S. Maxon, 1927
- Daniel E. Greene, 1928
- Harrison M. Smyth, 1929
- Lester H. Matteson, 1930
- Andrew N. Maxon, 1931
- George A. Arnold, 1932
- Edwin M. Crane, 1933; N
- Cornelius J. Hauge, 1934
- Henry F. Feddern, 1935
- John W. Mellor, 1936
- John Alden, 1937
- Paul E. Larson, 1938
- Fred Israel, 1939
- Lester E. Carpenter, 1940
- Philip L. Voelker, 1941
- Jules E. Conrardy, 1942
- Joseph D. Rosenthal, 1943
- William A. Robbins, 1944
- Philip H. Hoyle, 1945, 1946
- Harold A. Gustafson, 1947
- Gerard A. Lafreniere, 1948
- Paul L. Hoyle, 1949, 1954
- Raymond G. LaFreniere, 1950-1951, 1955, 1978-1980; N
- Neilson A. Darling, 1952
- Daniel B. Middleton, 1953
- Frank C. Wadsworth, Jr., 1956
- Herbert S. Smith, 1957
- Joseph D. Rosenthal, 1958
- Walter Karasek, 1959
- Samuel H. Stein, 1960
- Henry C. Feddern, 1961
- Alexander Kokolski, 1962
- Clinton S. J. Jacks, 1963
- Joseph Hoyle, Jr., 1964
- Robert E. Ranslow, 1965, 1966
- 1967?
- Robert F. Taylor, 1968, 1969
- Victor J. Karasek, 1970
- John J. Salisbury, 1971
- Elmer E. Normandin, Jr., 1972
- Henry R. Reiner, 1973
- Randall L. Faneuf, 1974
- Cecil H. Lane, Sr., 1975, 1983
- Cecil H. Lane, Jr., 1976, 1981, 1982, 1985
- George A. L. Ethier, 1977
- Ross N. Fisher, 1984, 1988
- Stewart R. Holbrook, 1986; PDDGM
- Todd E. Smith, 1987
- Ross N. Fisher, 1988
- Russell S. Wise, 1989-1992; N
- David W. Farrington, 1993, 1995
- Richard E. Heon, 1994
- Donald E. Guertin, 1996, 1997
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)