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BLUE HILL LODGE
Location: Canton
Chartered By: William Parkman
Charter Date: 03/09/1864 VI-497
Precedence Date: 03/10/1863
Current Status: Active
PAST MASTERS
- J. Mason Everett, 1863-1866; Mem
- 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; Mem
- 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; N
- Warren W. Capen, 1908, 1909
- Arthur W. Chase, 1909, 1910; SN
- Louis W. Fischer, 1911, 1912
- Ralph L. Pollard, 1913, 1914
- Walter R. Merriam, 1915, 1916
- Freddy Mosley, 1917, 1918
- Ernest T. Johnson, 1919, 1920; SN
- 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; N
- 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; SN
- 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; N
- 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; SN
- Donald G. Seaman, Jr., 2001
- James E. Goode, 2002, 2003
- Lester M. Oshry, 2004; N
- Paul G. Ciccotelli, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009
- Joseph R. Graham, 2007
- David W. Wetherell, 2010, 2012
- Antoine N. Jabbour, 2011
REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
ANNIVERSARIES
VISITS BY GRAND MASTER
- 1864 (Parkman; Constitution of Lodge and installation; see description below)
- 1881 (Lawrence)
- 1886 (Howland)
- 1913 (Senior Grand Warden L. Abbott)
- 1919 (L. Abbott)
- 1927 (Simpson; Veterans' Night)
- 1938 (Perry; 75th Anniversary)
- 1940 (Perry; Hall dedication)
- 1947 (Wragg)
- 1957 (A. Jenkins; mortgage burning)
- 1963 (Osgood; Centenary)
- 1972 (Vose)
- 1984 (Richardson)
- 1988 (Ames; 125th Anniversary)
- 1998 (A. Johnson)
- 1999 (Bauer; 2 visits including installation)
BY-LAW CHANGES
1869 1870 1874 1885 1908 1911 1920 1922 1928 1940 1951 1959 1960 1967 1970 1974 1975 1976 1990 2000 2006 2011
HISTORY
OTHER
- 1937 (Petition for reduction of fees)
EVENTS
CONSTITUTION OF LODGE, DECEMBER 1863
From Moore's Freemason's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XXIII, No. 6, April, 1864, Page 176:
This Lodge having worked its year under Dispensation, was Chartered by the Grand Lodge on the 6th of December, and regularly constituted by the Grand Master, assisted by his officers, on the 15th. It is located at South Canton, a beautiful and flourishing manufacturing village, in Norfolk county. It has a fine hall, though s/nall, fitted up in excellent taste, with nil the appointments necessary for the successful working of the Lodsje. lts officers and members are young, intelligent and zealous, and the Lodge starts with more than ordinary promise of future prosperity and usefulness. The Grand Lodge was handsomely received by the Brethren, and after the ceremonies of the Lodge room were over, the party spent an agreeable hour at the supper table. We omitted to take a list of the officers, and cannot therefore give their names. W. Bro. John E. Everett was installed as Master.
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- Arthur W. Chase, DDGM, District 25 (Hyde Park), 1921, 1922; SN
- Kenneth A. Churchill, DDGM, District 25 (Hyde Park), 1993, 1994; N
- Francis D. Dunbar, DDGM, District 22 (Hyde Park), 1892, 1893, 1894; Memorial
- J. Mason Everett, DDGM, District 13 (Taunton), 1868, 1869, 1870; Memorial
- Eliot C. French, DDGM, District 25 (Hyde Park), 1939, 1940; N
- Ernest T. Johnson, DDGM, District 25 (Hyde Park), 1947, 1948; SN
- Lester Miller Oshry, DDGM, District 7, 2008, 2009; N
- Myles Standish, DDGM, District 25 (Hyde Park), 1959, 1960; SN
- J. Fayette Stone, DDGM, District 22 (Hyde Park), 1909, 1910; N