Difference between revisions of "CharlesAWelch"

Revision as of 01:20, 17 March 2012

CHARLES A. WELCH LODGE

Location: Maynard

Chartered By: Sereno D. Nickerson

Charter Date: 03/12/1873 1873-26

Precedence Date: 03/01/1872

Current Status: Active

NOTES

• At the granting of the charter of the Lodge: "Selecting its title in honor of the District Deputy Grand Master who presides over the Fourth District, may it grow up in honor and usefulness, to dignify and perpetuate its name." (1873-26)

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1872
• Petition for Charter: 1873

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1898 (25th Anniversary)
• 1923 (50th Anniversary)
• 1948 (75th Anniversary)
• 1973 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1873 (Nickerson; Constitution of Lodge and installation; hall dedication)
• 1898 (Hutchinson; 25th Anniversary)
• 1923 (Ferrell; 50th Anniversary)
• 1940 (Perry; District meeting)
• 1948 (Deputy Grand Master Eugene B. Hamilton; 75th Anniversary)
• 1973 (Vose; 2 visits, including Centenary)
• 1977 (Maxwell)
• 1979 (Melanson)
• 1982 (Berquist)
• 1983 (Berquist)
• 1988 (Ames)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1874 1882 1900 1910 1912 1914 1925 1933 1940 1948 1961 1963 1979 1980 1982 1988 1992 2003

HISTORY

• 1923 (50th Anniversary History, 1923-4)
• 1948 (75th Anniversary History, 1948-47)
• 1973 (Centenary History, 1973-64)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Harry E. Burnham, DDGM, District 24 (Marlborough), 1939, 1940; N
• Thomas Deane, DDGM, District 21 (Framingham), 1908, 1909; SN
• George H. Gutteridge, DDGM, District 24 (Marlborough), 1917, 1918; N
• Meldon E. Niemi, DDGM, District 24 (Marlborough), 1978, 1979; Deputy Grand Master 1983
• Frank H. Salisbury, DDGM, District 21 (Framingham), 1898, 1899; SN
• Edwin E. Sarvela, 1990, 1991
• E. Clayton Steeves, DDGM, District 24 (Marlborough), 1959, 1960, 1961; N
• Albert A. Tallant, DDGM, District 24 (Marlborough), 1949, 1950; N
• Gavin Taylor, DDGM, District 24 (Marlborough), 1929, 1930; SN

DISTRICTS

1872: District 4 (Cambridge)

1883: District 21 (Framingham)

1911: District 24 (Marlborough)

1927: District 24 (Marlborough)

2003: District 14

2009: District 15 (North)

LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges