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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