Districts1927-2003

DISTRICT DEPUTY GRAND MASTERS: 1931-2003

Boston 1st District

• William I. Corthell, 1927
• Andrew P. Cornwall, 1928, 1929
• Frank S. Jones, 1930, 1931
• Bradford L. Ames, 1932
• Starr A. Burdick, 1933, 1934
• Arthur A. Sondheim, 1935, 1936
• Otto Albrecht, 1937, 1938
• Henry W. Stevens, 1939, 1940
• John Wentworth, 1941, 1942
• Kenneth F. Antoine, 1943, 1944
• George A. Butters, 1945
• Adam O. Hofling, 1946

Cambridge 2nd District

• Edward F. Wallis, 1927
• Samuel Usher, Jr., 1928, 1929
• William F. Clark, 1930, 1931
• Lester M. Bacon, 1932, 1933
• Thomas E. Baker, 1934, 1935
• Herbert A. Hildreth, 1936
• William R. Barss, 1937, 1938
• H. LeRoy Billings, 1939, 1940
• Walter P. Worden, 1941, 1942
• Wolcott A. Hokanson, 1943, 1944
• John D. Storrs, 1945, 1946

Boston 2nd District

• Arthur W. Coolidge, 1927, 1928
• James A. Cartwright, 1929, 1930
• Robert S. Chase, 1931, 1932
• Albert A. Schaefer, 1933
• Frank E. McIntyre, 1934, 1935
• Daniel P. Harding, 1936, 1937
• A. Neill Osgood, 1938, 1939
• Robert T. Sanford, 1940, 1941
• Norman M. Gay, 1942, 1943
• James T. MacAfee, III, 1944, 1945
• James Krigman, 1946

Boston 3rd District

• Charles G. Balcom, 1927, 1928
• Henry E. W. Bean, 1929
• William H. Beeching, 1930
• W. Arnold Wry, 1931, 1932
• Justin A. Duncan, 1933, 1934
• F. Milton Allen, 1935, 1936
• William H. Crafts, 1937
• John L. Davis, 1938, 1939
• Harold T. Coleman, 1940, 1941
• William C. Gray, 1942, 1943
• Dugald MacCallum, 1944, 1945
• Frederic B. Duncan, 1946

Chelsea 3rd District

• George H. McIntyre, 1927
• Ralph K. Hope, 1928, 1929
• Arnold B. Crosby, 1930, 1931
• Grover C. Hoyt, 1932, 1933
• Ernest R. Walker, 1934, 1935
• George L. Dolloff, 1936, 1937
• S. Kenneth Skolfield, 1938, 1939
• Arthur H. Reed, 1940, 1941
• Harry M. Carlson, 1942, 1943
• Josiah H. Benton, 1944, 1945
• Albert E. Whitney, 1946

South Boston 4th District

• Herbert S. Locke, 1927
• Walter F. Johnson, 1928
• Leon V. Stone, 1929, 1930
• Henry D. MacRitchie, 1931
• Wallace S. Hancock, 1932, 1933
• John Jay Cook, 1934, 1935
• James L. Reid, 1936, 1937
• Stanley B. Vandersall, 1938, 1939
• Thomas Nelson, 1940, 1941
• Sten G. Nyberg, 1942
• Peter A. Day, 1943, 1944
• George W. Russell, 1945, 1946

Dorchester 4th District

• Ralph Lowe, Jr., 1927, 1928
• W. Newton Harlow, 1929, 1930
• Frank L. Cushing, 1931, 1932
• Henry G. Grush, 1933, 1934
• Charles D. Kidder, 1935, 1936
• Harry C. Black, 1937, 1938
• William P. Watt, 1939, 1940
• Roland S. Fulton, 1941, 1942
• David L. Martin, 1943, 1944
• Louis J. Roazen, 1945, 1946

Roxbury 4th District

• William H.C. Carrasco, 1927, 1928
• Farquhar D. Carter, 1929, 1930
• John H. Joy, 1931, 1932
• Lawrence S. Bearse, 1933, 1934
• John H. Gillis, 1935, 1936
• Robert D. Webster, 1937, 1938
• Joseph T. Zottoli, 1939, 1940
• James C. Kellsey, 1941, 1942
• Paul G. Weden, 1943, 1944
• A. Robert Martin, Jr., 1945, 1946

Waltham 5th District

• H. Alton Roark, 1927
• Amos L. Taylor, 1928, 1929
• Robert D. Diggs, Jr., 1930, 1931
• Alfred P. Waterman, 1932, 1933
• Walter L. McCammon, 1934, 1935
• Henry A. Starr, 1936, 1937
• Francis D. Taylor, 1938, 1939
• C. Weston Ringer, 1940, 1941
• Elwood L. Overholser, 1942, 1943
• Alton L. Miller, 1944, 1945
• Harold W. Knowlton, 1946

Brighton 5th District

• Rudolph Burrough, 1927, 1928
• Fred B. Richardson, 1929, 1930
• H. Wendell Prout, 1931, 1932
• Joseph Earl Perry, 1933, 1934
• Clarence L. Frounfelker, 1935, 1936
• Samuel H. Lewis, 1937, 1938
• Samuel H. Wragg, 1939
• Laurence M. Jackson, 1940, 1941
• Fred H. Hitchcock, 1942, 1943
• Leon E. Smith, 1944, 1945
• Thomas G. Walters, 1946

Somerville 6th District

• Warner R. Crowell, 1927, 1928
• Edward L. Shinn, 1929, 1930
• Harris M. Richmond, 1931, 1932
• Howard E. Custance, 1933, 1934
• Robert N. Spofford, 1935, 1936
• Frederick W. Hale, 1937, 1938
• Paul N. Shiverick, 1939, 1940
• Pierre A. Northrup, 1941, 1942
• Harold W. Edwards, 1943, 1944
• John A. Daniels, 1945, 1946

Arlington 6th District

• William W. Wade, 1927, 1928
• J. Arthur Gibson, 1929, 1930
• Archie M. Howland, 1931, 1932
• Lawrence Mitchell, 1933, 1934
• Stanley W. Wilson, 1935, 1936
• Charles L. Oxnard, 1937, 1938
• Eugene B. Hamilton, 1939, 1940
• Norman A. Ray, 1941, 1942
• Seward E. Nichols, 1943, 1944
• William S. Wadsworth, 1945, 1946

Malden 7th District

• Willard P. Lombard, 1927, 1928
• George A. Burnham, 1929
• Julian C. Woodman, 1930
• George A. Chisholm, 1931, 1932
• Henry H. Kimball, 1933, 1934
• Elbridge G. Davis, 1935, 1936
• Frederick E. Smith, 1937, 1938
• C. Francis Munger, 1939, 1940
• Harry B. Tabor, 1941, 1942
• George M. Keen, 1943, 1944
• Ralph G. Babcock, 1945, 1946

Melrose 7th District

• Frederic L. Putnam, 1927
• Charles S. Proctor, 1928, 1929
• George A. Burnham, 1930
• Lauren C. McMaster, 1931, 1932
• John A. Corliss, 1933, 1934
• Harry E. Dearborn, 1935, 1936
• Edward P. Wells, 1937, 1938
• Roy A. Hovey, 1939, 1940
• Ernest R. Potter, 1941, 1942
• Howard G. Todd, 1943, 1944
• William E. Snow, 1945, 1946

Salem 8th District

• Frank T. Goodell, 1927, 1928
• Charles H. Colby, 1929
• William H. Gowell, 1930, 1931
• John H. Mattson, 1932, 1933
• Everett A. Sumner, 1934, 1935
• Joseph D. Danforth, 1936, 1937
• Alden P. Crosby, 1938, 1939
• Earl R. Galeucia, 1940, 1941
• James A. Breed, 1942
• Mial D. Chase, 1943, 1944
• Hatherley A. Stoddard, Jr., 1945, 1946

Lynn 8th District

• Walter L. Williams, 1927, 1928
• Rufus L. Titus, 1929, 1930
• Frederick J. Needham, 1931, 1932
• Arthur K. Bates, 1933, 1934
• Kendall A. Sanderson, 1935, 1936
• Everett B. Stacey, 1937, 1938
• Harry E. Trask, 1939, 1940
• Lewis Doane, 1941, 1942
• Harry L. Chisholm, 1943, 1944
• Raymond E. Neal, 1945, 1946

Gloucester 9th District

• Addison G. Brooks, 1927
• William H. Parker, 1928, 1929
• Edward M. Law, 1930, 1931
• Charles L. Lovell, 1932, 1933
• Lendal W. Harding, 1934, 1935
• Thomas A. Lees, 1936, 1937
• Harold S. Maddocks, 1938, 1939
• Edmund G. Haskell, 1940, 1941
• J. Harry Mills, 1942, 1943
• Theodore A. Holland, 1944, 1945
• Frederic W. Frost, 1946

Newburyport 10th District

• William H. Franklin, Jr., 1927
• Daniel C. Hunt, 1928, 1929
• Willard S. Little, 1930, 1931
• Harold S. Dean, 1932, 1933
• John Bradford Davis, 1934, 1935
• Raymond W. Crombie, 1936, 1937
• John A. Wilson, Jr., 1938, 1939
• Perley E. Miller, 1940, 1941
• Cecil E. Welch, 1942, 1943
• Erving H. Malcolm, 1944, 1945
• Carroll F. Dunn, 1946

Lawrence 11th District

• Robert K. Disney, 1927
• Harry Wilkinson, 1928, 1929
• Joseph Sherlock, 1930, 1931
• James R. Baldwin, 1932, 1933
• Walter I. Churchill, 1934, 1935
• Harry J. Bunting, 1936, 1937
• Gustav A. Stachelhaus, 1938, 1939
• Malcolm B. McTernen, 1940, 1941
• Ben Oldfield, 1942, 1943
• Ralph A. Woodcock, 1944, 1945
• Philip A. Carr, 1946

Lowell 12th District

• Warren B. Goddard, 1927, 1928
• Alvah V. Weaver, 1929, 1930
• Harold D. MacDonald, 1931, 1932
• J. Harold Dale, 1933, 1934
• Garfield A. Davis, 1935, 1936
• Melvin G. Rogers, 1937, 1938
• Paul L. Perkins, 1939, 1940
• Percy B.S. Silk, 1941, 1942
• Winslow J. Damon, 1943, 1944
• Calvin A. Burger, 1945, 1946

Fitchburg 13th District

• Loring E. Harkness, 1927, 1928
• Frank B. Crandall, 1929, 1930
• Arthur S. Rollins, 1931, 1932
• George T. Greenwood, 1933, 1934
• Perry I. Wilson, 1935, 1936
• Frank D. Polley, 1937, 1938
• George W. Tooker, 1939, 1940
• Leon J. Winch, 1941, 1942
• Charles F. Murch, 1943, 1944
• Harold J. Toole, 1945, 1946

Barre 13th District

• George H. Heywood, 1927, 1928
• Clarence C. Pierce, 1929, 1930
• Frank W. Wilson, 1931, 1932
• Louis K. Cross, 1933
• Frank A. Howe, 1934, 1935
• Earle C. Parker, 1936, 1937
• Harold F. Brown, 1938, 1939
• Roy E. Comstock, 1940, 1941
• Celian H. Abbott, 1942, 1943
• George G. Engel, 1944, 1945
• Joseph E. Prentiss, 1946

Greenfield 14th District

• Carl P. Mitchell, 1927, 1928
• Frank A. Yeaw, 1929, 1930
• Richard G. Holton, 1931
• Donald E. Mathewson, 1932, 1933
• Clarence H. Fisher, 1934, 1935
• Norman P. Farwell, 1936, 1937
• William Hunter, 1938, 1939
• Frank H. Reed, 1940, 1941
• Ralph M. Forsaith, 1942, 1943
• Earle A. Brown, 1944, 1945
• George E. Clapp, 1946

North Adams 15th District

• William S. Hamilton, 1927
• Frederick D. Eldridge, 1928, 1929
• Harry E. Davis, 1930, 1931
• Harold E. Byam, 1932, 1933
• Seaver R. Gilcreast, 1934, 1935
• Ralph L. Getman, 1936, 1937
• Ralph E. Ballou, 1938, 1939
• Felix H. Scharmann, 1940, 1941
• Duncan MacNaughton, 1942, 1943
• James Edwin Bullock, 1944, 1945
• Kenneth W. Chase, 1946

Pittsfield 16th District

• Clarence I. Sweet, 1927, 1928
• George A. Curtis, 1929, 1930
• Edward A. Sitzer, 1931, 1932
• Arthur F. Jones, 1934
• Oscar S. Read, 1935, 1936
• James F. Watson, 1937, 1938
• John P. Palmer, 1939, 1940
• Robert P. Easland, 1941, 1942
• Ethelbert R. Pierce, 1943, 1944
• David L. Johnston, 1945, 1946

Holyoke 17th District

• Alexander Anderson MacKimmie, 1927, 1928
• William A. Walker, 1929, 1930
• Hubert M. Canning, 1931, 1932
• James G. Sinclair, 1933, 1934
• David Glassford, 1935, 1936
• Arthur N. Julian, 1937, 1938
• Ronald Astley, 1939, 1940
• Harry W. Tower, 1941, 1942
• Charles M. Gillette, 1943, 1944
• Oliver C. Roberts, 1945, 1946

Chicopee 18th District

• Edwin L. Davis, 1927, 1928
• Benn Blythe, 1929, 1930
• Edgar M. Osgood, 1931, 1932
• Clifford A.M. Weber, 1933, 1934
• Frederick W. Cope, 1935, 1936
• Frederick J. Cummings, 1937, 1938
• Daniel Love, 1939
• Frank P. Johnson, 1940, 1941
• E. Ray Ashley, 1942, 1943
• Karl W. Hofman, 1944, 1945
• Charles Henry Steele, 1946

Springfield 18th District

• H. Greeley Randall, 1927
• G. A. Deane, 1928, 1929
• Emil U. Dillenbach, 1930, 1931
• Harold E. Hartwell, 1932, 1933
• Robert B. Warner, 1934, 1935
• Archie J. Agan, 1936, 1937
• George W. Gray, 1938, 1939
• Henry C. Johnson, 1940, 1941
• Harold W. Schellenger, 1942, 1943
• Harold W. Walkinshaw, 1944, 1945
• William W. Yerrall, 1946

Palmer 19th District

• H. Morgan Ryther, 1927
• D. Thomson Hastings, 1928, 1929
• Ralph T. Entwistle, 1930, 1931
• Joseph G. Hastings, 1932, 1933
• Winfred F. Forward, 1934, 1935
• J. Frederick Zappey, 1936, 1937
• Charles F. Dingman, 1938, 1939
• Myron E. Richardson, 1940, 1941
• Henry O. Holley, 1942, 1943
• Everett A. Geer, 1944, 1945
• Rexford R. Paine, 1946

Southbridge/Blackstone 20th District

• Carlton H. White, 1927, 1928
• William L. Stokes, 1929, 1930
• Leroy A. Rollins, 1931, 1932
• Edwin M. Crane, 1933, 1934
• Ralph T. Larchar, 1935, 1936
• Raymon F. Meader, 1937, 1938
• Philip E. Thomas, 1939, 1940
• Milton L. Goldthwaite, 1941, 1942
• George A.K. Duff, 1943, 1944
• Warren A. Johnson, 1945, 1946

Brookfield 21st District

• Harold L. Fenner, 1927, 1928
• W. H. Smiley Kingsbury, 1929, 1930
• Will A. Gray, 1931, 1932, 1933
• Edmund H. Squire, 1934, 1935, 1936
• Lee Boyce, 1937
• Frank Carroll, 1938, 1939
• John A. Jewell, 1940, 1941
• George D. Robertson, 1942, 1943
• Clayton F. Fisher, 1944, 1945
• Clifford W. Greene, 1946

Worcester 21st/22nd District

Moved to the 22nd District in 1931

• Otis C. White, 1927
• Harry C. Midgley, 1928, 1929
• B. W. Greenwood, 1930, 1931
• Alfred E. Rankin, 1932, 1933
• Frank H. Cate, 1934, 1935
• William L. McIntosh, 1936, 1937
• Ernest F. Maynard, 1938, 1939
• Eric A. Jacobson, 1940, 1941
• Thomas S. Roy, 1942
• John E. Riley, 1943, 1944
• Elbridge R. Holmes, 1945, 1946

Milford 22nd District

• Albert L. Saunders, 1927
• William S. Johnson, 1928, 1929
• Frank Roy Hixon, 1930

Discontinued in 1931

Natick 23rd District

• Harry W. Kimball, 1927
• William S. McRobert, 1928, 1929
• George Morrison, 1930, 1931
• James L. Inches, 1932, 1933
• William H. Sheldon, 1934, 1935
• Morton F. Yates, 1936, 1937
• Edward A. Harding, 1938, 1939
• William Ferguson, 1940, 1941
• Elmer W. Bennett, 1942, 1943
• Burns L. Fish, 1944, 1945, 1946

Marlborough 24th District

• Winfield Temple, 1927, 1928
• Gavin Taylor, 1929, 1930
• Erwin B. Woodbury, 1931, 1932
• Herbert E. Taylor, 1933, 1934
• Clarence W. Wentworth, 1935, 1936
• Walter L. Huntington, 1937, 1938
• Harry E. Burnham, 1939, 1940
• Everett G. Ricker, 1941, 1942
• Thomas O. O'Neill, 1943, 1944
• Erwin L. Smith, 1945, 1946

Hyde Park 25th District

• Andrew C. Morrow, 1927, 1928
• Alden B. Hepler, 1929, 1930
• Peter Wood, 1931, 1932
• E. Lester Swett, 1933, 1934
• Howard F. Cluff, 1935, 1936
• John H. Peebles, 1937, 1938
• Eliot C. French, 1939, 1940
• George M. Ellis, 1941, 1942
• Ernest May, 1943, 1944
• Walter E. Hawley, 1945, 1946

Quincy 26th District

• George E. White, 1927
• Arthur W. Hoe, 1928, 1929
• Roy Prout, 1930, 1931
• William J. Holbrook, 1932, 1933
• George T. Burnham, 1934, 1935
• Everett E. Weatherbee, 1936, 1937
• James S. Collins, 1938, 1939
• J. Frederick Price, 1940, 1941
• Warren J. Schworm, 1942
• Raymond C. Warrington, 1943, 1944
• Alexander Harding, 1945, 1946

Plymouth 27th District

• Edwin H. Gibson, 1927
• J. Irving Botting, 1928, 1929
• Charles A. Whitman, 1930, 1931
• Henry W. Royal, 1932, 1933
• Philip S. Bailey, 1934, 1935
• Charles B. Worrick, 1936, 1937
• J. Lyman Wadsworth, 1938, 1939
• Harry H. Reed, 1940, 1941
• Herbert W. Wilder, 1942, 1943
• Raymond E. Miskelly, 1944, 1945
• Harold L. Downing, 1946

Taunton 28th District

• Howard C. N. Ripley, 1927, 1928
• Theodore N. Wood, 1929, 1930
• Edward W. Burt, 1931, 1932
• Harry H. Thurlow, 1933, 1934
• John M. Smith, 1935, 1936
• Henry H. Goff, 1937, 1938
• Frederick S. Weston, 1939, 1940
• Robert W. MacGlashing, 1941, 1942
• James D. Johnston, 1943, 1944
• Clifton C. Ripley, 1945, 1946

Attleboro 28th District

• Fred W. Day, 1927, 1928
• Fred H. Richards, 1929, 1930
• Robert L. Cooke, 1931, 1932
• Lee Higgins, 1933, 1934
• Frederick Kerry, 1935, 1936
• Harrison A. Morse, 1937, 1938
• Carl H. Carlson, 1939, 1940
• Corodon S. Fuller, 1941, 1942
• Winthrop P. Mann, 1943, 1944
• Benjamin W. Taylor, 1945, 1946

Brockton 29th District

• Clarence E. Rice, 1927, 1928
• David Perkins, 1929, 1930
• Harold W. Sprague, 1931, 1932
• Herbert K. Pratt, 1933, 1934
• Duncan W. Edes, 1935, 1936
• Ernest Clark, 1937, 1938
• Roger Keith, 1939, 1940
• Joseph W. Keith, 1941, 1942
• Harold S. Crocker, 1943, 1944
• Edward H. Turner, 1945, 1946

Fall River 30th District

• Horace L. Humphrey, 1927, 1928
• John V. Thorpe, 1929, 1930
• James H. Wilson, 1931, 1932
• Adrial W. Hathaway, 1933, 1934
• Herbert A. Sullivan, 1935, 1936
• Herbert Austin, 1937, 1938
• George M. Jackson, 1939, 1940
• Arthur R. Anderson, 1941, 1942
• Francis S. Borden, 1943, 1944
• Leland F. Bullard, 1945, 1946

New Bedford 30th District

• Walter S. Dow, 1927, 1928
• Lyman C. Bauldry, 1929, 1930
• Seth J. Besse, 1931, 1932
• Frank H. Childs, 1933, 1934
• S. George Davenport, Jr., 1935, 1936
• Chauncey R. Mosher, 1937, 1938
• Austin M. Thresher, 1939, 1940
• Charles M. Hadley, 1941, 1942
• John W. Ruggles, 1943, 1944
• Colby H. Benson, 1945, 1946

Nantucket 31st District

• Alfred E. Smith, 1927, 1928
• Charles E. P. Thompson, 1929, 1930
• Clarence P. Hayden, 1931, 1932
• LeRoy L. Eldredge, 1933, 1934
• Francis E. Folger, 1935, 1936
• John Allanach, 1937, 1938
• Edwin L. Morse, 1939, 1940
• Ludwig Knorr, 1941, 1942
• Leroy H. True, 1943, 1944
• John E. Palmeira, 1945, 1946

Hyannis 32nd District

• Rawson C. Jenkins, 1927, 1928
• F. Howard Hinckley, 1929, 1930
• Sumner I. Lawrence, 1931, 1932
• Bertram F. Ryder, 1933, 1934
• Charles W. Megathlin, 1935, 1936
• William M. Harrison, 1937, 1938
• Freeman C. Bartlett, 1939, 1940
• Charles F. Holden, 1941, 1942
• Gerard C. Besse, 1943, 1944
• Bertrand C. French, 1945, 1946

Provincetown 32nd District

• Emanuel A. DeWager, 1927
• Henry K. Bearse, 1928, 1929
• Isaac F. Howes, 1930, 1931
• Henry A. Snow, 1932, 1933, 1934
• Owen B. Murray, 1935
• Cyril W. Downs, 1936, 1937
• Harold Tuttle, 1938, 1939
• George S. Chapman, Jr., 1940, 1941
• Nathan D. Eldridge, 1942, 1943
• John P. Silva, 1944
• Gershom D. Hall, 1945, 1946

Springfield 33rd District

• Douglas Crook, 1927
• Dana R. Johnson, 1928, 1929
• Raymond H. Beach, 1930, 1931
• James Matthew, 1932, 1933
• Leland G. Carlton, 1934, 1935
• Frank P. Beardsell, 1936, 1937
• George W. Streeter, 1938, 1939
• Edson S. Dunbar, 1940, 1941
• Gilbert N. Leete, 1942, 1943
• Howard C. Newhouse, 1944, 1945
• Raymond H. Peat, 1946

Chile District

• Joseph S. McDonald, 1927-1940
• Gustav Bowski, 1941
• Albert E. Jones, 1942-1946

China District

• Irvin Van Gorder Gillis, District Grand Master, 1927-1935
• Vergil F. Bradfield, 1936-1938
• Nathan E. Lurton, 1939-1942
• Franklin C. Fetté, 1946

Canal Zone District

• Ralph Osborn, District Grand Master, 1927-1932
• Lewis Bates, District Grand Master, 1933-1946

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