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EDEN LODGE
Location: Ware
Chartered By: William Parkman
Charter Date: 06/08/1864 III-506
Precedence Date: 06/11/1863
Current Status: Active.
Bethel Lodge merged into this Lodge, 10/27/1939.
REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
- Petition for Dispensation: 1863
- Petition for Charter: 1864
- Consolidation Petition (with Bethel Lodge): 1939
ANNIVERSARIES
VISITS BY GRAND MASTER
- 1882 (Lawrence)
- 1911 (Flanders)
- 1923 (Ferrell)
- 1927 (Simpson; Veterans' Night)
- 1938 (Perry; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
- 1939 (Perry; consolidation with Bethel Lodge; Special Communication)
- 1964 (Osgood; Centenary and hall dedication; Special Communication)
- 1979 (Melanson)
- 1980 (Melanson; reception for Deputy Grand Master Horatio Bisbee)
- 1982 (Berquist; installation)
- 1984 (Richardson; 2 visits; mortgage burning, Special Communication; and installation)
- 1987 (Ames; installation)
- 1988 (Ames; 125th Anniversary and rededication; Special Communication)
- 1990 (Darling; installation)
- 1993 (Lovering; installation)
- 1995 (Lovering; installation)
BY-LAW CHANGES
HISTORY
OTHER
- 1864 (In charter petition report, information on a disastrous fire in 1863; VI-503)
- 1881 (Election declared invalid; 1881-165)
- 1979 (Presentation of a 75-year member award, 1979-143)
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- Horatio Bisbee, DDGM, District 19 (Palmer), 1966, 1967; Deputy Grand Master 1980; N
- Paul R. Bridgman, DDGM, District 19 (Palmer), 1911, 1912; Memorial
- Leonard B. Campbell, DDGM, District 19 (Palmer), 1950, 1951; N
- Hubert M. Coney, DDGM, District 17 (Palmer), 1900, 1901, 1902; SN
- Douglas J. Fry, DDGM, District 19 (Palmer), 1996, 1997
- Robert G. Goodfield, DDGM, District 19 (Palmer), 1992, 1993
- D. Thomson Hastings, DDGM, District 19 (Palmer), 1928, 1929; N
- Edward J. Kress, DDGM, District 19 (Palmer), 1972, 1973
- Peter B. Markert, DDGM, District 19 (Palmer), 2002; District 25, 2003, 2004
- George S. Marsh, DDGM, District 17 (Palmer), 1891, 1892; SN
- Neil A. Noble, DDGM, District 19 (Palmer), 1982, 1983
- George G. Petrie, DDGM, District 19 (Palmer), 1960, 1961; N
- Myron E. Richardson, DDGM, District 19 (Palmer), 1940, 1941; N
- John H. Schoonmaker, DDGM, District 19 (Palmer), 1915, 1916; N
- Richard A. Walker, DDGM, District 19 (Palmer), 1986, 1987; N
DISTRICTS
1867: District 10 (Springfield)