Excelsior

EXCELSIOR LODGE

Location: Franklin; North Attleboro (2009); Medway (2012)

Chartered By: Charles C. Dame

Charter Date: 03/13/1867 VII-154

Precedence Date: 03/15/1866

Current Status: Active

PAST MASTERS

Salmon P. Squire, 1866-1868
Timothy J. Senter, 1869
F. A. B. King, 1869
Harry W. Carson, 1870-1872
Henry R. Jenks, 1873,1874
John T. Stetson, 1875
George W. Wiggin, 1876-1878; SN
Joseph H. Partridge, 1879, 1880
Daniel O. Corbin, 1881
Elisha P. Chapman, 1882-1884
Joseph L. Metcalf, 1885
Oliver H. Ingalls, 1886
Frank W. Vaughn, 1887
William A. Wyckoff, 1888, 1889
W. C. Selleck, 1890
A. F. McLean, 1890-1891
Fred P. Chapman, 1892
Elbrridge J. Whitaker, 1893
Albert Farrington, 1894, 1895
Charles Stewart, 1896
Joseph P. Bassett, 1897, 1898
George R. Winsor, 1899-1900; N
Solon Abbott, 1901, 1902
John E. Barber, 1903; SN
Herbert W. Thayer, 1904, 1905
William S. Johnson, 1906; Mem
Marston Sanborn, 1907, 1908
Albert H. Martin, 1909, 1910; Mem
Albert H. Mann, 1911
Charles B. Hussey, 1912, 1913
L. Harold Pendleton, 1914
Oliver J. Goodspeed, 1915, 1916
David W. Mann, 1917
Boyd P. Chapman, 1918, 1919
Carl H. Carlson, 1920; SN
Ernest A. Hall, 1921
A. Herbert Pendleton, 1922
Henry M. Walker, 1923
George H. Spicer, 1924
Leslie W. M. Smith, 1925
Arthur E. Rockwood, 1926
Arthur W. Hale, 1927
M. Luther Buchanan, 1928
Donald B. Chapman, 1929
George W. Richard, 1930
Robert H. Doe, 1931
William W. Jordan, 1932
Leroy B. Williard, 1933
Sidney Carpenter, 1934
Alexander C. Ewen, 1935
Ralph E. Peterson, 1936
Basil M. Parsons, 1937, 1938
Adam Mackintosh, 1939
Albert B. Barnes, 1940
George W. Dana, 1941
Charles A. DeMerritt, 1942
Charles B. Hobbs, 1943
Harold W. Eastman, 1944; SN
Douglas E. Bennett, 1945
Richard E. Canning, 1946
Robert Bell, 1947
Walter E. Morse, 1948
C. Russell Draheim, 1949
Grant F. Longley, 1950
George A. Carr, 1951
Alton K. Shaw, 1952
Arthur D. Fraser, 1953
Harris E. Loring, Jr., 1954
Donald S. Mackintosh, 1955
Chester W. Hobbs, 1956
Walter A. Sanderson, 1957
John P. Gelschecker, 1958
Nelson P. Hill, 1959
Donald F. Patten, 1960
Daniel E. Cotter, 1961
Edward R. Kussmaul, 1962; N
Richard W. Enegren, 1963
Wayne F. Hoyle, 1964; N
William W. Reed, 1965
Douglas L. Saunders, 1966
Leland F. Ross, Jr., 1967; DDGM
Hubbard D. Sweet, 1968
George M. Redding, 1969
Harvey E. Baskin, 1970
Alan H. Woodrow, 1971, 1981, 2003
George D. Thompson, 1972
Leslie C. Burns, 1973
Paul E. Slaney, 1974
Robert N. Cunmore, 1975
William A. MacKenzie, 1976
Carlton W. Burns, 1977
Stephen C. Miller, 1978
Bernard V. Yurt, 1979, 1980
Richard W. Enegren, Jr., 1982, 1992, 1993
Lawrence J. Molle, 1983
Chester S. Drake, 1984, 1985
Charles E. Prescott, 1986, 1987
William J. Page, 1988
Richard K. Harper, 1989
Gregory J. Davis, 1990
Nicholas J. Julian, Jr., 1991
Joseph N. Deptula, Jr., 1994, 1995
Egidio Ferrara, 1996, 1997
John J. Kerns, 1998, 1999
Jamie Miller, 2000-2002
Francis J. Cummings, Jr., 2004
Richard M. Adams, 2005
Stephen C. Miller, 2006, 2007
Henri O. Masson, 2008
Paul E. Slaney, Jr., 2009
John J. Barrett, III, 2010, 2011
Jason M. Carrozza, 2012

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1866
Petition for Charter: 1867

ANNIVERSARIES

1941 (75th Anniversary)
1966 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1867 (Dame; Constitution of Lodge and installation)
1882 (Lawrence; 2 visits)
1884 (Howland; for the interment of Bro. Henry Stephen Mansfield)
1907 (Blake; Grand Master's birthday)
1939 (Perry; hall dedication)
1941 (Schaefer; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1952 (Roy; Federated Church Masonic Service)
1959 (A. Jenkins)
1966 (Booth; Centenary; Special Communication)
1972 (Vose)
1993 (Lovering)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1873 1876 1882 1900 1901 1907 1920 1924 1927 1937 1938 1945 1948 1949 1955 1956 1961 1976 1982 2007

HISTORY

1941 (75th Anniversary History, 1941-107)
1966 (Centenary History, 1966-65)

EVENTS

CONSTITUTION OF LODGE, MARCH 1867

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXVI, No. 6, April 1867, Page 174:

This Lodge, having worked its year under a Dispensation, received its charter at the late quarterly communication of the Grand Lodge, and was constituted and its officers installed by the M. W. Grand Master, assisted by his officers, on the evening of the 18th ult. It is located in the pleasant village of Franklin, in Norfolk Co., and has been very successful the past year, with encouraging prospects for the future. It has a small but neat and convenient hall, and is well officered, as follows,: —

Rev. Salmon W. Squire, W. M.
William B. Nolen, S. W.
James H. Shaw, J. W.
Robert H. Bruce, Treasurer.
John A. Davis, Secretary.
Horatio Stockbridge, S. D.
William Young, J. D.
Henry W. Corson, Chaplain.
William A. Stanley, Marshal.
George R. Pain, S. S.
Jessee L. Nason, J. S.
Henry E. Corbin, Tyler.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

John E. Barber, DDGM, District 20 (Milford), 1907; SN
Carl H. Carlson, DDGM, District 28 (Attleboro), 1939, 1940; SN
Harold W. Eastman, DDGM, District 28 (Attleboro), 1955; SN
Wayne F. Hoyle, DDGM, District 28 (Attleboro), 1990, 1991; N
William S. Johnson, DDGM, District 22 (Milford), 1928, 1929; Memorial
Edward R. Kussmaul, DDGM, District 28 (Attleboro), 1968, 1969; N
Albert H. Martin, DDGM, District 22 (Blackstone), 1918, 1919; Memorial
Leland F. Ross, DDGM, District 16, 2013
George W. Wiggin, DDGM, District 20 (Milford), 1884, 1885, 1886; SN
George R. Winsor, DDGM, District 20 (Milford), 1906; Senior Grand Warden 1930; N