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EZEKIEL BATES LODGE

Location: Attleboro

Chartered By: William Sewall Gardner

Charter Date: 06/14/1871 1871-79

Precedence Date: 04/09/1870

Current Status: Active


PAST MASTERS

  • Daniel H. Smith, 1870, 1885; SN
  • Alfred R. Crosby, 1871, 1872; Mem
  • George F. Bicknell, 1873
  • Edward L. Crandall, 1874, 1875
  • Charles E. Bliss, 1876, 1877
  • Herbert N. Mason, 1878-1880
  • Benjamin P. King, 1881, 1882
  • William J. Thompson, 1883, 1884
  • Edward C. Martin, 1886, 1887; Mem
  • Eugene R. Richardson, 1888, 1889
  • N. Justin Smith, 1890, 1891
  • Walter T. Mason, 1892, 1893
  • William L. Elliott, 1894, 1895
  • David E. Makepeace, 1896, 1897
  • George F. Goe, 1898, 1899
  • Carl V. J. Christensen, 1900, 1901
  • Ezekiel Blake, 1902, 1903
  • Albert S. Ingraham, 1904, 1905
  • Edward A. Hammond, 1906
  • Frank W. Weaver, 1907
  • Harry D. Lincoln, 1908
  • Ralph C. Estes, 1909; N
  • Elmer S. Smith, 1910
  • Joseph H. Williams, 1911
  • Herbert F. Conant, 1912
  • Walter L. Gardner, 1913
  • George B. Clements, 1914
  • Harvey E. Clap, 1915
  • Howard E. White, 1916
  • William W. Josslyn, 1917
  • William A. Spier, 1918
  • William P. Orr, 1919
  • Benjamin W. Taylor, 1920; N
  • Albert M. Dunham, 1921
  • Harlan A. Allen, 1922
  • Frank A. Willmore, 1923
  • Victor R. Glencross, 1924
  • John Clitheroe, 1925
  • Robert L. Cooke, 1926; N
  • Anton R. Butziger, 1927
  • George S. Bliven, 1928
  • George A. Knowles, 1929
  • Francis S. Manchester, 1930
  • William H. Raymond, 1931
  • Thomas W. Worrall, 1932
  • James G. Johnston, 1933
  • Charles Thomae, 1934; N
  • Clarence E. Green, 1935
  • Arthur L. Hazlett, 1936, 1937
  • Earl P. Cooper, 1938
  • Leon E. Sargeant, 1939
  • J. Burleigh Moulton, 1940
  • Francis L. Fiske, 1941
  • Raymond W. Fales, 1942
  • Oscar F. Klinke, 1943
  • Ernest L. Gilmore, 1944
  • Clifford E. Pierce, 1945
  • Frederick W. Moehle, 1946
  • Hugh C. Pickering, 1947
  • Roland G. Stafford, 1948
  • Herbert L. Thomae, 1949
  • James A. Freeman, 1950
  • Herbert W. Annis, 1951
  • Alfred W. Whittemore, 1952
  • William G. Blackwell, 1953
  • Charles M. Johnson, 1954
  • Lome W. Higgins, 1955
  • Robert M. Robertson, 1956
  • Harlan A. Allen, 1957
  • Hubert E. J. Berry, 1958; N
  • Robert E. Powers, 1959
  • Ernest R. Bury, 1960
  • Carl J. Hanson, 1961
  • Alden P. Manter, 1962
  • Carl M. Holander, 1963
  • Franklin T. Bradbury, 1964
  • Raymond E. Barr, 1965
  • Alan J. Higgins, 1966
  • Earl C. Cook, Jr., 1967
  • Edward L. Benson, 1968
  • William Sanderson, 1969
  • Donald Turnbull, 1970, 1971; N
  • John M. MacKill, 1972
  • George N. Fountas, 1973
  • David E. Loving, 1974
  • Karl L. Friedland, 1975
  • Richard D. Carmichael, 1976
  • Frederick W. Hewes, 1977
  • J. Dale Osterberg, 1978
  • Robert L. Smith, 1979
  • Louis H. Young, 1980
  • George E. Ireland, 1981
  • Steven C. Robinson, 1982
  • Johnny D. Pass, 1983; PDDGM
  • Raymond C. Oberg, 1984
  • Calvin R. Lessard, 1985
  • David E. Lee, 1986
  • Keith H. Hutchings, 1987
  • Brant B. Bolivar, 1988, 1989
  • Willie V. Booker, 1990
  • Russell E. Adams, 1991
  • Kenneth W. Carlson, 1992
  • Richard G. Bourget, 1993
  • Steaven E. Zumalt, 1994
  • Melvin D. Anderson, 1995
  • Robert D. Libby, 1996
  • Walter F. Pawlowski, 1997
  • Robert E. Baker, 1998
  • Stephen Urban, Jr., 1999, 2002
  • Alfred H. Pawlowski, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2008
  • Dale B. Naismith, 2003, 2004
  • Roland Bouget, 2005

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

  • Petition for Dispensation: 1870
  • Petition for Charter: 1871

XXXXXXXXX* Consolidation Petition (with St. Bernard's Lodge): 1995 XXXXXXXXXXXX* Consolidation Petition (with Doric Lodge): 2002

ANNIVERSARIES

  • 1920 (50th Anniversary)
  • 1945 (75th Anniversary)
  • 1970 (Centenary)


VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

BY-LAW CHANGES

1879 1886 1887 1894 1895 1919 1920 1927 1929 1937 1940 1941 1947 1951 1952 1957 1967 1968 1971 1975 1980 1984 1989 1990 1996 2004 2005

HISTORY

  • 1920 (50th Anniversary History, 1920-128)
  • 1945 (75th Anniversary History, 1945-98)
  • 1970 (Centenary History, 1970-83)

OTHER

  • 1872 (Participation in the cornerstone laying of Grace Protestant Episcopal Church)
  • 1937 (Petition for reduction of fees for lodge)


EVENTS

The following document scans are courtesy of Ezekiel Bates Lodge.

CORNERSTONE LAYING, APRIL 1903

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Invitation to the Cornerstone Laying of the 2nd Congregational Church, April 1903

CORNERSTONE LAYING, JULY 1904

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Cornerstone1904_02.jpg
Invitation to the Cornerstone Laying of the Bronson Building, July 1904

OFFICIAL VISIT, SEPTEMBER 1909

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Invitation to the Cornerstone Laying of the Bronson Building, July 1904


GRAND LODGE OFFICERS


DISTRICTS

1870: District 13 (Taunton)

1878: District 19 (Taunton)

1883: District 23 (Taunton)

1911: District 28 (Taunton)

1927: District 28 (Attleboro)

2003: District 16


LINKS

Lodge web site under deveiopment

Massachusetts Lodges