Faith
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FAITH LODGE
Location: Charlestown
Chartered By: William Sewall Gardner
Charter Date: 06/09/1869 VII-372
Precedence Date: 06/10/1868
Current Status: in Grand Lodge Vault; merged with Mizpah Lodge to become Mizpah-Faith Lodge, 03/11/1981.
PAST MASTERS
- William H. Kent, 1868, 1869; SN
- John B. Norton, 1870, 1871
- James Swords, 1872, 1873
- Henry W. Bragg, 1874
- Joseph W. Hill, 1875, 1876
- Benjamin F. Stacy, 1877, 1878
- Edward A. Ladd, 1879, 1880
- Henry E. Hayward, 1881, 1882
- William T. Rowe, 1883, 1884
- Alexander M. Hayward, 1885, 1886; SN
- Edmund F. Peters, 1887
- John S. LeFavor, 1888, 1889
- George W. LeFavor, 1890, 1891
- Joseph H. Whiton, 1892, 1893
- Winfield F. Prime, 1894, 1895
- James G. Jones, 1896, 1897
- Walter I. Sprague, 1898, 1899
- Henry A. Yenetchi, 1900, 1901
- Walter E. Carter, 1902, 1903
- Guilford D. Brown, 1904, 1905
- Walter A. Ladd, 1906, 1907
- Arthur L. Fletcher, 1908, 1909
- Henry H. Trauschke, 1910
- Charles F. Brown, 1911, 1912
- William George Bowler, 1913, 1914; N
- Francis G. Hanson, 1915, 1916
- Theodore H. Tufts, 1917, 1918
- Ralph C. Small, 1919, 1920
- George Thomas Stoddard, 1921, 1922
- James A. Woods, 1923
- Vernon L. Greene, 1924
- William H. Sanger, 1925, 1926
- Grover C. Hoyt, 1927, 1928; N
- Arthur W. Wight, 1929
- George O. E. Nelson, 1930, 1931
- Ernest F. Royal, 1932, 1933
- Herman M. Suss, 1934
- George E. Irving, 1935, 1936
- Warren A. Gould, 1937
- C. Raymond Allen, 1938
- Carl C. Nielsen, 1939
- Page H. B. Thompson, 1940
- Wheeler S. Peek, 1941, 1942
- John S. Suss, 1943
- Albert F. Carlson, 1944
- George W. Fitz, 1945
- Godfrey J. Hodapp, 1946
- Truman F. Higgins, 1947
- John M. Gilchrist, 1948
- Russell H. Searle, 1949
- John A. Baldracchi, 1950
- Leon E. Michaud, 1951
- Bertram W. Sweetland, 1952, 1978, 1979; SN
- George L. Michaud, 1953
- Thomas Morrison, 1954
- Edward A. Blakeley, 1955
- Wilson A. MacKean, 1956
- Fred M. Pannerot, 1957
- Ralph E. Phillips, 1958
- Walter S. Schow, 1959
- A. Wylie Van Wart, 1960; N
- Walter R. McCarroll, 1961
- William G. Carpenter, 1962
- Derek H. Whitman, 1963
- Stefano M. Riggio, Jr., 1964
- Norman H. Shaw, Jr., 1965, 1981; PDDGM
- Charles E. Hancock, 1966
- Paul F. LaPrise, 1967
- John M. DeFusco, 1968
- Louis C. King, 1969, 1975
- Emmanuel S. Pazar, 1970
- Robert L. Bailey, 1971
- William J. LaBlanc, 1972
- George H. Ward, Jr., 1973, 1974
- Robert D. Sherrick, 1976, 1977
- Raymond Flores, 1980
REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
- Petition for Dispensation: 1868
- Petition for Charter: 1869
- Consolidation Petition (with Mizpah Lodge): 1981
ANNIVERSARIES
VISITS BY GRAND MASTER
- 1869 (Gardner; Constitution of Lodge and installation)
- 1879 (Welch)
- 1894 (Deputy Grand Master Holmes; dedication of burial lot and monument)
- 1899 (Hutchinson)
- 1900 (Gallagher)
- 1907 (Blake)
- 1911 (Flanders)
- 1914 (M. Johnson)
- 1918 (L. Abbott)
- 1925 (Ferrell)
- 1930 (Deputy Grand Master Jones; in Shelburne Falls)
- 1940 (Perry)
- 1968 (Booth; Centenary)
- 1981 (Berquist; consolidation with Mizpah Lodge)
BY-LAW CHANGES
1881 1885 1894 1903 1927 1937 1939 1945 1947 1953 1954 1959 1965 1966 1973
HISTORY
OTHER
- 1919 (Presentation in Grand Lodge, 1919-213)
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- William George Bowler, DDGM, District 3 (East Boston), 1916, 1917; N
- Alexander M. Hayward, DDGM, District 3 (East Boston), 1888, 1889; SN
- Grover C. Hoyt, DDGM, District 3 (Chelsea), 1932, 1933; N
- William H. Kent, DDGM, District 2 (Charlestown), 1873, 1874; SN
- Norman H. Shaw, Jr., DDGM, District 3 (Chelsea), 1977, 1978
- Bertram W. Sweetland, DDGM, District 3 (Chelsea), 1960; SN
- A. Wylie Van Wart, DDGM, District 3 (Chelsea), 1967, 1968; N
DISTRICTS
1868: District 2 (Charlestown)
1883: District 3 (East Boston)
1911: District 3 (East Boston)
LINKS
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