Faith

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.

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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; Faith; 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
• 1940-1951, 1953-1959?
• Bertram W. Sweetland, 1952, 1978, 1979; SN
• A. Wylie Van Wart, 1960; N
• 1961-1964?
• Norman H. Shaw, Jr., 1965, 1981; PDDGM
• 1966-1977, 1980?

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REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1868
• Petition for Charter: 1869
• Consolidation Petition (with Mizpah Lodge): 1981

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1918 (50th Anniversary)
• 1968 (Centenary)

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

• 1918 (50th Anniversary History, 1918-67)
• 1968 (Centenary History, 1968-118)

OTHER

• 1919 (Presentation in Grand Lodge, 1919-213)

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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

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DISTRICTS

1868: District 2 (Charlestown)

1883: District 3 (East Boston)

1911: District 3 (East Boston)

1927: District 3 (Chelsea)

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LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges

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