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, 06/23/1981.

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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; 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; N
• 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

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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)
• 1967 (Notes at Consolidation, 2008-35)

NOTES AT CONSOLIDATION, APRIL 2008

From Proceedings, Page 2008-35, address by Wor. Bro. Keith MacKinnon:

[In] Charlestown the two Masonic Lodges, Henry Price and King Solomon Lodges were also having problems with too many members, so, in 1868, some members of both lodges formed Faith Lodge. They met at the Thompson Square Hall which still stands today.

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; N
• 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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