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GARDEN CITY LODGE
Location: Newtonville
Chartered By: Whitfield W. Johnson
Charter Date: 10/13/1955 1955-247
Precedence Date: 11/30/1954
Current Status: Active
PAST MASTERS
- Thomas G. Walters, 1954-1955; N
- Carl C. Peterson, 1956; N
- Joseph S. Balcom, 1957
- Nathan Goldstein, 1958
- Robert J. Seder, 1959; PDDGM
- Leonard L. Matthews, 1960
- Louis M. Herman, 1961
- Herbert Shapiro, 1962
- Montague Rubenstein, 1963
- Daniel Ostrosky, 1964
- Richard I. Miranda, 1965
- William Szathmary, 1966
- Leonard Kahn, 1967
- Richard C. Jelen, 1968
- Robert L. Roth, 1969
- Saul J. Stolper, 1970
- Benjamin Orent, 1971
- Carl M. Frutkoff, 1972
- Sidney Gorfinkle, 1973
- Earl L. Singer, 1974
- Steven P. Fradkoff, 1975
- Robert L. Roth, 1976
- Paul S. Koss, 1977
- Roger W. Appell, 1978
- Robert N. Goldstein, 1979
- Dana A. Jackson, 1980; PDDGM
- Robert H. Brown, 1981
- Leon Rabin, 1982
- Jonathan A. Cohen, 1983
- James B. Rich, 1984
- Roy P. Tarr, 1985
- George E. Burns, 1987
- Jeremy L. Muller, 1988
- Peter G. Potter, 1989
- Leonard S. Gitner, 1990
- Stephen C. Cohn, 1991; PDDGM
- David S. Gitner, 1992
- Lewis Beck, 1993
- Harvey S. Levine, 1994
- Malvin H. Lemeshow, 1995, 2024
- Jeffrey M. Rome, 1996
- Ross L. Scribner, 1997
- David C. Kramer, 1998; PDDGM
- Robert A. Duris, 1999
- George V. Anastopoulos, 2000
- Roger H. Ambuter, 2001
- Barry M. Dicker, 2002
- George S. Pultz, 2003, 2004
- Joseph Goldstein, 2005, 2006, 2014; PDDGM N
- Peter J. Newman, 2007
- Kirk A. Knowlton, 2008
- Thomas M. Harte, 2009
- Robert Littman, 2010, 2011
- Christopher N. Kelley, 2012, 2013, 2022, 2023
- Joseph A. Manzo, Jr., 2015, 2020, 2021; DDGM
- Richard R. Rausch, 2016
- A. David Brown, 2017, 2018
- Mark D. Elsner, 2019
REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
ANNIVERSARIES
- 1980 (25th Anniversary)
VISITS BY GRAND MASTER
- 1955 (W. Johnson; Constitution of Lodge and installation)
- 1960 (Eaton; reception for Deputy Grand Master Carl C. Peterson)
- 1969 (Jaynes; reception for Deputy Grand Master Thomas G. Walters)
- 1980 (Melanson; 25th Anniversary)
- 1982 (Berquist)
- 1992 (Darling)
- 2000 (Bauer; Table Lodge) not in Proceedings
- 2011 (Stewart; Table Lodge)
- 2012 (Stewart)
- 2013 (Stewart)
BY-LAW CHANGES
1957 1959 1973 1975 1982 1983 1987 1988 1989 1990 1994 1998 2005 2010 2012 2013 2018
EVENTS
40TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, DECEMBER 1994
From TROWEL, Spring 1995, Page 20:
On Thursday. December 8. 1994, Garden City Lodge. A. F. & A. M. celebrated its 40th Anniversary. As part of the ceremony, it honored its surviving Charter Members with a special certificate and a small gift from the Lodge in appreciation of the Lodge's affection and love for it's founding members. Ten of the twenty-seven living Charter Members were in attendance to personally receive their certificates and gifts. Also honored were the Lodge's Twenty-five Year Members, who were presented their pins. R.W. Donald D. Lowell. D. D. G. M. of the Waltham 5th, who participated in one of his last Fraternal Visitations as D. D. G. M., was present for the celebration, along with many other distinguished guests, including M. W. J. Philip Berquist.
Charter Members present were: Bro. Saul M. Cortell, Bro. Allen Fair, Bro. Joseph Gann, Bro. Myron Idelson, Bro. Murray M. Klein, Bro Stanley M. Lewis, Wor. Leonard L. Matthews. Bro. Irving S. Meyers, Bro. Edward H. Shrier, Bro. Murray S. Slavet and Bro. Barnet C. Tobins.
Twenty-five Year Members present were: Wor. Robert H. Brown, Wor. Steven P. Fradkoff, Wor. Robert N. Goldstein, Bro. Melvin Michaels, Bro. Victor J. Resh and Bro. Frederick Sternburg.
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- Lawrence E. Bethune, DDGM, District 5, 2013, 2014; Senior Grand Deacon 2012; Deputy Grand Master 2019
- Stephen C. Cohn, DDGM, District 5 (Waltham), 1999, 2000
- Joseph Goldstein, DDGM, District 5, 2015, 2016; N
- Dana A. Jackson, DDGM, District 5 (Waltham), 1989, 1990
- David C. Kramer, DDGM, District 5, 2007, 2008
- Donald H. LaLiberte, Deputy Grand Master 2015
- Joseph A. Manzo, Jr., DDGM, District 5, 2023
- Carl C. Peterson, DDGM, District 5 (Brighton), 1952, 1953; N
- Robert J. Seder, DDGM, District 5 (Waltham), 1975, 1976
- Thomas G. Walters, DDGM, District 5 (Brighton), 1946, 1947; Deputy Grand Master 1969; N