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IONIC LODGE (Easthampton)

Location: Easthampton

Chartered By: Charles C. Dame

Charter Date: 09/09/1868 VII-247

Precedence Date: 08/23/1867

Current Status: unknown; merged with Jerusalem Lodge, 04/12/2005.

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living Past Masters plus GL officers only; need complete list

• 1867-1879?
• Emory Munyan, 1880-1882; SN
• Clarence E. Ware, 1883, 1884
• Joseph Bassett, 1885
• Albert E. Abbott, 1886
• Albert F. Totman, 1887, 1888
• Horace L. Clark, 1889, 1890
• Charles H. Upson, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894
• Oren C. Burt, 1895, 1896
• George M. Rich, 1897, 1898
• Alonzo S. King, 1899, 1900
• Frank C. Bruce, 1901, 1902
• Charles J. Keene, 1903, 1904
• Edward L. Shaw, 1905
• L. Munroe Preston, 1906
• 1907-1909?
• Eugene L. Sheldon, 1910, 1911; SN
• 1912-1914?
• William A. Walker, 1915, 1916; SN
• 1917-1939?
• William H. Bray, 1940, 1941; N
• 1942-1952?
• Joseph I. Gaskill, Jr., 1953; N
• 1954-1966?
• Jack E. Colby, 1967
• 1968, 1969?
• Russell L. Ulm, 1970
• 1971-1973?
• Leon Gauger, 1974
• Roland L. Lussier, 1975
• Norman P. Miller, 1976, 1977
• Ronald H. Nadeau, 1978
• John M. Gauger, 1979; PDDGM
• Richard A. Barnaby, 1980
• Donat J. Fournier, 1981
• Kevin H. Fournier, Sr., 1982, 1983
• George R. Dion, 1984; PDDGM
• Mark H. Fournier, 1985
• Armand H. Lamour, Jr., 1986
• Dennis T. Biggins, 1987
• Donat J. Fournier, Jr., 1988
• Donat J. Fournier, Jr., 1989
• John J. Loftus, Jr., 1990
• Edward W. Rickey, Sr., 1991
• William L. Johnston, 1992
• Joseph B. Sokoloski, 1993, 1994; PDDGM
• Paul D. Gluck, 1995
• Thomas E. Sokoloski, 1996
• Stephen Ferraro, 1997
• Brian E. Paige, 1998, 2000
• Charles F. Perry, 1999
• Thomas F. Labrie Moffett, 2002, 2005

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REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1867
• Petition for Charter: 1867
• Consolidation Petition (with Jerusalem Lodge): 2004

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1947 (80th Anniversary)
• 1967 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1868 (Dame; Constitution of Lodge and installation)
• 1882 (Lawrence)
• 1914 (M. Johnson; Dedication of hall; Special Communication)
• 1920 (Prince)
• 1927 (Simpson)
• 1947 (Wragg; 80th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1967 (Booth; Centenary; Special Communication)
• 1990 (Darling)
• 1996 (A. Johnson)
• 2005 (Hodgdon; Consolidation; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1871 1873 1877 1880 1884 1886 1912 1913 1931 1940 1944 1968 1976 1981

HISTORY

• 1914 (Historical address at dedication of hall, 1914-296)
• 1947 (Anniversary Address, 1947-303)
• 1967 (Centenary Address, 1967-434)

OTHER

• 1940 (Reduction of fees approved, 1940-266)

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GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• William H. Bray, DDGM, District 17 (Holyoke) , 1947, 1948; N
• George R. Dion, DDGM, District 17 (Holyoke), 1989, 1990
• Joseph I. Gaskill, Jr., DDGM, District 17 (Holyoke) , 1961, 1962; N
• John M. Gauger, DDGM, District 17 (Holyoke), 1993, 1994
• Emory Munyan, DDGM, District 16 (Chicopee), 1887, 1888; SN
• Eugene L. Sheldon, DDGM, District 17 (Holyoke), 1913, 1914; SN
• Joseph B. Sokoloski, DDGM, District 17 (Holyoke) , 1995, 1996
• William A. Walker, DDGM, District 17 (Holyoke) , 1929, 1930; SN

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DISTRICTS

1867: District 10 (Springfield)

1883: District 13 (Greenfield)

1886: District 16 (Chicopee)

1911: District 17 (Holyoke)

1927: District 17 (Holyoke)

2003: District 27

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