IsaacParker

ISAAC PARKER LODGE

Location: Waltham

Charter Date: 03/11/1868 VII-231

Precedence Date: 04/23/1867

Current Status: in Grand Lodge Vault; merged with Waltham and Monitor Lodges to form Waltham Triad Lodge, 06/10/1988.

NOTES

This lodge was named for Wor. Isaac Parker (1802-1825); MM 1825, WM 1847-1858, Monitor Lodge; a signatory of the Declaration of 1831.

PAST MASTERS

Ambrose Webster, 1867, 1868; SN
Henry N. Fisher, 1868, 1869
Charles Moore, 1870, 1871
Leroy Brown, 1872, 1873
John E. Whitcomb, 1874, 1875
Leonard C. Lane, 1876, 1877
Zimri H. Cobleigh, 1878, 1879
Henry N. Fisher, 1880
Charles H. D. Stockbridge, 1881, 1882
John J. Glidden, 1883, 1884
Samuel Friebe, 1885, 1886
George C. Moor, 1887, 1888
Charles C. Byars, 1889, 1890
Newil W. Havener, 1891, 1892
Lavater W. Powers, 1893, 1894
Fred W. Derbyshire, 1895, 1896
Harbey S. Hartwell, 1897, 1898
Edgar F. Webster, 1899, 1900
William C. Henry, 1901, 1902
Orlov V. Moore, 1903, 1904
William F. Jarvis, 1905, 1906; SN
Arthur F. Hurd, 1907, 1908
George Hopkins, 1909, 1910
Walter W. Gough, 1911
Edward C. Elwell, 1912, 1913
Winthrop N. Crocker, 1914, 1915
Hiram F. Tuttle, 1916
Leo A. Wells, 1917, 1918
Fred H. Hitchcock, 1919, 1920; N
John W. Ekwall, 1921
Charles E. Hamlin, 1922
Richard Steele, 1923
Frank I. Kirkley, 1924
Harry B. Hartley, 1925
Arthur I. Derbyshire, 1926
George W. Furbush, Jr., 1927
Charles B. Janes, 1928
George K. Gordon, 1929
Ramon S. Kelly, 1930
George W. Baxter, 1931
Arthur A. Hansen, 1932
Carlton W. Owen, 1933
Frank J. Pontz, 1934
William H. MacKenzie, 1935
Dana B. Whipple, 1936
W. Leslie Dixon, 1937
Guy C. Drury, 1938
Matthew F. Ruane, 1939
Warren E. Terrell, 1940
C. Frank Carbee, 1941; N
Merton A. Hosmer, 1942
Ernest H. Young, 1943
George S. Hill, 1944
Roy W. Patterson, 1945
Philip W. Ham, 1946
Benjamin B. Worth, 1947; N
Burton W. Worth, 1948
James E. Faulkner, 1949
Warren G. Addison, 1950
George R. Dixon, 1951
Paul H. Drisko, 1952
Carl S. Carlstrom, 1953
Alfred H. Gledhill, 1954
Richard W. Frizzell, 1955
Howard P. Strum, 1956
Norman J. Blaiklock, 1957
Richard F. Olson, 1958
William H. Russell, 1959
Donald W. MacDougall, 1960
John T. Pugsley, 1961
Halvar A. Peterson, 1962
John F. MacKenzie, Jr., 1963
William A. Titus, 1964
Clarence M. Christian, 1965
Elwin H. Holman, 1966
Edgar I. Bittle, 1967
Joseph A. Boisvert, 1968
Jordan M. Jenks, 1969
Stanley C. Whynock, 1970, 1984
W. Richard Wilcox, 1971
Gerald M. Coulter, 1972
William M. Melanson, 1973
Christos D. Anastos, 1974, 1981
Harry E. Sneider, 1975, 1976, 1983; N
Philip H. Carpenter, 1977
William J. Orpin, 1978, 1982
Richard E. Martin, 1979
Robert T. Bloomenthal, 1980
Robert C. Thayer, Jr., 1985
Thomas A. Sneider, 1986, 1987, 1988

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1867
Petition for Charter: 1868
Consolidation Petition (with Waltham and Monitor Lodges ): 1987

ANNIVERSARIES

1892 (25th Anniversary)
1917 (50th Anniversary)
1942 (75th Anniversary)
1967 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1879 (Welch; Dedication of Masonic Hall)
1880 (Welch)
1886 (Howland)
1892 (Wells; 25th Anniversary)
1916 (M. Johnson)
1917 (L. Abbott; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1923 (Ferrell)
1927 (Simpson; Veterans' Night)
1931 (H. Dean)
1934 (Chipman)
1942 (Schaefer; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1947 (Wragg; H. Alton Roark Night)
1967 (Booth; Centenary; Special Communication)
1988 (Ames; consolidation; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1869 1870 1873 1880 1882 1885 1887 1889 1894 1897 1898 1900 1902 1903 1921 1927 1929 1934 1941 1950 1954 1958 1965 1967 1968 1971 1976 1980 1981

HISTORY

1917 (50th Anniversary History, 1917-117)
1942 (75th Anniversary History, 1942-87)
1967 (Centenary History, 1967-196; includes notes on Isaac Parker)

OTHER

1896 (Attendance at Newton cornerstone laying, 1896-257)
1929 (Attendance at the constitution of Waltham Lodge, 1929-59)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

C. Frank Carbee, DDGM, District 5 (Brighton), 1956, 1957; N
Fred H. Hitchcock, DDGM, District 5 (Brighton), 1942, 1943, 1955; N
William F. Jarvis, DDGM, District 5 (Waltham), 1908, 1909; SN
Harry E. Sneider, DDGM, District 5 (Brighton), 1986, 1987; Junior Grand Warden 2001; N
Ambrose Webster, DDGM, District 5 (Newton), 1884, 1885, 1886; SN
Benjamin B. Worth, DDGM, District 5 (Brighton), 1970, 1971; N