Mariners

MARINERS' LODGE

Location: Cotuit

Chartered By: William Sewall Gardner

Charter Date: 12/13/1871 1871-262

Precedence Date: 03/10/1870

Current Status: Active

PAST MASTERS

George J. Miller, 1870, 1872
John B. Baxter, 1873
Thomas Chatfield, 1874, 1891, 1892
William Childs, 1875, 1878-1879, 1884
John M. Handy, 1876, 1877, 1886
Joseph B. Folger, 1880-1881,1885, 1889-1890, 1894, 1898, 1917
Alexander Nickerson, 1882-1883, 1887-1888
Gustavus Nickerson, 1893, 1895
Benjamin F. Crosby, 1896-1897
Harry J. Gifford, 1889, 1900
J. Hayden Higgins, 1901, 1902; SN
Zeno S. Parker, 1903, 1904
William T. Makepeace, 1905, 1906
A. Ernest Nickerson, 1907, 1908
Lorenzo T. Gifford, 1909, 1910
Ezra J. Gifford, 1911, 1912, 1915
John J. Maloney, 1913
Archie D. Handy, 1914
Ernest O. Dottridge, 1916
Bertram F. Ryder, 1918, 1919; N
Peter Campbell, 1920, 1921
Edward E. Landers, 1922, 1923
Milton H. Crocker, 1924, 1925
Herbert L. Snow, 1926, 1927
Freeman N. Nickerson, 1928
William H. Robbins, 1929, 1930
E. Ormand Dottridge, 1931, 1932
Alexander N. Bremmer, 1933, 1934
Ralph W. Vroom, 1935, 1936, 1948
Artemus G. Griffin, 1937
I. Louis Campbell, 1938, 1939
Bertril Lagergren, 1940
Donald E. Higgins, 1941, 1942
Delton C. Hall, 1943, 1947
Warren P. Clark, 1944
Lloyd R. Hadley, 1945
Henry C. Churbuck, 1946
Willard H. Phillips, 1949, 1950; N
Bradford L. Tallman, 1951, 1952
Robert G. Bennett, 1953, 1954
Robert F. Hayden, 1955
Waldo A. Howe, 1956, 1957; N
Warren E. Hansen, 1958
Elmer S. Whiteley, 1959, 1960
Lee H. Burlingame, 1961, 1976; N
Ralph L. Davis, 1962
Phillip G. Brackett, 1963
Stanley F. Alger, 1964
Robert F. Harmon, 1965
Earle C. Williams, 1966, 1967
Nelson B. Nickerson, 1968
David A. Nailor, 1969, 2005, 2006; PDDGM
Chester L. Vogler, 1970
William A. Harmon, 1971, 1975
Marcel L. Perry, 1972, 1985
Walter S. Creswell, 1973
Roger B. Reid, 1974
Edward L. Jenkins, 1977, 1978 PDDGM
Paul H. Wiggins, 1979
Merle A. Davis, 1980, 1981
Kendall G. Jones, 1982 N
Thomas W. Hadley, 1983, 1984, 2004 PDDGM
Harry Erdman, 1986
Lewis D. Brock, 1987
Bradford Lanoue, 1988
Robert W. Bilodeau, 1989
Jack Shohayda, 1990
Robert F. Erickson, 1991
David B. Reid, 1992, 1999
Stephen A. MacNally, 1993
Michael J. McLaughlin, 1994
Ronald L. Jones, 1995
John S. Dingess, 1996
Dwight C. Bowman, 1997
Barry M. Martin, 1998
Herbert B. Jackson, 2000, 2001, 2007
Robert J. O'Reilly, 2002
William G. Fitzgerald, 2003
James H. Birch, 2008
Christopher A. Jones, 2009
Eric C. Nailor, 2010
William M. Wahtola, 2011
William W. Greer, 2012

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1870
Petition for Charter: 1871

ANNIVERSARIES

1945 (75th Anniversary)
1997 (125th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1932 (Chipman)
1934 (Chipman; 2 visits, including dedication of Masonic Hall; Special Communication)
1936 (Allen)
1938 (Perry)
1945 (Wragg; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1995 (Lovering; installation)
1997 (A. Johnson; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
2006 (Hodgdon; presentation; Special Communication)
2010 (Pageau)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1877 1904 1907 1922 1923 1929 1934 1946 1949 1951 1954 1967 1971 1978 1980 1988 1996

HISTORY

1945 (75th Anniversary History, 1945-289)
1997 (125th Anniversary History, 1997-75)

OTHER

1872 (Constitution of Lodge by DDGM, 1872-118)
1924 (Petition for jurisdiction, 1924-649; participation in Hyannis cornerstone, 1924-372)
1933 (Petition for jurisdiction, 1933-33)
1945 (Petition for jurisdiction, 1945-480)