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2003

DONALD G. HICKS, JR., Grand Master

W. Warren Richardson, Jr., Deputy Grand Master
Robert C. Corr, Senior Grand Warden
Paul F. Gleason, Junior Grand Warden

Seated: R. W. Henry E. Smith, Jr., District Grand Master; Grand Master Donald Gardner Hicks, Jr.; R. W. W. Warren Richardson, Jr., Deputy Grand Master.
Standing: R. W. Paul F. Gleason, Junior Grand Warden; R. W. Robert C. Corr, Senior Grand Warden; R. W. Donald R. Denning, Grand Marshal; R. W. Christopher W. Huntoon, Grand Treasurer; M. W. Albert T. Ames, Grand Secretary.

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

• 03/12: 2003-7;
• 06/11: 2003-57;
• 09/10: 2003-109;
• 12/10: 2003-133; (Annual Communication)

03/12 Agenda

• 2003-19: Greetings to, and appointment of, Grand Representatives.
• 2003-20: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 2003-26: Presentation of the Resolution regarding Games of Chance.

06/11 Agenda

• 2003-79: Greetings to, and appointment of, Grand Representatives.
• 2003-87: Resolution regarding Games of Chance adopted by Grand Lodge.
• 2003-87: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 2003-88: Presentations.

09/10 Agenda

• 2003-118: Greetings to, and appointment of, Grand Representatives.
• 2003-120: Budget for 2004 (motion only).
• 2003-121: Presentations.
• 2003-122: Report of the Committee on Records.

12/10 Agenda

• 2003-147: Greetings to, and appointment of, Grand Representatives.
• 2003-154: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 2003-155: Re-election of Grand Master Donald G. Hicks, Jr. Election of other Grand Lodge officers.
• Visits by Grand Master Hicks, beginning on Page 2003-171:
  • Anniversaries:
    • William Sewall Gardner, Lowell (05/24; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
    • St. Mark's, Newburyport (09/13; 200th Anniversary)
    • Noquochoke, Westport (11/09; 125th Anniversary)
  • Consolidations:
    • United Brethren and Doric (05/13; Special Communication)
    • King Cyrus and Good Samaritan (05/22; Special Communication)
    • Waltham Triad and Victory (06/02; Special Communication)
    • Adelphi-Noddle's Island and Moses Michael Hays (08/14; Special Communication)
    • Athelstan and Montacute (08/23; Special Communication)
    • Roswell Lee-Indian Orchard and Hampden (09/12; Special Communication)
    • Hayden, Spencer and Meridian Sun as Hayden (10/18)
    • The Tyrian and Acacia (10/23)
  • Hall Dedications and corner-stone layings:
  • Lodge visits:
    • William Parkman, Winchester (01/14)
    • (unknown lodge, Lowell) (01/18; reception for Deputy Grand Master W. Warren Richardson, Jr.)
    • Wamesit, Tewksbury (01/20)
    • Thomas Talbot, Billerica (02/11)
    • Social Harmony, Wareham (02/22; reception for Senior Grand Warden Robert C. Corr)
    • Winslow Lewis, Boston (03/01; Washington celebration)
    • Wamesit, Tewksbury (03/03)
    • Wellesley, Needham (03/04)
    • William Parkman (03/08; held in Woburn; reception for Junior Grand Warden Paul F. Gleason)
    • Columbian, Boston (03/30)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (04/16)
    • Grand Lodge of Iran (in Exile) (04/25-04/26)
    • Major General Henry Knox, Boston (04/30; table lodge)
    • Columbian, Boston (05/01)
    • Grand Lodge of Maine (05/04-05/07)
    • Mount Zion, Barre (05/07)
    • William North, Lowell (05/14)
    • Grand Lodge of New Hampshire (05/16-05/18)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (05/21; installation)
    • Brigham, Ludlow (06/08; church service)
    • Norfolk, Needham (06/09)
    • St. Paul's-Algonquin, Braintree (06/12)
    • Wisdom, West Stockbridge (06/13; held in Lenox)
    • Cumberland #12 and Pythagorean #11, Maine (06/14)
    • Morning Star, Worcester (06/23)
    • John T. Heard, Ipswich (09/03)
    • St. John's (Boston) (09/05)
    • Golden Fleece, Lynn (09/15; installation)
    • Hampshire, Haydenville (10/02)
    • Shawmut, Boston (10/04)
    • Grand Lodge of Virginia (11/06-11/08)
    • Social Harmony, Wareham (11/14)
    • Grand Lodge of Maryland (11/16-11/18)
    • The Masters, Newtonville (11/19)
  • Visits by other Grand Lodge officers begin on Page 2003-175.
• 2003-184: Audit.

Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals

• 03/12: 2003-21; Section 336, approved.

• 06/11: 2003-70; Section 222, 239.
  • 09/10: 2003-120; discussion.
  • 12/10: 2003-149; vote of approval.

• 12/10: 2003-150; Section 711.

Grand Master's Address

• 03/12: 2003-28; opening remarks; One-Day Class; community outreach; Panama visit; Grand Master's Appeal; landmarks, including reference to the Report on age for membership; Country Fair; Capital Campaign; visitations.

• 06/11: 2003-88; opening remarks; CHIP; Country Fair; Capital Campaign; discipline; One-Day Class; Masonic License Plate; visits; scholarships.

• 09/10: 2003-123; opening remarks; visitations; Grand Master's Appeal; new Grand Secretary; One-Day Class; CHIP; Capital Campaign; Charlton facilities.

• 12/10: 2003-156; opening remarks; One-Day Class; Grand Master's Appeal; Grand Lodge Dues; discipline; CHIP; Campaign for Masonry; Charlton facilities; scholarships; library; insurance; service; education; CHIP; visits; medals.

Lodge By-Law Changes

• 03/12: 2003-16;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Berkshire, Bethlehem, Budleigh, Caleb Butler, Hampden, Howard, Jerusalem, Marine, Mount Hollis, Rising Star, Wellesley; approved.

• 06/11: 2003-66;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Bethlehem, Charles C. Spellman (with changes), Cincinnatus, Dalhousie, Essex, Franklin, King Hiram's, Mumford River, Mystic, Nehoiden, Orient, Perfection, St. Alban's, St. John's (Boston), Star-Athol, Universal, Wilder; approved.

• 09/10: 2003-117;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Charles A. Welch, Charles C. Dame, Charles River, Corinthian, Guiding Lights, Occidental, Pentucket, Price-Benton, Vernon, Warren; approved.

• 12/10: 2003-145;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Bristol, Charles C. Dame, Charles C. Spellman, Hammatt-Ocean, Howard, Metacomet Daylight, Republican, St. John's (Newburyport); approved.

Necrologies and Memorials

• NECROLOGIES:
  • 03/12: 2003-20; Rt. Wor. Vernon Sisson Bowers, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/12: 2003-20; Rt. Wor. Homer Melvin Shellenberger, Jr., Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/11: 2003-79; Most Wor. David Borden Richardson, Past Grand Master.
  • 06/11: 2003-80; Rt. Wor. Morris Geller, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/11: 2003-80; Rt. Wor. Ernest T. Otto, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/11: 2003-80; Rt. Wor. Arnold R. Shaw, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/10: 2003-118; Rt. Wor. Arthur Livingston Spear, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/10: 2003-119; Rt. Wor. George R. Fallstich, Jr., Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/10: 2003-119; Rt. Wor. Paul Felegian, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/10: 2003-119; Rt. Wor. James Clayton Pilling, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/10: 2003-119; Rt. Wor. James Thomas Lonergan, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/10: 2003-120; Rt. Wor. Donald Edward Strange, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/10: 2003-120; Rt. Wor. Martin Henry Johansen, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/10: 2003-147; Rt. Wor. Eugene Everett Hawkins, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/10: 2003-147; Rt. Wor. Lawrence Roland Leonard, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/10: 2003-148; Rt. Wor. Harold Alexander MacDonald, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/10: 2003-148; Rt. Wor. William Thorburn Miles, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/10: 2003-148; Rt. Wor. Herbert M. Tinkham, Past Junior Grand Warden.

Past Grand Master David B. Richardson

• MEMORIALS:
  • 06/11: 2003-83; Most Wor. David Borden Richardson, Past Grand Master; presented by Most Wor. David W. Lovering, for the committee.

Petitions for Charters

• 03/12: 2003-21. Petition by Waltham Triad and Victory, as Waltham Triad; granted.

• 03/12: 2003-23. Petition by King Cyrus and Good Samaritan, as Good Samaritan; granted.

• 06/11: 2003-71. Petition by The Tyrian and Acacia, as The Tyrian-Acacia; granted.

• 06/11: 2003-73. Petition by Athelstan and Montacute, as Guiding Lights; granted.

• 06/11: 2003-75. Petition by Roswell Lee-Indian Orchard and Hampden, as Indian Orchard Masonic; granted.

• 06/11: 2003-77. Petition by Adelphi-Noddle's Island and Moses Michael Hays, as Moses Michael Hays; granted.

• 12/10: 2003-150. Petition by Amity and Mosaic, as Amity-Mosaic; granted.

• 12/10: 2003-152. Petition by Rural and Wollaston, as Rural; granted.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 01/25: 2003-1; Vista Hermosa, Panama. Visit to the District Grand Lodge of Panama.
  • 2003-2: Grand Lodge opened at St. Andrew's Lodge #1140 and was received by Rt. Wor. Henry E. Smith, Jr., District Grand Master.
  • 2003-2: Installation of District Grand Lodge officers.
  • 2003-3: Presentations.

• 01/29: 2003-5; Panama City, Panama. Visit to the Grand Lodge of Panama.
  • 2003-6: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Most Wor. Enrique Lau, Grand Master of Panama.
  • 2003-6: Presentations, including a Henry Price Medal for Most Wor. Lau.

• 05/13: 2003-33; Marlboro. Consolidation of United Brethren and Doric as United Brethren.
  • 2003-34: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 2003-34: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 2003-37: Charge by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

• 05/22: 2003-39; Reading. Consolidation of King Cyrus and Good Samaritan, as Good Samaritan.
  • 2003-40: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 2003-40: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 2003-43: Charge by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

• 05/24: 2003-46; Lowell. 75th Anniversary of William Sewall Gardner Lodge.
  • 2003-46: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren and guests of William Sewall Gardner Lodge.
  • 2003-46: Address by the Mayor of Lowell.
  • 2003-47: Remarks by the Grand MAster and other Brothers.
  • 2003-48ff: History of William Sewall Gardner Lodge.

• 06/02: 2003-51; Newtonville. Consolidation of Waltham Triad and Victory, as Waltham Triad.
  • 2003-52: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 2003-52: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 2003-55: Charge by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

• 08/14: 2003-93; Needham. Consolidation of Adelphi-Noddle's Island and Moses Michael Hays, as Moses Michael Hays.
  • 2003-94: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 2003-94: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 2003-97: Charge by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

• 08/23: 2003-99; Auburn. Consolidation of Athelstan and Montacute, as Guiding Lights.
  • 2003-100: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 2003-100: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 2003-103: Charge by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

• 09/09: 2003-105. Boston. Reception of Scottish Degree Team at Winslow Lewis Lodge.
  • 2003-106: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the members of Winslow Lewis Lodge "to the strains of the bagpipe provided by piper Wor. David M. Pratt."
  • 2003-106: Reception of Rt. Wor. Bruce C. Coates and the degree team. Presentation of the Master Mason Degree according to Scottish ritual.

• 09/12: 2003-127. Springfield. Consolidation of Roswell Lee-Indian Orchard and Hampden, as Indian Orchard Masonic.
  • 2003-127: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 2003-128: Merger ceremony, described in detail.
  • 2003-130: Charge by the Grand Master; remarks by other Brothers.

• 10/23: Consolidation of The Tyrian and Acacia. No record in Proceedings?

FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/29/2003)

• 2003-189: Opening and roll call.
• 2003-195: Reception of guests, including Grand Representatives.
• 2003-196: Report of Grand Secretary; 662 diplomas issued. List of lodges not represented in Grand Lodge in 2003, as well as the past 2 years.
• 2003-197: Installation of Grand Master Donald Gardner Hicks, Jr. Installation of other Grand Officers.
• 2003-199: Feast of St. John. Toasts and names of speakers:
• 2003-199: The Grand Master.
• 2003-200: Deputy Grand Master Rt. Wor. Roy J. Leone.
• 2003-204: Ill. Walter E. Webber, 33°, Sovereign Grand Commander, AASR NMJ.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 2003

There were 31 districts in Massachusetts in 2003 (numbered 1 through 31), as well as districts for Chile, China, the Caribbean and Panama.

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