MassachusettsYear2009
2009
ROGER W. PAGEAU, Grand Master
Basilios Tsingos, Deputy Grand Master
Peter Randall, Senior Grand Warden
David A. Blake, Junior Grand Warden
Contents
- 1 QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS
- 2 SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS
- 3 FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST
- 4 LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 2009
- 4.1 DISTRICT 1
- 4.2 DISTRICT 2
- 4.3 DISTRICT 3
- 4.4 DISTRICT 4
- 4.5 DISTRICT 5
- 4.6 DISTRICT 6
- 4.7 DISTRICT 7
- 4.8 DISTRICT 8
- 4.9 DISTRICT 9
- 4.10 DISTRICT 10
- 4.11 DISTRICT 11
- 4.12 DISTRICT 12
- 4.13 DISTRICT 13
- 4.14 DISTRICT 14
- 4.15 DISTRICT 15 NORTH
- 4.16 DISTRICT 15 SOUTH
- 4.17 DISTRICT 16
- 4.18 DISTRICT 17
- 4.19 DISTRICT 18
- 4.20 DISTRICT 19
- 4.21 DISTRICT 20
- 4.22 DISTRICT 21
- 4.23 DISTRICT 22
- 4.24 DISTRICT 23
- 4.25 DISTRICT 24
- 4.26 DISTRICT 25
- 4.27 DISTRICT 26
- 4.28 DISTRICT 27
- 4.29 DISTRICT 28
- 4.30 DISTRICT 29
- 4.31 DISTRICT 30
- 4.32 DISTRICT 31
- 4.33 PANAMA CANAL DISTRICT
- 4.34 CHILE DISTRICT
- 4.35 CHINA DISTRICT
- 4.36 CUBA DISTRICT
QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS
(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)
- 03/11: 2009-7;
- 06/10: 2009-38;
- 09/09: 2009-74;
- 12/09: 2009-112; (Annual Communication)
03/11 Agenda
06/10 Agenda
09/09 Agenda
12/09 Agenda
- Visits by Grand Master Pageau, beginning on Page 2009-152:
- Anniversaries:
- Consolidations:
- Hall Dedications and corner-stone layings:
- Lodge visits:
- Visits by other Grand Lodge officers begin on Page 2009-156.
Grand Constitutions Amendment Proposals
- 03/11: 2009-168. Section 600; discussion.
- 06/10: 2009-56. Approved.
Grand Master's Address
- 03/11: 2009-23;
- 06/10: 2009-58;
- 09/09: 2009-94;
- 12/09: 2009-135;
Lodge By-Law Changes
- 03/11: 2009-16;
- Full Codes : none.
- Amendments:
- 06/10: 2009-47;
- Full Codes : none.
- Amendments:
- 09/09: 2009-83;
- Full Codes : none.
- Amendments:
- 12/09: 2009-125;
- Full Codes : none.
- Amendments:
Necrologies and Memorials
- NECROLOGIES:
- MEMORIALS:
Petitions for Charters
- 06/10: 2009-51. Petition by Mount Scopus and Converse, as Converse; granted.
- 06/10: 2009-53. Petition by Constellation and Eliot-Hyde Park, as Eliot-Hyde Park; granted.
- 09/09: 2009-89. Petition by Globe and Unity, as Globe Unity; granted.
Petitions for Dispensation for New Lodges
SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS
- 04/02: 2009-28; Guantanamo, Cuba. Official Visit to Caribbean Naval Lodge.
- 04/11: 2009-31; Marlboro. 150th Anniversary and Mortgage Burning at United Brethren.
- 04/18: 2009-35; Ayer. 150th Anniversary of Caleb Butler.
- 07/03: 2009-64; Boston. Institution and Installation at Independence.
- 08/29: 2009-69; Feeding Hills. Dedication of new Masonic Building and rededication of Esoteric-Sherwood.
- 09/12: 2009-100; Westwood. Consolidation of Constellation and Eliot-Hyde Park, as Eliot-Hyde Park.
- 09/23: 2009-106; Malden. Consolidation of Mount Scopus and Converse, as Converse.
FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST
(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/28/2009)
- 2009-183: Opening and roll call.
LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 2009
There were 32 districts in Massachusetts in 2009 (numbered 1 through 31), as well as districts for Chile, China, the Caribbean and Panama.
DISTRICT 1
Robert V. Jolly, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A3
- St. John's (Boston, 1733)
- Lodge of St. Andrew, (Boston, 1752)
- The Massachusetts (Boston, 1770)
- Columbian (Boston, 1796)
- Mount Lebanon (Boston, 1801)
- The Consolidated (Boston, 1854)
- Winslow Lewis (Boston, 1855)
- Joseph Webb (Boston, 1876)
- Independence (Boston, 2009) transferred after institution
DISTRICT 2
David P. Newcomb, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A4
- Norfolk (Needham, 1874)
- Wellesley (Needham, 1912)
- The Harvard (Cambridge, 1922)
- Major General Henry Knox (Boston, 1926)
- Nehoiden (Needham, 1927)
- Moses Michael Hays (Needham, 1931)
- The DeMolay (Boston, 1975)
- The Masters (Newtonville, 1983)
DISTRICT 3
Jerry A. Roach, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A5
- King Solomon's (Charlestown, 1783)
- Mystic Valley (Arlington, 1797)
- Amicable (Cambridge, 1805)
- Mount Olivet (Cambridge, 1863)
- Charity (Cambridge, 1869)
- Somerville (West Somerville, 1912)
- Richard C. MacLaurin (Cambridge, 1920)
- Logia America (Cambridge, 1993)
DISTRICT 4
Paul M. Carroll, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A6
- Wyoming (Melrose, 1856)
- Mount Vernon-Galilean (Malden, 1857)
- William Sutton (Saugus, 1866)
- Palestine (Everett, 1868)
- Converse (Malden, 1887)
- Fidelity (Melrose, 1918)
- Mount Scopus (Malden, 1930) merged into Converse 09/23
DISTRICT 5
Paul A. S. Bushey, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A7
- Bethesda (Brighton, 1819)
- Waltham Triad (Newtonville, 1820)
- Pequossette (Watertown, 1856)
- Dalhousie (Newtonville, 1860)
- Beth-Horon (Brookline, 1870)
- Norumbega Fraternity (Newtonville, 1875)
- Garden City (Newtonville, 1954)
DISTRICT 6
David R. Holland, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A8
- Union (Norwood, 1796)
- Orient (Norwood, 1861)
- Lafayette-Dover (Norwood, 1865)
- Eliot-Hyde Park (Westwood, 1866) merged 09/12
- Rabboni (Milton, 1869)
- Constellation (Dedham, 1871) merged 09/12
- Prospect (Roslindale, 1890)
- West Roxbury-Dorchester (Dorchester, 1912)
DISTRICT 7
Lester M. Oshry, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A9
- Rising Star (Stoughton, 1799)
- St. Alban's (Wrentham, 1818)
- Gate of the Temple (Stoughton, 1855)
- Blue Hill (Canton, 1863)
- Cosmopolitan (Stoughton, 1920)
- Azure (Walpole, 1921)
- J. Philip Berquist (Foxborough, 2004)
DISTRICT 8
Lawrence E. Piper, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A10
- Rural (Quincy, 1801)
- Norfolk Union (Randolph, 1819)
- Weymouth United Masonic (Weymouth, 1825)
- St. Paul's-Algonquin (Braintree, 1846)
- Delta (Braintree, 1868)
- Macedonian (Quincy, 1893)
- Euclid (Boston, 1916)
- Milton (Milton, 1922)
DISTRICT 9
S. Raymond King, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A11
- Philanthropic (Marblehead, 1760)
- Essex (Salem, 1791)
- Mount Carmel (Lynn, 1805)
- Jordan (Peabody, 1808)
- Amity-Mosaic (Danvers, 1863)
- Starr King (Salem, 1864)
- Golden Fleece (Lynn, 1864)
- North Reading (North Reading, 1955)
DISTRICT 10
Timothy Loring, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A12
- The Tyrian-Ashler-Acacia (Gloucester, 1770)
- Liberty (Beverly, 1824)
- John T. Heard (Ipswich, 1864)
- Budleigh (Beverly, 1921)
- Manchester (Manchester, 1920)
- North Shore Daylight (Beverly, 1992)
DISTRICT 11
George T. Allen, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A13
- St. John's (Newburyport, 1766)
- Merrimack (Haverhill, 1802)
- St. Mark's (Newburyport, 1803)
- Warren (Amesbury, 1822)
- LawrenceUnited (Lawrence, 1825)
- John Hancock (Methuen, 1860)
- Saggahew (Haverhill, 1864)
- Charles C. Dame (Georgetown, 1867)
- Bethany (Merrimac, 1868)
DISTRICT 12
Dana S. MacAllister, Sr., District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A14
- Pentucket (Lowell, 1807)
- St. Matthew's (Andover, 1822)
- Ancient York (Lowell, 1852)
- William Sewall Gardiner-Kilwinning (Lowell, 1866)
- William North (Lowell, 1867)
- Cochichewick (North Andover, 1874)
- Thomas Talbot (Billerica, 1889)
- Wamesit (Tewksbury, 1921)
- Merrimack Valley Daylight (Lawrence, 1990)
DISTRICT 13
Ted Morang, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A15
- Star of Bethlehem (Wakefield, 1844)
- Mount Tabor (Boston, 1846)
- Mount Hermon (Medford, 1854)
- Mount Horeb (Woburn, 1855)
- William Parkman (Winchester, 1864)
- Lynnfield-Zetland (Lynnfield, 1867)
- Good Samaritan (Reading, 1870)
- Golden Rule (Wakefield, 1888)
- Friendship (Wilmington, 1901)
DISTRICT 14
William R. Currier, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A16
- Washington (Lexington, 1796)
- Corinthian (Concord, 1797)
- Joseph Warren-Soley (Boston, 1856)
- Caleb Butler (Ayer, 1859)
- Simon W. Robinson(Lexington, 1870)
- Tahattawan (Littleton, 1929)
- Simonds (Burlington, 1955)
- Frank W. Thompson (Bedford, 1955)
DISTRICT 15 NORTH
Robert E. Havener, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A17
- Middlesex (Framingham, 1795)
- Meridian (Watertown, 1797)
- United Brethren (Marlborough, 1859)
- Charles A. Welch (Maynard, 1872)
- Alpha (Framingham, 1875)
- Perfection (Framingham, 1957)
DISTRICT 15 SOUTH
Robert M. Booth, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A18
- Montgomery (Milford, 1797)
- John Warren (Hopkinton, 1860)
- Mount Hollis (Holliston, 1864)
- North Star (Ashland, 1864)
- Siloam (Westborough, 1866)
- Charles River (Medway, 1871)
DISTRICT 16
Barry E. Standish, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A19
- Bristol (North Attleboro, 1797)
- King David (Taunton, 1798)
- Mount Hope (Fall River, 1824)
- Pioneer (Somerset, 1863)
- May Flower (Middleboro, 1864)
- St. James (Mansfield, 1864)
- Excelsior (Franklin, 1866)
- Ezekiel Bates (Attleboro, 1870)
- Eastern Star (Rehoboth, 1924)
DISTRICT 17
Chandos O. Bailey, III, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A20
- Fellowship (Bridgewater, 1797)
- Paul Revere (North Bridgewater, 1856)
- John Cutler (Abington, 1859)
- Puritan (East Bridgewater, 1869)
- St. George (Brockton, 1877)
- Satucket (East Bridgewater, 1881)
- Baalis Sanford (Brockton, 1917)
- Wampatuck (East Bridgewater, 1946)
DISTRICT 18
Deane P. Price, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A21
- Old Colony (Hingham, 1792)
- Corner Stone (Duxbury, 1801)
- Plymouth (Plymouth, 1825)
- Konohassett (Cohasset, 1864)
- Phoenix (Hanover, 1873)
- Satuit (Scituate, 1875)
- Daniel Webster (Marshfield, 1964)
DISTRICT 19
G. Paul Cannan, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A22
- Social Harmony (Middleboro, 1823)
- Star in the East (New Bedford, 1823)
- Quittacus (New Bedford, 1865)
- Pythagorean (Marion, 1861)
- King Philip (Fall River, 1866)
- George H. Taber (Fairhaven, 1872)
- Noquochoke (South Westport, 1878)
- Abraham H. Howland Jr. (New Bedford, 1915)
- Massasoit-Narragansett (Fall River, 1915)
DISTRICT 20
David A. Nailor, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A23
- Union (Nantucket, 1771)
- Marine (Falmouth, 1798)
- Fraternal (Centerville, 1801)
- DeWitt Clinton (Sandwich, 1855)
- Oriental-Martha's Vineyard (Oak Bluffs, 1859)
- Howard (Yarmouth, 1869)
- Mariners' (Cotuit, 1871)
- Cawnacome Sunshine (Bourne, 1992)
DISTRICT 21
William Darin Krum, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A24
- King Hiram's (Provincetown, 1795)
- Mount Horeb (Dennis, 1854)
- Pilgrim (Harwich, 1859)
- Adams (Wellfleet, 1865)
- St. Martin's (Chatham, 1872)
- Universal (Orleans, 1917)
- Nauset Light (Orleans, 1998)
DISTRICT 22
Richard A. McAllister, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A25
- St. Paul (Ayer, 1797)
- Aurora (Leominster, 1801)
- Wilder (Leominster, 1859)
- Hope (Gardner, 1864)
- Artisan (Winchendon, 1865)
- Charles W. Moore (Fitchburg, 1865)
DISTRICT 23
Louis M. Papagni, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A26
- Morning Star (Worcester, 1793)
- Franklin (Grafton, 1851)
- Trinity (Clinton, 1858)
- Quinsigamond (Worcester, 1870)
- Boylston (West Boylston, 1876)
- Matthew John Whittall (Shrewsbury, 1928)
- Level (Worcester, 1952)
DISTRICT 24
Wayne E. Anderson, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A27
- Olive Branch (Millbury, 1797)
- Solomon's Temple (Uxbridge, 1818)
- Webster (Webster, 1858)
- Guiding Lights (Worcester, 1858)
- Oxford (Oxford, 1859)
- Quinebaug (Southbridge, 1859)
- Mumford River (Douglas, 1877)
- Joel H. Prouty (Auburn, 1927)
- Rose of Sharon (Charlton, 1927)
DISTRICT 25
John K. Andrews, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A28
- Mount Zion (Barre, 1800)
- Quaboag (Warren, 1858)
- Eden (Ware, 1863)
- Hayden (Brookfield, 1863)
- Spencer (Spencer, 1871)
- Rufus Putnam (Rutland, 1912)
- Bay Path (West Brookfield, 1923)
DISTRICT 26
John A. White, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A29
- Republican (Greenfield, 1795)
- Harmony (Northfield, 1796)
- Mountain (Shelburne Falls, 1806)
- North Quabbin (Orange, 1859)
- Mount Sugar Loaf (Deerfield, 2008)
DISTRICT 27
Paul A. Cataldo, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A30
- Jerusalem (South Hadley, 1797)
- Pacific (Amherst, 1860)
- Chicopee (Chicopee, 1848)
- Mount Tom (Holyoke, 1850)
- Mount Holyoke (South Hadley, 1869)
- Vernon (Belchertown, 1869)
- Hampshire (Haydenville, 1871)
DISTRICT 28
David E. Pace, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A31
- Thomas (Palmer, 1796)
- Indian Orchard Masonic (Springfield, 1817)
- Day Spring (Monson, 1862)
- Wilbraham Masonic (Wilbraham, 1870)
- Brigham (Ludlow, 1891)
- The Meadows (East Longmeadow, 1921) merged 05/21
DISTRICT 29
James L. Beauregard, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A32
- Mount Moriah (Westfield, 1856)
- Huntington-Federal (Russell, 1866)
- Elm-Belcher (Agawam, 1870)
- Esoteric-Sherwood (Springfield, 1909)
- Mount Orthodox (West Springfield, 1913)
DISTRICT 30
Matthew P. Drosehn, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A33
- Lafayette-Greylock (North Adams, 1847)
- Berkshire (South Adams, 1857)
- Globe (Hinsdale, 1869)
- Upton (Cheshire, 1869)
- Williams (Williamstown, 1871)
- Unity (Dalton, 1896)
DISTRICT 31
Steven B. Jackson, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A34
- Cincinnatus (Great Barrington, 1795)
- Evening Star (Lenox, 1795)
- Wisdom (West Stockbridge, 1803)
- Mystic (Pittsfield, 1810)
- Occidental (Stockbridge, 1870)
- Crescent-Pittsfield (Pittsfield, 1873)
PANAMA CANAL DISTRICT
John B. Bamber, District Deputy Grand Master; 4 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A38
- Sojourners (Cristobal, Canal Zone, 1912)
- Ancon (Ancon, Canal Zone, 1913)
- Gatun (Empire, Canal Zone, 1915)
- Eloy Alfaro (Balboa, Canal Zone, 2008)
CHILE DISTRICT
Daniel E. Cerda, District Deputy Grand Master; 3 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A35
- Bethesda (Valparaiso, Chile, 1854)
- Huelen (Santiago, Chile, 1876)
- St. John's (Concepción) (Concepción, Chile, 1884)
CHINA DISTRICT
Frederick Shane, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2009-A36
- Ancient Landmark (Shanghai, China, 1863) In recess
- Shanghai (Shanghai, China, 1903) In recess
- Sinim (Tokyo, Japan, 1903)
- International (Peking, China, 1915) In recess
- Hykes Memorial (Tientsin, China, 1922) In recess
CUBA DISTRICT
Scott A. Ross, District Deputy Grand Master; 1 Lodge
Tabular: 2009-A37
- Caribbean Naval (Guantánamo, Cuba, 1966)
