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2014

HARVEY J. WAUGH, Grand Master

Joseph C. DeNicola, Deputy Grand Master
Thomas A. Stark, Senior Grand Warden
Kenneth W. Pfeiffer, Junior Grand Warden

GMAndOfficers2014.jpg

Front Row: Rt. Wor. Joseph C. DeNicola, Most Wor. Harvey J. Waugh, Rt. Wor. Gerard A. Dowden
Back Row: Rt. Wor. Kenneth W. Pfeiffer, Rt. Wor. Thomas A. Stark, Rt. Wor. Mason W. Russell, Most Wor. Arthur E. Johnson.

A portrait of the Grand Master and officers appeared on the frontispiece and above.


QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

  • 03/12: 2014-9;
  • 06/11: 2014-39;
  • 09/10: 2014-70;
  • 12/10: 2014-102; (Annual Communication)

03/12 Agenda

  • 2014-19: Presentation of certificate to Mr. Joseph Milano of the Union Oyster House, prior to the opening ceremonies.
  • 2014-20: Recognition of Proxies.
  • 2014-20: Grand Master's comments on changes to the Lodge of Instruction.
  • 2014-23: Report of the Committee on Records.
  • 2014-25: Discipline.
  • 2014-26: Other presentations.

06/11 Agenda

  • 2014-49: Presentation of certificate to Mr. Gerald Shikoza, a member of the Grand Lodge security staff, prior to the opening ceremonies.
  • 2014-50: Recognition of Proxies.
  • 2014-53: Report of the Committee on Records.
  • 2014-54: Recognition of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Maryland and the Grand Lodge of Montenegro.
  • 2014-59: Discipline.
  • 2014-59: Greetings to, and recognition of, Grand Representatives.
  • 2014-60: Presentations.

09/10 Agenda

  • 2014-80: Recognition of Proxies.
  • 2014-81: Election to the Board of Directors.
  • 2014-81: Budget for 2015.
  • 2014-83: Report of the Committee on Records.
  • 2014-84: Recognition of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Rhode Island, the Grand Lodge of Cameroon and the Grand Lodge of Andres Quintana Roo, Mexico.
  • 2014-90: Discipline.
  • 2014-91: Presentations.
  • 2014-92: Announcement of Grand Warden candidates

12/10 Agenda

  • 2014-113: Recognition of Proxies.
  • 2014-120: Report of the Committee on Records.
  • 2014-124: Re-election of Harvey John Waugh as Grand Master. Election of other Grand Lodge officers.
  • 2014-125: Discipline.
  • 2014-126: Presentations.
  • 2014-130: Library and Museum reports;

Lodge By-Law Changes

Necrologies and Memorials

  • NECROLOGIES:
    • 03/12: 2014-24: Rt. Wor. Charles Winthrop Nightingale, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 03/12: 2014-24: Rt. Wor. Raymond James McLean, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 03/12: 2014-24: Rt. Wor. Douglas Frederick Hulsman, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 03/12: 2014-24: Rt. Wor. Merrill Bradford Hall, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 06/11: 2014-55: Rt. Wor. Southard Lippincott, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 06/11: 2014-56: Rt. Wor. George Gerald Martin, Jr., Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 06/11: 2014-56: Rt. Wor. James Henry Hastings, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 06/11: 2014-56: Rt. Wor. Norman Harold Shaw, Jr., Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 09/10: 2014-86: Rt. Wor. Harland Payson Smith, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 09/10: 2014-86: Rt. Wor. William Page Stickney, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 09/10: 2014-87: Rt. Wor. Robert Earl Hamm, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 09/10: 2014-87: Rt. Wor. Malcolm Frank Hall, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 09/10: 2014-87: Rt. Wor. Kendall Fenton Higgins, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 09/10: 2014-88: Rt. Wor. Edward James Kress, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 12/10: 2014-121: Rt. Wor. Alan Godfrey Gilgulin, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 12/10: 2014-122: Rt. Wor. Kenneth Parker Lodge, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 12/10: 2014-122: Rt. Wor. Arthur Jameson Henry Lucas, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 12/10: 2014-122: Rt. Wor. Roger William Hanneman, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 12/10: 2014-123: Rt. Wor. John David Oldreive, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 12/10: 2014-123: Rt. Wor. Robert Elliot Smith, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 12/10: 2014-123: Rt. Wor. Frederick Isaac Shane, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
    • 12/10: 2014-123: Rt. Wor. George Herbert Snow, II, Past District Deputy Grand Master.

Grand Master's Address

  • 03/12: 2014-26; opening remarks; membership programs; Brotherhood Fund; events; visits, including the Panama trip; reception; George Washington Masonic Memorial.
  • 06/11: 2014-60: opening remarks; visits; budgets; creation of Building Association Committee; Trowel; Grand Master's One-Day Class.
  • 09/10: 2014-92: opening remarks; selection of the new Grand Master; new Committees; Education and Training; events; visits.
  • 12/10: 2014-126: opening remarks; visits; Listening Tour; Grand Master's One-Day Class; Florida visit; increase in Grand Lodge dues.

Petitions for Charters

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

  • 03/04: 2014-6. Middleborugh. 150th Anniversary of May Flower Lodge. Joseph C. DeNicola, Acting Grand Master.
    • 2014-7: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of the Lodge.
    • 2014-7 Carpet Ceremony.
    • 2014-7: Presentations.
    • 2014-7: Remarks by the Acting Grand Master and others.
    • 2014-8: Banquet and celebrations.
  • 04/14: 2014-31. Salem. 150th Anniversary of Starr King Lodge.
    • 2014-32: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of the Lodge.
    • 2014-32: Carpet Ceremony.
    • 2014-32: Remarks by the Grand Master and others.
    • 2014-32: Banquet and celebrations.
  • 05/10: 2014-33. Gardner. 150th Anniversary of Hope Lodge.
    • 2014-34: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of the Lodge.
    • 2014-34: Carpet Ceremony.
    • 2014-34: Remarks by the Grand Master and others.
    • 2014-34: Banquet and celebrations.
  • 06/09: 2014-37. Marshfield. 50th Anniversary of Daniel Webster Lodge. Joseph C. DeNicola, Acting Grand Master.
    • 2014-38: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of the Lodge.
    • 2014-38: Carpet Ceremony.
    • 2014-38: Remarks by the Grand Master and others.
  • 06/14: 2014-63. South Hadley. 100th Anniversary of Mount Holyoke Lodge Hall.
    • 2014-63: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of the Lodge.
    • 2014-64: Carpet Ceremony.
    • 2014-64: Remarks by the Grand Master and others.
    • 2014-64: Banquet and celebrations.
  • 06/24: 2014-65. Foxboro. 10th Anniversary of J. Philip Berquist Lodge.
    • 2014-65: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of the Lodge.
    • 2014-66: Dedication Ceremony.
    • 2014-66: Remarks by the Grand Master and others.
  • 06/30: 2014-67. Wakefield. Consolidation of Golden Rule and Mount Hermon Lodges.
    • 2014-68: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of the two Lodges.
    • 2014-68: Consolidation Ceremony.
    • 2014-68: Remarks by the Grand Master and others.
    • 2014-69: Banquet and celebrations.
  • 10/07: 2014-95. Canton. 150th Anniversary of Blue Hill Lodge.
    • 2014-96: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of the Lodge.
    • 2014-96: Carpet Ceremony.
    • 2014-96: Remarks by the Grand Master and others.
    • 2014-97: Banquet and celebrations.
  • 10/24: 2014-98. Braintree. Consolidation of St. Paul's-Algonquin and Delta Lodges.
    • 2014-99: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of the two Lodges.
    • 2014-99: Consolidation Ceremony.
    • 2014-99: Remarks by the Grand Master and others.
  • 10/07: 2014-100. Ware. 150th Anniversary of Eden Lodge.
    • 2014-101: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Brethren of the Lodge.
    • 2014-101: Carpet Ceremony.
    • 2014-101: Remarks by the Grand Master and others.
    • 2014-101: Banquet and celebrations.


FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston, 12/29/2014)

  • 2014-185: Opening and roll call.
  • 2014-187: Report of Grand Secretary; 704 diplomas issued. List of lodges not represented in Grand Lodge in 2014, as well as the past 2 years.
  • 2014-188: Installation of Grand Master Harvey John Waugh. Installation of other Grand Officers.
  • 2014-191: Feast of St. John. Toasts and names of speakers:
    • 2014-192: Deputy Grand Master Donald H. LaLiberte.
    • 2014-201: Most Wor. James Cole, Past Grand Master of Virginia.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 2014

There were 32 districts in Massachusetts in 2014 (numbered 1 through 31), as well as districts for China, Cuba and Panama (which includes the lodges situated in Chile).

DISTRICT 1

Frank B. Gomes, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A2

DISTRICT 2

Edgar R. DeLeon, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A3

DISTRICT 3

James R. Giragosian, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A4

DISTRICT 4

James N. Orgettas, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A5

DISTRICT 5

Lawrence E. Bethune., District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A6

DISTRICT 6

David J. Laronde, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A7

DISTRICT 7

Peter MacDonald, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A8

DISTRICT 8

Richard F. Jope, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A9

DISTRICT 9

Allan J. Martin, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A10

DISTRICT 10

Raymond E. Ramsdell, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A11

DISTRICT 11

James Antonopoulos, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A12

DISTRICT 12

Steven A. Burton, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A13

DISTRICT 13

Kevin J. Willis, District Deputy Grand Master; 10 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A14

DISTRICT 14

Douglas J. Ellis, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A15

DISTRICT 15 NORTH

Paul R. Gaudet, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A16

DISTRICT 15 SOUTH

Edward M. Iacovelli, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A17

DISTRICT 16

Heath L. VerBurg, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A18

DISTRICT 17

James M. Hardy, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A19

DISTRICT 18

Deane P. Price, District Deputy Grand Master; 8 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A20

DISTRICT 19

Brad C. Brightman, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A21

DISTRICT 20

Sean E. LeBlanc, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A22

DISTRICT 21

Andrew C. Walker, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A23

DISTRICT 22

Clifford P. Bohnet, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A24

DISTRICT 23

H. Bradford White, Jr., District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A25

DISTRICT 24

Daniel C. Barston, District Deputy Grand Master; 9 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A26

DISTRICT 25

Leo D. Forget, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A27

DISTRICT 26

Douglas D. Finn, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A28

DISTRICT 27

John A. Matthews, District Deputy Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A29

DISTRICT 28

Michael Jarzabek, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A30

DISTRICT 29

James R. Cooper, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A31

DISTRICT 30

Mark E. Feder, District Deputy Grand Master; 5 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A32

DISTRICT 31

Kevin G. Foster, District Deputy Grand Master; 6 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A33

PANAMA DISTRICT

Gerald Dowden, District Grand Master; 7 Lodges
Tabular: 2014-A36

CHINA DISTRICT

Brian N. Watson, District Deputy Grand Master; 1 Lodge
Tabular: 2014-A34

  • Sinim (Tokyo, Japan, 1903)

CUBA DISTRICT

Scott A. Ross, District Deputy Grand Master; 1 Lodge
Tabular: 2014-A35


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