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2017

PAUL F. GLEASON, Grand Master

Kevin J. Willis, Deputy Grand Master
Roger W. Waugh, Sr., Senior Grand Warden
Robert C. Schremser, Junior Grand Warden

Front Row: Rt. Wor. Kevin J. Willis, Most Wor. Paul F. Gleason, Rt. Wor. George O'Masta
Back Row: Rt. Wor. Robert C. Schremser, Rt. Wor. Roger W. Waugh, Sr., Rt. Wor. Mason W. Russell, Most Wor. Albert T. Ames.

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

QUARTERLY COMMUNICATIONS

(held at Masonic Temple, Boston)

• 03/08: 2017-20;
• 06/14: 2017-58;
• 09/13: 2017-104;
• 12/13: 2017-125; (Annual Communication)

03/08 Agenda

• 2017-32: Recognition of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Hawaii.
• 2017-33: Appointment and recognition of Grand Representatives.
• 2017-36: Ruling on Impairment-Producing Substances.
• 2017-36: Discipline.
• 2017-37: Grand Master's Vision For Growth.
• 2017-38: Robert Johnston Award
• 2017-38: Presentation of Grand Master's Awards.
• 2017-39: Other Presentations.

06/14 Agenda

• 2017-71: Restoration of the precedence date of Trinity Lodge. Committee report reprinted in full.
• 2017-73: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 2017-84: Recognition of four Brazilian state Grand Lodges: Parana, Estado de Maio Grosso, Rio Grande Do Sul, and Santa Catarina.
• 2017-85: Election of a trustee for the Masonic Education & Charity Trust.
• 2017-85: Ruling on Past Grand Officers, defined in Section 208 of the Grand Constitutions.
• 2017-85: Renaming of the China District to District 32.
• 2017-86: Appointment and recognition of Grand Representatives.
• 2017-89: Discipline.
• 2017-90: Report on Receivership.
• 2017-91: Presentations.

09/13 Agenda

• 2017-114: Recognition of Proxies.
• 2017-115: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 2017-116: Budget for 2018.
• 2017-116: Grand Warden candidates for 2018.
• 2017-117: Ruling on Lodge Officer election requirements.
• 2017-117: Appointment and recognition of Grand Representatives.
• 2017-119: Discipline.
• 2017-119: Presentations.

12/13 Agenda

• 2017-144: Re-election of Paul F. Gleason as Grand Master; election of other Grand Officers.
• 2017-147: Report of the Committee on Records.
• 2017-148: Discipline.
• 2017-148: Presentations.

Lodge By-Law Changes

• 03/08: 2017-30;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Adams, DeWitt Clinton (with changes), Quittacus, Social Harmony (with changes), approved; [1], not approved.

• 06/14: 2017-68;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Amicable; Boston University; Budleigh; Caribbean Naval; Cincinnatus; Corinthian (with changes); Essex; Franklin; [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GoodSamaritan2 Good Samaritan (with changes); Jordan; Lafayette-Greylock; Macedonian; Mount Moriah; Mount Olivet; Mount Tom; Noquochoke; Olive Branch; Orient; Pequossette; Saggahew; Trinity; Upton; Wilbraham Masonic,

approved.

• 09/13: 2017-115;
  • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Columbian, Social Harmony (with changes),

approved.

• 12/13: 2017-145;

• • Full Codes : none.
  • Amendments: Amity-Mosaic, Aurora, Corinthian, Fraternal, Good Samaritan, Hampshire, Mount Tabor, Old Colony, Wilder, approved; Quittacus, not approved.

Necrologies and Memorials

• NECROLOGIES:
  • 03/08: 2017-34: Rt. Wor. Walter Lawrence Gosciminski, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/08: 2017-34: Rt. Wor. Harry Sundlun Novek, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/08: 2017-34: Rt. Wor. Robert Johnston, Past Junior Grand Warden.
  • 03/08: 2017-35: Rt. Wor. Melvin Ravitz, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/08: 2017-35: Rt. Wor. Jack Lionel Zimmerman, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 03/08: 2017-36: Rt. Wor. Mark Edward Feder, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/14: 2017-86: Rt. Wor. Everett Arnold Johnston, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/14: 2017-86: Rt. Wor. Charles Henry Taylor, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/14: 2017-87: Rt. Wor. Frank Lindsey Wellcome, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/14: 2017-87: Rt. Wor. Donald Francis Albertine, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/14: 2017-87: Rt. Wor. Richard Dayton Gates, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/14: 2017-88: Rt. Wor. Lawrence Edward Williams, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/14: 2017-88: Rt. Wor. Albert Mitchell Adams, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/14: 2017-88: Rt. Wor. Craig Stuart Wallace, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/14: 2017-89: Rt. Wor. John Joseph Girdvainis, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 06/14: 2017-89: Rt. Wor. Roland Iverson Outhuse, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/13: 2017-117: Rt. Wor. Alvin Richmond Piper, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/13: 2017-118: Rt. Wor. John Elkins Eldert, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 09/13: 2017-118: Rt. Wor. Robert Chester Keogh, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/13: 2017-142: Rt. Wor. Robert Sargent Phillips, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/13: 2017-142: Rt. Wor. John Charles MacDonald, III, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/13: 2017-143: Rt. Wor. David Pearce Duncan, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/13: 2017-143: Rt. Wor. Willard Bryant Cookson, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/13: 2017-143: Rt. Wor. Lynwood Pendexter Harriman, Past District Deputy Grand Master.
  • 12/13: 2017-144: Rt. Wor. John Haraden Day, Jr., Past District Deputy Grand Master.

• MEMORIALS:
  • 2016-218: Rt. Wor. Norman B. Davison, Past District Grand Master.

Grand Master's Address

• 03/09: 2017-27; opening remarks; visits; license plates; membership.

• 06/14: 2017-92; opening remarks; visits; DeMolay and Rainbow; membership; open houses.

• 09/13: 2017-119: opening remarks; visits; Master's Path; mergers; membership; communications and development; building tours.

• 12/13: 2017-149; opening remarks; commendation to Grand Warden candidates; visits; UGLE 300th Anniversary; Rookie award; DeMolay; membership; "guarding the West Gate"; charity following hurricanes; dues increase; thanks to Grand Organist; Committee reports.
  • Visits by Grand Master Gleason, beginning on Page 2017-157:
    • Anniversaries:
      • 06/03: Oriental-Martha's Vineyard, Oak Bluffs; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication
      • 10/07: William Sutton, Saugus; 100th Anniversary
    • Constitution and Consolidation of Lodges:
      • 06/27: Meridian and Perfection Lodge consolidation, Natick
      • 08/19: Boylston and Guiding Lights Lodge consolidation, West Boylston
      • 09/30: Olive Branch and Mumford River Lodge consolidation, Douglas
    • Cornerstone Layings and Rededications:
      • 04/15: Corner Stone, Duxbury
      • 04/22: Wyoming and Fidelity Lodges, Melrose; rededication
    • Lodge Visits:
      • 02/08-02/12: Panama visits.
      • 02/14: William Parkman, Woburn
      • 02/15: The Masters, Needham
      • 02/25: Deputy Grand Master reception, Shrine Temple, Wilmington
      • 03/11: Senior Grand Warden reception, Boston
      • 03/25: Amity-Mosaic, Danvers
      • 04/02-04/04: Grand Lodge of Connecticut
      • 04/08: Junior Grand Warden reception, Worcester
      • 04/11: William Parkman, Woburn
      • 04/18-04/20: Grand Lodge of New Jersey
      • 04/21: William Parkman, Woburn; table lodge
      • 04/30-05/02: Grand Lodge of New York
      • 05/04: Wisdom, West Stockbridge
      • 05/09: William Parkman
      • 05/11-05/14: Grand Lodge of New Brunswick
      • 05/17: The Masters, Needham; installation
      • 05/19-05/23: Grand Lodge of New Hampshire
      • 06/01: Rural, in Weymouth
      • 06/13: William Parkman
      • 06/28: Azure, Walpole; original charter unveiling
      • 07/03: Corner Stone, Duxbury
      • 08/05: Corner Stone, Duxbury
      • 09/09: Waltham Triad, Newtonville; installation
      • 09/12: William Parkman, Woburn; installation
      • 09/16: North Reading, North Reading; installation
      • 09/16: The Independence, Melrose, installation
      • 09/30: Ezekiel Bates, Attleboro
      • 10/01-10/03: Grand Lodge of Delaware
      • 10/10: William Parkman, Woburn
      • 10/18: The Masters, Needham
      • 10/22-11/03: 300th Anniversary of the UGLE, London, England
      • 11/09-11/11: Grand Lodge of Virginia
      • 11/15: The Masters, Needham
      • 11/30: William Sewall Gardner-Kilwinning, Lowell; Feast of St. Andrew
      • 12/08-12/10: Grand Lodge of the District of Columbia
      • 12/12: William Parkman, Woburn
      • 12/20: Ezekiel Bates, Attleboro; joint meeting with St. John's #1P, Providence, RI
    • Visits by other Grand Lodge officers begin on Page 2017-161.

Petitions for Charters

• 06/14: 2017-74: Petition for consolidation by Dalhousie and Wellesley Lodges as Dalhousie Lodge; granted.
• 06/14: 2017-76: Petition for consolidation by Meridian and Perfection Lodges as Meridian Lodge; granted.
• 06/14: 2017-78: Petition for consolidation by Boylston and Guiding Lights Lodges as Boylston Lodge; granted.
• 06/14: 2017-79: Petition for consolidation by Olive Branch and Mumford River Lodges as Olive Branch Lodge; granted.
• 06/14: 2017-80: Petition for consolidation by Fidelity and Wyoming Lodges as Wyoming Lodge; granted.
• 06/14: 2017-80: Contingency vote on petition for consolidation by Morning Star and Quinsigamond Lodges as Morning Star Lodge; granted. This vote was confirmed at the 09/13 session, on Page 2017-116.

SPECIAL COMMUNICATIONS

• 02/09: 2017-6. Albrook. Commemoration of the Centenary of the Panama Canal District.
  • 2017-6: Grand Lodge opened in a convenient apartment in the Shriners' Building in Albrook. The District Grand Lodge was opened in the main hall.
  • 2017-7: The Grand Master and officers were received by Rt. Wor. George O'Masta, District Grand Master.
  • 2017-8: Historical Address by Rt. Wor. Walter H. Hunt, Grand Historian, reprinted in full.
  • 2017-16: A presentation about the ornaments of the Lodge by Rt. Wor. John B. Bamber.
  • 2017-16: Additional presentations.

• 02/18: 2017-17. Woburn. Consolidation of Mount Horeb (Woburn) and Somerville Lodges. Rt. Wor. Kevin J. Willis, Deputy Grand Master, Acting Grand Master.
  • 2017-18: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 2017-18: Merger ceremony.
  • 2017-18: Proclamation by the Grand Marshal.
  • 2017-18: Carpet ceremony.
  • 2017-18: Remarks by the Acting Grand Master and other Brothers.

• 04/22: 2017-43. Melrose. 150th Anniversary and rededication of Melrose Masonic Building.
  • 2017-44: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Master of Fidelity Lodge, Wor. Gregory Potamis.
  • 2017-44: History of Melrose Masonic Building.
  • 2017-44: Presentation of Distinguished Service Medal to Rt. Wor. David R. Lucas by Rt. Wor. Thomas A. Lima, Jr.
  • 2017-45: Carpet Ceremony.
  • 2017-45: Remarks by Grand Master and other Brothers.

• 05/04: 2017-46. West Stockbridge. Declaration of a Mason at Sight.
  • 2017-47: Grand Lodge opened along with Wisdom Lodge.
  • 2017-47: Grand Lodge and the Lodge were called to Labor in Pittsfield at the home of Patrick Kassim Murphy, who took upon himself the obligations of the Degrees and was declared a Mason at Sight by the Grand Master.

• 05/20: 2017-48. Nowood. 150th Anniversary of Orient Lodge and Cornerstone laying ceremony. Rt. Wor. Kevin J. Willis, Deputy Grand Master, Acting Grand Master.
  • 2017-49: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Robert J. Disario, Master of Orient Lodge.
  • 2017-49: Corner stone laying ceremony.
  • 2017-50: Address by the Acting Grand Master, reprinted in full.

• 06/03: 2017-55. Oak Bluffs. 150th Anniversary of Oriental-Martha's Vineyard Lodge.
  • 2017-56: Grand Lodge opened and was received by Wor. Ezra J. Sherman, Master of the Lodge.
  • 2017-56: Musical presentation.
  • 2017-56: History of the Lodge, presented by Wor. Bruce E. Nevin (not in Proceedings).
  • 2017-56: Carpet ceremony.
  • 2017-56: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.

• 06/27: 2017-96. Natick. Consolidation of Dalhousie and Wellesley Lodges.
  • 2017-97: Grand Lodge opened as was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 2017-97: Merger ceremony.
  • 2017-97: Remarks by the Grand Master and other officers.

• 08/11: 2017-99. Melrose. Consolidation of Fidelity and Wyoming Lodges. R. W. Roger W. Waugh, Sr., Senior Grand Warden, Acting Grand Master.
  • 2017-99: Grand Lodge opened as was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 2017-100: Presentation of Lewis Jewels.
  • 2017-100: Merger ceremony.
  • 2017-100: Remarks by the Grand Historian.
  • 2017-100: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brethren.

• 08/19: 2017-102. West Boylston. Consolidation of Boylston and Guiding Lights Lodges.
  • 2017-103: Grand Lodge opened as was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 2017-103: Merger ceremony.
  • 2017-103: Carpet ceremony.
  • 2017-103: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.

• 09/30: 2017-123. Douglas. Consolidation of Olive Branch and Mumford River Lodges. R. W. Robert C. Schremser, Junior Grand Warden, Acting Grand Master.
  • 2017-123: Grand Lodge opened and was received by the Masters of the two Lodges.
  • 2017-124: Merger ceremony.
  • 2017-124: Carpet ceremony.
  • 2017-124: Remarks by the Grand Master and other Brothers.

• 06/14: 2017-80: Petition for consolidation by

as Wyoming Lodge; granted.

• 06/14: 2017-80: Contingency vote on petition for consolidation by Morning Star and Quinsigamond Lodges as Morning Star Lodge; granted.

LIST OF LODGES IN MASSACHUSETTS BY DISTRICT: 2017

There were 32 districts in Massachusetts in 2017 (numbered 1 through 32), as well as districts for Cuba and Panama (which includes the lodges situated in Chile). Note change of China District name to District 32.

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