Mizpah

MIZPAH LODGE

Location: Cambridge

Chartered By: Charles C. Dame

Charter Date: 09/09/1868 VII-248

Precedence Date: 09/12/1867

Current Status: merged with Faith Lodge to form Mizpah-Faith Lodge, 03/11/1981.

PAST MASTERS

Henry Endicott, 1867-1869
George H. Folger, 1870, 1871
George P. Carter, 1872, 1873
George E. Ryder, 1874, 1875
Samuel L. Montague, 1876, 1877
John S. Sawyer, 1878, 1879
J. Frank Mitchell, 1880, 1881
John G. Thorogood, 1882, 1883
William A. Bunton, 1884, 1885
George W. Bunton, 1886, 1887
Charles M. Smith, 1888, 1889
Herbert A. Rhodes, 1890, 1891
Albert K. Hebard, 1892, 1893
Walworth O. Barbour, 1894, 1895
Lorrin W. Ferdinand, 1896, 1897
George M. Smith, 1898, 1899
Oscar F. Allen, 1900, 1901
David G. Jones, 1902, 1903
Charles H. Montague, 1904, 1905
Walter M. Smith, 1906
William B. Dudley, 1907, 1908
Samuel T. Garfield, 1909, 1910
James A. Stinson, 1911, 1912
George H. Payne, 1913, 1914
Herbert M. Chase, 1915, 1916; N
Frank H. Hilton, 1917, 1918; N
Frederick W. Turner, 1919, 1920
George W. Ladd, 1921, 1922
Sidney I. B. Stodder, 1923, 1924
Edward W. Ruggli, 1925
Edward H. Temple, 1926
William E. Parker, 1927, 1928
Elmer B. Lincoln, 1929, 1930
Raymond D. Parker, 1931
Ernest A. Telfer, 1932, 1933
H. LeRoy Billings, 1934, 1935; Mem
Claude V. Freeman, 1936, 1965; N
Sydney H. Goodenough, 1937, 1938
David K. Salvini, 1939, 1940
Harold E. Hughes, 1941
Chester D. Black, 1942
W. Douglas Whitehouse, 1943
William G. Brooks, 1944
Paul F. C. Mias, 1945
J. Herbert Goodenough, 1946
Handel V. Rivinius, 1947
George F. Bettencourt, 1948
Gordon L. Whynaught, 1949
William B. Rivinius, 1950
Egon M. H. C. Petersen, 1951
Philip D. Kelly, 1952
Frank G. Parks, 1953
Chester M. Carr, 1954
Lorenzo B. Carr, 1955, 1967; SN
Gordon E. Reynolds, 1956
Gerald W. White, 1957
John M. Colonas, 1958
Guy H. Harnish, 1959
George A. Galgay, 1960
William G. Khourie, 1961
Martin Martinian, 1962
Harry Takvorian, 1963
Edward W. Petersen, 1964
Richard E. Hodgdon, 1966
Charles L. Mason, 1968, 1969
Lloyd F. Cochran, 1970
John Murphy, 1971
Arthur J. Avakian, 1972
John E. Miller, 1973, 1974
Louis C. King, 1975
Robert J. Campbell, 1976
Richard L. Rivinius, 1977, 1978, 1981
John J. Polychrones, 1979
Paul F. Marino, 1980

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1867
Petition for Charter: 1868
Consolidation Petition (with Faith Lodge): 1981

ANNIVERSARIES

1919 (50th Anniversary)
1947 (80th Anniversary)
1967 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1872 (Nickerson)
1873 (Nickerson; installation)
1878 (Welch)
1880 (Welch)
1884 (Howland)
1887 (Endicott)
1888 (Endicott; installation)
1889 (Endicott; installation)
1890 (Wells)
1895 (Holmes)
1899 (Hutchinson)
1916 (M. Johnson)
1919 (L. Abbott; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1920 (Prince)
1924 (Ferrell)
1927 (Simpson)
1947 (Wragg; 80th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1964 (Osgood; Lorenzo B. Carr Night)
1967 (Booth; Centenary; Special Communication)
1975 (Maxwell)
1981 (Berquist; Consolidation; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1872 1876 1879 1889 1894 1902 1908 1909 1910 1912 1917 1923 1924 1925 1934 1937 1940 1944 1946 1947 1949 1955 1958

HISTORY

1967 (Centenary History, 1967-316)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Walworth O. Barbour, DDGM, District 2 (Cambridge), 1898, 1899; Deputy Grand Master 1900
H. LeRoy Billings, DDGM, District 2 (Cambridge), 1939, 1940; Memorial
Lorenzo B. Carr, DDGM, District 2 (Cambridge), 1959, 1960; SN
Herbert M. Chase, DDGM, District 2 (Cambridge), 1918, 1919; N
Henry Endicott, DDGM, Cambridge 4, 1867, 1868; Senior Grand Warden 1873; Grand Master 1887-1889
Claude V. Freeman, DDGM, District 2 (Cambridge), 1947, 1948; N
Frank H. Hilton, Grand Sword Bearer 1920-1922, Grand Marshal 1923-1925, Senior Grand Warden 1926, Grand Secretary 1940-1951; N