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At a Special Communication, held on the evening of the 4th Dec., the above named officers were installed by Past Master P H. Boise.
 
At a Special Communication, held on the evening of the 4th Dec., the above named officers were installed by Past Master P H. Boise.
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==== HALL DEDICATION, JUNE 1870 ====
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''From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXIX, No. 10, August 1870, Page 315:''
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This new and elegant Hall of Mount Moriah Lodge was dedicated by the Grand Lodge of this State on Friday, the 24th of June, on which occasion there was a public parade of the Lodges in the neighboring towns, under escort of the Springfield Commandery of Knights Templars. The occasion was one of marked interest, and, we do not doubt, gratification, not only to the brethren participating in it, but to the hundreds of spectators who witnessed and greeted the procession as it passed along the streets of the town. The following is a description of the Hall: —
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The ante-room, which is quite large, 20 by 18 feet, and neatly carpeted, is fitted up with black-walnut hat and coat racks, and other modern conveniences.
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Adjoining this room is a banquet hall 35 by 20 feet, with a carpet of a tasty green pattern, a reception room 25 feet squnre, and a kitchen 20 by 25 feet containing sink, wash-room, pantry, etc., The Lodge room proper, is a really magnificent apartment, 60 feet long, 45 feet wide, and 18 feet high. The first thing which attracts the eye of the visitor is the frescoing executed by Strauss of Boston. The colors are warm, yet not glaring, and the Masonic designs and emblems traced by skillful and artistic hands. The furniture consists of about thirty settees of black walnut  upholstered with imperial green rep.
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Black-walnut chairs for the officers, of a peculiar pattern, are covered with crimson velvet, and the altar, handsomely carved in black walnut, is covered with the same material.
  
 
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Revision as of 02:27, 14 September 2013

MOUNT MORIAH LODGE (Westfield)

Location: Westfield

Chartered By: Winslow Lewis

Charter Date: 12/12/1856 V-65

Precedence Date: 02/12/1856

Current Status: Active


PAST MASTERS

  • Patrick H. Boise, 1856, 1857
  • William A. Johnson, 1858, 1859
  • Henry B. Lewis, 1860, 1861
  • Isaac N. Weston, 1862, 1863
  • Lucius B. Walkley, 1864
  • John M. Mosely, 1865, 1877, 1878
  • George W. Turner, 1866, 1875
  • Millard L. Robinson, 1867-1869
  • Charles A. Pierce, 1870, 1871
  • Lyman W. Phelps, 1872-1875
  • Stephen B. Cook, 1876, 1877
  • 1879??
  • James A. Lakin, 1880-1881
  • William B. Cornwall, 1882-1884
  • Olin C. Towle, 1885-1887
  • George W. Waterman, 1888-1890
  • Leonard W. Steiner, 1891-1892
  • William F. Carson, 1893
  • William H. Farnsworth, 1894-1895; Mem
  • Ernest Crowson, 1896-1897
  • William L. Bartlett, 1898-1899
  • James R. Savery, 1900
  • Herbert W. Kittredge, 1901
  • Arthur C. Mosely, 1902
  • William A. Flouton, 1903
  • Harry M. Gowdy, 1904
  • Ernest F. Schmidt, 1905
  • William E. Gibbs, 1906; Mem
  • Charles H. Clark, 1907
  • Frederick H. Scott, 1908
  • Harris B. Moulton, 1909
  • Frederick J. Tooke, 1910
  • George H. Cushing, 1911
  • J. Harry Johnson, 1912
  • Charles B. Wilson, 1913
  • George E. Robinson, 1914
  • Nelson B. Richardson, 1915
  • Clarence A. Brodeur, 1916
  • George J. Tucker, 1917
  • Raymond H. Cowing, 1918
  • James Cornish Taylor, 1919
  • Frank Norman Strickland, 1920
  • Malcolm Bennett Harding, 1921
  • Frank L. Merrill, 1922
  • Stanley L. Plaice, 1923
  • Milton F. Gardner, 1924
  • Robert P. McMahon, 1925
  • Edgar Fielding, 1926
  • Stanley M. Healey, 1927
  • Arthur B. Long, 1928
  • Raymond G. Barnes, 1929
  • Ray T. Bryant, 1930
  • Andrew A. MacDonald, 1931
  • Oscar C. Baker, 1932
  • Archie J. Agan, 1933; N
  • Raymond H. MacNulty, 1934
  • Harold Whittemore, 1935
  • J. Chambers Dewey, Elected 9/4/1935, Deceased 9/24/1935
  • Merle F. Miles, 1936
  • George W. Roraback, 1937
  • W. Alfred McGilpin, 1938
  • Clarence J. Hills, 1939
  • Irving C. Barnes, 1940
  • Paul E. Brodeur, 1941; N
  • Stanley A. Burke, 1942
  • Bemis P. Wood, 1943
  • Ralph D. Neth, 1944
  • Leolyn F. Speare, 1945
  • Albert K. Cormier, 1946
  • Albert G. Prince, 1947
  • Ralph R. Roberts, 1948
  • Albert L. MacLean, 1949
  • William Farr, 1950
  • George A. Jacobson, 1951
  • Henry S. Wackerbath, 1952
  • Raymond C. Smith, 1953
  • Arnold T. Wiggin, 1954; SN
  • Richard E. Chandler, 1955
  • Ray L. Bartlett, Jr., 1956; SN
  • Daniel J. Quimby, 1957
  • James Hague, 1958
  • Irving F. Kohrs, 1959
  • Roger H. Perry, 1960
  • James W. Myco, 1961
  • Gordon J. Smith, 1962
  • Martin J. Morrow, 1963
  • Thurmond P. Woodbury, 1964
  • Elmer M. White II, 1965
  • Frederick S. Richer, 1966
  • Dexter R. Hatch, Sr., 1967
  • Virgil W. Liberty, 1968; PDDGM
  • Charles M. Arnold, Jr., 1969
  • Reynolds Earl LaBay, 1970
  • Walter Ducoff, 1971
  • Luman S. Wood, Jr., 1972
  • Roger A. Page, 1973
  • Joseph A. Hoyt, 1974
  • Charles H. Darling, 1975
  • Richard A. Burt, 1976
  • Ernest R. Burt, 1977
  • Herbert W. Mogul, Jr., 1978
  • Joseph H. Hopp, 1979
  • James F. Adams, 1980
  • Richard L. Elliott, 1981
  • John R. Paluch, Sr., 1982
  • 'Wilfred J. Duplaise, 1983
  • James Ballantyne, 1984
  • Philip F. Zych, 1985; PDDGM
  • Donald H. Lockwood, 1986
  • Robert B. Betts, 1987
  • George H. Chapdelaine, Sr., 1988
  • Fred E. Barber, 1989, 1990
  • John F. Greaves, Sr., 1991
  • Roland H. Tetrault, 1992
  • Donald E. Keene, Sr., 1993; SN
  • Richard A. Incorvati, 1994
  • Howard A. Loehn, 1995
  • Gregory G. Daulplaise Sr., 1996
  • David H. Gile, 1997
  • William de Forest, 1998
  • Mark A. Stewart, 1999
  • Dennis R. Yefko, 2000
  • Robert A. Simmons Jr., 2001
  • George A. Iwasykiw, 2002
  • Lawrence A. Oakland, III, 2003
  • Robert D. Fife, 2004, 2006
  • Richard W. Noble, 2005
  • Scott A. Rogers, 2007-2009; DDGM
  • Joseph A. McGavin, 2010
  • Daniel F. Melbourne, 2011
  • William D. Crawford, III, 2012
  • Taidgh Buckley, 2013

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

ANNIVERSARIES

  • 1906 (50th Anniversary)
  • 1956 (100th Anniversary)
  • 2006 (150th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

BY-LAW CHANGES

1870 1874 1875 1877 1878 1889 1901 1903 1905 1912 1914 1925 1926 1927 1931 1937 1942 1946 1949 1953 1957 1963 1967 1974 1975 1978 1979 1982 1988 1989 1990 1993 2001

HISTORY

  • 1856 (Petition for dispensation, 02/12; Westfield)
  • 1856 (Petition for Charter, 12/10; granted.)
  • 1993 (Restoration of Charter, 12/08)
    • 1993-132: Grand Master: "The charter of Mount Moriah Lodge was temporaily suspended in July to investigate allegations . . . effective today I am restoring their charter with certain restrictions."

OTHER

  • 1858 (Hall Dedication, 06/24; by Rt. Wor. F. Weston)
  • 1886 (Resolution of dispute with Hampden Lodge regarding jurisdiction over a rejected candidate)
  • 1924 (Springfield, Corner-stone laying for a Masonic Temple, 06/24; Special Communication)
  • 1937 (Reduction of fees refused, 09/08)
  • 1937 (Reduction of fees approved, 12/08)

EVENTS

INSTALLATION, DECEMBER 1857

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XVII, No. 3, January 1858, Page 96:

The annual meeting of this flourishing Lodge, which now numbers some sixty members, was held on the 2d Dec., and the following Brethren were elected officers for the ensuing year : —

  • P. H. Boise, W. M. ;
  • Wm. A. Johnson, S. W. ;
  • A. Campbell, 2d, J. W. ;
  • Samuel Dow, Treas. ;
  • C. H. Rand, Sec.;
  • Deac. Josiah S. Knowles, Chaplain;
  • H. K. Daniels, S. D ;
  • L. B. Walkley, J D. ;
  • Geo. LaBin and I. N. Weston, Stewards ,
  • H. N. Carter, Tyler.

At a Special Communication, held on the evening of the 4th Dec., the above named officers were installed by Past Master P H. Boise.

HALL DEDICATION, JUNE 1870

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXIX, No. 10, August 1870, Page 315:

This new and elegant Hall of Mount Moriah Lodge was dedicated by the Grand Lodge of this State on Friday, the 24th of June, on which occasion there was a public parade of the Lodges in the neighboring towns, under escort of the Springfield Commandery of Knights Templars. The occasion was one of marked interest, and, we do not doubt, gratification, not only to the brethren participating in it, but to the hundreds of spectators who witnessed and greeted the procession as it passed along the streets of the town. The following is a description of the Hall: —

The ante-room, which is quite large, 20 by 18 feet, and neatly carpeted, is fitted up with black-walnut hat and coat racks, and other modern conveniences.

Adjoining this room is a banquet hall 35 by 20 feet, with a carpet of a tasty green pattern, a reception room 25 feet squnre, and a kitchen 20 by 25 feet containing sink, wash-room, pantry, etc., The Lodge room proper, is a really magnificent apartment, 60 feet long, 45 feet wide, and 18 feet high. The first thing which attracts the eye of the visitor is the frescoing executed by Strauss of Boston. The colors are warm, yet not glaring, and the Masonic designs and emblems traced by skillful and artistic hands. The furniture consists of about thirty settees of black walnut upholstered with imperial green rep.

Black-walnut chairs for the officers, of a peculiar pattern, are covered with crimson velvet, and the altar, handsomely carved in black walnut, is covered with the same material.


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