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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

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  • P. H. Boise, 1858
  • William H. Farnsworth, 1893, 1894; Mem
  • William E. Gibbs, 1905, 1906; Memorial
  • Clarence A. Brodeur, 1915, 1916
  • James Cornish Taylor, 1918
  • Frank Norman Strickland, 1919
  • Malcolm Bennett Harding, 1920
  • Archie J. Agan, 1933; N
  • Paul E. Brodeur, 1941; N
  • Arnold T. Wiggin, 1954; SN
  • Ray L. Bartlett, Jr., 1956; SN
  • Reynolds Earl LaBay, 1970
  • Donald E. Keene, Sr., 1974; SN
  • Philip F. Zych, 1985; PDDGM
  • Scott A. Rogers, ?; DDGM
  • Roger Perry
  • Gordon J. Smith
  • Virgil W. Liberty (PDDGM, PJGW)
  • Roger A. Page
  • Charles H. Darling
  • Ernest R. Burt
  • James F. Adams
  • Richard L. Elliott
  • John R. Paluch Sr.
  • James Ballantyne
  • Robert B. Betts
  • George A. Iwasykiw
  • Fred E. Barber
  • Johhn F. Greaves, Sr.
  • Roland H. Tetreault
  • Richard A. Incorvati
  • Gregory G. Daulplaise Sr.
  • David H. Gile
  • William de Forest
  • Mark A. Stewart
  • Thomas R. Hayes
  • Dennis R. Yefko
  • Robert A. Simmons Jr.
  • Lawrence A. Oakland, III
  • Richard W. Noble
  • Scott A. Rogers (DDGM)
  • Joseph A. McGavin
  • Daniel F. Melbourne
  • William D. Crawford, III

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.


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