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NAUSET LIGHT LODGE
Location: Orleans
Chartered By: Arthur E. Johnson
Charter Date: 10/11/1997 1997-98
Precedence Date: 09/14/1996
Current Status: Charter surrendered 11/07/2013
PAST MASTERS
- W. Bradford Morse, 1996, 2003; PDDGM
- Henry P. Burke, 1997, 2009; N
- Seth H. Crowell, 1998
- Hughes H. Wagner, 1999
- LeRoy E. Atkins, 2000; Biography
- Hughson F. C. Hawley, 2001
- John A. Eldredge, Sr., 2002
- Paul J. Lavoie, 2004, 2008
- Louis Vesperman, 2005, 2006
- Andrew C. Walker, 2007
- David C. Hunt, 2010, 2012
- William R. Hammatt, 2011; N
REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
- Petition for Dispensation: 1996
VISITS BY GRAND MASTER
- 1997 (A. Johnson; Constitution of Lodge and installation; Special Communication)
- 2012 (Stewart; installation)
- 2013 (Stewart)
BY-LAW CHANGES
EVENTS
CONSTITUTION OF LODGE, OCTOBER 1997
From TROWEL, Spring 1998, Page 19:
On October 11, 1997, Freemasonry's light on the Lower Cape was brighter as Nauset Light Lodge of Orleans was Constituted by M. W. Arthur E. Johnson, Grand Master, and a distinguished suite.
Members and guests enjoyed a buffet luncheon of Stuffed Boneless Breast of Chicken following the Constitution Ceremonies and Installation of Officers of the Lodge. Accompanying the Grand Master were: R. W. Robert L. Steadman, Deputy Grand Master; R. W. Frederick H. Schulenburg, Junior Grand Warden; R. W. Paul W. Rolston, Grand Secretary; R. W. Herbert B. Kinney, D. D. G. M. Provincetown 32nd District; R. W. William F. Carr, D. D. G. M. Hyannis 32nd District; R. W. Louis A. Harmon, Grand Marshal; R. W. Donald B. Scott, Grand Lecturer; Wor. John F. Dietrick, Jr., Senior Grand Deacon; Wor. Archibald A. Martin, Grand Steward; Wor. Thomas E. Pulkkinen, Grand Steward; Wor. Brad Brightman, Grand Steward; Wor. F. Brian Emery, Grand Sword Bearer; Wor. Philip A. Drouin, Grand Standard Bearer; R. W. E. Erik Erickson, Grand Pursuivant and Wor. Kevin T. Jones, Grand Pursuivant.
The Grand Master and members of his suite installed the officers for the ensuing year as follows: Wor. Henry P. Burke, Master; Wor. Seth H. Crowell, Senior Warden; Wor. LeRoy E. Atkins, Junior Warden; Wor. Gary A. Getchell, Treasurer; Wor. W. Bradford Morse, Secretary; R. W. William R. Hammatt, Senior Deacon; Bro. Noel Simpson, Junior Deacon; Bro. Brett A. Bauer, Senior Steward; Bro. Carl D. Rydman, Junior Steward; Bro. Robert C. Wood, Chaplain; Wor. Arno Masters, Marshal; Bro. Robert Servidori, Tyler and R.W. Leland D. Cobb, Jr., Organist.
Wor. W. Bradford Morse, first Master of Nauset Light Lodge; M. W. Arthur E. Johnson, Grand Master; R. W. Robert L. Steadman, Deputy Grand Master and Wor. Henry P. Burke, Master. (Nathaniel H. Pulling Photo).
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- Henry P. Burke, DDGM, District 21, 2011, 2012; N
- William R. Hammatt, DDGM, District 32 (Provincetown), 1991, 1992; N
- W. Bradford Morse, DDGM, District 21, 2005, 2006
OTHER BROTHERS
- Roy Atkins, Biography
DISTRICTS
1996: District 32 (Provincetown)
