Norumbega

NORUMBEGA LODGE

Location: Newtonville

Chartered By: Arthur D. Prince

Charter Date: 03/09/1921 1921-64

Precedence Date: 04/20/1920

Current Status: merged with Brookline Lodge to form Norumbega & Brookline Lodge, 03/12/1984. Now a part of Norumbega Fraternity Lodge.

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PAST MASTERS

• Fred M. Blanchard, 1920; Mem
• William S. Osborne, 1921
• Walter L. McCammon, 1922; N
• Gerald F. Zedren, 1923
• Alfred N. Miner, 1924
• John M. Knudsen, 1925
• Harold W. Morill, 1926
• Luther G. Eastman, 1927
• Alfred E. Allen, 1928
• Edwin J. Morse, 1929
• George Owen, 1930
• William M. Jones, 1931
• Carl W. Somers, 1932
• Raymond Lang, 1933
• Lester H. Hilton, 1934
• Edward O. Woodward, 1935
• Linden I. Pettys, 1936
• Walter I. Knudsen, 1937
• Thomas E. Shepherd, 1938
• Philip A. Enholm, 1939
• Allyn C. Woodward, 1940
• Thomas G. Walters, 1941; N
• Julius W. Kohler, 1942
• Owen D. Murphy, Jr., 1943
• Carl C. Peterson, 1944; N
• Raymond C. Church, 1945
• Benjamin F. Louis, 1946
• Donald P. Frail, 1947
• Herbert C. Chapman, 1948
• Walter N. Howe, 1949, 1961
• C. Evan Johnson, 1950
• Olaf Halvorsen, 1951, 1962
• Edmund L. Sundin, 1952
• Ernst O. Seyfarth, 1953
• Robert Tennant, 1954
• Herbert B. Downs, 1955
• Harvard W. Wilkinson, 1956
• Allan Acomb, 1957
• Eliot F. Richardson, 1958
• Richard I. Sawyer, 1959
• Paul O. Fuchs, 1960
• Norval L. Stewart, 1963
• Robert R. Pollard, 1964
• Albert B. Evans, Jr., 1965
• Sigfried Fredrickson, 1966
• George E. Smith, 1967
• Fred W. Fogg, Jr., 1968
• Stanley C. Gibbs, 1969
• Richard L. Linden, 1970
• Christopher J. Kohler, 1971, 1980
• Robert Buchan, 1972
• Robert E. Dustin, 1973, 1977
• Elmer J. Reese, 1974
• Lowell U. Hammett, 1975, 1976; N
• Paul L. Randazzo, 1978
• Ronald W. Koch, 1979
• Lawrence H. Cohen, 1981
• William S. Opalka, 1982
• John H. Milson, 1983

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1920
• Petition for Charter: 1921
• Consolidation Petition (with Brookline Lodge): 1984

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1945 (25th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1921 (Prince; Constitution of Lodge and installation; Special Communication)
• 1924 (Ferrell)
• 1925 (Ferrell)
• 1931 (H. Dean)
• 1945 (Wragg; 25th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1946 (Wragg)
• 1952 (Roy)
• 1960 (Eaton; reception for Deputy Grand Master Carl C. Peterson)
• 1969 (Eaton; reception for Deputy Grand Master Thomas G. Walters)
• 1982 (Berquist)
• 1984 (Richardson; Consolidation; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1926 1927 1928 1929 1931 1936 1938 1943 1945 1947 1948 1951 1953 1954 1957 1958 1960 1970 1975 1980 1981 1984

HISTORY

• 1945 (25th Anniversary History, 1945-110)

OTHER

• 1924 (Thanks voted for gift to Grand Lodge, 1924-700)

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1982

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GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Fred M. Blanchard, DDGM, District 5 (Waltham), 1922, 1923; Memorial
• Lowell U. Hammett, DDGM, District 5 (Brighton), 1980, 1981; Grand Marshal 1987-1989; Senior Grand Warden 1990; N
• Walter L. McCammon, DDGM, District 5 (Waltham), 1934, 1935; N
• Carl C. Peterson, DDGM, District 5 (Brighton), 1952, 1953; Deputy Grand Master 1960; N
• Thomas G. Walters, DDGM, District 5 (Brighton), 1946, 1947; Deputy Grand Master 1969; N

DISTRICTS

1920: District 5 (Waltham)

1927: District 5 (Brighton)

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LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges

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