Oriental

ORIENTAL LODGE

Location: Edgartown

Chartered By: Charles C. Dame

Charter Date: 06/12/1867 VII-160

Precedence Date: 07/16/1866

Current Status: merged with Martha's Vineyard Lodge to form Oriental-Martha's Vineyard Lodge, 01/29/1994.

PAST MASTERS

John Pierce, 1866-1869
Jeremiah Pease, 1870-1878
Zenas D. Linton, 1879-1881
Jason L. Dexter, 1882-1884, 1895, 1896, 1901
Joseph W. Donaldson, 1885-1890
David J. Barney, 1891-1894
Richard D. Shute, 1897, 1898
Francis P. Vincent, 1899, 1900
James C. Sandsbury, 1902-1904, 1914
John E. White, 1905
Elmer E. Landers, 1906, 1907
Thomas A. Dexter, 1908, 1909, 1915
Joseph K. Sylvia, 1910, 1911, 1918
Charles B. Osborn, 1912, 1913
Herbert C. Pease, 1916
Manuel Swartz Roberts, 1917
Frank Norton, Jr., 1919
Alfred A. Averill, 1920
LeRoy W. Vose, 1921, 1922
Arthur B. Hillman, 1923
Arthur W. Davis, 1924
John R. Look, 1925
Clarence P. Hayden, 1926, 1927; N
Ernest A. Nickel, 1928, 1929
Roy A. Bunker, 1930, 1931
Arthur F. Baird, 1932
Harold B. Batcheller, 1933, 1934
Clyde E. MacNeill, 1935, 1936
Ludwig Knorr, 1937, 1938; N
G. Stanley Garland, 1939, 1940
Preston H. Morris, 1941, 1942
Percy D. West, 1943, 1944
Arthur E. Rogers, 1945
George A. Silva, 1946; N
Albert R. Clements, 1947
Charles Leighton, 1948
Cyprien P. R. Dube, 1949
Walter E. Bernard, 1950
Lauress Fisher, 1951
Alfred K. Wilde, 1952
Ralph E. Grant, 1953, 1957
Mansfield D. Grant, 1954
Trueman A. Place, 1955
Preston W. Averill, 1956
Robert E. Cumming, 1958; N
Preston R. Luce, 1959
E. Thomas Smith, 1960
Eugene G. Belisle, 1961
William Hanna, 1962
Robert S. Frasier, 1963
Leo P. Convery, 1964
Paul M. Chase, 1965; PDDGM
Frank C. Madeiras, 1966
Charles M. Lima, 1967
James E. Tripp, 1968, 1969
Kenneth W. Deitz, 1970, 1973; N
Peter O. Bettencoury, 1971, 1972
James R. Brown, 1974
Forrest F. Felt, 1975
George R. Luce, 1976
Thomas A. Durawa, 1977
Russell U. Grant, 1978, 1982
Preston W. Averill, Jr., 1979, 1983
Richard P. DeRoche, 1980, 1981
Joseph B. Robichau, III, 1984
Robert C. Corr, 1985
Alishan Haigazian, 1986
Michael H. Corr, 1987
Harold G. Stanley, 1988
Jeffrey C. Corr, 1989, 1990
George G. Martin, Jr., 1991; PDDGM
Raymond E. Skladzie, 1992
Mark C. Luce, 1993, 1994

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1866
Petition for Charter: 1867
Consolidation Petition (with Martha's Vineyard Lodge): 1993

ANNIVERSARIES

1966 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1867 (Dame; Constitution of lodge and installation; hall dedication; Special Communication; see below)
1918 (L. Abbott; Hall dedication at Edgartown; Special Communication)
1948 (Deputy Grand Master Eugene Hamilton; Hall dedication at Edgartown; Special Communication)
1952 (Roy)
1964 (Osgood)
1966 (Booth; 2 visits, including Centenary; Special Communication)
1968 (Booth)
1971 (Jaynes; Sojourners' Night)
1973 (Vose; 3 visits)
1982 (Berquist; dedication of Oak Bluffs hall; Special Communication)
1994 (Lovering; Consolidation; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1874 1901 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1939 1942 1948 1955 1956 1959 1967 1972 1973 1983 1988

HISTORY

1959 (Notes in History of Freemasonry on Martha's Vineyard, 1959-111)
1966 (Centenary History, 1966-209)

EVENTS

CONSECRATION, JUNE 1867

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXVI, No. 10, August 1867, Page 318:

This new Lodge was constituted, its hall dedicated, and its officers were publicly installed, at Edgartown, by the M. W. Grand Lodge, on the evening of the 8th July last. The ceremonies of installation took place in the Methodist church, which, though unusually large, was crowded to its utmost capacity. It seemed to us that about all the ladies in the town were present, and by their beauty imparted an increased interest to the occasion. At the conclusion of the ceremonies the members of the new Lodge and of Martha's Vineyard Lodge with the ladies and guests, repaired to the Town Hall where an elegant and bountiful entertainment was spread for their refreshment.

The Lodge is in excellent condition and its prospects for the future are most encouraging. The following is a list of its officers : —

John Pierce, W. M.
Grafton N. Collins, S. W.
James M. Cooms, Jr., J. W.
T. W. Crosby, Treas.
W. S. Lewis, Secy.
Jeremiah Pease, S. D.
Jas. W. Donaldson, J. D.
T. R. Holly, S. S.
Thos. M. Peakes, J. S.
____, Mar..
E. C. Cornell, Tyler.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Paul M. Chase, DDGM, District 31 (Nantucket), 1973, 1974
Robert C. Corr, DDGM, District 31 (Nantucket), 1993, 1994; Senior Grand Warden 2003
Robert E. Cumming, DDGM, District 31 (Nantucket), 1963, 1964; N
Kenneth W. Deitz, DDGM, District 31 (Nantucket), 1983, 1984; N
Clarence P. Hayden, DDGM, District 31 (Nantucket), 1931, 1932; N
Ludwig Knorr, DDGM, District 31 (Nantucket), 1941, 1942; N
George G. Martin, DDGM, District 31 (Nantucket), 1995, 1996
George A. Silva, DDGM, District 31 (Nantucket), 1951, 1952; N