Pythagorean
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PYTHAGOREAN LODGE
Location: Marion
Chartered By: William T. Coolidge
Charter Date: 06/10/1863 VI-456
Precedence Date: 07/13/1861
Current Status: Active
PAST MASTERS
- John D. Allen, 1861, 1862
- Joseph S. Luce, 1863-1866, 1878
- George L. Luce, 1867, 1868
- Joseph L. Meigs, 1869
- Job A. T. Eddy, 1870-1873
- Joseph Blankenship, 1874, 1875
- Joseph L. Cole, 1876, 1877, 1881
- B. A. Conroy, 1879, 1880
- George B. Nye, 1882
- Frank B. Coggeshall, 1883, 1884, 1890-1894, 1897
- Frederick P. Vose, 1885-1887
- Horace J. Glynn, 1888, 1889
- Henry C. Dreyer, 1895
- Charles H. Gurney, 1896
- George H. Brown, 1898-1900
- George S. Briggs, 1901, 1902
- Frank E. Parlow, 1903, 1904
- Reuben R. Chase, 1905
- John Allanach, 1906; SN
- William A. Andrew, 1907, 1908
- George I. Luce, 1909
- Nathan C. Hamblin, 1910
- Frederick B. Barden, 1911, 1912
- John Allanach, 1913
- George C. Sabins, 1914
- Thomas A. Oglesby, 1915
- Chester A. Vose, 1916
- Bismarck Ladauer, 1917
- Francis Whitworth, 1918
- Levi Wing, 1919
- Charles M. Blankenship, 1920
- Edward G. Decoff, 1921
- Reid D. Macafee, 1922
- Viggo V. Petersen, 1923
- Lee S. Bethel, 1924
- Austin L. Pierce, 1925
- William Newton, 1926
- Edwin C. Blankinship, 1927
- Maurice E. Caldwell, 1928, 1929
- Arthur B. Robinson, 1930
- James F. Peebles, 1931
- Franklin B. Allen, 1932
- Edward O. Snow, 1933
- Delano F. Griffith, 1934
- Homer B. Robinson, 1935
- Charles R. Washburn, 1936
- James R. Dougall, 1937
- Lester E. Stowell, 1938
- Lauris J. Bradbury, 1939
- Luen M. Johnson, 1940
- Viggo V. Petersen, 1941
- Franklin A. Winters, 1942
- Clifton E. Burgess, 1943
- Guy F. Hudson, 1944
- Joseph Dawes, 1945; N
- Rodney W. Perkins, 1946
- Howard L. Morss, 1947
- Henry J. Barnes, 1948
- Joseph T. Carson, 1949
- Kenneth M. Wood, 1950
- Fred Harvey Armstrong, 1951
- Fred G. Heald, 1952
- Milton L. Smythe, 1953, 1959; N
- Harold F. Nye, 1954; N
- Melvin M. Wood, 1955
- Nelson M. Adams, Jr., 1956
- William F. Burrell, 1957
- William L. Sylvia, 1958
- Arthur C. Thompson, Jr., 1960, 1961
- Arthur E. Radcliffe, 1962
- Lewis R. Knight, 1963
- Alan H. Perkins, 1964
- Robert I. Wing, 1965, 1995, 1996, 2004; PDDGM
- William Coulson, III, 1966
- Greenwood Hartley, Jr., 1967
- Gerald T. Smith, 1968
- Ernest B. Dorr, 1969
- R. Stanley Ennis, 1970
- Maurice M. Gifford, 1971, 1975
- Giles H. Dunn, 1972; N
- O. Max Schlaegel, 1973
- Frank R. McClelland, 1974
- Everett F. Eaton, 1976
- G. Bradley Hellyer, 1977
- Frank J. Linhares, 1978
- Arve Waagen, 1979
- Charles T. Briggs, 1980
- Charles R. Young, 1981
- Donald C. Sargent, 1982, 1984, 1985; PDDGM
- Ronald L. Knight, 1983
- Daniel H. Schroth, 1986
- Thomas O. Dexter, 1987, 2011, 2012
- Randy L. Parker, 1988
- Frank R. Peterson, 1989
- Searl. L. Root, 1990
- Robert D. Wing, 1991
- Timothy F. Alden, 1993, 1994
- Christian W. Butler, 1997
- Edmund L. Gordon, 1998; DDGM
- N. Douglas Schneider, 1999
- Mark D.L. Sherwin, 2000
- Fred J. Avery, 2001
- John C. Platt, 2002, 2003
- Eric L. Radin, 2005
- Norman R. Duchesneau, 2006
- Charles R. Phillips, III, 2007
- Arthur E. Schneider, 2008
- Dennis E. Haworth, 2009
- Fredric C. Danhauser, 2010
- James F. Verni, Jr., 2013
REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
ANNIVERSARIES
VISITS BY GRAND MASTER
- 1863 (Parkman; Constitution of Lodge; not in Proceedings; see below)
- 1908 (Blake; Masonic Hall cornerstone laying; Special Communication)
- 1911 (Flanders; Masonic Hall dedication; Special Communication)
- 1912 (Benton)
- 1913 (Benton)
- 1961 (Deputy Grand Master Booth; Centenary; Special Communication)
- 1991 (Darling; installation)
- 2011 (Stewart; 150th Anniversary)
BY-LAW CHANGES
1873 1889 1899 1906 1913 1920 1922 1928 1937 1942 1950 1953 1955 1966 1976 1977 1982 1997 2009
HISTORY
- 1961 (Centenary History, 1961-94)
OTHER
- 1901 (Petition to reduce fees; rejected: 1901-32)
EVENTS
CONSTITUTION OF LODGE, AUGUST 1863
From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXII, No. 10, July 1863, Page 320:
Pythagorean Lodge, at Marion, in the county of Plymouth, was constituted, and its officers were installed, "according to ancient usage," on the 14th ultimo. The ceremonies were performed by the M. W. Grand Master, assisted by the competent number of Grand Officers, in a very able and satisfactory manner. At the installation of the officers the doors of the Lodge-room were thrown open to the admission of the ladies of the village, and a large number availed themselves of the privilege, and for the first time witnessed a Masonic ceremony. They seemed to be well pleased with what they saw and heard, as the Brethren were by their presence. The Hall has been neatly and safely fitted up, and the members of the Lodge are confident in their ability to sustain it. Wc wish them all the success and happiness in their new undertaking which they can reasonably hope for and expect to realize.
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- John Allanach, DDGM, District 31 (Nantucket), 1937, 1938; SN
- Joseph Dawes, DDGM, District 31 (Nantucket), 1947, 1948; N
- Giles H. Dunn, DDGM, District 31 (Nantucket), 1977, 1978; N
- Edmund L. Gordon, DDGM, District 19, 2012, 2013
- Harold F. Nye, DDGM, District 31 (Nantucket), 1965, 1966; N
- Donald C. Sargent, DDGM, District 31 (Nantucket), 1991, 1992
- Milton L. Smythe, DDGM, District 31 (Nantucket), 1955, 1956; N
- Robert I. Wing, DDGM, District 31 (Nantucket), 2001, 2002
DISTRICTS
1867: District 14 (New Bedford)
1883: District 26 (Fall River)