Pythagorean

PYTHAGOREAN LODGE

Location: Marion

Chartered By: William T. Coolidge

Charter Date: 06/10/1863 VI-456

Precedence Date: 07/13/1861

Current Status: Active

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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

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REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1861
• Petition for Charter: 1862 (continued); 1863 (granted)

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1961 (Centenary)
• 2011 (150th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 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)

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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

1861: District 7

1867: District 14 (New Bedford)

1883: District 26 (Fall River)

1886: District 27 (Nantucket)

1911: District 31 (Nantucket)

1927: District 31 (Nantucket)

2003: District 19

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LINKS

Lodge Web Site

Massachusetts Lodges