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QUABOAG LODGE

Location: Warren

Chartered By: John T. Heard

Charter Date: 03/09/1859 VI-243

Precedence Date: 03/22/1858

Current Status: Active

PAST MASTERS

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1858
• Petition for Charter: 1859

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1908 (50th Anniversary)
• 1958 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1859 (Heard; Constitution of Lodge and installation; see below)
• 1908 (Blake; 50th Anniversary, Special Communication)
• 1958 (A. Jenkins; Centenary, Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1871 1873 1882 1890 1946 1955 1958 1974 1977 1986 1988 1994 1998

HISTORY

• 1908 50th Anniversary historical sketch; extract, 1908-43)
• 1958 Centenary History, 1958-65)

50TH ANNIVERSARY HISTORICAL SKETCH, MARCH 1908

From Proceedings, Page 1908-43:

The beginning of recognized Masonry in Warren may be dated back to the year 1825, when a warrant was issued by the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, by virtue of which Carmel Lodge was instituted in the town of Western, now known as Warren. The officers installed at that time, so far as record shows, were Lander P. Lovell, Worshipful Master; Benjamin Anthony, Senior Warden; and Joseph Rue, Junior Warden. About the same time the old Eden Lodge of Ware and the old Meridian Sun Lodge of Brookfield were organized. Carmel Lodge existed for ten years, more or less, and then passed out of sight for want of support or from the anti-Masonic frenzy when so many of the old Lodges disappeared.

Early in the year 1858 a number of Masons met together to consider the propriety of petitioning the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Massachusetts to grant a charter or warrant constituting a Lodge in Warren, empowering them to work in Ancient Free and Accepted Masonry. After a due consideration of the matter a petition was drawn in proper form and signed by C. A. Bradley, D. Warren Shepard, Lucius E. Truesdell, Dwight Ellis, William M. Ward, Calvin Shepard, Franklin Drury and John Tyler, praying that they might be congregated into a Lodge under the style of Quaboag Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons. The petition was granted and on Monday, May 10, 1858, the petitioners assembled in a room over the store of Chapin and Shepard, with Lucius E. Truesdell in the chair aud D. Warren Shepard secretary. They then proceeded to organize Quaboag Lodge with the following-named officers: W. M. Lucius E. Truesdell; S. W. D. Warren Shepard; J. W. Dwight Ellis; treasurer, Calvin Shepard; secretary, C. A. Bradley; S. D. William M. Ward; J. D. Shepard Dunham; S. S. D. Sprague Ellis; J. S. Wilson H. Fairbank; tyler, H. Zenas Studley. The recommendation for the formation of Quaboag Lodge came from Thomas Lodge of Palmer.

The first home of Quaboag Lodge was in a hall in the old hotel block owned by C. S. Hitchcock, which it occupied till the latter part of 1859, when it moved into the Fairbank block and was there till April 25, 1868, when the building was burned ; as soon as the present hall was ready the Lodge moved in and has occupied it since.

At the Communication of the Grand Lodge in March, 1859, the Dispensation was returned to the Grand Lodge and the Charter was issued. Both Dispensation and Charter were signed by M. W. John T. Heard, Grand Master; Charles W. Moore, Recording Grand Secretary. In 1862, by a petition to the Grand Lodge, a Dispensation was granted authorizing the holding of the Lodge six months in each year in Brookfield. Beginning September, 1862, Quaboag Lodge held its Communications in Brookfield for six months. Late in the year 1863 Hayden Lodge in Brookfield was organized, which reduced the number of members in Quaboag somewhat.

There have been, since its organization, four District Deputy Grand Masters appointed from the members of the Lodge:

• R. W. John Wetherbee, 1873-74-75;
• R. W. Erasmus F. Strickland, 1883-84-85;
• R. W. Lovell L. Gage, 1893-9J; and
• R. W. Edgar J. Buck, 1907-08.

EVENTS

CONSTITUTION OF LODGE, MARCH 1859

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XVIII, No. 6, April 1859, Page 192:

A new Lodge, in the town of Warren, Worcester County, called Quaboag Lodge, was constituted by the Grand Lodge of this Commonwealth, on the evening of March 21. The ceremonies were attended by a number of the Brethren from the neighboring towns, and were interesting and impressive. A brief address to the Lodge was delivered by the Grand Master.

The officers of the new Lodge are—

• D. Warren Shepard, M.
• Wm. Ward, S. W.
• Dwight Ellis, J. W,
• Calvin Shepard, Treas.
• Daniel Russell, Sec.
• D. S. Ellis and W. H. Fairbank, Deacons.
• M. K. Whipple and F. R. Sibley, Stewards.
• S H. Sibley, M.
• M. Walsh, Tyler.

The elective officers of the Lodge were installed by the Grand Master.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Seth H. Blackwell, DDGM, District 19 (Palmer), 2000, 2001
• Edgar J. Buck, DDGM, District 17 (Palmer), 1907, 1908; SN
• Carlos M. Gage, DDGM, District 17 (Palmer), 1905, 1906; SN
• Lovell L. Gage, DDGM, District 17 (Palmer), 1893, 1894; SN
• Joseph G. Hastings, DDGM, District 19 (Palmer), 1932, 1933; SN
• Warren H. Johnson, DDGM, District 19 (Palmer), 1994, 1995; N
• Rexford R. Paine, DDGM, District 19 (Palmer), 1946, 1947; N
• Charles D. Perkins, DDGM, District 19 (Palmer), 1919; SN
• Robert F. Rutter, DDGM, District 19 (Palmer), 1956, 1957; SN
• Erasmus F. Strickland, DDGM, District 17 (Palmer), 1883, 1884, 1885; SN
• John Wetherbee, DDGM, District 10 (Springfield), 1873-1876; SN'

DISTRICTS

1858: District 6

1867: District 10 (Springfield)

1872: District 18 (Palmer)

1883: District 17 (Palmer)

1911: District 19 (Palmer)

1927: District 19 (Palmer)

2003: District 25

LINKS

Lodge web site

Massachusetts Lodges