Quaboag

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

David W. Shepard, 1858-1861
William M. Ward, 1862
Ewin E. Towne, 1863, 1864
John Wetherbee, 1865-1867; SN'
Dwight E. Ellis, 1868, 1869
William H. Shepard, 1870-1872
Erasmus F. Strickland, 1873, 1874; SN
Edward P. Howard, 1875, 1876
Lovell L. Gage, 1877-1880; SN
John Thayer, 1881, 1882
Henry W. Ward, 1883-1885
Samuel H. Cutler, 1886
Jesse T. Leonard, 1887, 1888
Charles Heritage, 1889-1891
William H. Hitchcock, 1892
Austin V. Dow, 1893-1895
Warren D. Hosely, 1896
Edgar J. Buck, 1897, 1898; SN
Frederick W. Kimball, 1899, 1900
Elmer E. Clark, 1901, 1902
Charles D. Perkins, 1903, 1904; SN
Fred Wilcox, 1905
Elmer A. Lincoln, 1906, 1907
Joseph G. Hastings, 1908, 1909; SN
Edward M. Houghton, 1910, 1911
John B. Canfield, 1912-1914
Edwin Price, 1915, 1916
William E. Nichols, 1917, 1918
Charles A. Deland, Jr., 1919
Frank W. Carey, 1920, 1921
Alexander D. Kennedy, 1922, 1923
Wilfred H. Tirrell, 1924, 1925
Rexford R. Paine, 1926, 1927; N
Lester A. Birchall, 1928, 1929
Charles E. Shepard, 1930, 1931
Walter A. Oldread, 1932, 1933
I. Walter Moore, 1934, 1935
Everett E. Esty, 1936
Richmond Hathaway, 1937
Frank J. Murphy, 1938, 1939
Walter J. Snyder, 1940
Walter Wood, 1941, 1942
Andrew W. Gondek, 1943
Robert F. Rutter, 1944, 1945; SN
Lester B. Holden, 1946
Cecil W. Taylor, 1947
Hermon R. Walker, 1948
William H. Masterman, 1949
Reuel A. deTurk, 1950
Frank W. Coleman, 1951
William B. Cox, 1952
Clarence H. Keith, 1953
Earl P. Meacham, 1954
Paul J. Snyder, 1955
Homer L. Parker, 1956
Walter G. Lawrence, 1957, 1958
Herman F. Horton, 1959
Bonheur Couture, 1960
Archie Palmieri, 1961
Clifford M. Rutter, 1962
Donald H. Scott, 1963
Frank W. Carey, 1964
Joseph Duchowsky, 1965
Ralph G. L. Larson, 1966, 1974
Leon C. Furgal, 1967
Harold J. Odiorne, Jr., 1969
Warren E. Tirrell, 1970, 1971
William A. Johnston, 1972, 1973
Delmar A. Moorhouse, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1984
James C. Hamill, 1977
Earl Wunschel, 1978
Warren E. Tirrell, Jr., 1979
Warren H. Johnson, 1989-1991; http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MANecrologiesHM#JOHNSTON.2C_WARREN_HALL_1921-2013
John P. Kiernan, 1992, 1993
Brian G. Baldwin, 1994, 1997
Seth H. Blackwell, 1995, 1996; PDDGM
Vernon C. Johnson, III, 1998
Wilbert J. Fetzer, 1999, 2000
Edgar A. Swift, 2001, 2002
Paul G. Milton, 2003, 2004
David L. Tassanari, 2005, 2006
Paul R. Hatch, 2007, 2008
Robert E. Karowski, 2009
Robert E. Lavash, Sr., 2010-2012

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)

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—