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ROBERT LASH LODGE

Location: Chelsea

Chartered By: Charles C. Dame

Charter Date: 12/11/1867 VII-193

Precedence Date: 01/10/1867

Current Status: in Grand Lodge Vault; surrendered 08/19/1993.

According to the Grand Master's Address, Page 1993-129: "Two Lodges during the past year have found it impossible to continue either by merging or by operating as a daylight Lodge." (The other lodge was Morning Sun of Conway.)

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PAST MASTERS

• Eben W. Lothrop, 1867
• James S. Dillingham, 1868-1870
• John Edmunds, 1871-1873
• John H. Roberts, 1874, 1875
• Franklin O. Barnes, 1876, 1877
• Benjamin F. Dodge, 1878, 1879
• Robert F. Means, 1880, 1881; SN
• John H. Cunningham, 1882, 1883
• Albert B. Richardson, 1884, 1885
• Thomas L. Bond, 1886, 1887
• Daniel G. Crandon, 1888, 1889; Mem
• Elmer Lewis French, 1890, 1891
• Woodbury T. Jordan, 1892, 1893
• Arthur B. Champlin, 1894
• Ralph W. E. Hopper, 1895, 1896
• William B. Walker, 1897, 1898
• William H.L. Odell, 1899, 1900
• Thomas Coyle, 1901, 1902
• Frank Weymouth, 1903, 1904
• George A. Brown, 1905
• George A. Patten, 1906
• Walter S. Litchfield, 1907, 1908
• George A. Clough, 1909, 1910
• Milber A. Dykeman, 1911, 1912
• William B. Denison, 1913, 1914
• James S. Harrower, 1915, 1916; SN
• Clarence Alvin Warren, 1917, 1918
• Alton B. Atwood, 1919, 1920
• James T. Stormont, 1921, 1922
• Paul D. Harrower, 1923, 1924
• Roert O. Rockwell, Jr., 1925, 1926
• Charles W. Shannon, 1927, 1928
• George W. Scott, 1929, 1930
• Edward W. East, 1931, 1932; SN
• William H. Crafts, 1933, 1934; SN
• Samuel A. S. Strahan, 1935, 1936
• Harry J. B. Simmons, 1937, 1938
• Clifton D. Rockwell, 1939, 1940
• Harry C. Winton, 1941, 1942
• Wendell W. Dykeman, 1943, 1944
• John Neil, 1945, 1946
• Herbert L. Sheppard, 1947, 1948
• Harold E. Williams, 1949, 1950
• Wilfred Peach, 1951, 1952
• Frederick W. Harvey, 1953, 1954
• Edwin W. Maddocks, 1955, 1956; SN
• Robert P. Renfrew, 1957, 1958
• Donald J. Malchajian, 1959, 1960
• Simeon J. Kelloway, 1961, 1962
• Norman W. King, 1963, 1964
• Albert J. Mills, 1965, 1966
• John C. Noftle, 1967, 1968
• Albert C. Gillespie, 1969
• Colon O. Ward, Jr., 1970
• 1971-1984?
• Joseph W. Manning, 1985
• 1986-1993?

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REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1867
• Petition for Charter: 1867
• Surrender of Charter: 1993

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1918 (50th Anniversary)
• 1943 (75th Anniversary)
• 1967 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1867 (Dame; Constitution of Lodge and installation; Special Communication)
• 1872 (Nickerson)
• 1879 (Welch)
• 1881 (Lawrence)
• 1891 (Wells)
• 1898 (Hutchinson)
• 1899 (Hutchinson)
• 1906 (Blake)
• 1918 (L. Abbott; 50th Anniversary)
• 1943 (Schaefer; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1972 (Vose; Hall dedication; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1880 1886 1890 1892 1896 1899 1923 1924 1925 1927 1928 1949 1950 1959 1963 1968 1970 1989

HISTORY

• 1943 (75th Anniversary History, 1943-47)
• 1967 (Centenary History, 1967-572)

OTHER

• 1897 (Participation in Revere cornerstone laying, 1897-241)
• 1898 (Participation in Chelsea corner stone laying, 1898-102)
• 1909 (Participation in Chelsea corner stone laying, 1909-73)
• 1912 (Participation in Chelsea Masonic Hall dedication, 1912-1)
• 1940 (Reduction of fees authorized, 1940-196)

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GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• William H. Crafts, DDGM, District 3 (Boston), 1937; SN
• Daniel G. Crandon, DDGM, District 3 (East Boston), 1890, 1891; Memorial
• Edward W. East, DDGM, District 3 (Boston), 1950, 1951; SN
• James S. Harrower, DDGM, District 3 (East Boston), 1918, 1919; SN
• Edwin W. Maddocks, DDGM, District 3 (Boston), 1966, 1967; SN
• Robert F. Means, DDGM, District 2 (Charlestown);, 1882 District 3 (East Boston), 1883; SN
• William H.L. Odell, DDGM, District 3 (East Boston), 1906, 1907; Deputy Grand Master 1908

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DISTRICTS

1867: District 2 (Charlestown)

1883: District 3 (East Boston)

1911: District 3 (East Boston)

1927: District 3 (Boston)

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LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges