RoswellLee

ROSWELL LEE LODGE

Charter Date: 03/09/1865 VII-2

Precedence Date: 03/11/1864

Current Status: merged with Samuel Osgood Lodge to form Roswell Lee-Samuel Osgood Lodge, 06/28/1979. Now a part of Indian Orchard Masonic Lodge.

PAST MASTERS

Ezekiel W. Clark, 1864, 1865
Samuel B. Spooner, 1866
George T. Weaver, 1867, 1868
Joseph Holt Cooper, 1869, 1870
John E. Shipman, 1871, 1872; Mem
Benjamin S. Haskins, 1873, 1874
Edward P. Chapin, 1875
John A. Hall, 1876, 1881; SN
Charles C. Spellman, 1877-1870
Fred B. Southmayd, 1880
Alonzo F. Ball, 1882
Charles J. Sanderson, 1884, 1885
Charles H. Churchill, 1886
George A. Spooner, 1887, 1888
William W. Bartlett, 1889, 1890
John J. Dowd, 1891, 1892
Benjamin C. Harvey, 1893, 1894
Albert D. Otto, 1895, 1896
Samuel D. Sherwood, 1897; SN
Arthur H. Rogers, 1898
George M. Howe, 1899, 1900
Joseph L. Strong, 1901, 1902
Howard O. Buck, 1903, 1904
Theodore H. Nye, 1905
Frank J. Pease, 1906, 1907
Henry L. Hines, 1908
George H. Chamberlin, 1909
John H. Grant, 1910
Dan J. Kimpton, 1911; Memorial
Harry G. Shaw, 1912
Leon E. Bartlett, 1913
Howard C. Kelly, 1914
William Edmund Turner, 1915
Lewis S. Nash, 1916
Dwight H. Keyes, 1917; N
George A. Deane, 1918; N
Marcus H. Smith, 1919
Robert J. Black, 1920
Harry G. Robertson, 1921
Frank J. Strange, 1922
Charles R. Bower, 1923
Walter C. Ross, 1924
Dana R. Johnson, 1925; N
Earl D. Strong, 1926
Raymond D. Jewett, 1927
Charles M. Ladd, 1928
George W. Streeter, 1929; N
Charles W. Reed, 1930
Philip C. McMurdie, 1931
William G. Collenberg, 1932
Leland G. Carlton, 1933; SN
Frank B. Ramsdell, 1934
Louis Y. Schermerhorn, 1935
Albert C. Rowley, 1936
Ralph G. Hall, 1937
Fowler W. Wilbur, 1938
Harold D. Shierman, 1939
George W. Streeter, Jr., 1940
Donald A. Bartlett, 1941
LeRoy H. Wood, 1942
Charles S. Reed, 1943
Milton A. Hayward, 1944
Nathan S. Garrison, 1945
Milford D. Harder, 1946
George W. Clark, 1947
Roy A. Goddard, 1948
Edward C. Leech, 1949; SN
John Baird, 1950
Alvin E. Hauser, 1951
Christian L. Paulson, 1952
Wilbur B. Londerville, 1953
Carl B. Martens, 1954
George L. Cobleigh, Sr., 1955
Raoul J. Babineau, 1956; N
C. Alan Morrison, 1957
George H. B. Crumb, 1958
Clarence D. Ewell, 1959
Karl Marquardt, 1960
Donald Craig, 1961
Walter L. Richter, 1962
Clayton N. Fuller, 1963
Howard C. Corliss, 1964
Richard R. White, 1965
Harry A. Durant, 1966
Robert E. Rancore, 1967
Harold J. Elkas, 1968
Richard C. Zoller, 1969
Emmett E. Thomas, 1970
John S. Aitcheson, 1971
Donald L. Atkinson, 1972
Stanley B. Dickinson, Jr., 1973
William A. Fawcett, 1974
Richard G. Thomas, 1975
Raymond E. Huber, 1976
Edward P. Austin, 1977
Herbert J. Sturm, 1978, 1979

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1864
Petition for Charter: 1865
Consolidation Petition (with Samuel Osgood Lodge): 1979

ANNIVERSARIES

1965 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1865 (Parkman; Constitution of Lodge and initiation; Special Communication; see below) not in Proceedings
1881 (Lawrence)
1893 (Acting Grand Master Shepard; Hall dedication; Special Communication)
1907 (Blake)
1911 (Flanders)
1923 (Ferrell)
1927 (Simpson; Veterans' Night)
1931 (H. Dean; reception for Deputy Grand Master Edwin L. Davis)
1938 (Perry)
1965 (Osgood; Centenary; Special Communication)
1966 (Booth; Dedication of Roswell Lee Monument; Special Communication)
1979 (Melanson; Consolidation; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1869 1870 1871 1872 1874 1875 1877 1879 1885 1892 1896 1898 1899 1902 1906 1911 1914 1917 1919 1924 1925 1927 1928 1937 1939 1952 1966 1967 1975

HISTORY

1965 (Centenary History, 1965-141)

OTHER

1924 (Participation in Springfield cornerstone laying, 1924-335)
1926 (Participation in Springfield hall dedication, 1926-29)
1936 (Reduction of fees approved, 1936-38)

EVENTS

CONSTITUTION OF LODGE, MARCH 1865

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly Magazine, Vol. XXIV, No. 5, April 1865:

Roswell Lee Lodge.

This is the name of a new and promising Lodge recently established at Springfield, Mass. Having worked a year under Dispensation, it was duly constituted by the M. W. Grand Lodge on the 14th of March, ultimo. The ceremonies took place in the Hall of Hampden Lodge, in the presence of a large number of Brethren. At the conclusion of these, and after a very excellent practical address by Grand Master Parkman, the Lodge was closed and the Brethren repaired to the Union House to supper, where a pleasant, and it is believed not an unprofitable hour was spent in social enjoyment and the interchange of views and opinions. The Lodge has done a large amount of work the past year, and starts on its new career with the most encouraging prospects. The officers are as follows: -