Russell

RUSSELL LODGE

Location: Arlington

Chartered By: Dudley M. Ferrell

Charter Date: 03/12/1924 1924-38

Precedence Date: 05/04/1922

Current Status: merged with John Abbot-Samuel Crocker Lawrence and Hiram Lodges to form Mystic Valley Lodge, 11/09/2004.

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PAST MASTERS

• Edward T. Erickson, 1923, 1924
• Roger P. Eaton, 1925
• Edward L. Shinn, 1926, 1927; Mem
• Albert H. Morris, 1928, 1929
• Ralph Simonds, 1930, 1931
• Haskell Reed, 1932, 1933
• Ernest R. Moore, 1934, 1935
• Benjamin F. Hickey, 1936
• Arthur Sampson, 1937, 1938
• Curtis B. Forbes, 1939
• Harold Edwards, 1940, 1941; N
• John N. Mark, 1942
• Warren H. Daniels, 1943
• David A. Barr, 1944
• Earl S. Lewis, 1945
• Ward F. Chick, 1946
• Harold E. Meyer, 1947
• Russell T. Hamlet, 1948
• Charles W. Skinner, 1949
• Clifford B. Keyes, 1950
• E. Stanley Beck, 1951; N
• Theodore Lannefeld, 1952
• Walter C. Hellmann, 1953
• Warner J. Clifford, 1954
• Herbert O. Alderson, 1955
• Haskell W. Reed, 1956
• Mortimer French, 1957; N
• Maynard Sears, 1958
• Harold L. Martin, 1959
• Robert Stephenson, 1960
• Donald F. Green, 1961
• Frank A. Travers, 1962
• Loring E. Trott, 1963
• Roy G. Milley, 1964
• Robert J. Nichols, 1965
• Robert F. Glines, 1966
• Merwin E. Chandler, 1967; N
• Albert E. Jefferson, 1968
• Peter A. Hayes, 1969
• Robert S. Swift, 1970
• Stanley S. Locke, 1971
• Theodore Tsakirgis, 1972
• Robert K. Porter, 1973
• Richard S. Cooke, 1974
• George Tsakirgis, 1975, 1981
• Thomas E. Ray, 1976
• Merville E. Nichols, 1977
• James K. Ray, 1978; PDDGM
• John G. Ray, 1979
• Sylvester M. Wrenn, Jr., 1980
• Manuel F. Sopas, Jr., 1982
• Francis G. Baumgardner, 1983
• William N. P. Crockett, 1984, 1985
• Leonard E. LaRue, 1986
• Carleton W. Crockett, 1987
• C. Leslie Frederick, 1988
• Larcom McIntosh, Jr., 1989
• John W. Crockett, 1990
• Vahan H. Kouyoumjian, 1991
• Gustav W. Swanson, 1992
• Frank P. Foster, Jr., 1993
• Alexander A. Bird, 1994
• J. Anthony Mick, 1995, 1996, 2002
• Alan H. Jones, 1997
• Roy E. Baker, 1998
• Francis G. Baumgardner, 1999, 2000
• Alan H. Jones, 2001
• Robert E. Palmer, Jr., 2003, 2004
• Mark A. Tabbert, 2005

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REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1923
• Petition for Charter: 1924
• Consolidation Petition (with John Abbot-Samuel Crocker Lawrence and Hiram Lodges): 2004

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1948 (25th Anniversary)
• 1973 (50th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1924 (Ferrell; Constitution of Lodge and installation; Special Communication)
• 1948 (Keith; 25th Anniversary, Special Communication)
• 1973 (Vose; 50th Anniversary, Special Communication)
• 1975 (Maxwell)
• 1983 (Berquist)
• 1984 (Richardson)
• 1987 (Ames)
• 2004 (Hicks; Consolidation, Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1925 1947 1949 1951 1955 1958 1967 1971 1972 1979 1980 1981 1988

HISTORY

• 1948 (25th Anniversary History, 1948-89)
• 1973 (25th Anniversary History, 1973-99)

OTHER

• 1924 (Participation in Arlington temple cornerstone laying, 1924-410)
• 1925 (Participation in Arlington temple dedication, 1925-258)

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GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• E. Stanley Beck, DDGM, District 6 (Somerville), 1952, 1953; N
• Merwin E. Chandler, DDGM, District 6 (Somerville), 1982, 1983; N
• Harold W. Edwards, DDGM, District 6 (Somerville), 1943, 1944; N
• Mortimer A. French, DDGM, District 6 (Somerville), 1970, 1971; N
• James K. Ray, 2000, 2001; Senior Grand Warden 2008
• Edward L. Shinn, DDGM, District 6 (Somerville), 1929, 1930; Memorial

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DISTRICTS

1923: District 6 (Somerville)

1927: District 6 (Somerville)

2003: District 3

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LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges

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