SamuelOsgood

SAMUEL OSGOOD LODGE

Location: Springfield

Chartered By: Arthur D. Prince

Charter Date: 03/08/1922 1922-42

Precedence Date: 03/24/1921

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

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PAST MASTERS

• James P. Smith, 1921
• Gurdon W. Gordon, 1922; N
• Douglas Crook, 1923; N
• Frank Johnson, 1924
• Frederick A. Kennett, 1925
• Peter L. Steinbeck, 1926
• Theodore B. Winter, 1927
• Thomas A. Pearson, 1928
• Frederick Darmstaedt, 1929
• Ralph S. Spooner, 1930
• Allison M. Brackett, 1931
• Ray P. Dunning, 1932
• Robert H. Downey, 1933
• Walter F. Lauffert, 1934
• Edward Jones, 1935
• Osmond W. Snow, 1936
• Charles R. Clason, 1937
• Grant B. Cole, 1938
• Alexander Cameron, 1939
• Harold R. Bond, 1940; N
• Fred Dickson, 1941
• Raymond H. Peat, 1942; SN
• Edward M. Whitaker, 1943
• Norman R. Vester, 1944
• Marshall W. Potter, 1945
• Mark E. Reynolds, 1946
• Sidney H. Smith, 1947
• Allyn K. Talmadge, 1948
• Walter F. Babbin, 1949
• Norman H. Ferguson, 1950, 1976
• Austin C. Kimball, 1951
• Oren L. Moses, Jr., 1952, 1957
• Henry Clifton Walker, 1953, 1973
• George M. MacPherson, 1954
• Timothy C. Goodrich, 1955
• Lorin E. Pappas, 1956
• William H. Perrishere, 1958
• Herbert A. Dunham, 1959
• Robert B. MacPherson, 1960
• Harold D. Chapin, 1961
• Earl J. Morrill, 1962
• Bernhard H. Kearnstrom, 1963
• Harold Ellis, 1964
• Garfield A. Woods, 1965; N
• Robert J. Illig, 1966, 1970
• Kenneth W. Roberts, 1967
• Norman L. Morton, 1968
• Bernhard Bystryinski, 1969
• Herbert A. Everett, Sr., 1971
• William H. Muldrew, Jr., 1972
• Henry C. Walker, 1973
• E. Raymond Turner, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979
• Robert A. Ferrier, 1977

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REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1921
• Petition for Charter: 1922
• Consolidation Petition (with Roswell Lee Lodge): 1979

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1971 (50th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1922 (Prince; Constitution of Lodge and installation; Special Communication)
• 1971 (Jaynes; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1976 (Maxwell)
• 1979 (Melanson; Consolidation; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1923 1924 1925 1926 1930 1935 1937 1938 1947 1960 1964 1973 1974 1975 1977

HISTORY

• 1971 (75th Anniversary History, 1971-131)

OTHER

• 1924 (Participation in Springfield temple cornerstone laying, 1924-335)
• 1936 (Reduction of fees approved, 1936-38)

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GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Harold R. Bond, DDGM, District 33 (Springfield), 1956, 1957; N
• Douglas Crook, DDGM, District 33 (Springfield), 1926; District 33 (Springfield), 1927; N
• Gurdon W. Gordon, DDGM, District 18 (Springfield), 1915, 1916; Deputy Grand Master 1938; N
• Raymond H. Peat, DDGM, District 33 (Springfield), 1946, 1947; SN
• James P. Smith, DDGM, District 33 (Springfield), 1924, 1925; Junior Grand Warden 1930
• Garfield A. Woods, DDGM, District 33 (Springfield), 1968, 1969; N

DISTRICTS

1921: District 33 (Springfield)

1927: District 33 (Springfield)

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LINKS

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