Shawmut

SHAWMUT LODGE

Location: Boston; Newtonville (1993)

Chartered By: Everett C. Benton

Charter Date: 09/26/1912 1912-129

Precedence Date: 12/11/1911

Current Status: unknown; merged into The Consolidated Lodge, 12/02/2008.

United Lodge merged into this Lodge, 12/22/1993.

PAST MASTERS

Edward N. West, 1911, 1912
Arthur A. Sondheim, 1913, 1914; N
Alexander M. Berger, 1915, 1916
Joseph Schmidt, 1917, 1918
Louis Papp, 1919, 1920
Benjamin A. Levy, 1921, 1922
Benjamin F. Levy, 1923, 1924
David Stern, 1925, 1926
Philip J. Aronson, 1927, 1928
Harry Smith, 1929, 1930
Isaac Gordon, 1931, 1932
Ira M. Daniels, 1933, 1934
Louis Joseph, 1935, 1936
Louis S. Blackstone, 1937, 1938
Solomon Stern, 1939, 1940; N
P. Kervin Goldman, 1941, 1942
Harry W. Felz, 1943, 1944
Louis Hamburger, 1945, 1946
Jacob A. Cushner, 1947, 1948
Myer M. Channen, 1949, 1950
Sumner S. Goldman, 1951
Saul B. Levitan, 1952
Alfred I. Novick, 1953, 1954
Stuart L. Stern, 1955, 1956
Sidney Aranoff, 1957
Leonard I. Cushner, 1958, 1959
Laurence S. Guiness, 1960, 1985-1987
Melvin B. Miller, 1961
Harvey Weiss, 1962
Howard J. Wolfe, 1963
Bernard Kalman, 1964
William L. Greene, 1965
David P. Mittell, 1966
Stephen Green, 1967
Donald Rosenberg, 1968
Lewis P. Aronson, 1969
Merrill I. Hassenfeld, 1970
Edwin Guiness, 1971
Harold L. Suvalle, 1972, 1974
Bertram R. Martinson, 1973, 1978
John E. Reiss, 1975, 1979, 1980
Alan J. Suvalle, 1976, 1977
Edward D. Trachtenberg, 1981-1983, 1988
Lawrence H. Cohen, 1984
Richard L. Rose, 1989, 1990
Herbert M. Shapiro, 1991-1994
Stewart L. Brandt, 1995
S. Lawrence DeHaan, 1996, 1997
Harold P. Greenberg, 1998, 2005, 2006
Neil D. Silverman, 1999, 2000
Howard I. Wilgoren, 2001, 2002
Robert H. Brown, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1911
Petition for Charter: 1912
Consolidation Petition (with United Lodge): 1993
Consolidation Petition (with The Consolidated Lodge): 2008

ANNIVERSARIES

1962 (50th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1912 (Benton; Constitution of Lodge and installation; Special Communication)
1914 (M. Johnson)
1916 (M. Johnson; Ladies' Night)
1917 (L. Abbott)
1918 (L. Abbott)
1920 (Prince; Ladies' Night)
1921 (Prince; 2 visits)
1925 (Ferrell; Family Night)
1933(Chipman)
1935(Allen)
1936 (Allen]; Ladies' Night at the Copley Plaza)
1941(Schaefer)
1944(A. Coolidge)
1945(Wragg)
1962 (Eaton; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1993 (Lovering; Consolidation; Special Communication)
2003 (Hicks)
2008 (Pageau; Consolidation; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1913 1919 1920 1923 1924 1925 1926 1929 1930 1932 1933 1940 1948 1957 1978 1979 1982 1985 1988 1994 1996 1997 2005

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Joseph T. Paul, 1920, 1921; Shawmut; Memorial
Arthur A. Sondheim, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1935, 1936; N
Solomon Stern, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1952, 1953, 1954; N
Edward N. West, DDGM, District 1 (Boston), 1910; Grand Marshal 1917-1919; Senior Grand Warden, 1920