Shawmut
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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
EVENTS
CONSTITUTION OF LODGE, SEPTEMBER 1912
From New England Craftsman, Vol. VIII, No. 1, October 1912, Page 30:
Shawmut Lodge, Boston, which has been working under a dispensation issued during the administration of Grand Master Dana J. Flanders, was duly constituted Thursday, September 26th, by Most Wor. Everett C. Benton, Grand Master, assisted by officers of the Grand Lodge. The ceremony was preceded by a banquet in the Temple which was attended by many representatives of other lodges. Grand Master Barrett of Kentucky, a guest of Grand Master Benton, was among those present. The organization of the new lodge is as follows:
Edward N. West, WM; Arthur S. Sondheim, SW; Alexander M. Berger, JW; Paul G. Coblenzer (PM), T; Albert H. Lamson (PM), S; Right Worshipful Samuel Hauser (PGW), C; Edmund S. Young (PM), AS; John R. Griffin (PM), M; Joseph Schmidt, SD; Louis Papp, JD; Fred Nurenberg, SS; David Stern, JS; Emerich Thern, I ; Charles S. Johnson, Organist; Edward F, Jacobs, Tyler.
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
OTHER BROTHERS
- Thornton D. Apollonio, Memorial
