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SOCIAL HARMONY LODGE

Location: Middleboro; Wareham (1828)

Chartered By: John Dixwell

Charter Date: 03/12/1823 III-437

Precedence Date: 03/12/1823

Current Status: Active


NOTES

  • Note: Another lodge, Agawam, received a dispensation to meet, but this was returned when Social Harmony's charter was restored.

PAST MASTERS

  • Isaac Kimball, 1823, 1824
  • Isaac Steven, 1825-1827
  • Jabez Williams, 1828
  • Eliphalet W. Harvey, 1829-1834
  • DARK 1834-1855
  • Henry Boyd, 1856-1860
  • William H. Borden, 1861, 1862
  • James G. Sproat, 1863-1865
  • Nicholas James Sherman, 1866-1868
  • Edward A. Gammons, 1869, 1870
  • George F. Wing, 1871-1873
  • John M. Besse, 1874, 1875
  • Joseph Jessup, 1876-1879
  • John Huxtable, 1880, 1881, 1890, 1891, 1896, 1897; Memorial
  • Frank W. Kingman, 1882, 1883
  • Gifford H.G. McGrew, 1884, 1885; SN
  • George H. Griffen, 1886
  • George W. Warr, 1887
  • George H. Earl, 1888, 1889
  • Robert T. Delano, 1892-1894
  • Benjamin Waters, 1895
  • Lysander Gibbs, 1898
  • Joseph Jessup, 1899
  • Charles S. Hathaway, 1900, 1901
  • William T. Kirkby, 1902, 1903
  • Louis C. LeBaron, 1904, 1905
  • Fred H. Jessup, 1906, 1907
  • Ezra R. Bumpus, 1908, 1909
  • John C. Makepeace, 1910, 1911; N
  • William G. Woodruff, 1912, 1913
  • Charles A. Anderson, 1914, 1915
  • Benjamin P. Waters, 1916, 1917
  • H. Fred Proctor, 1918
  • Edward L. Bartholomew, 1919
  • Ruel S. Gibbs, 1920
  • Henry D. Freeman, 1921; SN
  • Coleman H. Gould, 1922
  • Frank M. Robbins, 1923
  • Alonzo T. Stringer, 1924
  • Homer L. Gibbs, 1925
  • LeRoy L. Eldredge, 1926; SN
  • Charles L. Francis, 1927
  • William E. C. Perry, 1928
  • Ralph T. Stringer, 1929
  • Milton R. Thompson, 1930
  • George L. Brigham, 1931
  • Joseph F. Hanley, 1932
  • Francis P. Reed, 1933
  • Sayward H. Gilbert, 1934
  • Elmer W. Maxim, 1935
  • Charles S. Gurney, Jr., 1936
  • Edwin L. Morse, 1937; N
  • Otto E. Kumpunen, 1938
  • Lester W. Fisher, 1939
  • Harold L. Eldridge, 1940, 1941
  • Thomas E. Ferris, 1942
  • C. Hammett Cowell, 1943, 1944
  • Benjamin O. Perry, 1945
  • James N. Allaire, 1946
  • Otto A.S. MacKinnon, 1947; N
  • Ellsworth R. Doll, 1948
  • Walter I. Lyle, 1949
  • Eugene K. Baker, 1950
  • Clifford R. Wallace, 1951
  • Robert B. Macomber, 1952
  • Leslie P. Cross, 1953
  • Robert L. Sanford, 1954
  • James S. Salfas, 1955
  • Fred W. Braun, 1956
  • Kenneth J. Bruce, 1957; SN
  • Elmer P. Tribou, 1958
  • Charles W. Huff, 1959
  • Leon Davidson, 1960; N
  • Newton I. B. Crocker, 1961
  • Channing W. Howard, 1962
  • Ronald J. Wood, 1963
  • Dana C. Keyes, Sr., 1964
  • Winston H. Cushman, 1965
  • Edwin A. Trench, 1966
  • Robert W. Weller, 1967
  • Phillip M. Strawn, 1968
  • Arthur H. Hillier, 1969
  • Richard DeBoer, Jr., 1970
  • Cedric O. Mader, 1971
  • John P. Reese, 1972, 1973
  • George J. Shaw, 1974
  • Gardner S. McWilliams, 1975; PDDGM
  • Leon J. Johnston, Jr., 1976, 1979
  • Raymond L. Pattee, 1977, 1978
  • Cedric O. Mader, 1980
  • Peter G. Richter, 1981; PDDGM
  • Curtis M. Connor, 1982, 1993
  • Richard J. Resendes, 1983
  • Stephen E. Reams, 1984
  • Robert B. Mitchell, 1985
  • Phillip B. Marcosa, 1986
  • Gerald W. Fihlman, 1987
  • William E. Fihlman, 1988
  • Donald O. Hartson, 1989, 2011; PDDGM
  • Harold J. Gerard, Jr., 1990; PDDGM
  • David L. Maxim, Sr., 1991; PDDGM
  • William W. Elliot, 1992
  • Richard F. Murphy, 1994
  • Wally C. Therrien, 1995, 1996
  • Richard B. Pierce, 1997, 2000
  • Keith L. Amorin, 1998
  • Christian W. Butler, 1999
  • Mark R. Lindsay, 2001, 2002, 2005
  • John T. Lobo, 2003, 2004
  • William C. Munson, 2006
  • Michael A. Resendes, 2007, 2008
  • Mark E. Hartshorn, 2009, 2010
  • Samuel S. Hartson, 2012

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

  • Petition for Charter: 1823
  • Petition for Restoration of Charter: 1858

ANNIVERSARIES

  • 1923 (Centenary)
  • 1948 (125th Anniversary)
  • 1998 (175th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

BY-LAW CHANGES

1858 1870 1873 1875 1908 1916 1921 1922 1925 1931 1949 1955 1965 1976 1981 1997 2000 2001 2004 2007

HISTORY

  • 1948 (75th Anniversary History, 1948-33)
  • 1964 (Notes on early history, in centenary history of May Flower Lodge, 1964-92)
  • 1973 (150th Anniversary History, 1973-33)

OTHER

  • 1823 (Constitution of lodge, III-477)
  • 1828 (Petition to remove to Wareham, IV-138)
  • 1896 (Jurisdictional dispute, 1896-111)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS


DISTRICTS

1823: District 3

1856: District 5

1867: District 14 (New Bedford)

1870: District 15 (Barnstable)

1871: District 14 (New Bedford)

1883: District 27 (Nantucket)

1911: District 31 (Nantucket)

1927: District 31 (Nantucket)

2003: District 16

2011: District 19


LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges