WilliamSewallGardner
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WILLIAM SEWALL GARDNER LODGE
Location: Lowell
Chartered By: Frank L. Simpson
Charter Date: 12/12/1928 1928-414
Precedence Date: 03/06/1928
Current Status: merged with Kilwinning Lodge to form William Sewall Gardner-Kilwinning Lodge, 04/13/2007.
PAST MASTERS
- Garfield Davis, 1928; N
- Lucius A. Derby, 1929, 1930
- Walter L. Muzzey, 1931, 1932
- Ralph P. Coates, 1933, 1934; N
- Bertrand A. McKittrick, 1935, 1936
- John G. Parker, 1937, 1938
- Frank F. Hobson, 1939, 1940
- Richard B. Walsh, 1941, 1942
- Henry R. Walker, 1943, 1944
- Arthur F. Woodies, 1945, 1946
- Raymond W. McKittrick, 1947, 1948
- Edward B. Russell, 1949, 1950
- Joseph E. Stavely, 1951, 1952
- Harold H. Sloan, 1953, 1954
- Lucian H. Burns, 1955, 1956
- Daniel C. Hanson, 1957
- Thomas W. Critchley, 1958
- Toure F. Larson, 1959, 1960
- Donald E. Smith, 1961
- Arthur L. Bennett, 1962
- Norman L. Staveley, 1963; N
- Ralph E. House, 1964
- Douglas J. Logan, 1965
- Allen C. Mello, 1966
- Forrest H. Bourbonnie, 1967
- John R. Kydd, Jr., 1968
- Robert W. Pearson, 1969
- Arthur C. Jones, 1970
- Ronald W. Wetmore, 1971; PDDGM
- James E. McNeill, 1972
- Charles Mitchum, Jr., 1973
- Robert L. Wetmore, 1974
- Chandler J. Robinson, 1975
- Bruce W. Sargent, 1976, 1995
- Robert W. LaPierre, 1977; N
- Paul D. Rideout, 1978
- Robert E. Sutton, 1979
- Charles M. Bade, 1980
- Carl M. Russo, 1981
- Richard S. Ferrell, 1982
- Robert F. Hammond, 1983
- Ralph H. House, 1984
- Robert W. Carlson, 1985
- Gary H. Ward, 1986
- George G. Brown, Jr., 1987
- Bruce G. Mitchell, 1988
- Edward B. Acheson, 1989, 1992
- Theodore S. Panek, 1990
- Herbert W. Mitchell, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994; PDDGM
- Alfred L. Morin, Jr., 1996, 1997
- Roger Whitehead, 1998
- James W. Baxter, 1999, 2000
- Francis J. Shumbata, 2001, 2002
- Dennis S. Sargent, 2003, 2004
- Bruce A. Karafelis, 2005, 2006, 2007
REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
- Petition for Dispensation: 1928
- Petition for Charter: 1928
- Consolidation Petition (with Kilwinning Lodge): 2007
ANNIVERSARIES
VISITS BY GRAND MASTER
- 1929 (H. Dean; Constitution of Lodge and installation)
- 1953 (Roy; 25th Anniversary)
- 1978 (Melanson; 50th Anniversary)
- 1990 (Darling; table lodge)
- 2003 (Hicks; 75th Anniversary)
- 2007 (Hodgdon; Consolidation with Kilwinning Lodge)
BY-LAW CHANGES
1933 1937 1945 1952 1960 1963 1970 1979 1982 1983 1984 1986 1988 1990 1998
HISTORY
- 1953 (25th Anniversary History, 1953-79)
- 1978 (50th Anniversary History, 1978-4)
- 2003 (75th Anniversary History, 2003-48)
OTHER
- 1938 (Petition for reduction of fees)
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- Ralph P. Coates, DDGM, District 12 (Lowell), 1951, 1952; N
- Garfield A. Davis, DDGM, District 12 (Lowell), 1935, 1936; N
- Robert W. LaPierre, DDGM, District 12 (Lowell), 1989, 1990; N
- Herbert W. Mitchell, DDGM, District 12 (Lowell), 1999, 2000
- Norman L. Staveley, DDGM, District 12 (Lowell), 1971, 1972; N
- Ronald W. Wetmore, DDGM, District 12 (Lowell), 1979, 1980