WilliamWhiting

WILLIAM WHITING LODGE

Location: Holyoke

Chartered By: Dana J. Flanders

Charter Date: 12/08/1909 1909-200

Precedence Date: 01/07/1909

Current Status: Mount Nonotuck Lodge merged into this lodge, 09/16/1939. Charter suspended by the Grand Master, 09/09/1997.

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REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1909
• Petition for Charter: 1909
• Consolidation Petition (with Mount Nonotuck Lodge): 1939
• Suspension of Charter: 1997

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1959 (50th Anniversary)
• 1984 (75th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1910 (Flanders; Constitution of Lodge and installation)
• 1939 (Perry; Consolidation; Special Communication)
• 1959 (A. Jenkins; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1984 (Richardson; 75th Anniversary)
• 1989 (Ames)
• 1991 (Darling; Church service)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1912 1914 1920 1922 1933 1936 1938 1946 1952 1988 1989

HISTORY

• 1959 (50th Anniversary History, 1959-3)

OTHER

• 1920 (Participation in a cornerstone laying, 1920-281)
• 1924 (Participation in a cornerstone laying, 1924-336)
• 1936 (Reduction of fees approved, 1936-130)
• 1936 (Memorial for William F. Whiting, 1936-175)

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GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• E. Ray Ashley, DDGM, District 18 (Chicopee), 1942, 1943; N
• Isidor W. Davis, DDGM, District 17 (Holyoke), 1923, 1924; SN
• Alvin W. Ironside, DDGM, District 17 (Holyoke), 1977, 1978; N
• Daniel Love, DDGM, District 18 (Chicopee), 1939; N
• Edgar M. Osgood, DDGM, District 18 (Chicopee), 1931, 1932; N
• Robert W. Peterson, DDGM, District 18 (Chicopee), 1956, 1957; SN

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DISTRICTS

1909: District 16 (Springfield)

1911: District 17 (Holyoke)

1927: District 18 (Chicopee)

1961: District 17 (Holyoke)

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LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges