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''[http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Baalbec Baalbec] Lodge merged here, 09/07/2001.''
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=== PAST MASTERS ===
 
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=== YEARS ===
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1856 1856]'''
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1857 1857]'''
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== REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS ==
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* Petition for Dispensation: '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1856 1856]'''
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* Petition for Charter: '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1857 1857]'''
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* Consolidation Petition (with [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Baalbec Baalbec] Lodge): '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear2001 2001]'''
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=== ANNIVERSARIES ===
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1906 1906]''' (50th Anniversary)
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1956 1956]''' (Centenary)
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear2007 2007]''' (150th Anniversary)
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=== VISITS BY GRAND MASTER ===
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1866 1866]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMDame Dame]; Cornerstone laying of new hall; see below)
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1867 1867]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMDame Dame]; Hall dedication; see below)
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1892 1892]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMWells Wells])
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1894 1894]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMWeld Weld]; Feast of St. John the Baptist)
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1895 1895]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMHolmes Holmes])
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1898 1898]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMHutchinson Hutchinson])
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1899 1899]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMHutchinson Hutchinson])
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1900 1900]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMGallagher Gallagher])
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1902 1902]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMGallagher Gallagher]; old members' night)
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1903 1903]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMSanford Sanford])
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1906 1906]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMBlake Blake]; 50th Anniversary)
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1909 1909]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMFlanders Flanders])
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1910 1910]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMFlanders Flanders])
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1912 1912]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMBenton Benton])
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1916 1916]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMMJohnson M. Johnson], Ladies' Night)
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1919 1919]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMLAbbott L. Abbott])
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1921 1921]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMPrince Prince]; reception for Deputy Grand Master [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMAllen Claude L. Allen])
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1922 1922]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMPrince Prince])
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1924 1924]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMFerrell Ferrell])
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1935 1935]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMAllen Allen]; 2 visits)
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1937 1937]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMAllen Allen])
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1954 1954]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMWJohnson W. Johnson]; presentation of Veterans' Medal to M. W. [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMAllen Claude L. Allen])
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1956 1956]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMWJohnson W. Johnson]; Centenary; Special Communication)
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1957 1957]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMAJenkins A. Jenkins]; reception for Deputy Grand Master [http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MAGLHFaulkner Herbert Faulkner])
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1975 1975]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMMaxwell Maxwell])
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1976 1976]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMMaxwell Maxwell])
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1977 1977]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMMaxwell Maxwell])
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1980 1980]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMMelanson Melanson])
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1989 1989]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMAmes Ames])
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1999 1999]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMBauer Bauer])
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear2001 2001]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMBauer Bauer]; Consolidation; Special Communication)
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear2007 2007]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMHodgdon Hodgdon]; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear2008 2008]''' ([http://masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMPageau Pageau])
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=== BY-LAW CHANGES ===
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1858 1858]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1858 1858]'''
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1866 1866]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1867 1867]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1881 1881]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1882 1882]'''
 
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1888 1888]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1888 1888]'''
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1892 1892]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1894 1894]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1895 1895]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1898 1898]'''
 
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1899 1899]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1899 1899]'''
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1900 1900]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1902 1902]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1903 1903]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1906 1906]'''
 
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1907 1907]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1907 1907]'''
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1909 1909]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1910 1910]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1912 1912]'''
 
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1913 1913]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1913 1913]'''
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1916 1916]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1919 1919]'''
 
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1921 1921]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1921 1921]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1922 1922]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1922 1922]'''
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1924 1924]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1935 1935]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1937 1937]'''
 
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1943 1943]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1943 1943]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1948 1948]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1948 1948]'''
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'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1952 1952]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1952 1952]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1953 1953]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1953 1953]'''
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1954 1954]'''
 
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1955 1955]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1955 1955]'''
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1956 1956]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1957 1957]'''
 
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1958 1958]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1958 1958]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1968 1968]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1968 1968]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1973 1973]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1973 1973]'''
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1975 1975]'''
 
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1976 1976]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1976 1976]'''
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1977 1977]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1980 1980]'''
 
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1981 1981]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1981 1981]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1989 1989]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1989 1989]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1996 1996]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1996 1996]'''
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1999 1999]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear2001 2001]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear2007 2007]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear2008 2008]'''
 
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear2010 2010]'''
 
'''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear2010 2010]'''
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=== HISTORY ===
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1956 1956]''' (Centenary History, 1956-309)
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear2007 2007]''' (150th Anniversary History, 2007-68)
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=== OTHER ===
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1858 1858]''' (Petition to alter meeting night, approved; VI-168)
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1866 1866]''' (Petition to alter meeting location due to fire, approved; VII-138)
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1881 1881]''' (Petition on jurisdiction, 1881-221)
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1882 1882]''' (Petition on jurisdiction, 1881-25)
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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1912 1912]''' (Dedication of soldiers' and sailors' monument, 1912-76)
  
 
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'''LAYING OF THE CORNER-STONE OF THE MASONIC HALL IN MELROSE.'''
 
'''LAYING OF THE CORNER-STONE OF THE MASONIC HALL IN MELROSE.'''
  
The ceremony of laying the corner-stone of the new Masonic Hall, near Wyoming Station in Melrose, took place on the afternoon of June 25; and, notwithstanding the extreme heat, there was a very good attendance, large numbers of ladies and gentlemen going from Boston and neighboring places to witness the peculiar services incident to such occasions. About three o'clock a procession was formed on Main Street, near Lycenm Hall, in the following order: Detachment of Police; Joseph H. Wait, Chief Marshal; Gilmore's full band; Hugh de Payens Encampment of Knights Templars of Melrose, L. L. Fuller, M. E. G. C.; Wyoming Lodge, Melrose, Daniel Norton, Jr., W. M.; [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountVernon2 Mt. Vernon] Lodge, Malden, J. W. Chapman, W. M.; M. W. Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMDame Charles C. Dame], M. W. Grand Master; Detachment of De Molay Encampment of Knights Templars, Boston, William F. Davis, M. E. Grand Commander.
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The ceremony of laying the corner-stone of the new Masonic Hall, near Wyoming Station in Melrose, took place on the afternoon of June 25; and, notwithstanding the extreme heat, there was a very good attendance, large numbers of ladies and gentlemen going from Boston and neighboring places to witness the peculiar services incident to such occasions. About three o'clock a procession was formed on Main Street, near Lyceum Hall, in the following order: Detachment of Police; Joseph H. Wait, Chief Marshal; Gilmore's full band; Hugh de Payens Encampment of Knights Templars of Melrose, L. L. Fuller, M. E. G. C.; Wyoming Lodge, Melrose, Daniel Norton, Jr., W. M.; [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MountVernon2 Mt. Vernon] Lodge, Malden, J. W. Chapman, W. M.; M. W. Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=GMDame Charles C. Dame], M. W. Grand Master; Detachment of De Molay Encampment of Knights Templars, Boston, William F. Davis, M. E. Grand Commander.
  
 
The procession passed through the principal streets to the site of the new hall. Many of the houses were decorated with national colors in honor of the occasion.
 
The procession passed through the principal streets to the site of the new hall. Many of the houses were decorated with national colors in honor of the occasion.

Revision as of 13:58, 10 December 2012

WYOMING LODGE

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Location: Melrose; Malden (1866); Melrose (1867)

Chartered By: John T. Heard

Charter Date: 09/10/1857 VI-122

Precedence Date: 08/28/1856

Current Status: Active


NOTES

Baalbec Lodge merged here, 09/07/2001.


PAST MASTERS

  • Joseph D. Dennis, 1856, 1857
  • Freeman Baker, 1858-1860
  • Samuel O. Dearborn, 1861; SN
  • Levi S. Gould, 1862, 1863, 1881, 1882
  • Daniel Norton, Jr., 1864-1866
  • Albert B. Perkins, 1867, 1868
  • Walter Littlefield, 1869, 1870
  • Charles H. Isburgh, 1871, 1872
  • William A. Remick, 1875-1877
  • Charles H. Edmonds, 1878
  • Granville M. Thomas, 1879, 1880
  • Herbert H. Westgate, 1883, 1884
  • Sidney H. Buttrick, 1885, 1886
  • J. Richmond Barss, 1887, 1888
  • Walter I. Nickerson, 1889, 1890
  • William A. Waterhouse, 1891, 1892
  • Elisha B. Sears, 1893
  • Oscar F. Frost., 1894, 1895
  • Frank E. Orcutt, 1896, 1897
  • George E. Fenn, 1898, 1899; Mem
  • Harry Hunt, 1900, 1901
  • Charles L. Sprague, 1902, 1903
  • Herbert J. Perry, 1904, 1905
  • Charles N. Shute, 1906, 1907
  • William Wooldridge, 1908, 1909
  • Frederick T. Grant, 1910, 1911
  • Wilfra L. Swindlehurst, 1912, 1913
  • Horace E. Child, 1914, 1915
  • Claude L. Allen, 1916; N
  • Sanford Crandon, 1917, 1918; Mem
  • George E. Damon, 1919, 1920
  • Clarence T. Ferna, 1921, 1922
  • Harry F. Sears., 1923, 1924
  • Herbert T. Gerrish., 1926
  • R. Walter Terhune, 1927
  • Arthur W. Clark, 1928
  • Leonard F. Whidden, 1929
  • James Davis, 1930
  • George A. Barrows, 1931
  • Walter W. Hathaway, 1932
  • Thomas L. Thistle, 1933
  • Howard G. Todd, 1934; N
  • Kenneth L. Barrett, 1935
  • Charles F. Brackett, 1936
  • Thomas R. Vannah, 1937
  • Roscoe C. Wallace, 1938
  • E. Sumner Bailey, 1939
  • Donald E. Fletcher, 1940
  • Charles A. Hunter, 1941
  • Herbert N. Faulkner, 1942; N
  • Ernest W. Hinchcliffe, 1943
  • Ralph S. Perkins, 1944
  • Benning L. Wentworth, 1945
  • Matthew M. Cox, III, 1946
  • Galen W. Hoyt, 1947
  • C. Andrew Wing, 1948; N
  • Albert F. Ford, 1949
  • Harold E. Mew, 1950; SN
  • Norman P. Robinson, 1951
  • Archer C. Bowen, 1952
  • Donald A. Welch, 1953
  • Walter S. Palmer, 1954
  • Foster Perry, 1955
  • Theodore K. Cathcart, 1956
  • William S. Pitzer, 1957
  • Robert F. Hunter, 1958
  • George L. Kinsey, 1959
  • Cortland B. Bacall, 1960
  • Robert E. Steer, 1961
  • Richard A. McLellan, 1962
  • Loring W. Mann, 1963
  • Norman A. Graf, 1964
  • Philip H. Adams, 1965
  • John W. Dahl, 1966
  • Robert F. Garner, 1967
  • W. Curtis Rogers, 1968
  • Frederick Spollett, 1969
  • Manning L. Balcom, 1970
  • Donald B. Maclachlan, 1971
  • Roger W. Waugh, 1972
  • Theodore K. Cathcart, Jr., 1973
  • William H. Burns, 1974
  • Winthrop L. Hall, 1975; RW; PDDGM?
  • Michael C. Nickerson, 1976
  • Harvey J. Waugh, 1977
  • David P. Henry, 1978; PDDGM
  • Martin Finigian, 1979
  • Charles A. Wing, III', 1980
  • Alan P. Bemiss, 1981
  • David W. Hamilton, 1982
  • Robert S. Sedlacek, 1983
  • Frank A. Adragna, 1984
  • Douglas J. Tibbetts, 1985
  • Craig H. Hess, 1986
  • Francis P. Mitrano, 1987; PDDGM
  • William J. Dia, 1988
  • David J. Killam, 1989
  • Donald A. Batson, 1990
  • Peter M. Perkins., 1991
  • Paul H. Perkins, 1992; PDDGM
  • George J.. Saideh, Jr., 1993-94
  • Carl H. Gylfphe, Jr., 1994
  • Charles W. Smith, Jr., 1995
  • Jerome J. Kaufman, II, 1996
  • Michael J. McLane, 1997
  • John R. Dunnell, Jr., 1998
  • Alan C. Brown, 1999
  • James N. Orgettas, Jr., 2000
  • Victor Garofalo, 2001
  • Jean Oberde Falaise, 2002
  • James K. Brayden, 2003-2005
  • Pericles Calias, 2006
  • Dana L. Litman, 2007
  • Richard Pitts, 2008-2011

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

  • Petition for Dispensation: 1856
  • Petition for Charter: 1857
  • Consolidation Petition (with Baalbec Lodge): 2001

ANNIVERSARIES

  • 1906 (50th Anniversary)
  • 1956 (Centenary)
  • 2007 (150th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

BY-LAW CHANGES

1858 1888 1899 1907 1913 1921 1922 1943 1948 1949 1951 1952 1953 1955 1958 1968 1973 1976 1981 1989 1996 2010

HISTORY

  • 1956 (Centenary History, 1956-309)
  • 2007 (150th Anniversary History, 2007-68)

OTHER

  • 1858 (Petition to alter meeting night, approved; VI-168)
  • 1866 (Petition to alter meeting location due to fire, approved; VII-138)
  • 1881 (Petition on jurisdiction, 1881-221)
  • 1882 (Petition on jurisdiction, 1881-25)
  • 1912 (Dedication of soldiers' and sailors' monument, 1912-76)

EVENTS

MASONIC HALL FIRE, JANUARY 1866

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXV, No. 4, February 1866, p. 128:

The new and elegant Masonic Hall at Melrose was destroyed by fire on the evening of the 4th of January last. It was one of the finest halls In this State, and had been fitted up at a heavy expense. It was occupied by Wyoming Lodge, Waverly B. A. Chapter, and Hugh de Payens Encampment of Knights Templars. The fire broke out in the lower part of the building, which was occupied for stores, and is supposed to have been the work of an incendiary.

The different Masonic bodies named lost a portion of their regalia and a fine new organ, which had been placed in the hall but a few days before. The entire loss, above Insurance, will not probably exceed four thousand dollars. We understand that the Brethren at Melrose are taking the necessary measures to secure the erection of a building of their own to be appropriated exclusively to Masonic purposes.

CORNERSTONE LAYING, JUNE 1866

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXV, No. 9, July 1866, p. 281:

LAYING OF THE CORNER-STONE OF THE MASONIC HALL IN MELROSE.

The ceremony of laying the corner-stone of the new Masonic Hall, near Wyoming Station in Melrose, took place on the afternoon of June 25; and, notwithstanding the extreme heat, there was a very good attendance, large numbers of ladies and gentlemen going from Boston and neighboring places to witness the peculiar services incident to such occasions. About three o'clock a procession was formed on Main Street, near Lyceum Hall, in the following order: Detachment of Police; Joseph H. Wait, Chief Marshal; Gilmore's full band; Hugh de Payens Encampment of Knights Templars of Melrose, L. L. Fuller, M. E. G. C.; Wyoming Lodge, Melrose, Daniel Norton, Jr., W. M.; Mt. Vernon Lodge, Malden, J. W. Chapman, W. M.; M. W. Grand Lodge of Massachusetts, Charles C. Dame, M. W. Grand Master; Detachment of De Molay Encampment of Knights Templars, Boston, William F. Davis, M. E. Grand Commander.

The procession passed through the principal streets to the site of the new hall. Many of the houses were decorated with national colors in honor of the occasion.

The exercises of consecration commenced with the singing of a hymn by a quartette formed for {he occasion; after which the opening exercises by the officers of the Grand Lodge took place according to the customary formula. Prayer was offered by Rev. J. W. Dadmun, the Grand Chaplain, which was followed with the singing of an original hymn, written by Sir Knight J. L. Sullivan.

The inscription on the plate to be deposited under the corner-stone was then read by R. W. Br. John McClellan, Grand Treasurer. A manuscript history of the Masonic Order in Melrose, prepared by Br. L. S. Gould of Melrose, was read by him, and a copy of it deposited in the box. The corner-stone was then put in its proper place with the usual ceremonies, and the services were concluded with the doxology and a benediction. The banquet was an elegant affair. For taste and beauty in its arrangement, in the decorations of the tables, and in the bountiful supply of the luxuries and delicacies with which they were spread, we have never seen it surpassed. It was held under a large tent or marquee, pitched in a vacant grass plat, and comfortably accommodated about eight hundred ladies and gentlemen. The flowers were in great profusion and variety, and were principally from the inexhaustible conservatories of Br. Charles Copeland of Melrose. Four hundred boxes of the finest strawberries the market affords, more than three hundred quarts of ice-cream, and cake without measure, found a ready demand, in addition to the salads and other ordinary accompaniments. The whole of this part of the festivities was under the excellent management of Messrs. Copeland and L. L. Tarbell, and it could not have been improved.

Br. N. E. Bryant of Hugh de Payens Encampment presided at the tables, and welcomed the guests in brief and appropriate terms; and at the proper time short speeches were made by Brothers Bryant, Dame, Norton, Parkman, Dadmun, and one or two others.

The work upon the temple was commenced on the 9th of May, and the progress has been most satisfactory. It will be one hundred and six feet in length, fifty-nine feet in width at the centre, and fifty-one feet at the ends, being somewhat larger than the old hall. It will be forty-eight feet in height to the plates, and will be covered with an Italian roof. The hall, located in the second story, is to be twenty-one feet in height. The lower story is to be finished for stores, and fifty-three feet of the basement, at the south end of the building, will be used for the same purpose. The walls are to be built of concrete masonry, resting on granite under-pinning, and the outside will be covered with mastic. Messrs. Ephraim Moulton and Thomas Hawkins of Melrose are the contractors for the mason work, and Messrs. Tibbetts and Hollenback of Boston are employed on the carpenter's work. The architect is Mr. John Stevens. The building will cost about $30,000, and it is expected that it will be completed in November next. It will be used by the Wyoming Lodge, Waverley Royal Arch Chapter, and the Hugh de Payens Encampment of Knights Templars of Melrose.


GRAND LODGE OFFICERS


DISTRICTS

1856: District 3

1857: District 11

1867: District 2 (Charlestown)

1872: District 17 (Woburn)

1883: District 7 (Lynn)

1911: District 7 (Malden)

1927: District 7 (Melrose)

2003: District 4


LINKS

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