Wyoming
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WYOMING LODGE
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
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; Memorial
- 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; Memorial
- 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
YEARS
1856 1857 1858 1866 1867 1881 1882 1888 1892 1894 1895 1898 1899 1900 1902 1903 1906 1907 1909 1910 1912 1913 1916 1919 1921 1922 1924 1935 1937 1943 1948 1949 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1968 1973 1975 1976 1977 1980 1981 1989 1996 1999 2001 2007 2008 2010
EVENTS
From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XXV, No. 4, 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.
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
- Claude L. Allen, DDGM, District 7 (Malden), 1919, 1920; Deputy Grand Master 1921; Grand Master 1935-1937; N
- Sanford Crandon, DDGM, District 7 (Malden), 1923, 1924; Memorial
- Harry E. Dearborn, DDGM, District 7 (Melrose), 1935, 1936; N
- Samuel O. Dearborn, DDGM, District 11, 1866; District 2 (Charlestown), 1867; SN
- Herbert N. Faulkner, DDGM, District 7 (Melrose), 1955, 1956; Deputy Grand Master 1957; N
- George E. Fenn, DDGM, District 7 (Lynn), 1902, 1903; Memorial
- David P. Henry, DDGM, District 3 (Boston), 2002; District 4, 2003
- Harold E. Mew, DDGM, District 7 (Melrose), 1977, 1978; SN
- Francis P. Mitrano, DDGM, District 7 (Melrose), 1991, 1992
- Paul H. Perkins, DDGM, District 4, 2004, 2005; Senior Grand Warden 2010
- Howard G. Todd, DDGM, District 7 (Melrose), 1943, 1944; N
- Harvey J. Waugh, Deputy Grand Master 2005
- C. Andrew Wing, DDGM, District 7 (Melrose), 1967, 1968; N
DISTRICTS
1867: District 2 (Charlestown)