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=== BY-LAW CHANGES ===
 
=== BY-LAW CHANGES ===

Revision as of 02:48, 16 June 2014

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CALEB BUTLER LODGE

Originally named Excelsior Lodge.

Location: South Groton; Ayer (1871)

Chartered By: Winslow Lewis

Charter Date: 03/14/1860 VI-300

Precedence Date: 03/28/1859

Current Status: Active

PAST MASTERS

need list of living PMs

  • Edmund D. Bancroft, 1859 (U.D.)
  • Oliver N. Wing (U.D.), 1860
  • Benjamin F. Taft, 1861, 1862
  • John N. Roberts, 1863
  • Charles C. Bennett, 1864
  • Henry A. Brown, 1865, 1866, 1868, 1869, 1873, 1880
  • Charles E. Morrison, 1867
  • George V. Barrtett, 1870, 1871
  • John Q. A. McCollister, 1872
  • Ezra C. Chapin, 1874
  • Benjamin H. Hartwell, 1875, 1876; SN
  • Arthur Fenner, 1877, 1878
  • John E. Parsons, 1879
  • Leonard A. Buck, 1881
  • Frederick Whitney, 1882, 1883
  • Jason Cole, 1894
  • Frederick Whitney, 1895, 1896
  • Elson H. Bigelow, 1887
  • Ellixia D. Martell, 1888
  • Robert Hume, 1889, 1891
  • Albert A. Fillebrown, 1890; Mem
  • Edward Lawton, 1892
  • Oliver K. Pierce, 1893
  • George H. Bixby, 1894, 1895
  • Ruben L. Fillebrown, 1896
  • Frank S. Pierce, 1897
  • Ruben C. Parker, 1898
  • William N. Cowles, 1899
  • Philip A. Carlton, 1900
  • Benjamin Taft, 1901
  • George A. Sanderson, 1902
  • Ira G. Dwinell, 1903
  • Alan A. Claflin, 1904
  • Walter F. Dickson, 1905
  • Charles F. Johnson, 1906
  • Edward A. Richardson, 1907
  • Elisha D. Stone, 1908
  • Clarence H. Kenney, 1909
  • Robert H. Irwin, 1910
  • George O. Fillebrown, 1911
  • Warren L. Preble, 1912
  • Warren H. Fairbanks, 1913
  • Bertrand H. Hopkins, 1914
  • Philip E. Andrews, 1915
  • Harrison E. Evans, 1916
  • Charles E. Perrin, 1917
  • Ellis B. Harlow, 1918
  • Kimball W. Martin, 1919
  • Herbert H. Proctor, 1920
  • Timothy Cleary, 1921
  • Herbert B. Priest, 1922; SN
  • Theophilus G. Smith, Jr., 1923
  • Frank A. Cash, 1924
  • Frank B. Crandall, 1925; N
  • Kendall V. Pierce, 1926
  • Walter A. MacNulty, 1927, 1928
  • Everette J. Fowler, 1929
  • Richard Drew, 1930
  • Philip R. Andrew, 1931
  • Lyman C. Sprague, 1932
  • Frank C. Harmon, 1933
  • Thomas A. Manktelow, 1934
  • Harvey Q. McCollester, 1935
  • Edwin F. O’Brien, 1936
  • Herman T. Allen, 1937
  • Edgar W. Harrod, 1938
  • Anthony Perina, 1939
  • John G. Strachan, 1940
  • Ralph B. Bowmar, 1941
  • Howard H. Ferguson, 1942
  • John G. Strachan, 1943
  • Philip R. Andrew, 1944
  • H. Arnold Wilder, 1945; SN
  • William G. Bogg, 1946
  • Frederick H. Brown, 1947
  • Morrill E. Stephenson, 1948
  • Leslie N. Athorn, 1949
  • Chester B. Wheeler, 1950
  • Willard K. Noddin, 1951
  • Carl A. Black, 1952
  • Hugh H. Thompson, 1953
  • Wellman Ernest Parker, 1954
  • Clarence F. Dobson, 1955
  • Henry Harris Dennis, 1956
  • Clifford W. McNulty, 1957
  • W. Howard Pike, 1958
  • George C. Saul, 1959
  • Clark Weston Paige, 1960
  • John Leslie Bemis, 1961; N
  • Chester V. Lloyd, 1962
  • William E. Wilkins, 1963; SN
  • Ernest Arthur Cregar, Jr., 1964
  • Eldon Morton Strickland, Jr., 1965, 1988
  • Robert A. Hippler, 1966
  • Alf B. Montgomery, 1967
  • Kenneth A. Young, 1968, 1969
  • R. Howard Wylie, Jr., 1970
  • Bertrand E. Cote, Sr., 1971
  • Walter F. Dickson, 1972
  • Milton Lane, 1973
  • Charles Stillman Fitch, 1974
  • Milton E. Starr, 1975
  • John Robert Oliverson, 1976
  • Ronald C. Strickland, 1977
  • John Marshea Hamilton, 1978
  • Robert D. Barclay, 1979
  • Robert Frank Hippler, 1980
  • Anthony Ralph Mario Caprio, 1981
  • David Joy Dakin, 1982, 1992
  • Raymond E. Waterman, 1983
  • Eugene Clayton Wixom, 1984
  • Frederick J. Butler, 1985
  • Timothy Gilbert Bemis, 1986, 1993
  • James Edward Farr, 1987
  • Ronald Clyde Strickland, 1989
  • Robert Vernon Stafford, 1990, 1994
  • Wilbur Horr, 1991
  • Stephen Andrew Reynolds, 1995
  • Kenneth Edward Lewis, 1996
  • Paul Alfred Poirier, 1997
  • Walter Ernest Gerstenlauer, 1998
  • Rafael Ponce Quinones, 1999
  • Charles Howard Jones, 2000, 2005
  • Kurt Daniel Staven, 2001
  • Richard Wayne Skoczylas, 2002
  • Thomas James Stapleton, 2003
  • Michael James Chambers, 2004
  • Dennis John Rinki, 2006
  • Geoffrey Kromer, 2007; PDDGM
  • David C. Winters, 2008
  • Ernest A. Bean, 2009; PDDGM
  • Harold H. Sargent, Jr., 2010
  • Walter F. Dickson, Jr., 2011
  • Joshua E. Garfinkle, 2012

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

  • Petition for Dispensation: 1859
  • Petition for Charter: 1860

ANNIVERSARIES

  • 1910 (50th Anniversary)
  • 1934 (75th Anniversary)
  • 1960 (Centenary)
  • 1985 (125th Anniversary)
  • 2009 (150th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

BY-LAW CHANGES

1873 1886 1906 1912 1914 1921 1924 1951 1952 1955 1961 1967 1978 1982 1984 1988 1993 1995 2003 2004 2007 2010

HISTORY

  • 1910 (50th Anniversary Historical Address, 1909-115)
  • 1934 (75th Anniversary History, 1934-98)
  • 1960 (Centenary History, 1960-125)
  • 1985 (125th Anniversary History, 1985-105)
  • 1999 (History at hall dedication, 1999-125)

OTHER

  • 1871 (Definition of jurisdiction; also dispensation to meet in Ayer)
  • 1918 (Address by Bro. and Maj. Reginald Barlow on Camp Devens)

EVENTS

DISPENSATION, APRIL 1859

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XVIII, No. 6, April 1859, Page 192:

A dispensation has been issued for a new Lodge at South Groton, in this State, under the name of Excelsior Lodge, and will, we understand, go into immediate operation under favorable auspices. We could have preferred a different name, — one more suggestive.

CONSTITUTION OF LODGE, MARCH 1860

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XIX, No. 6, April 1860, Page 185:

This new Lodge which has been working the past year under Dispensation at South Groton, by the name of Excelsior Lodge, was constituted and its officers were installed on the evening of the 26th ult. The ceremonies of Constitution and Consecration were performed by the Dep. Grand Master, Dr. J. V. C. Smith, and the installation by R. W. Bro. Wm. D. Coolidge, J. G. Warden, to the great acceptance of the Brethren present. The following are the officers for the current year:—

  • O. N. Wing, W. M.
  • B. F. Taft, S. W.
  • A. Dicke, J. W.
  • A. Fenner, Treas.
  • W. F. Goulding, Sec.
  • J. N. Roberts, S. D.
  • G. H. Champney, J. D.
  • Leander Ring, Marshal.
  • J. Q. A. McColIister, Chaplain.
  • Danl. Ring, S. S.
  • John Gleason, J. S.
  • H. P. Nichols, Tyler.

At the conclusion of the ceremonies the Brethren sat down to an elegant and excellent supper, provided at the new hotel in the village. There an hour was spent in a very agreeable manner.

The Lodge has a convenient hall and the prospect before it most encouraging. Its officers are competent and zealous, and the members interested in its success.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

DISTRICTS

1859: District 3

1867: District 7 (Lowell)

1883: District 11 (Lowell)

1911: District 12 (Lowell)

1927: District 13 (Fitchburg)

2003: District 14

LINKS

Lodge web site

Massachusetts Lodges

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