Narragansett

NARRAGANSETT LODGE

Location: Fall River

Chartered By: Percival L. Everett

Charter Date: 12/13/1876 1876-136

Precedence Date: 12/30/1875

Current Status: in Grand Lodge Vault; merged with Massasoit Lodge to form Massasoit-Narragansett Lodge, 07/01/1976.

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• Daniel Stevens,  1875-1877 
• William R. Robertson, 1878 
• Charles F. Tripp, 1879, 1880, 1883 
• Robert McFarlane, 1881 
• William Brow, 1882 
• Alexander J. Wilcox, 1884 
• George W. Angell, 1885, 1886 
• Mark Phillips, 1887 
• John Sharpe, 1888 
• Abijah H. Luscomb, 1889, 1890 
• Henry C. Hampton, 1891, 1892 
• Frank A. Pease, 1893 
• Dwight E. Cone, 1894; Mem
• Arthur C. Wyatt, 1895, 1896 
• Charles E. Baker, 1897 
• Benjamin A. Skiff, 1898 
• John R. Mason, 1899 
• Willis F. Palmer, 1900 
• James L. Buckley, 1901 
• Henry Ashworth, 1902, 1903; Mem
• Frederic E. Durfee, 1904 
• Clarence E. Hambly, 1905 
• A. M. Fraser, 1906 
• Myron A. Eldridge, 1907 
• James Connell, 1908 
• William Shepherd, 1909 
• Charles F. Agnew, 1910 
• Nathan T. Jones, 1911 
• William Smyth, 1912 
• George W. Post, 1913 
• William E. Ashton, 1914 
• Charles E. Clarke, 1915 
• George H. Hicks, 1916; N
• William S. Ashton, 1917 
• George Slinn, 1918 
• George W. Hopkinson, 1919 
• Robert A. Thompson, 1920 
• Ralph A. Sherman, 1921 
• Arthur E. Hatch, 1922 
• Robert W. Phillips, 1923 
• Edgar B. Whitehead,  1924 
• Clarence Hopkinson, 1925 
• Eugene L. Baxter,  1926
• Charles P. Wallwork, 1927 
• Raymond F. Borden,  1928 
• Millen P. Crook, 1929 
• Ewart S. Hopkinson,  1930 
• Adrial W. Hathaway,  1931; N
• John F. Woodis, 1932 
• Thomas Yates, 1933 
• Ernest W. Borden, 1934 
• Albert Haworth, 1935 
• Warren P. Hathaway, 1936 
• Bertram P. Hathaway, 1937
• Douglas McDuff, 1938 
• Henry R. Rasmusson, 1939 
• Robert Ormerod, 1941 
• Alexander Swindells,  1942 
• Wilfred Holt, 1943 
• Elmer Duckworth, 1944, 1945 
• George H. Martin,  1940 
• Louis W. Fiore, 1946 
• Thomas R. Teasdale,  1947 
• David Appel, 1948, 1968 
• Horatio A. Gray, 1949 
• George H. Burt, 1950 
• George H. Rutter,  1951 
• James T. Watson, Jr., 1952, 1976; SN
• Selig Levine,  1953 
• Richard A. Holmes, 1954 
• William A. Connell, 1955 
• Samuel E. Mills, 1956 
• William B. McIlwaine, Jr., 1957 
• Hiram B. Eldon, 1958 
• William B. McIlwaine, Sr., 1959 
• John M. Anderson, 1960 
• George H. Martin, Jr., 1961 
• Walter J. Smith, 1962 
• Harry Rosenstein, 1963, 1970 
• Henry B. Newman, Jr., 1964 
• Thomas N. Nabb, Jr., 1965, 1967 
• Llewellyn O. Boscombe, 1966 
• Manuel J. Medeiros,  1967 
• Walter E. Burbank, 1969  
• Oscar L. Baron, 1971, 1972; N
• Leonard Moniz, 1973 
• James P. Dowd, 1974, 1975 

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REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

• Petition for Dispensation: 1876 (dated 12/30/1875)
• Petition for Charter: 1876
• Consolidation Petition (with Massasoit Lodge): 1976

ANNIVERSARIES

• 1926 (50th Anniversary)
• 1950 (75th Anniversary)
• 1975 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

• 1877 (Everett; Constitution of Lodge and installation)
• 1881 (Lawrence)
• 1905 (Sanford)
• 1926 (Simpson; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1950 (Keith; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
• 1959 (A. Jenkins)
• 1960 (Eaton; "George H. Hicks Night")
• 1975 (Maxwell; Centenary; Special Communication)
• 1976 (Maxwell; Consolidation; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1882 1902 1912 1917 1923 1928 1934 1936 1958 1960 1961 1967 1974 1975

HISTORY

• 1926 (50th Anniversary History, 1926-3)
• 1950 (75th Anniversary History, 1950-302)
• 1975 (Centenary History, 1975-199)

OTHER

• 1885 (Participation in Fall River Masonic Hall dedication, 1885-29)
• 1922 (Participation in Fall River Masonic Hall cornerstone laying, 1922-112)
• 1932 (Petition for reduction of fees granted, 1932-42)

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GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

• Henry Ashworth, DDGM, District 30 (Fall River), 1919, 1920; Massasoit; Memorial
• Oscar L. Baron, DDGM, District 30 (Fall River), 1999, 2000; N
• Dwight E. Cone, DDGM, District 26 (Fall River), 1905, 1906; Memorial
• Walter L. Gosciminski, DDGM, District 30 (Fall River), 1979, 1980
• Adrial W. Hathaway, DDGM, District 30 (Fall River), 1933, 1934; N
• George H. Hicks, DDGM, District 30 (New Bedford), 1951, 1952; N
• Charles E. Katsanos, DDGM, District 30 (Fall River), 1985, 1986
• James T. Watson, Jr., DDGM, District 30 (New Bedford), 1961, 1962; Junior Grand Warden 1980; SN

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DISTRICTS

1875: District 14 (New Bedford)

1883: District 26 (Fall River)

1911: District 30 (Fall River)

1927: District 30 (Fall River)

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LINKS

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