Elm
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ELM LODGE
Location: West Springfield
Chartered By: Dudley H. Ferrell
Charter Date: 03/11/1925 1925-93
Precedence Date: 04/18/1924
Current Status: in Grand Lodge Vault; merged with Belcher Lodge 09/14/1988 to form Elm-Belcher Lodge.
PAST MASTERS
- Harrison E. Dunbar, 1924
- Henry D. Colton, 1925
- Edson S. Dunbar, 1926
- Herbert W. Headle, 1927
- Thomas G. Farrell, 1928
- Axtell A. Lloyd, 1929
- H. Adolf Jacob, 1930
- Alfred E. Miller, 1931
- Allister A. Tulloch, 1932
- Alfred F. Taylor, 1933
- Addison R. Kidder, 1934
- Lester A. Giles, 1935
- Carl H. Otto, 1936
- Ralph L. Cheeseman, 1937
- James D. MacRobbie, 1938
- Clifford D. Warren, 1939
- Earl R. Taylor, 1940
- Hebert M. Reed, 1941
- William M. May, 1942
- Leslie P. Coe, 1943
- Willard R. Bryson, 1944
- William H. Deacon, 1945
- Henry A. Lathrop, 1946
- Robert G. Godfrey, 1947
- Samuel J. Howley, 1948
- Winslow L. Pellissey, 1949
- William J. Raschi, 1950
- James W. Hazard, 1951
- Jesse A. Perkins, 1952
- Harold W. Whitaker, 1953
- Donald G. Elmer, 1954
- Everett H. Warren, 1955
- Arthur T. Rydell, 1956
- Harry T. Wright, 1957
- Harold A. Gibbons, 1958
- Raymond Williamson, 1959
- Roderick H. Jensen, 1960
- Anthony F. Scalise, 1961
- Harold O. Stanton, 1962
- Sheldon M. Titcomb, 1963
- Charles H. Tate, 1964
- Seth H. Crowell, 1965
- Daniel Pisano, 1966
- Edward J. Hills, 1967
- William J. Bessette, 1968
- Arthur A. Schlosser, 1969
- John J. Fedier, 1970
- Armand E. Daviau, 1971
- Robert H. Merryman, 1972
- William L. Sieber Jr., 1973
- Michael G. Kafantaris, 1974
- Bernard A. Sears, 1975
- Raymond Williamson, 1976
- Jean-Louis Mercier, 1977
- Armand E. Daviau, 1978
- Stanley C. Svec, 1979
- Paul W. Noyes Jr., 1980
- Kenneth E. Lenz, 1981
- John R. Weake, 1982
- Guido Simone, 1983
- David A. Davies, 1984
- Kenneth B. Kimball, 1985
- Barry A. Niell, 1986
- Arthur E. Hastings, 1987
Continued with Elm-Belcher Lodge.
REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
ANNIVERSARIES
VISITS BY GRAND MASTER
BY-LAW CHANGES
HISTORY
OTHER
- 12/10: 1924-585; Elm, West Springfield (04/18; mentioned in Grand Master's Address)
- 1924: Springfield. Corner-stone laying for a Masonic Temple. (06/24; Special Communication)
- 06/24: 1924-335. Springfield. Corner-stone laying for a Masonic Temple.
1924-336: Grand Lodge opened in the existing Temple and moved in procession with some three thousand Brethren to the new site. In addition to local Commanderies, the following Lodges were represented: Hampden, Roswell Lee, Springfield, Esoteric, Samuel Osgood, Samuel D. Sherwood, Indian Orchard, Mount Moriah, Huntington, Federal, Charles C. Spellman, Mount Orthodox, Elm, Brigham, Newton, Belcher, Chicopee, Mount Tom, William Whiting, Mount Nonotuck, Thomas, Mount Holyoke.
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
YEARS
1924 1925 1928 1930 1937 1938 1940 1942 1949 1952 1954 1956 1961 1971 1972 1974 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1987 1988
DISTRICT
1924: District 18 (Springfield)
1927: District 33 (Springfield)
