Monitor

MONITOR LODGE

Location: Waltham

Chartered By: Samuel P.P. Fay

Charter Date: 12/13/1820 III-323

Precedence Date: 12/13/1820

Current Status: merged with Isaac Parker and Waltham Lodges to form Waltham Triad Lodge, 06/10/1988.

NOTES

The charter was surrendered some time during the anti-Masonic period; it was restored in 1846.

PAST MASTERS

Joshua Swan, 1820-1822
Robert Smith, 1822
Isaac Bemis, Jr., 1823
Abijah Whitney, 1824
Lowell Adams, 1825
Timothy Davis, 1826, 1827
Ephraim Allen, 1828-1832
DARK 1832-1846
Isaac Parker, 1846-1858
Marcus A. Moore, 1859; Mem
Henry Mulliken, 1860, 1861
Hiram M. Britton, 1862, 1863
Charles H. Houghton, 1864
Samuel O. Upham, 1865, 1866
Charles A. Welch, 1967-1869
Louis A. Felix, 1869
Albert T. Bacon, 1870, 1871
H. W. Hartwell, 1872, 1873
Luman N. Hall, 1874-1876
William Shakespeare, 1877, 1878
Nathan Warren, 1879, 1880
Rufus G. Brown, 1881, 1882
William H. Anderson, 1883, 1884
Charles W. Parmenter, 1885, 1886
James W. Follet, 1887, 1888
Frank K. Porter, 1889, 1890; SN
Alonzo S. Locke, 1891, 1892
Jason N. Greenwood, 1893, 1894
Clarence Tebbets, 1895, 1896
Arthur P. Smith, 1897, 1898
Fred P. Rutter, 1899, 1900
Melvin M. Johnson, 1901, 1902
Frank O. Locke, 1903, 1904
Robert B. Johnson, 1905, 1906
Charles N. Brodrick, 1907, 1908
Arthur H. Paul, 1909, 1910
Charles J. Shephard, 1911, 1912
Louis A. Phillips, 1913, 1914
Fred C. Tebbets, 1915, 1916
Fredrick W. Sawyer, 1917
Charles F. Bliss, 1918
John M. Gibbs, 1919
Howard S. Hatch, 1920
H. Alton Roark, 1921; N
Ernest W. Burckes, 1922
Albert W. Bullock, 1923
J. Allan Hurd, 1924
Lyman H. Matthews, 1925
Robert E. Larcome, 1926
John Thompson, 1927
Adelman E. Clarke, 1928
Edwin Y. Willey, 1929
Harry A. Starr, 1930; N
Paul W. Bartel, 1931
J. Sidney Stone, 1932
Austin S. Hale, 1933
Benjamin S. Battys, 1934
J. Leslie Campbell, 1935
Lawrence A. Brewer, 1936
Raymond L. Clapp, 1937
Harold B. Colpitts, 1938
Reginald L. Cahill, 1939
W. F. Harrington, Jr., 1940
Frank J. Mooney, Jr., 1941
Herbert S. Morang, 1942
S. Alger M. Lewis, 1943
Raymond S. Dolber, 1944
Leslie H. Lewis, 1945
Angie W. Johnson, 1946
Carl O. Christianson, 1947
Russell P. Wentworth, 1948
Maurice L. Upham, 1949
Andrew B. Robertson, 1950
Louis B. Kirsch, Jr., 1951
Victor C. Harnish, 1952
E. Fay Bishop, 1953
Clyde F. Joslyn, Jr., 1954, 1986
Paul D. Wentworth, 1955
Harold A. Downing, 1956
Harlan B. Tewksbury, 1957
Robert J. Larcome, 1958
Paul B. McKenney, 1959
Henry M. Ferrick, 1960
William J. Milesky, 1961
Bernard P. Alden, 1962
Robert W. Phillips, Jr., 1963
Brenton E. Tyler, Jr., 1964; N
Henry W. Lingley, 1965
Donald R. Leser, 1966
Louis J. Kirsch, III, 1967
Frank J. Mooney, III, 1968
Robert S. Douthart, Jr., 1969
Robert H. Bauer, 1970
Samuel Scheinfeld, 1971
J. Alden Wentworth, II, 1972
Garnett D. Bailey, 1973
George E. Mitchell, 1974
Donald K. Miller, 1975
Richard A. McKenzie, 1976
Ernest McKenzie, Jr., 1977
Wallace W. Spracklin, 1978
Edward S. Cobb, 1979
Frederick H. Robinson, 1980
Paul Travis, 1981
Walter M. Bailey, 1982
Richard S. Milesky, 1983
Loren L. Jenkins, 1984
Warren W. Rand, 1985
Robert L. Cook, 1987, 1988

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Charter: 1820
Petition for Restoration: 1846
Consolidation Petition (with Isaac Parker and Waltham Lodges): 1987

ANNIVERSARIES

1920 (Centenary; Special Communication; also listed in 1921 Grand Master's agenda)
1945 (125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1970 (150th Anniversary; Special Communication)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1822 (Dixwell; Constitution of Lodge and installation; Special Communication)
1865 (Parkman; Hall dedication)
1879 (Welch; 2 visits, including hall dedication)
1880 (Welch; installation)
1902 (Gallagher; life member presentations)
1903 (Sanford; 1000th meeting)
1908 (Blake)
1910 (Flanders; installation)
1914 (M. Johnson)
1916 (M. Johnson)
1920 (Prince; Centenary; Special Communication)
1922 (Prince; Dedication of Masonic apartments; Special Communication)
1923 (Ferrell)
1927 (Simpson; Veterans' Night)
1937 (Allen)
1945 (Wragg; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1946 (Wragg; reception for Junior Grand Warden Harry A. Starr)
1947 (Wragg; H. Alton Roark Night)
1953 (Roy; 50th Anniversary of M.W. M. Johnson as Master; Special Communication)
1970 (Jaynes; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1977 (Maxwell)
1978 (Melanson; reception for Senior Grand Warden Brenton E. Tyler, Jr.)
1988 (Ames; consolidation of lodges; Special Communication)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1858 1871 1880 1885 1887 1894 1895 1899 1901 1912 1918 1921 1935 1943 1944 1946 1953 1960 1972 1974 1987

HISTORY

1920 (Centenary History, 1920-586; not in the Proceedings; a separate volume)
1945 (125th Anniversary History, 1945-384)
1970 ("Monitor Lodge, Its Contribution to the Masonic Fraternity"; 1970-483)

OTHER

1896 (Attendance at cornerstone laying in Newton; 1896-257)
1914 (Presentation at the Feast of St. John, 1914-444)
1929 (Attendance at constitution of Waltham Lodge; 1929-59)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Melvin M. Johnson, DDGM, District 5 (Waltham), 1904, 1905; Grand Marshal 1906-1908; Senior Grand Warden 1909; Grand Master 1914-1916
Henry Mulliken, Junior Grand Warden 1867
Frank K. Porter, DDGM, District 5 (Newton), 1896; District 5 (Waltham), 1897; SN
H. Alton Roark, DDGM, District 5 (Waltham), 1926; District 5 (Waltham) , 1927; N
Harry A. Starr, DDGM, District 5 (Waltham) , 1936, 1937; Junior Grand Warden 1946; N
Brenton E. Tyler, Jr., DDGM, District 5 (Waltham) , 1974; Grand Marshal 1975-1977; Senior Grand Warden 1978; N
Charles A. Welch, 1872, 1873, 1874; Deputy Grand Master 1875-1877; Grand Master 1878-1880