GeorgeHTaber

GEORGE H. TABER LODGE

Originally named Concordia Lodge; name changed 06/12/1901.

Location: Fairhaven

Chartered By: Sereno D. Nickerson

Charter Date: 12/10/1873 1873-147

Precedence Date: 12/12/1872

Current Status: Active

PAST MASTERS

Job A. T. Eddy, 1873, 1874
Elbridge G. Paull, 1875
Levi M. Snow, 1876
James A. Lewis, 1877-1879
Edwin Stowell, 1880, 1881
R. Hathaway, 1882, 1883
E. F. Williams, 1884, 1885
George D. Hammond, 1886-1888; need Necrology
W. Taylor, 1889-1891
James L. Gillingham, 1892, 1893; SN
Alex C. James, 1894, 1895
A. DeW. Bryant, 1896, 1897
R. A. Packard, 1898, 1899
George B. Luther, 1900, 1901; N
E. Whiting, Jr., 1902, 1903
S. S. Bumpus, 1904, 1905
Harry Dodge, 1906, 1907
Benjamin S. Holland, 1908
T. A. Kelley, 1909, 1910
Peter Murray, 1911
L. W. Murray, 1912, 1913
Lyman C. Bauldry, 1914; Mem
Isaac N. Babbitt, 1915
George F. Braley, 1916
Charles E. P. Thompson, 1917
George A. Hayward, 1918
Benjamin C. Allmond, 1919
Joseph H. Allen, 1920
E. M. Burgess, 1921
Jos. Sutcliffe, Jr., 1922
F. A. Keith, Jr., 1923
William H. Bly, 1924
Jonathan Taber, Jr., 1925
Harry R. Betagh, 1926
Charles H. Lawton, 1927
F. W. Reynolds, 1927
R. B. Dunham, 1928
R. A. Dennie, 1929
G. A. Greene, 1930
B. W. Luther, 1931
Colby H. Benson, 1932; SN
R. D. Webb, 1933
S. H. Packard, 1934
W. E. Athearn, 1935
J. T. Poulton, 1936
J. E. Haydon, 1937
H. R. Dugdale, 1938
Milton H. Frost, 1939
L. T. Brock, Sr., 1940
A. L. K. Tunstall, 1941
Carl V. Dobreck, 1942
C. R. Dugdale, 1943
F. W. Sylvia, 1944
S. B. Kilburne, 1945
Frank Norman, 1946
Cuthbert W. Tunstall, 1947; N
Donald Green, 1948
E. William Darling, 1949
C. H. Benson, Jr., 1950, 1990
Ervin R. Spach, 1951
Hans A. Darwin, 1952
A. H. Pinkham, 1953
E. J. Wlodyka, 1954
L. S. Gifford, Jr., 1955, 1997
D. S. Richards, 1956
Jos. A. Wenzel, 1957
C. E. Macomber, 1958
O. A. Shumway, 1959, 1978
M. Bart Bothelho, 1960
E. B. Spooner, 1961
Walter J. Zych, 1962
Donald D. Jepson, 1963
Carl A. Winnett, 1964
Gunnar V. Berg, 1965
E. P. Lowrie, III, 1966
J. F. Morgan, Jr,, 1967
D. M. Gifford, 1968
J. Norman Habicht, 1969, 1977
Thomas E. Chase, 1970, 1972; SN
John Rogers, Jr., 1971
William R. Letton, 1973
W. E. Bowman, III, 1974
E. T. Norcutt, 1975
H. G. Shellenberg, 1976
Albert J. Barney, 1979
Lynwood P. Harriman, 1980; PDDGM
Jack W. Bush, 1981
Richard J. Moore, 1982, 1983
Harold C. Holmes, 1984
John D. Masten, 1985
Charles E. Phillips, 1986
George J. Hubert, 1987
H. J. Babineau, Jr., 1988
Ivan E. Watts, 1989
Peter Gray Phillips, 1991, 1992, 1998, 1999
James P. Booth, 1993
Wally C. Therrien, 1994, 1995
John Borges, Jr., 1996
Eric M. Berg, 2000-2002; PDDGM
Richard R. Poulin, 2003, 2005
Andrew F. Racine, 2004
Paul W. Nerbonne, 2007, 2008
Joshua D. Bumpus, 2009-2011

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1873 as Concordia Lodge
Petition for Charter: 1873 as Concordia Lodge

ANNIVERSARIES

1947 (75th Anniversary)
1972 (Centenary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1874 (Nickerson; Constitution of Lodge and installation; Special Communication)
1882 (Lawrence
1885 (Howland
1886 (Howland
1901 (Gallagher; Hall dedication; Special Communication)
1938 (Perry; reception for Junior Grand Warden Charles E. P. Thompson)
1947 (Wragg; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1972 (Vose; Centenary; Special Communication)
1982 (Berquist; Old Timers' Night)
1984 (Richardson; Veterans' Night)
1986 (Richardson; Old Timers' Night)
1994 (Lovering)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1901 1910 1912 1920 1940 1944 1949 1952 1954 1980 1991 1992 2005

HISTORY

1947 (75th Anniversary History, 1947-447)
1972 (Centenary History, 1947-447)

OTHER

1901' (Name change to George H. Taber Lodge 1901-96)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Lyman C. Bauldry, DDGM, Fall River 30, 1929, 1930; Memorial
Colby H. Benson, DDGM, District 30 (New Bedford), 1945, 1946; SN
Eric M. Berg, DDGM, District 19, 2004, 2005
Thomas E. Chase, DDGM, District 30 (New Bedford), 1975, 1976; SN
James L. Gillingham, DDGM, District 26 (Fall River), 1896; SN
George D. Hammond, DDGM, District 26 (Fall River), 1902; need Necrology
Lynwood P. Harriman, DDGM, District 30 (New Bedford), 1987, 1988
George B. Luther, DDGM, District 30 (Fall River), 1915, 1916; N
Charles E. P. Thompson, DDGM, District 31 (Nantucket), 1929, 1930; Junior Grand Warden 1938
Cuthbert W. Tunstall, DDGM, District 30 (New Bedford), 1953, 1954; N