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HOPE LODGE
Location: Gardner
Chartered By: William Parkman
Charter Date: 03/09/1865 VII-2
Precedence Date: 02/22/1864
Current Status: Active
REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS
ANNIVERSARIES
VISITS BY GRAND MASTER
- 1865 (Parkman; Constitution of Lodge and Hall dedication)
- 1880 (Welch)
- 1897 (Hutchinson; hall dedication)
- 1924 (Ferrell)
- 1927 (Simpson; Veterans' Night)
- 1939 (Perry; 75th Anniversary)
- 1954 (W. Johnson; Cornerstone laying)
- 1955 (W. Johnson; Hall dedication)
- 1964 (Osgood; Centenary)
- 1972 (Maxwell)
- 1979 (Melanson) not in Proceedings
- 2001 (Bauer)
BY-LAW CHANGES
1888 1907 1911 1912 1913 1923 1924 1925 1928 1931 1934 1935 1937 1939 1949 1955 1956 1959 1972 1987 2009
HISTORY
GRAND LODGE OFFICERS
Note: list incomplete; need a current lodge notice to check DDGMs from 1927-2003, 2003-present
- Edward J. Sawyer, DDGM, District 8 (Greenfield), 1872-1873; SN
- John D. Edgell, DDGM, District 12 (Fitchburg), 1883-1885; SN
- Elwin C. Wheeler, DDGM, District 12 (Fitchburg), 1900, 1901; SN
- Fordyce T. Reynolds, DDGM, District 13 (Fitchburg), 1923, 1924; N
- George H. Heywood, Jr., DDGM, District 13 (Barre), 1927, 1928; N
- Harold Fulsom, DDGM, District 13 (Barre), 1938, 1939; N
- Robert M. Clogston, DDGM, District 13 (Barre), 1962, 1963; N
- Eino A. Kajander, DDGM, District 13 (Barre), 1966, 1967; N