Manchester

MANCHESTER LODGE

Location: Manchester

Chartered By: Arthur D. Prince

Charter Date: 01/17/1921 1921-447

Precedence Date: 12/15/1920

Current Status: Active

PAST MASTERS

George F. Cooke, 1921, 1922; Mem
Thomas A. Lees, 1923, 1924; N
Allen S. Peabody, 1925, 1926
Arthur E. Olson, 1927
Raymond C. Allen, 1928
Frank C. Rand, 1929
Harry W. Purington, 1930
Edmund J. Semons, 1931
George S. Sinnicks, 1932
George J. Noirie, 1933
Ellsworth L. Brown, 1934
Byron P. Roberts, 1935
William Cragg, 1936
Walter H. Diamond, 1937
Roy E. Keller, 1937, 1938
Theodore S. Burnham, 1939; N
Harry B. Collins, 1940
L. Allan Andrews, 1941
Harry G. Cleveland, 1942
James M. Dunton, 1943, 1944
Frederick N. Bragdon, 1945
George A. Sinnicks, 1946; N
Whitefield F. Kimball, 1947
George W. Story, 1948
Albert W. James, 1949
Arthur L. Kehoe, Jr., 1950
G. Stilson Cleveland, 1951
Norman G. Crafts, 1952
Charles A. Fritz, Jr., 1953; N
George H. James, 1954
George C. Rice, 1955
William H. Baxter, 1956
George A. Burchstead, 1957
William J. Crane, 1958; N
William M. Toivainen, 1959
Fred P. Nickless, Jr., 1960
John A. Truesdale, 1961; PDDGM
Lloyd E. Wilson, 1962
Willard H. Dame, 1963
Thomas G. Howarth, 1964
M. Peter Gibbon, 1965
Kenneth Watson, 1966
E. Ray Kelley, 1967
Charles W. Wallis, 1968
Lester G. Strangman, 1969
John A. Eaton, 1970
Michael G. Nahatis, 1971
Russell C. Lucas, Jr., 1972
Robert C. Sibley, 1973
Archibald Somerville, 1974
Norman J. Bennett, 1975
Edward R. Parsons, 1976
Rodney C. Burgess, 1977
Eric H. Ericson, Jr., 1978
Everett P. Burnham, 1979
Lewis E. Gates, 1980
Jerry L. Young, 1981
William C. Nichol, 1982
Augustus G. Means, 1983
Harry T. Parsons, 1984
Robert M. Irving, 1985
Barrie L. Glover, 1986
Joseph W. Corley, Jr., 1987
William P. Alboth, 1988
Gordon M. Elwell, Jr., 1989
Edwin E. Bjork, 1990
Peter C. Milner, 1991
Michael E. Burnham, 1992
John E. Riggs, III, 1993
Christopher G. Brown, 1994
Peter J. Judd, 1995
Todd P. Crane, 1996, 2010, 2011
Lewis E. Gates, 1997
Robert C. Sibley, 1998
Timothy G. Loring, 1999; PDDGM
Fred P. Nickless, Jr., 2000
John C. Milner, 2001-2003
Michael H. Burnham, 2004
Brett J. Crane, 2005, 2006
Jeffrey S. Bullock, 2007, 2008
Christopher J. Thomas, 2009
Gary G. Lucas, 2012

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

Petition for Dispensation: 1920
Petition for Charter: 1921

ANNIVERSARIES

1946 (25th Anniversary)
1971 (50th Anniversary)
1996 (75th Anniversary)

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

1921 (Prince; Constitution of Lodge and installation; Special Communication)
1946 (Wragg; 25th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1965 (Osgood; 2 visits; cornerstone laying and hall dedication; 2 Special Communications)
1971 (Jaynes; 50th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1973 (Vose; mortgage burning; Special Communication)
1978 (Melanson; reception for Deputy Grand Master Charles A. Fritz, Jr.)
1980 (Melanson)
1982 (Berquist)
1984 (Richardson)
1985 (Richardson)
1996 (A. Johnson; 75th Anniversary; Special Communication)
1999 (Bauer; table lodge)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1937 1945 1958 1960 1963 1968 1974 1977 1988 1992 1995 1998 2012

HISTORY

1946 (25th Anniversary History, 1946-30)
1965 (History at hall dedication, 1965-257)
1971 (50th Anniversary History, 1971-217)
1996 (50th Anniversary History, 1996-171)

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

Theodore S. Burnham, DDGM, District 9 (Gloucester), 1960. 1961; N
George F. Cooke, DDGM, District 9 (Gloucester), 1924, 1925; Memorial
William J. Crane, DDGM, District 9 (Gloucester), 1984, 1985; N
Charles A. Fritz, Jr., DDGM, District 9 (Gloucester), 1972, 1973; Deputy Grand Master 1978; N
Martin J. Hanrahan, DDGM, District 9 (Gloucester), 1982, 1983
Thomas A. Lees, DDGM, District 9 (Gloucester), 1936, 1937; N
Timothy G. Loring, DDGM, District 10, 2008, 2009
George A. Sinnicks, DDGM, District 9 (Gloucester), 1948, 1949; N
John A. Truesdale, DDGM, District 9 (Gloucester), 1994, 1995