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* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1951 1951]''' (150th Anniversary History, 1951-67)
 
* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear1951 1951]''' (150th Anniversary History, 1951-67)
 
* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear2001 2001]''' (200th Anniversary History (very brief in Proceedings, 2001-79)
 
* '''[http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=MassachusettsYear2001 2001]''' (200th Anniversary History (very brief in Proceedings, 2001-79)
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==== 200TH ANNIVERSARY HISTORY, JUNE 2001 ====
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''From Proceedings, Page 2001-79:''
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''Two Centuries of Freemasonry in Hampshire Count}'. Massachusetts. 1801 to 2001''
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The Charter of the [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Pacific1 Pacific] Lodge was issued by the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts on June 8, 1801 in answer to a petition of thirteen Masons residing in the towns of Sunderland, Leverett. North Hadley and Amherst. In the earliest days, the Lodge held its communications in the part of Sunderland called "Plumtrees" in Major Caleb Hubbard's tavern. Phineas Hubbard was our first Master and Caleb was our fourth in 1801 and 1807 respectively. Most of the Charter members were from [http://www.masonicgenealogy.com/MediaWiki/index.php?title=Republican Republican] Lodge in Greenfield.
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In 1802, the Lodge was removed to Amherst and in 1807, it was moved from Amherst to Leverett, and in September 1817, it returned to Amherst where the Lodge met in the Odd Fellow Hall, thanks to the hospitality and cooperation of the Order of Odd Fellows.
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Pacific Lodge, now in its own building, 99 Main Street, Amherst, since 1910, has been able to return the favor in housing the Odd Fellows, the Amherst Grange (until recently), the Royal Arch Masons, Eastern Star Unity Chapter No. 66, and the White Shrine Chapter.
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The Lodge has numbered from first to last, more than 2000 members who have come from ranks of almost all the honorable professions and occupations of life.
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Our rolls stand the names of farmers, mechanics, merchants, physicians, lawyers, judges, teachers, professors, and clergymen. Some of these are eminently well-known in Amherst, such as Hubbard, Field, Crocker, Dickinson, Maltoon, Thayer, Conkey, Allen, Hawley, Lovell, Cowles, Morse, Adams, David, Paige, Taft, Cushman, Boltwood, Stockbridge, Cooke, Jones, Hosmer, Snelling, Baker, Sloan, Holden, Southwick, Spear, Bartlett, Kellogg, Lessey, Haskings, Kentfield, Douglas, Marsh, Bangs, Noyes, Tillison, Dewey, Darling, Crafts, Anderson, Fisher, and Alviani.
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Our members have served in all the defenses of our Nation, including the Revolution, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II, Korea, and Vietnam. Members held the ranks from Private to General in all branches of Service.
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Pacific Lodge continues to serve the Community in many ways: in the DARE and CHIP Programs, Shriner's Hospital and Burn Centers, and many other Masonic Charities. Our membership grows every year and invites applications from all men of good report and well recommended.
  
 
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Revision as of 01:02, 22 October 2014

PACIFIC LODGE

Location: Amherst

Chartered By: William Sewall Gardner

Charter Date: 09/11/1861 VI-382

Precedence Date: 08/23/1860

Current Status: Active

PAST MASTERS

Need list of living PMs.

  • Porter Kellogg, 1860
  • Ithamar F. Conkey, 1861
  • George W. Allen, 1862, 1870
  • Benjamin W. Allen, 1863
  • M. Spear, 1864, 1867, 1873, 1874, 1879-1881
  • David Pomery Bartlett, 1865, 1866, 1869
  • John L. Lovell, 1868
  • George M. Lovell, 1871, 1872
  • Fred P. Baker, 1875
  • Almon E. Cowles, 1876, 1877
  • Oscar F. Morse, 1878
  • Charles W. Adams, 1882
  • John W. Howland, 1883-1885
  • James W.T. Davis, 1886, 1887
  • Edward W. Carpenter, 1888, 1889; SN
  • Frank E. Paige, 1890, 1891
  • George T. Stauter, 1892
  • Rev. George E. Fisher, 1893
  • Walter M. Dickinson, 1894
  • James R. Anderson, 1895-1897
  • Marshall R. Dickinson, 1898-1900
  • Charles H. Rumery, 1901-1904
  • Alfred Glynn, 1905
  • James B. Paige, 1906, 1907; SN
  • Henri D. Haskins, 1908, 1909
  • Edmund I. Bangs, 1910, 1911
  • Wilbur M. Cook, 1912, 1913
  • Frank W. Bailey, 1914
  • George H. Chapman, 1915
  • Burton N. Gates, 1916
  • Frank B. Jager, 1917
  • Lewell S. Walker, 1918
  • Arthur I. Bourne, 1919
  • Edward L. Spear, 1920
  • Horace H. Wolcott, 1921
  • Edward F. Bridgman, 1922
  • Dwight M. Billings, 1923
  • John K. Broadfoot, 1924
  • Raymond C. Bangs, 1925
  • Alexander Anderson MacKimmie, 1926; N
  • Harry W. Kidder, 1927
  • Everett H. Ladd, 1928
  • Fred C. Sears, 1929
  • Ray V. Gain, 1930
  • Warren A. Witt, 1931
  • Arthur N. Julian, 1932; N
  • Fred Hawley, 1933
  • Oliver C. Roberts, 1934; N
  • H. Chapin Harvey, 1935, N'
  • Harold M. Elder, 1936
  • Ralph W. Haskins, 1937
  • O. Russell Snow, 1937, 1938
  • William R. Stifler, 1938
  • Arthur P. French, 1939
  • John S. Bailey, 1940
  • Harold D. Boutelle, 1941
  • Arthur Glynn, 1942
  • Elliot K. Greenwood, 1943
  • Asbury B. Dunn, 1944-45
  • Jacob K. Shaw, 1946
  • George B. Kentfield, 1947
  • John D. Swenson, 1948
  • Walter C. Markert, 1949
  • Herbert A. Randolph, 1950
  • Loren R. Glazier, 1951
  • Kenneth E. Clark, 1952
  • Frederick K. Utley, 1953
  • Frank W. Page, 1954
  • Ernest A. Snow, Jr., 1955
  • G. Dale Sheckels, 1955
  • Ralph N. Hosford, 1956; SN
  • Henry F. Scarborough, 1957
  • Clarence M. Cornish, 1958
  • Frederick G. Knowles, Jr., 1959
  • Ellis H. Klein, Jr., 1960
  • H. Bruce Goodwin, 1961
  • Warren J. Ebert, 1962
  • Armand J. Costa, 1963
  • Andrew R. Booth, 1964
  • Robert H. Davis, 1965
  • Robert K. Patterson, 1966
  • Clifford M. Oliver, 1967
  • Joseph S. Niedbala, 1968
  • Alan E. Hobart, 1969
  • Raymond W. Jenks, 1970
  • Paul C. Jones, 1971
  • Gene K. Keegan, 1972
  • John W. Quinlan, Jr., 1973
  • John L. Cooper, 1974
  • Donald J. King, 1975
  • Linwood G. Buczala, 1976; PDDGM; expelled
  • George Buczala, 1977, 1981, 1986
  • Donald J. Helgeson, 1978
  • Harold E. Reed, Sr., 1979
  • Edward L. Field, Jr., 1980, 1982
  • Thomas B. Aldrich, 1983
  • Carl W. Markert, 1984
  • Steven M. Volpe, 1985
  • Bruce W. Kling, 1987
  • Jeffery L. Sterling, 1988
  • Charles A. Thompson, 1989, 1992
  • Carl T. Matuszko, 1990, 1993
  • L.Z. Moulder, 1991, 2003
  • John M. Balcom, 1994
  • Franklin J. Riley, 1995
  • D. Thomas Touchette, 1996, 1998
  • Edward P. Nicolay, 1997, 2000
  • Harold T. Chadwick, 1999, 2001, 2009
  • Robert B. Gray, II, 2002
  • David E. Puffer, 2004, 2007
  • Raymond S. Frenkel, 2005
  • Simon J. Pongratz, 2006
  • John A. Thompson, 2008
  • John A. Mathews, 2010; DDGM

REFERENCES IN GRAND LODGE PROCEEDINGS

  • Petition for Dispensation: 1860
  • Petition for Charter: 1861

ANNIVERSARIES

VISITS BY GRAND MASTER

  • 1861 (W. Coolidge; Constitution of Lodge and installation; hall dedication; Special Communication; see below)
  • 1882 (Lawrence; Installation; hall dedication; Special Communication)
  • 1901 (Gallagher; Centennial (of Pacific; hall dedication; Special Communication)
  • 1911 (Flanders; Hall dedication; Special Communication)
  • 1926 (Simpson; 125th Anniversary; Special Communication)
  • 1951 (Roy; 150th Anniversary; Special Communication)
  • 2001 (Bauer; 200th Anniversary; Special Communication)
  • 2011 (Stewart; 2 visits, including Installation)

BY-LAW CHANGES

1877 1883 1885 1893 1898 1907 1910 1912 1919 1929 1937 1938 1939 1941 1952 1954 1956 1959 1970 1976 1981 1982 1988 1991 1994 2009 2012

HISTORY

  • 1926 (125th Anniversary History, 1926-164)
  • 1951 (150th Anniversary History, 1951-67)
  • 2001 (200th Anniversary History (very brief in Proceedings, 2001-79)

200TH ANNIVERSARY HISTORY, JUNE 2001

From Proceedings, Page 2001-79:

Two Centuries of Freemasonry in Hampshire Count}'. Massachusetts. 1801 to 2001

The Charter of the Pacific Lodge was issued by the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts on June 8, 1801 in answer to a petition of thirteen Masons residing in the towns of Sunderland, Leverett. North Hadley and Amherst. In the earliest days, the Lodge held its communications in the part of Sunderland called "Plumtrees" in Major Caleb Hubbard's tavern. Phineas Hubbard was our first Master and Caleb was our fourth in 1801 and 1807 respectively. Most of the Charter members were from Republican Lodge in Greenfield.

In 1802, the Lodge was removed to Amherst and in 1807, it was moved from Amherst to Leverett, and in September 1817, it returned to Amherst where the Lodge met in the Odd Fellow Hall, thanks to the hospitality and cooperation of the Order of Odd Fellows.

Pacific Lodge, now in its own building, 99 Main Street, Amherst, since 1910, has been able to return the favor in housing the Odd Fellows, the Amherst Grange (until recently), the Royal Arch Masons, Eastern Star Unity Chapter No. 66, and the White Shrine Chapter.

The Lodge has numbered from first to last, more than 2000 members who have come from ranks of almost all the honorable professions and occupations of life.

Our rolls stand the names of farmers, mechanics, merchants, physicians, lawyers, judges, teachers, professors, and clergymen. Some of these are eminently well-known in Amherst, such as Hubbard, Field, Crocker, Dickinson, Maltoon, Thayer, Conkey, Allen, Hawley, Lovell, Cowles, Morse, Adams, David, Paige, Taft, Cushman, Boltwood, Stockbridge, Cooke, Jones, Hosmer, Snelling, Baker, Sloan, Holden, Southwick, Spear, Bartlett, Kellogg, Lessey, Haskings, Kentfield, Douglas, Marsh, Bangs, Noyes, Tillison, Dewey, Darling, Crafts, Anderson, Fisher, and Alviani.

Our members have served in all the defenses of our Nation, including the Revolution, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World Wars I and II, Korea, and Vietnam. Members held the ranks from Private to General in all branches of Service.

Pacific Lodge continues to serve the Community in many ways: in the DARE and CHIP Programs, Shriner's Hospital and Burn Centers, and many other Masonic Charities. Our membership grows every year and invites applications from all men of good report and well recommended.

EVENTS

CONSTITUTION OF LODGE, JULY 1861

From Moore's Freemason's Monthly, Vol. XX, No. 10, August 1861, Page 377:

This Lodge was regularly constituted and its officers publicly installed by the Grand Master, M. W. Wm. D. Coolidge, assisted by the officers of the Grand Lodge, on Tuesday, the 24th ult. The installation services took place in the Methodist Church, and were attended by a large number of ladies and citizens. The address of the Grand Master was, as usual, appropriate and impressive, and was listened to with great attention and satisfaction. The music was also worthy of great praise. At the conclusion of the services at the church, the Brethren partook of a supper together at the Amherst House, where a pleasant, and we hope not unprofitable hour, was spent in an interchange of views and listening to encouraging words.

The Lodge was organized under the Charter of a former Lodge of the same name, and takes rank from 1801. The officers for the year are as follows :—

  • I. F. Conkey, W. Master.
  • Geo. W. Allen, S. W.
  • Benj. W. Allen, J. W.
  • D. W. Palmer, Treas.
  • Geo. E. Cook, Sec.
  • J. L. Lovell, S. D.
  • Lemuel E. Coe, J. D.
  • Geo. A. Whipple, S. S.
  • John C. White, J. S.
  • M. N. Spear, M.
  • John Jones, Chap.
  • Timothy Armstrong, Tyler.

The officers of the Grand Lodge present, are under many obligations to Bro. Conkey and other officers of the new Lodge for the courtesies extended to them.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS

DISTRICTS

1860: District 10

1867: District 8 (Greenfield)

1878: District 18 (Palmer)

1883: District 13 (Greenfield)

1911: District 17 (Holyoke)

1927: District 17 (Holyoke)

2003: District 27

LINKS

Massachusetts Lodges

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