GRAND LODGE OF MASONS IN MASSACHUSETTS FALL 2014

The Medals of Masonry Our 50-Year Veterans ¥ The Brotherhood Fund Vol. 32, No. 3: Fall 2014

From the East of Grand Lodge Magazine of the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts HARVEY JOHN WAUGH “Let’s Make A Difference.” Brethren: 8 The medals of Freemasonry that we award are an important part of recognizing the contribu- The Brotherhood Fund tions of our members to the fraternity. As our DeMolay friends remind us in the Chevalier 8 To help, aid, and assist our Brethren, wheresoever dispersed. Investiture, it is “an ancient custom to honor those to whom honors are due.” As the seasons change, technologies evolve, and hairs gray with the passage of time, the tran- sient nature of our lives becomes readily apparent. New leaders of our fraternity rise while the old fade away. Men pass on, and their medals remain behind as remnants and reminders of times long gone. Masonic Medals 10 Honoring the past, creating the future. Awarding such honors is just one way we demonstrate our appreciation for our brethren. Beyond honors and awards, the single greatest honor any one of us can have during our lives is being there for one another when called upon for acts of charity. We hear reports on a daily basis about people who are in trouble. One cannot look at a news Be the Revolution broadcast without seeing a house fire, car crash, or weather related emergency. The human The start of a Masonic Academy. suffering that is endured in such tragedies is hard to put into words. Government agencies 19 provide emergency assistance as best as they can. Those services are typically reserved for short-term relief, and leave those in need behind in a very vulnerable state. If a tragedy befalls a brother, will we be there to pick up where these agencies left off? Will we be pre- pared to answer the call for aid? Past Grand Masters Ð M.W. John Albert Blake A continuing series by the Grand Historian We’re making the commitment to make a difference as Masons—a difference to our commu- 20 nities, to our lodges, and especially to our fellow brother Masons. This is why Freemasonry 10 as a whole is comprised solely of good men committed to doing good things; acts that make a tangible difference in our world. The Grand Lodge Brotherhood Fund was established to help us better honor our obligation of aiding distressed worthy brother Master Masons, their wid- Veterans Medals Awarded in 2014 ows, and orphans. 27 Members celebrating 50 years as Masons. On July 31st, we formally used that fund to provide necessary relief to a worthy brother. His house was completely destroyed by a fire. His personal effects and professional equipment ruined. He was in trouble, needed help, and didn’t know where to turn. We were there for him, the very next day, to help him get back on his feet. There was help for What Came You Here to Do? the Widow’s Son. No pomp and circumstance, no questions asked. There was an urgent need, 32 Senior Wardens going to the East for the first time. and we saw to it that it was met. 32 This is one of the primary reasons we exist. This is one of the reasons that Freemasonry will continue its good works for many years to come. Freemasonry was there to support a brother in need, as the tie in our obligation commands. I trust each and every one of our members will be ready to play a part in supporting our next brother who needs help. REGULAR FEATURES Fraternally, Lodge & District News 3 Ask the Grand Lecturers 7 Chaplain’s Column 4 News from Overlook 16 Harvey J. Waugh The Young Tyler 22 Grand Master Grand Lodge Quarterly Communication 5 The Prodigal Mason 23 MASONIC HONORS Grand Master of Masons in Massachusetts FRATERNITY NEWS & EVENTS MW Harvey J. Waugh I filled out my application, and then continued on page 24 TROWEL Staff waited. Like waiting to hear back from personnel when I really wanted Executive Editor the job, I waited for the thumbs up or Lee H. Fenn Prince Hall Grand Lodge Rededicates Arlington Cemetery thumbs down sign from my lodge. It Design and wore me down. Then, finally, when I Arlington Community. At one time n Production was given a date for my Entered its 150-year history, the cemetery was David A. Libby abandoned; it almost fell prey to devel- Apprentice Degree, I was thrilled. I opers. Through the dedication of the Consulting Editor thought of Groucho Marx and won- Prince Hall Grand Lodge, in conjunc- Robert W. Williams III dered how great this group could be if they allowed me to tion with the Town of Arlington and the Editorial Staff be a member. In my heart of hearts, I was honored. Arlington Historical Society, the ceme- Stephen C. Cohn Years later, I was escorted from my lodge so a vote could tery was saved and renovated. Today, David P. Newcomb take place. This vote would determine whether or not I Richard Thompson the Prince Hall Mystic Arlington would be Master of my lodge. I had those same butterflies. Cemetery Association manages the Photography Staff I attended regularly on the sideline, bought the tuxedo grounds. Philip A. Nowlan when asked, worked through the line, but somehow this Office Staff leadership position always seemed distant, even when I George S. Fontana was Senior Warden. My fellow officers took great glee in Helena M. Fontana embarrassing me with my new honorific: Worshipful. Special Assistant In Freemasonry, there is a great deal of honor and hon- Above: Wor. Philip J. Privitera, Master of Mystic Valley Lodge, spoke to assembled Jeffrey Jarvis ors. The medals of Masonry featured in this issue work to Brethren at the rededication of the Prince Hall cemetery in Arlington. Right: Bro. commemorate people or events. If the President of the Privitera, on behalf of Mystic Valley Lodge, presents a plaque to Prince Hall Grand Master, M. Wor. Compton Jones recognizing Prince Hall Grand Lodges' contributions. Editorial Board: United States ever honored my lodge with a visit, then I Harvey J. Waugh, Stephen H. Burrall, Jr., would want something to hold in my hand that said I was On Memorial Day 2014, Mystic Valley Prince Hall Grand Lodge in a perpetu- Jeffrey L. Gardiner, Donald G. Hicks Jr., there. If a secretary provides great service to the lodge over Lodge welcomed the Prince Hall al trust in 1864, to be used as a Mason's David A. Libby the course of years, the lodge is right to honor him and Grand Lodge of Massachusetts to burial ground for those in need of such thank him. In the lodge room, honors and medals provide Arlington. The Prince Hall Grand purpose. Prince Hall members, members of E-mail to Executive Editor: recognition to a brother, an expression of thanks, and a Lodge celebrated the 150th anniver- On behalf of Arlington's Mystic its concordant bodies, and supporters [email protected] remembrance of that moment. sary of the Prince Hall Cemetery on Valley Lodge, Wor. Master Philip J. come from all over Massachusetts, as Telephone: 617-401-7587 When a medal continues its life cycle, slips from the Gardner Street in East Arlington. Privitera presented a plaque to the well as the country for this annual cel- E-mail to Lodge News Editor: hand of the Mason to whom it was given, and goes on to a The cemetery is a small plot of land Prince Hall Grand Master, M. Wor. ebration. Bro. Dennis Lloyd, for exam- [email protected] trusted relative, then it becomes a remembrance. It lives in that was sold to the Prince Hall Grand Compton Jones, in appreciation of ple, whose ancestor was one of the first the pocket or drawer of someone who has the Mason in Master William Kendall in 1856. Prince Hall's selfless contributions to persons buried in the cemetery, trav- Address Changes for Massachusetts lodge members, their hearts; the medal becomes a token of that Mason and Kendall then deeded the land to the the Prince Hall Cemetery and to the eled all the way from Atlanta for the and notifications of deaths should be sent to the indi- his short time here. rededication. — Wor. Philip J. Privitera vidual’s lodge secretary, and not to TROWEL Magazine. The final resting place for a Masonic medal is in a col- All other inquiries should be sent to the Grand Sec- lection. The honor that this medal represents has shifted retary’s Office, Masonic Building, 186 Tremont Street, once again. No more are the recipient, the lodge members, Joseph Webb Lodge Boston MA 02111 the family members, keeping alive the specific honor that Approves Wilson Award E-mail: [email protected] the medal represents. They have all joined the Celestial Joseph Webb Lodge recently approved Grand Lodge telephone: 617-426-6040 Lodge. But something each medal honored from the begin- Grand Lodge web page: www.MassFreemasonry.org the Wilson Award, designed to honor ning remains; it is the enduring point of honor that each of the memory of Wor. Robert Gardiner Trowel prefers electronic submissions and will accept these medals represent. Wilson III, a member who had a sub- unsolicited articles, with the right to edit and use when These medals show the honor of the Craft and the noble stantial impact on the Boston-based space permits. Articles and pictures, unless specified, calling that it represents. That nobility and honor creates lodge. become the property of the magazine. Submitters are the butterflies in the candidate or new Master; he is striving At its May communication, Joseph requested to provide name, address, phone number, e-mail, for a future that is just out of reach. In this issue, we and Masonic lodge, if any. Webb Lodge voted to create this acco- remember the honor of the Craft through its medals and lade, which recognizes brothers for TROWEL Magazine is an official publication of the Grand Lodge of reach for the future they prove is possible. First District Outing Historic Boston Common served as the perfect site for the distinguished service to the lodge. The Massachusetts, A.F. & A.M. © 2014: all rights reserved. Published Fraternally, Lee H. Fenn late summer gathering of officers, members, family, and friends of the First vote established an Award Steering quarterly for members of Massachusetts lodges. Subscriptions for brethren of other Jurisdictions and non-Masons are $6.00 for one Masonic District Lodges in downtown Boston. A spirited kickball outing orga- Committee, which will provide nomi- year, $10.00 for two years, and $12.00 for three years in the U.S. DEADLINES FOR WINTER ISSUE nized by First District Ambassador, Bro. Jeffrey Fowler, recruited more than 30 on nations to the Worshipful Master. To be only; other countries add $5.00 per year. Mailed at standard A special Articles: September 19, 2014 a warm and sunny afternoon. Rt. Wo. Frank B. Gomes, Jr., DDGM, remarked, as eligible, brothers will need to be mem- rates, prepaid at Manchester NH. Printed in U.S.A. Lodge News: October 17, 2014 Boston tourists and other spectators looked on, "These are the events that put the bers of Joseph Webb Lodge for at least ISSN 2372-5710 brotherhood in our craft" — Wor. Ronald T. Doucette five years. (continued on page 26)

2 GRAND LODGE OF MASSACHUSETTS TROWEL ■ FALL 2014 3 Share Your Story, Share Freemasonry by Rt. Wor. Rev. Matt Wissell The June 2014

Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone I enjoyed the ritual of the ceremonies, but more who asks you to give the reason for the hope that importantly I met friends that I have to this very day. Quarterly Communication you have. 1 Peter 3:15 The shared experience of belonging to the Lodge sets of the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts the table for many other experiences. I have been able eter writing to the early Christians admonishes to travel all over the United States and Canada with Pthem to have an answer ready when someone friends from the Craft. I was blessed to visit the Holy questions them about their faith. I think there is a log- Land with the help of brother Masons. My life is much by Wor. Lee H. Fenn ical message to brothers of the Craft as well. We need fuller and richer for being a part of this Brotherhood. t 1:30 on June 6th, preceded by his honored guests and to be prepared to share the reasons why we spend so The opportunities and encounters I have shared are As a result of his quick and brave District Deputies, the Grand Master of Masons in action, Gerald Shkoza may receive several much of our time and resources with the fraternity. It invaluable. I would not trade them for anything. A Massachusetts, M. Wor. Harvey J. Waugh, entered Cor- national awards from the company, Guardsmark. The is obviously important to us. You should be ready to You might want to think about what you like about inthian Hall for the June Quarterly. Grand Master had lunch with Gerald Shkoza and present- tell others why it is so important to you. your Lodge. Again, this is your experience of the Bro- The color guard, from the Bay State Court of Chevaliers, ed him with a certificate of appreciation in the East prior to I know this is not easy for some of you. You are say- therhood. What is it that keeps you going back to consisted of Bros. David W. A. Abbot, Grand Commander, opening the Grand Lodge Quarterly. ing to yourself, “I don’t know what to say.” “I lodge? What is it that you find there that is member of Rural Lodge, Vincent D. Pegurri, Commander The Grand Master then opened Grand Lodge. He intro- am not a salesman.” “It’s just not my thing.” worth giving of your precious time? What is in the West, member of Weymouth United Lodge, Winston duced his honored guests: M. Excellent Alexander J. I have to ask you though, have you ever so meaningful there that you spend your Otis Joseph, Grand Marshal, member of May Flower Marusa, Grand High Priest, Grand Royal Arch Chapter of recommended a restaurant to a friend? money on it? These answers will help Lodge, and Wor. Jacob Yanovich, Commander in the Massachusetts; M. Illustrious, Robert C. Corr, M. Illustri- Have you ever suggested to someone others discern if the Lodge is a place for South, Master of Rural Lodge. ous Grand Master, Grand Council of Royal and Select they should see a particular movie? Have them or not. The zeal and the enthusiasm With the color guard behind him, the Grand Master Master Masons of Massachusetts; Sir Knight Hirum you ever shared the story of a great vaca- that you bring to your stories will enable called to the East Gerald Shkoza and representatives from Jamiel, Rt. Eminent Grand Commander of the Grand Com- tion? If you have answered yes, then you others to understand our special bonds of Guardsmark: Robert Chang, Pablo Latorri, and Richard mandery, Knights Templar, and the Appendent Orders of can share your passion for Freemasonry. friendship. O’Brien. Massachusetts and Rhode Island; Ill. Donald M. Moran, An excellent place to start is sharing how you Notice I did not say anything about sharing On St. Patrick’s day of this year, Gerald Shkoza an- 33¡, Deputy for Massachusetts and Ill. Peter R. Smith, 33¡, became involved with the Lodge. Tell the simple story the esoteric or historical aspects of the Fraternity. I swered some questions at the guard’s desk at Grand Lodge. Active for Massachusetts, both from Ancient Accepted for how you came to become a Mason. People are honestly do not believe that is necessary. Any of that This questioner held a brown paper bag. He exited the Scottish Rite of Freemasonry for the Northern Masonic interested in hearing your story, not some profession- information he can find with a good search of the web building, stood on the steps, then reentered. Upon reentry, Jurisdiction of the United States of America; Rt. Wor. and ally prepared talking points. Your authentic experience and a later conversation. You do not need to have all the man opened the bag, began dousing the furniture with Dad Brian S. Noble, Executive Director, Massachusetts will attract other men to the Craft. Just be honest, and the answers to all the questions to tell others what lighter fluid and attempted to ignite it. Gerald Shkoza tack- DeMolay and active member of DeMolay International; tell them how you came to discover the wonders of Freemasonry means to you. What you do need to have led him and held him until police arrived. Bro. Brandon Thorne, State Master Councilor, Massachu- Freemasonry. is a real sense of your experience and be able to artic- Left: Bay State Court of Chevaliers who presented the colors were Bros. Vincent D. Pegurri, Commander in the West, member of My story, for example, begins with my grandfather. ulate it. The same rule applies to sharing any of the Weymouth United Lodge, David W. A. Abbot, Grand Commander, member of Rural Lodge, Wor. Jacob Yanovich, Commander in the He was a man of kindness and integrity. Upon his appendant bodies as well. South, Master of Rural Lodge. and Bro. Winston Otis Joseph, Grand Marshal, member of May Flower Lodge, passing, I was given a box which contained a fez from My brothers, be prepared to give an answer to Right: The Grand Master presents a certificate of appreciation to Gerald Shkoza for protecting Grand Lodge from an arsonist on Joppa Shrine, a Masonic Bible, and Scottish Rite everyone who asks you to give the reason for your St. Patrick's day. Executives from Guardsmark, the security company that employs Gerald Shkoza, were present. booklets from the Valley of Willamsport, Penn- love of the Fraternity. Reflect upon it. Think about it. sylvania. I knew of the Fraternity through my church Write it down if that helps. Practice telling your story and the members who belonged. Knowing my grand- either to yourself or other brothers. Our answers will father belonged and that I could share this experience not only help to spread the good name of our fellow- with him convinced me that I would join. On arriving ship, but it might increase our membership as well. ■ at my first appointment to a local church, a retired pas- tor handed me a booklet entitled "Freemasonry, A Way Rt. Wor. and Rev Matthew J Wissell is the current pastor of Life." A couple months later, I made application to of Eastham United Methodist Church and a Past Master join Bay Path Lodge. of Bay Path and Mount Lebanon Lodges.

4 GRAND LODGE OF MASSACHUSETTS TROWEL ■ FALL 2014 5 Boston for the contributions by Consolidated Lodge to the MMRL and a certificate of appreciation to Bro. Gordon Huggins, MD, for his efforts to support MMRL. The Grand Master then called to the lodges to present to the East their donations to the MMRL. Some 35 lodges made donations totaling $17,600. In his addresss, The Grand Master recounted several 150th anniversary celebrations, many 50 year veterans medal presentations, third degree raisings, and installations of officers. He found that “The spirit of Masonry and the fraternalism the meetings bring to our brothers, and on occasion to their ladies and families, is ever present in the hall filled with good feelings and brotherly love.” The Grand Master then discussed the travels of his Rt. Wor. Thomas E. Pulkkinen, Deputy Grand Master of Deputy Grand Master, Rt. Wor. Joseph C. DeNicola to Maine, with the Grand Master as he names Rt. Wor. Richard Maine and Wisconsin; his Sr. Grand Warden Rt. Wor. A Gesualdo (at right) Grand Representative to the state of Thomas A. Stark’s visit to New Brunswick; and his Junior Maine. Lodges lining up to present donations to the Masonic Medical Research Laboratory to the Grand Master. Grand Warden Rt. Wor. Kenneth W. Pfeiffer’s visit to setts DeMolay and member of Wamesit Lodge; Rt. Wor. Rhode Island. It was the pleasure of the Grand Master to that more attention to cost savings will be paid. “The dis- CPA, of Rockport and Rt. Wor. Richard Maggio of Tewks- Gerrard A. Dowden, District Grand Master, the District of visit Grand Lodge meetings in Connecticut, New cussions center around establishing programs to assist con- bury and the Building Associations so that there will be no Panama; Rt. Wor. Thomas E. Pulkkinen, Deputy Grand Hampshire, New York and Nova Scotia. “A lack of growth stituent Lodges and Building Associations with issues con- surprises. Master, the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Free & in membership is a problem shared by all jurisdictions,” fronting their operations,” said the Grand Master in refer- In all, over 150 Brothers serve on committees in Grand Accepted Masons of the State of Maine, and former editor recounted the Grand Master. ence to the 133 Masonic buildings in the jurisdiction. Lodge and the Grand Master reminded the Brethren that of Trowel. To address the membership issue, the Grand Master Letters have gone out to these building associations. The they deserve our thanks for their volunteer efforts. The Past Grand Masters in attendance were: M. Wors. announced that there will be a One-Day Class within a new Building Association Committee will be chaired Past After wishing “all Brother Masons within this jurisdic- Albert Timothy Ames, Edgar William Darling, Arthur year. “One-Day Class provides an opportunity for those Deputy Grand Master, Rt. Wor. Richard E. Johnson of tion to enjoy the summer and stay well,” the Grand Master Eugene Johnson, Donald Gardner Hicks, Jr., Jeffrey Black good men to become productive members of our Fraternity Northboro, who will work with Rt. Wor. Paul F. Miller, closed Grand Lodge in ample form. ■ Hodgdon, and Richard James Stewart. who may not otherwise consider the longer process,” the The Grand Master completed the usual business of the Grand Master said. Past Deputy Grand Master, Rt. Wor. Quarterly, which included the consolidation of Mount Her- George R. Biblios will be chairman of the One-Day Class. man Lodge with Golden Rule of Wakefield, which will The Grand Master reminded the Brethren that they should ASK THE GRAND LECTURERS operate under the name Golden Rule. The Grand Master seek “out those good men around us who would be good also suspended indefinitely two men for un-Masonic con- Masons and Brothers for whichever initiation process is by Rt. Wor. Robert F. Doherty, Chairman of the Grand Lecturers duct. best for them.” Welcome back from what we tions at the altar and make them aware that they may use Past Senior Grand Warden, Rt. Wor. Richard A Gesualdo The Grand Master noted his pleasure at the budgetary hope was a fine and restful sum- their own volume if they so choose. was called to the East where the Grand Master named him progress that has been made over the past several years and mer. This edition deals with Q Do the portions of the degree work written out in as Grand Representative to the state of some questions fielded in the Maine. Rt. Wor. Thomas E. Pulkkinen, Rt. Wor. Edward Newsham with the Grand Master as he presents the Vine of Life English have to be given during an exemplification? award from the MMRL to Consolidated Lodge to Rt. Wor. Ernie Pearlstein and Wor. spring by the Grand Lecturers Deputy Grand Master of Maine, was Jeffrey Lewis Stoller. Rt. Wor. Alfredo J. R. Canhoto and certificate of appreciation at the exemplifications and A Absolutely. While the reading of the English may be present in the East to greet the new recipient, Bro. Gordon Huggins, MD. workshops. Please feel free to omitted at ritualist’s workshops in order to allow more Grand Representative. The Grand submit more. time for questions and floor work review, at Exempli- Lodge of Maine has a progressive line. Q fication the entire degree must be done and it must be This means that the Deputy Grand Since the third degree has an done by installed officers. It is very important for all Master of Maine serves a two year term additional sign, is it appropriate for the Master to also then becomes Grand Master for a two give it at the conclusion of the degree work? Masters, Wardens and Deacons to understand this. year term. A Not in the opinion of the Grand Lecturers. It is not Q Can the evergreen be used at a Masonic Memorial The Grand Master then called Rt. intended as a sign of recognition or respect. It has a spe- Service? I have heard different answers to this question. cific purpose and we feel that, other than for instruction, Wors. Alfredo J. R. Canhoto and Ed- A This question has indeed come up several times and ward Newsham, PhD, President of the it should only be given for that purpose. the answer bears repeating. A Lodge may use the ever- Cardiac Research Institute of the Ma- Q Are Lodges required to maintain a selection of differ- green if the Master so desires. However, if evergreens are sonic Medical Research Laboratory ent Volumes of the Sacred Law? (MMRL) to the East. There they pre- used they must be placed with one motion on a nearby sented the Vine of Life to Wor. Jeffrey A There is no such requirement. It is however a good table and not in or on the casket. The Master may place Lewis Stoller and Rt. Wor. Ernie Pearl- idea to inform applicants (preferably at their pre appli- his evergreen in the casket but he should check with the stein, from the Consolidated Lodge of cation meeting) that they will be expected to take obliga- family first.

6 GRAND LODGE OF MASSACHUSETTS TROWEL ■ FALL 2014 7 gave him a check to help his family start putting the pieces 3. To keep a secret—why a Mason needs the help of the of their lives back together. Brotherhood Fund may be a private and personal matter; This was the type of scenario immediate Past Grand the confidentiality of a brother referred for assistance will THE Master M. Wor. Richard J. Stewart envisioned when he receive the utmost respect; created the Brotherhood Fund: a resource to help a broth- 4. To assist and save—though a Mason may have er Master Mason and his family should the need stumbled or fallen, the Brotherhood Fund will BROTHERHOOD arise. The Brotherhood Fund seeks to prac- try to help him get back on to his feet; tice the vision statement so eloquently 5. Counsel—the help available penned by the Scottish Rite, Northern through the Brotherhood Fund is not Masonic Jurisdiction: limited to just financial assistance; FUND “We will strive to be a fraternity other services may be provided as that fulfills our Masonic obligation needed. to care for our members.” The Brotherhood Fund is admin- This is not a new “program.” istered through the Grand Lodge, Throughout our history, Massachu- but the responsibility of practicing To help, aid, and assist our Brethren wheresoever dispersed setts Freemasons have been caring the Five Points of Fellowship lies for our members and their families. with every Master Mason. by Wor. Robert Huke IV What is new about the Brotherhood Bro. Rizzo and his family did not Fund is that it ensures dedicated resources receive support from the Brotherhood n the morning of Wednesday, July 30th, a six-alarm As it turns out, Jon is a Travelling Man, having been are available from the Grand Lodge to help, Fund because he had applied for it. As a rel- O fire broke out in East Boston destroying two residen- raised in Boston’s Saint John’s Lodge in November 2013. aid, and assist poor and distressed brother Master atively new Master Mason, he did not know that tial buildings and damaging a third. Two firefighters were Just two weeks before the fire, Bro. Rizzo received a letter Masons, their widows, and orphans. It also gives Master option was available to him. When brothers who knew he injured, but no residents were hurt according to a Boston from M. Wor. Harvey J. Waugh, Grand Master, informing Masons an opportunity to support their fellow brothers by was a Mason learned of his situation, they contacted the Fire Department spokesman. The local media outlets all him that he had successfully completed the requirements making tax deductible donations to the Brotherhood Fund. Grand Lodge Service Department on his behalf. covered the story. It was a fire like countless others we to receive the Grand Lodge Rookie Award. Most importantly, our Brethren have an option to receive We must also be aware of the brother who knows about have all seen or read about in the news. As a result of learning this news, and after a quick con- assistance should they ever find themselves in distress. the Brotherhood Fund and what it could do, but who is too Except this time it wasn’t. ferral with the Grand Lodge Business Manager, Rt. Wor. The Brotherhood Fund is not an endowment. Every dol- proud to seek its help. Although he cannot be forced, a The following day, Thursday, July 31st, was the trade Robert V. Jolly Jr., the Grand Lodge Service Committee lar in the fund, as well as the proceeds from the returns of brother might be more likely to accept help because anoth- deadline for Major League Baseball. At 9:49 a.m. a New was informed of Bro. Rizzo’s loss. At 3:30 that same after- its investments, will be used for the relief of a brother or er Mason demonstrated concern for him York Post reporter broke the story that Red Sox pitcher Jon noon, Rt. Wor. Ernest Pearlstein, the Grand Lodge Service his family. The Brotherhood Fund will not be used to sup- Finally, nothing in our obligation states we will only Lester had been dealt to the Oakland A’s. Upon hearing Committee Director, and Rt. Wor. Frank B. Gomes, Dis- port Masonic Service Association Disaster Relief Appeals, help, aid, and assist a Massachusetts Master Mason living this, Wor. Robert Huke and Bro. Christopher Rooney in trict Deputy Grand Master of the First Masonic District, or similar appeals such as the Boston OneFund. in the jurisdiction. The Grand Lodge Service Department the Grand Lodge Communications & Development The Grand Master, with the assistance of the Grand will seek to assist a Massachusetts Freemason living out- Bro. Jon Rizzo with his family shortly after his home was Lodge Service Department and the Business Manager, side of the state, or a non-Massachusetts Mason living Department—two diehard Red Sox fans—turned to the consumed by fire. administrates the Brotherhood Fund. It is their goal to here, by coordinating with the respective jurisdiction. social media platform Twitter for more information about Photo by: Angela Rowlings. Used with permission of the Boston Herald. the trade. They were hoping for news about one Jon; they investigate and fulfill a verified situation of need as quick- As for Bro. Rizzo and his family, they are doing fine. found much different news about another Jon. ly as possible. A brother or his family who have been “At a time when my family had nothing, the Brotherhood At 9:50 a.m. the advertising agency Mittcom posted the referred for assistance will remain anonymous, unless they Fund helped us take a big step ahead towards a fresh start, following message from their Twitter account: give permission to use their name and/or story to promote he said.” the Brotherhood Fund. @Mittcom: Mittcom's Jon Rizzo lost everything in How can you help? yesterday's 6 alarm fire but was a hero saving 6 lives Practicing the Five Points of Fellowship Do you know of a Master Mason or his family who could Help Jon & his family: http://www.gofundme.com/- In Carl H. Claudy’s Introduction to Freemasonry, Volume be helped by the Brotherhood Fund? Do not hesitate to cdiodg III, the author writes, “the Five Points of Fellowship con- contact the Grand Lodge Business Manager at 617-426- Mittcom was part of the team that worked on the tain the essence of the doctrine of brotherhood.” Reflecting 6040, or [email protected]. For a lodge Massachusetts Freemasons’ awareness efforts for several on the lessons we learned during the Five Points of to make a donation in the East at the next quarterly, con- years. This spring they hired Jon Rizzo as their Director of Fellowship in the Master Mason degree, the Brotherhood tact Rt. Wor. Will Currier, wcurrier@massfreemasonry- Video Production, which is how Wor. Huke and Bro. Fund is the realization of Claudy’s statement in practice. .org. ■ Rooney came to know him. The Five Points of Fellowship teaches us: All donations to the Brotherhood Fund are tax A Boston Herald article “East Boston dad on time to 1. To assist and serve—there is nothing more funda- deductible to the full extent of the law. Gifts to support save six from inferno” details Jon’s heroic efforts to save mental to the mission of the Brotherhood Fund than help- the Brotherhood Fund should be made to: M.E. & his neighbors and family, including two year old daughter ing a Mason in need; C.T.—The Brotherhood Fund, and sent to: The Grand Valentina, from the fire. Unfortunately, as a result of the 2. Regard for welfare—when our concern for a broth- Lodge of Massachusetts A.F. & A.M., 186 Tremont conflagration, the Rizzo family lost all of their posses- er’s wellbeing equals our own, our capacity to help is Street, Boston MA 02111. sions, including Jon’s professional equipment. bound only by the limits of our resources;

8 GRAND LODGE OF MASSACHUSETTS TROWEL ■ FALL 2014 9 Masonic Medals Charles Sackville Medal, ca. 1733, Johann Lorenz Natter (1705Ð1763), Honoring the Past, Creating the Future Florence, Italy. All items illustrated are from the collection of by Aimee E. Newell, Ph.D. the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts. n 1880, William Theophilus Rogers Marvin (1832Ð Lodge of Massachusetts medal collection, on extended Photographs by David Bohl. I 1913), a printer, numismatist and Massachusetts Free- loan to the Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library, mason, published his four-volume work The Medals of the numbers almost one thousand today including many rare Masonic Fraternity Described and Illustrated. Only 160 examples, as well as some downright unusual ones. copies of this invaluable catalog were initially produced, Still recognized as one of the earliest Masonic medals providing brief descriptions and a selection of illustrations struck is the one known as the “Sackville medal.” The Florence. Historian Jason M. Kelly has pointed out that the Dassier (1715Ð1759). Dassier, whose father was a medal- of Masonic medals produced between 1733 and 1879. The medal was struck in 1733, the year the Grand Lodge of iconography on the medal owes as much to the grand tour list, trained in Paris, and then worked in Italy until he came project, which includes more than 700 medals, was a labor Massachusetts was chartered, by Johann Lorenz Natter experience as to Masonic symbols. These men sought out to London in 1740. In 1745, he returned to Geneva. of love for Marvin who was a collector himself. But, as he (1705Ð1763), a German goldsmith, gem cutter and lap- archaeological relics and pursued antiquarian activities as While these early examples of Masonic medals were commented in the introduction to the book “the work was idary. One side of the medal shows a portrait bust of a man. they traveled. The depiction of Sackville as a Roman gen- made in Europe and celebrated English Freemasons, it was begun with little anticipation of the labor or magnitude of Along the edge is “Carolvs Sackville Magister Fl” [Charles eral on the medal was probably inspired by these endeav- not long before medals were produced to commemorate the task.” Sackville, Master of Florence]. The opposite side shows ors. American Masons and Masonic events. Not surprisingly, Marvin, who was born in Boston in 1832, graduated Harpocrates, the Greek God of silence. He holds a cornu- The Grand Lodge collection includes another early the most popular figure commemorated by American from the Boston Latin School in 1850 where he received copia in one hand and leans against a broken column. At Masonic medal, which was made in 1742 to commemorate Masonic medals is George Washington (1732Ð1799). the Franklin medal, funded by Benjamin Franklin’s will to his feet are a perfect ashlar, Masonic tools and a basket Martin Folkes (1690Ð1754). Like Marvin, who included Medals were struck regularly to remember historic and go to the “best boy” in the school. Marvin graduated from with a serpent. Lettering at the top reads “Ab Origine” the Folkes medal in his catalog in 1880, Folkes was a Masonic anniversaries associated with Washington’s life. Williams College and began working in his father’s print- [From the Beginning]. This particular medal came to the numismatist and Freemason. A member of lodges in Lon- One medal in the collection commemorates Wash- ing business, becoming a part owner in 1856. He was Grand Lodge collection via Past Grand Master Samuel don and Norwich, Folkes served as Deputy Grand Master ington’s visit to Solomon’s Lodge No. 1 in Poughkeepsie, raised a Master Mason in Boston’s Columbian Lodge in Crocker Lawrence (1832Ð1911), who bequeathed his col- of the Grand Lodge of England in 1724 and 1725. Folkes New York, in 1782. Washington was made a Mason in 1858, serving the lodge as Master in 1871 and 1872 and, lection to the Grand Lodge. received the degree of Doctor of Laws from Oxford in Virginia’s Fredericksburg Lodge No. 4 in 1753. When later, as Secretary from 1883 to 1904. Marvin was also The medal was made to honor Charles Sackville 1746. He served as President of the Royal Society in 1741 Alexandria Lodge No. 22 was chartered under the Grand active at the Grand Lodge, serving as Senior Grand (1711Ð1768), the Earl of Middlesex, later the Duke of and of the Society of Antiquaries in 1750. Lodge of Virginia in 1788, Washington became its Master, Steward from 1880 to 1885 and as Senior Grand Warden in Dorset. Sackville received his MA from Oxford in 1730 For many years, it was thought that this medal was serving in 1788 and 1789 and again in 1797 and 1798. 1886. He was a member of the York Rite and the Scottish and then traveled in Holland, France and Italy. After an struck in Rome, but the Roman symbols actually relate to According to the lodge minutes for Solomon’s Lodge No. Rite, as well as of several numismatic societies. extended stay in Florence, Sackville returned to Britain, Folkes’s interest in antiquity. This medal was struck in 1, lodge was opened December 26, 1782, for routine mat- Marvin defined two “classes” of Masonic medals— becoming a member of Parliament in 1734. In 1744, the Geneva from dies made in England by Jacques-Antoine ters and then closed until the next morning when “Brother those made in honor of a member of the fraternity or a Crown appointed him Master of the Horse to the Prince of Masonic event and those struck by Masonic bodies, includ- Wales. ing jewels. This second group is often defined as badges While too young to have been made a Mason in England today, with medals or other pendants attached to a ribbon prior to the medal’s creation in 1733, Sackville seems like- Left: Martin Folkes and pinned to a man’s jacket. Marvin primarily focused on ly to have taken the degrees in Ireland, where the minimum Medal, 1742, Jacques- the first group—medals that were not worn. In the book, he age was 21, compared to England’s 25. He is included in a Antoine Dassier listed some of the largest collections of Masonic medals in list of men who attended a “Grand Meeting” of Free- (1715Ð1759), Geneva, the world at the time—Lodge Pythagoras in Brooklyn, masons in Dublin on November 22, 1733. For many years, Switzerland New York, the Provincial Grand Lodge of Mecklenburg, scholars thought the medal signified that Sackville himself and the Lodges Apollo and Minerva in Leipzig. Since then, brought Freemasonry to Florence. However, evidence Right: Solomon’s Lodge many, many more Masonic medals have been produced, shows that a lodge was working in that city by 1732. No. 1 Medal, 1850Ð1900, and others from the past have been discovered. The Grand Instead, the medal seems to commemorate Sackville’s par- unidentified maker, ticipation in an English lodge in Florence during his United States. Aimee E. Newell is the Director of Collections at the extended stay in 1733. In addition to being a member when

Scottish Rite Masonic Museum & Library in Lexington, the medal was struck, Sackville served as Master of this Photographs by David Bohl. and a co-author of Curiosities of the Craft: Treasures from lodge in 1736. the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts Collection, published in The lodge seems to have been founded largely by British 2013. men on grand tours of the Continent during long stays in

10 GRAND LODGE OF MASSACHUSETTS TROWEL ■ FALL 2014 11 George Washington, Comdr. In Chief, Brothers Wolsey and Graham” were announced as visitors. A medal from 1797 shows a bust of Washington on one Columbian Lodge side with lettering, “G. Washington President 1797.” The Centennial Medal, 1895, other side shows an arrangement of Masonic symbols and unidentified maker, has lettering that reads “Amor Honor et Justitia United States. G.W.G.G.M.” “Amor Honor et Justitia” translates to “Love Honor and Justice,” a motto used by the Grand Lodge of England. The initials “G.W.G.G.M.” stand for “George Washington, General Grand Master.” Unlike many Bottom: European countries, the United States has never had a Columbian Lodge national Grand Lodge or Grand Master. However, the idea Medal for John was proposed several times after the Revolution. McClellan, 1855, Pennsylvania Freemasons suggested that George Wash- unidentified maker, ington head a national Grand Lodge three times in 1779 probably Boston. and 1780. Each time, the idea failed, in part because Photographs by David Bohl Washington declined to take the position.

George Washington Death Centennial Medal, 1899 an important anniversary are common, many lodges have Another medal from the Grand Lodge collection that is George Washington Medal, 1797, (reverse; see cover for obverse) unidentified maker, also designed medals to recognize members who provided associated with Columbian Lodge is unique—made and unidentified maker, United States. United States. Photographs by David Bohl. special service. Two medals in the Grand Lodge collection presented to a single member in 1855. The shield-shaped The maker of this medal seems to be suggesting the idea from Columbian Lodge serve as examples. medal is engraved: of George Washington as national Grand Master again. The Columbian Lodge was founded in 1795 when Grand Presented by / Columbian Lodge / To their Secretary / John date on this meda—1797—marks the end of Washington’s Master Paul Revere (1735Ð1818) signed their charter. As McClellan / Boston / Dec. 25th 1846 / In testimony of / second term as president. Perhaps the maker thought he part of the lodge’s celebration of its 100th anniversary in Their appreciation of his / Valuable Official Services / And might be more amenable to the national Grand Master 1895, they produced a medal. One side shows a classical of their Respect for his / Character as a man and / A Mason. position in his retirement. Another version of this coin lists bust profile with the motto “Semper Vbiqve” [Always and five events associated with Washington’s military and pres- Everywhere]. The other side has an acacia wreath with the / Daniel Baxter / Nahum Ball / Newell A. Thompson idential careers on the back. names of the Master and Wardens in 1795 and in 1895. Com[mitte]e Many medals have been struck since Washington’s Lettering along the edge reads “Wisdom hath builded her John McClellan (1813Ð1878) was born in Providence, death. One example was struck by “Order of Congress” to house Centenary 1895.” A Special Communication was Rhode Island, and joined Boston’s Columbian Lodge in commemorate the centennial of his death in 1899. It shows opened by the Grand Lodge on June 8, 1895, at the Second 1844. He became Secretary for the lodge in 1846 and a bust profile portrait of Washington on one side and a Universalist Church. William T. R. Marvin gave an histor- served in that position until 1855. The lodge history notes Masonic apron on the other (see cover, and top of this col- ical address. The program also included a poem and music. that during these years “he recorded the transactions of one umn). Lettering around the apron notes that Washington was Master of “Alexandria Lodge No. 22” in 1788. The choice by Congress to produce a medal that celebrated Washington’s Masonic membership suggests that there was a large Masonic market for this medal. It also indicates that Washington’s Masonic membership was well known and that his legend was informed by his belief in Masonic val- ues. At some point this particular medal was personalized. The initials “HTR” are engraved on one side. This kind of marking is not unusual—many medals in the Grand Lodge collection include a personalization by their subsequent owner. The medal was given to the Grand Lodge in 1939 by Burton A. Murray (1877Ð1954) who worked as a police sergeant in Revere. He was raised in Seaview Lodge in 1918, later serving that lodge as Master in 1937 and 1938. Two years after donating this medal to the Grand Lodge museum, Murray received his own medal in 1941 when he was awarded the Grand Lodge’s Distinguished Service medal. Massachusetts lodges have produced hundreds of medals over the past 280 years. While medals to celebrate

12 GRAND LODGE OF MASSACHUSETTS TROWEL ■ FALL 2014 13 Johnson (1871Ð1957) in 1915, has all According to the Grand Lodge of its blanks filled in. The certificate Proceedings for April 10, 1915, the grants approval to Mt. Holyoke Lodge Grand Lodge officers, including Grand of South Hadley, for a medal to com- Master Melvin Johnson, who had memorate the dedication of its temple. signed the approval form for the badge, Under the signatures of the Grand traveled to Holyoke by train. After Master and the Grand Secretary is lunch at the Holyoke Club, the new space for a description. On this form, it lodge building was dedicated with a reads “Obverse a representation sur- ceremony including music and a histor- rounded by the name and location of ical address. the Lodge. Reverse G within the square In addition to helping collectors to and compasses, surrounded by the identify the Masonic medals they dates of laying cornerstone and dedica- already owned, Marvin’s catalog also tion. Gilded, suspended by a blue rib- provided a wish list of sorts, indicating bon from a gilded bar, not inscribed.” Masonic medals that exist to be collect- The Grand Lodge collection includes ed. Over the past 280 years, the Grand three examples of the badge, which Lodge has amassed a large collection, conforms to the description on the “cer- mostly from gifts by individual tificate of approval.” The medal and pin Masons, their family members, lodges are gold-colored and suspended from a and other Masonic bodies. One of the blue ribbon. The medal shows the lodge more unique gifts came in 1890 from Mount Holyoke Lodge Dedication building and reads “Mount Holyoke Badge, 1915, Dieges and Clust, George F. Ingalls (1851Ð1915). The Lodge A.F. & A.M. South Hadley Falls Providence, R.I. medal he donated is a half-dollar coin Mass.” The other side has a square and that has been repurposed as a keepsake compasses with G in the middle and lettering reading with engraving on both sides. One side reads “A Present “Corner Stone Laid Sept. 26, 1914 Dedicated April 10, from Mrs. Holcombs to Mr & Mrs Phillipps as a token of 1915.” Friendship 15th March 1808.” The word “from” is flanked Drawings and Photos of Masonic Badges and Jewels, 1900Ð1950, Frederick T. Widmer by a level and a square and compasses. The other side is (1877Ð1955) and Kenneth R. Park (1908Ð2008), Boston. Photograph by David Bohl Certificate of Approval, 1915, unidentified maker, Boston engraved with the words of the Lord’s Prayer. In the center Photograph by David Bohl is a five-point star with a G in the middle. hundred and forty-nine meetings, and experienced a con- as well as others that were never produced, or that show Unfortunately, the exact identities of “Mrs. Holcombs” stantly increasing accumulation of duties consequent upon earlier versions of designs that were later made. and “Mr & Mrs Phillips” are unknown. When Ingalls the growth of the Lodge, “from seventy-six to two hundred The collection also includes metal proofs for the pin and donated the coin to the Grand Lodge in 1890 he explained and eight members.” Shortly after stepping down as medallion for the Grand Lodge’s Joseph Warren that he found it in the New York and New England Depot Columbian Lodge’s secretary, Proof of Joseph Warren Distinguished Distinguished Service Medal. This ten years earlier. Ingalls was a baggage master in Boston, McClellan became a charter mem- Service Medal, 1930, unidentified maker, medal shows a likeness of Revo- who joined the city’s Orient Lodge in 1881. He was also a ber of Boston’s Revere Lodge in probably Boston. Photograph by David Bohl lutionary hero and Boston physi- member of DeMolay Commandery, which probably 1856. He served in several Grand cian Joseph Warren (1741Ð1775) prompted him to save this medal, engraved with Masonic Offices, culminating in seventeen who was killed at the battle of symbols and the Lord’s Prayer. years as Grand Treasurer, from Bunker Hill while serving as Grand While most of the medals in the Grand Lodge collection 1861 until his death in 1878. Master of the Provincial Grand commemorate a particular person or Masonic event, at The Grand Lodge collection is Lodge of Massachusetts. The (continued on page 30) fortunate to include a number of medal was created in 1930 to be examples that help to demonstrate conferred by the Grand Master Half Dollar Coin with the Lord’s Prayer, 1808, unidenti- the process of designing and mak- “upon such Brethren as may have fied maker, United States Photograph by David Bohl ing a Masonic medal. In one box is rendered distinguished service to a treasure trove of 200 to 300 draw- the Lodges of which they are mem- ings and photographs of various bers.” Masonic badges, jewels and Tucked into the collection is medals. These were produced by another example of the production Boston jewelers Frederick T. process—the kind of thing that Widmer (1877Ð1955) and Kenneth often gets lost or thrown away over R. Park (1908Ð2008) during the late time, so it is exciting to be able to 1800s and through the mid-1900s. learn from this example. A printed The illustrations included represent “Certificate of Approval,” signed by badges and jewels that were made, then-Grand Master Melvin M.

14 GRAND LODGE OF MASSACHUSETTS TROWEL ■ FALL 2014 15 Overlook at Northampton NEWS FROM OVERLOOK Overlook Care At Lillian Dressler Fund Home Has ‘H.O.P.E.’ for Staff Education Helping Others Pursue Excellence by Cathy LaRocca

he Overlook home healthcare clinician has a hard job. TOut of the regular, predictable, confines of an institu- ompassion and a loving heart—these things are essen- tion, the clinician must work within the patient’s home. Is C tial to success as a long term care health provider. It is this sink sufficiently clean? Is it safe to store this material even more important to provide these loving and compas- here? Other questions arise, but most important is the inter- sionate professionals with the education and tools to do action with person and family in need. their job according to the highest and most up-to-date stan- The clinician’s mission in homecare, like that of Over- dards. With that goal in mind, brothers Howard and look in general, is far-reaching and ambitious: to connect Marshall Lester established the Lillian Dressler Fund for with the true purpose of our work as home health care pro- Staff Education in 2013, in honor of their late mother, fessionals, to clarify and communicate our organization’s Lillian Dressler. core values, and to align our day-to-day practices with our When Lillian passed away in the care of the Overlook at values. All this within a context of making lives better. Northampton, Howard and Marshall were impressed by the A clinician must also articulate the emphasis we place care that she received. Their late stepfather, Joseph Dress- on being a values-driven organization, and to illuminate ler, had also been cared for at the Overlook, and the broth- ers were compelled to make a meaningful gift in their our vision of the future. Not just for Overlook Care At honor, something that would help to continue the standard Home, but for the home health care industry as a whole. of care that their loved ones had received. Together with Families coping with significant illness or disability the Director of Staff Education and the Fund Development Fall Brings a Harvest of Veggies, and a Brunch need support while caring for a family member. It is our responsibility to provide these families the assistance they Department, the brothers established the Dressler Fund in by Sandra O'Shea their mother’s honor. need. Despite the many administrative, financial, and regu- Established in late 2013, the fund has already made an latory challenges inherent in our industry, we are passion- impact: staff members have attended seminars on wound ate about our purpose, resolute in our beliefs and stand true care, pain control in dementia patients and a behavioral fter a successful summer, residents of the Overlook in their apartment and cottage homes as well. The brunch to our mission and values. program for dementia patients. Teaching models have been A Charlton are still busy in the community gardens. takes place in the Acacia Dining Room, which boasts views The demand for home health care services is growing purchased and used to teach employees the latest and best Bob Hall is just one of many taking great joy in the gar- of the courtyard, the 450 acre campus and many of and will continue to grow. Health care services in the practices in care for patients. The models and certifications dens, bringing in fall harvests of broccoli, kale, carrots and Overlook’s amenities. Visitors are invited to stop by the United States will continue to return to the home, where will have an impact on patient care at the Overlook for more. The 90-year-old says he spends as much time as he gardens, as well! most care was delivered a century ago. Sophisticated, high years to come, thanks to the memory of someone who was can in the gardens, “sun up to sundown” if possible. There also will be live music and a delicious seasonal quality health care can now be provided to many patients at often referred to as “that lovely lady.” The community gardens were first planted in 2007 and menu prepared by the community’s chefs. All are welcome. home at a financial cost significantly less than the cost of The brothers are pleased that the Fund is making such a have been a resident favorite ever since. The gardens start- Visit http://overlook-mass.org/harvest-brunch for details services delivered in hospitals and facilities. Most impor- lasting impact on patient care. Marshall expressed their ed small with a few common areas, and soon residents and to RSVP. ■ tantly, people want to be able to stay in the comfort of their delight in a note: “I know my mother would have been were taking charge of individual 20x20 foot own homes whenever possible. plots. Overlook chefs feature vegetables grown Lillian and Joseph Dressler pleased had she Overlook Care At home aspires to follow the rich in the 1950s. known. She always in the gardens on their menus, reflecting the humanitarian tradition of generosity of spirit to guide our spoke so highly—and seasonal bounty. Flowers grown on campus work. Mother Teresa and Florence Nightingale provide enthusiastically— grace the entrance and hallways. compelling historic examples of compassion and leader- about the Overlook Harvest Brunch ship in action. Nurses, home health aides, therapists, and staff.” The staff mem- other clinicians chose to enter this profession because it is bers at the Overlook The Overlook community is celebrating the in their hearts to help other people. Our goal as an organi- are pleased as well. harvest—and the season—with a Harvest zation is to support and honor our healthcare professionals The Dressler Fund is a Brunch and Open House on Tuesday, and to create conditions under which our clinicians can memorial tribute that November 25th. Residents will host the provide our clients and their families the compassionate will continue to im- brunch, telling visitors about the dozens of and excellent care they need and deserve. prove outcomes care Overlook clubs and programs. Some will open A patient at home, receiving professional care, is a com- for residents and their Resident Bob Hall, 90, says the Overlook plex situation. But the Overlook’s team of home healthcare families. ■ community gardens are a real source of joy. professionals meets the challenge. ■

16 GRAND LODGE OF MASSACHUSETTS TROWEL ■ FALL 2014 17 often hear comments that we do not spend enough time included, “Dark Side of the Craft and Ourselves,” and I in Freemasonry on education. Many new members “Precision and Truth in Masonic Ritual.” Interestingly, the Navigating the Maze of Healthcare Services come to us with a preconceived notion that this is a large lodge allows remote participation by either phone or part of who we are. Officers try to educate, but struggle Skype video conferencing. This use of technology keeps InfoSource—Your Solutions Resource due to the restraints of time and ability. Grand Lodge pro- Masons, who have moved away or are travelling on busi- by Jean Greiff vides some excellent sources, but this is not their exclusive ness, connected to the lodge. Using video conferencing right or responsibility. also provides remote participants a multi-sensory experi- In the 28th District, a few of us decided to do something ence. about it. We started what we like to call the Academy. The Harvard Lodge is an academic lodge. The 28th ow many times do you or People typically call InfoSource We all remember the debt Masonry owes to the Greeks. District is largely blue collar. Still, both groups have many H someone you know struggle seeking answers to difficult ques- In around 387 BC, Plato formed the Academy in Athens. men who would like education to be a part of their with getting answers to questions tions. One daughter noted how related to healthcare, aging, bene- overwhelmed her family was fits, and/or housing options? Do when her husband picked up the you often wonder how to even phone to call. “My Dad was being BE THE REVOLUTION begin navigating through the discharged from the hospital and many choices you have? In we needed to make an immediate today’s day and age of ever chang- decision about next steps. We did ing healthcare policies, rules, and not know what our options were. The Start of A Masonic Academy regulations, it is critical to be “My husband reached out to by Rt. Wor. Michael Jarzabek, DDGM for the 28th District informed about your choices and InfoSource and we quickly learn- the impact these choices will have Jean Greiff, Geriatric Care Manager, answering a ed about the differences in various call on the the InfoSource phone, 1-866-657-7000 levels of care, how to make a on you today and in the future. The Academy had no official curriculum or teachers in the Masonic experience. The two groups could not be more selection that fit my father’s needs, and what resources More importantly, the need for accurate and unbiased traditional sense. Instead, members would solve problems demographically different, but their desire is the same: were available to help him return home. We were so grate- information is paramount when you are being asked to posed by one of the group. Usually, they would do this by there is a strong undercurrent of intellectual curiosity with- ful for this resource.” make rapid decisions in the face of a crisis. Understanding employing dialectic reasoning. in our membership. It is our job to provide opportunities, Here are some common questions callers ask when your options now will help you to potentially avoid a crisis As I said earlier, in 2012 several Masons in the 28th such as those provided by the Academy and the Harvard reaching out to InfoSource: down the road (or help you respond confidently to a current District revived this ancient tradition. We gathered in the Lodge Philosophy Meeting, to our membership. ● crisis). InfoSource can help you understand your options I have been told that my mother may be appropriate for Brigham Lodge dining room around several round tables. Another way to provide these opportunities to our and become more informed about your choices. an assisted living facility. What is the (continued on page 22) We came prepared to discuss the point within a circle. We Brothers is a technique best illustrated in Cliff Porter’s chose as our format the literature circle. A literature circle book A Traditional Observance Lodge. In Bro. Porter’s is an educational method where several individuals discuss lodge, they have festive boards. During these events, a a common text. Each comes to the circle ready to discuss moderator will make a statement, which cannot be WARMER WELCOMES AT THE OVERLOOK a different aspect of the text. answered with a simple yes or no. by Sandra O'Shea In accordance with the agreed format, we divided the An example would be, “The progressive line is the best research into several approaches. Selected members, in the way to select lodge officers.” Each brother receives a card weeks preceding the event, researched the topic from either with a plus or minus written on it. These brothers he Overlook Life Care It’s all part of the evolution either a Masonic, historic, graphic, or esoteric point of must “argue” their point for or against the statement based TCommunity in Charlton is of the Overlook, says view. In addition to the researchers, the group chooses a on their card rather than by their personal feelings. Plus known for friendly hellos Marketing Director Sandy moderator. His duty was to pay close attention to the flow and minus assignments can also be by table, side of room, from team members and resi- O’Shea. “Senior living com- of discussion and, when necessary, to ask questions to or officer roles in larger groups. This method is effective dents. But the community munities are taking cues from reignite it. Before beginning everyone agreed that, in the with little to no preparation. For this reason, if you have a lacked an official Welcome other industries, such as retail spirit of discussion, there would be no wrong answers. few minutes left at the end of a business meeting you for new visitors interested in and hotels, to showcase their The Brothers present willingly discussed the point with- might want to consider it. the advantages of an active strengths.” in a circle for over three hours. Furthermore, the discus- Many lodges use a traditional lecture approach to edu- lifestyle, hospitality and inde- O’Shea notes that in the sion continued in the parking lot. Thomas Lodge recently cation. This method, by its nature, is authoritarian. The pendent living. past, residents had few choic- hosted another of these evenings in a similar format and methods I described employ a more active or democratic This fall marked the open- es for personalizing their new the results were mostly the same. At this event, we limited participation. If we truly “meet on the level,” which ing of a brand new Welcome The new Welcome Center plays off a marketing homes. Standard finishes the discussion to one hour but, once again, the discussion method should we use? Center at the Overlook. The campaign introduced in June, showcasing were of excellent quality but continued, this time over collation. If you are looking to add educational opportunities to team used an existing resi- the active Overlook lifestyle. they were standard. Now, new This format has proven to be a very effective way to pro- your lodge programs please consider one of the above dence, adding colorful displays that tell the community’s residents can select from contemporary options and vide educational opportunities in the lodge on a small methods. If you have questions or would like help starting story. At the same time, they added a “customization cen- upgrades such as light fixtures, flooring and paints. scale. out feel free to contact me at [email protected]. ter”—a spot where future residents can learn about new “Now,” says O’Shea, “the entrance to our community is The Harvard Lodge employs a similar approach in what My Brothers, Be the Revolution. That is what we came options and selections. as vibrant as the Overlook and its residents.” ■ they call their Philosophy Meeting. Past topics have here to do. ■

18 GRAND LODGE OF MASSACHUSETTS TROWEL ■ FALL 2014 19 Grand Masters rother John Albert Blake was born in April 1843 in March 1906 communication Bro. Blake was particu- B Danvers, Massachusetts, and belonged to the genera- he had the first opportunity lar with respect to the pro- of tion that was called to service during the Civil War. He to begin the planning. Bro. priety of the Craft. In 1908 enlisted in the navy at the outbreak of hostilities and served John Clarke, a Freemason the Grand Lodge received a until 1864; returning unscathed, he went into the shoe busi- from Warren, Rhode Island, petition for recognition Massachusetts ness, which would be his profession for the rest of his life. had included a clause in his from the Grand Lodge of He came to Freemasonry young, receiving his degrees in will giving the Grand Lodge France, from which it had the summer of 1866 in Amity Lodge; it was a tremendous- two houses in Fall River “for been withdrawn in 1877 by Rt. Wor. Walter Hunt ly busy time for the Craft in Massachusetts, and his moth- the purpose of founding a after that body had re- er lodge was only three years old when he was raised. It home for destitute Masons.” moved the Volume of Sac- took some time for him to be appointed as an officer, but he The restrictions on the prop- red Law from its altars (as rose rapidly—he was Senior Deacon in 1874, Senior erty were such that the well as the landmark of 1905–1907 Above: The Charlton Campus as it looked in 1911. Below: The Warden in 1875 and 1876, and Worshipful Master in 1877 Grand Lodge was forced to signing of the papers to transfer the Charlton property to the monotheism). The commit- and 1878. His interest in Masonic activities brought him decline the offer; Bro. Blake Grand Lodge. In the foreground, facing leftward appears to be tee appointed to investigate into the Royal Arch Chapter, the Cryptic Rite, and the wanted the property to be Grand Master, M. Wor. John Albert Blake. the petition observed re- Commandery, as well as the Ancient Accepted Scottish held without restriction or garding the French Grand Rite. In each of the local bodies he rose to positions of mortgage, and the terms of Lodge: “The Grand Orient leadership. the will imposed both. has practically discarded all In the Grand Lodge, he served as a District Deputy in During the following year, symbols, tests, mysteries, 1889 and 1890 and Junior Grand Warden in 1892, and the plan for a Home was laid etc.; it has become virtually shortly afterward rose to the stations of Grand High Priest out for the Brethren, and a a club of philosophers, and Illustrious Grand Master of the Grand Council. He Masonic Home Committee politicians and scientists, would serve as Grand Commander as well, after his time in was organized to solicit con- many of whom are atheists the East of Grand Lodge. In the terminology communicat- tributions from the con- . . . It claims to be free from ed to the author by a Past Grand Master, Bro. Blake was a stituent Lodges, consisting politics, less exclusive and “Four Star General”—the last Grand Master with the dis- of the Grand Master, Rt. more in harmony with the tinction of having led Grand Lodge and all three York Rite Wor. Everett C. Benton, and Masonic spirit of the rest of bodies. In the York Rite and the Scottish Rite, Bro. Blake Rt. Wor. Thomas Davis. By the world . . . the Grand was highly esteemed; for the purposes of this article, how- December 1908, nearly Constitutions, and not the ever, we will concentrate on two significant parts of his $40,000 had been collected Bible, was the book used Masonic career: his time as Most Worshipful Grand from pledges solicited over on the altar for obligation Master, and his advocacy and support of the Massachusetts two years, with an additional and other purposes . . . your Masonic Home in Charlton during the first decade of the $36,000 pledged. In December Grand Master Blake noted Committee is of the opinion that the recognition of God twentieth century. “That the Brethren of this Jurisdiction are determined that and the use of His name . . . is left to the discretion of the Massachusetts shall have a Masonic Home worthy of the candidate in each case and is not used if objected to . . . the Most Wor. The Masonic Home name can no longer be questioned.” The Masonic Home absence of the Book of Holy Scriptures from an essential In December 1905, at the conclusion of his three years in Committee’s report at the same communication reported part of the furniture and business of a Masonic Lodge, the the Oriental Chair of Grand Lodge, M. Wor. Baalis Sanford that they had settled on a location: the Hotel Overlook in Institution is too far deprived of its principal features and John Albert Blake passed the reins of power to his successor. At the Feast of Charlton; the committee noted “Repeated visits . . . pre- essential characteristics to [permit fraternal relations].” St. John, he addressed the Grand Lodge: “I wish to express sented the proposition for the purchase of the property in so Blake determined that this was an improper body with my opinion in regard to the present Most Worshipful Grand favorable a light” that it was unanimously recommended which to have fraternal relations, and the Grand Lodge In the terminology communicated to the Master, to express my gratification and satisfaction that the that the Grand Lodge move forward in purchasing the agreed. It would be a model for many other such consider- duties and responsibilities of Grand Master are entrusted to buildings and 397 acres of land. The Grand Lodge adopted ations going forward, with Massachusetts maintaining a author by a Past Grand Master, Bro. Blake one whose long and useful and successful services to the the resolution, fulfilling Grand Master Blake’s vision Ð one high bar for recognition. was a “Four Star General” Ð the last Craft have rendered him especially competent to discharge of the last acts of his Grand Mastership. During his final year as Grand Master, Bro. Blake ob- the varied and arduous duties of this very responsible tained for the Grand Lodge an act of the legislature that Grand Master with the distinction office.” As with the rest of the Brethren, Bro. Sanford was Grand Master sought to prevent misuse of the Masonic service and trade of having led Grand Lodge and confident that John Albert Blake would be a fine Grand During his three years as Grand Master, Bro. Blake issued marks for clandestine purposes: An Act Relative to the Master. only one charter: to Damascus Lodge of Lynn in Fraudulent Use of the Names, Titles or Common Desig- all three York Rite bodies. When he assumed the Oriental Chair in Grand Lodge, September 1907. But he dealt with petitions from a group nations of Fraternities, Societies and Unions, enacted in M. Wor. Bro. Blake was just short of 63 years old, a suc- of Masons in the Panama Canal Zone seeking a charter March 1908. By this act, such symbols as the Square and cessful businessman and very active Freemason. He had under Massachusetts jurisdiction; this lodge, Isthmus, Compasses were protected and reserved to regular The fourteenth installment in the continuing series already chosen a great task for his time as Grand Master: to received a dispensation in March 1907, but was never Freemasonry. focused on our past establish a Masonic Home for elderly members of the granted its charter; it would be five years before Sojourners He also created an office for his retiring Grand Secretary, Massachusetts Grand Masters. Craft. He had stated this objective at his election, and at the Lodge received the first such charter. the senior Past Grand Master Sereno Nickerson: Grand (continued on page 31) 20 GRAND LODGE OF MASSACHUSETTS TROWEL ■ FALL 2014 21 InfoSource continued from page 18 ● I live out of state and am concerned about my parents. Is there anything I can do to be sure they are okay when I am difference between this and a nursing home? How are these unable to be nearby? paid for? InfoSource is a free information and referral line estab- ● The Prodigal Mason How can I be proactive in preventing falls in my home lished and sponsored by the Masons of Massachusetts. as I age? When you call, you will be connected with a clinically ● What information do I need to consider as I look into trained Overlook Care Manager that has knowledge and purchasing Long Term Care Insurance? When is it too late expertise in the areas of healthcare, aging, housing, home- care, and disease management. 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Sam Clemens, better Herb lived in Manchester, New Hampshire, and I live or home care agency? swered within 24 hours, or the next business day. ■ known as Mark Twain. He once in Nashua. While we both affiliated with Rising Sun wrote, “Never put off till tomorrow Lodge No. 39 of Nashua, that is not where we met. We what you can do the day after met thanks to the Scottish Rite. Senior Warden and asked what had happened. “Oh, the tomorrow.” We’re members of New Hampshire Consistory and Treasurer received the Joseph Warren medal for his service That has become something like a worked on the degrees. After the Spring Reunion some The Young Tyler to our lodge. It was well deserved.” personal motto for me, be it pur- years ago, New Hampshire Consistory had an apprecia- The young Tiler went over to join the line of Brothers poseful or accidental. And I am sure this has driven my tion day for the degree workers, a turkey dinner aboard a by Wor. David Riley congratulating the Treasurer. When he finally had a chance editors to distraction. train at the Winnipesaukee Scenic Railroad. to shake the hand of his Brother and add his own words of There are times I have been within days of my Trowel My wife and I attended the appreciation day and were congratulations to the many already said, the Treasurer deadline and still have no idea about a topic for my col- sitting at a table for four. Opposite us were Herb and he Young Tiler stood outside the door of the lodge, a responded, “Honestly, Freemasonry is the only institution I umn. There have been times I have been within hours of Diann Steinberg. Before the end of that dinner, before the Tsword in his right hand. He heard voices outside the know that gives you a medal for doing something that you the deadline and still haven’t written a word. end of that day, we were fast friends. anteroom. Curious, he walked down the short hallway and enjoy so much.” That was not the case for this edition of Trowel . For From that moment on, if there was a dinner before a peered into the room beyond. There stood the District The young Tiler laughed and said, “You can’t possibly weeks I knew my topic and I even knew how I would lodge meeting or Scottish Rite rehearsal, Herb and I Deputy Grand Master and his Marshal. mean that you enjoy paying the bills.” write it. This was going to be an easy deadline. Suddenly, would sit together. If I was sitting at the banquet table, “Oh, hello, Right Worshipful Brother,” the young Tiler The Treasurer chuckled and said, “Well, perhaps not. everything changed. everyone knew the open chair across from me was for said, his eyes widening slightly at the unexpected sight. “I But I do enjoy this lodge—and the good men I meet On June 1, my mother-in-law, Ethel Penney, the wife Herb. If Herb was first to the table, the open chair was had no idea you were planning a visit tonight.” because they become a part of this lodge. And I will of Bro. Frederick S. Penney of Lafayette Bible Lodge mine. The District Deputy smiled and walked over to gladly serve in whatever way I can if it means I can No. 41 of Manchester, New Hampshire, died. That Herb was only a Mason for some seven years. He was shake the Tiler’s hand, “No one is expecting me ensure that this lodge continues into the next slowed me down to a crawl. a salesman and business owner who joined the Fraternity except the Worshipful Master, my Brother. You generation.” Then, another Brother stepped for- My mother died in 1977 and at that time my mother- for the social opportunities. He couldn’t socialize with know the District Deputy Grand Marshal, I ward and the young Tiler walked away, consid- in-law somewhat stepped into that role. My wife, Janet, people from his business, so Masonry filled that gap. think.” ering the words of the Treasurer. would often remark that I was the son and she was just a In those seven years, Herb Steinberg touched many Shortly, the door to the lodge room opened Later that evening, as the Brethren were daughter-in-law. lives, mine included. Everyone liked him. His Masonic and a rather confused Marshal appeared, “Oh, leaving, the young Tiler told a Past Master What stopped me completely was a phone call I funeral service was graveside, on a hot June 8 morning. you are here, Right Worshipful.” The two what the Treasurer had said. received four days later. Bro. Herb Steinberg, a member Despite the intense sunlight and heat that goes with it, Marshals then went into the lodge room to “He is absolutely right,” the Past Master said. more than 30 Masons assembled. Each had a personal begin the visit. “I often think that Freemasonry gives you of The Consolidated Lodge in Boston, died from injuries When the District Deputy entered the room, the degrees, titles and honors and then, later, asks you he received the night before. He was walking out of a connection to Herb. Tiler kept his ear near the door. His skill at listening to earn them. But in the case of medals like the Joseph convenience store and was hit by a car driven by a 16- I have no natural brothers. My family was just a moth- through the door was far from perfect, but it was a skill he Warren and, perhaps, too, the Veteran’s Medals, the year old girl. er, father and sister. So Masonry has supplied me with had developed in his post. He could hear the District Fraternity is simply recognizing the love you have for our For me, the strength of Freemasonry is revealed in the countless brothers. And some are as close to me as natur- Deputy talking about the importance of service to the local society and have shown for many years.” lecture of the Entered Apprentice Degree. The Master al brothers. Herb was one of them. lodge. The phrase “distinguished and exemplary service” The young Tiler nodded slowly as he considered this and tells the candidate the Fraternity provides its members I’m sorry he is gone. I will miss him. Masonic dinners could be heard. And then, the District Deputy asked his then remembered something from scripture, “Above all, will never be the same for me. But I’m sure he has found Marshal to present the Treasurer to the East. maintain constant love for one another . . .” The Past Richard Thompson is a past master of Wamesit and Merrimack a place in the Celestial Lodge Above. And I also know if When the Brethren left the meeting, there was a sense of Master nodded, “What else is service to your lodge but a Valley Daylight Lodges and a past master councilor of Lowell there is a banquet hall at that lodge, Herb has a seat at the jubilation in the air. The young Tiler caught the eye of the true expression of your love for your Brothers?” ■ Chapter, Order of DeMolay. table. ■

22 GRAND LODGE OF MASSACHUSETTS TROWEL ■ FALL 2014 23 Bro. Noble, are Rt. Wors. Eugene FRATERNITY Blake Nichols, Paul R. Perkins, Geoffrey Kromer, Wors. Matthew S. Gerrish, Jeffrey A. Northrup, and Bro. NEWS EVENTS Gordon Huggins, MD. & The Grand Master, Most Worshipful continued from page 3 Harvey John Waugh, emphasized that the education of young people is vital to the future of the nation as well as the Grand Lodge Presents Scholarship Awards Fraternity and that this year’s group of recipients is a “wonderful class,” for whom “the journey of education is just beginning.” He emphasized how proud he and Grand Lodge are to “help our Masonic family.” Charles W. Moore Lodge Marches and Honors Again Two of the recipients, both of whom One Mason, with a unified lodge and an active district handshake, and kind words to spectators. There were two are involved in Masonic youth groups, behind him, can make a difference. Nearly six months ago, stops along the parade route before arriving at the cemetery: briefly addressed the assemblage. Wor. Paul Mosher, Senior Deacon of Charles W. Moore at a small bridge on Main Street, where a prayer was said Alexander Dyer, who is heavily in- Lodge in Fitchburg, proposed the idea—re-institute the cus- and a salute to the Navy was played and at Townsend volved in DeMolay at both the state and tom of Masons marching in the Townsend Memorial Day Memorial Hall built to memorialize Civil War soldiers. local Chapter levels, took a theme from Parade and do a tribute to North America’s first Grand There we paused for a presentation. Shoulder to shoulder, the Star Trek TV and movie franchise, Master, Most Worshipful Henry John Price. hearts swelling with Masonic pride, we stood strong and saying he is personally “going where On Sunday, May 25, 2014, that idea became a reality. Not honored those who fell in battle to protect this great nation Meghan Fowler, a Past Grand Worthy Advisor of the Order of Rainbow for Girls in no one in my family has gone before” only did all but two of the line officers of Charles W. Moore our predecessors built for us. Massachusetts, addresses the Grand Master, fellow scholarship recipients and their and that the scholarship from Grand show up; nearly fifty total Freemasons from District 22, and Turning in unison once again at the close of the ceremo- families in Paul Revere Hall. Lodge is a major factor in making that their families, turned out on a day when storm clouds threat- ny, we marched behind the band and police color guard to The Twentieth Annual Scholarship d’oeuvres and a hot and cold buffet possible. Dyer stressed the importance ened. But the rain did not fall—at least not until the parade Hillside Cemetery, where other brethren who spotted us Awards Ceremony and reception was during the reception in the lobby of of college, saying that it “provides a and the ceremony were over. along the route joined us. By the time we reached the grave, held on June 29, 2014 at Grand Lodge. Grand Lodge. Students and their fami- road map—a way to see what we can Notables in our group included Rt. Wors. Clifford Bohnet our ranks had swelled significantly. Bro. Sean Blanchard, an Continuing an exciting process institut- lies were given tours of the Grand do.” of District 22 and Ernie Pearlstein from Grand Lodge and Entered Apprentice who was also a Shriner kid at one time, ed in 2011, the program once again Lodge Building and photographs were The second student speaker, Meghan Aleppo Shrine. Wor. Brian Amburgey of Charles W Moore spotted his father in the crowd. I paused to say hello and the expanded its reach, this time granting taken, after which the program took Fowler, a Past Grand Worthy Advisor Lodge was present, as was Wor. Dan Madru from Hope man told me he’d never been prouder of his son than he was nearly $600,000 for the education of a place in a crowded Paul Revere Room. of the Order of Rainbow for Girls in Lodge in Gardner. All were sure to offer a friendly wave, a at that moment. His thoughts echoed all of our own at that record 173 student-recipients. In one of the highlights of the after- Massachusetts, emphasized that Ma- Below: The Brethren of the 22nd District at the start of the moment. More than 200 students, parents, noon, each recipient present was asked sonic institutions are more and more Memorial Day Parade in Fitchburg. Top: Brethren from the The rain clouds began to rumble at that point, but the ded- scholarship committee members, and to introduce his or her family members. valuable as time goes by, through their 22nd District honor M. Wor. Henry Price after marching in the ication ceremony lasted exactly the right length of time. Grand Lodge officers partook of hors Rt. Wor. Brian S. Noble, chairman of emphasis on “charity, leadership, and Memorial Day parade in Fitchburg. Wor. Bro. Mosher read a history of M. Wor. Henry Price the scholarship committee, introduced service.” As she and her colleagues written by Wor. Michael S. Kaulback, a Past Master of the committee members and comment- continue to develop this type of ethic, Charles W. Moore Lodge. The full transcript of that history ed on the revised program, which con- “we are able to change the world,” she can be found at http://www.masonicworld.com/educa- tinues to allow for the distribution of said. tion/files/artjune01/henry_price.htm. more money to more students. The The Grand Lodge Scholarship pro- A wreath was placed at the gravestone and Rt. Wor. Bro. committee members, besides Rt. Wor. gram gives three categories of awards; Bohnet closed with some brief comments before the skies a general scholarship, a series of named opened and the rain fell at last. The walk back to the staging awards, and the Grimshaw-Gudewicz area was wet, but the precipitation could not dampen our Trowel Deadlines scholarships that are specifically spirits. That special feeling we experienced on this day, Winter 2014 reserved for students who live in made possible because one Mason took up the cause, is one Articles: September 19 Bristol County. Forty-three 2014 scho- we will all cherish inside as individuals and collectively as Lodge News: October 17 larships went to Bristol County resi- brothers whenever we gather together. —Bro. Kevin Flynn Spring 2015 dents, with the rest awarded in the gen- Brothers of Tyrian-Ashler-Acacia Articles: December 19 eral and named scholarship categories. they should receive financial aid. meets again to determine the amounts Wor. Craig S. MacPherson, Assistant Lodge in Gloucester, including Wor. Lodge News: January 19 Students go through a strenuous ap- After the applications are received in of the individual awards. Grand Treasurer; Ms. Patricia Latham Wayne Anderton, Wor. William Shof- plication process, which involves filling March, the scholarship committee In addition to the scholarship com- and Ms. Lisa Hastings of the Grand Please send Articles to ner, and Wor. Eric Bergengren (pic- out a four-page form and obtaining holds a lengthy series of meetings over mittee members, a number of people at Secretary’s Office; Rt. Wor. William R. tured) placed a wreath at one of the [email protected] transcripts and letters of recommenda- nearly two months, reviewing and scor- Grand Lodge play vital parts in the Currier of the Grand Master’s Office; neighborhood memorials, in honor of Lodge News items to tion from teachers, friends, and coun- ing each application in such areas as process, including Rt. Wor. Robert Bro. Christopher D. Rooney, and Rt. fallen Brothers, on Memorial Day. [email protected] selors, as well as essays written by need and academic performance. Once Jolly, Business Manager; Rt. Wor. Wor. David S. Elsner, photographer. —Bro. Eric Bergengren themselves and parents explaining why each applicant is scored, the committee Mason Russell, Grand Treasurer; Rt. —Wor. Jeffrey Northrup

24 GRAND LODGE OF MASSACHUSETTS TROWEL ■ FALL 2014 25 Wilson Award continued from page 3 Veteran’s Medal Recipients in 2014 In addition to creating this accolade, the lodge plans to feature a Wilson Award plaque next to a picture of Wor. Bro. Wilson, currently in Room 703 of 1964 2014 the Grand Lodge Building. The plaque will contain the names of brothers who have won this award. Wor. Robert Gardiner Wilson III exemplified the values of brotherly love, relief, truth, tolerance, teamwork and leadership. Abraham H. Howland, Jr. Lodge Bro. Harold Elmer Harriman The following Master Masons will be eligible to receive Bro. Robert Allen Shaw Wor. David Shagoury, presiding Wor. Robert Keddy Gardner Jr their Veteran’s Medal this year. This medal is awarded to Bro. Richard Theoharis master when Wor. Robert Gardiner Adams Lodge T Bro. Louis Theodore Dinger men who have been Masons for 50 years. Anyone raised at Charles River Lodge Wilson III passed, spoke to the strong Alpha Lodge any time during 1964 will be recognized in 2014. Bro. John William Cooper III impression made by this particular Bro. Carlo George DeMarco Whenever possible, the award is conferred in lodge by dis- Bro. Frederick Mclarnon Dudley Bro. Kenneth Elliott Hodge Aleppo Shrine team with Bros. John Kenneth DuPont and Sean Gary Blanchard assisted in brother. Bro. Kenneth Allen Jollimore trict deputy grand masters. Sometimes it is more convenient “When a person first becomes a Bro. George Richard Karibian for the Mason to receive his medal at home; men living out of Charles W. Moore Lodge their raising at Charles W. Moore Lodge in Fitchburg. R.W. Robert Sargent Phillips Bro. Henry George Condon Mason, many things seem ambiguous. Bro. Richard Arthur Sullivan state receive it by mail. This listing includes a number of pho- Bro. Ernest George Tolos tographs depicting presentations made so far in 2014 and gen- Aleppo Shrine Degree Team Raises Patient However, as a young Brother in Joseph Amicable Lodge Chicopee Lodge Webb Lodge, one thing was clear: Bob Bro. Peter Argyros Coras erously sent on to Trowel Magazine. Thank you to all the Bro. Joseph Wilfred Renaud In 2003, a concerned grandmother, an Wor. Ken Sprague (Marshal), Bro. Wilson was special,” said Wor. Bro. Amity-Mosaic Lodge masters, district deputies, and their photographers for taking Cincinnatus Lodge employee at Wachusett Mountain, Steven Bracket (Secretary), Wor. Shagoury. “When I became a member Bro. Ronald James Baser the time to share these pictures. Bro. Stephen Woodin Agar Bro. Larry Leroy Brewington The high point of membership numbers was reached in sought out the assistance of a Shriner Dennis Gibbons (JD), Bro. Ted Pol- of the board of trustees, Bob was wel- Bro. Courtney Steven Brickman Bro. Clement Harold Ford Jr Massachusetts in the years 1961 and 1962, when the fraterni- she knew. Her grandson was struggling onsky (Chaplain), Bro. Carl Wickstrom coming, supportive and happy to men- Cochichewick Lodge Bro. Raymond Fulton Harmony ty had over 133,000 members throughout the state. June 8, Bro. Bailey Lauritsen Allen Bro. Robert Norman Kimball with mobility issues in his right arm (Organist), Bro. Ed Kelly (SS), Rt. tor. For Bob it was beyond personal Bro. Hollis Alwyn Curtis Jr Bro. Matthew James Lovelace 1964 was our biggest day: across the state 17 of our current and leg, a condition brought about by Wor. Earl Cole (JS), Rt. Wor. Dennis Bro. Edward Joseph Laycock kindness, as his tutelage was a mani- R.W. James Arthur Moller 50-year veterans were raised that day. Bro. Walter Chester Thyng the Cerebral Palsy he had suffered Reebel, Rt. Wor. Ken Pfeiffer, and Rt. festation of his love for his Lodge and Bro. Robert George Snyder Masons are listed in their current lodge, which may or may from since birth. Wor. Jeffrey Arnold. his commitment to its future. Ancient York Lodge not be the lodge where they were raised in 1964. If you have Columbian Lodge Could the Shriners possibly help her Sixty-five Masons showed up for “As presiding Master during this Bro. Earl William Barnett any concern about being included in the listing, or any ques- Bro. Maurice Britain Rothrock 17-year-old grandson? this very special third degree. The heavy loss to our Lodge, great homage Bro. Donald Ralph Bergholm tion about your membership status, please contact your lodge Converse Lodge Bro. George James Skrekas Bro. Benjamin Sumner Averbrook After an application and sponsorship night was clear and warm, the moon was due to Wor. Robert Gardiner secretary, who will consult your membership records for you. Ancon Lodge Bro. Marshall Howard Epstein process, this child was accepted for was full. The power, fraternity, and Wilson III and his illustrious Masonic Wor. James Franklin Amason Bro. Harvey Charles Felton Bro. Thomas Mark Foxon assistance at the Shriner’s Hospital for brotherly love of our fellowship were career," said Wor. Bro. Shagoury. "I Bro. Wesley Lorenzo Currier Artisan Lodge Bro. Frederick McKim Yardley Bro. Robert Kesselman Bro. George Frederick Dew Jr Bro. Duncan Hutchinson Burns Jr Children in Springfield, Massachu- on full display. The entire evening was asked Bro. Richard Macintosh to chair Brigham Lodge Bro. Harold Swartz Bro. Lowell Wayne Elbertson Aurora Lodge Bro. William Arthur Keith Ball setts. He was operated on in 2005 and a reminder for us all of why we do a select committee for the purpose of Bro. Carroll Neuville Miller Bro. Albert Henry Anthony LeMieur Bro. George Russell Berry Corinthian Lodge what we do. It was also an impressive Bro. Willy Wolfgang Nowotny today has the mobility necessary to live honoring Bob, so that future brothers Bro. Robert Leino Lystila Bro. Charles Alexander Fields Jr Bro. James Allen Isenberg Bro. Frederick Leedon Walton Jr a happy, full, and productive life. His entry into Masonry for two young men may know, and present brothers will Bro. George Barsom Thomas Bro. Billy Gene Hamilton Bro. Arthur Edgar Mills Jr Bro. Richard Alexander Zirkman gratitude is boundless and he wants to who will help pave the road to our always remember and be inspired by, Bro. Robert Heartz Hickey Bro. Robert Gordon Robinson Azure Lodge Bro. Charles Francis Roake Bro. Richard Eli Wilson give back in some way. future. the Masonic excellence exemplified by Bro. Alan Paul Danovitch Bro. Leroy Rout R.W. Paul Albert Lund Cosmopolitan Lodge That child, Bro. Sean Gary Blan- Gloria Blanchard, Sean’s grand- Robert Gardiner Wilson III. He is Bro. James Robert Spear Jr Bro. Simon Bachner Bro. George Fuller Nickerson Wor. Emmett Elias Thomas chard, a beneficiary of Shriner medical mother who sought assistance for him missed.” Bro. Robert Frasier Rodowsky Bro. Nathan Barry assistance eleven short years ago, was many years ago, unfortunately did not Wor. Michael J Petit also chimed in, Bro. Peter Kent Samsury Bristol Lodge Bro. Samuel Berger Bro. Robert Raymond Hall Bro. Herbert Joseph Geller raised to the sublime degree of Master live to see him raised as a Master sharing some fond memories of Wor. Baalis Sanford Lodge Budleigh Lodge Bro. Melvin Kline Mason. There was no doubt in any- Bro. Anthony George Eonas Mason on Friday, June 13, 2014. He is Robert Gardiner Wilson III, and speak- Bro. Robert Edward MacNevin Bro. Robert William Atherton Bro. Norman Levin Bro. David Everett Trask Bro. Leonard Pazol a Brother in good standing at Charles one’s mind that her spirit was present. ing to the potential impact of the Bay Path Lodge W. Moore Lodge in Fitchburg. She passed less than a year ago, but her Bro. Albert St.Clair Van Knowe Bro. Arnold Herbert Rosenberg Wilson Award. "Brother Wilson had a Bro. James Frank Baird Bro. Joel Sable Rt. Wor. Paul A. Lund (center) was Caleb Butler Lodge Bros. John Kenneth DuPont and actions helped make this evening pos- tremendous influence on Joseph Webb Berkshire Lodge Bro. Richard Leonard Seafer presented a 50-year medal at Bro. Charles William Curtis Blanchard began their night in the sible. Lodge. He mentored many young offi- Bro. Robert Albert Carlson Bro. Leon Robert Overton Bro. Sidney Jacob Wartel Frank W. Thompson Lodge by Rt. Bro. Wilmer Otis Pennington usual manner until a dinner break. Bro. Blanchard has plans to join cers while tirelessly safeguarding our Wor. Douglas J. Ellis, DDGM 14th Bro. Robert Stephen Wood Dalhousie Lodge After dinner, The Aleppo Shrine Aleppo Shrine next year. He under- financial future as a trustee," he said. District (right), with many repre- Bethesda (C) Lodge Celestial Lodge Bro. Stephen Hunter Bishop Jr sentatives present from lodges Bro. Warren Louis Hebert Wor. George Carlton Lind Degree Team, much to Sean’s surprise, stands clearly, due to his grandmoth- "The creation of this award is a fitting Bro. William Richard Gooley where Bro. Lund is active. He Beth-horon Lodge Bro. Donald Robert Jacobs Bro. Victor Wallace Jr performed the second half of the er’s actions, that “Charity extends be- tribute to Brother Wilson. It sets a high served the lodge as master in Bro. Joel Henry Lebow Bro. Donald Robert Jones Day Spring Lodge degree: Rt. Wor. Harlan Woods yond the grave, to the boundless realms standard that will inspire Masons for 1970. He now serves Simon W. Bro. Robert Allan Young Bro. Frank Robert Sibley Bro. Peter Joseph Fimognari Robinson and Joseph Warren- (Master), Rt. Wor. Jay Jolicoeur of eternity.” We’re all looking forward generations to come." Blue Hill Lodge Bro. Kenneth Robert Westgard Bro. Frederick Bolin Kibbe Soley Lodges as chaplain, and is R.W. Edward Thorsen Johnston Charles C. Dame Lodge Bro. Ronald Frederick LeMay (Master/Emblems), Rt. Wor. David to seeing what he can offer for those — Bro. Charles L. Bovaird II a member of Azure Lodge. At left: Bro. Richard Raymond Arakelian Bro. Laurier Joseph Letendre Jr Wor. Robert DiCesare, Master of Boylston Lodge Raymond (SW), Rt. Wor. Ken Pfeiffer who come after him. Bro. Zaven Joseph Arakelian Bro. Nelson Way Long Frank W. Thompson Lodge. Bro. Ronald Kenneth Bart (JW), Wor. Bruce Parker (SD), Rt. — Wor. Kevin Daniel Flynn News & Events continues on page 29 Bro. Joseph Weare Lunt Jr Bro. Roger Carll Clay Jr Bro. Robert Mesheau (continued on followng page) 26 GRAND LODGE OF MASSACHUSETTS TROWEL ■ FALL 2014 27 Globe Unity Lodge John T. Heard Lodge Meridian Lodge Mount Holyoke Lodge Our New 50-Year Brothers Bro. Basil Thatcher Jelly Bro. Charles Lambros Bro. Nathan Otis Beale Bro. Stanley Axland Hanson R.W. Kenneth Eugene Trostle 1964Ð2014 continued Bro. James William Tweed Miller Bro. Ernest Roosevelt Borden Jr Mount Hope Lodge Golden Fleece Lodge John Warren Lodge Bro. Richard David Galeucia Bro. Robert Cumbledge Adams Wor. Paul Arnold Howard Wor. Joseph Eve Harbuck Jr Bro. Alexander Banky Jr Delta Lodge Ezekiel Bates Lodge Bro. William Richard Ainey Bro. Warren Ralph Poor Jr Bro. Charles Wilson Jodrey Bro. Paul Gabriel Lawler Bro. John Robert Hinves Bro. Walter Eugene Baker Bro. Donald Roland Hanson Bro. Stephen Brooks Trautner Bro. Arthur Poulos Jordan Lodge Mount Horeb (D) Lodge Bro. Clinton Irving Bates Jr Bro. Douglas Barry Weilding Bro. Eugene Francis Quinn Wor. Frederick Whitney Welch Bro. Warren Evan Dunkelberger R.W. Whitney Bradford Morse Bro. Karl Erik Berggren Fidelity Lodge Merrimack Lodge Wor. Ronald Thomas Brake Golden Rule Bro. Richard Gershon Herman Bro. John Charles Brown Bro. Eric Mcgregor Summerton Mount Horeb (W) Lodge Bro. Kenneth Edward Carpenter Bro. Donald William Cameron Bro. Bernie Sidney Vigor Bro. Eric Walter Cooper Bro. Robert Gordon Knight Bro. William Locklin Moran Bro. Donald Stewart Wills Bro. John Alger Christianson Joseph Webb Lodge Bro. David Leroy Harvey Wor. Robert Moulton Nichols Bro. Richard Burnham Pratt Milton Lodge Bro. Roscoe Morse Hathon Bro. Marvin Rich Teel Wor. William Andrew Irving Bro. Fred Leonard Hoffstein Franklin Lodge Good Samaritan Bro. Derek Gordon Winds Jones Bro. George Earl McDonald Bro. Allan Edward Marcou Bro. Kenneth Louis Latimore Bro. David Lewis Bray King David Lodge Bro. Raymond Roderick MacNeil Bro. Peter Revett Wedlock Wor. Wayne Richard Modig Bro. Bruce Shepard Beuttel On June 10, 2014, Wor. Phil Privitera was installed for a sec- Bro. Richard John Menslage R.W. Robert Chase Crockett Montgomery Lodge Mount Lebanon Lodge R.W. Wayne Gilbert Parlee Bro. Kenneth Lawrence Bradshaw Jr ond year as Master of Mystic Valley Lodge in Arlington. Fraternal Lodge Bro. Reginald Marvin Edwards Wor. Alfred Leo Gaulin Bro. Alan David Mundie Bro. Donald Stewart Holden Bro. Sumner William Kesselman His daughter approached the East and "invested her father DeWitt Clinton Lodge Bro. Daniel Everett James Bro. Warren Tekian Jr Mount Moriah Lodge Bro. William Edward Dingley Bro. Gerald Norton Linton Bro. Richard Roy Mansur Bro. Isadore Osheroff Morning Star Lodge Bro. Kenneth Leslie Atwood with a Sombrero." This investiture was done with the ac- Wor. Richard Bruce Farrar Bro. Sumner Harold Weston Bro. Belcher William Stanley Jr Friendship Lodge Bro. John Ambler Bro. John Manos Bro. Hugh Edsel Harris Bro. Van Peter Weingarten companiment of a Mariachi Band. —Wor. Lee H. Fenn Wor. Harry Nishan Atamian Guiding Lights Lodge Bro. Gregory Charles Andonian Bro. Carl Edward Mills Bro. Stanley George Rosenblad Bro. Robert Coven King Philip Lodge Bro. Donald Laurence Robbins Bro. Robert Bruce Barthelmes Mount Orthodox Lodge Bro. Bernard LaRue Taylor Bro. Howard William Edison Bro. Henry Marsden Hodgson Jr Bro. George Amador Boggs Jr Norfolk Union Lodge Oriental-Martha’s Vineyard Lodge Garden City Lodge Bro. Paul Joseph Harper Bro. Frank Noble Bro. Richard Orville Allen Wor. Carl Victor Dahlgren Wor. Peter Osborn Bettencourt Eastern Star Lodge Bro. Bernett Kupferman Bro. Alan Paul Engstrand Bro. Thurston DeForest Grant Bro. Arthur Robert Longwell Bro. John Mercer Sweeney Bro. Reginald Albert Dallaire Bro. Harry Payne Driscoll Bro. William Frederick Cumming Bro. Robert Michael Rosenberg Bro. Richard William Forrester Bro. Richard Peter Hegeman R.W. Robert Eugene McDuffie Bro. Grant Logan Mitchell Wor. John Douglas Hadfield Bro. Peter Worden Look Bro. Sidney Joseph Tankel King Solomon’s Lodge R.W. Samuel Robert McClure Jr Bro. Robert Leroy Wheeler Bro. Edmond Emile Tessier Bro. George Migridichian Bro. Elmer Lee Evans Bro. Paul Irving Mongeon Bro. Roland Joseph Mercure Oxford Lodge Gatun Lodge Bro. Kenneth Carl Olson Mount Tabor Lodge Bro. 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Frederick Rudolph Kuehn Bro. George Cuker Bro. Orville Charles Rowley Jr Bro. Daniel Roger Morrison Bro. Maier Finn Freedman Bro. Robert Stanley Johnston Bro. Walter Lawrence McMaster Bro. Thomas Alexander Miller Bro. Edwin Eugene Minsky Bro. Albert Mark Fortier Jr R.W. Allen Gerald Zippin R.W. Archie Robin Nahman Bro. Richard Leonard Freedman Bro. Archibald Gerrard MacKinnon Bro. Warren Robert Mills Bro. Robert Lee Nelson Level Lodge Bro. Roger Edward Kelly Hayden Lodge Wor. Joseph Ganz Bro. David Hewitt McCall Bro. Francis Wells Williams Jr Essex Lodge Bro. Marcus Allen Osborn Bro. Alan Chasen Bro. Paul Brenton MacMahan Bro. James William Allen Bro. Joseph Burton Garb Bro. John Ernest Noel Pentucket Lodge Bro. Henry Charles MacNeill Bro. Robert Larry Saxon Bro. Steven Rotman Bro. Arthur Nicholas Poly Bro. Ralph Garber Bro. Thomas Verrengia Bro. Raymond Walter Judge Bro. Walter Norman Nickerson Bro. John Francis Torr Hope Lodge Liberty Lodge Bro. Robert Goldsmith Bro. Henry Franklin Wright Jr Old Colony Lodge Bro. Joseph Camille Lessard Euclid Lodge Bro. Edward Ernest Travis Bro. Brian Leigh Bjurling Bro. Ira Silverleib Wor. Norman Wallace Hicks Bro. George Philip Gilbert Bro. Irving Gerald Gordon Mount Zion Lodge Bro. Charles Peter Sarantos Bro. Daniel Rubin Bro. Paul Albert VanDerLippe Bro. James Bruce Tiffin Bro. John Douglas Mercer Jr Bro. Robert Arnold Lewis Bro. Benjamin Matthew Gottlieb Wor. Ronald William Rich Sr Bro. William Stephen Wadsworth Jr Excelsior Lodge George H. Taber Lodge Bro. Eino Nestor Salo Macedonian Lodge Bro. Fred Horenstein Olive Branch Lodge Pequossette Lodge Bro. Milton Russell Webber Jr Bro. Arthur Ryle Jr Bro. Norman Kaplan Mountain Lodge Bro. Kenneth Luther Stewart Bro. Michael Frederick David Bro. Theodore Houghton Jr Bro. Harold Lennard Grahn Bro. Robert Paul Juliano Bro. Raymond Charles DeYoung Bro. Sidney Allen Katz Wor. John William Stake Wor. David Wendell Smith Howard Lodge Bro. Irving Katzman Wor. John Henry Shippee Jr Orient Lodge The Grand Master presented four 50-year veteran's medals in Bro. John Gorham Sears III Major General Henry Knox Lodge Bro. Arnold Melvin Kublin Bro. James Dennis Wholey Perfection Lodge Bro. Russell Forrest Coombs Tampa, Florida. The recipients were: Bro. Ronald Bart of Boylston Bro. Carl Otto Wenberg Bro. Russell William Watson Bro. Robert Alan Levin Mumford River Lodge Bro. Alan Bronstein Lodge, Bro. Leo Sarakinis of Phoenix Lodge,Wors. Donald Coleman Huntington-Federal Lodge Manchester Lodge Bro. Sydney Meyer Liner Bro. George Lewis King Bro. Donald Bennett Glaser Bro. Merrill Stanley Cohen Bro. Thomas William Heidke of Simonds Lodge, and Wor. Glenn Banks of St. George Lodge. Wor. William Lester Fors Wor. Rodney Clark Burgess Bro. Howard Ira Mirkin Bro. John Jacobson Mystic Lodge Bro. Walter Herbert Mark Wor. Peter Halton McCready Bro. Joseph Hyman Paone Bro. Louis Nelson Bro. Donald Sanford Kulkin Bro. Warren Alfred Larson Bro. Norman Edward Rickard Wor. Richard James Nobbe Bro. Uziel Ponn Bro. Furhman Junior Lindenmuth Bro. Marshall Harold Rakusin Marine Lodge Bro. Richard Jacob Spector Jerusalem Lodge Bro. John Milton Cook Bro. Howard Arthur Winer Mystic Valley Lodge Bro. Paul John Walker Bro. Roland Soren Lindberg Mount Carmel Lodge Bro. Robert Curtis Holbrook Philanthropic Lodge Joel H. Prouty Lodge Bro. Ahmed Ali Mustafa Bro. George Harold Bane Bro. Constantinos Leandros Philips Bro. Donald Dalziell Affeldt Wor. Harold Rowe Austin Jr Bro. Carl Algot Anderson Mariners Lodge Bro. Harold Reynolds Fall Jr Bro. David Gosslor Taggart Wor. Robert Leroy Gove Bro. Edward Stuart Bell Bro. Laurence Francis Canning Bro. Barry Russell Ogren Bro. Robert Lewis Wagner Bro. Nicholas Kontoules Bro. Charles Graham Burton III Bro. Charles Edward MacMillan Wor. Marcel Robert Perry Bro. Winfred Lawrence Waite Bro. George Herbert Marcus Bro. Earle Carroll Young Bro. William Edward Conly John Cutler Lodge Massasoit-Narragansett Lodge Bro. Allen Maurice Crowell Bro. Martin Whitney Dolan Bro. Oscar Papanastasiou Norfolk Lodge  Bro. Gilbert Read Ayer Bro. John Michael Theodhor Bro. Frederick Abbott Deroo Bro. Henry Francis Peters Jr Bro. David Thomas Aitchison Bro. Charles William Dyer Matthew John Whittall Lodge Bro. Chesley Llewellyn Tilley Rt. Wor. Carl A. Gordon, Rt. Wor. John Hancock Lodge Wor. Roger Harvey Ambuter Bro. Bradford Nichols Freeman Jr Wor. Donald Edgar Benson Ralph I. Sewall and Wor. Roger H. Bro. William Patrick Broderick Mount Hermon Lodge Bro. Richard Allen Cyr Bro. Emery George Glass Bro. Bruce Dearden Bro. Kenneth Orrin Hodgson Bro. Karlo Ashchian Bro. Franklin Ernest Farrar Ambuter, all Past Masters of Bro. Warren Wesley Perry Norfolk Lodge, were recognized Bro. Anthony Espinola Wor. William Lowe Mount Hollis Lodge R.W. Carl Arthur Gordon Bro. Donald Edwin Risteen Jr for 50 years of service to the fra- Bro. James Nicholas Karos Bro. Milton Hedley Steen Bro. Lester Wallace Carkin Jr Bro. Barry Ellis Nickerson Bro. John Warren Standish ternity by Grand Master Harvey J. Bro. John Kyriages May Flower Lodge R.W. Edward Alton Condon Jr R.W. Ralph Irving Sewall Bro. Rufus Leonard Titus Waugh (center) and RW Lawrence Bro. Charles Walter Smith Jr Bro. Donald Paul Lambert Bro. Edward Eugene Ikerd Bro. Ralph Leon Wye Bethune, DDGM 5th District (left). Bro. Russell Morrison Veale Bro. John Edgar Wilson Bro. Richard Weston Thayer Bro. Harold Edward Thistle Bro. Robert George Wye Bro. H Jack Willis (continued on next page) 28 GRAND LODGE OF MASSACHUSETTS TROWEL ■ FALL 2014 29 Rising Star Lodge Bro. Gennaro Bibbo Bro. John William Harnden Bro. Charles Robert Madden Our New 50-Year Brothers Bro. William James Brown III Bro. John Douglas Davies Bro. David Leslie Larkin Bro. John Pawluk Jr Bro. Stanley Winston Goldberg Wor. Alan Douglas McLellan Bro. David Clifton Pease 1964Ð2014 continued Bro. Richard Peter Randlov Wor. Sarkis Minas Sarkisian Bro. Jordan McDonald Jenks Bro. Ronald Donald Muir Wisdom Lodge Bro. Harry Kachagian Bro. Robert Gordon Specht Robert Lash Lodge Bro. John William Whitehead III Phoenix Lodge Quinebaug Lodge Bro. Arsin Hanna Kozelian Bro. George Lowther Thompson III Bro. Liobnick Cancellieri Bro. Leslie Vernon Lowden Sr Bro. Lester Wright Young Jr Wyoming Lodge Bro. Leo Thomas Sarakinis Bro. Franklin James Engelhardt Bro. Stanley MacPherson Bro. Robert William Barry Wor. Wayne Richard Sentance Rufus Putnam Lodge Pilgrim Lodge Bro. Malcolm Brian Chandler Bro. Richard Peter Madanjian William Whiting Lodge Wor. Theodore Kirkland Cathcart Jr Bro. Richard Frederick Buchter Bro. Paul Alfred Fischer Quinsigamond Lodge Bro. Roderick Leo Lavallee Jr Bro. Peter Mackay Perrin Bro. William Roland Currie Jr Bro. Alfred Carl Cato Jr Bro. Richard Harwood Dodge Pioneer Lodge Bro. Gregory Alan Apkarian Bro. Frederick Chester Martin Bro. Donald Earle Richardson Bro. Malcolm Peter Hynd Bro. Everett Leander Hume Bro. William Earle Baldwin Wor. Kelton Dexter Johnson Bro. Marshall Herbert Mason Members of both Simon W. Bro. Peter Soukias Talanian Bro. Fletcher MacDonald (right) of Bro. Calvin Bruce Jacobson Bro. Herbert Georg Helmut Schurian Bro. Howard Joel Sonion Bro. Richard Earle Smith Bro. Thomas James Morton Robinson and Frank W.Thompson Wamesit Lodge Tahattawan Lodge in Littleton Bro. Jack Kerrick Bro. Samuel Alexander Waugh Jr Bro. Donald Frederick Whicher Bro. Herbert Warren Watson Bro. Robert Leroy Stewart Lodges accomponied Rt. Wor. Bro. Noel Ralph Metcalf Douglas J. Ellis (right) on a visit to received his 50-Year Veterans Plymouth Lodge Quittacus Lodge Wampatuck Lodge Bro. Raymond Robert Boyer Rural Lodge present Bro. Bob Magovern with Medal from RW Douglas J. Ellis, Bro. Jay Arrow Bro. Harry Roland Fuller his 50-year Veteran’s Medal. DDGM of the 14th District, at Bro. Wor. Roy Richard Compton Sr Bro. Robert Leonard Castino Bro. John Duffy Jr Bro. Donald William Heath Bro. Harold Ralph Hershberger Bro. William Leo Jutila MacDonald's home in Dunstable. Prospect Lodge Bro. Sydney Jacobs Wor. Robert Donald Parry Simon W. Robinson Lodge Warren Lodge Blake continued from page 21 Wor. Bruce Arnold Berry Bro. Raymond Joseph St.Don Bro. George Dewey Robbins Bro. Robert MacBeath Adam Tahattawan Lodge Bro. Clarence Russell Souther Jr Bro. Richard Alvaro Bro. Frank Elliot Bateman II Bro. James Cleveland Beard Wor. David Gordon Berry Republican Lodge Bro. Charles Leroy Wright Jr Historian, which Bro. Nickerson would hold until his death Bro. Richard Leonard Fakkel Saggahew Lodge Bro. Windsor Ebenezer Bruce Bro. Donald Fletcher MacDonald Bro. Carroll Daniel Bowen Bro. George Peter Macheras Watuppa Lodge in 1909. The office would not be revived for more than a R.W. Richard Robert Ray Bro. Benjamin Robert Chase Wor. Kent Larson Bro. Robert Lipson Richard C. Maclaurin Lodge Bro. Robert John Magovern The Consolidated Lodge century. Puritan Lodge Bro. George Chopas Webster Lodge Bro. William Martin Johnson Bro. Leonard Edward Muller Bro. Louis Aronstein Past Grand Master Bro. Stuart Gurney Sheldon Wor. Clifford Leslie Tucker Bro. James Howard Currier Bro. Charles Bix Shoemaker Bro. Skender Ali Bro. James Basilios Giannatsis Wor. Burt Jagolinzer Bro. George Duncan Sinclair West Roxbury-Dorchester Lodge Following his term, Past Grand Master Blake was assigned Bro. Raymond Packer Kittredge Bro. Paul Henry Katz Bro. Arthur William Stead Bro. Jonathan Alan Levant Bro. Arnold Courtney Briggs by acclamation to the business of building and developing Bro. Malcolm George Norwood Bro. Melville Walter Webb Jr Medals continued from page 15 Bro. Robert Marston Toshach Bro. Frank Lyons Weymouth United Masonic Lodge the new Masonic Home in Charlton. From 1909 until his Wor. George Ballard Wilson Jr Bro. Peter Alan Schwartz Bro. David Edward Ericson Sr Saint Alban’s Lodge final illness, he served as a Relief Commissioner for the least one is somewhat more whimsical. Marked that it is Simonds Lodge Bro. Richard Merrill Shifman Bro. Rudolph Morris Rogers Bro. George Edward Luttrell Bro. Ronald Walter Clayfield Bro. William Henry Scott Grand Lodge. The Proceedings feature regular reports as Bro. Bruce Bond Roberts Sr The Harvard Lodge “Dedicated to Collectors of Masonic Medals,” the silver- Wor. Donald Albert Coleman Bro. Gordon Mackay Morrison Jr Bro. George Allen Tasker the former Overlook Hotel was transformed into the mag- tone medal shows a grid of numbers on one side marked Bro. Chandler Hutchins Wells Jr Bro. Merrill Robert Fisher Bro. James Stanley Vosmus Saint Andrew, The Lodge of Bro. James Roger Walker The Massachusetts Lodge Bro. Samuel Funston Williams Jr nificent home for indigent, dependent or elderly Masons “The Magic Power of Numbers.” The other side includes Bro. John Tuttle Miller Wor. Preston Howard Saunders Social Harmony Lodge Wilbraham Masonic Lodge that became the pride of the jurisdiction and a model for The Meadows Lodge Masonic symbols and a bust profile portrait of coin dealer Saint George Lodge Bro. Robert Arlon Braman Bro. Robert Arthur Baldwin III such homes in many others across North America. Edouard Frossard (1837Ð1899) of New York. Frossard Bro. William Floyd Hawthorne Bro. Robert William Allan Bro. John NMI Dakers Jr Wor. Glenn Gower Banks Bro. Alton Hugh Livingstone Jr John Albert Blake was a physically large man. As his began collecting in 1872 and was a Freemason, suggesting Bro. Kenneth Francis Holmes Bro. Linwood Alsus Hurd Jr Bro. David Alan Trites Bro. James Arthur Jacobson Bro. John Frederick Stevens memorial states, however, “he had an equally large heart Saint James Lodge Bro. Earl Hamilton Westcott Wilder Lodge the inspiration for this medal. Although the side with “The Bro. Morton Kobrin Bro. Allan Dennis Crossman and radiated the warmth of Fraternal affection characteris- Bro. Wallace Kay Bartlett Thomas Lodge Magic Power of Numbers” grid is marked “1860,” it seems Sojourners Lodge William North Lodge tic of Masonry in its highest development.” He became an Saint John’s (B) Lodge Bro. Leonard Ray Barnett Wor. Richard Wilbur Sisco more likely that this medal was produced in 1881, around Bro. Phillip Richard Kumph Sr Bro. Paul Leroy Davies Jr institutional figure in Massachusetts, occupying a place Bro. Dean Keith Bruch Thomas Talbot Lodge Bro. Edward Kenneth Dick the time Frossard issued a card for his store with a similar Bro. Chesley Vail Jr Bro. Clyde Raymond Campbell Bro. John Ridgway Comley III within the pantheon of Past Grand Masters for nearly two William Sewall Gardner- design. Saint John’s (N) Lodge Bro. Jesse Walter Chambers Bro. Clarence Victor Cormier decades; his wise counsel and keen insight was frequently Bro. Johnnie Louis Smith Bro. William David Houseman Kilwinning Lodge Bro. Alan Gregory Chase Bro. George Abodeely called upon by his successors. But he was also modest and Bro. George Alfred Merrill Collectors of Masonic Medals Medal, 1881, George H. Bro. Daniel Anton Graf Solomon’s Temple Lodge Bro. Paul Edward Ash Bro. Gardner Fremont Lattime Bro. Cecil Edmund Wentworth self-effacing, with—as stated above—strong opinions on Lovett, United States Photograph by David Bohl Bro. Ralph Elmer Helstrom Bro. Gilbert Sidney Butler Jr Bro. Gary N Lattime Bro. John Samuel Hogarth Trinity Lodge Bro. George Chouprakos propriety; in 1914, when a group of Masons in Chester Bro. Richard Carleton MacIntosh Bro. Ralph Emerson Pendleton Bro. Martin Dennis Meilinger Bro. Robert Elliot Donaldson petitioned for a lodge with his name, he strongly and force- Bro. Norman Page Smith Jr Bro. Emerson Freeman White Bro. Clark Harris Stuart Bro. Thomas Allen MacQuarrie fully protested; after due consultation, these brethren chose Bro. Isaac Raymond Webster Jr Bro. Herbert Stoddard Wood II Union Lodge (N) R.W. Herbert Warren Mitchell Bro. Walter Yanski Jr the name Federal Lodge instead. Bro. Arthur William Woods Bro. Richard Charles Curry Bro. Charles Theokas Saint Matthew’s Lodge Somerville Lodge Bro. William C Long Jr Bro. Blake and his wife Abbie grew old together. They Bro. William Donald Alexander Bro. Henri Theodore Butler Bro. Sidney William Small had married in December 1868, when he had just come to Saint Paul Lodge Bro. Albert Elmar Hayes United Brethren Lodge  Bro. Bruce Edward Price the Fraternity and was just entering business; they had two Bro. Paul Robbins Henry Bro. Robert Wayne Bradbury sons and a daughter. He had a short illness in November Bro. Richard Edward Star In the East Lodge Bro. Thomas Hugh Ferris Jr Bro. Alan Lewis Katz Bro. Victor Albert Hoyt Jr 1926 and passed away quietly; his wife predeceased him in Satucket Lodge Bro. John Richard Kilfoyle Bro. Robert Walter Doherty Bro. Herbert Dwight Huntley 1920. At his death, the memorial committee wrote: “His Bro. Frank Silva Mello Jr Bro. William Edward Nierintz Wor. Francis Everett Foster Jr Bro. William Barry Morse was a singularly strong and sunny nature, always calm, Bro. Fred Howarth Universal Lodge always tolerant. He saw his objectives clearly and attained Star of Bethlehem Lodge Bro. Charles Louis Horton Back in 1880, Marvin noted “Masonic medals have Bro. James Allen Luce them unerringly, not by force or indirection, but by gentle Bro. Richard Graeme MacDonald Bro. Eric Theodore Bjorkman Jr Bro. Wayne Francis Richardson United Brethren Lodge’s long- attracted but little attention from American numismatists, Wor. James Anastos Carabineris time organist Bro. William Nierinz and effective persuasion. The loss which his death brings to Satuit Lodge Bro. Hugh Walter Emerson Upton Lodge and comparatively few collectors have interested them- Wor. Ronald Benjamin Kupiec (center) received his 50-year us is not merely the loss of a faithful and trusted official; it Bro. Harry Jacobson Bro. John Woodman Slade Veteran's Medal from DDGM RW selves in their study.” Thanks in part to William T.R. Bro. Arnold Leroy Mills Jr Bro. Robert Loring Sterling Vernon Lodge Paul Gaudet (right) and RW John is the loss of a loved and valued friend. Those of us who Marvin, a Massachusetts Mason, this has changed over the Bro. Opal Daniel Overturf R.W. Donald Francis Tabbut Bro. Lawrence Pendleton Bowser Jr Doherty, Master of the lodge. knew him will ever hold his memory in' our hearts. To Bro. Charles Robert Keisor past 130 years. These little pieces of history, which tell a Siloam Lodge Bro. Harold Willis Woodbury future generations the great charities of the Grand Lodge Bro. Richard Adams Rogers Starr King Lodge Waltham Triad Lodge William Sutton Lodge story about people, places, and events help us to remember Bro. Lutwig John Stepanian Bro. William Webster MacCullock Bro. William Sinclair Anderson Bro. James Edward Carter will be his monument.” Though gone from their midst, the the past and inspire us for the future. ■ Bro. Harvey Alexander Thomasian Bro. George Harrison Villett Bro. George Martin Avakian Bro. Russell Dean Masonic Home was—and is—his lasting legacy. ■

30 GRAND LODGE OF MASSACHUSETTS TROWEL ■ FALL 2014 31 What came you here to do? SENIOR WARDENS GOING TO THE EAST FOR THE FIRST

TIME Bro. Michael B. Sgariglia Quinebaug Lodge Bro. Brian D. Medeiros “My goals are to engage Bristol Lodge (D) our Rusty Brothers, to be “The recent insurance pre- more visible in the com- mium spike has changed munity, and to help make my goals drastically. Now, a difference in our lodge my goal is to find a way and our community.” that Bristol and our neigh- boring lodges can stay viable for years to come.”

Bro. Donald F. Sacco Sr. Bro. Russell Dumas The Meadows Lodge Phoenix Lodge “I want to help make the “My goal is to rebuild lodge more, ‘member the membership after the friendly,’ so to speak, to lodge moved from the help us in both finding Quincy lodge to Old new members and cutting Colony Lodge building down on the high percent- in Hingham.” age of ‘Rusty Brothers.’” Bro. Lou Ciano III Mount Olivet Lodge Bro. Matthew Arthur Allen “I come to bring honor to Social Harmony Lodge the chair, and to build on “I came to the East to, the foundation of faith, (with the support of my hope, and charity, in brothers), increase enthu- which our fraternity has siasm for the Fraternity laid the cornerstone.” among the brethren and help make our lodge more vibrant.”

Bro. Robert Taupier Bro. Thomas J. Foster Jr. Matthew John Whittall Thomas Talbot Lodge Lodge “It is my sincere hope to “My main goal is to re-engage and re-energize reinvigorate our lodge the Brethren that have lost membership and increase some of the zeal in their involvement in fraternal, journey within the Fra- Bro. Gordon Gravelese service, and charitable ternity for whatever the Tyrian-Ashler-Acacia Bro. John Ferrante III activities by improving reasons, to once again let Lodge Union Lodge (D) education, awareness, and them know they are spe- “I came to the East to help “To promote brotherhood, creating better opportuni- cial to one another and preserve the history of the support, and charity in my ties for the Brethren to the valuable treasure and Fraternity, and to extend lodge and greater interact with each other resource they represent to it just a little bit further community.” and the community.” the Fraternity as a whole.” into the future.”

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