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Chicopee Lodge - Lodge History
The information below has been collected over the
history of the lodge. We welcome
your input and contributions to help fill in some of the blanks.
Please e-mail the
Lodge Secretary (by clicking here)
with your contributions.
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On
December 4, 1848 a meeting was called by a number of interested
Masons from Chicopee for the purpose of forming a Masonic Lodge
in Chicopee. The meeting was held in the Odd Fellows Lodge on
Exchange Street. Brother Edward Rainey was elected chairman of
this meeting. A petition was signed by twenty Brothers present
and forwarded to the Massachusetts Grand Lodge in Boston for
approval to create
a Masonic Lodge in Chicopee. The lodge charter was signed that
year by M.W. Simon W. Robinson, who was Grand Master. |
On December 4,
1848 Rufus Whittier, was elected the first Master of Chicopee
Lodge. Alpheus Nettleton elected Senior Warden and Lucius
Harthan was elected Junior Warden. Chicopee Lodge was instituted
by the Grand Lodge of Masons in Massachusetts on December
22,1848.
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Brothers, please submit any significant historic items to the
Secretary for publication -
be sure to include the dates to ensure chronological placement |
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| As
of December 28, 2008 The Chicopee Lodge of A.F. & A.M. were
assigned to the 27th Masonic District under the direction of
R.W. Paul A. Caltaldo, District Deputy Grand Master. |
| On
March 09, 2009 the Chicopee Lodge launched a new website to provide the
brethren with further information/instruction www.chicopeemasoniclodge.org |
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