Holyoke Council,
Select and Royal Masters.
Holyoke Council, Select and Royal Masters, was organized under dispensation, Sept. 22, 1873, with the following charter members: G.H. Smith, E.M. Belden, J.M. Sickman, G.W. Edwards, C.B. Harris, C.J. Brown, H.C Ewing, A.W. Browning, Wm. Grover, L.M. Tuttle, J.H. Richards, M.W. Prentiss, R.B. Johnson, E.J. Pomeroy, A. Higgenbottom, A.E. Marsh, W.S. Perkins, Levi Perkins, N.W. Quint, H.J. Sawtelle, R.M. Fairfield, R.S. Howard, D.P. Crocker, W.H.H. Ward, and A.S. Shumway.
The first officers under dispensation were G.H. Smith, T.I.M.; Wm. S. Perkins, R.I.M.; J.M. Sickman, I.M. of W.; A.E. Marsh, M. of C.; R.S. Howard, M. of E.; R.M. Fairfield, Recorder; C.B. Harris, C. of G.; H.J. Sawtelle, Conductor; Levi Perkins, Sentinel; M.W. Prentiss, Organist; G.W. Edwards, Chaplain; N.W. Quint, Tyler.
The first officers under the charter were installed Jan. 7, 1874, as follows: G.W. Smith, T.I.M.; W.S. Perkins, R.I.M.; Wm. Grover, I.M. of W.; J.M. Sickman, M. of C.; R.S. Howard, M. of E.; R.M. Fairfield, Recorder; C.B. Harris, C. of G.; H.J. Sawtelle, Conductor; A. W. Browning, Sentinel; E.J. Pomeroy, Chaplain; N.W. Quint, Tyler.
The presiding officer of the council for 1873, '74, and '75 was Geo. H. Smith, and from that time until the present, Wm. Grover.
The present officers are Wm. Grover, T.I.M.; R.M. Wilson, D.M.; H.J. Sawtelle, P.C. of W.; W.S. Loomis, Treas.; Wm. Ruddy, Recorder; Dwight Bradburn, C. of G.; A.A. Paul, C. of C.; E.G. Best, Steward; S.M. Richards, Marshal, T.F. Waterman, Chaplain; N.W. Quint, Tyler.
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