Mount Tom Lodge
1925
June 2, 1925
"Rt. Wor. Bro. Brooks escorted into the Lodge our newly appointed District Deputy, Rt. Wor. Bro. Robert Gillette who was welcomed by Wor. Master Coward and received in the East. Rt. Wor. Bro. Gillette gratefully acknowledged the greeting and addressed a few well chosen remarks to the Lodge."
Feb. 6, 1925
Lodge voted to spend up to $300 for expenses incident to celebration of Seventy-fifth Anniversary.
March 14, 1925
75th Anniversary
Special communication opened at 5:30 on Master Masons Degree Attendance at opening, 128. The W. Master appointed all Past and Present Masters, with R. W. Robert Gillette as chairman, as a committee to escort, the Grand Officers into the Lodge. After the usual introductions, the Master resigned the East and gavel to Rt. Wor. Chipmann, Dep. Gr. Master., Most Worshipful, Dudley H. Farrell, Grand Master, was unable to be present as he was visiting the lodges in the Canal Zone and Chili. The Wor. Master Stuart D. Coward resumed the East, then followed an organ recital by Bro. Thomas C. Auld, followed by a display of the lights and a reception to the Grand Officers. We then repaired to the auditorium where an elaborate banquet was served to 250 brethren. At the conclusion of the banquet, a huge birthday cake was brought from the kitchen. It was surrounded by seventy-two lighted candles. At the apex of the cake were three unlighted candles which R. W. Bro. Brooks announced designated the Past, Present and Future, and he called upon Bro. R. T. Prentiss, the oldest Mason present to light the Past; Wor. Master Coward to light the Present; and Bro. James G. Sinclair, one of our youngest members to light the Future. Wor. Master Coward introduced the toastmaster of the evening, R. W. Pro. Robert Gillette, who in turn called upon the Grand Officers.
During the banquet an orchestra furnished music and between the addresses a quartette rendered many fine selections. On Friday evening an "Anniversary Ball" was held at the Hotel Nonotuck and a banquet fittingly climaxed the Seventy-fifth celebration. The secretary's record closes, "To our posterity we extend the sincere hope that the Centenial may be as fitting and enjoyable to them as the Seventy-fifth has been to us."
A footnote to the records reads, see "Grand Lodge Proceedings." Sept.11, 1920, Page 280 for Laying of Corner Stone
Oct.22, 1921, Page 298 for Dedication of Temple
Mar.14, 1925, Page 96 for Record of above Anniversary
Oct. 30, 1925
Rt. Wor. Robert Gillette, D. D. C. Master of the Sixteenth Masonic Dist. and Past Master of Mount Tom made his official visit.
Nov. 27, 1925
Rt. Wor. Robert Gillette installed the officers for the ensuing year.
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