Mount Tom Lodge
1895
Committee appointed to procure new furniture and furnishings. for the new lodge quarters in the Hubbard and Taber Bldg. Committee appointed to solicit funds to pay for furnishings.
Dec. 16, 1895
Special meeting "to take such action on opening the new Masonic Apartments in Hubbard and Taber new block as the members thought best."
"Voted that the new apartments be suitably dedicated on the evening of Dec.27, 1895."
Dec. 27, 1895
"Special Communication held, all officers present and 359 other Brothers, opened on degree of M. M. at 7:30 P. M."
Thus opens the records of this glorious evening and wonderful occasion, it being the dedication of the new quarters of the Lodge which was to prove the home of Holyoke Masonry until our beautiful new Temple, was to be dedicated and occupied in the year 1921.
It was a large and distinguished gathering. After the dedicatory services the District Grand Master resigned the East and Gavel to Wor. Eli W. Beech, Master of the Lodge, who, with the officers of the Lodge proceeded to confer the sublime degree of Master Mason upon two Brother Fellow Crafts, they being duly qualified and in waiting. The Lodge then closed in form. The brethren repaired to the banquet ball and then returned to the Lodge rooms for interesting speeches. The closing paragraph written by the then Secretary reads as follows:
"The Grand Officers having to leave on special car for Springfield at 12, the assembly closed that the brethren could return to their several places of abode to enjoy the hours set apart for refreshment and sleep."
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