UNUSUAL OCCURRENCES

UNUSUAL OCCURRENCES IN

GRAND CHAPTER OF MASSACHUSETTS

THE FIRST GRAND MATRON AND GRAND PATRON SERVED 3 YEARS

Mrs. Melissa Cook (Adelphi Chapter No. 9, Springfield) 1876 - 79

Mr. Daniel Seagrave (Stella Chapter No. 9, Worcester) 1879 - 79

SECOND GRAND MATRON AND GRAND PATRON SERVED 2 YEARS

Mrs. Sarah M. Sisson (Mizpah Chapter, North Easton) 1879 - 81

Mr. Thomas M. Lamb (Stella Chapter, Worcester) 1879 - 81

1887 - "the Grand Secretary read a commission from Brother J. S. Conover, Most Worthy Grand Patron of The General Grand Chapter, empowering him to install Brother Joseph W. Hill, our Grand Patron, as Grand Marshal of the General Grand Chapter." The Grand Secretary performed this service.

1982 - Sister R. Emily Little, Past Matron of Vesta No. 10, who was Worthy Grand Associate Conductress and at that session of the General Grand Chapter by election was promoted to be Worthy Grand Conductress. One would register surprise that a Past Matron would be elected to General in General Grand Chapter. Sister Little traveled. We have found her in attendance at General Grand Chapter sessions with proxy privileges and vested in her General Grand Chapter titles we find her as a guest at the New York Grand Chapter session and again in Connecticut where she made herself "right at home" by informing the jurisdiction that Connecticut should affiliated with General Grand Chapter. Sister Little was the first woman to install in our Grand Chapter, served as Grand Treasurer for two years and for several years at the Grand Chapter sessions, she assisted as Assistant Grand Secretary receiving $5.00 and a later increase to $10.00.

FIRST CHAPTER CONSECRATED BY GRAND CHAPTER

Aurora Chapter No. 9

FATHER AND DAUGHTER

Grandville C. Fiske

Iva E. Brown

George P. Rassias

Elaine R. Wallace

Worthy Grand Patron 1887-1888

Worthy Grand Matron 1911-1912

Worthy Grand Patron 1978-1979

Worthy Grand Matron 1999-2000

Olive Branch No. 12

Brookline No. 112

Wistaria No. 138

HUSBAND AND WIFE

Daniel Gleason

Mary E. Gleason

Annie B. Huntress

Robert C. Huntress

Lucinda M. Farrar

Nathaniel W. Farrar

Amos Parker

Esther A. Parker

Charles A. Watts

Miriam Watts

Guy A. Ham

Anne E. Ham

Paul S. Maisack

Lucy c. Maisack

Clark H. Overhiser

Mable M. Overhiser

Mrs. Geraldine A. Nowe

Mr. Healy A. Nowe, Jr.

Worthy Grand Patron 1881-1883

Worthy Grand Matron 1885-1886

Worthy Grand Matron 1887-1888

Worthy Grand Patron 1889-1890

Worthy Grand Matron 1884-1885

Worthy Grand Patron 1888-1889

Worthy Grand Patron 1896-1897

Worthy Grand Matron 1902-1903

Worthy Grand Patron 1902-1903

Worthy Grand Matron 1908-1909

Worthy Grand Patron 1912-1913

Worthy Grand Matron 1928-1929

Worthy Grand Patron 1939-1939

Worthy Grand Matron 1946-1947

Worthy Grand Patron 1950-1951

Worthy Grand Matron 1957-1958

Worth Grand Matron 1990-1991

Worthy Grand Patron 1998-1999

Aurora No. 9

Beulah No. 11

Doric No. 7

Stella No. 3

Keystone No. 18

Hadassah No. 113

Springfield No. 142

Wollaston No. 156

Stoughton No. 168

WORTHY GRAND MATRON AND

WORTHY GRAND PATRON

SERVING AT THE SAME TIME

FROM THE SAME CHAPTER

Mrs. Mary O. Davis and William A. Farnsworth

Mrs. S. Allen Whitcomb and Daniel Gleason

Mrs. Eva J. Perry and Joseph W. Hill

Mrs. Constance E. Vick and David J. Goodrich

1883-1884

1881-1883

1886-1887

2001 - 2002

Stella No. 3

Aurora No. 9

Vesta No. 10

Brockton No. 87

GRAND TREASURER NOT A PAST GRAND MATRON OR

PAST GRAND MATRON SINCE 1913

Mr. David E. Lee	1998 - 2004	Hope No. 41
Mrs. Barbara L. Miller	2004 to present	Bethleham No.24