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Camp Turk in Woodgate; the DeWint House at Tappan and its many charitable activities of its annual
Brotherhood Fund Drive.
The Grand Lodge of New York is one of 29 independent organizations of Freemasons in the U.S. state of New
York. It was at one time the largest grand lodge in the world in terms of membership.
The Grand Lodge is over 220 years old, having been founded December 15 th 1782. GloNY acts as the
coordinating body for many functions undertaken throughout the state. Its various committees organize blood
drives, the New York Masonic Safety Identification Program – (NYMSIP) and charitable events around New
York. The GloNY has jurisdiction over approximately 60,000 Freemasons, organized in more than 800 Lodges,
most of them located within New York State.
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42 nd Lodge to receive this Gavel
14 Th April 2005
Massena Lodge No. 513
Address
90 1/2 Main Street PO Box 8
Massena,
New York 13662
Massena Lodge number 513 Grand Lodge of New York, F & AM
Located in Massena New York USA
Lodge Tyles at 7.30pm ~ 2 nd & 4 th Tuesdays Dark in July & August
Massena Lodge History
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Dan Buckley
buckley@usadatanet.net
My name is Dan Buckley, I am the J W in Massena Lodge #513, Massena New York USA, our Lodge was the
most recent recipient of your Travelling Gavel. I realize that you may have already received an email from
our secretary but I felt compelled to drop you a note myself as next month I will be travelling to our annual
Grand Lodge meeting in New York City and I have been given the honour and pleasure of presenting this
Gavel to the M W Edward R Trosin, Grand Master of Masons in the State of New York and will be making
this presentation in front of several thousand of our Brethren. It would be most helpful to me if you could
provide a little information as to how and why the idea for this travelling gavel came about and any other
information you deem pertinent.
Here is the information you requested:
2. Worshipful Master R W John Alden
3. Secretary Bro. James Boyce PO Box 8 Massena, NY 13662 USA Phone # 315-769-7073
4. Gavel Received from St. Johns Lodge 21A Vankleek, Hill, ON CA on April 4 th 2005
5. Gavel will be presented by Bro. Dan Buckley, J W Massena 513, to M W Edward R. Trosin, Grand
Master of the State of NY, on May 2 nd 2005 at the 224 th Annual Communication in the Grand Lodge
Masonic Hall located at 71 West 23 rd Street New York, NY 10023 USA
6. Massena lodge is located on Main Street in Massena, New York, USA http://www.massena.ny.us/
and currently Have 164 members. Our lodge saw its largest membership during the 1950’s when many men,
who were already Operative Masons, moved to the area to take part in the construction of the St Lawrence
Seaway and the Massena Locks and joined our lodge. Today Massena is home to General Motors Power train
Division and ALCOA (the Aluminium Corporation of America).Massena is located on the beautiful St
Lawrence River in Northern New York State approximately 395 mile north of New York City and 45 miles
south of Ottawa Ontario, Canada.