2010  Annual  Lodge  Family  Picnic
August 21, 2010, 6:00 PM
The Lodge will provide hotdogs, hamburgers,
chicken, condiments, & drinks.
All attendees are asked to bring either a
salad or dessert. A SHORT business
meeting will be held at 7:30 PM.
2010 Fall Southern Barbeque Dinner
9 October  TAKE OUT ONLY
$10.00 buys your choice of smoked pulled pork,
smoked brisket, or deep fried turkey.
Every meal comes with coleslaw, cornbread,
our own secret recipe Southwestern-style baked
beans, and our made-from-scratch BBQ sauce.
50 Year Members and Distinguished Members
Written by Mike Dodge   

The following Brothers have labored for 50 years or more in the quarries of Freemasonry. The year following their name is the year they were rasied.

Ralph Thornfelt Carlson 1954
Henry Bogardus Cole 1949
Stanley Harrison Dingwell 1956
Lawrence James Grennan, Jr. 1951
Willoughby Lynde Lay 1951
Walter Augustus Litke 1949
William Bogle MaColl, Jr. 1949
Kenneth Wade Marvin 1952
James Foster McCoubrey 1949
Archie Ellis Mitchell, Jr. 1955
Morris Scott Petersen 1947
Albert John Reid 1959
Alexander Holt Rotival 1956
Ian McDonald Scott 1955
Fred Raymond Sirrine 1956
Llewellyn Nelson Winslow 1951

The following members of Putnam Lodge #46 AF&AM have been awarded the Pierpont Edwards Medal by the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Connecticut AF&AM.

Henry Bogardus Cole
Michael Bryan Dodge
Joseph James Howard (Hon. Mem.)
Kenneth Wade Marvin
Carl Jeffrey Mossberg
Lewis Myrick, Sr. (Hon. Mem.)
Stanley Schuyler Sheldon, Jr.
Cedric Lane Smith (Hon. Mem.)

The following Brothers currently hold a position as a Grand Lodge officer.

Michael Bryan Dodge Grand Marshal
Kenneth Robert Sheldon, Jr.
District Deputy, 9A
Robert Earle Sweet Grand Master of Ceremonies (R.I.)
Geoffrey Kromer District Deputy Grand Marshal (Mass)



The following Brothers have held a position as a Grand Lodge officer in the past.

Stanley Schuyler Sheldon, Jr. Past Grand Master, Past District Deputy
Henry Bogradus Cole Past District Deputy
Ralph Thornfelt Carlson Past District Deputy
Ian McDonald Scott Past District Deputy
Kenneth Wade Marvin Past District Deputy, Past Associate Grand Marshal
Ernest Andrew Bean Past District Deputy Grand Master (Mass.)
Michael Bryan Dodge Past District Deputy
John Scott Rhoads Past District Deputy, Past Associate Grand Marshal
David Carpenter Philippi Past Associate Grand Marshal
Keith Lyman Knowlton Past Associate Grand Marshal
Barry Lynn Kromer Past Associate Grand Marshal, Past District Lecturer
Gregory Howard Paine Past Associate Grand Marshal
Theodore Cleighton Rupar Past Associate Grand Marshal
Geoffrey Kromer Past Junior Grand Deacon (Mass)
Robert Earle Sweet Past Assistant Grand Chaplain (R.I.), Past Assistant Grand Lecturer (R.I.)

The following Brothers have been awarded honorary memberships in Putnam Lodge #46 AF&AM.

Thomas R. Dougherty* Past Grand Master New Jersey
John William Fish, Jr. Past Master New Jersey
Joseph James Howard Past Grand Master Connecticut
Ronald Errol Jackson Past Deputy Grand Master Massachusetts
Lewis Myrick, Sr. Past Grand Master F&AM (PHA), Honorary Past Grand Master AF&AM Connecticut
Albert John Reid Past Master Connecticut
John Rogers* Past Organist Connecticut
Cedric Lane Smith Past Grand Master, Grand Secretary Vermont
Robert Nelson Stutz Past Secretary to the Grand Master New Jersey
Raymond J. Vanden Berghe Past Grand Master New Jersey
Earl J. Washburn Past Grand Master Vermont
Bernard R. Watkins Assistant Grand
Chaplain
Grand Pursuviant
Vermont

New Hampshire
Robert Earle Sweet Grand Master of Ceremonies Rhode Island

*Deceased

The following Brothers have been named Mason of The Year.

Evan Llewellyn Morgan
Richard Francis Potter
Dean Edward Bunnell
Michael Bryan Dodge
Elias Grant Farquhar, Jr.*

Christopher David Mayhew, Sr.

*Deceased