Home Welcome to St.John's Lodge No.1P The oldest continually operating Masonic lodge in Rhode Island
Established and Charter granted January 18, 1757
Grand Lodge Charter granted April 26, 1793
St. John's currently meets in the scenic Edgewood section of Cranston, every third Wednesday of every month expect July and August. The lodge and location are steeped in tradition and history revelant to Freemasonry, the state of Rhode Island and the formation of this great nation, The United States of America.
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Officers Living Past Masters of St. Johns Lodge Number One Providence
Officers 2011-2012
St. Johns Lodge No. 1P
1971 Hagop Tikoian
1972 Edward F. Ellsworth
1973 John C. Crompton
1975 Robert D. Coleman
1976 Barry A. Phillips
1979 George H. Hanrahan
1980 Carl E. Croft
1981 Ralph DiScuillo
1982 Anthony Marcello, Jr.
1984 Gregory W. Dexter
1985 Robert R. Mason
1986 Elton D. Ricker, Jr.
1988-89 Edward L. Calamar, Jr.
1990 Gary G. Mitchell
1993 Anthony Marcello, Jr.
1994-95 Thomas A. Ashley
1998 Edward L. Calamar, Jr.
1999-00 Clarence H. Soderberg, Jr.
2001 Gregory W. Dexter
2002 William E. Whetstone
2003-04 W. Scott Conklin, Sr.
2005 Frank J. Villani, Sr.
2006 Gerald T. Plemmons
2007 Russell A. Kawa
2008 Kenneth B. Phillips
2009 Ronald P. Reed
2010 Edward D. Bertrand
2011
Barney Merry No. 29
1958 Allen R. Bellows
1960 Walter S. Donahue, Jr.
1963 Robert A. Allen
1964 Albert Wildgoose
1967 Edward Swiszcz
1968 M. Lee Reed
1971 Elmer E. Whetstone
1974 Eugene Pascale
1978 William E. Whetstone
1980 Philip Ovoian
1984 Paul R. Moran
1985-86 Charles H. Willett
1988 John R. Ponton, Sr.
1990 James Wishart
1991-93 Robert B. Ellston
1994-96 Walter P. Pytka
1997-98 William E. Whetstone
1999 Douglas D. Dame
2000 Ronald P. Reed
Master W Donald L. Williamson, Jr.
Sr. Warden W Arthur Bajakian
Jr. Warden RW Richard F. Lynch
Treasurer R\W Russell A. Kawa
Secretary Louis G. Sherman, III
Chaplain R\W Kenneth B. Phillips
Assoc. Chaplain Richard Gonzalez
Sr. Deacon Robert J. OBrien
Jr. Deacon Timothy L. Culhane
Sr. Steward William J. DeLuca
Jr. Steward David A. Collier
Marshal W Edward D. Bertrand
Treasurer Emeritus RW Edward F. Ellsworth
Sentinel Jason Shealy
Tiler Michael R. DiScuillo
Associate Tiler Edward O. Quinn
Master of Ceremonies
W\Anthony Marcello, Jr.
Assoc. M. C. RW Edwin E. Fielder
Music Director Frank A. Castellone
Reporter W Robert R. Mason
Finance Committee W Gregory W. Dexter
W Clarence H. Soderberg, Jr.
Andrew H. Davis, Jr.
Unity No. 34
1945 Donald E. Batty
1959 Edward S. Angell
1969 George W. Haworth
1976 Gerald M. Yankee
1979 Kacheg Topalian
1981 Bruce E. Lancaster
1986 Milton E. Demers
1989-91 Milton E. Demers
Living Past Grand Masters of St. Johns Lodge No.1P
1972-1973 Otto Gehrig, Jr.
1988-1989 Stephen E. Carpenter
1994-1995 Ralph DiScuillo
2000-2001 Benjamin A. Phillips
2001-2002 Dennis W. Pothier
2002-2003 Robert J. Allen
2003-2004 Joseph B. Brearley
2004-2005 Bradford L. Barco
2005-2006 Wyman P. Hallstrom, Jr.
2006-2007 Carl B. Willi
2007-2008 Steven E. Smith
