The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1892-02-04
Installation and Banquet of Enterprise
Lodge.

The installation of the officers of Enter
prise Lodge, Ancient order of United Work
men, and the banquet which followed, last
Thursday evening. was very enjoyable So
cial event. The distinguished guests We're
Hon. Parker Spotford, of Bucksport, Past
Grand Master Workman, and Judge Albert
G. Andrews, of Augusta, Grand Overseer of
the Grand Lodge, and in line of promotion
for the Grand Mastership. The installation
took place at Knights of Pythias Hall and
was conducted by Messrs. Spofford and An
drews. At the close the members went to
the Crosby Inn where their ladies and in
vited guests We're in waiting. The tables
We're handsomely laid and at nine o'clock
eighty sat down to supper. The bill of fare
consisted of oyster stew. cold sliced turkey,
cold sliced ham, cold sliced tongue, salads,
bread, pastry, tea, coffee and ice cream.
| After supper Sheriff Wadsworth, who occu-
pied the head of the table, raped to order
for the speech-making.
| The first speaker Mr.. Spofford, who
responded to the following sentiment: "The
| Ancient order of United Workmen." Mr..
| Spotford said it is the oldest and largest of
the fraternal societies i'll this country, and
| spoke of its wonderful growth The order
/ had its origin in Pennsylvania twenty-four
years ago, and now numbers 2G5 oO0 ntln-
bers, vast number banded together in the
golden chain of Hope. Charity and Protec
| ton The speaker next touched upon the
great growth of the Grand Lodge of Massa-
| chusetts, which embraces all the New Eng
| land states. 1t was instituted thirteen years
ago and now numbers over $4,000 members.
| Mr.. Spottord gave sketch of the government
of the order. which he lillened to the gov
eminent of our country. The lodges compare
| to the town and cities, the Grand Lodge to
| the State legislature and the Supreme Lodge
to the Congress of the United States. Alud-
ing to the promptness with which the hene
fit is paid, he said that frequently the check
came on the day of the funeral. He urged
the members and officers to attend lodge
meetings, and said if the lat ter are absent they
cannot expect the former to he present. 1t is
important that the ritual should I've memoir
| lied. He also urged the necessity of making
accessions to the membership. Whenever
the tedli oltllllllIlbtG lft' recruits Cltn
cay begins. Maine. he said had not kept
pace in membership with other jurisdictions.
| The speaker said a good word for the ladies
amt told them to use their influence i'll
tanning the order, and ourge their husbands
to attend lodge meetings.
Judge Andrews. of Augusta RESPONDED to
| The Grand Lodge. He said the speaking
SHOULD c,me before the eat ng for the dread
| "t talking took away the pleasure Of thu. nc-
casi"n. He said the Grand Ledge of Ma>ss-
rhuSettS was organized in 49," with ~
members. ana ii was seven years before they
could muster the 1000 1Mcluher> which would
give tIcN = separate illri>,lict on. He said
there no great growth until Mr. S,,utfurl
became a grand officer and that much of the
increase sn"c is due to his efforts During
the tllrt, wears MIR. Spufull was AN officer
the increase was from 5000 members over
l3,Mn. The increase has since been rapid
notwithstanding score If similar organiza-
tions have been born which are endeavoring
to outStrip the y. o. L. w. The speaker
said that many wanted Maine a separate
jurisdiction, but he thought it would be of
no advantage at the present time. In 1890
S4S 900 We're paid for death claims in Maine
and only 81 900 assessed. In 1891 the
same amount, $4,000, was received by the
families If ,lere:>nl ",or1.er- "a, Main.
while 81 ,0o0 We're paid out. Massachusetts
is second to New York i'll point uf membership
and if the gain continues for the ne Xt year it
will become first. Mr. Andrews said tile
,,,f;, 4 n
superior to others He said, suppose the |
Savings Bank iii Your city should say to IL
person We will pay Your family $1,000 at
your death, royiding yoll pay the taxes up
the money while y"u live. Everyone
would SAY it was a generous offer. But the
United Worknen does better than that. 1t
says: You pay about IL l,er year and we
will pay your family. ut your death, - 900 |
The Judge was happy in describing a class |
to he found i'll every order known as the |
lodge ''kiciler. This individual sat in the /
lodge as dumb as an oyster but as soon as |
the lodge closed found fault with everything
This one is running the lodge, and the other
one is doing something else wrong. When |
they die the speaker said they would find |
fault with heaven ii they got there. The |
golden streets would be too slippery and the |
Lord would not conduct affairs according to |
their ideas. The speaker drew comparison
between old line and assessment insurance
companies. His remarks were interspersed |
with capital stories and We're we'll received.
Judge Geo. E. johnson, of Belfast, re-
sponded to a sentiment to Enterprise |
Lodge He said he would touch upon one
idea which the others omitted. He could
not understand how they omitted anything,
they covered the ground 50 completely. A |
great many inquire how our insurance comes |
SO much cheaper than in old line companies |
For So or S13 per year our order gives as |
much life insurance as an old line company |
for SIS or $50. We are in a jurisdiction by |
ourselves and in the healthiest part of the
country. We are made up of several juris- |
dictions, each having rating peculiar to it
self The number of assessments in our
jurisdiction is limited to eighteen. If more
deaths occur other Jurisdictions are assessed
to help. We do not pay large salaries, but
pay for just what are getting. No one
can become member unless he is physical
~ perfect Behind the $1,000 benefit stand
$3.50 -Ie,> rI