News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1892-05-26

THE 22ND ANNUAL GRAND ENCAMP-
MENT AT MONTPELIER-THE FORTY
SIXTH ANNUAL SESSION OF THE GRAND
LODGE.
The 22nd annual session of the
Grand Encampment was held at
Montpelier, Tuesday. About rs Of
ficers and members were present. The
Grand Encampment Degree was con
ferred on Is candidates. The officers
appeared in a handsome Jew set of
regalia, the property of the grand
encampment. Reports showed los
net gain in the II encampments,
making total membership of zoos
and emitting this body to two Grand
Representatives for the first time.
Officers elected are:
l.. G. Burnham, Grand Patriarch.
Burlington; C. Parmenter, Grand
High Priest, Rutland; David L. Saun-
ders, Grand Senior Warden, Montpel-
Ter; Charles w. Farr, Grand Scr; be,
St. Johnsbury; L. V. Green, Grand
Senior Warden, Rutland d. w. Dud-
ley, Grand Treasurer, Montpelier;
d. o. Wallace, Grand Marshal, st.
Adams; L. j. Brown, Grand Sentinel,
Bradford; Z. f. Smith, Grand Out
side Sentinel, Barre; j. K. Edgerton,
Mortified and n NJ Puffer, Benning
ton, Grand Representatives. Major
L. S. Frost is the Deputy for Benning
ton district.
The 46 annual session of the Grand
Lodge was held Wednesday, The
number present was LOG, and the
Grand Lodge Degree was conferred
on 80.
The report of the committee in re-
gard to an Odd Fellows Home was
accepted. The same committee of
five was continued until the next SEES
sion, with the addition of sub-com-
mittee of one from each Subordinate
Lodge, to be appointed by the incom-
ing Grand Master.
The Grand Masters report showed
that during the the past year three
new Lodges have been instituted
Beaver, No. As at Proctor; Randolph,
No. 4S, at West Randolph, and Cab
OF. One was reinstated, making a
total of 48 lodges, with a member of
about 5000.
Five new Rebekah Lodges were in
stituted-Sunbeam Lodge, No. II,
Barton; Bright Star Lodge, No. IS,
Barre; Maple Leaf Lodge, No. 10,
Derby Line; AIbutus Lodge, No. 20,
Wells River, and Myrtle Lodge, No. G.,
Proctorsville This makes total of
20 Rebekah Lodges, with 1900 mem
bers. The total number of Subordi-
nate and Rebekah Lodges is IS, with
a membership of over 81 per cent,
within the past five years.
The Grand Secretary sreport show
ed a gain of 347 members during the
year. Three Lodges have over 500
members each, and seven over 100
each. The largest Lodge, Wastas-
tiquet No. ). Brattleboro, has 354
members; SO Lodges make a gain,
while six show a loss; the greatest
gain in any one Lodge is 50; the
gain in receipts is $2,511.63, and in
regalia, furniture, jewels, etc, $12,-
O1S.44. The amount paid out for
relief and burying the dead amounts
to Sc, 552.73, and the financial val
uation of property and funds, less
all Indebtedness, $72, 691 81.
The report of the Grand Represent
tatives showed that there were in the
United States on December 81, 1890,
So Grand Lodges, 4S Grand En-
campments, 9136 Subordinate
Lodges, 2191 Subordinate Encamp-
ments, 2214 Rebekah Lodges, and
that during that year 50, 917, 68S.13
had been used by them for relief.
An amendment was taken to the
bylaws to the effect that Montpelier
would still be the home of the Grand
Lodge, but that by voting so to do,
they could occasionally meet in other
towns, and it was voted to hold the
next annual session at Burlington.
The salary of the Grand Secretary
was raised from $3.50 to $500.
The officers for the ensuing year
are as follows:
l.. j. Retting, Grand Master, Brat
tleboro; H. G.. Farrar, Deputy Grand
Master, Rutland F. III. Hyde, Grand
Warden, Poultney; H. E. Parker,
Secretary, Bradford; L. R. Robinson,
Grand Treasurer, Derby Line; f. A.
Sherburne, Grand Chaplain, Montpe
lier; J. W, Goodwill, Burlington and
M. j. Horton, Poultney, Grand Rep
resentatives; w. d. Chandler, Grand
Marshal, st. Adams; O. J. Willard,
Grand Conductor, Brattleboro II.
III. Davis, Grand Guardian, Burling-
ton; c. A. Heyser, Grand Herald,
st. Johnsbury.
There are 20 Representatives in
Congress who are under 36 years of
age.