The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1894-02-16
THE MASONIC DISTRICT MEETING

L he MAOONlO DlO MIL MILE llNNs
The annual convention of the Second
Masonic District was held in Masonic
Hall, this village, Wednesday afternoon
and evening. The date was quite appro-
pirate, which, without generalization,
was the 10th anniversary of the date of
the charter of Mt Anthony Lodge, which
was the host on this successful occasion
There was an attendance of 200 Masens
in total of $50 for the District. This
was very gratifying, both to the Grand
Officers and the lodges in interest In
this district are five constituents: Mt
Anthony, No. Is, Bennington; Adoni-
ram, No. A. Manchester; Tucker, No.
4S, North Bennington; Red Mountain,
No. 63, Arlington; Pownal, No. 103,
North Pownal.
The convention opened at 2 o'clock,
d. G. NJ, in the Chair. Bro. Phillips is
one of the veteran members of the In.
stitution, one who enjoys to a marked
degree the respect of bis brethren, and
the grand success of the whole affair is
due to his laborious efforts, seconded by
the members of the district He called
upon the officers of Tucker Lodge to
open the communication.
The officers of Red Mountain Lodge,
w. NJ. Coping, Master, exemplifed the
First degree in Lodge of Instruc-
tion." The new floor work was ex-
planned, and the lodge acquitted itself in
a very creditable manner.
Mt. Anthony Lodge then conferred
the Second degree, with a picked up
staff of officers, John NJ. Burt, S. W.,
acting Master. This Lodge was also
highly COMMUNICATED upon its mode of
wOI king.
A recess was then taken until the even
ing communication. The Eastern Star
Chapter Dispersed n bountcous hospital
ity, and also served lunch at 11.30.
The first order of the evening was the
reception of Grand Officers, by Mt
Anthony Lodge, Col. E. d. Bennett, w.
NJ, in the Chair, and with Maj. r. j.
| Coffey, Marshal. We have never seen it
done better. There were present. of the
Grand Lodge officers: M. W. John Il.
Whipple, g. M; K. w. Chas. D. Phillips,
d. D. G. NJ; WIS. E. S. Weston, G. L.,
and f. G futile, G. Tyler. These were
just closing up the grand round of dis
trict visitations, and that there should
be so large an attendance, and so cOurte-
GUS a reception was particularly crafty
ing to Grand Master Whipple visiting
his home district.
The Third degree was then conferred
by Tucker Lodge, George E. Corey
Master. This work was excellent. In
fact, it is true that the exemplifications
were the best witnessed in this district
for several years. Letters of regret were
received from Grand Chaplain Edwin
Wheelock of Cambridge; H. A. Smith Of
West Rutland, past grand lecturer; G..
w. Whitcomb, grand treasurer; Marsh
o. Perkins, past grand master; W. S.
Nay, past grand lecturer, and Others
At the conclusion of the work, the
ladies of the Eastern Star were admitted
to hear the postprandials. Speeches
were made by the Grand Master, Grand
Lecturer, Grand Tyler, the Masters of
Lodges present, and from Past Master
| Church of Aurora Lodge, No. 523 of
Scranton, Pa. There were also repre-
sentatives of Lee Lodge of Castleton;
Capitol Lodge of Montpelier; Centre of
Rutland; Apollo Lodge of Troy, N. Y,
and of neighboring lodges in Massachu.
sets.
As whole the convention was one of
the most successful ever held.