The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1894-01-25
A. o. w.
Lodge No. 20 C"Ie
brates its Tenth Anniversary.

One of the mo-t worthy aoa prosper
on, organizations ii on tDs4 j. ih"
9koN hogan Lodge W. ~ Of H. ffa.r-
nal brue iieiafy -"cirfq thc tue.enf or
der OF Iuae3 @,rlmea
Hi Lofty" Wa. efaui/d .ia9me,
lslb, lNs3 aud On 'lhul day evening a-l
quietly observed IL tenth anniversary
with banquet iu &. y. K. Han. pstii"i.
pated ia by loo ladie- and gehtlemeu.
nearly all Of the gentlemen being mem-
bers of the order.
b. >. Fhgg Wa master Of ceremnnic-
aud first called upon Frank Pratt. mas
ter nf SkoWhegan lodge Who eerdiallv
welcomed those present 10 the tr=fiYitir-
OF the occasion.
T.. f. Danforlh E.q.. gave a brief
historical sketch of the lodge. from the
time it was instituted ten year, ago with
eleven members. He alluded 10 the
difficulty encountered in securing the
requisite number of members but after
more than a week s,stfugglc eleven men
were found and they became the char
ter members OF the dodge. Thrse got
tlemeu We're George Gushing. ". + Ba-
con, \. q. Emery. \. H. Lang. l.. +.
Danforth. {. NJ. Lambert. VI I. Pooler.
W. j. Estabrook. VIM Pitt, ". +. Eel
lows and II. {. I.add
The masterworkmen of the lodge
during the ten years were. 1854 and $50,
W F. Bacon 1856. \. II. Lang: lsS1
\. e.. Emery: ISIS, L. +. Daulorth;
1889 and ls9o B. :. Fhgg lSal. W. j,
Estabrook; 1892, J. Smith Nutting:
| ls93, Alvenus Goodrich
During this ten years the membership
increased from II to loo and there have
been no deaths, nor any losses from other
causes so there are now l00 mem
bers. This i. remarkable record
The assessments paid for tho $4,000
insurance for the ten years have been.
ISL. SlI: lss5. o; lssG. II; lss7. II;
lsss, IL; lss9. II, $500 l0 ISL. II;
1872, Il; ls93. Ii. An average of
Sll. 80 per year for that period. lhi> Is
II very cheap rate of insurance.
Mr.. Dantor.h closed by briefly eXtol-
ing the fraternal and beneficiary features
of the order and predicted that 10 years
hence it will be one of the greatest or-
CARNATIONS in the United States.
Dir. j. \. Merrill responded to the
call of the chair The lodge had been
firmly united by the principles of the
order aud pulled togerhy for mutual
good. There are, he said no saaried
officers to support and every dollar paid
goes for the purpose for which it i
contributed. He extended a cordial
invitation to the young men of Sllowhe-
gan to Join the lodge.
Hon. \. q. Andrews of Augusta. the
grand masterworkman for the Massa-
chusetts jurisdiction, which includes
Maine, was the honored guest of the
lodge and made instructive and enthuSi-
astic remarks which were warmly APP
plauded by the company.
He alluded to the fact that this was
memorial day of the order but that
Skowhcgan lodge could hold no memo
rial service because they had no dead.
The growth of the order was one of the
events of the 10Th century, and one of
great importance. He pulogized Mr..
Uprhurch of Pennsylvania. the founder
of the order comparing his work with that
of warriors who were placed upon TIA"
pedcstals of fame. His work WAS III
bring help to the needy while theirs was
to bring death aud destruction. This
order is The peer of any iratcrnal organ
ization in the world and in beneYolencc
and charity, with all due Difference. the
peer of the church. The common people
made the order what it is and ii was
adapted to the common people, who move
the world. IT is one of the best tenn
perance organizations of the day. rhe
seller and user of Intoxicating liquors
are not admitted to membership and all
intoXicants are excluded from its festive
boards.
Judge Andrews closed by speaking of
the insurance feature of the order and
cited instances where the 81 900 left was
all that stood between the widow and
orphans of dcccaSr brothers and drSti-
tuition and suffering. The order is NOT
piin9 up monuments OF brick ana stone
but rather erecting them in the hearts
of the women and children saved fir m
want, Hhcn the strong arm of the nus
baud and father was laid low.
Past mastcrWorkman, George Cu-h-
ing, facrtiously alluded to the organilt-
ton of the lodge 10 years ago, noted il>
growth and said thu order had virtues
and characteristics of intrinsic value to
members.
l.. l.. Walton Esq. in referring tn
his first hearing al the order CON
founded il with some labor Mon or
society, hul a. soon n he got correct
knowledge oi il principles and objects
he b"camc member. His attention
given to the school board takes about
all the spare time at his disposal. there
fore of late he had mol been n active in
the cause Il, in former years but his in
terest was still with the lodge,
The toa@lmastcr at this stage called
upon some gentlemen outside OF