The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-04-09
N, E. 0. OF PROTECTION
ANNUAL MEETING or THE C0NNEC-
IICUr GRAND LODGE.

One Hundred and Fifty Delegates Present
Mt New Haven Yesterday-The Marvel
Gus Growth of the Order During the Past
Year in This State.
The annual convention of the Con-
necticut grand lodge of the New Eng
land Order of Protection was opened
in odd Fellows hall, Crown street,
yesterday morning at 10 o'clock, Grand
Warden Lucius P. Deming of this
city presiding. The other officers in
their respective places We're as follows:
Junior past grand warden, William II.
Ely of New Haven; grand vice war
den, j. B. Weiant of New Britain;
grand secretary, f. d. Grinnell of New
Haven; grand treasurer, S. A. Granger
of Winsted; grand chaplain, W. C. Nc
lntosh of New Haven; grand guide,
Mrs. d. Floyd of New Haven; grand
guardian, William K. Wright of Ivory
ton, and grand sentinel, George III. Peck
of Torrington.
The committee on credentials, which
consisted of Gilbert l.. Hart, oliver T..
Forbes and E. A. Carley, reported for
ty-five past wardens in waiting, and
they were duly admitted and initiated.
AT this stage of the proceedings it
was announced that the supreme Off
GERS had arrived and were in waiting.
Representatives from the supreme
lodge We're George I'll. Howard of Cam
bridgeport, Mass, supreme warden;
Herbert A. Chase, M. D., of Cambridge
port, Mass, supreme medical examiner,
and Levi w. Shaw of Boston, chair
man of supreme committee on laws.
They were admitted and were received
with the honors due their station.
Grand Warden L. p. Deming then
read his annual report, which was
highly commendatory of the condition
of the order in this state. Speaking
of the history and growth of the order
in Connecticut he said:
THE order was first planted in this
state December 10, 1887, and during
that year-December 10 and 16--three
other lodges were organized. These
We're Ida No. 10 of Bridgeport, Adelphi
No. IL of Bristol and Highland No. Is
of Winsted. All three had had pre-
vious organization as knights and la
dies of honor and We're taken into this
order in their entirety. May 1, 1883,
Elm Tree lodge was organized. It was
followed by Anchor of Waterbury June
/; Electric of Meriden August 81 and
Orrin Thompson of Thompsonville De-
cember 20. Elm Tree was the first
lodge organized in the state out of
| ;AJ
were organized and in that year the
grand lodge was organized, with Will
liam H. Ely as grand warden and with
a membership in the state of LOIS. In
1891 two lodges were organized; 1892
four, 1898 six, 1894 eight, in 1895 thir-
teen and in 1896 we have fifty-four
lodges and a membership of 5,226,
showing a net gain in Ave years OF
thirty-six lodges and of 1920 members.
This result has ret been attained ex-
cept by constant and arduous labor and
during the year we have organized five
new lodges.
GROWTH OF LODGES.
1.-The lodges have made healthy
and most satisfactory growth. Some
have made a wonderful growth and
we have made little or no growth. !
may be excused for calling your at
tention to the growth Of the follow
ing lodges: Mozart of New Haven, SO;
Electric of Meriden, 81; Elm Tree OF
New Haven, SO; Beacon of New Ha-
ven, 60; Fort Hale of New Haven, As;
Wallingford, 3S. In 1894-95 the gain in
old lodges was 376; in 1895-96 S44.
II believe the work in the lodges is
| far better than it was one year age
and that the effort of every lodge is
now to do better than they have done
before The character Of lodge worl
depends largely upon the warden; II
the warden will commit the ritual and
will insist upon the subordinate officers