The Somerset reporter., 1896-10-22
The Three Links.
Annual session Of Grand Bodies. /. o. o
+ at Portland


Annual Session Of Grand Bodies. / o. o.
r at Portland.
The annual session d the Grand
Lodge Of Maine /. .. .. F.. opened at
Portland, Tuesday morning. with Grand
Master Clarence NJ. Watson presiding.
A large membership Was in attendance.
The work Of the order a. reported by
the Grand Master was a. follows:
Instituted one subordinate aud eleven
Rebekah Lodges: dedicated five halls;
conducted six installations. held seven
district meetings. and visited thirty
three lodge.
The membership Of both branches OF
the Order, January lst, ls96, a. shown
by the reports OF the several lodges in
this jurisdiction, was a. follows.
Number Of members as per last report. 2o.531
Net increase oil mt mbers during the year, ZIG
Total 81 bordinate membership, 2o.747
Number of Rebekah members a.
per last report es55
Net increase of members during
the year, I43e
Total Re beksh membership 1904
Total amount paid for relief ice 36s az
Invested funds, real estate and
hall property, $50 TBS 90
New lodges were Instituted in the
following named places: Hampden
Lodge, No. lbs, located at Hampden;
Ocean Bound Rebekah Lodge. No 81,
located At Ninalhaven Wilson Lake
Rebekah Lodge, No. is. located at Will
ton Priscilla Rebekah Lodge, No. 80.
located al Skowhegan: Waverlv Rebekah
| Lodge. Ne. -, located at Pittsfield:
| Ninona Rebekah Lodge. No. i. located
at Athens: Good Luck Rebekah Lodge,
! No. -, located at Waldoboro: Nokomis
ltebekah Lodge. No. %. located at Els
worth; Victoria Rebekah Lodge. No. "a.
located at Newport; Acme Rebekah
| Lodge, No. -. located at Oakland;
Northern Light Rebekah Lodge, No. IS.
located at Scion; aud Meguuticook
Rebekah Lodge. No. -. located at Cam
den.
Mrs. Mary l.. Carr of So. Norridge-
wock. president Of the Rebekah organi-
zation for the past year made an address
which included report of the work for
the year and made sundry recommends
tons
The Rebekahs are now organized into
a regular chartered assembly and Mrs.
Gertrude ". Sargent of Bucksport was
elected the first president under this
charter.
Officers were elected Of the several
bodies as follows
Grand Lodge: Grand master. A. n.
J. Loveioy. Augusta; deputy grand
master, A. l.. f. Pike. Norway: grand
warden. Albro +. Chase, Portland:
grand secretary, Joshua Davis. Portland;
grand treasurer W. +. Plummer, Port
land: grand representative. {. NJ. Wat
son, Biddeford.
Past Grand Representative Associa-
ton: President, Charles II. French,
Portland; secretary. b. c. Stone. Bridg-
ton; treasurer, j. y. Reed. Deering.
State Odd Fellows Relief Association ::
President, Albro T. Chase, Portland :;
secretary, George 7. Springer, West
brook.
Rebekah Association: President.
Gertrude Sargent, Bucksport; vice presi-
dent, Alice Woodsum. Norway; secre-
tary, Grace +. Watson. Belfast; treas
urer, Carrie E. Pierce, Old Town ::
marshal, Bertha Bird, Belfast; conduct
or, Jennie t. Capen. Augusta; inside
guard, Sarah Pettengill, Rumford Falls;
outside guard. Angela Hayes, kittery ::
chaplain, Lizzie X. Aver, Bangor.
| Grand Encampnent Grand patri-
arch, Horatio X. Colesworthy, Portland :;
grand high priest, Frank L. Pond, Au-
gusta; grand senior warden, Henry p
Thomas, Bangor grand scribe, Benz. c..
stone, Portland; grand treasurer, Albro
f. Chase; grand junior warden, Alfred
ID. kimball. Norway: grand representa-
tive. Joseph I. Mason. Biddeford The
grand patriarch made the following APP.
pointments: Grand marshal. Horatio
Lowering, Waterville; grand sentinel,
Frank l.. Snow, Brunswick: deputy
grand sentinel. Walter II. Blethen.
Dover.