Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1896-01-30
MAsoNs OF THE FIFTH DISTRICT
Hold Their Annual Meeting-will Push
the Work on tho new Temple.


The annual meeting Of the fifth Masonic
district was held in the rooms of Burling-
ton lodge, No. 100, Friday afternoon
and evening, r. w. Charles c. Miller, dis
trict deputy grand master, presiding. The
meeting was called TO order at 2 O'Clock in
the afternoon and Mr.. Miller called upon
II. s. Peck, acting w. M, to open Bur-
lington lodge on the master Mason's de-
gree, which he did and called the lodge to
refreshment.
The officers of McDonough lodge, No. 90,
of Jericho, l.. II. Chaplin, w. NJ, were then
called to the chairs, and called the lodge
from refreshment to b and exempli-
fed the work of the entered apprentice
degree in a very handsome and impressive
manner. At the close of the work, the
grand lecturer. r. w. Charles r. Mon
tague, reviewed the work and compliment
ed the officers on their efficiency, the
lodge was then called to refreshment I'M
til 1880 o'clock in the evening, when the
officers Of Burlington lodge, II. s. Peck
acting as w. M, resumed their stations
and called the lodge to labor on the mas
ter Mason's degree. District Deputy Mil
Ter assumed the east and received the
grand officers with the private grand hon
ors. who were presented by w. i. Green
leaf marshal, assisted by L. c. Grant as
deputy marshal. H.. T.. Stockwell pre-
sided at the organ, and the officers of
oull iflBlon lOuBt tAtiIlIlllItu l1e WOIh Vi
the master Mason's degree in a most i'm
pressive manner.
The following officers and past officers
of the grand lodge were present, M. w.
Kittredge Haskins, grand master of Brat
tleboro; NJ. w. Lavant NJ. Read of Bel
lows Falls; NJ. w. Marsh o. Perkins of
Windsor; NJ. w. George w. Wing of Mont
pelier; NJ. w. Ozro Meacham of Brandon;
NJ. w. George O. Tyler of Burlington; past
grand masters. r. w. D. N. Nicholson
of this city, deputy grand master; r. w.
Winfield Scott Nay of Underhill, grand
senior warden: r. W. Will f.. Lewis of
Rutland. grand Junior warden; r. w. War
rem G. Reynolds, grand secretary; II. w.
Charles r. Montague, grand lecturer: w.
ID. G. Barber and w. Albert Klllam.
grand stewards; w. Emmett G. Tuttlc,
grand tyler, and brethren to the number
of about 200.
Short addresses were made by the
grand master past Grand Masters Read,
Meacham, Perkins, Wing, Deputy Grand
Master Nicholson, Grand Senior Warden
Nay, Grand Junior Warden Lewis and
others.
The meeting was n grand success in
every way, and reflects great credit on r.
w. Bro. Miller whose untiring efforts, as
sisted by the lodges Is due the satisfactory
result. A banquet was served at the Hotel
Burlington, which did credit to the house
and the management. The proprietor fur
nished some neat menus emblematic of the
occasion, which the brethren priced high
ly as a souvenir of the occasion. In short
nothing was wanting either in viands or
service, as might be expected with Stew
ard Drew to supervise the arrangements,
and the brethren separated feeling that
Burlington was a good place TO meet.
TRUSTEES AND ADVISORY BOARD.
A meeting of the trustees of the grand
lodge, NJ. w. kittridge Haskins grand
master, r. W.. Winfield, S. Nay grand
senior warden. r. w. VIII +. Lewis grand
Junior warden, and the following MEM
bers of the advisory board. past grand
masters, Lavant NJ. Read of Bellows Falls.
Ozro Meacham of Brandon. Marsh o. Per-
kins of Windsor, George w. Wing of
Montpelier, and d. N. Nicholson, deputy
grand master of this city being present,
was held in the afternoon. The unanimous
conclusions was arrived at that the trus-
tees proceed with the work on the temple
as rapidly as possible. The plans will be
secured at an early day.