St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-05-29
VOL. LIX---NO. 3O7O
MASONIC HALL DEDICATED.
Impressive Exercises in the New Rooms Of fCres-
cent Lodge.-ARed Letter Day for LYNDON


at Lyndonvile on Wednesday afternoon.
The day was an ideal one and the occa-
sion was one long to be remembered by
all who were present.
The visiting lodges arrived on the noon
trains and the exercises of the day began
at 1.30 p. m. with the dedication of the
hall. Worshipful Master Walter E.
Ranger opened the lodge in due form and
the officers of the grand lodge were
ushered in. The grand lodge was
oficered as follows: Grand Master,
Col. Kittredge Haskins OF Brattleboro;
Acting Deputy, c. H. Bigelow OF Brook
field; Grand Senior Warden, DR.. W. S.
Nay of Underhill; Grand Junior Warden,
Charles A. Chapman of Ferrisburg; Act
ing Grand Secretary, D. M. Bacon of st.
Johnsbury Acting Grand Treasurer, N.
p. Bowman of St. Johnsbury; Acting
Grand Chaplain, Rev. F. Appleton, st.
Johnsbury; Grand Senior Deacon, ], w.
Stowel of Putney; Grand Junior Deacon,
V. E. True of Newport; Grand Senior
Steward, D. c. Barber of Burlington;
Grand Junior Steward, Albert Killam of
Burlington; Grand T ,''rr, E. G. Tuttle of
Manchester; Grand Pursuivant, E. Nc
Gennis of Lyndonville Grand Marshal,
D. S. Danforth of st. Adams; Grand
Sword Bearer, ]. H. Holder of St. Johns
bury; Grand Bearer of the Great Lights,
Gen. Lee of Newport; three Bearers of
the Lesser Lights four Bearers of the
Lodge. Music tor the dedication SER
vice was furnished by the Mahogany
Quartette of St. Johnsbury. The solemn
dedicatory service was performed before
the members of Crescent lodge and the
large delegations from the sister lodges.
The parade Immediately followed the
dedication and was considered one OF the
finest ever seen in that village. Nearly
300 Masons were in line, including two
handsomely uniformed commanderies.
The marshal was J. T. Gleason and the
aides w. |. Powers and c. S. LeBour-
veau. The first division was headed by
the ST. Johnsbury band followed bv Pal
estine Commandery, 65 members, Pas
sumpsic Lodge, A members, both OF ST.
Johnsbury. Delegations from Moose
River Lodge, West Concord, Caspian
Lake Lodge. Barton, Washburn Lodge,
Danvile and Caledonia Lodge formed
the rear of the first division. The second
division was headed by the Lyndonville
band followed by Malta Commandery
from Newport and Crescent Lodge of
Lyndonvile. The grand lodge officers in
carriages followed Crescent Lodge and
formed the rear of the procession. The
route of the column was as follows:
Depot street to Broad street, to South
street, to Elm street, to Depot street, to
Church street, to Grove street, to Main
street, to Maple street, to West street, to
Center street, to Main street, to Depot
street, to Masonic Building.
After the parade an excellent banquet
was served in the banquet hall by Caterer
L. F. Gaskill of st. Johnsbury. Over 400
Masons were served on this occasion.
THE EVENING SESSION.
The public exercises in Music hall at 8
O'Clock in the evening were largely at
tended Music hall has seldom seen a
larger audience. The Lyndonville or
chestra opened the evenings programme
with several excellent selections. Prof.
W. E. Ranger presided and in a short
speech expressed deep thanks in behalf of
Crescent Lodge to all those who had
taken part in the days programme and
helped make the dedication so great
success. He then introduced the Ma
hogany quartette, which rendered Sc
lection so we'll that an encore was called
for. Prayer was offered by Rev. Frank
Appleton and then the ladies' Canorian
club gave fine selection and responded
to an encore. Hon. George w. Wing
was next introduced, who gave schol-
arly address on the principles OF masonry
and brief account OF its history and
growth. He alluded to the great calami-
ty that overlook Lyndonville a short
time ago when the masons lost their
large room and furniture, OF the great
change that has since taken place and of
the elegant new home dedicated by Cres-
cent lodge that day. The object OF an
cient masonry was liberty and equality
and the same can be said oil modern ma
sonry with much added. Members ofma-
sonry are bound to obey moral law, help
the distressed and dispense justice to all
men; to soothe the unhappy and to be
peaceabe citizens, true to their country.
Kttredge Haskins, state Grand Master,
was next called on. He congratulated
the brothers of Crescent lodge upon hav-
ing the best appointed lodge room in
the state, and spoke word OF praise
for the beautiful village of Lyndonville
and its people. W. S, Nay, another state
officer, was next, making pleasant
little speech that kept the audience in
laughter. The Mahogany and Canorian
quartettes and Mrs. Hazen gave sew
eral selections during the evening that
were well received. The entertainment
closed at 10 o'clock and most success
iu days programme was ended.
NOTES OF THE DAY.
The town was handsomely decorated
for the occasion. A large flag surmount-
ed the Masonic block and the word
"Welcome" was over the door of the
building. The flag hoated from Music
hall and both the hotels and the bank
building were trimmed with flags. Many
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