The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1897-06-03
Secret Societies.

The regular meeting of Timothy Chase
Lodge, F. and A. NJ, will be held this even
ing, after which the lodge will probably be
"called off, for three months
Hon. Edward c. Reynolds of Portland,
grand chancellor of the Grand Lodge. X of
P, of Name was in Bangor on Sunday to
attend the funeral of Grand Supreme Rep
resentative Frederick NJ Laughton. There
were also present, as a committee represent
ing the grand lodge of Maine, Charles f.
Bragg of Bangor and B. I. Chase of Port
land.
The annual assembly OF the Cantons L. O.
0. F, of Maine is to be held at Skowhegan
10th, in accordance with a vote of the con-
vention held at Rockland one year ago.
There are two regiments of this uniformed
order in the State, composed of q Cantons,
and two-thirds of these organizations have
already notified Thos. Tantish, secretary of
Canton Somerset committee, that they will
be present and the prospect is that the other
Cantons will be heard from favorably.
Madocawando Lodge of Rebekahs has been
instituted at Castine under most favorable
auspices, its membership including the Test
people of the town. The name is that of the
wife OF the first Baron de Castine, for whom
the town was named. The institution took
place May 2Sth. Grand Master a. n. j. Love
joy, accompanied by Frank A. Knowlton,
Grand Marshal, Mrs. Gertrude w Sargent,
president of the Rebekah State Assembly,
Mrs. Oaksmith of Riverside Lodge, Bucks
port and the degree staff of Aurora Rebekah
Lodge, No. TO- OF Belfast, were the invited
guests of the occasion. At 6 P. NJ. a banquet
was served at the Castine House after which
the petitioners and guests adjourned to Odd
Fellows Hall, which was deliberately deco
| rated for the occasion. Over the doors were
the names of the new Rebehah Lodge and
the subordinate lodge MaSsasoit. The staff
of Aurora Lodge conferred the degree ac-
cording to the beautted form ON AZ brothers
and sisters in satisfactory manner; after
wards Grand Master Lovejoy in very nice
speech introduced the president of the Maine
Rebekah Assembly, and duly commissioned
her to institute the new lodge, to be known
as Madocawando Rebekah Lodge, No 81.
President Gertrude w. Sargent instituted
the new lodge in the impressive manner for
which she is noted, bestowing the charter.
| The officers We're installed by the Grand
Master thus being honored by the highest
form in the service of installation, ample
form, assisted by Frank A. knowlton as
Grand Marshal, Gertrude W. Sargent as
Grand Warden, Carrie A. Gilmore as Grand
Secretary. and Hattie A. Kurdish as Grand
Treasurer The officers of the new lodge
are: Noble Grand, Myra D. Shepherd Vice
Grand, Marguerite Bartram: Secretary,
Cora L. Jones; Treasurer, Helen H. Rea
r. S. n. g., Lettie Perkins; L. S. n. g.,
Geneva Hooper; Warden, Maria Perkins
Conductor, Alice M Vogell; Outside Guard
ian, Nellie Coombs; Chaplain. Mary Per-
kins; R. S. V. G., May Macomber; L. S. V.
g., Eva Gardner. The inside guardian, I'M
avoidably absent, will be installed at the
next meeting. The Belfast party numbered
26. They went over and returned on steamer
fremont arriving home about 80 a. M.
Saturday.