The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1898-04-06
WESTBRooK.
Grand Lodge New England Order of
Protection Meeting.
OFFlCERS ELECTED AND ANNUAL
REPORTS MADE.

Grand Lodge OF Orangemen Also Hold
Their Annual Meeting and Elect Off
cers-A Barn Burned on the Riverton
Road.
The tenth annual session of the Grand
Lodge of Maine of the New England
Order of Protection, convened yesterday
at Odd Fellows hall, Wostbrook. The
business session begun at 10.45 The re-
port Of the officers were read. The report
of the Grand secretary, A. e. Verrill of
Auburn, for the year, ending December
81, 1897, shows as follows:
Number of lodges in good standing, Is
Mem berS transferred in 1897,
Number of lodges December 81, '97, 65
Number of members December 81,
1896, 3,104
increase during year 1897, 137
decrease during 1897, lls
Number of mem bers December 81,
1897, 1913
The report of the grand treasurer, r.
W. jackson of Portland is as follows:
Cash on hand April 6, 1897, sl,075. Sc
Received during the year, 3052. co
Total received, 81 1s7.56
Expenditures, including per capita
tax, salaries, printing and mileage
So. 065 SO. The cash on hand April 4,
1897 Is 81 1859.
At noon Mr.. G. j. Hezelton furnished
dinner at the Odd Fellows banquet hall
for the delegates in attendance. There
was large attendance at the morning
session, among the number being Judge
L. P. Deming, the supreme warden.
Fat the..afternoonEsession the election of
officers occurred and resulted in the
choice of the following for the ensuing
year:
Grand Warden-J.W. Chadwick, Gardi-
ner.
Grand Vice Warden-W.A. Allen, Port
land.
Grand Secretary-A. e. Verrill, Au-
burn.
Grand Treasurer-R. W. jackson. Port.
land.
Grand Chaplain-Mrs. Eliza F. Small,
Portland.
Grand Guide-C. v. Horton, Foxcroft.
Grand Guardian-J. D. Gilbert. Lew.
iston.
sentinel-J. W. Jones, Gardiner.
Trustees-Lida Dearborn, Biddeford;
Mrs, Annie Braokett, Portland: Mrs.
Lydia J. Gilley, Biddeford.
: Representative to Supreme Lodge for
one year-Josie g. Smith. BiddefoFd ].
W. Chadwick, Gardiner; c. E. Sturdi-
burn Minnie +. Haley, Portland; Ellen
e. Emery, Saco
Representative to Supreme Lodge for
two years-H. A. Weymouth, Saco;
Thalia r. Oakley, Auburn; Addie B.
Foye, Springvale; It. A. Randall, Au
burn.
The newly elected officers were then in
stalled by representatives of the supreme
ioGge. ~ @ts
It was voted to hold the next session on
the first Wednesday in April, 1899 with
the lodge at Houlton.
At O'Clock the convention adjourned.
A supper was served the delegates in
the banquet hall by the local lodge and
later in the evening the delegates went
by special cars to Portland and attended
the meeting Of the Portland lodge.
GRAND LODGE ORANGEMEN.
The third annual session of the State
Grand lodge Of Maine, Loyal Orange In
SD1GuC1on, MeG IN convention yesGSruHy
afternoon with Cumberland Star lodge,
No. 3l6 of Gum berland Mills. Delegates
were present from the lodges located at
presque Isle, Bridgewater. Houlton,
Linneus, Smyrna, Island Falls, Bangor,
Portland, Sanford, Ashland
and Gum herland Mills.
The report of the grand secretary
showed the order IN Maine TO consist Of
$40 members. The reports Of the several
officers were considered during the after
noon session.
1t was voted to endorse the action of
tho Supreme Grand Master, James Ray
of Boston, whereby he rendered the SER
vices of the 206, 600 Orangemen to the
President of the United States in the
event of hostilities with Spain or any
other nation now or at any time. The