Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1899-05-19
THE ODD FELLOWS.
Continued from Cd pdge.)
The Rebelkahs.
Their Annual Session Held Yesterday
Mrs. Louis v. Greene of stocLbridge
Elected President.

Their Annual Session Held Yesterday
Mrs. Louis v. Greene of stockbridge
Elected President.
The annual session of Rebekah assem-
bly, began yesterday morning at o o'clock
with delegates present from all parts of
the state. The report of the secretary
showed the membership at present to be
2913, 1874 brothers and 1899 sisters.
There are in addition to this number
about 20 members in East Barre whose
names were not counted in the regular list
as the report of their secretary was not re-
ceived in time. During the past year 1873
brothers and 22j sisters have Joined the
order.
These officers were elected: President,
Mrs. Louis V. Greene of Stockbridge, a
member of the Rutland lodge; vice presi-
dent, Mrs. d. L. Sanders of Montpelier;
warden, Mrs. Cora Dunbar of st. Adams;
treasurer, Mrs. Ella c. Finney of Lyndon
vile; secretary, Mrs. o. b. Boyce of Barre.
Mrs. Boyce was elected to the office of
secretary in 1862, the first year she was a
member of the order, and has been re-
| elected continuously since then.
The appointed officers are as follows:
Chaplain, Mrs. Minnie Ravens of Chester;
marshal, Mrs. Eva NJ. Hazen of Windsor;
| conductor, Mrs. Lizabeth Retting of Brat
tleboro; inside guardian, Mrs. Ocena San
derson of Middlebury; outside guardian,
Mrs. Annie Bagley of Bradford The dis
trict deputy presidents are: District No l,
Mrs. Mary f. Smith Of Manchester Depot;
| No. 2, Mrs. Susan d. Cooty of Mechanics
Vile; No. 8, Mrs. A. II. Langworthy of
Middlebury; No. 4, Mrs. X. II. Farr of st.
| Of
port; No 6, Mrs Stella Bailey of East
Hardwick; No. Z, Mrs. Abbie +. Stone of
Barre; No. s, Mrs Mary Wilcox of Wood
stock; No 0, Mrs Ida B. Perry of Reads
boro; No. 10, Mrs. Ella Pollard of Bel
lows Falls.
The new constitution arranged by the
| grand lodge at a recent meeting was
adopted, and the assembly was presented
with copy of the bylaws, a gift from the
grand lodge.
Festival hall was crowded to the doors
last evening to see the eXemplification of
the Rebekah degree by Ahdah lodge of
| Orange, Mass, and Dennis lodge of this
town. All present were delighted with
the work of those who eXempifed the de-
gree, each participant having her part
perfectly. During the evening short
speeches were made by the president, past
president and the secretary, and Past
Grand Master L. j. Rettng spoke a few
words congratulatory of the work of the
degree teams.
The bewhiskered billy goat" which ac-
companied FULLY lodge of Athol attracted
much attention.
Between 200 and 500 Rebekahs enjoyed
the trolley ride given by Dennis Rebekah
lodge yesterday afternoon. Three cars
carried the visitors from Odd Fellows hall
to West Brattleboro, back to Prospect
Hill and then to Main street again. All
who took the ride were delighted with the
scenery along the route.
An invitation from the Estey Organ
company to visit and inspect the organ
factories was accepted by large number
of the visiting Daughters of Rebekah yes
terday afternoon. Each visitor was pre-
scented with neat little souvenir stick pin
consisting of a brass reed with the name
"Estey" stamped upon it.
CantonS kitchawaug of Bellows Falls was
awarded SIS for having the most members
in line, 20; Canton Crescent of st. Johns
bury SIS for bringing the largest number
the longest distance, 20 men 126 miles
Athol Canton SO for having the largest
drum corps. The committee having in
charge the awarding of the individual
prizes have not announced their decisions