The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-10-12
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GRAND LODGE OPENING
Session Is Organized and Pre-
pared to Do Business.
COMMITTEES ARE NAMED
About Forty Dele gates and More Than
Sixty Visitors Present at the Open =
ing Meeting of the I. O. G.
r. Held Yesterday.

The 32d annual session of the grand
lodge. l. Q. G. T., was opened in Ana
conda yesterday afternoon. This meet
4 ing promises to be one of the most
interesting of all the grand lodge ses-
sions. More than 40 delegates were
present. Dewey hall was crowded
when the meeting was called to order
at . o'clock, as more than 60 visitors
were in attendance.
The delegates present We're;
Boulder Star lpdge. No. /, of Boul-
der-P. &. Mills and John Noting
ham.
Helena lodge, No ., of Helena-C. X.
Strong and Miss Minnie Jones.
Crescent lodge. No. 8, of Sand Coulee
Andrew Burrell.
Free Silver lodge, No. s. of Jefferson
Mary NJ. Hail.
Rocky Mountain lodge, No. s, of
East Helena-Mrs. A. w. ,Manlove and
Miss Annie Burns.
Mayfower lodge, No. I, of jefferson
island-Miss Addie Moore
Victor lodge, No. 9, of Victor-C. B.
Gates.
ville--W E. Baggs and Mrs. A. E.
Hunt. .,...
Butte City lodge, No. IA, of Butte
James Gavin, Miss Kate Michaels. Mrs.
James Gavin and E. o. Packard.
Jefferson Valley lodge, No. 10, of
Whitehall-S. D. Houghton, Miss An
ME Mccall and Miss Ida Hindman.
Pioneer lodge, NO. 16, of Carbonate
Miss Lille Sewell.
King lodge, No. II, of Anaconda
Miss Anna Sims, Miss Sadie Truscott,
Clarence A Wiles and John w. James.
Miss Mollie Lemley. Miss Amelia LOT
fens and Howard Schroeder.
Bozeman lodge, No. 81, of Bozeman-
Noah Stiff.
Cascade lodge No. 81. of Cascade
Charles S. James.
Great Falls lodge, No. 81, of Great
Falls-Miss Lila Locker and r. P.
Williams.
The following grand lodge officers
were also present.:
Grand chief templar, j. A. johnson,
Anaconda.
Grand vice templar, Mrs. Laura
Hardness, Missohla.
Grand superintendent juvenile tenn
pies, Mrs. w. D. Bennett, Carbonate.
Grand secretary, j. A. Longstaff,
Anaconda.
Grand treasurer, ". E. Baggs, Ste
Sensville. . -" a.. ....
Past grand chief templar, w. d. Ben
nett, Carbonate.
Grand assistant secretary, Miss
Amanda Loffens, Missoula.
Grand deputy marshal, Miss Belle
jenkins, Helena
Grand guard, Mrs. c. B. Gates, Vic
tor.
After the opening ceremonies had
been gone through with, Grand Chief
Templar johnson announced that the
following members had taken the
grand lodge degree: Andrew IBurrell.
Lima Hickman. May NJ. Hall, AIDA
Moore, Maud Houghton, Mrs. f. K.
Gordon, Miss A. Coatsworth, Miss Min
ME Jones, Annie Burns, Mollie Lem
ley, Edna Taylor. G. S. Jones. Noah
Michaels, H. R. Whittlesey, Miss Sa-
die Truscott, Miss Bess Wolverton,
H. Logan, Clarence A. Wiles, Miss
Nina Darby. Anna Simons, Miss Lille
Sewell
Grand Chief Templar Johnson's re-
port was then read. It showed that
the order had increased during the en-
tire year. although a decrease in the
last quarter was shown. The report
stated that the following lodges had
been organized during the year: Broad
water, No. TO- at Townsend: Belgrade.
No. IL, al Belgrade; Clyde Park, No.
Is. at Clyde Park; Hope, No. 90 at
NtlHdIl, anu bOktIudIi, NV. 81 al DoLe-
man. The report recommended that
bylaws be adopted to incorporate this
grand lodge under the laws of the state
whereby the grand lodge could acquire,
sell and appropriate property of subor
dnate lodges who surrender or forfeit
their charters, and may be at such a
time in possession of real estate or
other property.
Grand Secretary Longstaff's report
was read showing the present mem
bership to be 1873, an increase oyer
last year.
Mrs. D. W. Bennett, superintendent
of the juvenile temples, reported a
membership of 353 and an increase of
temples.
Lengthy reports were handed in by
c. S. Passmore, representative to the
international supreme lodge, and Mrs.
G. S. Passmore, to the committee on
distribution.
Following were the committees
chosen:
Committee on credentials: J. A.
Longstaff, ]. H. Nottingham and Mrs
Laura E. Harkhess.
Committee on juvenile temples: Mrs.
James Gavin, Mrs A. W, Manlove,
Mrs. A. E. Hunt, Mrs. Emma Curtis
and E. o. Packard.
Committee on appeals: H. G. Coy,
C. s. Passmore, P. B. Mills. Miss Lii
lie Lemley and Miss Emma Peterson.
Committee on finance: Massena Bull
lard, Mrs. c. s. Passmore, Miss Chris
tina Brehner and W. D. Bennett.