The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-02-23
IS 100 YEARS old.
Mount Vernon Lodge, A. F. and A.
NJ, Celebrated Its Anniversary.
Officers Installed Banquet, Followed BY
Historical Exercises.

Mount Vernon lodge of Mason was
100 years old yesterday, and IL was a
red letter event in the history of the
second Oldest lodge i'm Rhode Island.
Mount Vernon is the offspring of ST.
Johns lodge, which celebrated its CEN
tennial long time ago. Masonic hail.
with it's seating capacity for 500, was
not one-quarter large. enough for the
number OF prominent Masons who de-
sired to secure tickets to the banquet.
During the afternoon the lodge held
a business session, and in the evening
the installation occurred with Grand
Master Cyrus NJ Van Slyck officiating,
and the officers installed were: Master,
Charles Belden Toye; senior warden,
Reuben Samuel Bemis; Junior warden,
Clarence Henry Green; treasurer, Will
lam Henry Perry; secretary, Marcus
Morton Burdick; chaplain, Ernest NJ.
BiNby; senior deacon, Frank Waylanu
Taylor; junior deacon, Charles Jeffer-
son Whelden. senior steward, Charles
Pardie Mcfarland; junior steward, An
drew j. Ferguson; marshal. Charles }.
Proctor; sentinel, Elisha ). Burt; musi-
cal director Hamilton {. MacDou3aH;
tyler, Leander M. Walling.
These officers were all installed under
the direction OF the following officers or
the grand lodge: Grand Master, cyrus
NJ Van Slyck; deputy grand master,
Milton Livsey; senior grand warden
Frederick G.. stiles: junior grand war
den, j. Ellery Hudson; grand treasurer
William X. Greene; grand secretary,
Edwin Baker; first district deputy
grand master. w. Howard Walker
second district deputy grand master
James T.. Tillinghast; fourth district
deputy grand master, Joseph w. Free
man: nth district deputy grand mas
ter. George IA. Holmes; grand chaplain
Rev. Henry w. Rugg; senior grand
deacon, Henry ID. Heydon: junior grand
deacon, John Keso; senior grand stew
ard William u. sherman; junior grand
steward, Joseph n. Latham; grand
marshal. William y. otis; grand SWORD
bearer, William McGregor; grand pur-
suivant. Henry G. Clark; grand lee
turer. William H. Scott: grand musical
director. Hamilton G. Macdougalli
grand tyler John n. Rowland.
Following the banquet were exercises
Of "a historical character. A sketch OF
the inception and growth OF Mount YER
non lodge was read by Secretary w.
Marcus NJ Burdick. and Rev. r.. a.
Horton of Boston delivered the Grafton,
which dealt with the foundation or Ma
sonry and it's principles.
Among those present as guests were
the officers of the grand lodge, mas
ters of other lodges and visitors from
Massachusetts, and other states. AFTER
the literary exercises there was dancing
and mcrriment. with music. and the af-
fair proved one OF the biggest social
events of the season.
The committee of arrangements in
charge consisted of Brother Charles -.
Toye. Brother Reuben :. BemlS, Broth
er Andrew j. Ferguson, W., Albert n.
Sammiss, w, William II. Perry and
w. T.. Merle Bixby. The floor director
was Brother Charles j. Whelden, and
the aids were Brothers James w. Cook,
Charles j. Proctor, H. a. Baxter. Ellis
w. McAllister Clarence III. Greene,
Gustave w. Strandberg, Robert Wat
son, Charles n. Bissell. Charles L. Nc
Farland and Wilsey $. Eastman.