Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-01-08
MAINE FRATERNITlEs.

Lakeview Lodge D. of r.. Etna. re-
port 100 members in good standing at
the present time.
The reports of Lakeside Lodge. No
So. I. @. O. F.. Etna, show 10 mem
hers in good standing. Nine new mem
bers have been admitted in the past
year.
A camp Of the Modern Woodmen Of
America was instituted at Searsmont
recently, by Deputy Head Consul C.
Bailey. The camp, starts with a char
ter membership oflseventeen.
A Knights of Pythias school of in
struction will be held at Machias. Jan.
il. Calais Lodge. No. A., has been Sc
lected to work the rank of the page:
the second rank will be exemplified by
the Lubec Lodge. the third rank in the
amplified form by Anchor Lodge OF
Passport.
4 new companion or ladies' court Of
the Independent order Of Foresters to
be known as Companion Court
"CeleStia" l. Q. O. e. was instituted
recently in Brewer. by Mrs Harriet
Campbell ID. s. c. r.. of Toronto.
Canada. 1t has n charter member
ship of %.
Thursday night. Dec q. was n red
letter one for Lewiston Lodge. knights
of Columbus. when y candidates were
initiated into its ranks and members
from Bath. Portland. Biddeford. Liv-
ermore Falls ana other places were
their guests at a banquet ana at the
exercises of initiation. The work was
finely done by degree team from the
Salem (MaSs). lodge
The lodge of Forcsters Of Pressure
Isle has gained very rapidly in MEM
heiship in the last few days. having
taken in thirteen new members this
week. Eighteen months ago there We're
only four members Of this order in Ft.
Fairfield. but through the efforts Of
Rev. Harry Hudson. there is now =
ilourishing ledge with nearly 40 mem
bers.
The subordinate lodges of the I. O. @.
y. Of the district comprising Bing-
ham. Scion. Arson, New Portland.
Madison, NOrridgewock and Skowhe-
gan. will hold district lodge at Show
hogan, Jan. IA. The degree staff Of the
Table Rock Lodge. North Arson, will
work the second degree. These dis
trict meetings have been successfully
held in the past and are a great bene-
fit TO the order.
Ernest Rackhffe OF Westbrook. has
made for Saccarappa Lodge of Odd
Fellows and Naomi Rebekah Lodge or
that city. handsome cabinet which is
mighty priced by the members. The
affair is of Eastwood, SheIlaced and
in white. and Handsomely
carved with designs emblematic of the
order. Its interior is ingeniouslv d.
vided into different sized compart
ments for the storage of parapher-
MALTA, etc, and taken altogether the
cabinet is very artistic and CON
venient adjunct of the lodge room. It's
maker. who lost his right hand some
years ago, did the work at odd mo-
ments, and has succeeded in turning
out very creditable specimen of the
wood workers art
a largely attended meeting of Court
oamoset. !. 9. F. of Dexter was held
Wednesday evening. the principal at
traction being degree work and the
number of candidates to take part in
MS was much larger than Mt any
line since the period of six months |
ollowing the institution of the court
me Following We're initiated. Harry
Z. Iliison, Forest Lincoln. Eddie |
Mountain, John Y. Pooler. Archie d |
Akeley, Frank F. Flagg. These with |
he members initiated in Novamho,