The Yale expositor., 1902-03-14
MASoNS MEET
Upon the Level. Have a Right Royal Good
Time and Part Upou the Sauarc

Time, and Part Upon the Square.
y'he date anxiously looked for by OIL
GERS and members OF Yale and Brown
City lodges. Il. & A. NJ. finally rolled
round Wednesday and nc promptly $3.50
p. IN. standard time) the special train
charted 10 carry the masons 20 Marlette
pulled out and was soon speeding ON
is way. stops were made at Melvin,
Valley Centre and Brown City taking
on several of the fraternity from each
place. On reaching Marlette the three
coaches contained about l25 persons,
all Jolly good fellows. Here n line OF
march was taken for up town. and as
the business portion Is nearly three
quarters of mile away, the walk
through drizZling rain was not the
most pleasant But after reaching the
lodge room our outer garments were
removed and every attention was paid
us by the brethren OF Marlette lodge.
G. G.. Hubbell. worshipful master,
soon opened the lodge and the work OF
raising w. III. Witt, former resident
of Marlette but now practicing law at
Brown City. was begun. Brown City
lodge conferred the first section and
Yale lodge the second section of the
degree. At the close the master, i'm be-
| half of the officers and members of
Marlette lodge, heartily thanked the
officers of Brown City and Yale for the
very efficient work performed and
expressed himself rs being more
than pleased at the fraternal feeling
that exists between the sister lodges.
| After these few remarks he informed
| the brothers that banquet was in
waiting nc the New Exchange hotel
and he hoped that all might go and
| freely partake of the lunch which had
been prepared. Messrs. Morton X
Barnes had "A spread that was fit for
any king and all who sat down ~ the
tables enjoyed feast of the good
things set before them. When the
"gastronomic riot was quelled n feast
of reason and flow Of soul was in
dulged in. Brother llubbell acted as
| toastmaster and ne made good one.
T.. w. Ellsworth one of the charter
members OF Marlette lodge +. & a. NJ.
was called upon 20 give a few remin-
iscences of the lodge in It's pioneer
] days, which he did In a very happy
manner. DIR. Weed, OF Brown City,
| jollied the boys along In few pleasant
| remarks, after which Harvey Tappan
was called upon 90 respond % the toast
Benefits of Fraternity" This be
handled very ably and cited few of
the real benefits OF being a mason.
! His remarks received hearty applause
Neal Mcmillan, Grand Master of
n Michigan, was expected 10 be present
on tins occasion and respond TO the
toast "The Grand Lodge" but n tele.
gram was received stating that sick.
ness in his family prevented his attend.
ing.
Yales male quartette was called up.
on and gave several selections which
were much enjoyed.
Toastmaster llubbell then announced
that an old friend and brother mason
of Clio lodge, Mr.. Curry, was present
who would occupy few minutes time
in telling some of his experiences in
masonry. He said that when "A man
became mason he should live up 20
It's teachings and If he did he certainly
must be a better man. lie compli.
mented the lodges on the excellent
work performed and said that he had
visited many lodges but never saw the
work better executed nor did he ever
expect TO.
w. III. Witt gave short talk and rs
he had just received the mysteries OF
the third degree of masonry made few
witty remarks as 20 his experience
which were well received.
The assemblage arose, sang one verse
OF that familiar Scotch song Aud
Lang Syne" and were dismissed.
IL was announced that the train
would leave on the return trip ut 200
o'clock, standard time, and as there
was only about 30 minutes TO spare
each one got ready 90 return. Our
boys reached Yale at 800 all feeling
well pleased that they had been present
on this occasion. lt will long be re
membered as one Of the most happy
events i'm our life.