The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1902-05-15
Waldo District Lodge of Good Templars.

The regular quarterly session of Waldo
District Lodge was held with Geo. +. Brack-
EFT lodge, No. II, at Jackson, Saturday,
May 10th. The attendance from the district,
owing to the severe weather, was much
smaller than usual The local lodge, how
ever, rallied in numbers sufficient to fill to
overf1owing the commodious hall, a fine two
story building, built and owned by the
lodge, in which the meetings were held, and
where the visiting delegates who braved
the ride over the hills in the cutting north
wind with the mercury at freezing point
found warm hearts and a royal welcome
awaiting them. The scribe is under special
obligations to Bro. Daniel H. Kimball and
his good horse 'Terror' for a safe and
quick trip from the station, five miles away.
The session was called to order at II A.
NJ, Past Dist Templar f. l.. Bartlett pre-
siding. The officers present were: T. ID.
Templar, Ernest L. Bartlett; Counselor,
Fred II Brown; Seey, E. L. Bracket;
Treas, Emily Brown; Chap, Rev. F. w.
Barker; Guard, Amy Lancaster. The fol-
lowing were appointed: Dist Vice Templar,
Geneva Jewett; Past District Templar,
M. j. Dow; Mar, Ernest Simpson;
Dep, Mar, Ruth Wright; Committee on
Resolutions, Rev F. W Barker, NJ. J. Dow,
+. H. Brown Committee on Location, Atfie
Godding, Geneva Jewett, f. l.. Brackett.
The forenoon was occupied in routine bust
ness, comforting the degree, reports of Off
GERS, etc.
During the noon recess dinner was
served in the pretty new church which
stands close by the side of the hall, and not
only in situation are the two united but
harmony is characteristic of all their work.
The tables were laden with the good things
that are never lacking at the hands of the
sisters of Lodge No. II, and we are sure
that the hunger of all was appeased.
At the opening of the afternoon session,
the reports of the various committees were
given. Resolutions were unanimously
passed thanking the local lodge and citizens
of jackson for hospitality and entertain
ment, and favorng more aggressive work
in the line of organizing and carrying out
the principles of the order in other ways.
The latter resolution called out an earnest
discussion as to ways and means, resulting
in the appointment of special committee
consisting of Past Dist. Templar Ernest L.
Bartlett, Dist. Chap. Rev. F. W. Barker,
Dist. Sec Elizabeth L. Bracket, to devise
plans. This committee will be augmented
by a representative from each lodge in the
district and will hold a meeting for con-
date.
The committee on location reported in
favor of public picnic session in August,
the exact date and place to be decided by
the District Council
The District Lodge was closed in form at
go P. NJ, and the doors were opened to the
public, when the following program, inter
spersed with music by the Jackson Cornet
Band, was given: Address of welcome,
Emily Brown response, MarcelTus j. Dow ;
| singing, lodge choir; recitation, Miss Pick
ard duet, Rev. T. W. Barker, Muriel
Barker; dialogue, Mary and the Swallow,
Misses Pearl Chase and Hattie Stevens
recitation, Henry SMALL recitation, in
| character, Emily Brown; recitation, Mrs.
Laura Chase.
The session as a whole was unusually
pleasant, interesting and profitable and the
good byS We're said with reluctance Geo.
+. Bracket lodge, containing as it does a
large number of the representative men
and women of the town, has during the
twenty-seven years of its existence, eXerted
telling and far-reaching influence. 1t is a
wholesome example of what opposition in a
good cause may some times achieve.