Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1904-12-02
400 MAsoNs ASSEMBLED.
S'' from Athol and Greenfield the Guests
OF erattleboro Lodge, No. 1922 Last
Evenino

| evening".
The largest Masonic gathering ever held
IN southern Vermont brought to Masonic
| lodge in Brattleboro last evening UPWARDS
OF 4OO of the brethren. REPRESENTING AZ
UtlcIeht lodges, as follows: Sixteen i'm
vermont; 10 Massachusetts; Now
hampshire; Canada; 2 each. New Yorl,
anu Maine; ! EACH Connecticut and North
! Carolina ' -''i vi
me occasion was a special communion
| tloh OF Brattleboro lodge, 1922 F. q A. M
10 winch Star lodge of Athol Republican
! lodge of Greenfield and Columbian lodge
OF Brattleboro were invited The Wis
| 1tors from Massachusetts came nv snecial
uall' III strong. 1t happened curiouslv
! tnat every member of the train CREW was
a Mason, and that every station agent ON
the t1tchburg division between Gardner
anu Greeniield was present. including f.
f. Brooks of Gardner for many years sta
| ton agent in Brattleboro
Inc visitors arrived about 80 were
met at the railroad station by a delegn-
Ton of local Masons, and escorted TO the
nu'A As soon as convenient "A lodge of
Master Masons was convened with Wor-
shlptul Master f. l. Swift in the east The
Master Mason degree was conferred with
exceptional correctness and IMPRESSIVE
ness. At the close of the work Worshin-
ful Master Swift called for remarks from,
several prominent i'm the order, including
I |
OF the 18th Massachusetts district Mr.
Carpenter, who is a son of the late I, 7
carpenter of Bratteboro. first master of
Columbian lodge on its re-estabishment
spoke Interestingly i'm reminiscent vein
OF matters connected with Brattleboro
ana local Masonry He was followed by
{. Ffske f. e Wing and Dr. ~ A. Mar
shall, masters respectively of Starr. RE-
publican and Athol lodges. and by Her
bert Parsons. editor of the Greenfield
| Recorder, Revs Barker of Athol and
Mathison of Brattleboro, and o. r. Buell.
OF Wilmington, ID. d. G. NJ of the Sth
Masonic district of Vermont
feature of theevening both in the
working of the degree and in the exer-
clses which followed. came I'm the musical
numbers. including songs by E. H. Mil
Ter and Brattleboro Lodge quartet con-
sisting of Messrs Adams, Brasor, May
nard and Clay, and selections by Lett
singers orchestra. At the close of the
speaking a chicken pie supper was served
in the banquet hall, and until 12. 30 when
the visitors departed their special
train. the hall was a scene of animation
and great interest. Fraternal greetings
were exchanged and many pleasant ac-
quaintances were formed
The visitors expressed themselves as
delighted with the work of Brattleboro
lodge, with the musical numbers and with
the hospitality and cordiality with which
they were received. The gathering will
doubtless do much to bring the Masons
of Southern Vermont and the nearby
lodges in Massachusetts, into closer re-
lationaship
The idea of sending the invitation to a
sister jurisdiction originated with Wor-
shipful Master F. I. Swift and to his eff
forts the great success of the meeting
was largely due. He was greatly assist
ed in the work at the hall by Dennison
Cowles, w. b. Vinton and w. d. ellison,
past masters of Brattleboro lodge, who
acted as n reception committee. Among
those who came from Greenfield were H.
II. Hackley John NJ. Hackley, c. w. Ly-
man and Wayne Reed, and from Athol
Guy Howe and p. b. Swift, all former
residents of this town.