St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1905-10-18
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l ne 4OrQ annual meeting Oh lDe lu'
dependent Order of Good Templars was
held here last week, beginning Tuesday
evening Wednesday morning was de-
voted to preliminary business and a
short speech by Mr.. Mann of New York,
P. K. ". G. T. Tuesday evening re-
ception was given to the visiting dele
gates, there being about 100 in attend
ance. A literary entertainment was
given. An address of welcome was de-
livered by Rev. ]. D. Waldron OF this
village and response was made by Grand
Chief Templar c. H. Hayden of River
side. There was also vocal and instru-
mental music, a reading and an original
drama by Mrs. BIunell of this place,
pantomime and tableaux. Refreshments
were served.
These officers of the Grand Lodge were
elected: Grand chief templar. c. Il.
Hayden Of Underhill grand councillor,
Cyrus Bump of Salisbury; grand vice
templar, Mrs. Eva NJ. Hazen of Windsor;
grand superintendent of junior templars,
Mrs. Straw OF Middlebury; grand secre-
tary, Eugene M. Campbell OF Lyndon.
Vile; grand treasurer, Henry c. Gay OF
Barton; grand auditor, c. D. Edgerton
OF North6eld; grand electoral superin-
tendent, Frank Plumley of Mortified.
All the above officers were reelected with
the exception of the grand superintendent
ofjunior Templars, Mrs. Straw.
A special meeting of the International
Supreme Lodge was held at which ten
candidates were given International
Supreme Lodge degrees.
Wednesday evenings session was de-
voted principally to a report by M. B.
Morgan OF Brandon, OF the session OF the
International lodge, which was held in
Belfast, Ireland. The report was supple
mented by Dr. D. H. Mann of Brooklyn,
who gave thorough exempli6cation of
the floor work in the subordinate degree,
and also spoke shortly on the proposed
National Grand Lodge, which holds it's
first session at Chicago, ILL.,, October %.
He explained the purpose of the new
lodge and advised the Vermont Grand
Lodge to connect itself with the national
body.
The grand chief templar gave his re-
port for the year, summing up the results
and recommending that an effort be
made to arouse the old time interest IN
the district deputies work, that a lee.
turer be appointed to labor for the good
OF the order, and that the delegates from
the various lodges make earnest efforts
to increase the membership and interest
in their lodges and to strive to enforce
the keeping of the pledge. He discussed
the local option license liquor law al
| some length and said that, in his opinion
/ it had debauched public sentiment, failed
| to meet the expectation OF its friends
that there is no goodness in local option
except the provision to vote no, and Thu
>. may be almost entirely annulled by tn
fact that a nearby town may vote tt
have saloon.
q The report of the grand secretary, E
&c M. Campbell, showed loss Of 3S5 mem
i bers, but gain in receipts. The numbe
y Of members now is 1865; the number {
lodges SO; lodges with over 100 men
o. bership, Winooski, Marshfeld an
8. Mortified. The report showed loss {
FIVE subordinate lodges.
l., The feature OF Thursday evenings Sc
OF sion was strong address by Or. c.
Mann of Brooklyn, N. Y, who is tt
We head of the world organization OF Goo
he Templars.
nd The next session of the Grand Lode
nd will be held in Barre.
rs The session was OF great interest wit
mo- larger attendance than usual. Thirt,
three members Of the Internation
Supreme Lodge were present and Z
"a members of the Grand Lodge. Anon
10, 49, the members Of long standing preser
g, were R. o. Sturtevant of Swanton, WI
, 'ss has been a member since 1865, and BIZ
III ~. attended 3S consecutive sessions; S.
w., W., Hall of Lyndonville, who became mer
PSI Der in 1865; E. NJ. Campbell, in 1877
. IL and H. c. Gay in 1874.